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August Travissie )
Joseph Gravel )
Know all Men by these Presents that I August Travissie of Sioux City
Township Woodbury County Iowa of the first part for & in consideration of
the Sum of One Hundred & Twenty Dollars to me in hand paid by Joseph
Gravel of Sioux City County and State aforesaid the receipt Whereof is
hereby acknowledged have bargained Sold & by these conveyance do bargain
& Sell unto the Said Joseph Gravel all my Wheat now in my possession
consisting of about one Hundred & fifty Bushels, about Eight Bushels of
the Same now being in Sacks in my Barn & the Ballance Now Standing in
Shocks in my field -- to have & to Hold the Same unto his own use &
benefit -- and I hereby covenant to & with the Said Gravel that I have
good right and authority to Sell the Same & will Warrant & defend the
title to the Same against all persons whomsoever, lawfully claiming or to
claim the Same. In witness whereof I have hereunto Set My hand this 1st
day of September AD 1859. August (his X mark) Travissie
State of Iowa )
) SS
Woodbury County )
Be it remembered that on this lst day of September AD 1859 personally
appeared before Me a Notary Public in & for Said County August Travissie
to Me well known to be the identical person whose Name is Subscribed to
the foregoing instrument & acknowledged the Signature thereunder & that
the Same was executed of his own free will & accord for the purposes
therein mentioned. Witness My hand & Seal Notarial John H. Charles
(SEAL) Filed for Record Sept lst 1859 At 5 O�Clock PM Charles E Hodges
Recorder
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Woodbury County Misc. Documents Book A, Pages 519-520 FHL film
1,455,645
August Travisie )
To Bill of Sale )
H D Booge )
Know all men by these Presents That I A Travissie of Sioux City in the
County of Woodbury State of Iowa of the first part for and in
Consideration of the sum of Three Hundred & Fifty Dollars $350.00 to me
paid by H D Booge & of Sioux City aforesaid of the second part the
receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have bargained and sold and by
these presents do grant and convoy unto the said party of the second part
his administrators and assigns Two Bay Horses about Eight Years Old One
of the said Horses having a White Star on his fact with Saddle Marks.
And one with small star in his face. And One Two Horse Wagon with Neck
Yolks & Whiffletree. Also One Set Double Harness non (illegible words)
aforesaid Horses, the said property belonging to me and now in my
possession At the place last aforesaid to Have and to Hold the same unto
the said Party of the second part his Administrators and Assigns forever
and I say for myself my heirs and administrators Covenant and agree to
and with the said party of the second part his Administrators and Assigns
to Warrant and Defend the Sale of the said Property hereby made unto the
party of the second part his Administrators And Assigns against all and
any Person or Persons whomsoever. In Witness thereof I have hereunto set
my hand this Eighth day of August AD 1867. August (his X mark) Travisie
Witness Jno. P. Allison W H France
State of Iowa )
)SS
Woodbury County )
On this 8th day of August AD 1867 before me a Notary Public in and for
the said County personally Came A. Travisie personally Know to me to be
the identical person whose name is affixed to the foregoing Bill of Sale
& acknowledged the execution of the same to be his Voluntary Act and
deed. Witness my Hand and Notarial Seal. John P Alison Notary Public
Filed for Record Aug 9 1867 @ 11 OClock AM A Gronninger Recorder F I
Lambert (illegible word)
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References for more on Augustus Traversie. (1) 1856 Iowa State Census,
Woodbury County, Sargent Bluff Township, Vol. 67, Page 1007, Line 30.
(2) 1860 US Census for Iowa Woodbury County, Sioux City Township, Vol.
68, page 180, line 37. (3) US Census South Dakota, Dewey County,
Cheyenne River Agency Township, Enumeration District 48a, house number
142, line 12, Augustus Traversie is enumerated with his son-in-law,
Eugene Ludlow. In this reference, Augustus states his birth as January
1807, place of birth Canda. He further states he came to the United
States in 1825. (4) South Dakota State Historical Society has a journal,
August Traversie's name is mentioned several times. (5) See the book on
Sioux City and Woodbury, by Marks, listed below for additional
informtion.
Information from South Dakota State Historical Society places August
Traversie at Fort Pierre, in 1840's. Information from Mark's book states
August Traversie went up the Missouri River prior to 1830, in the employ
of the American Fur Company, whose headquarters was in St. Louis,
Missouri.
More About AUGUSTUS LANGLOIS, DIT TRAVERSY:
Baptism: 24 November 1810, Baptised St Francois-du-Lac, Quebec
Burial: February 1901, Reburied St. Mary's Cath. Cem. , LaPlant, Dewey Co., SD2686
Notes for FILICETTE 'FELICE' SCAR-ARM:
!Different researchers have listed her last name as DuCant, DuSant, DeSmet, Desautels, Dufaut, Dusang-Dussault, I believe the most likely last name to be Dussault , but no proof for any last name.
Found this obituary does not apply to this family but is a possibility for another spelling of Filicette's name and could be related who knows?
TRIMBLE, Hazel H ( )[DESCANT]; 83; Houston TX; Houston Chronicle; 1999-4-20; jhodgin
!Family oral history: Felicette spoke Lakota, French, Swedish & English, but could not read or write.
!Marriage: A source (Jacques Desmarais?) says that they married Fort Pierre, South Dakota 1837.
Felicit DeCant maybe Yankton Sioux. Her headstone says Felice Traversier.
her father may have been a Capt. DuCant and he could have been married to a Picotte. (Honora) (Honore Picotte, fur trader) had 9 children, including Alex born. 1842 and Paul born. 1845, possible future husbands of Mary. (Honore (Henry)("Picotte was in charge of Fort Pierre 1844") & Joe Picotte ("I wintered with Joe Picotte at the Forks of the Cheyenne 1845-46") mentioned in interview with Bazil Clement/Claymore by DeLand 18 NOv 1909
It has been stated that there is a possibility that Filicette was a daughter to Chief War Eagle and that she may have been disowned for running away from Theophile Bruguier, who she was given to by Chief War Eagle, as a wife along with several of Chief War Eagles other daughters. (no proof to this)
!INFORMATION: From Eagle Butte News Thursday, December 10, 1998 Page 3 Oomaka Tokatakiya riders help mend sacred hoop. by Candace Ducheneaux : On 15 December 1998 the Oomaka Tokatakiya (Future Generations), will leave from Little Eagle, SD to begin a two week, 300 mile horseback ride to memorialize the more than 350 Lakota (mostly old men, women and children) who were massacred by the US Army at Wounded Knee, SD in 1890. These tragic people are the ancestors of countless Lakota still living on the Standing Rock, Cheyenne River and Pine Ridge Indian Reservations and many of their descendants participate in or support this ride.
This is the fifth winter that the young riders will follow the route taken by Chief Big Foot's Minnecoujou and the remnants of Sitting Bull's Hunkpapa bands as they fled, most half-naked and on foot, across the frozen plains, in fear of retribution from the US Army 7th Cavalry and in hope of reaching sanctuary at Pine Ridge Agency.
On December 28; this spiritual journey of the Oomaka Tokatakiya will end at Wounded Knee, as did the lives of these desperate people over one hundred years ago. On the 29th a memorial ceremony will be held at the mass grave site for those who, defenseless after the inconceivable hardships of their tortuous midwinter flight, had surrendered, been disarmed by the US soldiers and were camped under a flag of truce when they were murdered by the notoriously bloodthirsty 7th (Long Hair Custer's old outfit).
Black Elk said of the massacre, "I did not know then how much was ended...a people's dream died there...in the bloody mud. (Now) the nation's hoop is broken and scattered."
After the killing of Sitting Bull on 15 December 1890, the Hunkpapa fled Standing Rock Reservation for Bridger, SD on the Cheyenne River to join Chief Big Foot and his band who continued to Ghost Dance in defiance of the recent law, and therefore, they had reason to fear retaliation by the US Government. The joined band of Hunkpapa and Chief Big Foot left under cover of night on 23 December, seeking refuge at Red Cloud's Agency. On the 28th they were intercepted by the 7th Cavalry at Porcupine Butte on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Starving, freezing and defenseless they surrendered and were moved to Wounded Knee Creek.
The following morning, as they were surrendering their meager weaponry, US Army howitzers positioned on the surrounding hillsides opened up on the defenseless camp of Lakota. Almost all, including women, children and infants, were slaughtered in a matter of minutes and the few who managed to escape the immediate fusillade were hunted down for miles and finished off by the soldiers. Addition to this article by Phyllis Nordstrom: The bodies lay unburied for several days, perhaps for 7 to 10 days before being buried in a mass grave. There are pictures depicting this and occasionally have been shown on the Discovery Channel in California.
More About FILICETTE 'FELICE' SCAR-ARM:
Burial: August 1895, Buried Old Cheyenne Agncy
Notes for BLUE BLANKET WOMAN:
She was a Yankton Sioux and her name was Blue Blanket Woman.
This info came from :English translation of above: On 1/11/1836 after the publications of the three bans at the masses, Ambroise Langlois dit Traversy, son of Charles Langlois dit Traversy and Marie Landry (farmers). Father and Mother of this parish and Mathilde Manseau young daughter of Joseph Manseau and Marguerite Cartier (farmers), her father and mother also of this parish, signed the marriage paper. This was a nuptial Benediction in the presence of Joseph Manseau her father and Francois Landry her Uncle, Joseph Descheneaux and Francois Alis. Alis Also signed with them and the father also signed. Mathilde Manseau, J. Doucet Priest Vicar, J. Descheneaux, F. Alis. They were all registered in the parish. They were nineteen years difference in their ages. Ambroise being the oldest
More About AMBROISE TRAVERSY:
Baptism: 01 January 1801, Baptised St Francois-du-Lac, Quebec
Burial: 18 August 1873, Buried Pierreville, Quebec
More About MATHILDE MANSEAU:
Burial: 19 September 1889, Buried St. Francois-du-Lac, Pierreville, Quebec, Canada2673
iv. JOSETTE TRAVERSY, b. 07 March 1802, St. Francis-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada2674; d. May 1802, St. Francis-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada.
More About JOSETTE TRAVERSY:
Baptism: 07 March 1802, Baptised St Francois-du-Lac, Quebec
Burial: 01 June 1802, Buried St. Francois-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada
v. MARGUERITE TRAVERSY, b. 10 July 1804, St. Francois-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada2674; d. 12 October 1867, St. Thomas, Pierreville, Canada2675; m. FRANCOIS CARTIER, COTE, 28 July 1829, St. Francois-du-Lac, Pierreville, Quebec2676; b. 11 September 1815, St. Ours, Richelieu, Quebec2676; d. Deceased.
More About MARGUERITE TRAVERSY:
Baptism: 10 July 1804, Baptised St-Francois-du-Lac
Burial: 12 October 1867, Buried Pierreville, Quebec
vi. ALEXIS TRAVERSY, b. 22 January 1806, St. Francis-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada2677; d. 29 November 1867, St. Francois-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada2678; m. MARGUERITE DESPINS2679, 18 September 1838, St. Francois-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada2679; d. 18 September 1893, St. Francois-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada2679.
More About ALEXIS TRAVERSY:
Baptism: 22 January 1806, Baptised St Francois-du-Lac, Quebec
Burial: 29 November 1867, Buried St-Thomas, Pierreville, Quebec
vii. JOSEPH-PAUL TRAVERSY, b. 04 August 1807, St. Francois-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada2680; d. 19 April 1887, St. Thomas, Pierreville, Quebec2681; m. MARGUERITE LAFORCE, 26 August 1834, St-Francois-du-Lac, Quebec; d. Deceased.
Notes for JOSEPH-PAUL TRAVERSY:
!NOTES: Dix ans a peine apres l'insurrection de 1837 des difficultes asees serieuses s'elevaient en matiere de jurisprudence au sujet de l'usage des lois anglaises et des francaises demeurees facultatives.
More About JOSEPH-PAUL TRAVERSY:
Baptism: 04 August 1807, Baptised St Francois-du-Lac, Quebec
viii. NARCISSE LANGLOIS, DIT TRAVERSY, b. 05 June 1809, St. Francois-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada2682; d. 28 April 1883, Drummondville, Quebec2683; m. GENEVIEVE LAFOND, DIT LAFOREST, 11 September 1832, St. Francois-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada2684; b. 20 July 1811, St. Francois-du-Lac, Pierreville, Quebec, Canada2684; d. Deceased.
More About NARCISSE LANGLOIS, DIT TRAVERSY:
Baptism: 05 June 1809, Baptised St Francois-du-Lac, Quebec
Burial: 28 April 1883, Buried Drummondville, Quebec
More About GENEVIEVE LAFOND, DIT LAFOREST:
Baptism: 20 July 1811, Baptised St-Francois-du-Lac, Quebec
ix. AUGUSTUS LANGLOIS, DIT TRAVERSY, b. 24 November 1810, St. Francois-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada2685; d. 21 February 1901, Dewey Co., SD; m. (1) FILICETTE 'FELICE' SCAR-ARM, Abt. 1837; b. January 1823, Nebraska Territory; d. 01 August 1895, Dewey Co., SD; m. (2) BLUE BLANKET WOMAN, Abt. 1861; d. 29 June 1900.
Notes for AUGUSTUS LANGLOIS, DIT TRAVERSY:
Augustus may have been in IL prior to being in SD
1870 SD Census Index, Page 45
Sample text:1870 Lacontee, Mary SD BUFFALO CO. FT THOMPSON P O 1873 Langlois, Joseph SD BUFFALO CO. FT THOMPSON P O 013 1870 Langlois, Joseph SD BUFFALO CO. FT THOMPSON P O 1873 ...
Langlois, Joseph SD BUFFALO CO. FT THOMPSON P O 013 1870
Langlois, Joseph SD BUFFALO CO. FT THOMPSON P O 1873
1870 SD Census Index, Page 51
Sample text:Labean, Peter SD CHARLES MIX CO. ANTELOPE POST OFFICE 1873 Langlois, Benjamin SD CHARLES MIX CO. ANTELOPE POST OFFICE 017 1870 Langlois, Benjamin SD CHARLES MIX CO. ...
Langlois, Benjamin SD CHARLES MIX CO. ANTELOPE POST OFFICE 017 1870
Langlois, Benjamin SD CHARLES MIX CO. ANTELOPE POST OFFICE 1873
Langlois, John SD CHARLES MIX CO. ANTELOPE POST OFFICE 017 1870
Langlois, John SD CHARLES MIX CO. ANTELOPE POST OFFICE 1873
Langlois, Julia SD CHARLES MIX CO. ANTELOPE POST OFFICE 017 1870
Langlois, Julia SD CHARLES MIX CO. ANTELOPE POST OFFICE 1873
1880 SD Census Index, Page 186
Sample text:231 1880 Langdon, John SD CHARLES MIX CO. 234 1880 Langlois, Benjamin SD CHARLES MIX CO. 233 1880 Langlois, Kate SD CHARLES MIX CO. 233 1880 Laplant, Adult SD CHARLES ...
Langlois, Benjamin SD CHARLES MIX CO. 233 1880
Langlois, Kate SD CHARLES MIX CO. 233 1880
!The Dupris' (Dupree) were famous for preservation of the buffalo. Parker Gage, the Garters, Fraziers, Bruguiers, Livermonts, Benoist, Rousseau, Arpan, Bagola, Bill and EdMiner, George and Ed On-The-Tree; all of them notable in his own way. The Traversees (sic)--Sam, Teo (Teopheil) sic, Barney, Jack and Andrew, cattle and horse raisers. The Andrew Traversee (sic) ranch, (known as half-way-place) exceptionally nice, is located on the Little Moreau, where Andrew setled in 1907 and began raising cattle.
!Donna Hueschen, of Louisiana, received the following from Marcel Gauthier, of Canada October 1994:
Dear Donna: Iberville, Quebec Canada Oct. 14, 1994
Yesterday, I went to the Public Quebec Archives and...I HAVE FOUND that you
search since a long time:
In the year one thousand eight hundred and ten, on the twenty four of November by me, undersigned priest, cure' in this parish, has been baptized Augustin, who was born the same day from the legitimate marriage of Charles Langlois said Traversy and Marie Landry, farmer of the place. The godfather was Augustin Rousseau, the godmother Genevieve Outrage said Flamand Boisvert who, with the present father, have declared they do not know how to sign.
C. Brouillet, priest.
N.B. The real name of the godmother was: Genevieve Autrage said Flamant. She was married to Amable Boisvert. Sometimes the name Autrage, is written: Outrage (exactly like the English word outrage.)
Her father, Joseph Autrage, was originated from the diocese of Cambria, in
Flandre. The residents of the Flanders are called "Flamands" (Flemish)-He was married in Trois-Rivieres, April 7, 1750 to Marie-Anne Marquet.
I have found other children of Charles L-T. & Marie-Angelique Landry,
christened in the same parish.
!Henry Goulet was interested as a partner with Augustus Travercier, the
partnership dealing and trading in merchandise with settlers and Indians from
some time in 1854 where Travercier's house was located. It was at this house where the first term of the district court of Woodbury Co. was held in 1855, Judge Samuel H. Riddle, of Council Bluffs, presiding.
!In the 1900 Census, Augustus was living with his daughter, Marquerite "Maggie" Ludlow, he immigrated to the United States in 1825 at age 19 years old, living in the United States 72 years and was a naturalized citizen Occupation: Stock Grower Does not Read, Write or Speak English.
PAST AND PRESENT OF WOODBURY COUNTY Page 771: In about 1837 or 1838 I, Joseph Lionais, went up the Missouri river on a steamboat, the "Antelope," Captain Cier, stopped where what is now Fort Pierre. My cousin, August Traversie, had gone up six or seven years before and then lived just below the mouth of the Vermilion river in Dakota.
!State Hist. Dept. Div of Hist, Museum and Archives census Div. Hist. Bldg. Des Moines, Iowa 50319 Census record of the family of August Traversie as it appears in the 1856 census for Sargent Bluff Township, Woodbury Co., Iowa Vol. 67 page 1077 line 30
August Traversie * age 44 M W Canada Farmer
Felicita * 26 F Sq Minnesota
Alex 12 M 1/2B Minnesota
Emilie 10 F 1/2B Minnesota
Paul 8 M 1/2B Minnesota
Ambrose 7 M 1/2B Minnesota
Nacissa 6 F 1/2B Minnesota
Charles 4 M 1/2B Iowa
Felite 2 F 1/2B Iowa
Peter Depens 21 M W Canada
*Married. Four years in the State.
No file date given for 1856
!Census returns filed 13 Jun 1860 Sioux City, Woodbury Co., Iowa Vol. 68 page 180 line 37 ( Notations says page 21 line 37)
A. Traversie age 50 M Canada E Farmer
P. age 37 F HB Nebraska Ter. "
Emelia 20 F qb "
Alex 22 M qb "
Paul 15 M qb "
E. 13 M qb "
N. 11 M qb "
C. 8 M qb Iowa
P. 6 F qb Iowa
Augustine 4 M qb Iowa
Margaret 3 F qb Iowa
B. 4/12 F qb Iowa
Mis Rockwell 20 F Ind Washington Ter.
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation Census 1900 Augustus enumerated with his son-in-law Eugene Ludlow. His age is 93-widow-immigrated 1825-lived in the U.S. for 75 years-naturalization in 1834-he was born in Canada-his parents were both born in France-his occupation is listed as Stock grower
!Sioux City a Pictorial History Scott Sorensen and B. Paul Chicoine Donning Company Publishers Norfolk/Virginia Beach copyrighted 1982 page 14: Desp8te the nearly half-century of river traffic that followed Boyer and LeRaye up the "Big Muddy"-a migration which included such visitors as naturalist John James Audubon and artists George Catlin and Karl Bodmer--the area we regard today as Sioux City was not formally settled until 1848. In that year William Thompson, a Mexican War Veteran and widower from Morgan County, Illinois, constructed a log trading post at the basee of Floyd's Bluff and subsequently staked out a townsite. While a handful of French squatters are believed to have preceded him into the neighborhood, Thompson is today regarded as Woodbury County's first registered settler. His townsite, however, was doomed to fail. Platted as Floyd's Bluff City, it withered due to an inhospitable hillside location--a factor further compounded by Thompson's entanglement in Woodbury County's first recorded murder. Despite the fact that the Iowa legislature designated it as the seat of government for Woodbury County, Floyd's Bluff City never progressed beyond its single trading-post cabin.
It remained for Theophile Bruguier, a Canadian, in 1849, to sow the first viable seed of Sioux City settlement. A native of L'Assumption, near Montreal, Bruguier was already a hardened fourteen-year veteran of the upper Missouri River fur trade when he arrived with his two Indian wives and father-in-law, an aged Asanti chief named War Eagle, to establish an independent fur trading depot near the mouth of the Big Sioux River.
Bruguier's sprawling trading post and farm holdings during this period encompassed much of what is now South Riverside and Riverside Park, and extended as far as Prospect Hill. He also claimed "squatter's rights" to a 160-acre parcel of swampy flatland on the east bank of Perry Creek. This piece of land, which he later sold to fellow fur trader Joseph Leonnais, constitutes much of what is today's downtown district. Some other settlers claiming land in the vicinity at this time included August Traversier, a rival American Fur Company trader, Gustave Pecaut (Picotte), Charles Rouleaux (Rulo), Louis Letellier, Leander L'Cartier (Kirke), Henry Angie, and Louis Menard.
Existence for residents of this yet-unnamed French-Anglo colony at The Bluffs hinged on the fortunes of the fur trade and the cycles of the land which surrounded it. Cut off from civilization by a thousand miles of frozen river in winter and sun-scorched prairie in summer, Sioux City's first white families focused by necessity of the simple exigencies of survival: sickness and health, birth and death, how to trade peacefully with tribal patrons often at war with each other, and succeeding in that, the provision of adequate food, clothing, and shelter.
!Newspaper clipping dated 13 June 1940 SIOUX CITY: "OUR TOWN" BY NEIL MILLER Dead Man's Run On The night of October 10, 1852, a campfire blazed brightly on the eastern out-skirts of what now is Our Town, as a party of government surveyors rested on the last lap of their long journey from the Little Sioux. The horses were unhitched and tethered some distance from the campfire to graze in the crisp, drying grass.
Save for the occasional dismal wail of a coyote, the rolling hills of the Morningside were silent and deserted. To the westward French and Indian neighbors of William Thompson drank whisky and danced weird Indian dances in the double house of August Traversier. At the mouth of Perry creek Joseph Leonais lived snugly in his little log cabin, Farther up the stream Robert Perry brooded over his lonely claim. Out on the mouth of the Sioux river Theophile Bruguier rested contentedly among his countless Indian relatives and his half-breed children.
As the members of the surveying party rested around the campfire, the only splotch of brightness in the primeval darkness, two of the men fell to arguing. John Coon was a devout Mormon and presumably had endured much bantering persecution from his co-workers. Ivy Johnson, a husky youth of 20, had been zealous in tormenting him.
There had been bad blood between the two for some time, and this night Coon became very angry under Johnson's barbed gibes. Only the intervention of other members of the party prevented the quarrel from flaring into a fight.
In the early morning, after the horses had been harnessed and the train started on its way, Coon attempted to retrieve his gun from one of the moving wagons. It was discharged and the bullet killed Johnson instantly. There seems to have been a reasonable doubt as to Coon's guilt, and he was never brought to trial. Johnson was buried near where he fell, close to where the Milwaukee railroad tracks now skirt the eastern edge of Morningside, at a spot which has since been known as Dead Man's Run.
!Information from Arlon Gage:
Woodbury County, Misc. Transactions, film #1,455,645, Book A, page 328
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August Travissie )
Joseph Gravel )
Know all Men by these Presents that I August Travissie of Sioux City
Township Woodbury County Iowa of the first part for & in consideration of
the Sum of One Hundred & Twenty Dollars to me in hand paid by Joseph
Gravel of Sioux City County and State aforesaid the receipt Whereof is
hereby acknowledged have bargained Sold & by these conveyance do bargain
& Sell unto the Said Joseph Gravel all my Wheat now in my possession
consisting of about one Hundred & fifty Bushels, about Eight Bushels of
the Same now being in Sacks in my Barn & the Ballance Now Standing in
Shocks in my field -- to have & to Hold the Same unto his own use &
benefit -- and I hereby covenant to & with the Said Gravel that I have
good right and authority to Sell the Same & will Warrant & defend the
title to the Same against all persons whomsoever, lawfully claiming or to
claim the Same. In witness whereof I have hereunto Set My hand this 1st
day of September AD 1859. August (his X mark) Travissie
State of Iowa )
) SS
Woodbury County )
Be it remembered that on this lst day of September AD 1859 personally
appeared before Me a Notary Public in & for Said County August Travissie
to Me well known to be the identical person whose Name is Subscribed to
the foregoing instrument & acknowledged the Signature thereunder & that
the Same was executed of his own free will & accord for the purposes
therein mentioned. Witness My hand & Seal Notarial John H. Charles
(SEAL) Filed for Record Sept lst 1859 At 5 O�Clock PM Charles E Hodges
Recorder
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Woodbury County Misc. Documents Book A, Pages 519-520 FHL film
1,455,645
August Travisie )
To Bill of Sale )
H D Booge )
Know all men by these Presents That I A Travissie of Sioux City in the
County of Woodbury State of Iowa of the first part for and in
Consideration of the sum of Three Hundred & Fifty Dollars $350.00 to me
paid by H D Booge & of Sioux City aforesaid of the second part the
receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have bargained and sold and by
these presents do grant and convoy unto the said party of the second part
his administrators and assigns Two Bay Horses about Eight Years Old One
of the said Horses having a White Star on his fact with Saddle Marks.
And one with small star in his face. And One Two Horse Wagon with Neck
Yolks & Whiffletree. Also One Set Double Harness non (illegible words)
aforesaid Horses, the said property belonging to me and now in my
possession At the place last aforesaid to Have and to Hold the same unto
the said Party of the second part his Administrators and Assigns forever
and I say for myself my heirs and administrators Covenant and agree to
and with the said party of the second part his Administrators and Assigns
to Warrant and Defend the Sale of the said Property hereby made unto the
party of the second part his Administrators And Assigns against all and
any Person or Persons whomsoever. In Witness thereof I have hereunto set
my hand this Eighth day of August AD 1867. August (his X mark) Travisie
Witness Jno. P. Allison W H France
State of Iowa )
)SS
Woodbury County )
On this 8th day of August AD 1867 before me a Notary Public in and for
the said County personally Came A. Travisie personally Know to me to be
the identical person whose name is affixed to the foregoing Bill of Sale
& acknowledged the execution of the same to be his Voluntary Act and
deed. Witness my Hand and Notarial Seal. John P Alison Notary Public
Filed for Record Aug 9 1867 @ 11 OClock AM A Gronninger Recorder F I
Lambert (illegible word)
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References for more on Augustus Traversie. (1) 1856 Iowa State Census,
Woodbury County, Sargent Bluff Township, Vol. 67, Page 1007, Line 30.
(2) 1860 US Census for Iowa Woodbury County, Sioux City Township, Vol.
68, page 180, line 37. (3) US Census South Dakota, Dewey County,
Cheyenne River Agency Township, Enumeration District 48a, house number
142, line 12, Augustus Traversie is enumerated with his son-in-law,
Eugene Ludlow. In this reference, Augustus states his birth as January
1807, place of birth Canda. He further states he came to the United
States in 1825. (4) South Dakota State Historical Society has a journal,
August Traversie's name is mentioned several times. (5) See the book on
Sioux City and Woodbury, by Marks, listed below for additional
informtion.
Information from South Dakota State Historical Society places August
Traversie at Fort Pierre, in 1840's. Information from Mark's book states
August Traversie went up the Missouri River prior to 1830, in the employ
of the American Fur Company, whose headquarters was in St. Louis,
Missouri.
The following is a hand-written statement found in the land case records
of August Travercier. Words are typed as the appear, errors are not
correct.
On June 15, 1855, August Travercier (sic) purchased 160 and 60/100 acres
of land in Section 12, township 88, range 48. Patent # 3173 from the
Kanesville, Iowa, Land Office.
Land Office, Kanesville, Iowa. July 24th, 1854.
Augustus Travercier claims under the Pre emption law of 1841 the South
East quarter of Section Twelve in Township No. Eighty Eight North of
Range Forty Eight West. In the above case Ray Harvey was sworn by the
Receiver according to law, and upon his oath says: That said Travercier
did on the 14th day of July 1854 commence a house on the South East
Quarter of Section Twelve, in Township Eighty Eight North of Range Forty
Eight West, by laying a foundation of round logs which would average in
size ten or eleven inches in diameter, and at least fifteen feet in
length and on the same day, Travercier assisted by Charles C. Thompson
and myself raised a house on said foundation. We raised it eight rounds
high of good round logs. On the 15th of the same month we hauled
truncheons with which we covered said house, and on the next day we
finished it. Said house is at least fifteen feet square, is chinked, has
a good truncheon floor, a door and window cut out, a shutter for the door
is made, but not hung. On the 17th, of same month his family was
occupying said house, consisting of his wife and seven children. He has
declared his intention to become a Citizen of the United States. He moved
from (end of page one) near the Vermillion River in the Sioux Country on
to the land which he claims. I do not know that
Said Travercier owns any land. Said Travercier besides the house already
discribed had built within the last year on said land a good hewed log
house finished with a shingle roof, plank floor, five windows filled with
sash and glafs, one door with a good batten shutter, and said house is
well chinked and daubed and is sufficiently large and comfortable to
entertain
the public, for which purpose the said Travercier partly uses it, and has
used it partly for his family. Besides the foregoing improvements the
said Travercier has on said land about
forty acres under a good fence, and has at this time about twenty five
acres in corn oats and potatoes. & has been residing on said land in
person "more than two years." (signed)
Ray X Harvey
( X his mark)
I Enos Sorve Receiver of Public Moneys at the Land Office at Kanesville
Iowa, do certify that the above affidavit was taken and subscribed before
me, and that I saw his certificate of declaration to become a citizen of
the United States. (signed) This 24th day of July 1854. Enos Sorve,
Receiver.
1856 Iowa State Census states as of 1856, Augustus Traversie and his
wife, had been in Iowa four years, which would indicate he was there
about 1852.
The place of birth for several of the children is listed as Minnesota,
which became a state in 1857.
The book "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, The S. J.
Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, 1915, page 139, citing the Yankton
Treaty, signed April 19, 1858, stated: "Article VII ... on account of ...
valuable services and liberality to the Yanktons, there shall be granted
in fee to ... August Travers (sic) ... one half a section."
!16 July 2001
Hello,
Here is the text for the August Traversie deed. I have not
changed any of the spellings. Words that have (?) after them is what the
word appears to be. (Sic) means an obvious error, but I have not changed
the original text. Where ever letters were in upper case in the original
text, I have left them that way. When I could not make out a word or
words, I indicated by inserting "illegible." I tried to type exactly as
written, so whenever commas, periods, etc. were left out, I copied the
text the same way. Words or letters between ( ) I added to explain the
abbreviation, etc.
That same piece of land, Traversie obtained from pre-emption on
July 24, 1854. I sent you a copy of that some time ago. I don't recall
what the pre-emption price price was, probably $1.25 an acre, as the
homestead law was not yet in effect. So the total intitial purchase
price was about $200.00. Anyway, the land was obviously valuable, as the
sum Traversie borrowed ($1,288.88) was a princely sum in 1859. In 1859
many