Mixed-blood Sioux ee ‘TWO EARLY LISTS OF MIXED-BLOOD SIOUx The treaty between the U.S. and the Sioux Indians of the Mississippi of September 29, 1837 provided for a fund of $110,000 to be divided anong, the mixed bloods connected with the tribe. In the sumer of 1838 two commissioners, W. L. D. Ewing and S. J. Pease cane to the upper Mississippi valley and took testizony, eventually coming up with a list of 200 mixed- bloods which was then submitted to the tribe for its approval. After a few names had been stricken, the list was approved, This list, which is found in the "Special Files" of the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs, no. 200 (National Archives RG 75, Microfilm M574 Roll 59) contains the name, age, degree of Sioux blood and residence of each individual. The List 1s important because 4% identifies individually many early natives of the upper Mississippi River valley and provides for them much detail not usually found otherwise until the 1850 census. The maiden names are given for several married women and the ages appear to be reasonably accurate. The degree of Indian blood should be considered more cautiously a8 the principal concern was to verify that the applicant had at least 1/4 Sioux blood, the sininum required for inclusion. In fact some of the quarter ‘bloods are known from other sources to be 3/4 Sioux, Also, because different individuals recetved differing amounts, various nembets of a particular family will frequently be found widely separated on the list. In 1841 James Duane Doty, Governor of Wisconsin Territory, as part of a series of treaties with various bands of the Sioux in the Minnesota area, negotiated an agreenent with the mixed bloods to sell a tract of land granted then in an 1830 treaty. The 1841 treaty, which was never ratified, was signed by a number of the mixed bloods. A transcript of this treaty and ite signatures can be found in the "Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs: St. Peters agency" (National Archives RG 75, Microfilm 6234 Roll 759). The signers were only a portion of those affected by the treaty, but were probably all the cemmissioners could induce te sign in the short time available to them, Although the list is therefore quite incomplete, for those families it includes, 4t does provide useful informaticn such as names of children Living at the time, some maiden names and meny specified relationships. These liste are just a cample of the records created by the federal government in its dealings with the various tribes and their mixed—blood relatives, many of which have genealogical value. Since many of the indi- viduals involved appear only infrequently in more commonly used records the Indian records, as these examples show, can be an important additional source of otherwise unrecorded genealogical information. However, much research remains to be done to identify and lgcate useful material, to bring 4t to the attention of the genealogical public, and to make it more easily acceasible. Submitted by Janes L. Hansen, Reference Librarian, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, B16 State Street, Madison, Wisconein 53706.z Mixed= blood Sioux REGISTER of Claims under the Second Clause of the Second article of the ‘Treaty made with the Sioux Indians of the Missieeippi, at Washington City September 29th 1837, as passed upon by the United States Commissioners and the Chiefs and Braves the Proper Authorities of said tribe. Name 1. Joseph RENVILLE, Sr. 2. Scott CAMPBELL, Sr. 3. Augustin ROCK, Sr. 4. Pelagie FERREBAULT 5. Pelagie LAGHAPELLE 6. Francis LABATHE 7, Eedly HOOE 8. Duncan CAMPBELL, Sr. 9, Alexander FERREBAULT 10. Joseph MONTRAVILLE, Sr. 11, Joseph RENVILLE, Jr. 12. Joseph ROCK, Sr. 13. Margaret MOOERS 14, Luey F. BATLLY 15. Sally Graham CRATT 16. Eldgabeth ROLETTE 17. Angus M. ANDERSON 18. Samel J. FINDLEY 19. Duncan CAMPBELL, Jr. 20. Oliver FERREBAULT 21. John 3. MOUZEAU 22. Alexander CRARAM 23. Joseph PROVENCALLE 24. John B. LORD 25. Jenny ROBERTSON 26. Madeline ¢. RUSICO 27. Nancy Graham BESON 28. Susan FRESENTERE 29, Lucy PRESCOTT 30. Therese BRISBOTS 31, Emily FERREBAULT 32. Mary L. TALIAFERRO 33, Manet M. FERREBAULT 34. Gabriel PERREBAULT 35. Jane ann MOOERS 36. Madeline MOOERS 37, Mary MOOERS 38. William DICKSON 39. Jane DICKSON 40. tenry ONGT 41. Mary Diekeen ONGT 42. Rosella ONGE 43, Benjamin DYOMINE? OB OB Residence Lac Qui Parle, St. Peters St. Peters Agency, Fort $. Lake Pepin St. Peters, Fort Snelling Prairie du Chien Foot of Lake Popin St. Peters near Fort S. Lake Pepin Lac Qui Parle Lake Pepin Below Fort Snelling 16 mi. St. Peters near Fort 5, Prairie du Chien St. Peters near Fort 5. St. Peters Foot of Lake Pepin St, Peters near Fort 5. St. Croix River St, Peters near Fort $. Traverse des Sioux St. Peters Below Fort Snelling 18 mi. St. Peters agency, Fort 5. Medicine Wood, Pine Bend St. Peters near Fort $. Prairie du Chien St. Peters near Fort 5. Mission School, Lake Harriet St. Peters near Fort S. Below Fort Snelling 18 mi. Vermillion River, Missouri St. Peters au MINNESOTA GENEALOGICAL JOUBNAL:6 ii eeeNixed-blood Sioux 3 44. Jane LAMONT 22. HR Mission School, Lake Harriet 43. Elizabeth WILLIAMS 8 EB e 46. Nancy EASTMAN 7 ie 2 47, Mary Elizabeth ORTLEY 16 HB SséSty. Peters near Fort 5. 48. Henry F. ORTLEY 11 HB sLake Calhoun. 49. Willian BROWN 7 HB -Miseion School, Lake Harriet 50. John B. F. RUSSELL 12 HB sMission School, Little Crows 51. Winona CULBERTSON Po} c 52. Reselin RENVILLE 20 QB —sLac Qui Parle, St. Peters 53. Madeline RENVILLE 188 a Sa. Margaret RENVILLE 16 eB os 55, Antoine RENVILLE 2 " 56. Mary JEFFRIES 7 OBB z 57, Thonas JEFFRIES 12 om zm 58. Michael RENVILLE 3 QB " 39. John B. RENVILLE 8 GB 60. Hancy JEFFRIES 12 61. Angelica JEFFRIES 10° HB 62, Gabriel RENVILLE 160 : 63. David FERREBAULT 21 @B —sSt, Peters near Fort 5. 64. Mary Louisa FERREBAULT teem ti 65. Frederick FERREBAULT 2 6¢ 2 66. Harriet CAMPBELL 1S QB -—s St. Peters Agency, Fort S. 67. Joseph CAMPEELL en s 68. Scott CAMPBELL, Jr. 1 0 69. Hypolite CAMPBELL 3 B a 70. Baptiste CAMPRELL 7 B wy TL. Jobn CAMPBELL 5 B us 72. Margaret Hess CAMPBELL 35 we 5 73. Hiren PRESCOTT 7 HB St. Peters near Fort 5. 74. Ellen MONTRAVILLE 7 @ Lake Pepin 75. Emily MOWTRAVILLE 3 ae " 76. Joseph MONTRAVILLE, Jr. 1 oe % 77, Elizabeth Graham FERREBAULT 34 © HB St. Peters near Fort $. 78. George FERREBAULT 130 ® 5 79, Aunice FERREBAULT 10 QB 80. Emily T. FERREBAULT :) 81, Daniel FERREBAULT 6 Be 82. Catharine FERREBAULT 7 OB re 83. Jane Graham WELLS 22 «HB sake Pepin 44, Sarah WELLS ee ch 85. Nancy Campbell HUDSON 24 QBs Foot of Lake Pepin 86. Mary CAMPBELL 21 208 = 87. Betay CAMPBELL 18 B a 88, William CAMPBELL 16 9B ue : 89. George CAMPBELL 14 QB = 90. Jane CAMPBELL 2 B m $1. Adeline CAMPBELL 8 B He 92. Theresa CAMPBELL 6 OB a 93. Thomas CAMPBELL ae 94. Alexander CAMPBELL iB MENNESOTA GENEALOGICAL JCURNAL. 55