, 1876-01-15
and Voxes tho Souls Of Property'0wners
at South Chicago
DJ Claiming Real Estate Valued nt Hun.
drcd Thousand Dollars.
Record Of Judgments and New suits-orim-
ina1 Business.
Yesterdays Proceedings in the Illinois
Supreme Court.


told yestoraay in bill flied by Tosah Bertrand
and her husband aga!nns Norris IT. 1fer1ick snd
\ large number OF othor defendants. Togah
atates that sho Is N Indian woman Of tho Po4sa-
wAtomlo tribe. and Ia now Is yoars old. bhe can
neither road nor Writo. nor eren speak
or understand the English language. 1Ior
fathers name naa Ksu.brc, whn wss son
Of Tc-pen.no-hec. the principal Chief
OF the Poltawatomie trito. 1hts tribo
raa divided into navet.i banda OF families. ons
known as tho Dort1and band, another as tho
Pokagou.
In October, 1882, treaty was nlads between
tho Pottawatomies OF tho State OF indiana And
Michigan Territory. under which Tosah rocoiscd
the southwest fractional qnartor Of fractional
Sec. s, -. 15, lying noar tho mouth Of tho
Homa ttnn after That, Tcgah married heE pros-
snt husband, and tley havo auoo restdo1 III the
sIates Of lndana, Illinois, and hiehi-
e. & roRagou e now c.s. T' County e "'sn aes;
tho other members OF tho. Pokagon band.
Togah says ahe neror had any dirsct Information
Of tue selection nj thln 1and until for months
ago. and has always boon too poor and unable to
look after hor rights, Tho patent also uas not
made out TO llor until Oct. IL. 1867.
About tho 1st Of july last Morris 8. f1crric1,
Quo Of tho defendants. yieitod her a. hor homo
with N interpreter namod J.. II. cushauay. and
Ashed hnr to 70 with Ler husband to Hartford,
whoro d number Of tho pottawatomies resided.
80 n to bo identified. stating ALAG that stio ownod
Boms land in Cook County which TO wisled to
buy from her II alao vaa tho grantee 1nontoned
in Tho patsns. 6ho reut to Hartford, Hhe.c
IIerriek, by his stasemen!s that tho land aho
owned In Cook County was po3r and nisrai'y;
thst THO sitlo Tss bad; aad that It was not worth
much, induced hcr 10 give htm .quit::claln dooi
OF tho 12G ncres aforementioned. 11e Ua9 also
aided in hts alleged Bo!iemo by two Indians. WHO
said 10 spolto true. aud Uas not \ bad whtto man.
s-J,- = III.
to deceive hes. Tho confederation VIA $50 ca-l,
and balance Of $3.50 to be paid at somo
future tirnc. This doed wa. given july 6,
1915. aud acknowledged IN Hartford. Mich,
Recorders o.flca Of Cook County, u m,los dis
tant. ToGah now complains that Herrick aud
ono Denlama =. soouy conepitcd together to
cloas lin out Of !hsH land; sbat they know 1t
Of ,!s yaluo; and tha: they wore also aNare that
abs owned tho land. and that tho alvcrso claim
ants 10 tbs laud lad no tlghsful ttle to it. 8hc
al.o sljogas ths' she bad ;.;t, nst Doe1 90 %
any Information Thai lilo fractional
quarter atolson bad been selected for hor; TINT
Mestisk snd s9Gey o1 tue soara1 kpeT o.
tbs deod without oxplpinipg tho instEumont to
her no that she could understand 1t.
About .hreo wenks hfter tho deod WAS ulado
hsr nephew To-posb. received what Was called
mortgage for $3.50 u,aho to hrr. She WAS In
farmoa that 1t was invalid, md On Investigation
fund that such WAS tho fact Az soon ~ she
s.oc'taned tue fact Hho returned tho $50 fso
vas refuatd. July 0, 1876 tho s.mo
day tLo deed was recorded. Horrcs
conveyed . two-ltths Intorost to BanJam'n y.
Boooy for $1,000, this belpE Two wcaks boforo
tho mortgage to her. S2osy and w!to In turn
nold tn Martha A. i1ergick q ouo-teuth 1ntoraEt
In tlls laud for $4,000.
Within II fow daYs Togah saTs she has learned
shat, as carly as 1895. QUO George 2. Walker
woman natnoa Pogah 1C0 acrca, boing tue y. W.
tf Of Soc. i, 81, Is. and Afterwards IL tho Bau,o
year ha resolved from her, bT tho uasno OF To-
n way ~ to make 1t appoar decd OF tho fsac-
ttonai section In Question. which ia claimed oT
complainants. The Recorder Of Cook County
also slowed at ono time, It il claimed, that ono
from some ono usioe tho uanlo OF Togah. aud
claiming to bo Pottnwatotuio 1ndnp, fur this
namo fractional section. Tho conplairAata
dony thu: other Of theac doods aro ynlld.
40 acroa Of the land Ina bean yostod iu Douglas
s. Taylor. aud hie titc has baen conA,med by
docreo under the Burnt Record law, but, as
Tos"h claims; without notice IT,. to her:
u. Waller, claimant under another tito,
conveyed hs intcroat to George ". Ewing, aud
II bus thenoe passed. Into tho haud8 Of tho hoire
Of C. !. Ochmioh. In 1859, Z. A. Nuoker sc-
conveyed motlintely to tho Calumet L Chica-
70 CRual and Dock Company. Douglas y. Isy-
lor haa Rnbdiyidol part OF tho land into lots.
and called u au addition 10 South Chicago, aud
subdivision OF part os tho land. Other parties
hsvo Of claim al inteseat In tho land ii quos-
tion, but their title Ia alleged to bo void.
In conclusion. tho con,,lainznts ask to have
t1o thoy haTo mud whence derived. that tho
dcods Of Walker and lsombsur may DO declared
to be void that hor dAsd to Horrok NAV Also
ba vacated; that The e1eotment aud othor suits
may bo enjosned. tho various p,ata atsealy made
10 Tncated. and that rho mar be docTcod to hasn
go1a and indofeasihle title to tho whole Of tho
126 scres aooyo described. hfossrs. i. 8. Smith
aud II. ]. Lyons appcAs for tho compla!nanta.
Tho following ia a list Of tho defendants:
Morris s. ltorica. hlertba II. HertIok. Dontamtn
y. sooe}, non]amin F. Brown. ueorso r. WAln-
cr. Will'am g. Estng. Norman II. Judd, the
Northern Indiana 4 Chicago 1tsl!road Company;
tho unknown heirs Of tho oatato Of Qeorga ".
Ewing, deceased; byron u. Miner, William A.
Ewing. .oseoutora Of tho cstAto OF George ".
TAYLOR, rheoiloro scl.'ntz, William i. Hood,
David .. Hood. Lcbonus dotthardt, jacob
Gtubsr, Alexander Ohmch. executors or tho
essato OF Charles T. osmich. deceased Johanna
0ehmto'. he!rs at law Of said deceaas Edward
i. Ie!Ener. William 8. Jackson, cuiamin l'o.u-
lier, I.ou'a Drou!ilstd the baltimore Plt!abu!g
& Chlrngo Hallway CompanY; Hoosy 1. Lewia
Land Improvement and Irrigation COMPANY
tho unknown lseila Of George ". Clark. do
csasol Tho Northwest fe1,illzing Cuu,pauv
tho D,tshton Company tho Calumet md Chi
cago Canal and Dock Company; William q.
nostwick. Charlse Mason, Elizabeth i. 1lall.
Jamca u. Hall. James 3. Campbell Isaao n.
Hit. Alfred 4. Dslknap, 4. llohs Houston. Mat
thew v. u. Fowler. Laura 2. 1lobbus, Ban,uel
Gooness corne!Ia Mclean, Nsil Mclean, Charles
@. Wicker, Richard u. lsunyan, William Smith,
lIoary ltunyan, Joseph nrttton, Buuan ". Hug
gins, Jos!lna i. HslmeE, David II. Ncvlus. eI-
tcutoF, hnd tbs unknown hairs Of Russell II.
heyins. deceased and tho Chicago. Rock Island
i Pacific Railroad Company.
GENERAL BUSINESS.
FERsoSaE+
Both Of the Young lady lawyers who gracs thu
Chtoago lar nero engaged Ia court yeets1day,