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 Acttual State of the Indian Tribes in Our CountrySeries of reports and correspondence. Some letters signed by J.C. Calhoun. Extensive statistics on Indian tribes in 1820. |
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which you I enclose a general letter of introduction to the superintendents and
agents for Indian affairs , with a list of their names and residences , who will afford
you all the information and facilities in their power . Your attention will be directed
...
which you I enclose a general letter of introduction to the superintendents and
agents for Indian affairs , with a list of their names and residences , who will afford
you all the information and facilities in their power . Your attention will be directed
...
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In New - York , we remained four days , making preparations for the journey ; in
Albany two days , for the same purpose ; in Canandaigua one day , where I had
an interview with J. Parrish , Esq . Indian agent . A council of the Six Nations had
...
In New - York , we remained four days , making preparations for the journey ; in
Albany two days , for the same purpose ; in Canandaigua one day , where I had
an interview with J. Parrish , Esq . Indian agent . A council of the Six Nations had
...
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George Boyd , the Indian agent at Mackinaw , with his inter preter , Mr. Graverod ,
we spent a day and a night , in which time Col. Boyd held a Treaty in behalf of the
Government of the United States , with the Chiefs of that part of the Ottawa ...
George Boyd , the Indian agent at Mackinaw , with his inter preter , Mr. Graverod ,
we spent a day and a night , in which time Col. Boyd held a Treaty in behalf of the
Government of the United States , with the Chiefs of that part of the Ottawa ...
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... which the Indian agent had just concluded with the Menominees , for the
purchase of a large tract of their most valued land , on both sides of Fox River.f
Nearly all the real , acknowledged , chiefs of the nation were strongly opposed to
the ...
... which the Indian agent had just concluded with the Menominees , for the
purchase of a large tract of their most valued land , on both sides of Fox River.f
Nearly all the real , acknowledged , chiefs of the nation were strongly opposed to
the ...
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... of our country , as these two gentlemen ; and what they had acquired , that was
valuable to my object , they have communicated with great readiness and
politeness , and also made me acquainted with several of their most intelligent
agents ...
... of our country , as these two gentlemen ; and what they had acquired , that was
valuable to my object , they have communicated with great readiness and
politeness , and also made me acquainted with several of their most intelligent
agents ...
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| Title | 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 Acttual State of the Indian ... |
| Author | Jedidiah Morse |
| Publisher | S. Converse, 1822 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 4 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 496 pages |
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