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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Page 38
On the west side of the mountains , no wood of any kind is found , not even on the
low bottom lands . " “ I have travelled , ” says Mr. Crooks , “ several hundreds of
miles along the Ky - eye - nam river , without meeting with any thing larger than ...
On the west side of the mountains , no wood of any kind is found , not even on the
low bottom lands . " “ I have travelled , ” says Mr. Crooks , “ several hundreds of
miles along the Ky - eye - nam river , without meeting with any thing larger than ...
Page 50
The leading men among these settlers are also doing every thing in their power
to persuade the Chippewa Indians to send their children to the school . The lands
upon the Red River are very fertile , being composed of a deep alluvial soil .
The leading men among these settlers are also doing every thing in their power
to persuade the Chippewa Indians to send their children to the school . The lands
upon the Red River are very fertile , being composed of a deep alluvial soil .
Page 55
Divers other things are given as presents . If any Indian obtains a credit for his
supplies for the season , he must be furnished with a flint , a needle , an awl , a
gun worm , a little vermillion , rings , beads , and three or four inches of tobacco ...
Divers other things are given as presents . If any Indian obtains a credit for his
supplies for the season , he must be furnished with a flint , a needle , an awl , a
gun worm , a little vermillion , rings , beads , and three or four inches of tobacco ...
Page 64
At each of these trading vil . lages , let an Education Family be established , to be
useful and agreeable companions to the Traders , and to do all other things for
the Indians , which like families do at other stations . An ar . rangement of the ...
At each of these trading vil . lages , let an Education Family be established , to be
useful and agreeable companions to the Traders , and to do all other things for
the Indians , which like families do at other stations . An ar . rangement of the ...
Page 67
Nor can they sell any thing more than occupancy to individual white people .
Indian conveyances as their soil , were we willing to see it go down in total
darkness . If the few that remain may live forever , it alleviates the retrospect of
their ...
Nor can they sell any thing more than occupancy to individual white people .
Indian conveyances as their soil , were we willing to see it go down in total
darkness . If the few that remain may live forever , it alleviates the retrospect of
their ...
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Page 351 - Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it : And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 263 - And let us not be weary in well doing : for 'in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Page 352 - The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
Page 352 - Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. 12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. 13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
Page 91 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Page 352 - More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is thy servant warned; and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Page 305 - Whereas the enemies of the United States have endeavored, by every artifice in their power, to possess the Indians in general with an opinion that it is the design of the States aforesaid to extirpate the...
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Page 167 - ... spirituous liquors; and all such person or persons, so offending, shall forfeit the whole of the spirituous liquors that may be found in his or their possession, and the same shall be disposed of for the benefit of the Nation; and if any person or persons, citizens of the Nation, shall receive and bring into the Nation spirituous liquors for disposal, and the same or any part thereof, be found to be the property of a person or persons not citizens of the Nation, and satisfactory proof be made...
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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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