Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-05-26

In the County Court of Augusta is the
record of the deed made by tie Chiefs of the
Six Nations for a great part of Virginia,
which then included Ohio, large portioniot
the Western States aud Pennsylvania. 1t
was recorded at the County Court of Augusta
held at Pittsburg, now in Pennsylvania, aud
is signed by all the. Chiefs aud Witnesses
The deed was made at LOgtown on the Ohio,
August.the I'd, l149, and the Indians signs
ing it represented the six united nations
The pilot of land" was given in considera-
tion f"240 strouds "a kind of bIanket.) 400
Dufheld blankets, 400 pair of half thickness
stockings, 200 shirts, 20 pieces of callicoe,
20 pieces of caIimsnce, Ga kind of wooden
stuff 20 pieces of embossed serge, so pounds
of vermilion, SO gross gartering. SO pieces
ribbon, so dozen knives, 500 pounds gun
powder, 200 pounds of bar lead, 5000 gun
f1nts, so, 600 pounds brass kittles, 4 pounds
thread, l 200 needles, ten dozen jews harps,
20 dozen tobacco tongs, and 100 pounds to-
bacco." And for this and another similar lot,
the Indians edo grant bargain sell alien, re-
lease, ensoesse, rattle aud fully confirm unto
His Most Sacred Majesty, George the Sd,
King of Great Britain, France aud Ireland,
and Defender of the Faith and SO forth" the
immense territory. But, this grant is not to
interfere with any laud granted in March,
1851, by Charles the ID. King of Great
Britain, &C., TO civilian Penn, ESQ in the
part of country known as Pennsylvania -
The deed was agreed upon at Fort Stanwix,
and was signed by AIebrow, Mohawk chief.
who makes the sign of something like an awl
. intended to represent piece of steel, which
his name meant, Sennghors. (the stone.) of
the Oneidas. Sagnanisen, "a cross. Of the Tus.
carOras, Chenog>hesten. "a mountain. J of the
Onondseas. Tagaais, (the pipe.) of the Cay
ugas and Gastraux, (the high hill, I of the
Senecas. The witnesses were Williap Frank>
lin, Governor, and Fred Smythe, the Chief
Justice of New Jersey Thomas Walker. Jr..
and John Walker, of Virginia. Richard
Peters and James Til gilman of the Council
of Pennsylvania; Tames Chew aud Z Fitch,
of Connecticut; John Weatherhead. of New
York; John Simmer, Captain of the 10Th
regiment and John Butler, "interpreter for
tho Crnwne." Then the document was taken
before the rector of St. Paul's Church, Phil
adelphia. and the solemnity of the Church at
tached to il, and the thing was considered
done. The Indians then walked off with
their vermilliou and jews hsrps. and the white
men Joined in a consratulstnry tod over hay-
ing thrown open an immense territory TO whis-
key and lawyers and country papers aud
cholera and ali the other blessings Of Civil.
cation.
In the Circuit Court of this county is the
record of the suit of Alexander Culton and
Robert Stuart against Joseph Borden ab ont
land grant in 1877. One of the witnesses,
Mrs. Mary Greenlee. testified that she and
her husband and brother started to locate in
Beverly Manor, and csmped at night on
Lewis creek. Borden came to the camp st
night and told them he had grant of 1O. 600
acres ON James River, and would give any
man thousand that would conduct him to it.
He struck light and showed his papers veri-
flying what he said. Her brother, n surveyor.
took up the offer, and going "to the house
OF John Lewis in Beverly manor where Staun.
ton now stands" closed it. They weut over
to the James River and found Borden's land
for him. He was giving every man settler
who built a cabin 100 acres of land. so ga
serving girl named Milholler dressed herself
IN mems clothes" and built several cabins.
thereby securing several hundred acres of
land. The government agent was astounded
to hnd SO many men named alilholler, and
the discovery Of the trick ''crea,ed uuch
m'rth among the settlers. The highest mum.
Der of cabins any one settler was allowed to
build was forty, but they caught Miss MiIhoI.
Ter before she got her full allowance. One
james Patterson was the agent of the govern.
ment at Williamsburg. IGovernor Goode was
then Governor. who kept his account with
the settlers "by taking piece of chalk aud
marking on their hat" the number of acres
they had taken up.-4Stomnton VIndicasor.
Owners of dogs will thke notice of
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