Subject: Native-American Exhibit at Clarke Historical Library New Exhibit at Clarke Historical Library, CMU, Mt. Pleasant, MI NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL LEADERS: PROUD, SKILLFUL TREATY NEGOTIATORS MOUNT PLEASANT - The lives and times of Native American tribal leaders in the Great Lakes region who signed treaties with the federal government in the 1820s are featured in a new Clarke Historical Library exhibit at Central Michigan University: Native American Treaty Signers in The Great Lakes Region. The exhibit centers on 22 full-color lithographs of Native American leaders drawn by James O. Lewis and printed between 1835 and 1836. The images reveal the proud, detailed profiles of legendary Indian leaders focused on achieving the best possible treaties for their people. "They are often portrayed as unsophisticated, yet these Indian leaders were actually thoughtful negotiators who employed skills developed during a long history of striking deals between Native Americans and Europeans," said Frank Boles, director of the Clarke Historical Library. "They were neither simple nor uneducated. They were very proud and sophisticated leaders who knew how to negotiate treaties for the benefit of their people," he continued. "Native American Treaty Signers in the Great Lakes Region" runs through July 16 in the library's Francis and Mary Lois Molson Gallery. Admission is free and open to the public. The lithographs, purchased by the Clarke at a Chicago auction in 2003, were color prints made from the original, mostly watercolor paintings of the Indian leaders drawn from life at the various treaty ceremonies. The original sketches were destroyed in an 1865 fire at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The exhibit also features a number of other printed items that shaped relationships between Native Americans and Euro-Americans. Items include: several books written by the Potawatomi leader Simon Pokagon and printed on birch bark; the first copy of the New Testament published in Ojibway language, printed in 1833; and a first edition of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Song of Hiawatha," which was published in Boston in 1855.

Well, he was very dark, black thick hair, golden brown skin and the darkest eyes. He was very handsome. Looked to me he had Native American blood. Just thought I'd ask. Spiritdove ~v~ on 2/24/04 5:08 AM, bud at bud@alliancecom.net wrote: > I don't think so but who knows. Bud

I don't think so but who knows. Bud ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spiritdove" <imburgia@whidbey.com> To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] johnston > Are you any relation to a Robert Johnston from Tacoma Washington? Just > wonderin! He'd be in his early 50's now. > > Spiritdove ~v~ > > > on 2/23/04 5:18 AM, bud at bud@alliancecom.net wrote: > > > Can anyone add to this? > > > > > > I my g grandfather william johnston born in canada west apr 1848 moved to mi > > abt1860 ( 12 yrs old) lived in or got married in Flint in 1866 to julia > > Mcwilliams from new york.died in Standish and is buried there in 1909. He is > > buried in Standish beside Julia. william never learned to read or right and > > never became a citizen. Claimed his parents came from scotland. It says tinner > > by his name In an old census. Is that part of the name or occupation? Children > > william henry born abt 1848 in flint moved to bayfield WI married Margaret > > decoutau fro Bad River RES died in Winigar mi, frank ( Francis) edward born > > abt sept 1869 in flint,maude mogene born sept 4 1879 in lapeer die dec 1972 in > > Santa anna ca. anna evelyn born feb 10 1876 in lapeer died apr 24 1934 in west > > branch mi. Minnie Bell bornoct 1881 in lapeer died jul9 1957 in detroit buried > > beside mom and dad. charles butler born abt 1885 nothing else.other thing i'm > > looking for is Arthur Moore and edward brooks Arthur was a ! > > politition born aug 1908 or 1918 died jul 1980 near detroit.Edward Brooks > > married near detroit abt 1914 maybe canadian to Bertha sutton. Possibel > > Tribal conections to all of these. Bud > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Bud 1900 STANDISH TWP ARENAC MICHIGAN JOHNSTON WILLIAM 52 (Apr 1848) M W 32 Canada English SCOTLAND SCOTLAND JULIA 54 (May 1846) F W 32 NY NY NY MINNIE BELLE 18 (Oct 1881) F W S MICHIGAN ORVILLE MCWILLIAMS 76 (JUN 1824) M W W NY Ireland Canada English *William emigrated 1864 and he and Julia were married 32 years. *Orville, widowed, married 55 years. Listed as father-in-law. 1880 Orville MC WILLIAMS Self M Male W 57 NY Laborer IRE --- Miranda MC WILLIAMS Wife M Female W 58 NY Keeping House RI VT Fanny MC WILLIAMS Dau S Female W 13 MI At School NY NY Census Place 3rd Ward, Flint, Genesee, Michigan Family History Library Film 1254579 NA Film Number T9-0579 Page Number 195D 1860 Flint, Genesee, Michigan Orvil McWilliams age 38 NY Maranda " 37 NY Julia " 13 NY Roxyan " 11 NY Charles W. " 9 NY also living with them is: Gilbert Bennet 22 Sarah " 20 Hope this helps! Larry Friend (lack Buffalo) friend@2z.net ==================================================== -----Original Message----- From: Nimrodkiss@aol.com [mailto:Nimrodkiss@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 12:15 AM To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] johnston Hi Bud On the Michigan 1870 census it lists William Johnston age 22 a tinner is his occupation. Wife Julia age 24 born New York. Two children shown, son William age 2 born 1878 and son Francis born 1879 age 11/12. There is also a William Johnston age 25 born Canada with wife Helen age 25 born Michigan. They had a son William age 1. Hope this helps some. Jan Gouin Can anyone add to this? I my g grandfather william johnston born in canada west apr 1848 moved to mi abt1860 ( 12 yrs old) lived in or got married in Flint in 1866 to julia Mcwilliams from new york.died in Standish and is buried there in 1909. He is buried in Standish beside Julia. william never learned to read or right and never became a citizen. Claimed his parents came from scotland. It says tinner by his name In an old census. Is that part of the name or occupation? Children william henry born abt 1848 in flint moved to bayfield WI married Margaret decoutau fro Bad River RES died in Winigar mi, frank ( Francis) edward born abt sept 1869 in flint,maude mogene born sept 4 1879 in lapeer die dec 1972 in Santa anna ca. anna evelyn born feb 10 1876 in lapeer died apr 24 1934 in west branch mi. Minnie Bell bornoct 1881 in lapeer died jul9 1957 in detroit buried beside mom and dad. charles butler born abt 1885 nothing else.other thing i'm looking for is Arthur Moore and edward brooks Arthur was a ! politition born aug 1908 or 1918 died jul 1980 near detroit.Edward Brooks married near detroit abt 1914 maybe canadian to Bertha sutton. Possibel Tribal conections to all of these. Bud ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Hi Bud On the Michigan 1870 census it lists William Johnston age 22 a tinner is his occupation. Wife Julia age 24 born New York. Two children shown, son William age 2 born 1878 and son Francis born 1879 age 11/12. There is also a William Johnston age 25 born Canada with wife Helen age 25 born Michigan. They had a son William age 1. Hope this helps some. Jan Gouin Can anyone add to this? I my g grandfather william johnston born in canada west apr 1848 moved to mi abt1860 ( 12 yrs old) lived in or got married in Flint in 1866 to julia Mcwilliams from new york.died in Standish and is buried there in 1909. He is buried in Standish beside Julia. william never learned to read or right and never became a citizen. Claimed his parents came from scotland. It says tinner by his name In an old census. Is that part of the name or occupation? Children william henry born abt 1848 in flint moved to bayfield WI married Margaret decoutau fro Bad River RES died in Winigar mi, frank ( Francis) edward born abt sept 1869 in flint,maude mogene born sept 4 1879 in lapeer die dec 1972 in Santa anna ca. anna evelyn born feb 10 1876 in lapeer died apr 24 1934 in west branch mi. Minnie Bell bornoct 1881 in lapeer died jul9 1957 in detroit buried beside mom and dad. charles butler born abt 1885 nothing else.other thing i'm looking for is Arthur Moore and edward brooks Arthur was a ! politition born aug 1908 or 1918 died jul 1980 near detroit.Edward Brooks married near detroit abt 1914 maybe canadian to Bertha sutton. Possibel Tribal conections to all of these. Bud

Are you any relation to a Robert Johnston from Tacoma Washington? Just wonderin! He'd be in his early 50's now. Spiritdove ~v~ on 2/23/04 5:18 AM, bud at bud@alliancecom.net wrote: > Can anyone add to this? > > > I my g grandfather william johnston born in canada west apr 1848 moved to mi > abt1860 ( 12 yrs old) lived in or got married in Flint in 1866 to julia > Mcwilliams from new york.died in Standish and is buried there in 1909. He is > buried in Standish beside Julia. william never learned to read or right and > never became a citizen. Claimed his parents came from scotland. It says tinner > by his name In an old census. Is that part of the name or occupation? Children > william henry born abt 1848 in flint moved to bayfield WI married Margaret > decoutau fro Bad River RES died in Winigar mi, frank ( Francis) edward born > abt sept 1869 in flint,maude mogene born sept 4 1879 in lapeer die dec 1972 in > Santa anna ca. anna evelyn born feb 10 1876 in lapeer died apr 24 1934 in west > branch mi. Minnie Bell bornoct 1881 in lapeer died jul9 1957 in detroit buried > beside mom and dad. charles butler born abt 1885 nothing else.other thing i'm > looking for is Arthur Moore and edward brooks Arthur was a ! > politition born aug 1908 or 1918 died jul 1980 near detroit.Edward Brooks > married near detroit abt 1914 maybe canadian to Bertha sutton. Possibel > Tribal conections to all of these. Bud > ----- Original Message ----- > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Can anyone add to this? I my g grandfather william johnston born in canada west apr 1848 moved to mi abt1860 ( 12 yrs old) lived in or got married in Flint in 1866 to julia Mcwilliams from new york.died in Standish and is buried there in 1909. He is buried in Standish beside Julia. william never learned to read or right and never became a citizen. Claimed his parents came from scotland. It says tinner by his name In an old census. Is that part of the name or occupation? Children william henry born abt 1848 in flint moved to bayfield WI married Margaret decoutau fro Bad River RES died in Winigar mi, frank ( Francis) edward born abt sept 1869 in flint,maude mogene born sept 4 1879 in lapeer die dec 1972 in Santa anna ca. anna evelyn born feb 10 1876 in lapeer died apr 24 1934 in west branch mi. Minnie Bell bornoct 1881 in lapeer died jul9 1957 in detroit buried beside mom and dad. charles butler born abt 1885 nothing else.other thing i'm looking for is Arthur Moore and edward brooks Arthur was a ! politition born aug 1908 or 1918 died jul 1980 near detroit.Edward Brooks married near detroit abt 1914 maybe canadian to Bertha sutton. Possibel Tribal conections to all of these. Bud ----- Original Message -----

thank you so muxch, it's more than I had. The "Walter" born Mar 1890 is my grandfather, the Alex D. would be great grandfather and our family history (oral) relates that he was a policeman on the reservation. Is there any info on Alex D.' forbears? Lee Cameron Steele

Did a little checking for you and found: CAMERON ALEX D 33 M W CANA WI CHIPPEWA 9-WD CHIPPEWA FALLS 1900 Alex D. b.Feb 1867 Canada f:Scotland m:Canada (English) woodsman emigrated 1865 (age is 43 which means born 1857 and not 1867) w:Mary b.1865 parent from France, married 17 years, 2 children/2 living Ethel Feb 1882 WI (she is step daughter to Mary) Walter Mar 1890 WI Margaret Jan 1898 MN Not very much info to go on. -----Original Message----- From: LSteele321@aol.com [mailto:LSteele321@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 10:31 AM To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NISHNAWBE] Cameron am looking for information on Camerons in Chippewa Falls, particularily Walter D. Cameron, born in 1890. Thanks a lot. Am new to this and can't find info. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

am looking for information on Camerons in Chippewa Falls, particularily Walter D. Cameron, born in 1890. Thanks a lot. Am new to this and can't find info.

Does Goein become Gurnoe or something like that? Bud ----- Original Message ----- From: <Nimrodkiss@aol.com> To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 12:44 AM Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] Mackinac Register/Betty Jack > I would like to clarify something about the Mackinac Resister and Wisconsin > Collection records we recently have had info on our site about. Jean > Baptiste GOUIN dit Champagne died on Mackinac Island Aug 1, 1754. He is listed as > Jean Baptiste GOURN dit Champagne. I understand this is what was on his cross > in the cemetery there and the translations wee are talking about. When people > that are not familiar with French names do the translations that misspell a > lot of names. If you don't find the name you are looking for be sure to look > for the misspelled names. Good luck everyone. Jan Gouin > > About a year ago I purchased the CD Mackinac Register 1695-1888 from Ste. > Anne's Church. I believe it was $20 or $25 and it contains both the images > of > the original registers and the SHSW translation. The address is: Ste. > Anne's > Church, P.O. Box 537, Mackinac Island, MI 49757. > > Hope this helps. > > Betty Jack > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Thanks much!! All is appreciated! Cindy -------Original Message------- From: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com Date: 02/20/04 07:59:45 To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] Louis Hamelin Hi Cindy Just a bit of information to supplement Larry's: Charles Hamelin married Marie-Athanasie Sauteuse at Mackinac in 1738; there were 6 children: Marianne 1731-1767; Jacques b 1733; Pierre Pascal 1735-1745 Louis Charles b 1737; Marie Françoise 1739-1750; and Jean Baptiste b 1741. Marie-Athanasie died in 1745. Marie-Athanasie must have been a remarkable woman. Not only did her faithful slave take her name (and was buried inside the church next to her mistress) but Charles soon married another Sauteuse who also took the name Marie-Athanasie upon conversion. The registers don't tell us whether this was her idea or Charles's. Of their 2 children, 1 died in infancy and I don't know about the second, Marie-Joseph born 1748. Marie-Athanasie the second was, I believe, the woman (also known as Equawaice) who then married Jean-Baptiste Cadot and was the mother of all his children. By the way, you should if at all possible get hold of the original records, in French: the folks at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin must have all been Protestants, for there are some interesting errors in their translation. Marie-Athanasie (Cadot's wife) is also called by them Catherine but the word in the original is quite clearly catechumen: a person in the process of preparing for formal conversion to Catholicism. About a year ago I purchased the CD Mackinac Register 1695-1888 from Ste. Anne's Church. I believe it was $20 or $25 and it contains both the images of the original registers and the SHSW translation. The address is: Ste. Anne's Church, P.O. Box 537, Mackinac Island, MI 49757. Hope this helps. Betty Jack ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Thank you for your help! Cindy -------Original Message------- From: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com Date: 02/20/04 13:16:56 To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NISHNAWBE] Louis Hamelin Just noticed the following and thought it might be of interest. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/lhbum:@field(DOCID+@lit(lhbum768 9hdiv9)) [The following entry was omitted, through clerical oversight, from the list of marriages given in our volume xviii.] August 20, 1787, after granting dispensation of bans between Louis hamelin, son of Sieur Charles hamelin and of the late Awaci, a sauteux savage, his father and mother, of the government of Montreal, of the one part; and Josette Le Sable, a savage of the Sauteux nation, residing at the old fort of Michilimakina, of the other part--I, the undersigned priest, administered the sacrament of matrimony to them, after receiving the mutual consent they had already pledged one another many years ago in the hope of having their marriage ratified by an approved priest and before several witnesses, also according to the ordinances of our mother the holy church and as testified below by the signatures of messieurs J. Be Nolen; L. Carignan, Notary public, witnesses, who Signed with us, as did also the husband; the wife declared that she could not sign her name. Payet, Missn. priest. L. Hamelin. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/lhbum:@field(DOCID+@lit(lhbum768 9hdiv10)): She Marie Athanase, slave of Charles Hamelin died fortified with all the sacraments, on January 24, 1748, and was buried in the church the following day beside her deceased mistress. I interred in the cemetery of this post, in accordance with his last wishes, jacque Michel hamelin, trader, of the parish of Grondines, who died yesterday. At Michilimakinak, this November 15, 1757. There is a great deal of EXCELLENT reading with a lot of names seen on this list. Larry Friend (Black Buffalo) friend@2z.net ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Bud What are the names, dates of your Johnston's in Flint? Jan Gouin Who are you refering to? I sure could use some help on the Johnston family from Flint/ Standish MI Bud

I would like to clarify something about the Mackinac Resister and Wisconsin Collection records we recently have had info on our site about. Jean Baptiste GOUIN dit Champagne died on Mackinac Island Aug 1, 1754. He is listed as Jean Baptiste GOURN dit Champagne. I understand this is what was on his cross in the cemetery there and the translations wee are talking about. When people that are not familiar with French names do the translations that misspell a lot of names. If you don't find the name you are looking for be sure to look for the misspelled names. Good luck everyone. Jan Gouin About a year ago I purchased the CD Mackinac Register 1695-1888 from Ste. Anne's Church. I believe it was $20 or $25 and it contains both the images of the original registers and the SHSW translation. The address is: Ste. Anne's Church, P.O. Box 537, Mackinac Island, MI 49757. Hope this helps. Betty Jack

Who are you refering to? I sure could use some help on the Johnston family from Flint/ Standish MI Bud ----- Original Message ----- From: <Criquetpas@aol.com> To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] Hamelin and Kinonchamek > > > This researcher in particular is about the best "Indian" family researcher in > Michigan too. > You have to dig in this game, and when you think you have dug the hole deep > enough dig some more. You are "investigating the dead", so to speak. > > Earl > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi Cindy Just a bit of information to supplement Larry's: Charles Hamelin married Marie-Athanasie Sauteuse at Mackinac in 1738; there were 6 children: Marianne 1731-1767; Jacques b 1733; Pierre Pascal 1735-1745; Louis Charles b 1737; Marie Françoise 1739-1750; and Jean Baptiste b 1741. Marie-Athanasie died in 1745. Marie-Athanasie must have been a remarkable woman. Not only did her faithful slave take her name (and was buried inside the church next to her mistress) but Charles soon married another Sauteuse who also took the name Marie-Athanasie upon conversion. The registers don't tell us whether this was her idea or Charles's. Of their 2 children, 1 died in infancy and I don't know about the second, Marie-Joseph born 1748. Marie-Athanasie the second was, I believe, the woman (also known as Equawaice) who then married Jean-Baptiste Cadot and was the mother of all his children. By the way, you should if at all possible get hold of the original records, in French: the folks at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin must have all been Protestants, for there are some interesting errors in their translation. Marie-Athanasie (Cadot's wife) is also called by them Catherine, but the word in the original is quite clearly catechumen: a person in the process of preparing for formal conversion to Catholicism. About a year ago I purchased the CD Mackinac Register 1695-1888 from Ste. Anne's Church. I believe it was $20 or $25 and it contains both the images of the original registers and the SHSW translation. The address is: Ste. Anne's Church, P.O. Box 537, Mackinac Island, MI 49757. Hope this helps. Betty Jack

Just noticed the following and thought it might be of interest. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/lhbum:@field(DOCID+@lit(lhbum768 9hdiv9)) [The following entry was omitted, through clerical oversight, from the list of marriages given in our volume xviii.] August 20, 1787, after granting dispensation of bans between Louis hamelin, son of Sieur Charles hamelin and of the late Awaci, a sauteux savage, his father and mother, of the government of Montreal, of the one part; and Josette Le Sable, a savage of the Sauteux nation, residing at the old fort of Michilimakina, of the other part--I, the undersigned priest, administered the sacrament of matrimony to them, after receiving the mutual consent they had already pledged one another many years ago in the hope of having their marriage ratified by an approved priest and before several witnesses, also according to the ordinances of our mother the holy church and as testified below by the signatures of messieurs J. Be Nolen; L. Carignan, Notary public, witnesses, who Signed with us, as did also the husband; the wife declared that she could not sign her name. Payet, Missn. priest. L. Hamelin. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/lhbum:@field(DOCID+@lit(lhbum768 9hdiv10)): She Marie Athanase, slave of Charles Hamelin died fortified with all the sacraments, on January 24, 1748, and was buried in the church the following day beside her deceased mistress. I interred in the cemetery of this post, in accordance with his last wishes, jacque Michel hamelin, trader, of the parish of Grondines, who died yesterday. At Michilimakinak, this November 15, 1757. There is a great deal of EXCELLENT reading with a lot of names seen on this list. Larry Friend (Black Buffalo) friend@2z.net

This researcher in particular is about the best "Indian" family researcher in Michigan too. You have to dig in this game, and when you think you have dug the hole deep enough dig some more. You are "investigating the dead", so to speak. Earl

Check out Wisconsin Historical Register Click here: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/lhbum:@field(DOCID+@lit(lhbum7689h)):@@@$REF$ He found it by doing research - you need to visit libraries, Family History Centers, churches and county courthouses to do it. You cannot do genealogical work solely from the internet. Primary source documents (baptismal, marriage and death records, land records, wills, etc.) are found at these places. Read Vicki Wilson's excellent webpage on researching Michigan Native Americans. Everything you need to do research on your families is well organized here. Good luck! Terry