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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... kind dispositions . To him , by means of his med- ical prescriptions and attentions , I feel indebted , under Provi- dence , for the degree of health , which enabled me to fulfil my du- ties to the Government , probably even for my life ...
... kind dispositions . To him , by means of his med- ical prescriptions and attentions , I feel indebted , under Provi- dence , for the degree of health , which enabled me to fulfil my du- ties to the Government , probably even for my life ...
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... kind , I have reason to hope , have been crowned with the blessing of God , and will issue , at no distant period , in measures beneficial to many of the destitute , who otherwise would have been left to grow up in ignorance and vice ...
... kind , I have reason to hope , have been crowned with the blessing of God , and will issue , at no distant period , in measures beneficial to many of the destitute , who otherwise would have been left to grow up in ignorance and vice ...
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... kind . There are plains of more than one hundred miles in extent , on which there is not a shrub to be seen . The natives , when travelling over these plains , use Buf- falo dung , which burns like peat , for fuel . Scattered over this ...
... kind . There are plains of more than one hundred miles in extent , on which there is not a shrub to be seen . The natives , when travelling over these plains , use Buf- falo dung , which burns like peat , for fuel . Scattered over this ...
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... kind , except a few tracts scattered along the banks of the rivers . It is in fact a bar- ren desert . The spurs of the mountain , and the main chain , in- deed , are covered with pines . From these east , to the Missouri , the same ...
... kind , except a few tracts scattered along the banks of the rivers . It is in fact a bar- ren desert . The spurs of the mountain , and the main chain , in- deed , are covered with pines . From these east , to the Missouri , the same ...
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... kind , of soldiers dismissed from Mackinaw , were known to Col. Bowyer . 4. The impossibility , on the present system , of preventing the introduction of spiritous liquors into the Indian country . The Traders obtain their license at ...
... kind , of soldiers dismissed from Mackinaw , were known to Col. Bowyer . 4. The impossibility , on the present system , of preventing the introduction of spiritous liquors into the Indian country . The Traders obtain their license at ...
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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