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1837 List of Villages under Mackinac Agency
'''An abstract of the several Rolls or lists of valuation of Indian improvements owned individually, as well as the improvements held by the said tribes collectively as property common, appraised by Messers. McDonel and Clark Commissioners appointed by the War Department to carry into effect the Eighth article of the Treaty of March 1836, with the Chippewa and Ottawa Indians.''' <table border="1"> <tr><td>'''Date of Valuation 1837'''</td><td>'''Names of Reserves or of the Indian Villas or present locations where the said several tribes are located.'''</td><td>'''Number of Improvements'''</td><td>'''State in which they reside'''</td><td>'''The water course on which they are situated.'''</td><td>'''No. of Houses of All Classes'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N1. May 29. June 5-6. July 28-29-30-31. August 1-2-3.'''</td><td>'''Grand Rapids Village'''</td><td>'''48'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''On Grand River'''</td><td>'''46'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N2 July 20-21'''</td><td>'''Crockery River'''</td><td>'''10'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''Empties in Grand River'''</td><td>'''17'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N3 July 22-23-24'''</td><td>'''Flat and Maple River'''</td><td>'''35'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''Empties in Grand River'''</td><td>'''35'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N4 July 25'''</td><td>'''Forks of Grand River'''</td><td>'''7'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''Empties in Grand River'''</td><td>'''7'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N5 July 26'''</td><td>'''Thorn Apple River'''</td><td>'''7'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''Empties in Grand River'''</td><td>'''7'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N6 July 27'''</td><td>'''Little Prairie Village'''</td><td>'''12'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''Empties in Grand River'''</td><td>'''12'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N7 August 7-8-9'''</td><td>'''Fort and Prairie Villages on Grand River'''</td><td>'''15'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''Empties in Grand River'''</td><td>'''15'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N8 August 11-12-13'''</td><td>'''Muskegon River'''</td><td>'''15'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''Empties in Lake Michigan'''</td><td>'''9'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N9 August 15'''</td><td>'''White River'''</td><td>'''20'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''Empties in Lake Michigan'''</td><td>'''11'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N10 August 18-19'''</td><td>'''Pierre Marquette River'''</td><td>'''16'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''Empties in Lake Michigan'''</td><td>'''10'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N11 August 20-21'''</td><td>'''Manistee River'''</td><td>'''11'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''Empties in Lake Michigan'''</td><td>'''8'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N12 August 24-25'''</td><td>'''Plate River'''</td><td>'''2'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''Empties in Lake Michigan'''</td><td>'''3'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N13 August 27-28'''</td><td>'''Carp River'''</td><td>'''13'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''Empties in Lake Michigan'''</td><td>'''17'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N14 Aug. 29-330-31'''</td><td>'''Grand Traverse Bay'''</td><td>'''50'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''Empties in Lake Michigan'''</td><td>'''42'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N15 Sept. 1-2-3'''</td><td>'''L'Arbre Croche and Middle Village'''</td><td>'''112'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''Empties in Lake Michigan'''</td><td>'''181'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N16 Sept. 5-6-7-8'''</td><td>'''Village of the Cross'''</td><td>'''55'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''Empties in Lake Michigan'''</td><td>'''110'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N17 Sept. 7-8-9'''</td><td>'''The Reins Band Village'''</td><td>'''21'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''Empties in Lake Michigan'''</td><td>'''21'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N18 Sept. 11-12'''</td><td>'''Chaboigan Village'''</td><td>'''15'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''Empties in Lake Huron'''</td><td>'''24'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N19 Sept 16-17'''</td><td>'''Meck-ko-ta-wa-ga-mis Band on Forks of the Chaboigan'''</td><td>'''10'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''Empties in Lake Huron'''</td><td>'''9'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N20 Sept. 19-20'''</td><td>'''The Beaver Island Indians'''</td><td>'''27'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''In Lake Michigan'''</td><td>'''31'''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N21 Sept. 21-23'''</td><td>'''Mackinac Indians'''</td><td>''' '''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''Straits of Mackinac'''</td><td>''' '''</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Roll N22 Sept. 24-25'''</td><td>'''Thunder Bay Indians'''</td><td>'''4'''</td><td>'''Michigan'''</td><td>'''On Lake Huron'''</td><td>''' '''</td></tr> </table> '''The undersigned commissioners would respectfully recommend the following ruled or principles to be adopted in paying the Indians for allowances made to them for improvements valued in accordance with the 8th Article of the Treaty of March 1836.''' {BR}'''1. Where an appraisement shall have been made in favour of an Indian for his, or her improvements at one Village or place, such Indian shall not be entitled to receive any allowance whatever for property claimed at another village or place, unless it shall clearly and plainly appear that such Indian owns, and has actually cultivated lands at such other village or place, and that the same as such shall have been duly appraised by the Commissioners on their Roll or List.''' {BR}'''2. If the property shall have been inadvertently appraised on the roll or list in favour of an Indian more than once at any one Village or place under a different name or otherwise, such Indian shall receive payment only for the appraisement, which shall not however exclude him or her from receiving any just proportion for other property owned by such person in partnership with others, or which such person shall hold in trust for the benefit of others provided the same shall as such in all cases appear on the Roll or List.''' {BR}'''3. Any sum that shall have been allowed for property in Common appraised to the Indians in any one Village or place to be equally divided share and share alike, each man, woman and child to be enumerated, and to be paid to the head of the family or as the chiefs may otherwise direct. The same person to receive but one share only whether he or she shall claim under a different name or otherwise, provided that every such Indian if living, shall continue to be, and shall have been living and a resident of the same village or place at the time of making the appraisement, and any Indian a resident of such village or place as aforesaid whose name may have been intentionally omitted to be place on said roll or list, shall not with standing be paid his or her equal dividend for the allowance made for property in common, in same manner as if such name had been inserted on said roll.'''{BR}'''4. No one Indian to receive more than one share or one equal dividend, of the amount allowed for property in common as aforesaid, and any Indian to whom such share or dividend shall have been already paid for one village or place, shall be excluded from receiving any further allowance for the like property claimed for any other village or place.''' {BR}'''5. Any Indian to whom an allowance shall have been made by the commissioners for his or her improvements, or who is entitled to a share or dividend for property in common and who may have died since the appraisement was made, such allowance or share to be paid to the next of kin to the deceased, or to such other person for the benefit of his or her surviving relatives as the chiefs of the village or place may designate, without the necessity of producing letters testamentary. ''' '''Signed:{BR}John McDowell{BR} John Clark{BR} Detroit 17th December 1837''' <sub>'''Mackinac Agency{BR} Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs 1824-1881{BR} National Archives Microfilm Publications M234 Roll 402 1828-1838'''</sub>
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