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Title
Notes on Shabni and Billy Caldwell collected by William D. Barge, 1922?
Date
1922
Place
Illinois
,
Illinois--Chicago
Language
English
Subjects
Black Hawk War, 1832
,
Frontier and pioneer life
,
Indians of North America
Description
Date suggested by date of "9-15-22" on verso of last leaf by Ruth L. Butler, curator of the Ayer Collection; below she has written "Apr. 1933."
Each section of notes numbered individually; Butler's continuous foliation in upper right-hand corner.
Bound with two brass fasteners; laid in red cloth folder, in red cloth-covered clamshell box.
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Summary
Typescript carbon copy of notes on the Indian chiefs Shabonee and Billy Caldwell, compiled by William D. Barge, probably around 1922, from various sources, both primary and secondary, dated between 1816 and 1916. Barge begins with notes from an article by Rev. N.W. Thornton, which appeared in the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 5 (July 1912): 256-260, entitled "Shabbona: the white man's friend." Also included are E.S. Braffet's memoir "Shaubena," taken from Recollections of the pioneers of Lee County (Dixon, Ill., 1893); a brief personal description of Shabonee from William Bross' History of Chicago; Henry Hurlbut's "Billy Caldwell and Shabonee" from Chicago antiquities; William Hickling's short biographies on Caldwell and Shabonee, which he wrote to accompany his 1877 donation to the Chicago Historical Society of a Billy Caldwell letter, dated Aug. 1, 1816 in Amhurstburg; and Col. G.S. Hubbard's narrative of the two Indians, taken from v. 10 of the Fergus historical series. There are also several half-page notes on Shabonee's family, his death, and the spelling and meaning of his name from Bulletin 30 of the Handbook of American Indians, and from a Feb. 10, 1916 article in the Dixon morning leader. Finally, Barge includes notes culled from papers donated to the Chicago Historical Society by James Grant Wilson; excerpts on land grants to Caldwell fom the July 29, 1829 treaty of Prairie du Chien between the Chippewas, Ottawas, and Potawatamies, and excerpts from Frank E. Stevens' work on the Black Hawk War.
Extent
[61] leaves ; 29 cm
Format
Transcripts
Archival Collection Title
Edward E. Ayer Collection
Rights Status
No Copyright - United States
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Contributing Institution
Newberry Library
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Call Number
Ayer MS 51
BibID
179419
Size
2569px × 3331px 24.52 MB
IIIF Resource Type
Canvas
Filename
991794198805867_Ayer_MS_51_00001.tif
Unique Identifier
NL11IDI7
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