{"id":1835,"date":"2015-12-28T15:15:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T22:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2022-04-23T12:43:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T18:43:29","slug":"notarized-documents-of-native-americans-1800s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notarized-documents-of-native-americans-1800s\/","title":{"rendered":"Notarized Documents of Native Americans, 1800s"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notarized-documents-of-native-americans-1800s\/#Notarized_Documents_of_Native_Americans_1800s\" >Notarized Documents of Native Americans, 1800s<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notarized-documents-of-native-americans-1800s\/#Oregon_Trail_and_Santa_Fe_Trail\" >Oregon Trail and Santa Fe Trail<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notarized-documents-of-native-americans-1800s\/#Treaty_of_Fort_Laramie_Indian_Territory_1851\" >Treaty of Fort Laramie, Indian Territory, 1851<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notarized-documents-of-native-americans-1800s\/#Treaty_of_Fort_Wise_Kansas_Territory_1861\" >Treaty of Fort Wise, Kansas Territory, 1861<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notarized-documents-of-native-americans-1800s\/#Treaty_of_Little_Arkansas_River_State_of_Kansas_1865\" >Treaty of Little Arkansas River, State of Kansas, 1865<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notarized-documents-of-native-americans-1800s\/#Chief_Black_Kettle_Legacy_Native_Americans\" >Chief Black Kettle Legacy, Native Americans<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notarized-documents-of-native-americans-1800s\/#Native_Americans_Signing_Treaties_With_a_Mark_or_Thumbprint\" >Native Americans Signing Treaties With a Mark or Thumbprint<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notarized-documents-of-native-americans-1800s\/#Interpreter_Oath_on_Notarized_Documents_for_Native_Americans\" >Interpreter Oath on Notarized Documents for Native Americans<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notarized-documents-of-native-americans-1800s\/#John_S_Smith_Native_American_Language_Interpreter\" >John S. Smith, Native American Language Interpreter<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Notarized_Documents_of_Native_Americans_1800s\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cheyenne-Chief-Black-Kettle-Native-Americans-320x200.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3953\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cheyenne-Chief-Black-Kettle-Native-Americans-320x200.jpg\" alt=\"Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle Native Americans\" width=\"320\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Notarized Documents of Native Americans, 1800s<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the landing of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notary-with-christopher-columbus\/\"><strong>Columbus<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in 1492, Spanish explorers in the Southwest, as early as the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/\">Coronado Expedition<\/a><\/span><\/strong> of 1540, met <strong>Native Americans<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While <strong>Spanish<\/strong> explorers searched for gold, <strong>French<\/strong> explorers were interested in hunting and trapping for the profitable fur trade.\u00a0 The <strong>Pilgrims<\/strong> arrived in 1620, seeking religious freedom, and met northeast tribes of Native Americans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Europeans brought their foreign languages, culture, and laws with them, including written documents and <strong>notaries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Photo: <strong>Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle<\/strong>, <i>Mo-ta-va-to or Moke-ta-ve-to<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Oregon_Trail_and_Santa_Fe_Trail\"><\/span>Oregon Trail and Santa Fe Trail<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the <strong>Louisiana Purchase<\/strong> of 1803, and the western expeditions of <strong>Zebulon Pike<\/strong> and <strong>Lewis and Clark<\/strong>, up to 3,000 mountain men and explorers traveled the American West, from 1810 to the 1840s.\u00a0 They laid the <strong>Oregon Trail<\/strong>, from about 1811 to 1836, starting in Missouri,\u00a0 first as a horse and pack trail, then as a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wagon-trains-contracts-law-1820-1880\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wagon trail<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, through the 1880s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-1838 aligncenter\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Santa-Fe-Trail-Map-500x316.jpg\" alt=\"Santa Fe Trail Map\" width=\"500\" height=\"316\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>Santa Fe Trail<\/strong> ran from Missouri to Santa Fe, <strong>Mexico<\/strong>, from 1821, when Mexico won independence from Spain, until 1879, when the railroad came to Santa Fe.\u00a0 Some <strong>mountain men<\/strong> traded with Native Americans, married Indian women, and learned Indian languages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After <strong>gold<\/strong> was discovered in <strong>California<\/strong> in 1849, <strong>Colorado<\/strong> in 1858, the <strong>Civil War<\/strong> ended in 1865, and the <strong>Transcontinental Railroad<\/strong> was completed in 1869, migration to the West, and encounters with Indians, greatly increased.\u00a0 At first, Native Americans tried to defend their homeland, but, they were outnumbered.\u00a0 Treaties were made to move them to reservations.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Treaty_of_Fort_Laramie_Indian_Territory_1851\"><\/span><strong>Treaty of Fort Laramie, Indian Territory, 1851<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Treaty of Fort Laramie set territories for plains tribes including the <strong>Cheyenne<\/strong>, <strong>Sioux<\/strong>, <strong>Arapaho<\/strong>, and <strong>Crow<\/strong>. It guaranteed safe passage for travelers on the <strong>Oregon Trail<\/strong> and allowed roads and forts to be built in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government promised payment to the tribes in the form of goods, supplies, and livestock for 10 years, but many payments were never received. Settlers and miners broke the treaty during the <strong>Pikes Peak Gold Rush<\/strong> of 1859.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Treaty signers included <strong>John S. Smith<\/strong>, <strong>Cheyenne interpreter<\/strong>, John Pizelle, Arapaho interpreter, and A. B. Chambers, secretary.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Treaty_of_Fort_Wise_Kansas_Territory_1861\"><\/span><strong><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1846\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Map-Cheyenne-Arapaho-Reservation-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"Map Cheyenne Arapaho Reservation\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/>Treaty of Fort Wise, Kansas Territory, 1861<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Treaty of Fort Wise was signed at the former <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/bents-fort-colorado-1842\/\"><strong>Bent&#8217;s New Fort<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, renamed <strong>Fort Wise<\/strong> in 1861, and later <strong>Fort Lyon<\/strong> in 1862. Signers included Indian agent <strong>Albert G. Boone<\/strong> (grandson of <strong>Daniel Boone<\/strong>), and Cheyenne and Arapaho chiefs including <strong>Black Kettle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former reserve between the <strong>Arkansas River<\/strong> and the <strong>North Platte River<\/strong> was greatly reduced to 1\/13 of the Fort Laramie Treaty.\u00a0 <strong>Sand Creek<\/strong> was the new northern boundary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Government payments were promised for agriculture, livestock, and schools. Many Indians felt cheated and opposed the treaty. Hostilities increased, resulting in the <strong>Third Colorado Cavalry<\/strong> attacking, killing, and mutilating peaceful Indians including women and children in 1864 in the <strong>Sand Creek Massacre<\/strong>.\u00a0 <strong>Chief Black Kettle<\/strong> escaped.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The treaty awarded half-breed interpreters <strong>John S. Smith<\/strong> and <strong>Robert Bent<\/strong> <strong>640 acres<\/strong> each near the Arkansas River.\u00a0 John White was a witness and clerk to the Indian signatures.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Treaty_of_Little_Arkansas_River_State_of_Kansas_1865\"><\/span><strong>Treaty of Little Arkansas River, State of Kansas, 1865<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Treaty of the Little Arkansas River was signed in 1865. Land and other payments were made as reparation for the losses suffered by the Indians at the <strong>Sand Creek Massacre<\/strong> while flying the U.S. flag.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was signed by <strong>Black Kettle<\/strong> and other chiefs seeking to live in peace. It relocated the southern <strong>Cheyenne<\/strong> tribe east to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/indian-territory-notaries-1834-1907\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indian Territory<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in present-day <strong>Oklahoma<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other signatures included commissioners <strong>Kit Carson <\/strong>and\u00a0 <strong>William Bent<\/strong>, and <strong>John S. Smith<\/strong>, U.S. interpreter. Personal <strong>seals<\/strong> are included after the signers&#8217; marks and signatures.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chief_Black_Kettle_Legacy_Native_Americans\"><\/span>Chief Black Kettle Legacy, Native Americans<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1868, <strong>Black Kettle<\/strong> and his wife, Medicine Woman Later, were shot in the back during an attack on their camp on the <strong>Washita River<\/strong>, Oklahoma, by troops of the <strong>7th Cavalry<\/strong>, led by Lt. Col. <strong>George Armstrong Custer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>Black Kettle Museum<\/strong> commemorates the Cheyenne chief in present <strong>Cheyenne<\/strong>, <strong>Oklahoma<\/strong>.\u00a0 Black Kettle was a recurring character, portrayed for 3 seasons, in the CBS TV series, <strong>Dr. Quinn<\/strong>, <strong>Medicine Woman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Native_Americans_Signing_Treaties_With_a_Mark_or_Thumbprint\"><\/span>Native Americans Signing Treaties With a Mark or Thumbprint<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There were many treaties made with the Native American tribes.\u00a0 Initially, Indian chiefs could not read, write, or sign documents written in the <strong>English language<\/strong>.\u00a0 Later, schools were built where Indians learned the English language and customs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1844\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chief-Black-Kettle-X-mark-400x40.jpg\" alt=\"Chief Black Kettle X mark\" width=\"400\" height=\"40\" \/>When Indians were asked to sign English-language documents, <strong>interpreters<\/strong> were used who could speak English and native Indian languages. They interpreted the document for the Indian signers, then the Indian chiefs would make an <strong>X<\/strong>, <strong>mark<\/strong> or <strong>thumbprint<\/strong>, rather than a signature, next to their printed names.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1839\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bureau-of-Indian-Affairs-seal-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Bureau of Indian Affairs seal\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>On <strong>notarized<\/strong> documents, the interpreter would sign a <strong>sworn statement<\/strong>, at the end of the document, stating that the Indian chiefs understood the document and had signed in the presence of the interpreter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the government established the <strong>Bureau of Indian Affairs<\/strong> in 1824, as part of the <strong>War Department<\/strong>, some interpreters worked for <strong>Indian agencies<\/strong> and were provided housing on reservations, along with the <strong>Indian agent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Interpreter_Oath_on_Notarized_Documents_for_Native_Americans\"><\/span>Interpreter Oath on Notarized Documents for Native Americans<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The components of a notarized document, using an <strong>Indian language interpreter<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\">Text of the Document<br \/>\nIndian signer name followed by X, mark or thumbprint<br \/>\nSworn statement by interpreter<br \/>\nInterpreter Signature<br \/>\nNotary Signature<br \/>\nNotary Seal<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the Indian signer&#8217;s mark or thumbprint, a <strong>sworn statement<\/strong> was included:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\"><em>I, [John S. Smith], swear that I understand the English and [<strong>Cheyenne<\/strong>] languages, and that I correctly interpreted the foregoing statement to [Chief Black Kettle], who understood the same and signed it in my presence.<\/em><br \/>\n\/s\/ [<em>John S. Smith<\/em>], Interpreter<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Subscribed and sworn to before me this [day] at [location].<br \/>\nNotary Name, Notary Seal, My Commission Expires: [Date]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"John_S_Smith_Native_American_Language_Interpreter\"><\/span>John S. Smith, Native American Language Interpreter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1843\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Smith-signature-400x40.jpg\" alt=\"John Smith signature\" width=\"400\" height=\"40\" \/>John S. Smith<\/strong> was a hunter and trapper in the Rocky Mountains and learned the <strong>Cheyenne<\/strong> language.\u00a0 His Cheyenne name was White Blanket.\u00a0 He became a guide and interpreter for the military and an <strong>interpreter<\/strong> and special agent for the <strong>Upper Arkansas Indian Agency<\/strong>, under <strong>Samuel G. Colley<\/strong>, Indian Agent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Smith was staying at the Indian village at <strong>Sand Creek<\/strong>, trading goods and ammunition for <strong>buffalo<\/strong> robes, when it was attacked by soldiers, led by <strong>Colonel John Chivington<\/strong>.\u00a0 His half-breed son Jack was killed by the soldiers.\u00a0 Smith was an eyewitness to the <strong>Sand Creek Massacre<\/strong> of 1864 and was deposed before the <strong>U.S. Congress<\/strong> in 1865, during the investigation of the atrocities.\u00a0 His sworn testimony is available online.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Visit our website for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/mobile-notary\/\" data-slimstat-async=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"true\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\" data-slimstat-clicked=\"false\">Colorado Springs Mobile Notary<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0services or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-notary-training\/\" data-slimstat-async=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"true\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\" data-slimstat-clicked=\"false\">Colorado Notary Training<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>classes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[Last-Modified Date 2020-08-27] edited 3 treaty paragraphs from phrases to sentences<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a9 Copyright 2015\u00a0 ABC Legal Docs, LLC\u00a0 All rights reserved.\u00a0 Do not copy.\u00a0 Citations welcome.\u00a0 Terms of Use apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notarized Documents of Native Americans, 1800s Following the landing of Columbus in 1492, Spanish explorers in the Southwest, as early as the Coronado Expedition of 1540, met Native Americans. While Spanish explorers searched for gold, French explorers were interested in hunting and trapping for the profitable fur trade.\u00a0 The Pilgrims arrived in 1620, seeking religious freedom, and met northeast tribes of Native Americans. Europeans brought their foreign languages, culture, and laws with them, including written documents and notaries. Photo: Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle, Mo-ta-va-to or 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