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 CountryS. 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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... skins , worth from five to six dollars each , have been sold for a quart of whiskey . Nor does the evil stop here ; as it is known that the Indians sell their kettles , guns , clothing , horses & c . for that article , the excessive use ...
... skins , worth from five to six dollars each , have been sold for a quart of whiskey . Nor does the evil stop here ; as it is known that the Indians sell their kettles , guns , clothing , horses & c . for that article , the excessive use ...
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... skins to the amount of from eight to ten thousand dollars , during the winter and spring . The amount of business done in the settlement of Green Bay , may probably be about three thousand dollars annual- ly . Whisky * forms a principal ...
... skins to the amount of from eight to ten thousand dollars , during the winter and spring . The amount of business done in the settlement of Green Bay , may probably be about three thousand dollars annual- ly . Whisky * forms a principal ...
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... skins ; one beaver trap four skins ; a large scalping knife , half a skin ; twist tobacco , two skins pr . fathom , three plugs for a skin , and four skins pr . cwt . Forty branches of white beads , one skin . A pair of leggins , with ...
... skins ; one beaver trap four skins ; a large scalping knife , half a skin ; twist tobacco , two skins pr . fathom , three plugs for a skin , and four skins pr . cwt . Forty branches of white beads , one skin . A pair of leggins , with ...
Page 36
... skin , the grain is poured in , and is there trod by an Indian , until completely hull- ed . This is a very laborious ... skins for a sack , gives four dollars a bushel for the rice . One family ordinarily makes about five sacks , though ...
... skin , the grain is poured in , and is there trod by an Indian , until completely hull- ed . This is a very laborious ... skins for a sack , gives four dollars a bushel for the rice . One family ordinarily makes about five sacks , though ...
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... skin is put ; then the wild oats , ( or wild rice , as some persons call it ) is put upon the skin and pounded with a stick , ( having a thick end to it ) for the purpose of disconnecting the husk from it . Then , after winnow- ing it ...
... skin is put ; then the wild oats , ( or wild rice , as some persons call it ) is put upon the skin and pounded with a stick , ( having a thick end to it ) for the purpose of disconnecting the husk from it . Then , after winnow- ing it ...
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