Michigan historical collections . MRS. WILLIAM C.\THERINE NAVARRE. Alexander Macomb in Detroit, 1773. UNVEILING OF TREATY TABLET OF GROSSE ILE. 585 on the island have photographic copies of this old deed or patent. Itis very curious, parts of which I will quote. Kitche Minneschon (Grand Island) in Warojati Moot (Detroitriver) to William and Alexander Macomb from the Pottawattamy na-tion of Indians, etc. Then names and totems of the principal men of the tribe. The chiefsand principal men sign their totems down the center of the page andtheir eldest sons make their thu
Michigan historical collections . MRS. WILLIAM C.\THERINE NAVARRE. Alexander Macomb in Detroit, 1773. UNVEILING OF TREATY TABLET OF GROSSE ILE. 585 on the island have photographic copies of this old deed or patent. Itis very curious, parts of which I will quote. Kitche Minneschon (Grand Island) in Warojati Moot (Detroitriver) to William and Alexander Macomb from the Pottawattamy na-tion of Indians, etc. Then names and totems of the principal men of the tribe. The chiefsand principal men sign their totems down the center of the page andtheir eldest sons make their thumb marks along the edges. There wereeighteen chiefs in all. Among the totems are several fish of differentsizes, several bears in different positions, a doe, a fawn with one leg,a possum, a wild-cat, a tepe€, an eagle, the latter, said to be by Com-modore David Belton Macomb, who holds the original deed, The firstAmerican eagle portraj^ed on any occasion. The patent closes asfollows: In witness whereof we the said chiefs for ourselves and in behalfo
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