Western Kansas world., 1886-11-06
A Thoroushgofng Instrument.

LoDgmans Magazine.
Talking of settling new countries, the
following deed, in notary's office In
Lewisburg, United States, proves that
the colonists, in dealing with the red In
dians real property, were very careful to
secure sound titles to lands. The deed
is dated November 8, 1898, and traces
the title back, as Will be observed, to
Adam. The document is almost as Gu
rious as the older treaties which the
female Indians signed with the totem
marks, or badges, of their elan.
This identure, made the 9th of October,
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and ninety three, between Clara
Helena Ellinkhuysen of the town OF Lewis
burg, in the township of Buffalo, In the
county of Northumberland and common
wealth of Pennsylvania, widow, of the one
part, and Flavai Roam, of the town of Sun
bury, in the county and commonwealth
foresaid, Esquire OF the other part.
WHEREAS, 'he Creator of the Earth, by
parole ana livery of seizin, did enteof the
parents of mankind-to wit, Adam and Eve
of all that certain tract of land called and
known in the planetary eystem by the name
of the Earth, together with all and singular
the advantages, woods, waters, watercourses,
easements, liberties, privileges, and all
others the appurtenances whatsoever there
unto belonging, or in any wise appertaining,
to have and to hold to them, the said Adam
and Eve, and the heirs of their bodies law
fully to be begotten. in fee tail general for
ever, as by said feoffment recorded by
Moses, in the first chap ter in the first book
of his records, commonly called Genesis,
more fully and at large appears on reference
being thereuutO had; and
WHEREAS, The said Adam and Eve died
seized of the premises aforesaid in fee-tail
general, leaving issue, heirs of their bodies
to wit sons and daughters-who entered
into the same premises and became thereof
seized as tenants in common by virtue of the
donation aforesaid, and multiplied their
seed upon the earth; and
WHEREAS, In process of time, the heirs of
the said Adam and Eve, having become very
numerous, and finding it to be lnconvenient
to remain in common as aforesaid, be-
thought themselves to make partition of the
lands and tenements aforesaid to and among
themselves, and they did accordingly make
such Partition; and whereas by the virtue of
the said partition made by the heirs of the
same Adam and Eve all that certain tract of
land called and known on the general plan
of the said Earth by the name of America,
parcel of said large tract, was allotted and
set over unto certain of the heirs aforesaid,
to them and to their heirs general, in fee
simple, who entered into the same and be-
came thereof seized as aforesaid in their de-
mesue, as of fee, and peopled the same al
loted lands in severalty and made partition
thereof to and among their descendants:
and
WHEREAS, Afterwards deemed in
time eimmemorial-a certain united people
called "The Six Nations of North America, "
heirs and descendants of the said grantees
of America, became seized. and fer long
time whereof the memory of man 'runneth
not to the contrary have been seized in their
demesne as of fee, of and in certain tract
of country and land in the north division Of
America, called and known at present on
| the general plan of the said north division
by the name of Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, The said united nations, being
so thereof seized afterwards-to wit, in the
year of our Lord one thousand seven hun
dred and eighly-six-hy their certain deed
of feoffment with livery seizin, did grant.
bargain, sell, release, enfeoff, alien, and
confirm unto Thomas Penn and Richard
Penn, otherwise ralted the Proprietors of
Pennsylvania (among other tbings), the
country called the Buffsloe Valley, situated
on the south side of the west branch of the
river Susquehanna, parcel of said country
called Pennsylvania
Thus the deed runs on down to the
time of it's date-1793.