The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-03-26

uePOncnt uOeS not KNOW OF any one nalI-Drceu
paid in either deprecated drafts or notes.
Your deponent is not aware that the Indians
at any time requested Gov. Ramsey to divide
sixty thousand dollars equally among all the
halfbreeds of the tribe; and so far as his
goes, the payment was fairly made.
his
(Signed) LOUIS ANGER.
Witness mark.
(Signed) ANTOINE FINDIEY.
Sworn and subscribed before me at st. Paul,
this 22d day of February. 1853.
(Signcd) TRUMAN NJ. SMITH,
Justice Of the Peace.
.ninncSota Territory,
Ramsey County, IS;
Louis Anger, on his solemn oath further
says, that on the day he made his first affidavit
Sweetser inquired of him for Geo. and Joe LIE
Blanc to make affidavit; that dcpOnent said
they ,cere "0n a heavy spree y Sweetser said
'fhot makes no difference; tell them to come
and sign his
(Signcd) LOUIS X ANGER.
mark.
Sworn and subscribed before me at ST. Paul
this 22d day of February. 1858.
(SigncD TRUMAN NJ. SMITH,
Justice of he Peace.
7' co""iy of IF i hamseS' IS:
Peter ROuillard, being duly sworn according
to law, doth depose and say, that in right of his
children. he was interested in the recent pay
ment to the halfbrecds of the Sioux nation
those bands participating in the making, &C..
of the Treaty of Traverse DIES Sioux; that in
the distribution made at Traverse dcs Sioux of
the sum of forty thousand dollars, by those In
dians (at the time of making the treaty in 1851
among their halfbreed relatives, the name of
this deponcnt Uds omitted, as were the names
of his wife and children; but upon representa-
ton to Gov. Ramsey he directed that your de-
ponent should participate in this fund, as he
did, and was paid at Mendoza; but your depO-
ncnt desired that there should be share (S250)
paid to each of his children, which was not done,
and this is the only fact that he thought he was
testifying to in his deposition of December 18th.
1852. before Orlando SimOns Esq. but as your
depOnent docs but imperfectiy understand the
English language and cannot read manuscript.
he finds upon having said deposition read to
him, that he has been grossly imposed upon,
and made to say and swear to matters of which
he knetc nothing that to the best of the know
ledge and belief of your deponent. nearly all
the halfbreeds who had relationship to these
Indians, parties to the Treaty of Traverse DIES
Sioux, participated in the halfbrced money
That the money he received, and, so far as
his observation extended, the money received
by others, halfbrccds, &C., under this treaty.
was of the highest character, gold or its eguipa-
lent; that he saw no deprecated paper maid
out; that your deponcnt signed pOwer-O at
torney or authority to Hugh Tyler, Esq to re-
ceive the money. to which he was entitled, of
Alex. Ramsey, Superintendent, &C. and he
does not believe. nor did he mean to say, that
there was anything improper in the payment.
hiS
(SigncO PETER ROUILLARD.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 18th
day of February, 1853.
(Signcdj TRUMAN NJ. SMITH,
Justice Of the Peace.
'" countS Of RRs sm.sv:y s.:
Vetal Boyer, being duly sworn, doth depose
and say. that he has heard read the foregoing
deposition of Pierre ROuillard and had it fully
translated and explained to him. and upon his
solemn oath doth deposc and affirm. all that is
said in the said deposition, except what refers
personally to Pierre Rouilard: that the demo
stiOn it is pretended he made on the 18th Dec.
1852, before Orlando SmOns, and the ,chole of
that statement is fraud upon him. except that
one of the children for which he was to have
been paid on the list made by the Indians. was
taken of, and that he paid Hugh Tyler. Esq.
fifteen per cent. but he was not told by Tyler,
or any one else, that if he did not nav this he
would receive nothing. his
VETAJ y ROVER
mark
c,,o. mn, ,,.,,:,,o., ~
,, S" oe anu sopscr,"eo De'orc me this loth
day OF FEBRUARY: 1893;
\o'shed) lh' Wan VI. SMITH,
justice OF the Peace
Minnesota Te,riforv.
Ramsey County, IS:
Alex p WreoJ ho;no d,,,, - ,,.,, !,
nose and saw that in n;ah au i"ua a o1.h ue
i,tor"stod =, w., vi MS wne, ne was
omonr, t1a;n ai"t:l s'i s VI money hiaac
LILLE 'n. an. i',i.eS VI ilAeu ciUod, ny the
E""n ta. H., ~ tnt irea'y Vi traverse des
Ch;"fs t t Tr,rro % as maae ny tne
dav "f MI, q" 1e., '' 81, ues S.oux on the z9d
an1 fftv IoIi,rs ' CO., s MS ",ie laa Two hundred
s;ened nm n,,,5or;t "p"r' as ..cr snare mat ne
H,,ab T,',e, Ean " Lout1-c,-o"o'mcg TO
Ra6So, Sn,,nr; 1i - %a" sa'S money! OF Alex.
asc!; ouperihtehdent, &C. which he did,
MI noJ, as "' s =; icsS ,'''een per cent; ne
and nm, n don n,G M SJ,u, W us eq"ralenf,
&iA "ot III utPCCilleu uTdIlS OF notes 90