Salawee (Sarlarwee - Sarlaughwee) 1842 Going Snake District Claim #15

 

The United States Do

              To Salawee AwW of Island Town on Chatoogee, Cherokee Nation East.  Came in D. Colston’s detachment, resides now on Illinois River in Tellequa District.

In 1813 or 14 –

4 three year old hogs, cost me $40 – 1 cow & calf $15 – 1 dun horse $40         95
1 bay mare and black colt                                                                             40
In 1838 –
20 large hogs $80 – 20 hogs $60 – 30 yearling hogs $60                               200
12 chickens $1.50 – 1 pot $3 – 2 small pots $2.50 – 1 sett plates $1.25              7.25
1 bell 50ct – 1 violin $4 – 3 weeding hoes $2.37½ – 2 axes $4                        10.87½
1 hand saw $2 – draw knife $1 – 1 pr cotton cards 75ct – 1 _ _ _ pail $1            4.75
1 keeler 50 ct –1 rifle gun $25 –1 shot pouch $1 –15 acres growing corn 150   176.50
6 acres growing corn $60 – ½ acre chaleoties $12 – 20 bushels corn $20           92
100 bundle fodder $3 – 1 bedstead $20 – 1 auger .75                                      23.75
                                                                                                                 ______________________
Credit by $40 received of the commissioners said to be the proceeds                650.12½
of the sale of the above abandoned property $40                                              40
                                                                                                                ________________________
                                                                                                                                               610.12½ 

Cherokee Nation, Going Snake District 

Salawee AwW being duly qualified says:  In 1813 & 14 I resided at Broom Town on Chatoogee.  The four hogs charged were as I believe killed by the U. States troops going to the Creek War.  As well also the cow & calf.  One morning in the fall when some of the troops were passing, I heard the report of guns, and in a short time I was informed by some young men named Tassel and Dick both of whom are now dead, that the troops had killed my hogs and put them in their wagon.  I then went to the place and saw the blood and other marks of slaughtering and found the hogs gone.  In looking round I found the head and hyde of my cow and the calf killed lying near them.  The meat of the cow was further away.  I had seen the cow in the morning at home.  She was very fat.  About a month or six weeks afterwards the troops were returning towards Tennessee in parties of two & three and sometimes greater numbers & I have reason to believe they took the horses.  One evening a company of four passed.  The next morning I missed the horses.  I then went after them the way the soldiers had gone.  I found their tracks after going a mile on the road the soldiers went.  I followed on till I was convinced they had been stolen and taken off and that I could not possible overtake them.

       In 1838 I resided at Island Town on Chatoogee.  I was captured by the troops and put into the fort, and all my property was left, of which the foregoing schedule is a correct statement.  A little while before the detachment started, I was at Calhoun and was told by the community interpreter that there was some money lying at the office for me.  I went to see and was told it was the proceeds of the sale of my property abandoned when I was captured by the troops, and I received forty dollars which is credited in the foregoing account.
 

Sworn to and subscribed to before me                          Salowee   his X mark
March 8, 1842
David M. Foreman, Clerk

Cherokee Nation, Going Snake District 

Six Killer being duly qualified says:  I lived about two miles from AwW Salowee
in 1813 & 14.  I know he had four large fat hogs which he bought and for which I understood he had paid forty dollars.  It was well known in the neighborhood that the hogs and cow & calf had been killed by the troops.  I knew the horses that were described in the schedule and that they were lost at the time stated in the affidavit.  I did not see the men with them.  I did not go in search of them, but it was a thing well known in the neighborhood that the horses were lost and mostly it was entertained but that the returning soldiers had taken them, as they were in the habit of killing hogs & cattle in going and stealing horses on their return throughout the route as far as I am informed.

       With regard to the abandoned property I know he had a fine and very large stock of hogs and that he had property of all the kinds stated in the account, but I could not specify particulars.  In 1838 I lived within a mile of his house.  I also know that he was captured by the troops at the same time as myself. 

Sworn to and subscribed to before me                          Six Killer   his X mark
March 8, 1842
David M. Foreman, Clerk 

1842 Going Snake District Claim # 15

Transcribed by Joe Scraper Jr       April 2008

Qualecoo Smith 1842 Goingsnake District Claim #32

 Claim # 32

The United States Do:

                  To Qualeeco Smith late of Island Town, Chatoogee, Cherokee Nation East and now resides in Going Snake District C. N. on the Illinois River.
Came D. Colson’s Detachment.

1838

Rent of 10 acres of fenced land, $5 per acre per annum for 5 years            $250
Rent of 5 acres of fenced land, $5 per acre per annum for 2 years                 50
1 horse, saddle, and bridle $185 – 1 bay horse $50                                   235
1 brown horse $40 – 1 sorrel horse $30                                                     70
6 cows & calves $90 – 3 large steers $36 – 3 yearling cattle $18                 144
75 head stock hogs             $3 per head                                                   225
12 head sheep $36 – 28 head goats $56                                                     92
6 geese $3 – 8 ducks $3 – 80 chickens $10 – 11 pigeons $5                         21
17 acres growing corn at $10 per acre                                                       170
3 acres planted potatoes $60 – ½ acre planted onions $20                            80
½ acre planted cotton $5 – 3 ploughs $8 – 3 pair traces $3                           16
3 horse collars $1.50 – 3 single trees $3 – 2 clavices $1 – 5 weeding hoes 3.75          9.25
100 bushels corn $100 – 1000 binds fodder $46                                         146
3 bedsteads $24 – 3 tables $6 – 1 cupboard $3 – 6 chairs $3                         36
1 spinning wheel $2 – 1 loom $5 – 2 trunks $7                                             14
1 pr And irons $3 – 1 pr shovel & tongs $3 – 1 spade $1.50                             7.50
4 large casting pots $17 – 2 ovens with lids $6                                              23
2 small casting pots $3 – 2 small ovens with lids $3 – 1 kettle $3                      9
3 water pails $2 – 1 tin box $2 – 4 pewter basins $4                                        8
2 setts plates $1 – 2 large dishes $2 – 2 setts cups & saucers $1                        4
1 sugar dish .50 – 1 glass pitcher .50 – 2 bread waiters .75                               1.75
1 pepperbox .25 – 2 looking glasses $5 – 2 pr cotton cards $2                           7.25
2 axes $5 – 1 hammer .50 – 1 chisel $1                                                           6.50
40 Gi_ _ cotton $5 – 4 cane baskets $1.25                                                       6.25
cash paid to an attorney to recover my field                                                    40
                                                                                                              __________________________
                                                                                                              1671.50

credit by cash received from agents for selling Indian property                        100.00
                                                                                                                      ___________________________
                                                                                                              1571.50

Cherokee Nation Going Snake District

                  Qualeeqoo Smith being duly states that in the year 1833 a white man citizen of the United States dispossessed me of 10 acres all in cultivation, and kept me out of the use of it for five years.  And in the year 1836 another white man citizen of the U.S. dispossessed me of 5 acres all in cultivation, and kept me out of the use of it for 2 years.  And I paid a lawyer forty dollars in cash to endeavor to get my fields back for me, but he failed in doing so.  The horse, saddle, & bridle as charged in my account, a white man by the name of John Beaver, a citizen of the U.S., he pretended to be a friend to the Cherokees and I let him take my horse to keep for me until I started for the west, but he never returned the horse to me again, and would not pay me anything for the horse when I left for this country.  All other particulars as charged in my account, I was forced to abandon by the authorities of the United States in 1838, all of which I have never received any thing more from the United States than what I have given credit for in my account, and I have never received any thing from any other source whatsoever.

Sworn to & subscribed before me                      Qualeeqoo Smith  her X mark
this the 16^th March 1842
David M. Foreman, Clerk 

Cherokee Nation, Going Snake District

                  Six Killer being duly sworn states he lived about one fourth of a mile from Qualeeqoo Smith and she was dispossessed of her fields as she has made oath in the foregoing statement by two whitemen citizens of the U.S.  She did pay a lawyer forty dollars to recover her fields for her but he failed in doing so.  I was present when John Beaver, a white man and citizen of the United States got the foregoing named horse, saddle & bridle to keep for her until she started for this country, and he never returned claimant horse to her again.  The balance of her account more than I have mentioned I know that she was forced to abandon in the year 1838 by the authorities of the United States.  She has never received anything more than what is credited to my knowledge.

Sworn to & subscribed before me                      Six Killer  his X mark
this the 16^th March 1842
David M. Foreman, Clerk 

Claim # 271

The United States Do:

To Qualeco Smith late of Chatoogee 

1 house         $60 

Claimant swears that Baker a white man took the house.

I was indebted to him $11.  I offered to pay him but he insisted
on takingthe house for the debt and refused to accommodate me.

                                               Qualeeco Smith  her X mark 

John Walker being sworn says: I was present when Baker took the claimant’s
house.  I heard her offer to pay him the $11, but he would not give up the house. 

Sworn to and subscribed before me                      John Walker  his X mark
April 18^th 1842
D.M. Foreman, Clerk 

Claim # 283

The United States Do:

To Qualeco Smith, Warlesah Bushy Head, Henry, Jenny, Sarah, Chuayuga, and John Smith, widow and heirs of Smoke Smith deceased late of Chattoogee, C.N.E.

1836   1 Negro man $500, 1 Negro woman $350, 1 fine grey horse $150           1000
          valuation money                                                                                     100
                                                                                                                      ____________
                                                                                                                     1100

         Qualecoo Smith being duly sworn says a white man named Beaver took the two negros from my husband.  He also took the horse and drew the valuation money pretending to have an account against him.  My husband was not in his debt at that time.  He had previously owed him a small sum which was paid. 

                                                                  Qualecoo Smith  her X mark 

         John Walker on oath states:  I have frequently seen the above two negros at Beavers.  I was not present when he took them, but I know that he did so.  I heard that he took the horse and money but do not know the particulars.  The property was worth the price charged. 

Sworn to and subscribed before me                      John Walker  his X mark
April 19^th 1842
D.M. Foreman, Clerk 

         Arch Lowry being sworn states:  I know that a white man named Beaver taken three negros from Smoke Smith on pretense that Smith was indebted to him.  And after he had taken the negros he let Smith have goods to the amount of $154 when Smith was drunk.  I heard that Beaver took the grey horse which Smith had paid $150 for.  And the above named claimants is the widow and heirs of Smoke Smith, deceased.

Sworn to and subscribed before me April 22^nd 1842      Arch Lowry  his X mark
D.M. Foreman, Clerk 

1842 Going Snake District Claims # 32, 271 & 283

Transcribed by Joe Scraper Jr       April 2008