Students - Treaty with the Potawatomi of 1826

 

1. TREATY WITH THE POTAWATOMI, 1826.
   Oct. 16, 1826. | 7 Stat., 295. | Proclamation, Feb. | 7, 1827.
   Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties. Vol. II (Treaties). Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904.

   
   ARTICLE 6.
   The United States agree to grant to each of the persons named in the schedule hereunto annexed, the quantity of land therein stipulated to be granted; but the land, so granted, shall never be conveyed by either of the said persons, or their heirs, without the consent of the Pres ident of the United States; and it is also understood, that any of these grants may be expung ed from the schedule, by the President or Senate of the United States, without affecting an y other part of the treaty.
   Schedule of grants referred to in the foregoing Treaty:
   To each of the following persons, Indians by birth, and who are now, or have been, scholars in the Carey Mission School, on the St. Joseph’s, under the direction of the Rev. Isaac McCoy, one quarter section of land, to be located under the direction of the President of the Unit ed States; that is to say:
   
   1. Joseph Bourissa - son of Daniel Bourassa and Theotis Oisange Arnwaske,
   male, b. 1808 - student from 1820
   
   

   2. Noaquett - or Luther Rice, half-blood Ottawa, b. 1800, male - original Carey
   Mission scholar, graduate of Colgate University in Hamilton, NY; and an educator

   3. John Jones - or Tuay, half-blood Chippewa, male, b. 1800 - an original student of the Carey Baptist Mission, graduate of Colgate University in Hamilton, NY; and an educator . Founded Ottawa University in Kansas.
   
   

   4. Nuko - or Andrew Fuller, male, b. 1811
   
   

   5. Soswa -

   6. Manotuk - b. 1816 - student from 1824
   
   

   7. Betsey Ash - female, b. 1808 - student from 1820
   
   

   8. Charles Dick -

   9. Susanna Isaacs - female, b. 1819 - student from 1825
   
   

   10. Harriet Isaacs -
   
   

   11. Betsey Plummer - orphan, female, b. 1807 - student from 1819
   
   

   12. Angelina Isaacs - female, b. 1811 - student since 1819

   13. Jemima Isaacs -
   
   

   14. Jacob Corbly, or Jacob Corbly Konkapot - a Stockbridge Indian and exceptionally gifted student

   15. Konkapot - same as No. 14
   
   

   16. Celicia Nimham - female, b. 1812 - student from 1821
   
   

   17. Mark Bourissa - son of Daniel Bourassa and Theotis Oisange Arnwaske,
   male, b. 1810 - student from 1820
   
   

   18. Jude Bourissa - son of Daniel Bourassa and Theotis Oisange Arnwaske,
   male, b. 1812 - student from 1820
   
   

   19. Annowussau -
   
   

   20. Topenibe - son of principal Potawatomi chief Topinbee and Nowegi, male, b. 1807
   
   21. Terrez - daughter of Tou-se-qua, adopted by Joseph Bailly; female, b. 1808; aka Therese Bailly, Theresa LaVigne
   
   

   22. Sheshko -
   
   

   23. Louis Wilmett - son of Antoine Ouilmette and Archange Chevalier,
   male, b. 1808 - student from 1821

   24. Mitchel Wilmett - or Michel Ouilmette, son of Antoine Ouilmette and Archange
   Chevalier, male, b. 1811 - student from 1823
   
   

   25. Lezett Wilmett - or Elizabeth Wilmette, daughter of Antoine Ouilmette and
   Archange Chevalier, female, b. 1814 - student from 1823

   26. Esther Baily - daughter of Joseph Bailly and Tou-se-qua, female, b. 1811
   
   

   27. Roseann Baily - daughter of Joseph Bailly and Tou-se-qua, female, b. 1813

   28. Eleanor Baily - daughter of Joseph Bailly and Tou-se-qua, female, b. 1815
   
   

   29. Quehkna - b. 1807 - student from 1824
   
   

   30. William Turner - male, b. 1821 - student from 1823
   
   

   31. Chaukenozwoh - or Joel Wallingford, male. b. 1820 - student from 1823
   
   

   32. Lazarus Bourissa - son of Daniel Bourassa and Theotis Pisange Arnwaske,
   male, b. 1816 - student from 1823
   
   

   33. Achan Bourissa - or Archange Bourassa, daughter of Daniel Bourassa and Theotis
   
   

   Pisange Arnwaske, female, b. 1817 - student from 1823
   
   

   34. Achemukquee -

   35. Wesauwau -

0. 36. Peter Moose - male, b. 1816 - student from 1824 - a Potawatomi chief who signed the treaty of 1846 in Missouri

   37. Ann Sharp - female, b. 1815 - student from 1824

   
   38. Joseph Wolf - male, b. 1819 - student from 1825

   
   39. Misnoqua -

   
   40. Pomoqua -

   
   41. Wymego - son of Miami Chief Wymego who was with the Potawatomi of the Tippecanoe River region

   
   42. Cheekeh -

   
   43. Wauwossemoqua - b. (year unknown) - student from 1824

   
   44. Meeksumau -
   
   

   45. Kakautmo -
   
   

   46. Richard Clements - orphan from Chicago, male, b. 1815 student from 1825
   
   

   47. Louis McNeff -
   
   

   48. Shoshqua -
   
   

   49. Nscotenama - b. 1819 - student from 1825
   
   

   50. Chikawketeh -
   
   

   51. Mnsheewoh -
   
   

   52. Saugana - b. 1818 - student from 1825 -son of Potawatomi chief Saugana
   
   

   53. Msonkqua -
   
   

   54. Mnitoqua - son of Potawatomi chief Men-o-quet, b. 1816 - student from 1824
   
   

   55. Okutcheek -
   
   

   56. Naomi G. Browning -
   
   

   57. Antoine - or Antoine Rollo, male, b. 1804 - student from 1824. Died while employed by Carey Mission after graduation.
   
   

   58. St. Antoine - a Potawatomi chief who signed the treaty of 1846 in Missouri
   
   

   59. Mary -
   
   

   Notes: Names are stated exactly as they appeared in the text. The more common version of the name is stated second, when known. All students received titles to their land grants from the General Land Office at LaPorte, Indiana.
   
   

   Title: Treaty With The Potowatomi, 1826
   Author: Lewis Cass, James B. Ray and John Tipton, Commissioners and Sixty-Three Chiefs of the Potwatomi
   Publication: http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/pot0273.htm
   
   

1. Text: To each of the following persons, Indians by birth, and who are now, or have been, scholars i n the Carey Mission School, on the St. Joseph’s, under the direction of the Rev. Isaac McCoy , one quarter section of land, to be located under the direction of the President of the Unit ed States; that is to say: Joseph Bourissa, Noaquett, John Jones, Nuko, Soswa, Manotuk, Betsey Ash, Charles Dick, Susanna Isaacs, Harriet Isaacs, Betsey Plummer, Angelina Isaacs, Jemima Isaacs, Jacob Corbly, Konkapot, Celicia Nimham, Mark Bourissa, Jude Bourissa, Annowussau, Topenibe, Terrez, Sheshko, Louis Wilmett, Mitchel Wilmett, Lezett Wilmett, Esther Baily, Roseann Baily, Eleanor Baily, Quehkna, William Turner, Chaukenozwoh, Lazarus Bourissa, Achan Bouri ssa, Achemukquee, Wesauwau, Peter Moose, Ann Sharp, Joseph Wolf, Misnoqua, Pomoqua, Wymego, Cheekeh, Wauwossemoqua, Meeksumau, Kakautmo, Richard Clements, Louis McNeff, Shoshqua, Nscoten ama, Chikawketeh, Mnsheewoh, Saugana, Msonkqua, Mnitoqua, Okutcheek, Naomi G. Browning, Antoine, St. Antoine, Mary; being in all fifty-eight.

Oskaboose / Oshkahboos

Peter Oskaboose/Oshhahboos was born c1869 in Ontario. It is unclear if he had one or several wives named Mary.

In her 2015 dissertation,"News From School, Language, Time, and Place in the 1890s Indian Boarding Schools in Canada", Jane Griffith tells of children lodged with different families while on tour

"Another form of past coupled with present found in newspapers included Shingwauk Home’s tableau performances, which displayed students past and then present. Tableaux typically exhibit actors frozen in action, sometimes imitating a famous painting or scene. In the nineteenth century, tableaux (often historical, allegorical, or patriotic) were sometimes featured at the end of a play and also served as a popular parlour game (Durham, 1998, p. 76; Glassberg, 1990, pp. 16–20; Pavis, 1998, p. 377). Normally in a tableau, actors delivered a presentation and then remained frozen at the end, attempting to embody the stillness of a painting. In Shingwauk Home’s renditions students moved silently and sometimes spoke and sang. Wilson toured tableaux of students on several occasions and wrote about them in Our Forest Children."

"One tableau routine Wilson described in the school newspaper toured in late 1887 through Western Ontario, with stops in Sarnia, Walpole Island, St. Thomas, Kingston, London, and Montreal. The show at Carleton Place (near Ottawa) attracted an audience of 500 and required an unexpected second show (Our Forest Children 1.9:4)."

"Each [billeter] take one Indian to their homes for the night. One could have great tall Snayamani from North West, another can have Charlie Baker from St. Joe’s, another little Gracie from Walpole Island for the other. Peter Oshkahboos, the boy who draws so well from Serpent River. The other, Smart, the bootmaker, and little Negaunewenah . . . another, Jane Samproon, the clever tailoress"

Peter Oshkahboos would have been about 18 in 1887. 

Daughter Florance was born in 1892

Son Frank was born in 1894

In 1894 Peter signed the following treaty

Son Johnson was born 1 Mar 1896 in Cutler, Ontario

1901 Census

Oshkahboos, Peter, head, born 13 Sep 1868, age 32, fisherman, the family is Roman Catholic

Mary, wife, born 30 May 1876, age 24

Flosey, daughter, born 2 Nov 1891, age 9

Frank, son, born 18 Nov 1893, age 7

Johnson, son, born 1 Mar 1896, age 5

Sylvester, son, 1 Aug 1897, age 3

Daughter Sarah was said to be born about Jun 1899 (died 1916 age 7 years 4 months), but is not in the 1901 census.

Daughter Seraphine was born 20 Jul 1903 in Sault Sainte Marie, Algoma, Ontario. Her mother's name is given as Mary Pagmakwosin.

Daughter Sarah died 14 Oct 1916. Her mother's name was given as Mary Seaman.

Son Johnson married Anne Shigawaga, year currently unknown

Son Sylvester married Hazel McFadden, year currently unknown

1921 Census - Spragge Township, Algoma, Ontario

Oskobose, Johnson  age 25, born Ontario, tribe Chippeway

Annie, age 21, born Ontario, tribe Chippeway

Louis, age 4 months, born Ontario, tribe Chippeway

Son Russell was born 23 Dec 1922. 

The Sault Star, 27 Dec 1922.

Johnson died 12 Feb 1928 in Spragge, Algoma, Ontario. Mother's name given as Mary Fineday.

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The Sault Star 16 Jul 1943

Russell worked on the vessel Emperor, arriving at Superior [Wisconsin] on 17 Aug 1943, having left the port of S.S. Marie, Ontario. He worked on the fire crew, was hired on 8 Jul 1943. His age was given as 19, race as Indian. He was 5 foot 7 inches tall, 145 pounds. 

17 Mar 1945 Russell married Mabel Katherine Pigeon, 18, daughter of William Pigeon and Clara Ethel Rossett, in Holland, Ottawa, Michigan

The Muskegon Chronicle 15 Nov 1949 

1950 Federal Census - Holland, Ottawa, Michigan 

24 West 1st Street, back apartment

Oskaboose, Russell, head, 25, born Canada, section man at the railroad

Mabel, wife, 23, born Michigan

Cheryl, daughter, 4, born Michigan

Gary A., son, 2, born Michigan

Virginia K., daughter, born July, born Michigan.

The Holland Evening Sentinel, 24 Apr 1953, page 4 (first of two)

The Holland Evening Sentinel, 24 Apr 1953, page 4 (second of two)

The Holland Evening Sentinel, 8 May 1953, page 4

The Muskegon Chronicle 8 May 1953

The Holland Evening Sentinel, 13 Oct 1954 page 6

Russell died 25 May 1959 in New York.

The Sault Star, 10 Mar 1969, tells of Sylvester's death

Rose and Mary Margaret Alexander - Mt. Pleasant records

Social Service records concerning Rose and Mary Margaret Alexander, daughters of Peter Alexander. From the Mount Pleasant records at the National Archives Branch in Chicago.