Dominican Sisters of Peace

St. Catharine Farm | St. Catherine, KY


Land-history research for The St. Catharine Farm, 2646 Bardstown Road, St. Catharine, KY  40061

Portrait of Lord Jeffrey Amherst by Joshua Reynolds (1765)

Extirpate.

"You will Do well to try to Innoculate [sic] the Indians by means of [smallpox infected] Blankets, as well as to try Every other method that can serve to Extirpate this Execrable Race. I should be very glad your Scheme for Hunting them Down by Dogs could take Effect, but England is at too great a Distance to think of that at present."

Correspondence from Lord Jeffery Amherst, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army to Colonel Henry Bouquet (1763)

Settler Colonialization

The Treaty Period

Pontiac in Council of 1763,” by Alfred Bobbett (1877)

Death.

“It is important, my brothers, that we should exterminate from our land this nation, whose only object is our death.”

Pontiac (Odawa leader) to assembled tribes (April 27, 1763)

Irregularities.

“And whereas great Frauds and Abuses have been committed in purchasing Lands of the Indians, to the great Prejudice of our Interests. and to the great Dissatisfaction of the said Indians: In order, therefore, to prevent such Irregularities for the future, and . . . to remove all reasonable Cause of Discontent, We do with the Advice of our Privy Council strictly enjoin and require. that no private Person do presume to make any purchase from the said Indians of any Lands reserved to the said Indians.”

By the King. A Proclamation. (Oct. 7, 1763)

Primary Sources

1764 Fort Stanwix Deed
1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix
1970 Indian Claims Comm. Settlement

& Markups

1764 Fort Stanwix Deed Markup
1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix Markup
1970 Indian Claims Comm. Settlement Markup
1763 Royal Proclamation
1763 Royal Proclamation Markup

Current Law

Becomes Property