September 08, 1978 (vol. 59, iss. 2) • Page Image 83
…Native Americans test treaty (Continued fom Page 1 .......... a ..b.. two and one half years prior to the :reaty, the Chippewa, Ottawa and 'otawatomi were "overwhelmingly ro-British," making the probability hat the land was a gift very small. Later in the testimony White in- troduced the role of Father Richard, the only Catholic missionary in Detroit. Father Richard was identified in Ar- ticle 16 of the 1817 treaty as the "rector of the Chur...…