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La Mauvaise Tete to
Francois Busseron
(Vincennes, June 25, 1776)
Tete, La Mauvaise in: "Bill of
Sale,"
Francis Vigo Papers, No. 253,
William Henry Smith Memorial
Library Mss., Indiana
Historical Society
Library.
par devant Le notaire au poste vincenne et en presence De temoin fut prefect La mauvaise tete sauvage De La nation De pian Dellahaut avoir vendu trois erpent De terhain prenant Du grand chemin tenant Dun Cot au Champs Du mahingouin quil a vendu a Sieur [illeg] bosseron et De lautre fin Les trois erpents menant Du Cot Du village sauvage Depuis Dit Chemin toute La devanture a [page torn] a La Rivire Le tout vendu a Sieur francois bosseron Le tout pour La Somme De Cinquante franc en marchandise que Le Dit La mauvaise tete [illeg] avoir recue Du dit Sieur bosseron dont il a Dit etre Content en Letude Lan mil sept Cents soixante seise Le vingt Cinq juin et a fai sa marque
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marie t. m. |
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TRANSLATION
Before the notary at Post Vincennes and in presence of [a] witness came the Indian chief La Mauvaise Tete of the Piankashaw nation, having sold three acres of land leading from the main road along the side of the field of Mahingouin which he sold to Sieur Busseron and from the other end the three acres leading from the direction of the Indian village along [?] the said road the entire frontage [illeg] to the river, the whole sold to Sieur Francois Busseron entire for the sum of fifty francs in merchandise, which the said La Mauvaise Tete [illeg] has received from the said Sieur Busseron [and] with which he has said [he is] satisfied, in the notary's office in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, the twenty-fifth of June, and has made his mark.
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