Early History of Waupaca, Wisconsin

              THE INDIAN CHILD, 63
wlio was the chihl's father; I never stated that there wt^ve uiarks 0:1 that :hiid Ihal never were, and never could b;; f.)U-^d on an Indian ehihl.
Re examiiud ill chief—Know but Intle f).' .Air. Caldwell; he lives on an islaiifl lelovv Neenah; has an Indian w.unan for a wife, aud ihrce or h)ur ehihlnui; have seen his clnhbeii—no resemblance be- iwten them ai:d Ihischihi; «hey are very light ff>r  half-breeds.
William Powell called—Have been acquair.letl wilh Ihis woman ten 01 twelve years, and wilh Ihe child sinc.e 1818; have seen il fre- f|Ut ully; knc)w this child was with the Indian v,f)man before Mr. Partridge's was lo>i; liie same spring that the child was lost, not long afler the .seartdi. Mr. P.irtrid;;*'' asked me to go up the river wilh iilni. lomaKe inf(Uiries ainon<f tlu; India-is; I lohl him I would, and slarted directly for the chief of the bantl, Ihen acrf>ss the river, at Winnti- connc; he promisett lo send out runners; I saw Ihis woman in the same lotlge wit'.i the chief lo wlnun she belongs, also the child in dis¬ pute; I wisht^d lo re-cross the river—I asked the boy (as none but women A-ere in) if he could lake me across; I spoke lo him in Men- t)monee, and he answered in the same; he got a paddle and came vlown with me to the canoe; there I found a larger boy; Ihis was not long afier Mr. Partridge's child was lost. AVhen the child was brought from Waupaca lo my hou.stj, and thence it) Mr. Partridge's. iAIr, P. promised to return the woman and child that day, but did nof do it. I went up to Pfiygan, and, on my way back, received a nole from Mr. Partridge requesting me to go lohis house; I arrived after tlark ; there met V\''m. Cross and a good many ladies and gentlemen: they wished me lo call the boy up, and see if he could speak English: he said he could not; some one, dont remember who—think it was Mr. Partridge-requested me lo aik the Indian woman if she would .sell the child antl what she wM)uld take; I replied that 1 did not like to, but if Mr. and Mrs. Partridge requested it, I would and did ; the reply was, "whoever heard f)f such a thing as selling a child! that they had nol enough, nor could give enough It) induce Iheni lo sell it." 1 a.«ued them if they claimed the child; Mr. Partridge said he had never claimed it. Mr. P. said Ihat when it was first brou^rht into the house, she knew it was not hers, that she wis still looking for them lo bring in another; they, the Indiaus—were fixing  up   to go