AMERICAN STATE PAPERS.
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CLASS VIII.
VOLUME II.
LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE,
OF THE
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
FROM
THE SECOND SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH TO THE THIRD SESSION OF THE
THIRTEENTH CONGRESS INCLUSIVE:
COMMENCING NOVEMBER 27, 1809, AND ENDING MARCH 3, 1815.
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SELECTED AND EDITED, UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS,
BY WALTER LOWRIE, Secretary of the Senate,
AND
WALTER S. FRANKLIN, Clerk of the House of Representatives.
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VOLUME 2
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WASHINGTON:
PUBLISHED
BY GALES AND SEATON
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1832.
American State Papers,
Public Lands, vol. 2
pp. 119-120.
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INDIAN DEED. |
119-120 (1) |
No. 2
To all people to whom these presents shall come:
Know ye, that we, Tabac or Tobacco, Montour, La Grand Couett, Ouaouaijao Tabac, junior, La Mouche Noire or the Black Fly, Le Maringouin or Mosquito, Le Petit Castor or Little Beaver, Kiesquibichias, Grelot, senior, and Grelot, junior, chiefs and sachems of the several tribes of the Piankeshaw nation of Indians, send greeting. Whereas Louis Viviat, of the illinois country, merchant, one of the grantees hereinafter named, as well for himself as on the parts and behalfs of the several other grantees herein also after named, did, at several conferences publicly held with us the said chiefs and sachems, at the towns and villages Post Saint Vincent and Vermilion, treat and confer for the purchase of certain tracts of land belonging and appertaining unto us, and to the several tribes of our nation whom we represent; and whereas, we, the said chiefs and sachems have deliberately and maturely considered for ourselves and our posterities, and consulted with the other natives of our several tribes, respecting the proposals made as aforesaid to us, the said chiefs and sachems, by the said Louis Viviat, on behalf of himself and others; and whereas we, the said chiefs and sachems, as well as all the other natives of the several tribes of our nation are fully satisfied and contented for the consideration hereinafter mentioned, to grant and confirm, unto the said Louis Viviat, and to the other grantees hereinafter mentioned, the several quantities of tracts of land hereinafter bounded and described.
Now know ye therefore, that we, the said chiefs and sachems of the Piankeshaw nation aforesaid, in full and public council assembled, at the town or village of Post Saint Vincent aforesaid, for, and in consideration of the sum of five shillings to us in hand paid by the said Louis Viviat, and for and in consideration of the following goods and merchandise to us, the said Tabac or Tobacco, Montour, La Grand Couett, Ouaouaijao, Tabac, junior, La Mouche Noire or the Black Fly, Le Maringouin or Mosquito, Le Petit Castor or Little Beaver, Kiesquibichias, Grelot, sen., and Grelot, junior, for the use of the several tribes of our nations well and truly delivered in full council aforesaid, that it to say, four hundred blankets, twenty-two pieces of stroud, two hundred and fifty shirts, twelve gross of star gartering, one hundred and twenty pieces of ribbon, twenty-four pounds of vermilion, eighteen pairs velvet laced housings, one piece of malton, fifty-two fuses, thirty-five dozen large buckhorn-handle knives, forty dozen couteau knives, five hundred pounds of brass kettles, ten thousand gun flints, six hundred pounds of gunpowder, two thousand pounds of lead, four hundred pounds of tobacco, forty bushels of salt, three thousand pounds of flour, three horses; also, the following quantities of silver ware, viz: eleven very large armbands, forty wristbands, six whole moons, six half-moons, nine earwheels, forty-six large crosses, twenty-nine hairpipes, sixty pairs of earbobs, twenty dozen small crosses, twenty dozen nose-crosses, and one hundred and ten dozen brooches, the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge;
American State Papers,
Public Lands, vol. 2
pp. 119-120.
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INDIAN DEED. |
119-120 (2) |
have granted, bargained, sold, aliened released, enfeoffed, ratified, and fully
confirmed, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell, alien, release,
enfeoff, ratify, and fully confirm unto the said Louis Viviat, the right
honorable John Earl of Dunmore, Governor of the colony and dominion of
Virginia, the honorable John Murray, son of the said Earl, Moses Franks and
Jacob Franks, of the city of London, in the kingdom of Great Britain, Esquires;
Thomas Johnson, Jun. Esq. attorney at law, and John Davidson, merchant, both of
the city of Anapolis, in the province of Maryland; William Russell, Esq.,
Matthew Ridley, Robert Christie, Sen., and Robert Christie, Jun., of Baltimore
town, in the said province of Maryland, merchants; Peter Campbell, of
Piscataway, in Maryland, merchant; William Geddes, of Newtown Chester, in
Maryland, Esq., collector of His Majesty's customs; David Franks, merchant, and
Moses Franks, attorney at law, both of the city of Philadelphia, in the
province of Pennsylvania; William Murray and Daniel Murray, of the Illinois
country, merchants; Nicholas St. Martin, and Joseph Page, of the same place,
gentlemen; Francis Perthuis, late of Quebec city, in Canada, but now of Post
St. Vincent aforesaid, gentleman; their heirs and assigns, equally to be
divided, or to His Most Sacred Majesty George the third, by the grace of God,
of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. his
heirs and successors, for the use, benefit, and behoof of all the said several
above named grantees, their heirs and assigns, in severalty, as aforesaid, (by
whichever of these tenures they may most legally hold the same.) The two several
tracts or parcels of land situate, lying, and being on both sides of the Wabash
river, beginning at the mouth of a rivulet called riviers du Chat, or Cat
river, where it empties itself into the Wabash river aforesaid, being about
fifty-two leagues distant from and above Post St. Vincent aforesaid; thence,
down the Wabash, by the several courses thereof, to a place called Point
Coupee, (about twelve leagues above Post St. Vincent,) being forty leagues, or
thereabouts, in length on the said river Wabash from the place of beginning,
with forty leagues in width or breadth on the east side, and thirty leagues in
breadth or width on the west side of the Wabash river aforesaid, to be
continued along from the place of beginning to Point Coupee aforesaid. And also
one other tract or parcel of land situated, lying and being, on both sides of
the Wabash river aforesaid, beginning from the mouth of White river, where it
empties itself into the Wabash river, (about twelve leagues below Post St.
Vincent,) thence, down the Wabash river, by the several courses thereof, until
it empties itself in the Ohio river, being from said White river to the Ohio
fifty-three leagues in length, or thereabouts
American State Papers,
Public Lands, vol. 2
pp. 119-120.
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INDIAN DEED. |
119-120 (3) |
be the same more or less, with forty leagues, in width or breadth on the east
side, and thirty, leagues in width or breadth on the west side of the Wabash
river aforesaid, to be continued along from White river aforesaid, to the Ohio
river aforesaid, [the intermediate space of twenty-four leagues, or
thereabouts, between Point Coupee and the mouth of the White river aforesaid,
being reserved for the use of the inhabitants of Post St. Vincent aforesaid,
[p. 120] with the same width or breadth on both sides of the Wabash river as is
hereby granted in the two other several tracts of land above bounded and
described.] The aforesaid two several tracts of land hereby bargained and sold,
from the first place of beginning, to the Ohio river, consisting, together, of
ninety-three leagues in length on the Wabash river, and on both sides thereof,
inclusive, seventy leagues in width or breadth, and that during its whole
course as aforementioned, exclusive of and besides the reservation of twenty-four
leagues in length and seventy leagues in width or breadth, for the inhabitants
of Post St. Vincent reserved as aforesaid. And the said chiefs and sachems, for
themselves and for the several other natives of their nation whom they fully
and effectually represent, and their and every of their posterities, do hereby
guaranty, engage, promise, covenant, and agree to and with the several
abovenamed grantees, their heirs and assigns, and every of them, that they, the
said several abovenamed grantees, their heirs and assigns, and every of them,
shall and may at all time forever hereafter have and enjoy the full, free, and
undisturbed navigation of the said Wabash river, from its confluence with the
Ohio to its sources as well as of all the other several rivers running through
the lands hereby bargained and sold, any thing herein contained to the
contrary, or supposed to be in anywise, notwithstanding. And also all minerals,
ores, trees, woods, underwoods, waters, water-courses, profits, commodities,
advantages, rights, privileges, hereditaments, and appurtenances whatsoever, to
the said two several tracts of land belonging or in anywise appertaining; and
also the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents issues, and
profits thereof, and of every part and parcel thereof; and all the estate,
right, title, interest, use, property, possession, claim, and demand of them,
the said Tabac or Tobacco, &c. chiefs and sachems aforesaid, and of all and
every other person and persons whatsoever, of or belonging to the said
Piankeshaw nation of Indians, of, into, and out of the premises, and every part
and parcel thereof; to have and to hold the said two several tracts or parcels
of land, and all and singular the said granted and bargained premises with the appurtenances,
unto the said Louis Viviat, &c. their heirs and assigns, forever, in
severalty, or unto His said Majesty, his heirs and successors, to and for the
only use, benefit, and behoof of the said grantees, their heirs and assigns,
forever, as aforesaid.
And the said Tabac or Tobacco, &c., for themselves, and for all the several tribes of their nation, and all and every other nation or nations,
American State Papers,
Public Lands, vol. 2
pp. 119-120.
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INDIAN DEED. |
119-120 (4) |
tributaries and dependents on the said Piankeshaw Indians, and their and every
of their posterities, the said several tracts of land and premises, and every
part and parcel thereof, against them, the said several abovenamed chiefs and
sachems, and the said Piankeshaw Indians, and their tributaries and dependents,
and all and every of their posterities, unto all the severally abovenamed
grantees, their heirs and assigns in severalty, or unto His said Majesty, his
heirs and successors, to and for the only use, benefit, and behoof of the said
grantees, their heirs and assigns, in severalty, as aforesaid, shall and will
warrant, and for every defend, by these presents.
In witness whereof, we, the said chiefs and sachems, on behalf of ourselves respectively, and on behalf of all the other natives of the several tribes of the Piankeshaw nation of Indians as aforesaid, have hereunto set our hands and seals, in the presence of the persons subscribing as witnesses hereunto, at a public council held at Post St. Vincent aforesaid, this eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five.
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Tabac, or Tobacco, a chief.
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Sealed and delivered in the presence of us, the consideration in the said deed poll specified, being also delivered in our presence to the said chiefs.
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Hulardau,
Marie, |
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Registered in my office at Kaskaskias village, in the Illinois country, in book v, pages 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64. Witness my hand this 5th day of December, Anno Domini, 1775.
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LOUIS BOMER, Notaire Public. |
American State Papers,
Public Lands, vol. 2
pp. 119-120.
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INDIAN DEED. |
119-120 (5) |
Post St. Vincent, as.
Before me, St. Marie, commandant of Post St. Vincent, aforesaid, personally appeared Panas Godert and ___ Vaudery, inhabitants of the same place, who, being duly sworn, do depose and say, that they acted as Indian interpreters during the several conferences held at the towns of Post St. Vincent and Vermilion, by Louis Viviat, on behalf of himself and others, with the chiefs and sachems of the several tribes of the Piankeshaw Indians, relative to the purchase of the lands in the within written deed poll, bounded and described; that the deponents did truly and faithfully interpret between the said Louis Viviat and the chiefs and sachems aforesaid, in all the negotiation: that they, the said deponents, did, to the best of their knowledge and understanding faithfully and truly interpret and explain to the said chiefs and sachems, whose marks are affixed to the within written deed poll, the purport or tenor of the same, the considerations therein expressed, the boundaries of the lands thereby bargained and sold to the grantees therein named; and were also present at the delivery of the several considerations in the said deed specified, as well as at the executing the deed by the several chiefs and sachems who have affixed their marks thereto.
Witness my hand and seal this nineteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five.
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GILLIENT STE. MARY, Notaire. [L.S.] |
Sene Codere,
Interprete.
I. B. Vaudery, Interprete, sa x marque
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