Joseph M. Street
Joseph Montfort Street | |
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Fox after the Black Hawk War. | |
Spouse | Eliza Posey |
Parent(s) | Anthony and Molly Street |
Relatives | Thomas Posey, father-in-law Alexander Posey, brother-in-law |
General Joseph Montfort Street (October 18, 1782 – May 5, 1840) was a 19th-century American pioneer, trader and
Biography
Born to Anthony and Molly Street in
He eventually settled in
In 1829, Major
In 1831, Street wrote to
He and his brother-in-law
Near the Dalle, on the Wisconsin, I took Black Hawk. No one did it but me – I say this in the ears of all present, and they know it – and I now appeal to the Great Spirit, our grand-father, and the earth, our grand-mother, for the truth of what I say.[10]
In a letter sent on September 3, Street reported: "The day after Gen's Scott and Atkinson left this place, I sent out two parties of Winnebagos to bring Black Hawk, the Prophet and Neopope to me."[10] While Black Hawk was being transported by steamship to Galena, Illinois, Street took special care that the prisoners were well-treated. When it was reported to him that iron handcuffs had been riveted on Black Hawk, he ordered officer Jefferson Davis to have them removed.[11]
During 1832 and 1833, he was extensively involved in post-war settlements with the Sac and Fox and was eventually named as a U.S. government liaison and representative of the Sauk and Fox in 1836. The following year, he accompanied a Sauk and Fox delegation to
Street had been in negotiations with the U.S. government on behalf of the Fox and Sauk for another purchase of Sac and Fox lands in Iowa; however, he had been in failing health for some time and died at the agency on May 5, 1840.[1][13] His son-in-law, Major John Beach, took over his position as agent to the Sac and Fox and hosted a week-long council which resulted in the signing of the treaty on October 11, 1842. One of the clauses requested by the chieftains was a special stipend to be paid to Street's widow.
He was greatly respected among both his contemporaries as well as Native Americans. The war chieftain Wapello, a close personal friend, requested to be buried alongside him in what is now Chief Wapello's Memorial Park.
References
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- ^ Keatley, John H. (1883). History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers. pp. 104–105.
- ^ Cole, Cyrenus (1921). A History of the People of Iowa. Ceder Rapids, Iowa: The Torch Press. p. 174.
- ^ Bateman, Newton and Paul Selby, ed. Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois. Chicago and New York: Munsell Publishing Company, 1900. (p. 430)
- ^ Barber, John W.; Howe, Henry (1867). All the Western States and Territories, from the Alleghanies to the Pacific, and From the Lakes to the Gulf. Cincinnati: Henry Howe. p. 333.
- ^ a b Teakle, Thomas (1918). The Spirit Lake Massacre. Iowa City, Iowa: State Historical Society of Iowa. p. 25.
- ^ Shambaugh, Benjamin F., ed. The Iowa Journal of History and Politics. Vol. XV. Iowa City, Iowa: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1917. (p. 416)
- ^ Iowa Journal of History and Politics. Iowa City, Iowa: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1915. (p. 418)
- ^ Lewis, James. "The Black Hawk War of 1832 Archived 2009-08-15 at the Wayback Machine," Abraham Lincoln Digitization Project, Northern Illinois University, p. 2C. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
- ^ a b Clark, Satterlee. "Early Times at Fort Winnebago and Black Hawk War Reminiscences". Report and Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin for the years 1877, 1878, and 1879. Vol. VIII. Madison: David Atwood, 1879. (prime p. 316–317)
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- ^ Union Historical Company (1881). The History of Marion County, Iowa. Des Moines: Birdsell, Williams & Co. pp. 39–40.