St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-14
Large Tracts of Land in Min
nesota and Wisconsin In .
volyed. !
An English Captain Becomes
Chief. Of an Indian 4
Tribe.
Recovery Of a Valuable Doeu-
.ment Mislaid Many Years !,
Ago.
Developments of a Startling
Nature Relative to Real |:
Estate Transfers.

There was a motley gathering at the
Merchants yesterday moring. Politi-
clans and Legislators. agriculturists and
travelling men eIbowed each other,
talked, laughed and filled the corridors
with the odor of the vilest of vile
cigars. ~
1.-THE Carver heirs have unearthed
important testimony supporting their
claims"
The speaker was seated in the center
of the rotunda, a man of six and thirty
years, exhibiting considerable muscular
development and pleasing figure.
His face was weatherbeateE. but eyes
of a sparkling jet impaired an attactive
appearance to MISUNDERSTANDING !,
every-day-sOrt of man.
SIS that so?o was the reply of his
companion, and the two entered into a
long conversation OH the merits of the
Carver claim.
In the early years Of the eighteenth
century, in the old days OF the whip
ping post and vassalism, Jonathan Car
yer first saw the light. He served
many years in the British army, rising
to the rank of captain. but is more
favOrably known as
1.-THE ENGLISH EXPLORER"
The year 1866 found him exploring
the region tributary to Lake Superior
and the Mississippi, his object being the
furtherance of the interests of the En-
glish government on this continent. His
journey is detailed at length in his
journal, which states that, leaving Bos
ton June. 1716, and reaching MackjnaW
in September, he explored Green bay,
and by way of the Fox and the WiscOn-
sin rivers reached Prairie du Chen.
Pushing onward, he took in the falls of
st. Anthony, shortly below which he
fell in with band of the NaudOwiSsieS.
w ith these Indians he remained five
months, secured considerable influence
in their councils, and was installed as a
chief, He was particularly favored by
two of the NaudoWiSSie or Sioux chiefs,
Nawnopawgatfn and OtOhtongoomlis-
head-the former signifying the turtle,
and the latter snake. These chiefs pre-
sented Carver with tract of land,
which is defined as beginning at the
falls of st. Anthem. following the east
bank of the Mississippi down to the
mouth of the Chippewa, thence follow
ing the Chippewa some 100 miles. and
from there back to the falls of st. An
thony. This tract forms the claim of
THE CARVER HEIRS.
Charles ID. Garrison, OSaklS, Douglas
county. Mimi, was the speaker who re-
ferred to the revival of this famous
claim. Mr.. Garrison takes deep iu-
terest in all that is done in connection
Herewith, and very properly. There is
in his possession deed of an undivided
5000 acres of land out of this debat-
able tract of land. made by Jonathan
Carver to 0. Garrison, the grandfather
of the present holder of the document.
Mr.. GarrisOn'S story OF the claim is that
up to the present the claim has not been
recognized by congress because part OF
the deeds were missing, Carver having
delivered them in Plantation hall, Lon
don, where they were mislaid. Carver
refers to this in his journal. ''Three
other deeds are in the possession of
David Martin, of Maryland, in addition
to the one | hold,'' said MI. Garrison,
land it is now reported that the mislaid
deeds have been found
IN PLANTATION HALL.
81 know nothing definite about that,
except what is stated in a letter Eve re-
ceived this morning and newspaper
clipping. The Carver heirs have petit
toned congress several times respect
ing this tract of land-in 1906, 1928 and
1925. Their petition was dismissed be-
cause of the want of proof, which, of
course, will be supplied, if this docu-
ment is authentic"
s'Such, in brief, is the history of this
wonderful claim. If it is made good. and
the heirs obtain their alleged possessions,
what an upheaval there would be.
Fancy an estate covering fair slice of
Minnesota and nearly half the state of
Wisconsin, with the whole of the city
of St. Paul thrown in! Imagine the
CONSERVATION among the real estate
dealers, to say nothing of those who
have bought lots, if the whole realty of
ST., Paul was handed over to the Carver
heirs. Mr.. Garrison replied, when the
question was placed before him: ''The
thing could never be done, as it ought
never to be done.,' But the sensible
view taken by MI. Garrison is not
shared by the other claimants. and de-
velopments of startling nature are
promised.