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Title: Counties of Whitley and Noble, Indiana : historical and biographical
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, 1852-1926 Blanchard, Charles, fl. 1882-1900
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Publisher: 428, 502 p. : ill., ports.
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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fthe Government to patent the soil to Beaver. Notwithstanding all this, noharmful results can happen to the present owners, as, in case the validity of atitle is questioned on the score that the patent to Beaver had never beenissued. Congress would come to the rescue and, at this late day, with all theknown descendants of Beaver dead, would remedy the neglect by issuing thepatent to Beaver. This would simply result in confirming the power of Beaverand his heirs to convey, and would therefore place the titles on a firm founda-tion. To do much damage, it would require a smart lawyer, even as the casestands at present. The cession of all the land of Whitley County by the Pottawatomies,except a considerable portion of the western part, has been accounted for inpreceding pages. Access to the treaty concerning the cession of this partcould not be gained by the writer; but the land evidently became the propertyof the United States in about 1828, and was soon afterward surveyed and ^- -^.-s^*
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(deceased; COLUMBIA TR HISTORY OF WHITLEY COUNTY. 51 thrown into market. The settlers began to come in 1833, and at that timeabout 150 Indians lived within the county limits. About eighty were congre-gated at Seeks village; a few were at a small village on Beavers reservation,the chief being Coesse; another small band was near Blue River Lake, inSmith Township, while others were at Raccoons village. From this timeonward, until the Indians were removed West, they were constantly associatedwith the white settlers. A well-worn Indian trail extended along the banks ofEel River, from which side-trails branched to the principal Indian villagesthroughout the surrounding country. The Indians, who, but a comparativelyshort time before, had been at war with the whites and with other Indians, stillretained their war-like customs. They always went armed with butcher-knives,tomahawks, rifles and huge plugs of tobacco. They were then armed tothe teeth. Dances were often held, being largely attended

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