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 Seiten Series of reports and correspondence. Some letters signed by J.C. Calhoun. Extensive statistics on Indian tribes in 1820. |
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... 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 article in the traffic at those places ...
... 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 article in the traffic at those places ...
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... thousand five hundred dol- lars annually ; and to the Indian agent five hundred dollars annu- ally . For cash , and to Fort Howard , two thousand four hundred and fifty dollars annually . Under date of Dec. 5th , 1818 , Mr. Varnum ...
... thousand five hundred dol- lars annually ; and to the Indian agent five hundred dollars annu- ally . For cash , and to Fort Howard , two thousand four hundred and fifty dollars annually . Under date of Dec. 5th , 1818 , Mr. Varnum ...
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... thousand dollars , which will doubtless be increased , as the plans of the government shall be extended , and require it , to be expended by him in ways which he may judge the most suitable , for the civilization and hap- piness of the ...
... thousand dollars , which will doubtless be increased , as the plans of the government shall be extended , and require it , to be expended by him in ways which he may judge the most suitable , for the civilization and hap- piness of the ...
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... thousand acres of excellent land , to which they have a full and legal title from the Government . Here Walk - in - the - water , a celebrated Wyandot chief , died in 1818 , at the age of about seventy . Another part of this tribe , is ...
... thousand acres of excellent land , to which they have a full and legal title from the Government . Here Walk - in - the - water , a celebrated Wyandot chief , died in 1818 , at the age of about seventy . Another part of this tribe , is ...
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... thousand . Here is room enough to accommodate this number , and more . Its climate is fine , the soil is of the first quality ; its rivers are boatable ; it is in the vicinity of three of the great Lakes , in which are abundance of fish ...
... thousand . Here is room enough to accommodate this number , and more . Its climate is fine , the soil is of the first quality ; its rivers are boatable ; it is in the vicinity of three of the great Lakes , in which are abundance of fish ...
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acres annually annuities 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 Families establishment Father fifty five Fox river friends give Gospel Government Green Bay head hundred miles hunting improvement Indian tribes inhabit instruction 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 prairie present principal purchase received Red River reside respectable Rocky Mountains Sandy Lake Sauks scholars Secretary Secretary of War 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
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Seite 349 - 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.
Seite 261 - And let us not be weary in well doing : for 'in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Seite 350 - The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
Seite 350 - 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.
Seite 89 - 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.
Seite 350 - 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.
Seite 303 - 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...
Seite 257 - As to the subject of your strong and reasonable solicitude, remember that the hearts of all men are in the hands of the Lord, and he can turn them as the rivers of water are turned.
Seite 165 - ... 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...