While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
We, the undersigned Chiefs
and Head Men of the Orchard Party of Oneida
Indians residing at Green Bay, W. T., do
hereby certify that the above and foregoing
lists, is a just and true Census and
enumeration of the number of persons
belonging to said party, that is to say,
Fifty-three (53) men, Fifty-two (52) women,
and One hundred and one (101) children,
making a total of Two hundred and six (206)
souls, and that the same was taken by H. S.
Baird, U. S. Commissioner, in open council,
in our presence, at Duck Creek, on the 15th
day of November, A. D. 1838.
Jacob Cornelius
Thomas Lodwick X (his mark)
Isaac Johnson X (his mark)
John Cooper X (his mark)
John Cornelius X (his mark).
I hereby certify that the
above Census was taken by me as above stated
and is correct and true as given by the
Chiefs and Head Men of each of said Bands.
That the total number of persons in both
Bands is Six hundred and fifty-four (654),
and that the said Chiefs and Head Men made
oath before me that the same was correct and
true.
Henry S. Baird, Commissioner
Green Bay, Nov. 20, 1838
