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20 July 1780

Pottwatomi Indian Nation, fl. 1780

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Title: Land grant to Maj. Arent Schuyler De Peyster (Detroit area)

Land grant to Arent Schuyler De Peyster, Major in the King's 8th Regiment at Detroit. De Peyster has signed on the back where he turns-over his ownership to a nephew. Signed with pictographs by the representatives of the following Indian tribes, all part of the Pottawatomi Nation: 1. Nesowagie (deer), 2. Nowense (horse?), 3. Eskebee (rabbit?), 4. Mesowashquat (right-pointing arrow), 5. Oswanaghquat (horse? on its back), 6. Waweyaghlin (3-finned fish), 7. Mutekeseepie (colored fish), 8. Windego (3-finned fish), 9. Left-pointing arrow), 10. Mesaikssangie (eagle), 11. Cameach (eagle). The…

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