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!BIA_"INDIAN"_ENROLLMENT, Red Lake Reservation 1983 [trnscr. from BIA printout]
0762 F Head 04 OCT 1953, blood quantum: 1/2; Addr: Route 3 Box 324 Bagley, MN
56621
!NAME: Quinn, Ellen [1880 Affidavit]
!"HALFBREED"_LAND_SCRIP: [National Archives, RG 75, SC 118:, JUL 16, 1880,
Affidavit of William L. Quinn], who received Scrip under the "Lake Pepin
Treaty"
!NAME: Quinn, Hazel Agnes [35:208] (O-4837, a-2531) [Powell 10/0226]
!GENEALOGY: Minnesota Historical Society, R.J. Powell Papers, Microf. M-455,
Roll 10, Powell Genealogies, family #35:100
[notation: "3/64"]
!BUREAU_OF_INDIAN_AFFAIRS: "Indian Enrollments" 1885-1938 (National Archives,
Microfilm Series M-595), Roll 655, Removal Gull Lake Chippewa,
1905:32
This individual has the following other parents in the Ancestral File:
Phillip /QUINN/ (AFN:3TGD-M6) and Elizabeth /JOHNSON/
(AFN:3TGD-NC)
!NAME: Quinn, Peter [1880 Affidavit]
!"HALFBREED"_LAND_SCRIP: [National Archives, RG 75, SC 118:, JUL 16, 1880,
Affidavit of William L. Quinn], from Winnipeg,
Manitoba
!NAME: Quinn, Thomas J. [1880 Affidavit]
!"HALFBREED"_LAND_SCRIP: [National Archives, RG 75, SC 118:, JUL 16, 1880,
Affidavit of William L. Quinn], who received Scrip under the "Lake Pepin
Treaty"
!NAME: Quinn, William L. (1829) [1880 Affidavit]
!NAME: Quinn, William [R.L. Scrip #476]
!"HALFBREED"_LAND_SCRIP: National Archives, RG 75, Entry 363, "List of Persons
to Whom Scrip was Issued under Red Lake & Pembina Treaties...." Halfbreed
Scrip No. 476 issued MAY 15, 1882, under the authority of Secretarial
Decision, APR 10, 1882, delivered APR 15, 1882 [notation: "Authority 3966-1882
LB.95 - Receipt acknowledged by Quinn, MAY 21, 1992. See 9683/1882"]
[note] see also B.I.A. Special Case 118, Red Lake and Pembina Chippewa,
"Authority No. 3966, Received Office of Indian Affairs, APR 12, 1882. 1878.
D.264/1879. Q.19/1880. D.279.315 P.1455 Q.13 R.679.772 S.1764/1881 8086.
Claim of William Quinn" ... "APR 10, 1882, Case No. 118, For Issuance of scrip
for 160 acres land to Wm. L. Quinn a member of the Chippewa Inds. 17
inclosures. See to Quinn MAY 15, 1882, LB 195-487. See to B.M. Smith, MAY
15, 1882, LB 85-483. See to G.L.O. [General Land Office], MAY 15, 1882, LB
95-487. Scrip No. 476, Larrabee. LL 11/129"
!"HALFBREED"_LAND_SCRIP: National Archives, RG 75, Entry 364, "Treaty of APR
12, 1864, Red Lake and Pembina Half-Breeds," Scrip Stubs, Number 476, dated
MAY 15, 1882, 160 Acres, delivered MAY 15, 1882, issued to William L. Quinn,
delivered to "B.M. Smith, 213 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn., in order
of Wm. L. Quinn. See his letter APR 4, 1882 [8727-1882]. Scrip signed by
E.L. Stevens, Acting Commissioner"
[Letter, J.E.F., Department of the Interior, Washington, APR 10th, 1882], "The
Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Sir:-
"Referring to your communication of OCT 24th last, in relation to the
application of William L. Quinn, a member of the Red Lake and Pembina bands
of Chippewa Indians, for scrip for 160 acres of land under the provisions of
the 8th article of treaty of OCT 2, 1863 and the 7th article of the
supplemental treaty of APR 12, 1864 with the said bands of Chippewa Indians.
I concur in your opinion that the proofs are sufficient, to identify him as
one of the person entitled to the provisions of said treaties.
"You are therefore authorized to issued the scrip in his favor, under the
usual forms and regulations of your office.
"The papers which accompanied your report are herewith returned.
"Very respectfully,
"S.I. Kirkwood, Secretary. 2075. I.O.1881 1 package Enclosures"
[Case No.118. Wm. L. Quinn. Claim for Scrip. Red Lake and Pembina Class.
[checked] O.K. Office Indian Affairs. Land and Law Division]:
[Chippewa. D.264, Office of Indian Affairs, Received MAY 16, 1878, Case No.
118, W.P. Dunwoody, Washington, D.C., MAY 16, 1878. Encloses application of
Wm. L. Quinn, halfbreed, for scrip for 160 acres of land, said application
accompanied with necessary papers. 2 enclosures. [illegible] Answer returning
application and power of attorney. MAY 31, 1878. Vol. 50-134. Application and
P/A [Power of Attorney] enclosed in D-0315-1880. P/240. Stamped:
20/Department of the Interior, Indian Division. Received OCT 25, 1881.
Authority No. 3966, Office of Indian Affairs. Received APR 12, 1882.]
[Letter] "W.P. Dunwoody, Attorney-at-Law. U.S. Commissioner and Examiner in
Chancery, Office No. 30 Grant Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. 'Special Attention
Given to Land and Mining Cases and to the Prosecution of Claims Against the
Government' 20/18
"Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C. Sir:
"I enclose herewith application of 1 Wm. L. Quinn Halfbreed of Red Lake and
Pembina Bands, for scrip for 160 acres of land under 8th article of Treaty of
OCT 2nd 1863, with oath of identification, also Power of Attorney authorizing
me to appear for him.
"Respectfully, W.P. Dunwoody"
[Chippewa. D 264. Office of Indian Affairs, 1878. Wm. L. Quinn. No. 476.
Case No. 118]
"State of Minnesota, Hennepin County, I, J.A. Wolverton, Clerk of the
District Court for the County of Hennepin, Fourth Judicial District in the
State of Minnesota, the same being a court of record, do hereby certify that
B.M. Smith, Esq., whose name is subscribed to the affidavit of the annexed
instrument, was, at the time, a Notary Public in and for said county, and duly
authorized to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with the hand
writing of said Notary, and verily believe that the signature to the said
affidavit is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged
according to the laws of this state.
"In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
the Court aforesaid, at Minneapolis, in said county, this 7th day of NOV A.D.,
1878, J.A. Wolverton, Clerk, by James Bryant Deputy. Subscribed and sworn
before me this 11th day of MAY, 1878. B.M. Smith, Notary Public.
"State of Minnesota, County of Ramsey}SS
"I, Wm. L. Quinn, being duly sworn, do hereby depose and say that I am a
Half Breed or mixed blood, related by blood to the Chippewas of the Red Lake
or Pembina Bands, that I have adopted the habits and customs of civilized
life, and am a citizen of the United States, and was on the 2d day of OCT 1863
over the age of twenty one years; that I have not at any time applied for or
received scrip, or land under treaty with the Chippewas of Lake Superior, or
with any other tribe of Indians, and have not at any time received an
allotment or reservation of land under treaty with any tribe of Indians, and
that I am entitled to scrip for 160 acres of land by Article Eight of Treaty
of OCT 2d 1863 made at the Old Crossing of Red Lake River, between the United
States of America and the Red Lake and Pembina Bands of Chippewas, and Article
Seven of a Supplementary treaty concluded at Washington City, APR 12th, 1864,
and I do hereby make application for the same. [signed] Wm. L. Quinn
"Witness: {George W. Jones, R.E. Pemberton
"Subscribed and sworn before me this 11th day of MAY, 1878. B.M. Smith,
Notary Public."
"State of Minnesota, County of Ramsey}SS
"We, the undersigned, being duly sworn, depose and say that we are
personally acquainted with the above applicant, Wm. L. Quinn and know him to
be a Half Breed or mixed blood of the Chippewas of Red Lake, or Pembina Bands,
that he is a citizen of the United States, and was on the 2d day of OCT, 1863,
over the age of twenty one years, and that we have good reason to believe, and
do believe, that he has not received scrip or lands under any former Treaty
as by him in his above affidavit stated, and that neither we nor either of us
are, or have acted as Attorneys or Agents for said applicant and that we have
no interest whatever in the result of this application.
"Witness: B.M. Smith; N.W. Kittson; W.E. Burton; H.M. Rice
"Subscribed and sworn before me this 11 day of MAY, 1868. B.M. Smith,
Notary Public."
[Q. Department of the Interior, Indian Division, Received DEC 8, 1879.
[checked] Q/19. Office of Indian Affairs, Received DEC 9, 1879. NOV 3rd, 1879.
Quinn, Wm. L., 147 Fort Street, St. Paul, Minn. Relative to his claim for
Scrip for 160 acres of land, under treaties of OCT 2nd 1863 and APR 12th 1864
with the Red Lake and Pembina Bands of Chippewa Indians. Case No. 118.
Patterson. Answered FEB 13, 1880. LB 64 p. 399. Q 9/213. Vol. B. p. 384. P.
JAN 9, 1880.] [To: 2075/1881. Department of the Interior. DEC 8th, 1879.
Respectfully referred to the Hon. Commissioner of Indian Affairs. G.
Smallwood, Chief Clerk. Authority No. 3966, Office of Indian Affairs.
Received APR 12, 1882]
[notation: "See Letter Book 44, p. 372, as to expiration of time within
which to make applications for benefits to under Treaty of 1863 & 1864. See
also bound Volume letters 9 [illegible]
"St. Paul, Minnesota, NOV 3, 1879
"To the Honorable Secretary of the Interior, Washington D.C., Sir
"In the matter of claim for scrip for 160 acres of land under treaties of
OCT 2nd 1863 and APR 12th 1864 with the Chippeways of Red Lake and Pembina
pending before the Hon. Commissioner of Indian Affairs filed by W.P. Dunwoody
at Washington D.C. as my Attorney in fact. I have the honor respectfully
request that I may be given the opportunity of prosecuting my claim to your
special agent now here in Minnesota who is investigating scrip. In order that
I may obtain said scrip to which I am entitled, before the lands upon which
said scrip is locatable are all taken up.
"I have the honor to be very respectfully, William L. Quinn
"Post Office Address 147 Fort St."
[20/2075/1881 Department of the Interior, Indian Div. Received OCT 15, 1881.
Authority No. 3966. Office of Indian Affairs. Received APR 12, 1882. Case
No. 118 Chippewa. Q/13. Office of Indian Affairs. Received SEP 3, 1880.
Wm. L. Quinn. St. Paul Minnesota. AUG 3 of 1880. Relating to Red Lake and
Pembina Scrip. Larrabee LL 10/104]
"St. Paul. AUG 30, 1880. To the Honorable Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Washington, D.C. Sir
"I am in receipt of a letter from my attorney in your city, saying that
Major Ruffee has sent a report of my case to accompany my application for
Pembina and Red Lake Chippewa Scrip which I am entitled to under a treaty
proclaimed MAY 5, 1864. Said report including an affidavit from me. My
attorney writes me that affidavit states that I had received a piece of scrip
of 80 acres under a treaty made with the Chippeways of Lake superior. The
facts are these, that I never signed any power or application for such a piece
of scrip nor authorized any one else to do so for me. I was on the Dacota
Plains at that time acting as Chief of Scouts and did not know anything about
scrip matter. The only way that I know about such piece of scrip had been
issued was that one day after my return to St. Paul years afterwards, I
happened to run across a copy of Departmental Reports of 1874 of Half breed
Lake Superior Scrip, page 239 and on examination further I find on Page 317
a clause which leads me to believe it had been cancelled, and in same report
on looking over the list that had been patented I do not find my name to
appear in any event. I have never made any application for any scrip other
than the one under consideration and in fact am not entitled to any other for
I am purely of the Pembina Bands only. Nor have I received any benefit from
any other scrip but I am fully entitled to the scrip now applied for and I
would respectfully ask that my present application be acted upon. I am in
need of the scrip to enable me to carry out plans I have in view this fall,
and would be glad if you would send it to me direct or through my attorney,
Mr. W.P. Dunwoody of your city or Mr. B.M. Smith of Minneapolis Minn, either
one of whom though would be perfectly willing you would send it direct to me
as they have no interest in it, other than a desire to assist in a friendly
way.
"Yours very respectfully, William L. Quinn, 21 & 93 East 4th St, St. Paul"
[20.2975.1881. Department of the Interior, Received OCT 25, 1881. Chippewa.
D/279. Office of Indian Affairs. received APR 9, 1880. Case No. 1881. W.P.
Dunwoody. City. MAR 27, 1880. Pertaining to application of W.L. Quinn for
Chippewa Scrip, and incloses p/a from said Quinn to B.M. Smith; also incloses
applications for said scrip from Margaret Charlefux, Joseph Blair, Edward
Blair and Susannah Pechai, with ps/a to J.B. Bottineau. 17 enclosures. Agt.
Ruffee. See letter to Dunwoody. AUG 7, 1880. L.B. 72 p. 67. L10/36 in cases
other than Quinn. Authority No. 3966 Office of Indian Affairs. Received APR
12, 1882.]
"W.P. Dunwoody, Attorney-at-Law. U.S. Commissioner and Examiner in
Chancery, Office No. 30 Grant Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. MAR 27, 1880.
Special Attention Given to Land and Mining Cases and to the Prosecution of
Claims Against the Government.
"See letter to Agent Ruffee, JUN 30, 1880, relating to Quinn.
"Sir: Mr. B.M. Smith has just called on me in the matter of the
application of W.L. Quinn a half breed of the Chippewa tribe for scrip under
the treaties of OCT 2, 1863 and APR 12, 1864 and shown me your letter of FEB
13, 1880 to W.L. Quinn in regard to his claim, in which you state that his
application was filed my me and that the papers in the case were returned to
me MAY 31, 1878. On reference to my record I find the papers were forwarded
by me on same date to Mr. Smith with a copy of your instructions. The papers
have not yet been returned. I enclose herewith P/A [Power of Attorney]
authorizing Mr. Smith to prosecute the case, and respectfully request that the
case may be referred to the AGent in Minnesota, with instructions to allow the
applicant to present the evidence called for in your letter to me referred to
above, at St. Paul, in accordance with verbal suggestions to Mr. Smith today
in your office.
"I also enclose, at the request of Mr. Smith, the following applications
for scrip under the treaties above referred to for which I ask the same
reference as in the case of W.L. Quinn.
"These papers have been filed with me for about a year and would have been
filed when received, but in view of the decision requiring the applicant to
present themselves before the agent, and of the reported inability of these
people to incur the necessary expense it was deemed useless to do so. Mr.
Smith now reports the willingness of the Department to have the necessary
evidence taken by the Agent at St. Paul.
"It is proper for me to say that I am not now interested directly or
indirectly in the prosecution of these claims. I file them, however, at the
request of Mr. Smith, and it is his desire that I may be informed of the
action when it is taken by the Department.
"Application of Margaret R. Chalfoux.
"Application of Susannah Perchai.
"Application of Edward Blair.
"Application of Joseph Blair.
"Very respectfully, W.P. Dunwoody."
[Authority No. 3966. Office of Indian Affairs. Received APR 12, 1882.
D/279. Indian Office, Inclos: No. 1 1880. R.772, Indian Office, Inclos. No.
1, 1880. Power of Attorney. From William L. Quinn. To Byron M. Smith.]
"Know all Men by these Presents, that I, William L. Quinn of Ramsey County,
Minnesota, a Half-Breed or mixed-blood, and related by blood to the Chippewas
of the Red Lake or Pembina Bands, and being one of the persons named in the
Eighth article of the Treaty of OCT 2, 1863 concluded at the Old Crossing of
the Red lake River, and Article Seven of the Supplemental Treaty concluded
between the United States and said bands, on the 12th day of APR 1864, at the
City of Washington, have made, constituted and appointed, and by these
presents do make, constitute and appoint Byron M. Smith, of the County of
Lewis and State of Tennessee my true and lawful Attorney for me, and in my
name, place and stead, to appear before the Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
the Secretary of the Interior or any officer or department of the Government
of the United States, and to relinquish and forever release and discharge the
United States from all claims I may have for lands or annuities made under and
pursuant to said Treaties, or otherwise, and to present and prosecute my
application for scrip, under the provisions of the Treaty aforesaid, and to
furnish any and all evidence necessary to substantiate my claim to said scrip,
and for me and in my name, and for my sole use and benefit to receive the
scrip that may be issued to me by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the
Secretary of the Interior, or nay department of the Government under and
pursuant to the provisions aforesaid. Giving and granting unto my said
Attorney is by this instrument authorized to perform, with the right to revoke
such appointments at pleasure, hereby giving and granting to my said Attorney
and his substitutes full power and authority to do and perform everything
whatever required and necessary to be done as I might or could do if
personally present and performing the same, without revocation, ratifying and
confirming all that my said Attorney may do, or cause to be done by virtue
hereof, and hereby revoking all former Powers of Attorney by me made in this
behalf.
"For Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22nd day of
MAR A.D. 1880
"Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of Alex. M. Beck, Edward
Narey} William L. Quinn [seal], State of Minnesota, County of Hennepin}SS On
this 22d day of MAR, 1880, came before me William L. Quinn, to me personally
known who executed the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledged that we
executed the same freely and voluntarily, for the uses and purposes therein
expressed, Alex. M. Beck, Notary Public, Hennepin Co., Minnesota"
[D315 1880 SC 118]
[Chippewa Case No. 118. D/315. Office of Indian Affairs. Rec'd APR 27, 1880.
D.26478/D-278/1880. W.P. Dunwoody, City Apl. 26th of 1880. Enclosing
application of Wm. L. & Mary Louisa Quinn for scrip with affidavits enclosed
to the applicants, also letter from W.L. Quinn and etc. 8 enclosures. 1878.
See letter to Agent Ruffee JUN 30, 1880. L 10/44 LB 70 p. 361.]
[On the letterhead of W.P. Dunwoody, Washington D.C. APR 26, 1880.
["Prosecution of Claims against the Government" printed on letterhead/crossed
out]
"Commissioner, Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C. Sir:
"I enclose herewith application of Wm. L. and Mary Louisa Quinn for scrip
under treaty referred to in the applications with affidavit of Ex. Gov.
Pillsbury and others regarding the applicants, and also extracts from St. Paul
Papers bearing on the subject, as also a letter from W.L. Quinn regarding the
difficulty of appearing before the Agent at the Agency.
"I respectfully request that these parties may also be accorded the
privilege of appearing before the Agent in St. Paul or near their residence,
as requested for the applicants whose papers were filed by me recently. These
papers are the ones referred to in your communication to the applicant under
date of FEB 13, 1880 as having been returned to me. They were returned by me
to Mr. Bill Smith and by him returned to me in NOV last, and were overlooked
in filing the papers above referred to.
"As in these cases I have no interest in the prosecution of this case, and
the P/A [power of attorney] to me is waived.
"It is the request of Mr. Smith that I may be notified of the action of the
office in order that I communicate with him.
"Very respectfully. W.P. Dunwoody"
[Authority No. 3966, Office of Indian Affairs. Received APR 12, 1882. D/264,
Office of Indian Affairs (2), 1878. D/315, Indian Office, Inclos: No. 4,
1880. R/772, Indian Office, Inclos: No. 2, 1880. P/A Quinn to Dunwoody. See
subsequent P/A to B.M. Smith. Chipp. D 279-1880]
"Know all Men by these Presents, that I William L. Quinn a Half-Breed, or
mixed blood, and related by blood to the Chippewas of the Red Lake or Pembina
Bands, and being one of the persons named in the Eighth Article of the Treaty
of Oct., 2, 1863, concluded at the Old Crossing of Red Lake River, and Article
Seven of the Supplemental Treaty concluded between the United States and said
Bands, on the 12th day of APR, A.D. 1854 [sic], at the city of Washington,
have made, constituted, and appointed, and by these presents do make,
constitute, and appoint Wm. P. Dunwoody of Washington City, D.C. my true and
lawful Attorney for me, and in my name, place and stead, to appear before the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the Secretary of the Interior, or any other
officer or department of the Government of the United States, and to
relinquish and for ever release and discharge the United States from all
claims I may have for lands or annuities under and pursuant to said Treaties,
or otherwise, and to present and prosecute my application for scrip, under the
provisions of the Treaty aforesaid, and to furnish any and all evidence
necessary to substantiate my claim to said scrip, and for me, and in my name,
and for my sole use and benefit, to receive the Scrip that may be issued to
me by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the Secretary of the Interior, or
any Department of the Government, under and pursuant to the provisions
aforesaid. Giving and granting unto my said Attorney full power and authority
to do and perform all acts and things necessary or proper to be done, as fully
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do, if personally present;
hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may do, or cause to
be done, by virtue hereof, and hereby revoking all former Powers of Attorney
by me made in this behalf.
"In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 11th day of
May, A.D. 1878.
"Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of George W. Jones; R.E.
Pemberton} W.L. Quinn (SEAL)
"State of Minnesota, County of Ramsey}SS
"On this Eleventh day of May, A.D. 1878, came before me Wm. L. Quinn to me
personally known to be the person who executed the foregoing Power of
Attorney, and acknowledged that he executed the same, freely and voluntarily,
for the uses and purposes therein expressed.
"B.M. Smith"
[Authority No. 3966, Office of Indian Affairs, Received APR 12, 1882. Quinn.
D/315, Indian Office, Inclos. No. 1, 1880. R/772, Indian Office, Inclos: No.
4, 1880. Governor Pillsbury, Ex. Governor Marshall and Ed D. Neill certify
to character of [illegible] Kittson and Rice in the claim of Wm. L. Quinn &
Mary Quinn.]
"State of Minnesota, County of Hennepin}SS
"Personally came before me a Notary Public in and for the aforesaid county
and State. Governor J.S. Pillsbury and Ex-Governor Wm. R. Marshall, and Rev.
Edward D. Neill of Ramsey and Hennepin Counties in this state. Also being
duly affirmed declare that they are favorably acquainted with the Norman W.
Kittson and Henry M. Rice the persons whose names are signed to the attached
affidavits in the matter of Wm. L. Quinn's and Mary Louisa Quinn's
Applications for their Scrip claimed to be due them as per the 8th Article of
the Treaty of OCT 2nd 1863 with the Chippewas of the Red Lake or Pembina
Bands. Mr. Rice has been our State and Territorial Representative and State
United States Senator and is now the Treasurer of Ramsey County at St. Paul
and is now and has been for many years well acquainted with all our Bands of
Indians. Mr. Kittson has been in trade with the above named Bands of Indians
previous and from the organization of our State as a Territory and is now one
of our leading business men, and we believe any statement they may make in
regard to any case can be firmly relied upon. All of which we the undersigned
do most solemnly affirm, and that we have to interest whatever in the Case.
"In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 9th day
of OCT A.D. 1878.
"J.S. Pillsbury
"Wm. R. Marshall
"Gov. D. Neill
"Affirmed ['Sworn' deleted] to and subscribed before me this 9th day of OCT
30. [sic], A.D. 1878.
"B.M. Smith, Notary Public, Hennepin County, Minnesota"
[Authority No. 3966 Office of Indian Affairs. Received APR 12, 1882. D/315
Indian Office. Inclosure No. 5, 1880. Wm. L. Quinn]
"St. Paul, Minnesota, MAR 22, 1880
"Mr. B.M. Smith, Washington, D.C. Sir
"I enclose herewith a letter dated FEB ['JAN' deleted] 13, 1880 from the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs [64/399] in answer to my letter to the
Honorable Secretary of the Interior in the matter of claim for Scrip under
Treaty of OCT 2, 1863 and april 12, 1864 in which case I am required to appear
in person with two or more witnesses, before the Indian Agent Ruffee, some two
hundred miles away, which would involve nearly as much as the value of my
scrip, and this is next to impossible try for me to raise so much money.
Knowing as you do this. I am hardly able to earn enough to feed my wife and
children, and this is the case, which a great number of my fellow Half Breeds
whose circumstances are the same. Whose claims are now and have been pending
for four or five years and deprived of their just dues under the treaties, for
the lack of money to pay Expenses to comply with ruling of the Department as
indicated in the enclosed letter.
"I therefore beg that you will appear before the Hon. Secretary of the
Interior and present my case and secure action upon the evidence as submitted
and permission to furnish further evidence if required without being compelled
to appear, with witnesses before the agent, which can not be done without a
great expense, and that the same ruling may apply to all other claims of my
fellow half Breeds now pending.
"Very Respectfully.
"William L. Quinn."
[20. 2075/1881. Department of the Interior, Indian Div. Received OCT 25, 1881.
Authority No. 3966, Office of Indian Affairs. Received APR 12, 1883. Case No.
118, Chippewa. R/679, Office of Indian Affairs, Received JUL 16, 1880. White
Earth Agency, White Earth Minnesota. JUL 9, 1880. C.A. Ruffee, U.S. Indian
Agent. In reference to Red Lake and Pembina Scrip. Applied for by Wm. L. and
Mary L. Quinn. Larrabee. File L 10/86]
"United States Indian Service, White Earth Agency, JUL 9, 1880.
"Hon. Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Washington, D.C. Sir:
"I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication dated
the 2d inst. Chipppewa L.D. 315 S. 1760, 1880, inclosing the application of
William L. and Mary L. Quinn for Red Lake and Pembina Scrip which will receive
prompt attention.
"Very Respectfully. Ca.A. Ruffee, U.S. Indian Agent."
[J.O. 2075/1881. Department of the Interior, Indian Div. Received OCT 25,
1881. Authority No. 3966, Office of Indian Affairs. Received APR 12, 1882.
[checked] R/772. (Chippewa) Indian Office, Inclos: No. 7, 1880 JUL 16, 1880.
Affidavit in the matter of the claim of Case No. 118 Wm. L. Quinn (his
affidavit) Dated AUG 3d, (Received AUG 13], Chippewa R. 7722, in which this
was inclosed, was forwarded to Secretary, AUG 21, 1880/L.B. 172/283. Quinn's
case had no reference to the subject matter of 772 referred to]
"Wm. L. Quinn. Affidavits of in the matter of his claims for scrip. (JUL
16, 1880)
"Personally appeared before me a Notary Public in and for Ramsey County
Minnesota this 16th day of JUL 1880 William L. Quinn who being sworn deposes
and says, that his name is William L. Quinn, that he was born at Fort
Snelling, Minnesota, in the year 1829, that his father's name was Peter Quinn
who came from Winnipeg, Manitoba, his mother's name was Mary L. Finnley a Red
Lake Chippewa half breed and until she was over twenty one years of age
resided at Red Lake, Minnesota. That he was married at Mendota Minnesota, NOV
20th, 1849 to Angeline Jeffery, a half breed of the Medawankton band of Sioux
Indians that he made application and received Sioux halfbreed scrip under the
"Lake Pepin Treaty" for his children, viz. William L. Quinn Jr., Ellen Quinn,
and Thomas J. Quinn and for his wife Angeline Quinn. That entirely unknown
to him and without any authority from him as he has been led to believe, scrip
for 80 acres of land under the "La Pointe Treaty" was issued in his name but
he positively denies ever having received the scrip or any benefit for the
sale of the same or that he ever signed any power of attorney to sell or
dispose of the same or of his personal knowledge that scrip was ever issued,
he only knowing of hearing that such scrip was issued and he further believes
that his mother, Mary L. Quinn made application and received scrip under the
La Pointe Treaty for 80 acres of land and that she disposed of the same to one
Isaac Van Etten for $40 [notation: 'correct!']. That he has never lived at
Pembina or Red Lake, that he was during the year 1864 employed as scout for
the Government and stationed at Pembina for about four months and that he has
been in the employ of the Government as interpreter and guide in the Sioux
Country almost continually since 1869 and at the time that the scrip under the
La Pointe Treaty is purported to have been issued in his name he was at or
near Fort N... with D.T.
"He further says that he is the identical William L. Quinn who received
scrip for his children William L, Ellen and Thomas J. Quinn under the Lake
Pepin Sioux Treaty," also that he is the identical William L. Quinn mentioned
as receiving scrip under the 7th article of the treaty of "La Pointe, Wis"
with the Chippewas of Lake Superior & Mississippi.
"[signed] William L. Quinn,
"sworn and subscribed to before me, this 16th day of JUL 1880. J.N.
Curdozy, Notary Public, Ramsey Co., Minnesota."
[Chippewa [checked] P/1455 Office of Indian Affairs, Rec'd DEC 20, 1880. Hon.
H. Poheler. Atty. Case No. 118. Enclosing letter from Wm. L. Quinn,
requesting Chippewa half breed scrip. Map 1 - S. {Quinn's letter
inadvertently reclaimed} Larrabee. See letter to Hon. Poehler Feb. 2d, 1881.
Quinn's letter returned to him, L.B. 76/374. LL 10/140]
"St. Paul, Minnesota, DEC 10th, 1880
"Honorable Henry Poehler, Washington,D.C., Sir:
"Permit me to write to you and at the same time asking to do me a favor.
For the last two years I have made an application for a Chippewa Half Breed
Scrip under the Treaty of the Red Lake and Pembina Bands which application has
been filed with all the necessary proofs and the application was filed by Mr.
William P. Dunwoody of Washington an attorney. I have another time again,
asking for the issue of such scrip but, I never got any definite answer one
objection that the Department made was that I received a Chippewa Lake
Superior Scrip. That matter I explained to them, in that way such a scrip was
obtained without my knowledge or consent, and did not derive any benefit from
it. The papers will show on file at the Department. I would like to have you
call on the Commissioner and see ['if' deleted] him and have it issued. I am
in need and acting to meet it.
By attending to this matter you will confer a great favor on an old friend,
"Yours respectfully, William L. Quinn, 14 East 9th Street, St. Paul,
Minnesota."
[St. Paul Pioneer Press, JAN 18, 1880]
"The Ink-pa-du-ta Raid. Additional Historical Facts Suggested by the
Address of Judge Flandreau before the Minnesota Historical Society.
"The Spirit Lake Massacre and Alleged Provocation -- Personal Sketches of
Scouts, Interpreters and Big Indians.
"To the Editor of the Pioneer Press:
"The scenes narrated by Judge Flandreau in his address before the
Historical society, published in your paper of the 9th ult., are so familiar
to me that I perused it with great interest, and since the recital was with
the view of its becoming a historical record the judge will doubtless not
consider it amiss if a few corrections and additions are made to the facts
already given, and for this reason the paper containing the address was laid
aside for a favorable opportunity of doing so.
"Ink-pa-du-ta and is band were considered outlaws by the neighboring
Indians, and was composed not only of Sioux, but among them were two or three
members of the Sac and Fox tribe, and I believe one Chippewa, all of whom
joined and became a separate band, made up of those who had committed some
crime against some member of the other Indian bands with whom they had
originally belonged, and hence there was very rarely any association between
their own and other Indians, fearing they would be revenged by the relatives
of those they had killed or robbed. For this reason it is, and has been, very
difficult to get the Indian version of what is known as the Spirit lake
massacre.
"Soon after this sad occurrence I visited the locality of it, and as near
as I could learn as obtained from those I came in contact with, Ink-pa-du-ta
and his band during the winter of 1856-7, were trapping on the Little Sioux
in Iowa, not on the Rock (Ingan Peyaka, rocky ridge), as the judge has it, for
there were not settlements at all on the Rock then, and at the time they had
their first difficulty, they were down the river as far as Smithland, a small
settlement at the old wagon road crossing from Dubuque to Sioux City. At this
time they were subjected to very many indignities and left the place much
enraged. This fact is not given as an excuse for the massacre that followed,
but only to show that in this instance, as usual, the whites were the first
aggressors, and it should, in justice, be recorded in history, had that not
been the case doubtless there would have been no spirit lake massacre of 1857,
and even after the injustice referred to, had they the benefits of the law to
have taken their remedy, through it, the judge would not have been furnished
with his text for the occasion.
"It seems terribly heart rending when listening to the account of that
massacre of innocent families, but can we not, to our same, point to similar
instances on our own part, and does not the military records of Col.
Chivington, Gen. Custer and others, show instances still more aggravating in
slaughtering not only innocent, but life-long friendly Indians and their
families, of mothers and children, without any provocation whatever.
"These Indians after the difficulties at Smithland made their way back up
the valley, passing the settlements at Correctionville, Cherokee, Watermans,
Petersons and Sioux Rapids on the way, but no one was killed until they
reached Lake Okoboji, a settlement a few miles below Spirit Lake. I believe
no one was killed at Spirit Lake, and the only other place where lives were
take was at Jackson, on the Des Moines, in Minnesota. From which point the
Indians concluded that they would "go west" and as the facts show they did,
crossing the Big Sioux at or near Iminiji (High Rough Rocky Bluff) and on
crossing the river at that point Mrs.Heather, who had become worn out from
hardships, and hence became a burden to them, was shot and killed in the
center of the river, and I believe she or her remains were never heard from
again.
"The dog difficulty, referred to by the Judge, occurred at Lake Okoboji,
and the circumstances of it, added to the indignities received down the river,
is what precipitated the outbreak. One version of it was that when the
Indians approached a house a dog ran out and bit one of them; the Indian in
turn shot the dog; then the owner of the dog came out with his gun, apparently
intending to shoot the Indian. Another is that a white man first shot an
Indian's dog, an unpardonable offense, as an Indian thinks a great deal of his
dog, and then commenced the sickening horrors of the Spirit lake massacre of
1857 (so called). The Lake Cantaga-Tonka (Gig Woods) is just west of Manka
(Skunk lake), and is the head of the Vermillion river, where Mrs. Marble was
rescued.
"It is reported that Joseph Coursall was with these Indians on their
trapping expedition down the Little Sioux, and only left them at the
commencement of the outbreak. How or when he worked his way to the agency to
act as a guide has never been learned.
"Peter Quinn was with the military expedition to Spirit Lake, and acted an
important part as interpreter. I fail to see how the judge failed to make
favorable mention of him. He was killed at Fort Ridgely while faithfully
defending it against the Indian attack of 1862. Much could be said of this
faithful old hero. He spoke the Chippewa and Sioux languages fluently, and
for many years acted as interpreter for both of these tribes. Joseph Coursall
is now living at the Santee agency, on the Missouri, in Nebraska. Philander
Prescott, who acted as interpreter for the judge, was killed by Mato-ista-sa
(Red Eyes Grisly Bear) at the outbreak of 1862 and his murderer was hanged,
after being arrested at Fort Garry, Manitoba, brought to Fort Snelling, tried
and condemned.
Little Crow (To-oyata-duta - His Red Nation), whose bones I believe, are
among the relics of the Historical society, figures somewhat in this
connection. During the fall, after Mrs. Marble and Miss Gardner were rescued,
it was reported that a part of Ink-pa-du-ta's band were living at Skunk lake.
To arrest hem an Indian part was made up, with Little Crow as leader. This
party the writer met near the head of the Cottonwood river when on their way
out. On this mission nothing was accomplished. Ink-pa-du-ta after this
became blind, entirely helpless, and finally died on the upper Missouri, and
the members of his band were scattered among other Indians. It is generally
supposed
no
!NAME: Quinn, William L. Jr. [1880 Affidavit]
!"HALFBREED"_LAND_SCRIP: [National Archives, RG 75, SC 118:, JUL 16, 1880,
Affidavit of William L. Quinn], who received Scrip under the "Lake Pepin
Treaty"
!NAME: <:':':\',^,<: Bay way way gwon abe [5:89a] [Powell 10/0079]
!NAME: <:<:':\',^,<: (1862-3 - AUG 19, 1907) Bay-bay-way-gwon-abe (WE-4712)
!NAME: <:/':':\',^,<: (1862-3 - AUG 19, 1907) Pay-mway-way-gwon-abe (WE-4712)
!NAME: Quist, James (1862-3 - AUG 19, 1907) (WE-4712) [V.R. #437]
!GENEALOGY: Minnesota Historical Society, R.J. Powell Papers, Microf. M-455,
Roll 10, Powell Genealogies, families #5:32, #5:89a, #19:20
(O-4712) [notation: "MIXED BLOOD, Rahily 8/14/19"]
!GENEALOGY_COMPILED_BY_VIRGINIA_ROGERS: Broken Tooth Genealogy, #138,
#437
!NAME: Quodonce, Christopher [1919]
!Grand Portage B.I.A. Enrollment, 1919:30/32
!NAME: Quodonce, Frank [1919]
!NAME: \">,- Frank Kottaus [1919]
!Grand Portage B.I.A. Enrollment, 1919:64/68
[1919: listed as "son," but of
whom?
!NAME: Quodonce, Julia [1919]
!Grand Portage B.I.A. Enrollment, 1919:32/34
!NAME: Thibault, Mary Ann [1919]
!Grand Portage B.I.A. Enrollment, 1919:34/36
!NAME: Quodonce, Paul [1919]
!Grand Portage B.I.A. Enrollment, 1919:33/35
!NAME: \'">") Quodonce, Peter [1919]
!Grand Portage B.I.A. Enrollment, 1919:28/30
!Grand Portage B.I.A. Enrollment, 1919:31/33
!NAME: ,;}\':-:-:\': Ash quay se say quay [4:95] [Powell 10/0073]
!NAME: ,;}\':"-:\': Aish quay o say quay [4:95]
!NAME: ,;}\':"-:\': (1864) Ayshquayosayquay [MCT]
!NAME: ,;}\':"-:\': (1864 - JAN 28, 1960) Aysh-quay-o-say-quay (WE-2024) [V.R.
#812]
!NAME: Rabbit, Annie (1864 - JAN 20, 1960) (WE-2024) [V.R. #812]
!GENEALOGY: Minnesota Historical Society, R.J. Powell Papers, Microf. M-455,
Roll 10, Powell Genealogies, families #4:25, #4:95, #6:21, #9:8
(O-2024, a-1482) [notation: "X M/ 15/16"]
Roll 14/0052, Mixed Blood [allotted as Aishquayosayquay]
!MCT: Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Base Rolls [abt 1936]: ensus #337
!GENEALOGY_COMPILED_BY_VIRGINIA_ROGERS: Broken Tooth Genealogy, #812,
lived with her husband John Basswood in Ponsford, Minnesota; died at the age of
95
three other children were born after 1900 with John
Basswood
!NAME: Rabbit, Elsie (1893 - 1956)
!NAME: Rabbit, Elsie (MAR, 1893 - NOV 1956) (LL-352) [V.R. #498s]
!NAME: \:{:^">;( (MAR, 1893 - NOV, 1956) Ke che no din (LL-352) [V.R. #498s]
!GENEALOGY: Minnesota Historical Society, R.J. Powell Papers,
Microf. M-455, Roll 10, Powell Genealogies, family #5:48
!GENEALOGY_COMPILED_BY_VIRGINIA_ROGERS: [V.R., Broken Tooth Genealogy, #498s]
!Clement H. Beaulieu papers, Minnesota Historical
Society
!NAME: Jack [9:10]
!NAME: \;/:'"^,^,\'"[ Kim me won an nah quod [9:9]
!NAME: \:/:',^,^,\'"[ Ke me wah nah nah quod [9:10] [Powell 10/0102]
!NAME: Rabbit, Jack [9:10] [Powell 10/0102]
!NAME: Rabbit, Jack (1847 - AUG 4, 1940) (WE-1993) [V.R. #314]
!NAME: \:/:',(,^,\',[ (1847 - AUG 4, 1940) Ke-me-wun-aun-ah-quod (WE-1993)
[V.R. #314]
!NAME: "Rain Cloud" (1847 - AUG 4, 1948) (WE-1993) [V.R. #314] [translation
after Virginia Rogers]
!GENEALOGY: Minnesota Historical Society, R.J. Powell Papers, Microf. M-455,
Roll 10, Powell Genealogies, families #6:33, #9:1, #9:10, #15:13
(O-1993, a X, a-1468) [notation: "7/8"]
Roll 14/0051, Mixed Blood
!MCT: Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Base Rolls [Abt 1936]:4086, blood quantum 3/4
!GENEALOGY_COMPILED_BY_VIRGINIA_ROGERS: Broken Tooth Genealogy, #84, #314,
He signed the 1889 Agreement at age 42, a Chippewa of the Pillager
Band