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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 160 Today's Topics: #1 SANDUSKY, O.-LETTER FROM JOSEPH BA [Jamescassidy22@cs.com] #2 SANDUSKY, LETTER JOSEPH BADER; RE: [Jamescassidy22@cs.com] #3 SANDUSKY OHIO-NOTE FROM JAMES WHIT [Jamescassidy22@cs.com] #4 SANDUSKY OHIO- ELIZABETH FOULKES W [Jamescassidy22@cs.com] #5 SANDUSKY OHIO, ELIZABETH FOULKES W [Jamescassidy22@cs.com] #6 SANDUKY OHIO-LETTER FRM ELIZABETH [Jamescassidy22@cs.com] #7 SANDUSKY OHIO, ELIZABETH FOULKES W [Jamescassidy22@cs.com] #8 TOLEDO OH, LETTER:LAND GRANTS FROM [Jamescassidy22@cs.com] #9 TOLEDO, OH- RE; ELIZABETH WHITAKER [Jamescassidy22@cs.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from OH-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to OH-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 12:43:48 EDT From: Jamescassidy22@cs.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: SANDUSKY, O.-LETTER FROM JOSEPH BADGER RE:ELIZABETH FOULKES WHITTAKER & INDIANS Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lower Sandusky, August 20, 1805 Sir: Yours of the 7th of August come duly to hand which I most cordially thank your Excellency, the whole was communicated to the Chiefs at the upper town last Friday the 16h at which time I received from the Crane, the other chiefs being present the speech accompanying this letter by Mrs. Elizabeth Whittaker. The Chiefs expressed themselves well pleased with your observations and from what I can learn by conversation with them or from any other quarter they are determined to abide faithfully by their agreement with the U.S. The rquest they have made to the President respecting the reserve in this place is highly interesting to them if the Government retain that little particle of ground, survey and selling it out to such people as are living on Indian land in these parts, and such ones only will be fond of living so remote from society it will materially injure their nation by breaking them up into a great measure as to their living together, and be one of the most fatal blows to the Missionary cause among them, the herd of frenchmen and others now living here are filing them with mischief and keeping them in almost constance confusion. The proposals of the chiefs to the President of the U.S. was very unexpected; I suggested the idea to them of proposing an exchange with the Government and to give land adjoining to some part of these settlements, but they said in their answer they would not do this without the consent of other nations; but as they had sold their father so much land lately, at so low a price, they would make of their father one request which is given in their speech, and which they wish your excellency is to communicate to the President of the United States. If their request is granted, I shall propose to the Missionary Society a plan for setting up a school in this place to take as many Indian children as we can get, and board them, lodge them and cloth them in part, if not in the whole while they continue in school, not confining the privilege to this nation but to any Indian children that will come. They had sent a duplicate of their speech to the Synod of Pittsburg which is composed of about forty ministers who have formed in to a Missionary Society for proporgating the gospel in new settlements and among the Indians to be accompanied with their petition in behalf of their request and also a dupicate of their speech to the Missionary Society of Connecticut for the same purpose. The encouraging prospect both here and the upper town induced me to tarry two weeks longer than my appointment and until the other Missionary, Rev. John Anderson arrived, who is now here. Except by the leave of providence to set out tomorrow morning to visit my family- That the administration of your Excellency may be prosperous and yourself and family enjoy the blessing of a kind porvidence. Your most obedt Humb Servt. Joseph Badger (1722-1803) Contributed: Judy Cassidy 117 Evergreen Court Blue Bell, PA 19422 ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 13:02:29 EDT From: Jamescassidy22@cs.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: SANDUSKY, LETTER JOSEPH BADER; RE: ELIZABETH FOULKES WHITTAKER AND INDIANS Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lower Sandusky, July 30, 1805 Having opportunity to send directly by a son of Mrs. Whitteker, I thought it would be proper to inform your Excellency of some late proceedngs in this place. I arrived here from the Quis Rapids last Tuesday evening, was informed that Isaac Williams was here contriving some plans to break the late Treaty at Swan Creek; I went to the village and preached the next day, on Thursday proceeded to the upper town in the morning, was sent for by the Crane, the head Chiefs of the Wyandots; he shewed me papers which he received a few days before said Williams, asked me if I would write for him, he wanted to send to his father at Detroit, I told him I would write what ever he would about four 'oclock he sent for me again and the two interpreters, and he then delivered what is contained in two letters which I suppose your Excellency has received, I had not time to transcribe or correct the writing; had to sit on the floor and write on a stool mostly by candle-light; they were closed and sent off by a woman next morning. On Saturday I preached to the Indians after wrote another lengthy spech for the Crane, in answer to some proposals made to them by the Quakers to give them and the Delawares a thousand dollars worthof goods of their own manufacture, including building a mill, which proposals they in their answer accepted; preached to them twice on the Sabbath, most of them heard very attentively, in time, of intermission I made a speech to the Chiefs, on having a Minister reside with them, and have a school to instruct their children to read in the English language-four years past next September I made the first speech to them on the subject of receiving the Gospel they ever had, they have from that time waved giving a direct answer till now, they have given their full consent to have a Minister reside with them and have a school to teach their children, their reasons for not accepting this offer before are in these words "we were so bad, we were afraid to have a Miniser live with us, we were all drunkards so that he would not preach to us but a few times and we were afraid some of our young men when intoxicated would stagger into his house hooping and yoling so as to put him in fear, and make him uncomfortable but now we are determined to quit drinking alltogether." There is no difficulty now in the way, on the part of the Wyandots of having the Gospel staid by amongst them, and also a school for their children, if a grant of a piece of the reservedland can be made by Congress to the Missionary who wold settle here. I returned to this place last evern, found the Indians Collecting; one of them had stabbed a valuable horse of Mrs. Whitteker in the shoulder badly; the man, Ogoure, whom Williams sent to collect the Ottaways went to the Little Bear their head Chief, who refusing to comply with the request, he fell upon him and killed him. Said Williams keeps at one Marshall nearly opposite to Mrs. Whitteker-the rabble of those who have escaped their creditors, or are here to make Something out of the Indians are the greatest disadvantage to these people, and I may say with propriety the greatest curse. by them as far as I have seen and learnt from others, the natives have examples of every vice, drunkness, lewdness, gambling, the most blasphemous profanity, & if this set of people could be driven from this place, and from the upper town it would be one of the most benevloent acts ever done for these Indians in these places-I hope our Exellency will excuse me with troubling you with so broken a piece of information-Please to accept my best wishes for the health and prosperity of yourself and family. Your Excellency's humble Servent- (signed) Joseph Badger contributed: Judy Cassidy 117 Evergreen Court Blue Bell, PA 19422 Jamescassidy 22@cs.com ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 13:20:01 EDT From: Jamescassidy22@cs.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: SANDUSKY OHIO-NOTE FROM JAMES WHITTAKER TO WILLIAMS Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MS Thomas Williams Sandusky 23 May ,1782 James Whitaker would be much obliged to Mr. Williams to send him the kegg full of rum and one hundred lbs flour for which he will pay him the first time he goes to the fort. Contributed Judy Cassidy 117 Evergreen Court Blue Bell, PA 19422 Jamescassidy22@cs.com ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 13:34:25 EDT From: Jamescassidy22@cs.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <98.4b1d788.2645b1a1@cs.com> Subject: SANDUSKY OHIO- ELIZABETH FOULKES WHITAKER TO SOLOMAN SIBL Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit SAndusky, August 25, 1807 Mr. Solomon Sibly at Detroit Sir: On the seventh of May 1803 by Mr. Patterson's order George Hobbs and a Malotto man named Henry Welch came by night and stole or took a yolk of oxen from Mrs. Whitakers and drove them to the upper Sandusky. On Monday the ninth Mrs. Whitaker rode after them and found them oxen at or near Mr. Pattersons house. Mr. Dougundear was present and heard the abuse. Mr . Patterson of Mrs. Whitaker on the occassion she asked the men who took the oxen by whose orders they took them. The Mr. Patterson replyed by Mine, Madam. In the fall of 1803, the month of November, Hugh Patterson with a number of people in his employ came to Mrs. Elizabeth Whitaker and attempted to pull down with his own hands her hog penn orders his men to assiste in opening the pen and drive away her hogs. In presence of the Wyandott people, the man called Pamp and the Lazy Man, Old Polly and Young Polly and in same year the day before Christmas Mr. Pattirsons people Mr. John Wilson, Old Isaac Williams and Th Williams, a friend came along and shot among Mrs. Whitakers cows and steers and wounded one steer which they killed the thriteenth day after the year 1805.Vollin(?) and again men in Pattersons imploy came on the 25th December at night after all the family was in bed, attempted to brake her doors and besiege the house. Wrote by Anne Whitaker for Elizabeth Whitaker and by Mr. Joseph Badger intrepretation. contributed by: Judy Cassidy 117 Evergreen Court Blue Bell, PA 19422 Jamescassidy22@cs.com ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 13:40:46 EDT From: Jamescassidy22@cs.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: SANDUSKY OHIO, ELIZABETH FOULKES WHITTAKER TO SOLOMON SIBLEY, ATTORNEY Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Solomon Sibby, Esq. Sandusky 6th August, 1808 Sir: As I am very anxious to know how my business stands with Mr. Pattinson, and not having as yet received any letters from you, I now trouble you with this, to request, that you be good enough, by return of mails to give me some information on the subject. In case the business has been adjourned to a distant period, Testimony ought if possible to be got of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson who join me in compliments to you and Mrs. Sibly and Family. Iam an your very obt servant. Elizabeth Whitaker Contributed by: Judy Cassidy 117 Evergreen Court Blue Bell, PA 19422 Jamescassidy22@cs.com ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 13:47:55 EDT From: Jamescassidy22@cs.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: SANDUKY OHIO-LETTER FRM ELIZABETH FOUKLES WHITTAKER TO SOLOMON SIBLEY Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sandusky 1821, October 13th Solomon Sibley Esq Attorney at Detroit Sir: As you are perfectly acquainted with my misfortunes during the last wars , I with more confidence address you and select your friendly advice knowing your ability to give it as will as good wishes for my prosperity. You will therefore place me under many obligations if you will this once direct me what will be the steps to take to endeavor to obtain some remuninations from government for the many losses which I have suffered. If business of a public nature is not entirely occupying your time I shall be truly thankful if you will be so good as to attend to it for me. Your answer to this with your kind advise instructing me how to act, what papers may be wanted with powers of attorneys forms of certificates, whether or not you would attend my going to the City of Washington will be thankfully (?). Acknowledging with hears full of gratitude by your obedient servent Elizabeth Whitaker Contributed by: Judy Cassidy 117 Evergreen Court Blue Bell, PA 19422 Jamescassidy22@cs.com ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 13:54:20 EDT From: Jamescassidy22@cs.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: SANDUSKY OHIO, ELIZABETH FOULKES WHITTAKER TO SOLOMON SIBLEY Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lower Sandusky 1821, December 24th Sol. Sibley Esq. Washington Dear Sir With gratitude I acknowledge the receipt of your friendly letter dated the 8th at Detroit and am confident you will with the assistance of Mr. Sloan do for me all that lay in our power. A short time before you left Washington, last spring, you directed a letter to me informing me that one of the principal papers was missing, which was the appraisement of my property if you still on examiniation find it missing you will be so good as to direct a lline to Mr. J. Abbitt, of Huron or to Mr. Hitchcock of Warren they will forward it by mail for it was certianly given with other vouchers to Mr. Abbitt in presents of W. D.Gallegher. I hope you will pardon my warm anxiety on this subject in this eagerly solicitation of your assistance. I remain with everlasting gratitude, your friend. Eliazabeth Whittaker Contributed by: Judy Cassidy 117 Evergreen Court Blue Bell, PA 19422 ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #8 Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 14:16:47 EDT From: Jamescassidy22@cs.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: TOLEDO OH, LETTER:LAND GRANTS FROM THE INDIANS TO ELIZABETH WHITAKER AND OTHERS Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Toledo Ohio, December 1st 1898 To the House of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs USA, Washington,DC Dear Sir: Your communication of November 26, 1898 relative to inquiry concernng the payment of annunities under and by virture of the several treaties by and between the US and Wynadott Indians, has been duly rec 'd for which accept our best tanks. By reference to the treaty mentioned heretofore, viz, September 29, 1817, Article 8, porvides as follows: Article 8: At the special request of the said Indians, the U.S. agrees to grant by patent by fee simple, to the persons herein after mentioned all of whom are connected with the said Indians by blood or adoption, the tracts of land herein described. To ELIZABETH WHITAKER, who was taken prisoner by the Wyandotts, and has ever since lived among them, twelve hundred and eighty acres of land, on the west side of the Sandusky river below Crogansville to be laid off in square form, as nearly as the meaders of said river will admit and to run an equal distance above and below the house in which the said Elizabeth Whitaker now lives. To Sarah Williams, Joseph Williams, and Rachel Nugent, late Rachel Williams, the said Sarah having been taken prisioner by the Indians and ever since lived among them, and being the widow and the said Joseph and Rachel being the children of the late Isaac Williams, a half-blooded Wyandott, one quarter section of land, to contain on hundred and sixty acres on the east side of the Sandusky river, below Crogansville and to include their imporvements at a place called "Negro Point". Said treaty embodies the aforesaid grants to individuals and they were designated by said Treaty as "Private Grants" to the persons there in names. By the same treaty the Wyandott tribe of Indians in consideration of the stipulations there in made, on the part of the U.S. ceded to the U.S. certain lands therein described, which were held by their tribal capacity. You state in your communication that by subsequent treaties the "Wyandott Tribe" ceeded all their land in Ohio to the U.S. We kindly solicit information at your hands, viz. Were the "Private Grants to Elizabeth Whitaker, and the private grants to Sarah Williams, Joseph Williams and Rachel Nugent, late Rachel Williams included in the treaties subsequent to those referred to in this communications? It seems to us that these "Private Grants" were not ceded to the U.S. and are therefore no part of the treaties. Will you kindly clear up this matter by giving the information sought. By the supplementary treaty of Sept 17, 1818, it appears that the U.S. reserved 76,000 acres of land for the use of the Wyandotts and 160 acres of land for the use of the Wyandotts on the west side fo the Sandusky river, adjoining the said river and the lower line of two sections of land granted by the treaty to which this is supplimentary to the said Elizabeth Whitaker. So it seems that the supplimentary treaty continued to recognize the private ownership of the two sections of land of Elizabeth Whitaker. Will you kindly enlighten us as to the forgoing rights and individual ownership to the representative land specified by 1st Elizabeth Whitaker 1280 acres herefore described. 2nd Sarah Williams, Joseph Williams, and Rachel Nugent, late Rachel Wiliams 160 acres at Negro Point. We wish to know if the title to these private grants went back to the Government. By giving this information as per our request, you will oblige Very Respecttfully G. Strobel and E.L. Werr Attorney'sat Law No. 508, Adams Street, Toledo, Ohio Contributed by: Judy Cassidy 117 Evergreen Court Blue Bell, PA 19422 Jamescassidy22@cs.com ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #9 Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 14:31:48 EDT From: Jamescassidy22@cs.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: TOLEDO, OH- RE; ELIZABETH WHITAKER, LETTER FROM DEPT. OF INTERIOR Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Department of the Interior Office of Indian Affairs Washington, January 4, 1899 Messrs. G. Strobel and E.L. Werr #508 Adams Street Toledo, Ohio Gentlement: Replying to your communication of December 1, 1898, as to the status of the private grants to Elizabeth Whittaker for 1280 acres and to Sarah Williams, Joseph Williams and Rachel Nugent, nee Williams for 160 acres of land under the 8th article of the Wyandott Treaty of September 29, 1817, you are informed that these private grants were not affected by subsequent treaty with said Indians when the ceded all their lands in Ohio to the U.S. By the 8th article of the treaty of 1817, patents were to be issued in fee to said individuals for said land, but by the 3rd article of the supplimental treaty of September 17, 1818, these tract of land granted by the US under the treaty of 1817 were never to be conveyed by them or their heirs without permission of the President of the United States. The records of this office do not show any disposition made of the 1280 acres of land granted to Elizabeth Whitttaker, and I am unable to state whether or not a patent was ever issued in fee for said land. With respect to the 160 acres of land granted to the Williams it appears that Joseph Williams on the 10th of December 1855, sold his interest in the said grant to his nephew Lewis Williams for $600. and that the deed was approved by President Buchanan on the 13th of May 1857. It appears that in November 1854, proceedings in Chancery were had before the Court of Common Pleas of Sandusky County, Ohio, for the division and partition by Commissioners of the 160 acres of land granted to the said Williams subject to the dower of Martha Williams, widow of Alexander Williams. Tis division of the reserve in severalty among the heirs was approved by the Court at its Novermber term, Nov. 20, 1854. This partition was made on the hypothesis that Jospeh Williamsone of the reservees was dead, but on the 15th of December, 1855, said Joseph Williams made his appearance in the town of Freemont, Ohio and claimed his one-third of the origional reserve, and also as heir of his mother Sarah Williams; hence the deed from him to his nephew, which was approved by the President, as hereinfore stated. The question has frequently arisen in this office whether or not the provisions of the 3rd article of the supplementary treaty requring approval of deed by the President supersedes the 8th article of the treaty granting the land in fee simple. For you information and guidance your attention is invited to "An Act to confirm the title to certain lands in the State of Ohio" approved March 3, 1881 (21 Stats., p. 5 11_ being an Act to quiet title to lands in Ohio confirmed to the children of Captain Logan which were granted to the said Logan by the same treaty. Very Respectfully A.G. Fonner (Farmer??) Assistant Commissioner Contributed by; Judy Cassidy 117 Evergreen Court Blue Bell, PA 19422 Jamescassidy22@cs.com -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V00 Issue #160 *******************************************