Papers, 1816-1818.

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Papers, 1816-1818.

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Letters from Parke to the Secretary of War regarding the proposed purchase of Miami, Delaware, and other Indian tribal lands along the White River in central Indiana, and regarding negotiations leading to the Treaty of St. Marys, Ohio. There is also a letter and a document signed by Ohio Indian agent John Johnston concerning a proposed treaty at Greenville, Ohio, and a letter from William Turner to Lewis Cass discussing the U.S. Senate's refusal to ratify a treaty and a meeting with John Baptiste Richardville. Tribal groups mentioned include the Miami, Delaware, Wea, and Potawatomi.

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Johnston, John, 1775-1861

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Johnston was born in Ireland. He emigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia in 1786. In 1802 he was appointed Indian factor in Fort Wayne, Ind. and apparently took over the position of Indian agent there in 1809. In 1811 he was transferred to Piqua, Ohio, where he was Indian agent for the next 20 years. From the description of Account book, 1802-1811. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 27701151 Dayton, Ohio was a place for concentrating...

Richardville, John Baptiste, 1761?-1841

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Jean Baptiste de Richardville (c. 1761 – 13 August 1841), also known as Pinšiwa or Peshewa in the Miami-Illinois language (meaning 'Wildcat' or 'Lynx') or John Richardville in English, was the last akima 'civil chief' of the Miami people. He began his career in the 1790s as a fur trader who controlled an important portage connecting the Maumee River to the Little River (the present-day Little Wabash River) in what became the present-day state of Indiana. Richardville emerged a principal chief in...

Parke, Benjamin, 1777-1835

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Born in New Jersey, Parke studied law in Lexington, Ky. before moving to Vincennes, Ind. in 1799. He served as territorial attorney general and judge, as a judge of the U.S. District Court, and as an Indian agent. Parke was also the first president of the Indiana Historical Society. From the description of Papers, 1816-1818. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 39040749 Delegate to the U.S. Congress, jurist, army officer, and public official of Indiana (...