Half-Breed Scrip, Chippewas of Lake Superior; The Correspondence and Action Under the 7th Clause of the 2D Article of the Treaty with the Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior and the Mississippi, Concluded at La Pointe in the State of Wisconsin, September 30, (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...show that the party claiming is a 1 mixed-blood of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, ' and that at the date of the treaty aforesaid he or she was the head of a family, or twenty-one years of age, as the case may be. These facts must be sworn to by the mixed-blood claimants, whose testimony as to same facts must be corroborated by the affidavits of two disinterested witnesses, whose credibility must be certified by you or your associates, if such witnesses are personally known to you or them, or, if not so known, then their credibility may be certified by the judge or the clerk of a court of Tecord attested by the seal of such court;" and under the eighth article of the treaty of October 2, 1863, and the amenda"tory seventh article of the treaty of April 12, 1864, with the Red Lake and Pembina bands of Chippewas, as follows: "In ascertaining who are entitled to the benefits secured by the aforesaid treaties last mentioned, you will observe that the grant is confined to the male adults. You will require each applicant to make oath that he was, at the date of the treaty of 1863, related by blood to the said Red Lake and Pembina bands of Chippewas; that he was at that time twenty-one years of age; that he has adopted the habits and customs of civilized life; was at that time a citizen of the United States; has not at any time applied for or received scrip for lands under the treaty with the Chippewas of Lake Superior or with any other tribe of Indians; or has not at any time received an allotment or reservation of land under treaty with any other tribe of Indians. Should it appear that any applicant has at any time applied for and received scrip, or has had allotted to him land, under the provisions of any other treaty with any tribe or band of Indi...