St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-12
WENT NOT ON RECORD
A Singular Document Brought
in to the Register
Of Deeds.
1t Recalls Capt. Carver and
His Grant From King
George Ill.
No Complaining Witness
Shows Up in; an As
sault Case.
AL Freseo Bathing at the
/. high Bridge Annoys
People.

An interesting instrument was yes
terday offered for record in the archives
of this country and record refused. The
document is OF peculial interest in that
tits relic of Capt. Jonathan Carver.
the pioneer and Indian tighter, and
bears the hand and seal of King George
III. 1t is patent from that royal
tyrant, and covers more than a dozen
whole counties. as we'll as several parts
of counties in. Wisconsin. 1t also eX-
tends over stretch of domain that
chips into the border of Minnesota and
Michigan. Attached to the grant of
lands prior to revolutionary days is one
of much later date which shows that
on May q, 1874, Arthur Wilder, of De-
troit, Mich, secured from Seth Keller
and iRebecca Keller Quitclaim deed
for twenty-five miles square of a por-
ton of the original territory, for which
he paid $4,000.
The greater part of the instrument is
printed, and was evidently prepared as
an indenture with copies sufficient for
fling in all the counties of Wisconsin,
Minnesota and Michigan where the
original instrument called for land.
The original grant of land was to
Capt. Jonathan Carver, an Englishman
who resided in London, Eng. and is
bounded as follows: Beginning at the
Falls of st. Anthony and running along
the east bank of the Mississippi river
in nearly southeast direction as far as
the south or lower end of Lake Pepin,
where the Chippewa river emptieS iuto
70 from tnannn f.
ward five days travel. counting a
days travel twenty English miles,"
This takes it to point i'll Portage
county, Wisconsin. not far from the
present city of Grand Rapids. The line
then runs north six days travel Of
twenty miles each. This line runs
through the counties of Portage, Mara
thon, Lincoln and Oneida, in Wiscon-
| sin, and enters the county of Gogebic
in Michigan. The line then runs in
a straight line to st. Anthony Falls,
passing through the counties of Oneida,
Ashland, Price. Sawyer, Chippewa,
Barron, Dunn and st. CroiX, in Wiscon-
sin. 1t will. of course, include the
West side of the city of ST. Paul, aud
Include part of the city of Minneapo-
lis.
1t seems that Capt. Jonathan Carver
was a subject of King George Ill. of
England, and was also much admired
| by the NauG0wissie tribe of Indians, of
whom the instrument declares he pur-
chased the lands and received a deed
therefor from its chiefs, dated May /,
1857. The instrument, which is patent
for the lands, then recites the deed from
| the Indian chiefs, which latter begins
as follows: 10 Jonathan Carver, a
NJ
George Third, king Of England and OF
the other nations, the fame of whom as
a courageous warrior has reached our
| ears, and has been more fully told us by
our brother Jonathan, whom we rejoice
to see among us and to bring us good
news of his country, we, as chiefs Of
| the NaudowiSSieS, who have hereto sci
| our hands and seals, do, by these pres
| ents, for ourselves and ours forever. in
| return for many presents. and for good
services done by Brother iona
| than to ourselves and our allies,
| do graut to him and to his
heirs forever the following lands u
Then follows description OF the land
| Capt Carver the lands. trees, rocks and
rivers within the boundary, but reserves
the sole right and liberty of hunting
and fishing on the lands which shall
not be planted or improved by Brother
| Jonathan or his heirs. This instrument
was Signed and sealed al Great Cave,
| May l, 1867, by as follows: "Hawno
pawjatin (Turtle) his mark; OtohtOn.
goomlisheau (Snake) his mark"
The instrument recitet that this deed
from the Indian chiefs is recorded in
the Plantation Office. Whitehall, Lon.
don, England That in 1924 the decend
,..,f, lafi. f1,oi
this title had descended to the heirs OF
Capt. Jonathan Carver and acknowl
edged the same before William Z. Van
Ness. of the district court of the United
States, copy OF which is in the arch
| ives o. congress in the war department
That Jonathan Carver died Jan. Is
1850, at London, England, leaving {
| widow and seven children, whose
names are Rufus, Jonathan, Mary
Abigail, Oliver. Sarah and Mind
well. These were the inheritor:
of the land from Capt. Carver
The eldest son. Rufus Carver. had two
sons and five daughters, and the eldes
daughter married Seth Keller, hel
Aug. 2, 1899. at Brandon, RutlanC
county, vt. Rufus Carver on Jan. II
1852, executed to his son-in-law, Seti
Keeler. deed for twenty five miles
square of this territory. Then Sell
Keeler and Rebecca Keller, his theI
wife, made quit claim deed of tht
twenty-five miles square to Arthur
Wilder, of Detroit, Mich, this was May
81, 1874, and the consideration was $40.
600.
\ Just where this twenty-five mile.
square is located does not appear by thu
instrument. Register of Deeds Charlie!
l.. Haas received this formidable docu
ment by mail, but as the conditions fo
admitting it to record have not beer
complied with it has not been admitted
to record. He has notified the attorne.
that he will have to present ceftlficat'
to the effect that all taxes and assess
ments have been paid ola the land GOV
cred before it will be recorded. Til
Instrument is Of interest to the genera
public because OF its DecuilaritleS ant
OF its ancient character. but it is of es
pecial interest to those who have Ian,
in the territory covered, as it may IN
yolve a contest over title i'll the courts
WHERE WIS kLEMISR.