Α REPORT TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR OF THE UNITED STATES, ON INDIAN AFFAIRS, COMPRISING A NARRATIVE OF A TOUR 83757 PERFORMED IN THE SUMMER of 1820, UNDER A COMMISSION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF 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 BY THE REV. JEDIDIAH MORSE, D. D. Late Ministerof the First Congregational Church in Charlestown, near Boston, now resident NEW-HAVEN: Published by Davis & Force, Washington, D. C.; Cushing & Jewett, Balti- PRINTED BY S. CONVERSE. M83 MARK LS ing, to wit: DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT, ss. 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, Clerk of the District of Connecticut. ABSOROKAS, or Crow Indians, App. 252 Caddos, App. 257 tles, App. 281 Plea before Supreme Court 324 Canal, Erie, App. 62 U.S. App. 283 Adultery, punishment for, App. 99, 135 Catawbas, Rep. 32 Agriculture &c. of Sauk and Foxes, Cato, an Indian of great wealth, App. 24 App. 126 Alabama, Indians in, Rep. 33 American S. W. Fur Company Rep. 55, App. 7, 30, 39, 40, 43 Anecdote, Rep. 72, note. Arricaras, or Riccaras, App. 252 Armstrong, Fort, murder at, Rep. 15 Astor, John Jacob, Esq. Rep. 38 Au-to-ko-ko-ne-be, Chippewa chief, B. Barclay, Hon. Anthony, Rep. 16 Baylies, Mr. extract of a letter from, Badger, Rev. Joseph, App. 91 Bell, Capt. extract from Journal of, Boyd, Col. George, Rep. 14 Boyer, a Wyandot, conversation with, Bowyer, Col. Rep. 40, 42, App. 57 Brotherton Indians, App. 85, 112 Brown, Fort, App. 58 Burial of the dead, App. 137 Burnt River, App. 30 Campagne, Baron de, App. 266 Calhoun, J. C. circular letter of, App. Cherokees, Rep. 33, App. 152 Address from Dr. Worces- ter to the Education Fam- Baptist establishment, 166 Letter from Charles Hicks State of the school January, Advances in christianiza- Cherokees of the Arkan- saw, App. 214 Education establishment at Report of Superintendants, Plan of education, 215 and Osages, 216 Cherokees, Extract from Capt. Bell's Cornwall School, letter from Susannah, Journal, 255 mother of E. Boudinot, 272 66 Rev. Mr. Daggett to J. Morse, 272 66 David Brown to the John Ridge to do. Choctaws, Rep. 33 Boundaries of their country 66 66 Mr. Kingsbury's Reports to 276 Missionary Establishment at Eliot, 183 the Secretary of War, 183 Commission of the Author, Rep. 11 -323 Capt. Coles' Petition, 186 Columbia river, Rep. 37 Mr. Kingsbury's Report, College, Indian, Rep. 76 30th January, 1822, 187 Colonization of the Indians, Rep. 82 Dalhousie, Governor, Rep. 20 Children, ceremony in naming, App. Dare, Fort, Rep. 51 135 Daggett,Rev. Mr. Letter from, App.272 Clark, Governor, letter from, App. 107 Detroit, Rep. 14 Claims of Indians on the United States; Descriptive eloquence, (note,) Rep. 29 Clark, Rev. Daniel, extract from his Object of the school, 264 Delawares, App. 90, 110, 111, 112, 113, Distrust of the Indians, Rep. 89 Diocess of New-York, extract from Doxtator, Mary, Indian woman, App. English and native names of Dogs used for drawing, App. 40 members, 265 Doty, Mr. Rep. 55, App. 31 Liberality of Baron de Cam- Drummond's Island, Rep. 44, 53, 54, App. 7, 327 Letter from Elias Boudinot to Dwight, Rep. 36, App. 214 Education Family, station for, Rep. 14, Catharine Brown to Education Families, improvements in, Rep. 87 |