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D11020 Relocation of the Wyandott Indian Tribe to Kansas – A
Beautiful hand written letter in ink on February 5, 1859 signed by
Thomas Hendricks who was the future Vice President of the United
States. The letter concerns the Wyandott Reserves. Thomas Hendricks
writes that he has received “your letter of the 28 December last
transmitting a diagrams of relocation of Wyandot Reserves” In 1842 a
treaty made with the Wyandot Indians at Upper Sandusky, Ohio granted
sections of land “to be located anywhere west of the Mississippi river on
Indian land not already occupied.” At the time the treaty was
concluded, some of the recipients of these grants were little more than
children and several years elapsed before all the selections were made.
The 35 sections were not held by the usual title of occupancy, and could
be acquired by white men without the customary formality and expense
of entering land under the preemption laws. Probably for this reason
they become known as the “Wyandott floats.” A majority of the 35
sections were located in Kansas and a number of them were purchased
by speculators and town companies. The cities of Topeka, Emporia,
Manhattan and Lawrence are partly built upon some of these floats.
$250
Beautiful hand written letter in ink on February 5, 1859 signed by
Thomas Hendricks who was the future Vice President of the United
States. The letter concerns the Wyandott Reserves. Thomas Hendricks
writes that he has received “your letter of the 28 December last
transmitting a diagrams of relocation of Wyandot Reserves” In 1842 a
treaty made with the Wyandot Indians at Upper Sandusky, Ohio granted
sections of land “to be located anywhere west of the Mississippi river on
Indian land not already occupied.” At the time the treaty was
concluded, some of the recipients of these grants were little more than
children and several years elapsed before all the selections were made.
The 35 sections were not held by the usual title of occupancy, and could
be acquired by white men without the customary formality and expense
of entering land under the preemption laws. Probably for this reason
they become known as the “Wyandott floats.” A majority of the 35
sections were located in Kansas and a number of them were purchased
by speculators and town companies. The cities of Topeka, Emporia,
Manhattan and Lawrence are partly built upon some of these floats.
$250
