THE KIT CARSON OF THE NORTHWEST.


BOTTINEAU, PIERRE. 1817-1895. Document Signed ("X"), partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, 2 pp recto and verso, 8vo (180 x 210 mm), Dakota Territory, 1859, certificate #212 for "Three Hundred Shares, Dakota, Located at the mouth of the Shayenne River...., also signed by E.W. Wilson, M.M. Standish (on recto), and J.R. Wilson (and Bottineau) on verso, leaf creased, dark staining at upper left corner.The note on the verso tells us that on April 15, 1859, Bottineau sold these shares to C. Stuart Webster. Bottineau was known as the "Kit Carson of the Northwest," famous for his skills as a scout and translator. He helped negotiate many treaties with Native American tribes in the area. This certificate is for shares of land "in the town of Dakota at the mouth of the Chayenne River" in the future Dakota Territory. The town does not exist today, and may not have ever been laid out.