Indian Agents Of 1816.

INDIAN AGENTS.

George C. Sibley.

1816. George C. Sibley, factor, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $1,000, Born Massachusetts, Stationed Fort Osage.

1818. Was station to the Osage Trading House, Missouri.

1826.

1. A treaty, concluded on the 10th day of August, 1825, at Council Grove, by Benjamin H. Reeves, George C. Sibley, and Thomas Mather, Commissioners on the part of the United States, and certain chiefs and headmen, of the Great and Little Osage tribes of Indians, on the part of the said tribes.

2. A treaty, concluded on the 16th day of August, 1825, at the Sofa Kanzas Creek, by the same Commissioners, on the part of the United States, and certain chiefs and headmen of the Kanzas tribe or nation of Indians, on the part of said tribe.
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1833, A petition of George C. Sibley, of the State of Missouri, praying that the Secretary of the Treasury may be authorized to receive from him a conveyance of certain lands ill discharge of a debt due from him to the United States.

The petition of George C. Sibley, of Missouri, praying that the Secretary of the Treasury may be authorized to compromise a balance due by him to the United States as security of Paul Baillio & Co., upon principles of equity.

The Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to require into the expediency of making an appropriation, in money, to discharge the balance due George C. Sibley, late commissioner appointed to locate a road from the State of Missouri to New Mexico.
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Michael Eley.

1816. Michael Eley, assistant factor, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $500., Stationed Fort Osage.

1818. Michael Eley, of Virginia, Assistant Factor, station to Osage Trading House, Missouri.
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John W. Johnson.

1816., John W. Johnson, factor, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $1,000, Born Maryland, Stationed to Prairie du Chien.

1818. Station to Prairie du Chien Trading House, North-Western Territory.

1836. The petition of John W. Johnson and others, half-breeds of the Sac and Fox nations of Indians, praying that the northern line of their Indian reservation, agreeably to the treaty of August 4, 1834, may be run; that the said reservation may be annexed to the State of Missouri; and that the survey of lots in Burlington and Madison may be suspended.
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The word Factor.

1. business somebody trading for commission: a person who or organization that buys and sells goods for a commission.

2. business agent: somebody who or an organization that carries out business for another.
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Robert B. Belt.

1816. Robert B. Belt, assistant factor, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $500., born Maryland, stationed to Fort Osage.

1818. Was stationed to Praire du Chien Trading House, North-Western Territory.

1820. Robert B. Belt, of Maryland, to be Factor at Fort Edwards.
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Isaac Rawlings.

1806. Isaac Rawlings, of Maryland to be appointed Surgeon's Mate.

1816. Isaac Rawlings, factor, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum $1,000, born Maryland, station to Chickasaw Bluffs.

1818. Isaac Rawlings, Jun., of Maryland, Factor, station to Chickasaw Bluffs Trading House, Tennessee.

1820. Isaac Rawlings, Jun., of Maryland, to be Factor of the United States at Arkansas.
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Matthew Irwin.

1816. Matthew Irwin, factor, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum $1,000, born Pennsylvania, stationed to Green Bay.

1818. Stationed to Green Bay Trading House, Green Ball of Lake Michigan.
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Jacob B. Varnum.

1813. Jacob B. Varnum, to be Captain, of the 40th regiment, Massachusetts.

1816. Jacob B. Varnum, factor, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum $800, born Massachusetts, station to Chicago.

1818. Jacob B. Varnum, of Massachusetts, Factor station to the Chicago Trading House, North Western Territory.
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Thomas. M. Linnard.

Thomas. M. Linnard, factor, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum $1,000, born Pennsylvania, station to Natchitoches.
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George S: Gaines.

1816. George S: Gaines, factor, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum $1,000, born Virginia, station to Choctaw nation.

1818. George S. Gaines, of North Carolina, Factor, station to Choctaw Trading House, Mississippi.

1843. the petition of George S. Gaines, a citizen of Alabama praying remuneration for services in removing the Choctaw Indians under the treaty of Dancing Rabbit creek.

1844. George S. Gaines, of Alabama, as commissioners to carry into effect the provisions of an act to provide for the satisfaction of claims arising under the 14th and 19th articles of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, concluded in September, 1840, in place of John F. H. Claiborne and Ralph Graves, removed.
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Thomas Malone.

1816. Thomas Malone. assistant factor, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum $500., station to the Choctaw nation.
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Daniel Hughes.

1816. Daniel Hughes, factor, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum $1,000, born Canada, station to Fort Hawkins.

1818. Daniel Hughes, of Maryland, Factor, station to Fort Mitchell Trading House, Georgia.
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James Kennedy.

1816. James Kennedy, assistant factor for transportation, $400., born Virginia, station to St. Louis.
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John Jamison.

1816 & 1818. John Jamison, Indian agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $1,200, born Pennsylvania, station to Natchitoches, died in 1820.
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Nicholas Boilvin.

1816. Nicholas Boilvin, Indian agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $1,200, born France, station to Prairie du Chien.

1818. A petition of Nicholas Boilvin, praying compensation for property, destroyed by the hostile Indians, at Pairie du Chien, in the territory of Illinois, during the late war with Great Britain.

1828. Nicholas Boilvin died some time in 1828.

1833. A petition of Nicholas Boilvin children and heirs at law of Nicholas Boilvin, deceased, late agent to the Winnebago tribe of Indians at Prairie du Chien, praying to be paid a balance due for the services of their father in the capacity.

1838. To Nicholas Boilvin, six thousand dollars ($6,000;) to the other four children of Nicholas Boilvin, formerly agent for said nation, four thousand dollars ($4,000) each.
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William Coche.

1816. William Coche, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, station to the Chickasaw agency.
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Erastus Granger.

1816. Erastus Granger, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $600, born Connecticut, station to Buffalo.
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Benjamin F. Stickney.

1816. Benjamin F. Stickney, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $750, born Massachusetts, station to Fort Wayne.

1818. Benjamin F. Stickney, station to Michilimackinac.

1834. S petition of Benjamin F. Stickney, of the Territory of Michigan, praying compensation for services rendered in the Indian Department from the year 1812 to the year 1815.
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John Johnston.

1816. John Johnston, Indian agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $750, station to Piqua.

1818. John Johnston, station to Fort Wayne, Indiana.

1830. John Johnston, removed as Indian agent at Piqua.

1840. The petition of John Johnston, late Indian agent, praying to be released from a judgment obtained against him in behalf of the United States.

1848. The memorial of John Johnston, senior, and others, praying, that provision may be made by law for compensating them for services rendered the Choctaw Indians as counsel in the prosecution of their claims under the treaty of Dancing Rabbit creek.

1850. The petition of John Johnston, of Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio, praying compensation for his services as Indian agent, for losses sustained as disbursing agent, for his expenses, and for provisions furnished the Indians.
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Return J. Meigs.

1809. Return J. Meigs, Sen. now Agent of the United States with the Cherokee nation of Indians, to be a Commissioner of the United States, to hold a convention between the State of Kentucky and the Chickasaw nation of Indians.

1812. That the Senate do advise and consent to the ratification of the treaty made and concluded at Chickamagga, on the Tennessee river, on the 2d day of December, 1807, between (Return J. Meigs, Commissioner on the part of) the United States, and the chiefs and warriors of the Cherokee nation of Indians.

1814. A letter from Return J. Meigs, Agent of the United States at Highwassee, in the Mississippi Territory, suggesting the propriety of extending the laws of the United States over white persons residing within the Indian boundaries.

1816. Return J. Meigs, Indian agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $1,200, born Connecticut, station to the Cherokee agency.

1822. The petition of Return J. Meigs, agent for the United States in the Cherokee nation, praying relief in the settlement of his accounts, in consequence of his having been robbed of a certain sum of money.

1842. Return J. Meigs, resigned.
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John McKee.

1816. John McKee, Indian agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $1,200, born Virginia, station to Choctaw agency.

1821. Col. John McKee, resigned as agent to the Choctaw nation of Indians.
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Charles Jouett.

1816. Charles Jouett, Indian agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $1,000, born, station to Chicago.
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John Bowyer.

1816. John Bowyer, Indian agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $1,200, station Green bay.
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Peter Chouteau,

1816. Peter Chouteau, Indian agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $1,200, born Louisiana, station to Missouri.
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William L. Lovely.

1816. William L. Lovely, Indian agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $1,100, born Ireland, station to Missouri.
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Benjamin O’FaIlon.

1816. Benjamin O’FaIlon, Indian agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $1,200, born Kentucky, station to Missouri.
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William H. Puthuff.

1816. William H. Puthuff, Indian agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $1,100, station to the Mackinaw.
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Richard Graham.

1816. Richard Graham, Indian agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $1,200, born Virginia, station to the Peoria.

1818. Richard Graham, station to the Illinois Territory.
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Maurice Blondeau.

1816. Maurice Blondeau, sub-agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $800, born Illinois Territory, station to the Missouri Territory.
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Thomas Fonyth.

1816. Thomas Fonyth, sub-agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $819, born Michigan Territory, station to the Missouri Territory.
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Peter Menana.

1816. Peter Menana, sub-agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $819, born $600, born, Canadan, station to the Missouri Territory.
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Manuel Lisa.

1816. Manuel Lisa, sub-agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $819, born $547.50, born Louisiana, station to the Missouri Territory.

1817. A petition of Joaquim de Lisa, a petition of Madame Honore, and her son Louis Telson Honore, a petition of Manuel Lisa, a petition of Thomas S. Rodney, and a petition of Antoine Soulard and James Mackay, on behalf of the executors of the will of John Watkins, deceased, respectively praying for a confirmation of their titles, to lands in the territory of Missouri.
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Gabriel Godfrey.

1816. Gabriel Godfrey, sub-agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $819, born $500, born Michigan Territory, station to the Michigan Territory.
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Whitmore Knaggs.

1807. a petition of Whitmore Knaggs, Inspector for the Indian Department at Detroit, in the Territory of Michigan, praying that the title to a certain tract of land, which he purchased from the chiefs of the Ottawa nation of Indians, may be confirmed to the petitioner, in fee simple, by the Government of the United States.

1816. Whitmore Knaggs, sub-agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $500, born Michigan Territory, station to the Michigan Territory.

1830. A petition of James W. Knaggs, of the Territory of Michigan, son and heir of Whitmore Knaggs, deceased, praying compensation for property destroyed by the British forces, at the time of the capture of Detroit, in August, 1812.

1835. A petition of George Knaggs, on behalf of the heirs and legal representatives of Whitmore Knaggs, late of Detroit, in the Territory of Michigan, deceased, praying to be paid for property destroyed by the British forces at Detroit during the late war with Great Britain.
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John Johnson.

1816. John Johnson, sub-agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $300, station to Fort Madison.
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Jasper Parish.

1816. Jasper Parish, sub-agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $450., born Connecticut, station to the Six Nations.
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Benjamin Parke.

1816. Benjamin Parke, sub-agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $480., born New Jersey, station to the Illinois Territory.

1816. Weas, and Kickapoos, tribes of Indians.--Treaty concluded at Fort Harrison, between Benjamin Parke and the chiefs and headmen of those tribes, the 4th June, 1816-----------------------------------------

Philemon Hawkins.

1816. Philemon Hawkins, sub-agent, Compensation, pay, and emoluments per annum, $500., born North Carolina,, station to Fort Hawkins.
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Note. Indian agents have been allowed from two to eight rations per day in addition to their annual compensation, or an allowance of money in lieu thereof, and in some cases a servant and forage have been allowed.