The Pennsylvania government continued to offer a bounty for Chartier as late as 1747, when James Adair tried to catch him in South Carolina. Adair later wrote: I headed a company of the cheerful, brave Chickasaw, with the eagles' tails, to the camp of the Shawano Indians, to apprehend one Peter Shartie (a Frenchman), who, ...had decoyed a large body of the Shawano from the English to the French interest. But, fearing the consequences he went round an hundred miles toward the Cheerake Cherokee nation...and thereby evaded the danger. Visit to Detroit, 1747 Chartier appeared in Detroit in 1747 to meet with Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière and explain why his Shawnee band did not move to Detroit. (Records are unclear and the Chartier at the meeting may have been one of his sons.) The French had hoped to lure large numbers of Shawnee and other tribes away from British influence, but Chartier was the only Shawnee leader to accept French patronage. His band preferred to settle on the Wabash River, which is where they had been living when Martin Chartier first encountered them in 1674. The French expected that, because of his French ancestry, Chartier would be inclined to bring his people into alliance with the French. Chartier remained beyond either French or English dominance, consistent with Shawnee values of autonomy. After leaving Detroit, Chartier visited Terre Haute, Indiana, a French settlement on the Wabash.Dunbar Rowland, Albert Godfrey Sanders, Patricia Kay, (eds.) Mississippi Provincial Archives: French Dominion, Vol. 5. 1749-1763, Mississippi. Dept. of Archives and History, LSU Press, 1984. Division of Chartier's people, 1748 Chartier's Shawnee band split several times; some remained in Lower Shawneetown. In the summer of 1748 more than a hundred, led by Chartier's cousin Meshemethequater, returned to Pennsylvania. They learned that Chartier's defection to the French had caused much concern among the British authorities  .Israel Daniel Rupp, Early History of Western Pennsylvania, and of the West, and of Western Expeditions and Campaigns, from MDCCLIV to MDCCCXXXIII. A.P. Ingram, 1848.Gordon Calloway, The Shawnees and the War for America, The Penguin library of American Indian history; Penguin, 2007. The Provincial government feared that other Shawnee and possibly other tribes would also shift their alliance to the French. Death Peter Chartier was last recorded as seen in 1758 in a village on the Wabash River. His band was referred to in a 1760 letter from Governor-General Vaudreuil-Cavagnial: Legacy and honors Chartier's role as interpreter and negotiator Early in his career, Peter Chartier served as a capable intermediary. He bridged the cultural gap between the English and the Native American tribes of the Ohio Valley and Western Pennsylvania by acting as an interpreter and negotiator who played a crucial part in maintaining good relations with local tribes, establishing military alliances, and promoting trade. Many other Métis traders and explorers of mixed Native American-French ancestry also served in this role, along with Europeans who had assimilated into Native American communities. They typically spoke English, French and (sometimes several) Native American languages fluently, and understood both European and a variety of Native American customs and values. The best-known of these are Louis-Thomas Chabert de Joncaire and his son Philippe-Thomas Chabert de Joncaire; several members of the Montour family, including Madam Montour, her son Andrew Montour and grandson Nicholas Montour; and Augustin Langlade and his son Charles Michel de Langlade. Regulation of the sale of alcohol in Native American communities Chartier's decision to join the French and to lead his community out of Pennsylvania sparked fears that Native Americans would attack British settlements. As a result, the Pennsylvania provincial government finally took measures to comply with the repeated requests of Shawnee leaders to control the practice of trading rum for furs. On 7 May 1745, shortly after Chartier had announced his defection to the French, Lieutenant-Governor George Thomas issued a proclamation stating: Whereas frequent complaints have been made by the Indians, and of late earnestly renewed, that divers gross irregularities and abuses have been committed in the Indian countries, and that many of their people have been cheated and inflamed to such a degree by means of strong liquors being brought and sold amongst them contrary to the said laws, as to endanger their own lives and the lives of others ... I do hereby strictly enjoin the magistrates of the several counties within this province, and especially those of the county of Lancaster, where these abuses are mostly carried on, to be very vigilant.
The Pennsylvania government continued to offer a bounty for Chartier as late as 1747, when James Adair tried to catch him in South Carolina. Adair later wrote: I headed a company of the cheerful, brave Chickasaw, with the eagles' tails, to the camp of the Shawano Indians, to apprehend one Peter Shartie (a Frenchman), who, ...had decoyed a large body of the Shawano from the English to the French interest. But, fearing the consequences he went round an hundred miles toward the Cheerake nation...and thereby evaded the danger. Visit to Detroit, 1747 Chartier appeared in Detroit in 1747 to meet with Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière and explain why his Shawnee band did not move to Detroit. (Records are unclear and the Chartier at the meeting may have been one of his sons.) The French had hoped to lure large numbers of Shawnee and other tribes away from British influence, but Chartier , Meshemethequater, and Neucheconeh were the only Shawnee leaders to accept French patronage. His band preferred to settle on the Wabash River, which is where they had been living when Martin Chartier first encountered them in 1674. The French expected that, because of his French ancestry, Chartier would be inclined to bring his people into alliance with the French. Chartier remained beyond either French or English dominance, consistent with Shawnee values of autonomy. After leaving Detroit, Chartier visited Terre Haute, Indiana, a French settlement on the Wabash.Dunbar Rowland, Albert Godfrey Sanders, Patricia Kay, (eds.) Mississippi Provincial Archives: French Dominion, Vol. 5. 1749-1763, Mississippi. Dept. of Archives and History, LSU Press, 1984. Division of Chartier's people, 1748 Chartier's Shawnee band split several times; some remained in Lower Shawneetown. In the summer of 1748 more than a hundred, led by Chartier's cousin Meshemethequater, returned to Pennsylvania. Chartier's defection to the French had caused much concern among the British authorities as the Provincial government feared that other Shawnee and possibly other tribes would become French allies .Israel Daniel Rupp, Early History of Western Pennsylvania, and of the West, and of Western Expeditions and Campaigns, from MDCCLIV to MDCCCXXXIII. A.P. Ingram, 1848.Gordon Calloway, The Shawnees and the War for America, The Penguin library of American Indian history; Penguin, 2007. Death Peter Chartier was last seen in 1758 in a village on the Wabash River. His band was referred to in a 1760 letter from Governor-General Vaudreuil-Cavagnial: Legacy Chartier's role as interpreter and negotiator Early in his career, Peter Chartier served as a capable intermediary. He bridged the cultural gap between the English and the Native American tribes of the Ohio Valley and Western Pennsylvania by acting as an interpreter and negotiator who played a crucial part in maintaining good relations with local tribes, establishing military alliances, and promoting trade. Many other Métis traders and explorers of mixed Native American-French ancestry also served in this role, along with Europeans who had assimilated into Native American communities. They typically spoke English, French and (sometimes several) Native American languages fluently, and understood both European and Native American customs and values. The best-known of these are Louis-Thomas Chabert de Joncaire and his son Philippe-Thomas Chabert de Joncaire; several members of the Montour family, including Madam Montour, her son Andrew Montour and grandson Nicholas Montour; and Augustin Langlade and his son Charles Michel de Langlade. Regulation of the sale of alcohol in Native American communities Chartier's decision to join the French and to lead his community out of Pennsylvania sparked fears that Native Americans would attack British settlements. As a result, the Pennsylvania provincial government finally took measures to comply with the repeated requests of Shawnee leaders to control the practice of trading rum for furs. On 7 May 1745, shortly after Chartier had announced his defection to the French, Lieutenant-Governor George Thomas issued a proclamation stating: Whereas frequent complaints have been made by the Indians, and of late earnestly renewed, that divers gross irregularities and abuses have been committed in the Indian countries, and that many of their people have been cheated and inflamed to such a degree by means of strong liquors being brought and sold amongst them contrary to the said laws, as to endanger their own lives and the lives of others ... I do hereby strictly enjoin the magistrates of the several counties within this province, and especially those of the county of Lancaster, where these abuses are mostly carried on, to be very vigilant.
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