Artsuttehee (N. Smith Water D)
The United States
To Art sut te hee, a native Cherokee To property abandoned in the Eastern Nation at his residence on the High Tower River state of Georgia in the year 1838—Came to this country under Gen’l N. Smith by water & now resides in Tahlequah District near the Forks of Illinois—
To 1 sorrel mare 100$–1 year old calf 25$ $125.00
“ 1 Black Do. 120$–1 Bay mare 80$ 200.00
“ 1 stalion 70$–1 Do. Filly 50$ 120.00
“ 1 sorrel mare 60.—1 Large (illegible) horse 150 210.00
“ 1 chesnut sorrel mare 95.—1 First rate poney 60 155.00
“ 1 Gray mare—50.—1 Dark Brown mare 24. 84.00
“ Loaned to Ely Wells a citizen of the U. States, one
hundred dollars in cash, which was to be paid
within two weeks after loaned & he was forced off
to this Country by the U. States agent, without being
permitted to make collection of the said Wells—state
that he had a note on Wells for the amount but is lost
or misplaced, so that it cannot now be come at $100
“ 20 Head of sheep 60$–1 cow & calf 15$ 75.00
“ 1 Three year old steer 16$–1 Two year old Bull 6- 22.00
“ 1 other cow & calf at 16$ 16.00
“ 1 Large Iron Kettle 8.—1 smaller do. 5.—17 head hogs [85].00
“ 30 Head stock hogs 90.—4 ploughs 5.—4 pair gears 7 108.00
“ 4 clevises 2.—4 single trees 2.50—16 chickens 2. 6.50
“ 7 Ducks 1.75—4 acres cleared made after year 1835 5 in corn 61.75
“ 12 acres cleared as above not pla[n]ted 96.00
“ 16 acres which had been valued, planted in corn 80.00
“ 1 small patch Irish potatoes & other vegitables 10.00
“ 1 Rifle Gun 30.—1 other Do. 15.—1 Loom 8.—2 reids 54.00
To 1 sorrel mare & calf taken by citizens of the U. States
3 years after the close of the Creek War & never
got or any consideration therefor 60.00
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$1675.25
Personally came before us, Art sut te hee, a native Cherokee & claimant of the foregoing account Deposeth & saith on oath That he was dispossessed of the foregoing named property by white people citizens of the U. States at the time & places named in the account & that he was promised by Gen’l N. Smith Emigrating agent, that he should be paid for the property thus left, but he never saw the pay yet, neither has he received any consideration whatever of the U. States or any other source for said property—
Sworn & subscribed to before us Art sut te hee his x mark
This 25th March 1842
D. Carter & J.D. Wofford
Special Clerks for making out
claims for Tahlequah District
Personally came before us, Su ta tay gee a native Cherokee & witness to the foregoing account and deposeth & saith on oath, That he lived a neighbor to the said Art sut te hee in the Eastern nation, at the time & previous to his removal West, & is knowing to his possessing much property of the kind he has named which he has to abandon when he left that Country, not having an opportunity to dispose of it—and also has a distinct recollection of the white people citizens of the U. States taking the mare & calf after the close of the Creek War—
Sworn & subscribed to before us Su ta tay gee his x mark
This 25th March 1842
D. Carter & J.D. Wofford
Special Clerks for making out
claims for Tahlequah District
