THE OHIO VALLEY-GREAT LAKES ETHNOHISTORY ARCHIVES: THE MIAMI COLLECTION
It is noted that the following work from the Miami Archives should be read and considered within the historical context in which it was composed and printed. The opinions expressed and the language used do not reflect the opinions or standards of the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, but are, rather, indicative of thought in that historical moment during which the document was published.

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Inventory of Supplies Furnished
by Michel Gamelin at the
Ouyatonon Post

(July 1, 1746)

(Due to length divided here into four parts- first two parts
are in French and the second two are an
English Translation of the same)

Gamelin, Michel in: Library of Congress and Paris
Archives Nationales, Colonies,
C 11, A 85, pp. 284-285.

Translation of pp. 3, 4.

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Entry cont.. .

23

10s

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202 8s

1744   

May	3 jugs of brandy at 4 2s	12.	6.	)	38. 16.
	3 lbs. of tobacco a 20^s	3.		)

the 31st

Delivered to Arouhina, chief of a party of 13 Hurons from, going to war among the Chickasaws

3 lbs. of tobacco at 20s	3		)
1 bushel of Indian corn 6	6.		)
2 lbs. of powder at 22s 6d	2.	5.	)
6 lbs. of lead and bullets at 10s	3.		)	19. 5.

2 screws for their gun at 20s	2.	)
1 Battery [?] 3 ea.	3.	)

[?] ber
the 17th	Delivered to Le Comte and la Tte Blanche, chiefs of the Weas, for telling them news of the war on the part of the General

2 white blankets at 12 10s	24	10s		)
2 ells of Melton at 4 18s	9.	16.		)
2 men's shirts at 4 19s 2	8.	18.	4.	)
1 lb. of vermilion 9 7s	9.	7.		)

10 lbs. of powder at 22s 6d	11.	5.	)	95. 8. 4.
20 lbs. of bullets at 10s	10.		)
7 lbs. of tobacco at 20s	7.		)
24 Butcher knives at 8s	9.	12.	)

100 gun flints at 1s

5.

)

the 25th

Delivered to L'Enfant, chief of the Vermilion for the same reason

1 lb. of vermilion 9 7s	9.	7.	)
1 1/2 ells of cloth at 7 10s	11.	5.	)
2 ells of Melton at 4 18s	9.	16.	)
24 Butcher knives at 8s	9.	12.	)	70. 14. 2.

1 Man's shirt 4 9s 2d	4.	9.	2.	)
10 lbs. of powder at 22s 6d	11.	5.		)
20 lbs. of bullets at 20s	10.			)
5 lbs. of tobacco at 20s	5.			)

the 27th

Delivered to Mainouiba, chief of the Kikapous of Terre Haute

11/2 ells of cloth at 7 10s

11

5s

)

426 11s 6d

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1744.

From the other part

11

5

)

426 11s 6d

2 ells of Melton at 4 18s	9.	16.		)
2 men's shirts at 4 9s 2d	8.	18.	4.	)
1 lb. of vermilion 9 7s	9.	7.		)
10 lbs. of powder at 22s 6d	11.	5.		)	75. 3. 4.

20 lbs. of bullets at 10s	10.		)
24 butcher knives at 8s	9.	12.	)
5. lbs. of tobacco at 20s	5.		)

October   

the 17th

Given to two soldiers who were sent to Terre Haute in the service of the King.

2. lbs. of powder at 22s 6d	2	5s	)	4. 5.
4. lbs. of lead at 10s	2.		)

1745   

February the 25.

Delivered to two Visages Plats for announcing to them news of the war

1 1/2 ells of cloth at 7 10s	11.	5.		)
2 men's shirts at 4 9s 2d	8.	18.	4.	)	30. 5. 4.
6 lbs. of tobacco at 20s	6.			)
1 jug of brandy at 4 2s	4.	2.		)

March

A lock for the guard corps 6 ea.

6.

the 12th

Given the day before to Temps Clair, chief of the Mascoutens, for announcing to him the news of the war

1 1/2 ells of cloth at 7 10s	11.	5.		)
2 men's shirts at 4 9s 2d	8.	18.	4.	)	32. 6. 4.
6 lbs. of tobacco at 20s	6.			)
3 bottles of brandy at 4 2s the jug	6.	3.		)

the 19th

Delivered to a party of 23 Miamis going to war with the Chickasaws, their chief called Le Fouseur

4 lbs. of powder at 22s 6d

4.

10.

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