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 ...Converse, 1822 - 496 pages Series of reports and correspondence. Some letters signed by J.C. Calhoun. Extensive statistics on Indian tribes in 1820. |
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... spirit and meaning of my com- mission , and that it might , in various ways , aid essentially the accom- plishment of the grand object of the Government in respect to the Indians , I left home on the 4th of July 1821 , with a view to ...
... spirit and meaning of my com- mission , and that it might , in various ways , aid essentially the accom- plishment of the grand object of the Government in respect to the Indians , I left home on the 4th of July 1821 , with a view to ...
Page 59
... Spirit has not made them of the same color , neither has he made them for the same occupations . The next step towards their civilization would probably be , that some of their old people would remain at their respective villages , if ...
... Spirit has not made them of the same color , neither has he made them for the same occupations . The next step towards their civilization would probably be , that some of their old people would remain at their respective villages , if ...
Page 79
... spirit , devoted to their work ; contented to labor without salary , receiving simply support . The size of these families to be proportioned to the importance of their respective sta- tions , and to the number of Indians around them ...
... spirit , devoted to their work ; contented to labor without salary , receiving simply support . The size of these families to be proportioned to the importance of their respective sta- tions , and to the number of Indians around them ...
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... spirits sink within you . Hope in God , who is able to save and to bless you . Trust in him and he will not leave you , but will be the health of your countenance , a refuge from all your troubles ; a present help in time of need ...
... spirits sink within you . Hope in God , who is able to save and to bless you . Trust in him and he will not leave you , but will be the health of your countenance , a refuge from all your troubles ; a present help in time of need ...
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... Spirit for preserving you during your jour- ney . If we had had more notice of your coming , we should have been better prepared to answer the speech you left us to consider . We suppose our Great Father , the President , appointed you ...
... Spirit for preserving you during your jour- ney . If we had had more notice of your coming , we should have been better prepared to answer the speech you left us to consider . We suppose our Great Father , the President , appointed you ...
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acres annually appear Appendix Arkansaw Beaver Indians Brainerd Buffalo Capt Cherokee Nation Chiefs Chippawas Choctaws Christian civilization Columbia river commenced corn Council Council Bluffs Creek cultivate Delawares dians east Education Family establishment Father fifty five Fox river friends give Gospel Government Green Bay head hundred miles hunting improvement Indian tribes inhabit instruction Iron river Island JEDIDIAH MORSE labor Lake Superior lands language letter live Mackinaw manner Menominees ment mission Missionary Mississippi Missouri mouth natives New-York object Oneidas Osages Ottawas Pawnee persons prairie present principal purchase received Red River reside respectable Rocky Mountains Sandy Lake Sauks scholars Secretary settlement side Six Nations skins Society soil souls Spirit Stockbridge Stockbridge Indians Territory things thousand tion tract trade treaty United village warriors White river Winebagoes women Wyandots