Petition of Benjamin Kaukewenaunaut

<p>Petition subject: Property </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548184">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548184</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1759-12-05 </p> <p>Petition location: Stockbridge </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Benjamin Kaukewenaunaut</li><li>John Pophnehonnauwoh</li><li>Peter Pophquunnaupeet</li><li>David Naunauneekkaunuck</li><li>Thomas Mauntauwaum</li><li>Daniel Aunauwompummuckseet</li><li>Robert Nungkauwaut</li><li>Solomon Uhhaunnauwaunmut</li><li>Johannis Mtohksin</li><li>Peter Waunenauwauhoot</li><li>Ephraim Paumpkhaunhum</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 11 </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 11 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: Benjamin Kokhkewenaunaut John Pophnehonnuhwoh alias Konkopot and others subscribers hereto of the Mohhekunnuck or Houssatonnock Tribe of Indians now chiefly Inhabitants of the Town of Stockbridge, [males of color] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Native American tribe: Stockbridge-Munsee </p> <p>Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.</p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Konkapot, Housatonic, Muhheakantuck, proper claimers and owners, lands, English, settlement, settlers, by force deprived of their interests, hunting grounds, Framingham, Hoossuck Townships, Hoosick Township, Colonel John Henry Lydius, Colonel Ephraim Williams, justice, redress, claims, Colonel Eleazar Porter, Colonel John Worthington, Colonel Oliver Partridge, Adams, Lanesborough, Sheffield, Williamstown, proprietors, Connecticut, Timothy Woodbridge, Samuel Wells, John Chandler, New York </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 33, pages 115-117 </p>