Document signed by Chief Jean Baptiste DuQuoin, September 25, 1797
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- Clark Family Collection | <emph render="bold">George Rogers Clark Series</emph> | Contemporary interpretations of requests from Chief Jean Baptiste DuQuoin to “Brother” [probably George Rogers Clark] and “Father” [probably General Wilkinson] for changes in delivery of presents and goods, and information on the tribes in Illinois. [Although the name on the document is DuCoine, it is most certainly J.B. DuQuoin whose name had a variety of spellings including Ducoigne, DuCoine, Duquoine, etc. Jean Baptiste DuQuoin was born January 21, 1750, the son of a Frenchman and a Tamaroa woman and was baptized at the Church of St. Anne outside Fort de Chartres. Made chief of the Tamaroas in 1767, he was later identified as chief of the Kaskaskias. He died in 1811 and was buried at Kaskaskia.], 1797 Sept 25
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