explained) he had no doubt the Indians who
had so fired on and attacked them were of
the Sac nation.

The second deposition appears to have been
made by the beforenamed Baptiste Ticio,
and wherein he refers to that of the witness
Bissonnette, and corroborates the testimony
it contains.

And the third deposition is that of B. Vasques,
and wherein he alleges that the articles be-
fore described were taken from him and S.
Pratt by the Sac Indians, and that the dif
ferent sums set opposite thereto, amounting
to $1,098, are the just and fair value of the
articles in the country where they were
taken, and that the damage sustained by
the loss of them was fully that amount, if
not more.

Gen. Clark has remarked in his report, oppo

site the entry of this claim, that a regular
demand was made to the Sacs for the mur-
derers, and for the property taken; that two
men were delivered over to the civil autho
rity of the United States, who were tried

and acquitted; that, of the property, two horses and one mule only were restored, and that these were turned over to the claim. ants.

$80

He claims payment for a horse
The horse is stated in the account to have
been stolen by the Ioway Indians, on
the 18th July, 1815; and in support of
the claim, a deposition is produced,
made by John Hancock and Ste. Jack-
son, before George Jackson, J. P., of
Chariton township, on the 31st Jan❜y,
1817, wherein it is declared that the
witnesses knew the horse, and thought
him worth $80; that he was taken at
the same time as the creatures of Hen-
ry Ferril and John Hancock; and that
it was thought to be the Ioways that
stole said horse.

Claims payment for a mare and 3 colts
In support of this claim two depositions
are adduced, purporting to have been
made on the 31st January, 1817, before
George Jackson, J. P.; one of them
by Stephen Jackson and Robert Han-
cock, wherein they have testified that
the valuation set upon the property in
the account is about the real value
thereof; and that it was generally
thought in the Boon's lick settlement,
that Ioways stole the same; and the

160

- $110

other of them by William Reid, where-
in he has testified that, in the fall of
1815,
he saw at the village of the Io-
ways, on the river Charlatan, and in
the possession of the Ioway Indians of
that village, a mare of the claimant,
which he knew to have been stolen the
summer before, with her sucking colt,
and a yearling, belonging to the same,
and also the property of the claimant.
Claims payment for a horse
The evidence in this case consists of a de-
position of Robert Hancock and James
Anderson, made before George Jack-
son, J. P., on the 31st January, 1817,
in which they declare that they knew
the horse; that the witness, Hancock,
thought him worth $110, and the wit-
ness, Anderson, $100; that it was the
belief of both witnesses that the Ioways
stole him, and that he was taken at the
same time as the three creatures of
Henry Ferril.

mare

60

1,055 $1,405 00 It does not appear by Gen. Clark's

The evidence in support of the claims of the
seven persons last named, is contained in
three depositions, purporting to have been
made on the 20th September, 1825, (more
than 10 years after the transactions,) before
Thomas McMahan, J. P., of Cooper county;
one of them by William Reed, who testifies
that after the settlers on the Missouri were
notified of peace, and the Ioways and other
Indians had gone down to Portage des Sioux,
to treat with the commissioners appointed by
the United States, David Jones, Stephen Tur-
ley, Thomas McMahan, James McMahan,
and the witness, who had removed to Coop-
er's fort during the war, believing that their
property would be the same, [safe,] brought
their horses across the river into the bottom
below the Arrow rock; that, in a few days.
afterwards, a mare of Henry Ferril, worth
about $60, and a horse belonging to Braxton
Cooper, were stolen from Cooper's fort; that
the witness and others examined the trail
of the Indians, and were convinced that they
had crossed the river; that they were heard

report when or by whom the de-
mand was made on the Ioways,
nor whether or not any proofs were
adduced to them, nor what reply
they gave to the demand. Not
more than three of the stolen
horses are proved to have been
scen in their possession; one of
these is shown to have been re-
gained, and another of them, to
wit, the mare of Henry Ferril,
seems evidently to be twice claim-
ed for; [see the claims numbered
78 and 83.] Unless as to the lat-
ter two horses, the alleged offend-
ers are not shown to have crossed
over any Indian boundary line;
the place of the alleged robbery
of the others would seem, from the
testimony, to have been on the
north side of the Missouri river,
on land over which the Ioways and
the Sac and Fox tribes had claims
that were not extinguished till 1824.

David Jones

Three mares and three colts

285

Stephen Turley

Thos. McMahan,jr. Three horses

James McMahan

William Reed

Two horses
-Three horses

Thomas McMahan A horse