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STATE OF M NNESOTA SSCOUNTY OF HENNEPI NRose M l l er (Mr s. J ohn J . M l l er ) f ormer l y Rose Desj ar l ai s M nock of2659 Queen Avenue, North, M nneapol i s. M nn. , bei ng f i r st dul y swornon oat h deposes and st at es t hat she i s year s of age, bei ng bor non t he day of 18, at t he I ndi an set t l ement now knownas LaPoi nte, Hi sconsi n, and i s one hal f bl ood Chi ppewa of t he RedLake Pembi na Band of t he Oj i bway Nat i on.That my mot her was bor n on t he Rol l s of t he Chi ppewa t r i be, a f ul lf l edged member known as Mr s. Loui s Des J ul ai s M nock, nee Francoi seBot t i neau, a benef i ci ar y of t he 7t h Cl ause of t he Second Ar t i cl eof t he Tr eat y of Sept ember 30, 1854, wher eby she r ecei ved Scr i p.No. 162, f or 80 acr es ( See: Let ter of t he 9, 1869, t o t he Secr et ar yof t he I nt er i or , O. H. Br owni ng, Page 240, Scr i p. Book) . Al so seeSchedul e A. of sai d Scr i pt - book on Page 23, or t he I ndi an Of f i cel et ter dat ed Mar ch 9, 1872, whi ch cer t i f i es t hat among t he l i st ofcer t i f i cat es i ssued f or Scr i p. was Loui s and Fr ances Dej ar l au, myown mother and f at her . ( Al so see on Page 130 of sai d Scr i p- bookwhere my above named grand par ent s dr ew annui t i es wi t h t he Red Lakeand Pembi na i n t he evi dence t aken by t he U. S. Comm ssi on. The RedLake and Pembi na Bands i s one subdi vi si on of t he Chi ppewa Nat i on.Loui s Dej ar l au r ecei ved Scr i p No. 245 C cover i ng S~ of NW~,Sec. 18, T. 55, R. 25, St . Cl oud, M nnesot a, on May 25, 1870. )That Fr ancoi se Bot t i neau ( of t he i ssue of Char l es B~t t i neau 1st byhi s f i r st mar r i age t o a f ul l bl ood Chi ppewa woman of t he Hai r Hi l l s)mar r i ed Loui s Dej ar l au M nock and had sever al sons and daught er samong whom wer e Pi er r e M nock, Tot o (Mr s. Ur ban Bout an) , Bazi l}1i nock, Davi d M nock, Mar i e M nock, and mysel f , Rose M nock nowMr s. Rose M l l er - who mar r i ed Fr ed Chenver t .Tha~ I have t he f ol l o~ ng chi l dr en: Mr s. Rose M l l er , ( Fr i day) ,Mr s. Mar y M l l er Hal ver son, J ohn L. M l l er , and Geor ge M l l er .That af f i ant knew Pi erre Bot t i neau and hi s mother Mar gar et t e Songab - >OdehetaweLl t hat she was a si st er t o ol d Chi ef Red Bear , and t hatt hey wer e f ul l f l edged member s of t he Red Lake I ndi ans of t he Chi ppewat r i be 6f M nnesot a. That Pi er r e Bot t i neau was af f i ant s uncl e, andt hat he was a hal f br ot her t o af f i ant s mot her , Fr ances Bot t i neau.That af f i ant al so knew t he chi l dr en of sai d Pi er re Bot t i neau whi chwer e as f ol l ows: By hi s f i r st wi f e, J enevi eve Laur ance - ( 1)John B. Bot t i neau deceased, who became counsel l or f or var i ous bandsof our t r i be; ( 2) Pi er r e, J r . deceased; ( 3) Mar i e J ane; ( 4) Dani el ;( 5) Rosal i e, and by hi s second wi f e, Mar t ha Bot t i neau ( nee Ger vai s) ,Uncl e Pi er r e Bot t i neau had t he f ol l owi ng chi l dr en wi t h whom af f i antbecame wel l acquai nt ed; ( 1) Char l ey; ( 2) Mar t h; ( 3) Si dney;

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( 4) Hi l l i am ( 5) Geor ge; ( 6) Em l y; ( 7) J enni e; ( 8) Laur a;( 9) Noah; ( 10) Norman. That af f i ant does not know i f t hey ar est i l l al l l i vi ng, or whet her t hey have r ecei ved t hei r t r i bal r i ght st hey ar e ent i t l ed t o as Red Lake I ndi ans except . t hat when she l asthear d of t hem t he f am l y was l i vi ng at Red Lake Fal l s, . M nnesot a.That af f i ant s st ep gr andmot her , Mar gar et e Bot t i neau, wi t h herdaught er Susan Rai che, nee Gr ant , and Pi er r e Bot t i neau, her son,( af f i ant s mot her s hal f br ot her ) came f r om t he Red Lake and Pembi naI ndi an count ry wi t h a car avan of Red Ri ver car t s t oget her . wi t h ot herRed Lake and Red Ri ver Chi ppewa I ndi ans and m xed bl oods and set t l ednear St . Ant oi ne ( St . Ant hony Fal l s) and l at er t o t he I ndi an Count ryknown as Bot t i neau Pr ai r i e bet ween what i s now Osseo and Dayt on,M nnesot a, and made r egul ar voyages back and f or t h t o t hei r Chi ppewaI ndi an set t l ement on t he St . Paul t o Red Lake and Pembi na t rai l si n t he empl oy of t he f ur t r ader s and of f i cer~ of For t Snel l i ng; andeach t r i p br i ngi ng mor e I ndi ans and m xed bl oods.That af f i ant s f am l y wi t h ot her m xed bl ood I ndi ans such as Mor ans,LaPoi nt es, t he Bot t i neaus, t he LeCompt es ( LeCount e) LeGr os, t heBr unel l es, t he Bout ai ns, Dej ar l ai s, ( DeJ or dai s ) wi t h ot her Chi ppewaI ndi ans, r et ur ned t o t hei r f or mer abodes and r el at i ves i n Nor t her nM nne sot a, Chi ppewa Count r y, when the Uni t ed St at es Gover nment begant o make t r eat i es and r eser vat i ons wi t h t he Red Lake, Red Ri ver andPembi na bands f or par t s of t hei r t er r i t or y af t er t he Ci vi l War andaf t er t he t roubl e wi t h t he Si oux. ~That af f i ant s br ot her s and si st er s ar e as f ol l ows: ( 1) Pi er r eM nock Dej ar l ai s mar r i ed and had chi l dr en; ( 2) Tot o, Mar gar et eM nock Desj ar l ai s mar r i ed Ur ban Bout an ( Bout i n) and had sever alsons and daught er s; ( 3) Bazi l , mar r i ed J osephi ne Pal i qui n andhad sever al chi l dr en; ( 4) Davi d mar r i ed Bar bar a M l l er and hadchi l dr en; ( 5) Mar i e M nock Desj ar l ai s mar r i ed Fr ed Chenver t ,wi dower , and has chi l dr en.That some of af f i ant s r el at i ves above ment i oned ar e enr ol l ed andr ecei ve t r i bal benef i t s wi t h t he RedLake, Red Ri ver and Pembi nabands. Some on r eser vat i on of Tur t l e Mount ai n, N Dak. ( See:Desj ar l ai s and Bot t i neau gover nment on Tur t l e Mount ai n Rol l s) ; somewi t h Pembi na band on Whi t e Ear th ( See: Mr s. Mar y McMar t i n, neeBout ai ne al l ot t ee No. 3306, and her chi l dr en and gr and chi l dr en;al so see Char l ey Bot t i neau s ( Mege si s ) al l ot t ee No. 3294; and ont he Red Lake r eser vat i on see Bot t i neaus who par t i ci pat ed i n t hesi gned Ri ce agr eement of 1889; and see J our dai ns, St at el ey, Sear s,DuFaul t s, Gour neaus on Red Lake Rol l s) .That af f i ant knew t he Rei che or Rashe f am l y of J oe Rashe and SusanRei she ( Rashe) nee Gr ant , daught er of Mar gar et e Songab Odehet a byher second mar r i age t o Pet er Gr ant a f ur t rader of Gr and Por tage,M nnesot a; t hat one of t he daught er s of sai d J oe Rashe and SusanGr ant Rashe mar r i ed J oseph Br unel l e, J r . , a hal f bl ood Red LakeChi ppewa, whose mot her was a daught er of a Red Lake Chi ef M dwegooni nt ,and hi s f at her was J oseph Br unel l e, Sr . , a voyager gui de who car r i ed

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t he gov cr nmont s ma i 1 [ r om For t Sne11i nr St . Paul , t o Pembi na andFor t Gar y, W nni pcl ; by dog t eam t h Ant oi ne LeCompte LeGros andl at er f r om Pembi na t o St . J ohn and Dunsei t h, N. Dakot a.That af f i ant r emember s sai d J oseph Br unel l e, Sr . , was a Ci vi l Warsol di er scout wi t h t wo of hi s sons, Capt ai n J oseph Br unel l e, J r . ,and Bel any Brunel l e, and t hat sai d J oseph Br unel l e, Sr . , wasmar r i ed t o Loui s ( LaBoee) t he daught er of t he head chi ef of t heRed Lake bands and who was t he mot her of t he f ol l owi ng chi l dr en bysai d J oseph Br unel l e, Sr . ; ( 1) Angel i c, who mar r i ed Har r y At ki nsand had sever al sons and daught er s; ( ~) Vi t al i ne, shoe mar r i ed namewas Roy Pembi na m xed bl ood on Tur t l e Mount ai n, N. Dakot a; ( 3) J osephJ r . , who mar r i ed Loui se I sabel Rei che, a m xed bl ood of t he Red Lakeband of Chi ewas, and one of t hei r sons i s Char l es W Br unel l e,a so nown as C l e LI t t e C ou , now i vi n at - t h Avenue, N. E. ,M nnea i s, M nnesot a, and i s mar r i ed t o Mam e Fr ench, a C i ewawoman t e M ssi ssi i an t e Ear t h Reser vat i on M nnesota;under l i ned or my pur poses, PRE( 4) Bel any, a Ci vi l War scout ; ( 5) W l l i e, a t r ader ; ( 6) Loui s;( 7) J ohn who mar r i ed Mar gar et e, a daught er of ( Savage) J oe Mont r eui l l e,and I ndi an Br ave of t he Red Lake Pembi na Chi ppewa bands, and who l i veson t he Tur t l e Mount ai n Reser vat i on of Nor t h Dakot a; ( 8) Fr ed; ( 9) .Rose, who mar r i ed a man named Woods, a bl acksm t h at Hamel , M nnesot a;( 10) Mar i e Loui se, who mar r i ed a Ci vi l War scout named Luke Dumontand had sever al sons and daught er s, one of whom i s Emma (Mr s. J osephCar pent er , J r . ) who l i ves on t he Reser vat i on at Bena, M nnesot a;( 11) El l en ( Mr s. A. Chapel l e Bour assa) of St . J ohn, Tur t l e Mount ai ns,Nor t h Dakot a; ( 12) Mar gar et e, who mar r i ed Fer di nand LaRock or LaRocheand t ook l and al l ot tment s on For t Peck Reser vat i on, Mont ana; ( 13)Lenor e, who mar r i ed J oseph Par ent now l i vi ng on publ i c domai n I ndi anal l ot tment s near Popl ar , Mont ana, and ot her s whose . names ar e notr emember ed.Fur ther af f i ant sai t h not .W t ness t o t humb pr i nt . Rose M l l er f or mer l y Rose M nock Desj ar l ai s.

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