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Wapagad/Wapagase to Mr. Jones, 25 March 1819.  

Wapagad/Wapagase is requesting 50 pounds from Mr. Jones, the Indian Agent for Port Sarnia, because his governmental duties have precluded him from being able to pay on both the credit he owes and to support his family. He also asks that Mr. Jones let the

chain, beads, ornament  

A silver chain from a Odawa burial near Cross Village, Lake Michigan; exchanged with the Fieldmuseum of Natural History, Chicago, part of Wyman coll.

The information of An American Prisoner brought this day from the Glaize by a party of Shawannes.  

The prisoner, named Evans, reveals military information- the location, size, and nature of troops at several American forts. He also reveals the names of 5 alleged American spies.

Mineral Room - V m museum; 1912; Ontario.  

Waugh Collection Photograph

rings, finger-rings, ornament  

3 plain brass finger-rings from the Odawa; exchanged with the Fieldmuseum of Natural History, Chicago; part of Walker C. Wyman collection; from a burial near Cross Village, Lake Michigan.

garter  

garter or sash

bead, shell, ornament  

A concave shell bead with scratched marks; exchanged with the Fieldmuseum of Natural History, Chicago, part of Mr. Wyman coll., who got it from a Odawa burial near Cross Village, Lake Michigan.

John Graves Simcoe to Unnamed Recipient, 28 June 1793  

In this document, Simcoe voices a desire to protect Indians and his comments possibly speak to the overall British understanding of Indigenous peoples and British paternalism in 1793. Topics mentioned: Kentucky, Michilimackinac, Upper Canada, United States and its commissioners, fraudulent treaties, Indian land and Nations

bead, ornament, silver tube  

A hollow silver ovoid, embossed and soldered from a Odawa burial near Cross Village, Lake Michigan. Exchanged with the Fieldmuseum of Natural History, Chicago, part of Wyman coll.