[55]. U.S. Stat., p. 223, and comment in above Annals, p. 796.

[56]. U.S. Stat., p. 229.

[57]. U.S. Stat., p. 272.

[58]. Vol. 5, Wis. Hist. Colls., p. 130, et seq.

[59]. P. 143, above.

[60]. Vol. 5, Wis. Hist. Colls., p. 144.

[61]. Vol. 5, Wis. Hist. Colls., p. 147.

[62]. Annals of the West, pp. 796-7; Brown’s Hist. of Illinois, p. 357.

[63]. December 24, 1811; January 11, 1812, and December 10, 1814.

[64]. Peck’s Gazeteer for 1825. The land was surveyed in 1815 and 1816.