A treaty with the nation of Winnebago Indians, concluded on the 1st of August, 1829, at Prairie du Chien, in the Territory of Michigan, between General John McNeil, Colonel Pierre Menard, and Caleb At-water, esq., commissioners on the part of the United States, and certain chiefs and warriors on the part of the nation of Winnebago Indians.

2. A treaty with the united nations of Chippewa, Ottowa, and Pottawatomie Indians, concluded on the 29th of July, 1829, at Prairie du Chien, between General John McNeil, Colonel Pierre Menard, and Caleb Atwater, esq., commissioners on the part of the United States, and certain chiefs and warriors of the said united nations on the part of said nations.

To the Senate of the United States: I communicate to the Senate, for their advice with regard to its ratification, a treaty made and concluded at the missionary establishment upon the St. Joseph of Lake Michigan the 20th day of September last, between Lewis Cass and Pierre Menard, commissioners of the United States, and the Potawatamie tribe of Indians, the journal and report of the commissioners accompanying the treaty.

Both by Lewis Cass and Pierre Menard, commissioners on the part of the United States, with certain chiefs and warriors of the respective tribes.

" Menard Brothers, parish of Bernard, Louisiana, In the N.O. "Bee," August 18, 1838.

" Menard Brothers, parish of Bernard, Louisiana, In the N.O. "Bee," August 18, 1838.

" The Navajos of New Mexico and Arizona, a tribe living a considerable distance from the Chickasaws, follow somewhat similar customs, as related by Dr. John Menard, formerly a physician to their agency: The Navajo custom is to leave the body where it dies, closing up the house or hogan or covering the body with stones or brush.

George E. Ford, Third United States Cavalry, in a personal communication to the writer, corroborates the account given by Dr. Menard, as follows: This tribe, numbering about 8,000 souls, occupy a reservation in the extreme northwestern corner of New Mexico and Northeastern Arizona.

Menard, History of Du Gueselin.

This costume, worn by Mrs. Lucy M. Bennett of Petersburg, Illinois, has been a familiar attraction at old settlers' gatherings in Menard County, for years.

Athens, Menard County, Illinois. Sept. 1922.

Greenview, Menard County, Illinois Dec. 1922.

Louis Menard, 1822-1901.

MENARD, GRACE OWEN.

Gomer Owen, Elwyn Owen, Emerys Owen & Grace Owen Menard (C); 4Mar68; R430230.

Athens, Menard County, Illinois. Sept. 1922.

Greenview, Menard County, Illinois Dec. 1922.

Louis Menard, 1822-1901.

MENARD, GRACE OWEN.

Gomer Owen, Elwyn Owen, Emerys Owen & Grace Owen Menard (C); 4Mar68; R430230.

Abraham left his father as soon as his farm was fenced and cleared and hired himself to a man named Denton Offutt, in Sangamon County, whom he assisted to build a flatboat; accompanied him to New Orleans on a trading voyage and returned with him to New Salem, Menard County, where Offutt opened a store for the sale of general merchandise.