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Vol.57 LÉVIS — AVRIL - MAI - JUIN 1951 No 2 N* 674 LE BULLETIN DES Recherches Historiques REVUE D’ARCHEOLOGIE, D’HISTOIRE, DE BIOGRAPHIE, DE BIBLIOGRAPHIE, DE NUMISMATIQUE, ETC., ETC.DIRECTEUR ANTOINE ROY Autorisé comme envoi postal de la deuxième classe Ministère des Postes, Ottaiva. LE BULLETIN DES RECHERCHES HISTORIQUES Prix de l'abonnement: $3.00 par année.DIRECTION ET ADMINISTRATION 2050, Chemin Gomin, SAINTE-FOY, Québec.SOMMAIRE Avril - Mai - Juin 1951 LEON ROY.— Anne Le Maistre, veuve de Louis Leroy, de Dieppe 61 GERARD MALCHELOSSE.— La famille De Hurel dite Flamand 71 EDWARD-C.BAILLY.— Genealogy of the Bailly de Messein Family in the United States.(Continued) (3) 77 ROBERT LAROCQUE DE ROQUEBRUNE.•— La noblesse de France 101 BULLETIN DES RECHERCHES HISTORIQUES Vol.57 LÉVIS — AVRIL - MAI - JUIN 1951 No 2 Anne Le Maistre, veuve de Louis Le Roy, de Dieppe Conservateur des Par LEON ROY Archives Judiciaires de Québec DANS son ouvrage -.Nicolas Le Roy et ses descendants, publié en 1897, Joseph-Edmond Roy (1858-1913) écrivait (p.48): “J’ai lieu de croire que Nicolas le "Roy — (1639-91, l’ancêtre de nos nombreuses familles “Roy originaires de la région de Beaumont — amena avec “lui dans le pays (en 1663) sa mère (ou une de ses soeurs).“En effet, le 7 novembre 1663, Adrien Blanquet (fils d’An-“dré et de Pérette Caperon), d’Angueville près Dieppe, “épousait à Québec, Anne Le Maistre, veuve de Louis le “Roy, de Saint-Remi de Dieppe’’.Il s’agit bien ici de la mère de Nicolas Le Roy, Anne Le Maistre (1618-p 1693), dont le mariage avec Louis Le Roy avait eu lieu à Saint-Remy de Dieppe, le 27 avril 1638 (1).Nicolas Le Roy, fils de Louis Le Roy et de Anne Le Maistre, était né dans cette même paroisse, le 25 mai 1639 (2).Nicolas Le Roy, accompagné de Jeanne Lelièvre (fille de Gullaume), sa femme, assista au contrat de mariage de sa mère, Anne Le Maistre, veuve de Louis Le Roy, avec Adrien Blanquet, que reçut le notaire Jean Gloria, à Qué- (1) Archange Godbout, o.f.m., Origine des familles canadiennes-françaises, p.67.(2) Archange Godbout et Emile Vaillancourt, La conquête du Canada par les Normands, p.230.67 — — 68 — bec, le jeudi, 25 octobre 1663.Nicolas Le Roy et sa mère, étaient alors domiciliés à Québec.Le 10 août 1662, les frères Jean et Nicolas Juchereau avaient concédé à Adrien Blanquet (1604-ant 1689), une terre de 2 arpents de largeur (située entre celles de Jacques Pifre, a lest, et de Nicolas Godbout, a l'ouest), dans leur arrière-fief de la Chevallerie, en la future paroisse Saint-Pierre de 1 ile d Orléans.Cette terre passa à Jacques Ber-mer dit Jeanne-Paris, dès 1664 (3), et finalement, en 16/3, à Jean Leclerc (1638-80) — (4), époux de Marie Blanquet (1630-1709), issue d’un précédent mariage d’Adrien Blanquet.Celui-ci assista, en effet, au contrat de ma- /SÎrxf pet‘te'fille- Anne Leclerc, fil'e de Jean Leclerc, ( 1638-80), maître-bottier, alors absent en France, et de Marie Blanquet, avec Jacques Bouffard (1655-1727) que recevan Mtre Paul Vachon, notaire royal, le 25 février Au recensement de 1666, Adrien Blanquet, tellier habitant de File d’Orléans, a 62 ans; Anne Le Maistre, sa femme, est agee de 49 ans.Au recensement de 1667, Adrien nlanquet de la Fougère n’a encore que 62 ans, tandis que sa femme n’en a plus que 48.Ces époux nourrissent 5 bestiaux sur 12 arpents de terre en valeur.C’est apparamment a cette époque qu Adrien Blanquet fut “gardiataire des fruits de 1 habitation délaisée par sieur Thomas Douaire ( de Bondy (1636-66) — (5) c’est-à-dire dans le petit ,V-, Beauheu, maintenant la paroisse Sainte-Pétronille de 1 ne d Orleans.Au recensement de 1681, Adrien Blanquet a 76 ans et Anne Le Maistre sa femme, 63 ans.Ils ont 6 arpents dé erre en valeur sur leur ferme, (à Saint-Jean) de l’ile d’Or-leans, situee entre celles de René Asseline (Ancelin) (1614- Cett’ Cr eSt’^-?ide Clî?rIeS FHbot (1644jp 1708’ à 1 ouest.h l dAd7 Blanquet-Lafougère, de 3 arpents de ’ corresP°nd aux Nos cadastraux actuels 221 et de la paroisse Saint-Jean, I.O.(3).(3) Extrait des notes du même auteur sur les terres de l'île d’Orléans •A ,.i «,«' 69 - Adrien Blanquet mourut vraisemblablement avant 1689, car sa terre, à Saint-Jean I.O., n’est pas indiqueé, entre celles de René Ancelin (No 51), et de Charles Flibot (Nos 52 et 53), sur la carte de l’ingénieur Robert de Villeneuve, dressée cette année-là.Cette terre, de 3 arpents, passa pour moitié à Anne Le Maistre, veuve d’Adrien Blanquet, et pour l’autre moitié à Marie Blanquet, veuve de Jean Leclerc, l’unique enfant d’Adrien Blanquet.Le 18 novembre 1693, par acte sous-seing-privé du frère Guillaume Baudoin, récollet, déposé au greffe Jacob, le 27 mars 1696, Anne Le Maistre, veuve (de Louis Le Roy et) d’Adrien Blanquet, faisait donation à Guillaume Le Roy (1667-1743), son petit-fils — fils de Nicolas — d’une habitation à Bcaumontel de la Durante, située entre celle du dit Guillaume Le Roy et celle de Jacques Corriveau, mais comme il y avait différend entre Jacques Corriveau et Anne Le Maistre, au sujet de l’échange de l’habitation ci-dessus, contre celle de File d’Oléans, en la paroisse Saint-Jean, elle lui donnait cette dernière terre, en cas qu’il ne puisse avoir celle de la Durantaye; et ce.à la charge de la nourrir et entretenir, le reste de ses jours, etc.Ce serait donc chez Guillaume Le Roy son petit-fils, que décéda Anne Le Maistre, veuve de Louis Le Roy et d’Adrien Blanquet, après 1693.Le 10 mars 1695 (cf :ibid), par billet du frère François Gosens, fait à Saint-Pierre, I.O., en présence de Gabriel Gosselin (1626-97), un voisin, comme témoin, Marie Blanquet (1630-1709), veuve de Jean Leclerc — demeurant dans l’arière-fief de la Chevallerie — et fille de feu Adrien Blanquet, permettait à Guillaume Le Roy “de vendre la taire de défunt son paire pourvu qu’il lui donne la moitié de la somme”.Enfin, le 27 mars 1696 (gfe Jacob), Guillaume Le Rov de la Durantaye, donataire d’Anne Le Maistre, sa grand-mère, et Jean-Charles Leclerc (1668-1749) de: la Chevallerie, tant pour lui que pour Jacques Bouffard ( Jobb-1727) Pierre Leclerc (1658-1736), Clément Rue.(l6A6r 1709), de Saint-Laurent; Adrien Leclerc (1670-1746), Martin Leclerc (1674-1703), et René Pelletier (1659-1713) de Saint-Pierre, tous enfants et gendres de feu Jean Le- - 70 - clerc et de Marie Blanquet, et héritiers de feu Adrien Blan-quet, leur grand-père, vendaient à Gervais Pépin-dit-La-chance (1676-p 1720), 3 arpents de terre de front, sans batiment situes à Saint-Jean, I.O., entre: “deffunct René Asselin (Ancelin) et Charles Fribault (Flibot)._^a de Catalogne, je 179^ sjtue bien cette terre de Gjervais Pepin-dit) -Lachanche, entre celles de Affichel rorUer successeur de René Ancelin, au nord-est, et de Ch (arles) Felippeau (Flibot), au sud-ouest.L’aveu et dénombrement du 25 août 1725 (6) mentionne cette terre de (Ger-va.s) Pepm-dit-Lachance, de 3 arpents de front, avec maison, grange, etable et 40 arpents de terre labourable entre no Ï aUX Trois'R,lvleres< le ler septembre 1835, en même temps que son frere : - 75 — 2.Pierre-François-Paul Flamand, âgé de 18 ans, donc né en 1817.De Jean-Baptiste De Hurel dit Flamand, né aux Trois-Rivières le 25 octobre 1786, et de Esther Pauzé sa femme, fille de Michel et de Charlotte Arbour, qu’il épousa aux Trois-Rivières, le 29 février 1808, sont nées: 1.Marie, en 1809, qui épousa aux Trois-Rivières, le 12 octobre 1829, Antoine Place, boulanger, fils de Joseph et de Marguerite Proulx.2.Marguerite, en 1815; décédée aux Trois-Rivières, 12 décembre 1833.De Pierre De Hurel dit Flamand, né aux Trois-Rivières, le 17 juin 1798, et de Josephte Gignac, née en 1790, de Jean et de Josephte Lafond, qu’il épousa aux Trois-Riviè-rs, le 11 janvier 1820, nous connaissons: 1.Pierre, né et décédé le 18 octobre 1820, inhumé le 20 aux Trois-Rvières.2.Marie-Louise-Archange, née aux Trois-Rivières, 10 mai 1828; décédée au même endroit, 7 octobre 1828.Pierre De Hurel dit Flamand mourut aux Trois-Rivières, âgé de 66 ans, le 5 janvier 1864 et y fut inhumé le 7; et son épouse, âgée de 82 ans, en 1872 (?).Ici s’arrêtent nos notes sur les deux premières générations des De Hurel dit Flamand.Leurs descendants, qu il ne faut pas confondre avec les Autrage ou Hautrage dit Flamand, les Déguisé dit Flamand et les Ladrière dit Flamand, ont porté le surnom de Flamand.(5) (S) Mgr Tanguay, Dictionnaire généalogique, I, 165; II, 87; III, 279, 280; IV, 36, 469 ; V, 75. CE QUI COMPTE Dépensez-vous tout ce que vous gagnez?Il est toujours possible de faire quelques économies.Economisez autant que vous le pouvez?Il est presque toujours possible d economiser davantage.Ce qui compte, c'est l'épargne régulière.Mettez de côté chaque semaine, chaque quinzaine ou chaque mois, une partie de votre salaire ou de vos revenus.Ouvrez aujourd'hui un compte d'épargne à la Banque Canadienne Nationale ACTIF, plus de $400,000,000 549 bureaux au Canada 15 succursales à Québec - 76 — Genealogy of the Bailly de Messein Family in the United States By EDWARD-C.BAILLY White Plains Neiv York (Continued) (3) IN 1840, after having been for several years a sub-trader at St.Peter’s under Henry H.Sibley, his successor at the factory of the American Fur Company there, Alexis Bailly moved some eighty miles down the Mississippi and established an independant trading post at Wabasha.Although another trader had previously had a small post in the vicinity, Bailly is regarded as the real founder of the present city of Wabasha, which in the early days of steam navigation on the Mississippi became an important steamboat landing and outfitting point for new settlers arriving from the east and south.(39) This town is located on the west bank of the Mississippi near the entry of a small tributary called the Zum-bro river, which name is a corruption of the original French name, Rivière aux Embarras.It is only a few miles below the extensive widening of the Mississippi, called .Lake Pepin, where René Boucher de la Perrière, a distant relative of Alexis Bailly, had in 1727 built Fort Beauharnois, which was rebuilt in 1736 by Jacques LeGardeur de St-Pierre, another relative.This fort was the site of the first Christian mission on what is today Minnesota soil.Wabasha is still nearer to the site of the original Fort Saint-Antoine, built in 1686 on the east shore of Lake Pepin by Nicolas Perrot, in what is now the State of Wisconsin.(40) At this point Alexis Bailly built a large warehouse and later a general store, and for many years was the most (39) St" Paul Dispatch, February 6, 1909; Wabasha County Herald.August - 78 prominent citizen of the town.There many a distinguished traveler enjoyed the hospitality of the Bailly home, which served as a hostel for those who had to tarry there.On January 16, 1841, Alexis Bailly was nominated and appointed Justice of the Peace for Crawford County, Wisconsin, which then embraced a large territory including most of present day southern Minnesota and part of South Dakota.The original commission, signed by Governor Henry Dodge and bearing a formal oath to support the Constitution of the United States signed by Alexis Bailly, is now preserved in the Minnesota Historical Collections at St.Paul.This appointment made Alexis Bailly the first civil officer in the region.Evidence that it was a position of considerable importance in that pioneer period is contained m a document dated May 6, 1841, preserved in the archives of the City of Wabaska.It consists of a warrant in which Justice Badly orders the arrest of a “Certain Mulato by na.™e,°.f Garrick” for “arson and murder made and committed in StLouis Missouri, in the State of Missouri”.This document is endorsed on the back.“Served on the within named by bringing the boddy before Alexis Baillv Justice of the peace.Service and mileage 50 cents.John W.Boston, Constable.B.L.Hurd, Dept.Sherriff”.(41) This example of the long reach of the arm of the law, until then unprecedented in that neighborhood, prompted a loca French-Canadian trader named Augustin Roque to remark to his sons, “My sons, it is necessary that you be very careful now because the law has come to town.The law is the devil, and Mr.Bailly is the law”.ai a/ld leS?enviabIe distinction, acquired by Alexis Badly about this time, was to become the first and only slave-holder in the territory, when he purchased a ne-Rro from a Major Garland of the Fort Snelling garrison.ne account says that it was a negro man, who died a year a e ;.in0ther says that ]t was a negro woman, whom he * free ln a year 0r two- and sent to her home in St.Louis.(41 ) Wabasha County Herald, February 18, 1932, — 79 In any event this slave-holding episode was of short duration.(42) Alexis Bailly next appears in connection with the negotiation of the unsuccessful Sioux Treaties of 1841.At that time the Federal Government, under the concept that the Mississippi River would forever mark the extreme western verge of white settlement, had in mind the creation of an Indian territory in the watershed of the Minnesota river, to which to remove the various bands and tribes east thereof.On July 31, 1841, at Traverse des Sioux in what was then Iowa'Territory, James Duane Doty, Governor of Wisconsin Territory, acting as a special Indian commissioner, negociated a treaty with the Sioux bands for the cession by them of some thirty million acres, lying north of the present boundry between Iowa and Minnesota and west of the Mississippi River, to be used as a permanent home for the Indians.And on August 11th of the same year he signed a supplementary treaty with another band adding about two million more acres to the cession.Alexis Bailly’s name appears among the signers of these treaties, both as secretary to Governor Doty and as a witness.The first of them is also signed by his brothers-in-law, William, Alexander, David and Oliver Faribault.These treaties arrived in Washington for confirmation at an inopportune time, as President Tyler and his own party were at loggerheads, with the result that they were finally defeated in the Senate.This blasted once and for all the Utopian scheme to convert this rich region into an Indian refuge.Instead, present day Oklahoma became the Indian Territory, and that was still more lucky for the Indians (though not so intendel).(43) , In the “History of Old Traverse des Sioux”, Judge Hughes commenting on the defeat of these treaties says.“No tears were shed because of their defeat, unless it were by the traders, who stood a chance to receive $150,000 by the stipulations of the treaty to wipe out their bad de its.(42) Holcombe, II; 67; St.Paul Dispatch, February 6, 1909.(43) Holcombe, II; 285; Hughes & Brown, Old Traverse des Sxoux, 165. - 80 — ( p.165 ) However, Hilcombe, the author of “Minnesota in I hree Centuries , says that the idea was not as impractical, visionary and Utopian as many thought, and that it was defeated by the Democrats largely because it was a Whig Party measure.In saying that the traders were probably the only ones to regret the failure, Judge Hughes appears to have overlooked the fact that there was a supplement to he main treaty with the so-called “half breeds”, as people of mixed Indian and white blood, of whatever proportions, were called in the treaty.They were to cede to the United States their "?hts in a 350,000 acre tract, which had been reserved for them under a previous treaty made in 1830, in return for which they were to receive their proper proportions of a rund of $250,000 created for the purpose.Among the signers of this supplement appear the names of Alexis Bailly s wife, Lucy, and two sons, Alexis P.and Henry G Bailly.(44) By 1843, Alexis Bailly was well established at Wabasha, and did his trading under the title of the “Lake Pepin Outfit”.According to letters written him by H L Dousman, the agent at Prairie du Chien, the fur market at that time was improving, especially in regard to muskrat and raccoon skins.For a time it was expected that he would be appointed sub-agent for the Chippewa Indians.But the Office of Indian Affairs explained that the “Bureau and the Secretary of War thought it wrong to appoint a man related to the Indians by blood”, and this was not done In 846, however, the United States Indian Agent, Amos J.Biuce, requested Bailly to take the census of the Tak-tape-sees band.In the same year he became the agent for the Wabasha region of the noted traders B.W.Brisbois and Henry M.Rice, of Prairie du Chien.(45) Alexis Bailly was among those elected members of the first territorial legislature of Minnesota at the election held on August 1, 1849.In commenting on the quality of the membership, Holcombe says: “Of the personnel of the 'list Legislature it may be said that the members were, in (45) Bellileauhei2 nBr°Wn’ Addendum-CoPy of ‘he Doty Treaty. — 81 — intelligence and ability, above the average of pioneer legislators.* * * * Of the members of the House of Representatives.* * * * Alexis Bailly was of mixed French and Indian blood, but was one of the most intelligent and accomplished men in the Northwest in his time.He was well educated and his literary and other attainments were very superior” (46).The first session of this body met at the Central House in St.Paul on September 3rd of that year.At the second session of the same, held in January, 1851, the capital was located at St.Paul, the University at St.Anthony (afterwards named “Minneapolis”), and the state prison at Stillwater.It has been said that the outstanding service performed bv Alexis Bailly as a legislator was, to have what is known in Minnesota as the “swamp land grant placed to the credit of the state common school fund.This is one of the reasons why Minnesota now enjoys a larger school fund than most of the other states of the Union.(47) In this connection it should be noted that Alexis Bailly was always most solicitous to have his children enjoy the best in education.His sons Alexis P.and Henry G.Bailly attended schools at Lexington, Kentucky, and at Hillsboro and Galesburg, Illinois.A daughter, Isabelle, was sent to the Menard Academy at Kaskaskia, Illinois, and to the Convent of the Visitation at St.Louis, Missouri.A younger son, Daniel, was placed in an academy at Cherry Valley, New York.Pie also placed his sister, Sophie, with the Sisters of the Visitation at Georgetown, D.C.Plis account books and records in the late 30’s and early 40’s show the numerous bills, which he paid to these various schools for tuition, board and room as well as those of tailors and others for clothes, books, and supplies furnished to these children.(48) Not long after Alexis Bailly settled at Wabasha, he was host for nearly a month to a young army officer, who had been detailed to select timber for some fortifications that were being built down-river.His name, then not well-known, was Captain Jefferson C.Davis, which later became famous (or infamous, depending on your political bias), (46) Minn.Legislative Manual (1914), 202; Holcombe, II; 441.(47) Wabasha County Herald, December 17, 1931.(48) Belliveau, 9. - 82 — as Senator from the seceding State of Mississippi, and president of the ill-fated Southern Confederacy.Jefferson Davis was the first of many distinguished travelers, both military and civilian, who ascended the river to Wabasha on the early steamboats, and availed themselves of the hospitality of the Bailly home.Among them was one destined to be even more famous, Ulysses S.Grant, later victor at Fort Donelson, and at Vicksburg, Commander-in-Chief of the Union Armies, conqueror of the Confederate idol, General Robert E.Lee, and President of the United States.Others were: James Shields, Union General, and also having the unique distinction of serving as a Senator from three different states before his death; Carl Schurz, fighting editor and Union General from St.Louis, Missouri; Floyd Buckner, Confederate General vanquished by Grant at Fort Donelson; and Marshall Field, the merchant prince of Chicago, Illinois.(49) In 1851 another attempt was made to negociate a treaty with the Sioux bands of southern Minnesota.This time the idea was quite different to that which had guided Governor Doty ten years previously, as explained above.Now the plan was to open this vast region to white settlement.It is pleasing to note that in this case it is generally conceded that it was the influence of the old traders, who understood the Indians and knew how to deal with them, that made the attainment of this end possible.One outstanding authority, commenting on the treaties of 1851 and their immense importance in the development of Minnesota has said ; * * * had it not been for such men as Henry H.Sibley, Martin McLeod, Norman V.Kittson, William H.Foibes and Alexis Bailly, those treaties never would have been made ***’'.(50) .Again the place of meeting was at Traverse des Sioux, which is the name by which the treaties made there are known today.On this occasion the Federal Government was represented by Colonel Luke Lea, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and by Governor Alexander Ramsey of the I err itory of Minnesota.Alexis Bailly was placed in (49) Wabasha County Herald, August 12, 1926; December 17, 1931./ ^ 'dwell, I; 279; Belhveau, 12-13; Hughes calls it “the most important treaty ever consummated in the Middle West.” (p.175).^ — 83 — charge of the commissary, and looked after the transportation, shelter and subsistence of the treaty commission and its staff, a very important post in dealing with the Indians, and in this case vital to the comfort and goodwill of all, since the negotiations continued for more than three weeks.The negotiations at Traverse des Sioux for the making of this treaty were considered of sufficient general interest to warrant the New York Tribune to send a correspondent, Colonel William LeDuc, to report the proceedings for its readers.The Hinnesota press was ably represented by James M.Goodhue of St.Paul, the energetic and talented editor and publisher of the recently founded newspaper of that city called the “Minnesota Pioneer”.Finally, the noted artist, Frank B.Mayer, of Baltimore, was on hand to sketch the picturesque setting and the more colorful personalities in this drama, and also incidentally to keep a diary record of his own as to the interesting things that he saw and heard.All of these accounts and sketches have been preserved, and constitute an unusually complete and detailed record of the course of events.(SI) From these we learn that Alexis Bailly, as Commissary and Camp Master, was regarded as one of the most, important officials present; that his ingeniousness and efficiency in performing his various functions made him very popular with everybody; that the arbor of trees and leafy branches under which the parleys took place was erected under his supervision; and that it was he who lighted and passed around the peace pipe in the traditional Indian ceremony with which the discussions were opened.Goodhue reported that “Alexis Bailly is certainly one of the most useful and active camp men that ever was”.Mayer, in his diary refers to him as “that fine specimen (SI) In 1929, Brown & Hughes published their history of Old Traverse des Sioux which contains copies of Goodhue's, LeDuc s and Mayer s notes, copies of the treaties of 1841 and 1851, and reproductions of many of the sketches made by Mayer at the parley.And in 1932, the Minnesota Historical Society published Mayer’s Diary, illustrated with some of his sketches, under the title With Ten and Pencil on the Frontier of 1851".Unless otherwise indicated, these two sources, and particularly the former, have been relied upon for the details of the parley, as herein described.Mayer’s original sketches and diary are preserved in the Newberry Library at Chicago, Illinois. — 84 — of a French gentleman, Mr.Bailly”.Holcombe calls him that keen witted trader, the accomplished mixed blood Ottawa, Alexis Bailly”.According to Goodhue, the bill of fare for dinner on the first day was as follows : Soup — dog, buffalo tail fish piskerel.muskrat; Meats — boiled ham, beef dog (prairie turnip sauce), buffalo, roast venison, ’ elk, duck, swan: Vegetables — wild potatoes, wild beans, sweet wild pea; Dessert a variety of French preparations too difficult for him to spell.The proceedings were not without their social side, brom that standpoint the most festive event that occurred was the marriage on July 11 1851, of David Faribault (Alexis Bailly’s brother-in-law) to Nancy Winona McClure, the mixed blood daughter of an American army officer.Goodhue’s account reads in part as follows: “About noon the marriage of David Faribault to Nancy Winona McUure took place in the marquee of the commissioners, in the presence of all the party of the camp and of several friends of the parties to be married.The bridegroom is a large handsome man, about 30 years old and the bride a fresh young girl of 14, large for her age, educated in the seclusion of the Mission house, and almost wholly unacquainted with the society of the whites.*** 1 he marriage ceremony, in the Episcopal form, was performed by Alex,s Ba,1*y Esq., a justice of the peace in and for this county: ofter which the bridegroom produced an abundance of lemonade, which foamed and sparkled joyously as if it had been champagne, uncorked in any of the brown front palaces of New York.After the wedding- all went to dine together; and after dinner toasts and speeches appropriate to the occasion flowed freely.” tW ^Iayer’s acc^nt does not differ materially, except that he says that the marriage was announced by a salute of Champagne corks, the report of which soon summoned the camp to hilarious harmony, which flowed on through fhe^rf Tr and the su,bsequent toasts< and broke like tne surf as the compagny dispersed singing simultaneously ÎL h t QnC ?eCtlve efforts> ‘Sparkling and Bright7, Auld Lang Syne, and ‘Vive la Compagnie’.A speech - 85 - from the commissioner was translated into Sioux and delivered to the Indians.” Governor Ramsey also responded to a toast.Mayer has also left us a charming sketch of the wedding ceremony showing the bride and groom standing beneath the leafy bower before a solemn looking magistrate Bailly, attired in frock coat and with hornrimmed spectacles on the end of his nose.It may be interesting to note that the bride of the occasion lived to a ripe old age and was present 75 years later, when in 1914 the Daughters of the American Revolution marked the spot, where the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux was signed, with a large boulder bearing an inscribed bronze tablet, unveiled with appropriate ceremonies.The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux was signed with due formality on July 23, 1851, by thirty-three Indian chiefs and headmen, by the Commissioners, and by_nme white men as witnesses, among whom were Alexis Bailly and his brother-in-law, Alexander baribault.Following the making of the treaty at I raverse des Sioux, the officials repaired to Mendota, where on August 5 1851 the so-called Upper Tribes signed a similar treaty, which brought the total area of land to beacqmred from the Indian under the two treaties to 35,000,WO acres.The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux (with some amendments which the Indians were later induced with difficulty to accept) was finally ratified on June 43 Afterwards, because of serious dissatisfaction on the part of the Indians, the amendments were stricken out and the treaty ratified by the Senate in the form in which it had originally been signed.Alexis Badly was one of those selected by Governor Ramsey to assist him in making disbursements to the Indians and traders provided for therein, which totaled $593,050., A map of the State of Minnesota shows that the lands ceded by the Indians under these treaties amounted to approximately one-half the area therof, including 24 000,000 acres of the richest farming land in the world 1 he throwing open for white settlement of this agricultural empire brought an influx of new settlers and started an orgy of land speculation, which has been humerously described - 86 - by Edward E.Eggleston (who once taught school at Traverse des Sioux) in his widely read book, “The Mystery of Metropolisville”.In any event, the making of the treaty of Traverse des Sioux marks an important milestone in Minnesota History.Another instance in which Alexis Bailley was called upon to aid in the carrying into effect of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux occurred in 1853.In that year Governor Gorman of Minnesota was ordered by the National Government to remove the Sioux bands to the reservation at Redwood, provided for them under the treaty.Serious trouble was anticipated, and the Governor consulted Sibley, Rice, Bailly and other experienced traders as to how the delicate and difficult task could best be accomplished.Under their advice the removal took place without serious incident.ioccLa7 Fanbault Bailly d>ed at Wabasha on May 4, 1855.After, being a widover for nearly two years, Alexis Railly married for his second wife Julia Maria Corv of Cooperstown, N.Y.The following year he built “Riverside , the historic Bailly home on the east bank of the Mississippi near the old steamboat landing at Wabasha, greeted in the era before railroad development, when the sternwheel steamboats plied “Old Man River” and practically monopolized transport of every kind, this stately home witnessed many a picturesque landing at Wabasha The whistle deep and résonnant would announce the boat’s approach.A motley crowd of whites, Indians and halfbreeds would gather at the dock to welcome it.Negro deckhands would disembark the freight, singing the while dreamy southern melodies.There was much balk, laughter hoar A tï,n(VfUTla Bai y 7ok a wedding trip by steamboat down the St.Lawrence river to Montreal and Quebec, t have left no record as to whether or not any attempt was made to contact Canadian relatives.Two sons were b?friven Keln marr^eV c