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A

REPORT

TO THE

SECRETARY OF WAR

OF THE UNITED STATES,

ON INDIAN AFFAIRS,

COMPRISING A NARRATIVE OF A TOUR

PERFORMED

IN THE SUMMER OF 1820, UNDER A COMMISSION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASCERTAINING, FOR

THE USE OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE ACTUAL STATE OF

THE INDIAN TRIBES IN OUR COUNTRY:

ILLUSTRATED BY A MAP OF THE UNITED STATES; ORNAMENTED BY A
CORRECT PORTRAIT OF A PAWNEE INDIAN.

BY THE REV. JEDIDIAH MORSE, D. D.

Late Minister of the First Congregational Church in Charlestown, near Boston, now resident
in New-Haven

NEW-HAVEN:

Published by Davis & Force, Washington, D. C.; Cushing & Jewett, Balti-
more; W. W. Woodward, and E. Littell, Philadelphia; Spalding & Howe,
and R. N. Henry, New-York; E. & E. Hosford, Albany; Howe &
Spalding, New-Haven; G. Goodwin & Sons, Hudson & Co. O. D. Cooke
& Sons, Hartford; Richardson & Lord, S. T. Armstrong, Lincoln & Ed-
munds, Cummings & Hilliard, and G. Clark, Boston.

PRINTED BY S. CONVERSE.

1822.

LS

ing, to wit:

DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT, 88.

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty-third day of September, in the forty-seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America, Howe & Spalding, of the said District, have deposited in this office the title of a Book, the right whereof they claim as Proprietors, in the words follow

"A Report to the Secretary of War of the United States on Indian Affairs, comprising a narrative of a tour performed in the summer of 1820, under a commission from the President of the United States, for the purpose of ascertaining, for the use of the Government, the actual state of the Indian tribes in our country. Illustrated by a Map of the United States; ornamented by a correct portrait of a Pawnee Indian. By the Rev. Jedidiah Morse, D. D. late minister of the First Congregational church in Charlestown, near Boston, now resident in New-Haven."

In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned."

CHA'S. A. INGERSOLL,

Clerk of the District of Connecticut.

A true copy of Record, examined and sealed by me,
CHA'S. A. INGERSOLL,

Clerk of the District of Connecticut.

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