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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.808 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1780 |
| Title | Land grant to Maj. Arent Schuyler De Peyster (Detroit area) |
| Date | 20 July 1780 |
| Author | Pottawatomi Indian Nation |
| Document Type | Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Land grant to Arent Schuyler De Peyster, Major in the King's 8th Regiment at Detroit. (De Peyster has signed on the back where he turns-over his ownership to a nephew.) Signed with pictographs by the representatives of the following Indian tribes, all part of the Pottawatomi Nation: 1. Nesowagie (deer), 2. Nowense (horse?), 3. Eskebee (rabbit?), 4. Mesowashquat (right-pointing arrow), 5. Oswanaghquat (horse? on its back), 6. Waweyaghlin (3-finned fish), 7. Mutekeseepie (colored fish), 8. Windego (3-finned fish), 9. Left-pointing arrow), 10. Mesaikssangie (eagle), 11. Cameach (eagle). The document is co-signed by T. Williams and W. Williams on recto. On verso are two dockets. |
| Subjects | American Indian History Land Transaction Contract Military History Revolutionary War |
| People | Peyster, Arent Schuyler de (1736-1822) |
| Place written | Detroit, Michigan |
| Theme | Native Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |