Indian Interpreters Of The United States.

All these men were interpreters for the United States. The information here will be in the form of short notes. However some of these names will have added information on them. If you see a name of interest you can request a look up, my address can be found in my profile. The date beside the information is not the date of their service, but the yare their petition was before Congress.
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1805, Thomas Finn, was one of the interpreters and guides employed to accompany Colonel Harding and Major Trueman in bearing messages of peace.

1778, James Deane.

1791, A petition of John Nicholson was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for services rendered to the United States, during the late war, as an Indian interpreter and guide.

1811, A petition of William Wells, of the Indiana Territory, praying compensation for services as an assistant Indian Agent for the Northwestern tribes, and as Indian Interpreter at Fort Wayne.

1776, That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be paid the Indian interpreter [Thomas Folmer] for his services, and to defray his expenses.

1827, That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making compensation to Michael Brouillet, late Indian Interpreter in the service of the United States, for the loss of a horse in the battle of Tippecanoe.

1827, That the same committee inquire into the expediency of making compensation to John Baptiste Laplante, late an Indian Interpreter in the service of the United States, for the loss of a horse whilst in said service.

1825, The petition of Anthony Shane, praying a pension, in consideration of services rendered as an Indian interpreter, during the late war.

1850, Charles A. Grignon, praying compensation for his services as an Indian interpreter.

1837, George Johnston praying compensation for his services as Indian interpreter

1776, To Benjamin Armitage, for boarding and lodging Thomas Folmer, the Indian interpreter, twenty days, the sum of £4 12 1=12 25/90 dollars.

1818, a petition of Jasper Parrish, praying for a grant of land, lying in the state of Ohio, in consideration of services rendered as an Indian interpreter.

1800, The petition of John Pitchlyn, by his attorney Anthony Foster, praying compensation as an interpreter to the Choctaw nation of Indians.

1791, A petition of John Nicholson was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for services rendered to the United States, during the late war, as an Indian interpreter and guide.

1790, That there be paid out of the public Treasury unto Jehoakim M'Toksin one hundred and twenty dollars, in full compensation for his services as an interpreter and guide in the expedition commanded by Major General Sullivan, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine.

1826, A petition of Michael Brouillet, late Interpreter in the employ of the United States at Fort Harrison, in the State of Indiana.

1776, That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be paid the Indian interpreter [Thomas Folmer] for his services, and to defray his expences.

1813, a petition of William P. Bryan, attorney in fact for John Rice Jones, praying compensation for services rendered, and expenses incurred, by Mr. Jones, whilst interpreter to the Board of Land Commissioners in the Indiana Territory.

1814, CHAP. LXXXVI.—.An Act for the relief of John .Pitchlyn.

Be it enacted, &c., That the proper accounting officers of the department of war be, and they are hereby authorized and required, to settle and adjust the account of John Pitchlyn, late an interpreter for the Choctaw Indians, and to allow him a reasonable compensation for his services from the first of February, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, until the third of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, the amount whereof shall be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, April 18, 1814.

1854, To the said Indians residing in the State of Indiana, for time employed and money expended in assisting to make this treaty, which maybe paid to James T. Miller, their C, and Pyn-yi-oh-te-mah, or to either of them, to be divided amana said Indians according to justice and equity.

1776, That the sum of fifty dollars be paid to Isaac Stille, the Interpreter.

1818, the petition of John Rice Jones, of the territory of Missouri, praying compensation for services rendered, as interpreter and translator to the board of commissioners

1827, Michael Brouillet, late Indian Interpreter in the service of the United States, for the loss of a horse in the battle of Tippecanoe.

1825, The petition of Anthony Shane, praying a pension, in consideration of services rendered as an Indian interpreter, during the late war.

1838, A memorial of O-poth-le-yo-ho-la, a chief of the Creek Indians, praying indemnity for the loss of a negro man, obtained from him by Captain Lane, of the United States army, for the purpose of acting as an interpreter, and not returned agreeably to contract.

1850, Charles A. Grignon, praying compensation for his services as an Indian interpreter.

1837, the petition of George Johnston praying compensation for his services as Indian interpreter.

1845, The petition of P. Prescott, interpreter for the Indian agency at St. Peter's, praying an increase of compensation.

1854, The petition of John Shaw, praying compensation for services as interpreter at the trial in the circuit court of the United States, in the Territory of Michigan, in 1828, of certain Winnebago Indians who were indicted for murder.

1797, Richard Bailey interpreter for the Creeks Indians.

1797, Timothy Barnard interpreter to the Creek Indians at treaty of Coleraine.

1797, Langly Bryant, interpreter to the Creek Indians at treaty of Coleraine,

1797, James Burgess interpreter to the Creek Indians at treaty of Coleraine.

1793, Arthur Coody, interpreter at treaty of Hopewell, &c.

1792, James Carey appointed interpreter, in 1792.

1796, Alexander Cornell, interpreter to the Creeks at treaty of Coleraine, Georgia.

1787, James Doureauzeau interpreter to the Creeks.

1796, William Gray, a deputy from, and interpreter to, "Seven Nations of Canada," at treaty of N. York, in 1796.

1795, Interpreters to the Indians at the treaty of Greenville, in 1795, viz. Isaac Zane, and Abraham Williams, to the Wyandots; Robert Wilson, to the Delawares; Jacques Lasselle, and Christopher Miller, to the Shawanese; Messieurs Sans Crainte and Morin, to the Ottawas, Chippewas, and Pattawatamies; and William Wells, to the Miamies and Eel rivers, Weas and Piankeshaws, Kickapoos and Kaskaskias.

1796, Philip Scott Interpreter on the part of Georgia, at the treaty with the Creeks at Coleraine, in 1796.

1814, George Levett Interpreters at conference with the Creeks in 1814.

1826, A petition of John B. Flemmand, of the State of Ohio, praying compensation for services rendered at various times as interpreter at conferences, negotiations, and treaties, with different tribes of Indians, and as a spy and guide in the military service, in the years 1812 and 1813.

1850, The petition of Ambrose T. Hatch, praying compensation for his services as a quartermaster and interpreter in the Sioux war of 1832.

1819, A petition of David Berry, praying for a grant of land, as an additional compensation for his services as an interpreter of the Choctaw Indian language, for upwards of twelve years.

1826, Henry M. Breckenridge, of Florida, for services rendered in the office of Alcade and Interpreter, in 1821 and 1822, at Pensacola, in the Territory of Florida.

1818, A petition of Jasper Parrish, praying for a grant of land, lying in the state of Ohio, in consideration of services rendered as an Indian interpreter.

1848, Toney Proctor, a free colored man, for services as an interpreter to the Seminole Indians in 1823 and 1824

1874, The claim of Elizabeth J. Woods, widow of William Woods, deceased, for payment for services of her husband as interpreter in the treaty with, and removal of, the Cherokees in 1837 and 1838.

1855, That the Committee on Indian Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of Scott Campbell, a Sioux interpreter,

1844, A memorial of the children and heirs of Joseph Gerard, deceased, praying compensation for services rendered by the said Gerard in communicating with Indian tribes, in the year 1792, on the part of the Government, as a guide and interpreter.

1854, The petition of Charles H. Grignon, for compensation for services as interpreter to the United States sub-agent for the Menomonie Indians.

1846, A petition of P. Prescott, interpreter for the United States at the Indian agency at Saint Peter's, in the Territory of lowa, praying for an increase of compensation.

1816, A petition of Peter Snyder, praying for a grant of the land on which he resides, in consideration of services rendered as interpreter at several conferences with the Indians, at which treaties were effected, and for other services rendered to the United States, in their intercourse with the Indian tribes.

1869, The petition of Jacob L. W. Doxtater, praying compensation for services as interpreter for the Oneida tribe of Indians.

1844, A petition of James Rankin, of the State of Ohio, for compensation for services rendered as an interpreter to the Wyandot Indians on the part of the United States.

1830, Private Land Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting six hundred and forty acres of the unappropriated lands, lying in the State of Alabama, to George Mayfield, in consideration of his services as an interpreter, in the late war with the Creek Indians.

1779, Job Chilloway, a faithful Indian of the Delaware Tribe, was at the request of that Nation on his way to them from the Susquehannah, where he resided, in order to act as an Interpreter (for which he was well qualified); and being at Fort Pitt caught the Small Pox of which he died. His Mother also died there of the same disease. His wife (who was at the time of her husband's death lying in) on heating thereof lost her senses and was sent by Col Morgan to her relations at Coshacking, where She now is entirely out of her reason. The child of which She was then delivered caught the small pox and died.

That Job Chilloway left issue five children:

One Girl of 12 years of age, one Boy of 11, one Boy of 8, one Boy of 6, who are now at Carlisle, totally destitute of all support.

That as Chilloway was well settled on the Susquehanna, and left his farm to serve the United States to whom he was ever a firm and steady friend, and as the catastrophe happened to him and his family while he was in their service, and would in all probability have been avoided had he remained at home, it will not only be pleasing to the friendly Indians of the Delaware Nation, but a piece of justice due the Children, that provision be made at Continental expence for their support and education. Wherefore the Board beg leave to report:

That until the farther order of Congress, Colonel Geo: Morgan, Agent for Indian Affairs in the Western Department, be authorized and directed to take proper measures for the maintainance and education of Job Chilloway's Children. That the Board of War give the necessary orders on the Clothier General for a supply of clothing for those Children, and that Colonel Morgan's accounts of expenditures from time to time for their support and education be settled and paid by the Treasury Board.