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The land allotment made to members of the Quapaw Tribe was rather unique. When the allotment of lands was begun in the Quapaw Agency Land area in 1887, there was a general disagreement between the government and the Quapaw tribal members. The government was providing for only 80 acres of land be distributed to each tribal member, which would leave almost 57,000 acres unassigned. The tribal leaders were arguing that with the poor quality of the land and considering the excess that was available, then each tribal member should be given 200 acres. The main leader of this Allotment Act was Abner W. Abrams, a successful merchant in Kansas and a member of the Stockbridge tribe which had been adopted into the Quapaw tribe in earlier times.The tribal officials at this time were Charlie Quapaw, first chief; John Madison, second chief; James Silk, first councilor, George Land, second councilor, and Frank Vallier, interpreter. They were assigned the responsibility of keeping the necessary records and to assign the allotments. To defray the expenses and costs of this undertaking, several white persons were adopted into the tribe upon the payment of a nominal sum. These people were thenceforth referred to in the tribal records as "fullblood white Quapaws".
The proposal of the tribe was ratified by Congress in 1895, making legal the allotment of the land to 247 members of the tribe.
The following is a list of 215 of those who receive the allotment.
This list was used as a basis for land distribution to eligible Quapaws and only those who moved to Indian Territory appear on it. A large group of Quapaws returned to Arkansas (illegally) and settled in south-central part of state.
Those marked with asterisk by the name denote that the father's family definitely did not come from Arkansas.
Name Comments Relationship Sex Age 1. Charley Quapaw M (illeg) 2. Huldah Quapaw wife F 28 3. Grace Red Eagle niece F 15 4. John Medicine M 51 5. James Medicine M 21 6. Joe Buffalo M 21 7. Ollie Buffalo wife F 21 8. Francis Silk F 46 9. Paul Silk son M 10 10 Antoine Greenback M 38 11 Betsy Greenback wife F 43 12 Isabella Greenback daughter F 11 13 Minnie Greenback daughter F 9 14 Joseph Greenback son M 3 15 Isaac Daylight (Antoine Greenback, guardian) M 15 16 Charles Bluejacket M 49 17 John Quapaw M 31 18 Red Sun Quapaw wife F 46 19 Frances Quapaw daughter F 3 20 Sinnie Brown (John Quapaw, guardian) F 17 21 Alice Brown (John Quapaw, guardian) sister F 13 22 Boston Brown (John Quapaw, guardian) brother M 10 23 Joseph Whitebyrd M 31 24 Lena Whitebyrd wife F 33 25 Harry Whitebyrd son M 12 26 Julia Whitebyrd daughter F 6 27 Eudora Whitebyrd daughter F 4 28 Thomas Crawfish M 28 29 George Lane M 31 30 Alphonsus Vallier M 45 31 James Vallier son M 9 32 Frank Vallier M 30 33 Alice Vallier wife F 21 34 Amos Vallier (unk relationship) M 13 35 Solomon Quapaw M 21 36 Annie E. Dardenne F 39 37 Lulu Dardenne daughter F 19 38 Edward J. Dardenne son M 17 39 Agnes Dardenne daughter F 15 40 Annie Dardenne daughter F 12 41 Benjamin Dardenne son M 9 42 Benjamin Dardenne M 49 43 Martha A. Dardenne wife F 32 44 Minnie Dardenne niece F 13 45 Elizabeth Ray F 46 46 Abram Ray son M 15 47 Frank Ray son M 16 40 Louis Imbeau M 43 49 Melissa Imbeau wife F 41 50 Effie Imbeau daughter F 9 51 Harvey Imbeau son M 8 52 Frank Imbeau son M 6 53 Lizzie Imbeau daughter F 4 54 Catherine Imbeau daughter F 2 mos 55 James A. Newman M (not shown) 56 James L. Newman son M (not shown) 57 Minnie Newman daughter F (not shown) 58 Maude A. Newman daughter F (not shown) 59 Mary Portis F 44 60 John N. Portis son M 22 61 James C. Portis son M 20 62 Charles B. Portis son M 16 63 John R. Darrisseaux M 76 64 Mary Darrisseaux wife F 65 65* Abner M. Abrams M 42 66* Melissa J. Abrams wife F 29 67* Maude E. Abrams daughter F 5 68* Samuel W. Abrams son M 3 69* Harrison Abrams son M 1 70 Sarah J. Hunt F 48 71 Malina Hunt daughter F 10 72 Joseph W. Hunt son M 6 73 Peter Clabber M 41 74 Meh-het-ta Clabber wife F 41 75 John Thompson Clabber son M 17 76 William Clabber son M 15 77* Nellie J. Ball F 31 78* Samuel Ball son M 7 79* Minie Ball daughter F 3 80* (infant) Ball son M 2 mos 81 Buffalo Calf M 58 82 Mary J. Calf wife F 40 83 Frank Calf son M 13 84 Thomas Calf son M 8 85 Mary Joseph F 39 86 Robert Joseph son M 1 87 George Vallier (Frank Vallier, guardian) M 14 88 Mrs. Crawfish F 51 89 Fannie Crawfish daughter F 13 90 Harry Crawfish son M 21 91 Lizzie Cedar F 46 92 Mrs. Stafford F 88 93* Victor Griffin grandson M 12 94 Julia Stafford granddau F 17 95 Frank Buck M 22 96 Felix Dardenne M 17 97 Dillie Dardenne sister F 12 98 Lawrence Dardenne brother M 28 99 Mary Dardenne sister F 24 100 William A. Dauthet M 32 101 Frances Dauthet wife F 28 102 Zahn A. Dauthet son M 8 103 Minnle E. Dauthet daughter F 3 104 Charles A. Dauthet son M 1 105 Amos Newhouse M 42 106 Martha Logan F 61 107 George Logan son M 12 108 Katy Logan daughter F 20 109 Samuel Cousatte M 23 110 Mary Cousatte daughter F 4 111 Felicia Adams F 27 112 Emma Adams daughter F 13 113 Cora Adams daughter F 11 114 Carrie Adams daughter F 9 115 Ettie Hamitt F 22 116 Abram Dardenne Jr M 39 117 Margaret Dardenne wife F 38 118 Willie Dardenne son M 17 119 Irenee Dardenne daughter F 12 120 Abram Dardenne III son M 9 121 George Red Eagle M 23 122 O-gosh-shung Red Eagle wife F 18 123 Sophia Red Eagle daughter F 1 124 Sig-dah Track M 36 125 Me-kah-tun-ka Track wife F 18 126 Meh-ska-na-ba-nah Track daughter F 4 127 Tcha-ta (or Leak) Track son M 4 mos 128 Ha-dah-ska-tun-ka M 9 129 Noh-sah-to ("Green Heart") brother M 8 130 Sin-tah-hah-hah brother M 6 131 Xavier M 30 132 Mah-shing-tin-hah wife F 16 133 John Crow M 27 134 Mrs. Crow F 35 135 Benjamin Spada M 50 136 Mah-het-tah Spada wife F 50 137 Mah-sha-ska Spada daughter F 19 138 John Beaver M 31 139 Heh-dah-tah Beaver wife F 24 140 Paw-his-ka Beaver son M 9 141 A-no-meh-ta-ha Beaver daughter F 6 142 Anna Beaver daughter F 2 143 Meh-tah-hah-gee-gah (widow) F 40 144 Dick Quapaw M 24 145 Ta-gah Quapaw wife F 36 146 Pious Quapaw M 40 147 Ta-meh-heh Quapaw wife F 24 148 Ta-meh Quapaw daughter F 3 149 Benjamin Quapaw M 31 150 See-Sah Quapaw wife F 25 151 Hum-bah-wat-tah Quapaw daughter F 2 152 Cetus M 25 153 Me-kah-det-tah F 40 154 Little Greenback M 25 155 Mrs. Greenback wife F 24 156 Wes-ah Greenback daughter F 5 157 John Greenback son M 1 158 Ba-shung-ge-ne-she (Little Greenback, guardian) brother M 6 159 Kah-dah-aka-hum-ka M 30 160 Khah-daah wife F 31 161 Wah-zing-ka ('Bird") son M 8 162 Mah-ska-nah-bah-nah daughter F 4 163 (infant - not named) daughter F 1 164 John Quapaw M 20 165 Wat-tah-nah-she Quapaw wife F 17 166 (infant) Quapaw son M 2 mos 167 Pah-ska ("White Nose") (orphan) F 3 168 Oh-sta-wet-tah (widow) F 45 169 Mrs. Bushy Head (widow) F 35 170 Mah-nah-wa-cont-tah ("Walking Cod") son M 8 171 Meh-no-gah F 24 172 Meh-tah-hah-she-gah F 30 173 Laura Mah-tah-heh-she-gah daughter F 8 174 Mary Meh-tah-heh-she-gah daughter F 6 175 Mish-sha (widow) F 50 176 Hah-win-hah-she (not married) M 25 177 James Young (not married) M 25 178 Louis Angell M 48 179 Martha Angell (Louis Angell, guardian) F 18 180 Ah-say-ta M 8 181 Mls-con-mon-nin-ny F 17 182 Slim Jim M 35 181 General Harrison M 20 184 Ke-she-ka ("Little Turtle") M 50 185 Mary Chouteau ("Zah-me") F 37 186 Coletus ("Mud") M 33 187 Francis Quapaw M 34 188 Ho-gom-me Quapaw wife F 29 189 Cha-dah-squi Quapaw daughter F 15 190 Gab-ne-ton-gah Quapaw son M 6 191 A-bu-ge-zhe Quapaw son M 3 192 Sha-mah Quapaw daughter F 1 mo. 193 Elizeith H. Tousey F 51 We, the undersigned Chiefs and Councilors in and for the Quapaw tribe of Indians, residing on our reservation in the Indian Territory, hereby certify that the attached and foregoing to be a complete list of the names of the members of said tribe together with the age and sex of each such member, and that in preparing this list the several names and ages as borne upon prior lists and rolls were revised and corrected and do approve the same.
Chief Charley Quapaw (his "X" mark) John Medicine (his "X" mark) Councilor Antoine Greenback (his "X" mark) Alphonsus Vallier (his "X" mark)
I hereby certify that the foregoing signatures are genuine and correct having personal knowledge of the transaction of this business.
T. J. Moore
Indian Agent
The following names are added by the authority of the secretary
of the Interior:194 William W. Blakesly (Authority 25840)
195 Leander J. Fish ( " 26141)
196 Catherine Gordon ( " 31302)
197 Rosa Gordon
198 Harry A. Gordon
199 Harvey 0. Gordon
200 Sarah E. Gordon
201 Mary H. Wilholt
202 John Charters
203 Louisa Washington
204 Isabel McKenzie
205 Charles C. Geboe
206 Esther A. Carden
207 Atha J. Carden
208 Louis LaFontain Carden
209 William 0. Cardea
210 Felicia M. Carden
211 Sarah C. Carden
212 Alexander Carden
213 Florence H. Wade (Authority 36549)
214 Isa Wade
215 Kitty Wade(The above list was found in miscellaneous papers in the Genealogy Dept. of the Little Rock Public Library by Robert W. Dhonau and copied for the Arkansas Family Historian)
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