, 1876-05-08

negotiate except upon Tho basis Of that tsessy. |
and insisted upon tho entire sovereignty snd In |
dspsudsnoe Of shs Indian Confodsrsoy. They |
claimed tho lnd,ans ~ .hcts allies, aud consider.
ID themselves bound to protect thsn la tber |
treaty. j. will be remembered that The Indians
bad. for long nmo. feceired snnuisies from Tbs |
French dossrnment and that these annuitiea |
wore continued by Great Britain after the treaty
Of cession in 1868; aud that. sitter our indepon-
Indians annually se,ls delegations to Canada 10 |
receive these aunulsieB. During the pendency |
OF these negotiations. It wss aecestA.ned that |
there bad boen ~ alliance, Offensive and defet1.
aad Tho Dtikish authorities. After discussing |
the matter. anu hudtnR tho Americana pesemp- |
tonly refusing 70 acknowledge the oovereigntY
Of tho Indians. the British commiBs!onsrs p1o-
posed that tue United stakes aud Great Drithin
should exercise JOINT protectorate oser tho 1o.
dsus, aud consider AIl the territory not ackn9"!-
edged to basopg 70 the United STATED By tho
protector.te. T'hls would havs Jeft the miles
eguase At tho mouth Of the Chicago River II, a
pofnanently Indian country. The West would
htso been situated similarly to Oregon. which
was 30 long held under the Joint occupation OF
Great Britain and tic United States and tbs
joint occupation would have been the satpo a. In
Oregon, = disieion Of tho territory; part Of It,
pcfbaps including Chicago. being attached. ia
ths ond, to tbs Canadian provinces. The BEitlsh
Commissloness Hess 90 perttnacioua on this SUBJ
1ect that Il was thought 1t one time that nsgo!a-
tsons would have 10 be given up. And when tns
British Commissioners finally yiolded. the British
Government received tho bitter cu1sea Of the
Indians.
BILLY CALDWELL,
better known In Chicago .. Bau8anash Who
| mas well known 70 me personally. hnd besu tho
intimate friend Of Iecuuach and declared that
| It Tecum4en had been living he could have
aroused aLl tho Indiaus !u the Northwest ID
x.u1S ~. Atnz rAr.tx
ID retaliation for what ho consd ered TIE treact.
e1y At Ghent. Caldwell, to tAa day Ct hia death,
| insisted that Tscumseh. not long before hp wss
killed, pred,cted that tbs british In time 1otlia
abandon thom, and seriously medtated, during
the w.r Of 1912, upon going over to tho Auesi-
t cans with ali hts forces. taldweI mas tie son
| OF an Irieh Colonel in the British hsmy. sta
toned upon tho Detroit fronter,:Ehoss natne bo
I bore. His motlor MAS Tecuuaeh's own sister.
Ho ultimately went to Ills tribe at the PossaHAt-
| onsio Rescrvanoa in shswnoa County, Kan. sud
| dad tbote. ,...
| Whom It MAS set on from ludlans, In 1909, tho
| whole territory WAS olgaoized lnso tive conntes,
| st. Clair and Randolph. Judge Hseoao. Thoss
| homB was In kRsk4ekh in 1913, tnformB mo
| shst bin home was never Ia tho aAna county With
Chicago being in. tho soustern Count. OF Ran-
dolph.
County, NAB set OF In tho now Count! Of Msal-
son thepca III tho naH County OF Crawford IN
1918 in the new County Of Clark; and so li.tls
whs then known Of tue Northern country, tnat
C.nsda llne. ID 1921 vo wefo sos OF in the ncw
County OF Pile; in l523, III tbs ns" County Of
Fulton; aud III 1895. in the new County OF
Pcos,a. hare not onty caused tho County
have also corrcsponded NTH tueir earliest ses-
tiers. aud can fud no official recognition Of
| Ch,cago ubtt we soseh Fc!son County. Tho
CleIk Of that County writes nle TINT ths
4At,}io ~ }5ta N ff1h
| order OF ~ election as tbe torn OF the Fulsou
County COMMISSIONER Court, Sept. 2, 1875 to
choosa opo Major and county officers,
! PULLS or CNiCAuo
to be opeaed It tho houae Of John Kiozie. Tho
returns Of this eiect.on cannot DO found, II they
were ever made. Al tho count! wRs organized
III 1H23 thts OF COURSE WAS tho itbt election TILL
Court ordsred, April 81, 1921, TINT tho Sheriff,
Abper Eads ba rclcaaod from paying the money
tax collected At Chicago BY Iousacr. In thost
days, ths 6Asf,fs were o1-oftlco collectors o.
taxcs. Tho name lndicates that our Tax-Col
,ecsos waa then French1ues, OF nlzed'bsect
Frcuch Rnd Indian. It scems that they had do
faEIters ia those days. ~ oil o. nor. II woult
: be = gratifying historical fact II We cauld know
hon much this ulan RouaRts collected. as atDW
tnE the financial resources OF our population VI
that time, when all the real estate belonged Il
the GonsraI Government. The numerous fol
lowers OF this man Rousaor baYs elown their IN
: gratitude to the founder OF their rect by thel
fniIuta to erect any monument to bis memory
OF to nane After him street; school-house, q
Z fiso-englne house. These Nouseorisss are got
!. thug to 30 humorous body Of nen, and thcl
motto il. Keep What you collect" One cleo
tton and ono steal all the records Of FultoI
, County Elbow for Chicago.
: TIC Clerk Of Peoria County wrttes me that hi
ea1iless records commence March i, 1925. Frot
thesa records Iexru tbat John kinzo was COIN
misaloned Justice Of tho pehcs July ~, lB.5. Il
waa tho first Justice OF the Peace resident q
. Chicago, Alexander Wolcott, his aon-lr-law
and John u. Deaubien. wore commissioners
: Sent, 1u Of the sane year.
havo also
THE AssEstAEHT-noLL
of Joha l.. BosarJus. Assessor OF Peoria Count
for tho .yoar 1875. dated July Is, which u - fo
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