THE OHIO VALLEY-GREAT LAKES ETHNOHISTORY
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indicative of thought in that historical moment during which the document was
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Report
(1769)
Piernas, Pedro in: General
Archives of
the Indies, "Papeles
procedientes de
las Isla de Cuba, Seville and
in Wisconsin Historical
Collections, vol. 18,
pp. 305-309.
In the short time of my residence in that post,
there came to hold discussions the tribes of the Osages, Ayoua, Kikapu,
Masasten, Pou, Putatami, Utoa, Putchicagum Renard, and25 others of the vicinity attracted both by the nobelty of
the arrival of a new commandant in order to receive their present which it is
necessary by established custom to give them for that reason, and those with
which the traders impose on them, being assured that they are indispensable to
them, and in order to benefit the habitants of the settlements with the goods
and products of the hunt. And although the latter are benefitted, it is the
king who maintains the expense of the Indians' maintenance during their stay in
the village, and he makes not profit from it. Since Don Antonio de Ulloa knew
this, he ordered me to arrange for the gathering of the tribes for any matter,
as well as the distribution of the annual presents, and the discussion etc., in
the above-mentioned fort of San Carlos, where, as it was distant (page
307) from the settlements, their stay would be but in passing, and
consequently, there would be a great saving of food, whose consumption has hitherto
been considerable, and therefore costly.
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25 Piernas was at Fort San Carlos el Principe less than two months (March-May, 1769). The tribes whose representatives visited him were, Osage, Iowa, Kickapoo, Mascoutin, Potawatomi (Pou and Putatami), Ottawa, Piankashaw, and Renards (Foxes).
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