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64 THE INDIAN CHILlL l)ack that night, but it was coltl, and I asktal Mr Partridge to keci> them tliat night, and bring them over lo my house next morning; he did SO; he, himself^ then requoted me lo ask the Indian if ?lie wouh^ sell the child; I said I had done so f>nce, and he dul nf)t insist; 1 am sufficiently acquainletl wiih the chiltl tokntiw that il is the Indian's; it has always been claimed by her; I know positively, il is the same cliild 1 knew in 1848. Sho nah-a-nee (Catholic) called—(Air. Win. Johnson was here sworn as interpreler for the Indians.) Am acquainted wilh the Indian woman who claims this child ;. she \^ my child, or my brother's, Avhich is the same thing; I amchief of the band tv) whicli siie belongs; iiave known the bfiy since he was born—was born at Lake Poygan, she has lived with me since that lime; he is going on eight; the band, woman aiul child have lived in AVinneconne since its birth; I have no doubt it IS her child, why should I doubt it; do not remember children of like age with this are in my b:ind ; I am not blind, tht^ woman is my child, of course I can see her—have seen her nearly every day since the child was born; the mother made sugar, spring before last at Poygan, on the ludian, or west side of Wolf River, about tvvenly-one miles from Rat River; the woman and child were on the west side f>f AVolf River, at Pt)ygan, Ihe entire time of spring before last; she did not make sugar at any t>ther place that spring. O-ali-ka- hali is the child's name; il is a name after tht; thunder; Ihc marl..:, on tlie corners ol his moutli were made by small-pox; the marks on his breast by another disease, and that on his fof)t by the cut of a knife.:: no fither scars on the child: Pi-ah-wa-lah, ils father, a full blooded Indian, is dead; Nah-kom, is a full blf)f)dcd Menomf)nee; the fat Ihu was sick with consumption, at Payment; died in the winter; al the next Payment, at Pfiygan, the diild was born ; Nahkom has hatl no fdiildren die; the child was sick but a short lime, with small pox; I know it was that disease because I saw it, and had it the same time; 1 cannot talk English ; Ihe child is too yoa n g to talk il—at his age he could not learn to talk it so quick: he is my grand-child : I saw him wlien his fool wa'J cut; have liad him in my arms and kissed him; why should I not know my grand-child^ W. T. W^ebster called—Have been acquainted wilh this v.'oman aud child since 1845; she lived at Pf.ygan aud Wiunccounc; have known
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Title | Early History of Waupaca, Wisconsin |
Title of work | Early History of Waupaca, Wisconsin |
Short title | Early History of Waupaca, Wisconsin |
Author | Dewey, Freeman Dana |
Description | In his 1887 work, Freeman Dana Dewey describes how Waupaca became the county seat of Waupaca County, the Indians who lived in the area, the early days of European settlement, and the first schools in Waupaca. |
Publisher (Original) | Rep. Print |
Publication Date (Original) | 1887 |
Language | English |
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Publication Date-Electronic | 2008 |
Identifier-Digital | Waup1887000 |
State | Wisconsin; |
County | Waupaca County; |
Decade | 1840-1849; 1850-1859; 1860-1869; 1870-1879; 1880-1889; |
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Title | 64 |
Page Number | 64 |
Title of work | Early History of Waupaca, Wisconsin |
Author | Dewey, Freeman Dana |
Publication Date (Original) | 1887 |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
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Identifier-Digital | Waup1887064 |
Full Text | 64 THE INDIAN CHILlL l)ack that night, but it was coltl, and I asktal Mr Partridge to keci> them tliat night, and bring them over lo my house next morning; he did SO; he, himself^ then requoted me lo ask the Indian if ?lie wouh^ sell the child; I said I had done so f>nce, and he dul nf)t insist; 1 am sufficiently acquainletl wiih the chiltl tokntiw that il is the Indian's; it has always been claimed by her; I know positively, il is the same cliild 1 knew in 1848. Sho nah-a-nee (Catholic) called—(Air. Win. Johnson was here sworn as interpreler for the Indians.) Am acquainted wilh the Indian woman who claims this child ;. she \^ my child, or my brother's, Avhich is the same thing; I amchief of the band tv) whicli siie belongs; iiave known the bfiy since he was born—was born at Lake Poygan, she has lived with me since that lime; he is going on eight; the band, woman aiul child have lived in AVinneconne since its birth; I have no doubt it IS her child, why should I doubt it; do not remember children of like age with this are in my b:ind ; I am not blind, tht^ woman is my child, of course I can see her—have seen her nearly every day since the child was born; the mother made sugar, spring before last at Poygan, on the ludian, or west side of Wolf River, about tvvenly-one miles from Rat River; the woman and child were on the west side f>f AVolf River, at Pt)ygan, Ihe entire time of spring before last; she did not make sugar at any t>ther place that spring. O-ali-ka- hali is the child's name; il is a name after tht; thunder; Ihc marl..:, on tlie corners ol his moutli were made by small-pox; the marks on his breast by another disease, and that on his fof)t by the cut of a knife.:: no fither scars on the child: Pi-ah-wa-lah, ils father, a full blooded Indian, is dead; Nah-kom, is a full blf)f)dcd Menomf)nee; the fat Ihu was sick with consumption, at Payment; died in the winter; al the next Payment, at Pfiygan, the diild was born ; Nahkom has hatl no fdiildren die; the child was sick but a short lime, with small pox; I know it was that disease because I saw it, and had it the same time; 1 cannot talk English ; Ihe child is too yoa n g to talk il—at his age he could not learn to talk it so quick: he is my grand-child : I saw him wlien his fool wa'J cut; have liad him in my arms and kissed him; why should I not know my grand-child^ W. T. W^ebster called—Have been acquainted wilh this v.'oman aud child since 1845; she lived at Pf.ygan aud Wiunccounc; have known |
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