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Pottwatomi Indian Nation, fl. 1780 Land grant to Maj. Arent Schuyler De Peyster (Detroit area)

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.808 Author/Creator: Pottwatomi Indian Nation, fl. 1780 Place Written: Detroit, Michigan Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 20 July 1780 Pagination: 1 vellum sheet : docket Height: 50 cm, Width: 63 cm Order a Copy

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 document is cosigned by T. Williams and W. Williams on recto. On verso are two dockets.

Peyster, Arent Schuyler de, 1736-1822

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