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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... side here , for the purchase of the Martin Islands , which are in the vicinity of Mackinaw . Afterwards I held a conference with them on the subjects of my mission.ยง At Green Bay we remained fifteen days , from the 7th , to the 23d of ...
... side here , for the purchase of the Martin Islands , which are in the vicinity of Mackinaw . Afterwards I held a conference with them on the subjects of my mission.ยง At Green Bay we remained fifteen days , from the 7th , to the 23d of ...
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... sides of Fox River . Nearly all the real , acknowledged , chiefs of the nation were strongly opposed to the sale of this land , which they very justly considered , as the most valuable part of their territory . Divisions and contentions ...
... sides of Fox River . Nearly all the real , acknowledged , chiefs of the nation were strongly opposed to the sale of this land , which they very justly considered , as the most valuable part of their territory . Divisions and contentions ...
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... side of the Mississippi . These , in time , may constitute a valuable medium of communication with the tribes among whom they are now min- gled ; being acquainted with the languages of these tribes . Indian youth , of the tribes above ...
... side of the Mississippi . These , in time , may constitute a valuable medium of communication with the tribes among whom they are now min- gled ; being acquainted with the languages of these tribes . Indian youth , of the tribes above ...
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... side of the mountains , no wood of any kind is found , not even on the low bottom lands . " " I have travel- led ... side , are no Indians . On the north side , the first one hundred miles above the Falls , is in- habited by the ...
... side of the mountains , no wood of any kind is found , not even on the low bottom lands . " " I have travel- led ... side , are no Indians . On the north side , the first one hundred miles above the Falls , is in- habited by the ...
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... side of the question , as to the policy of the Factory system of trade with Indians . I now present the other side . An intelligent gentleman , who had just visited Chicago , informed me , ( July , 1820 , ) that " there were goods ...
... side of the question , as to the policy of the Factory system of trade with Indians . I now present the other side . An intelligent gentleman , who had just visited Chicago , informed me , ( July , 1820 , ) that " there were goods ...
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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