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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 Ministerof the First Congregational Church in Charlestown, near Boston, now resident

in New-Haven

NEW-HAVEN:
Published by Davis & Force, Washington, D. C.; Cushing & Jewett, Balti-

more; W. W. Woodward, and E. Littell, Philadelphia ; Spalding & Howe,
and R. N. Henry, New-York; E. & E. Hosford, Albany ; Howe &
Spalding, New-Haven ; G. Goodwin & Sons, Hudson & Co. O. D. Cooke
& Sons, Hartford ; Richardson & Lord, S. T. Armstrong, Lincoln & Ed-
munds, Cummings & Hilliard, and G. Clark, Boston.

PRINTED BY S. CONVERSE.

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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

INDEX,

A.

C.
ABSOROK AS, or Crow Indians, App. 252 Caddos, App. 257
Adams, J. Q. Opinion of on Indian Ti- Catholic Missionaries, App. 144
tles, App. 281

Cass, Governor, Rep. 16, App. 42, 43,
Plea before Supreme Court 324
U.S. App. 283

Canal, Erie, App. 62
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

Campagne, Baron de, App. 266
Alabama, Indians in, Rep. 33 Calhoun, J.C. circular letter of, App.
Alleghany Reservation, App. 83 290, 291
American S. W. Fur Company Rep. Cherokees, Rep. 33, App. 152
55, App. 7, 30, 39, 40, 43

Population, 152
Anecdote, Rep. 72, note.

Missionary Establishment
Annuities, Indian, App. 23, 139

at Spring Placc, 153
Arkansaw Territory, description of,

Establishments of the Amer.
App. 212

ican Board, 159
Arricaras, or Riccaras, App. 252

School regulations, 160
Arrapahays, App. 253

Encouraging fruits, 161
Ard, James, App. 49

Report to the Secretary of
Armstrong, Fort, murder at, Rep. 15

War, 162
Astoria, Řep. 38

Address from Dr. Worces-
Astor, John Jacob, Esq. Rep. 38

ter to the Education Fam-
Assiniboin River, Rep. 51

ilies, 164
Aus-kin-naw.wau-wish, Speech of,

Baptist establishment, 166
App. 53, 56

Progress of civilization,
Au-to-ko-ko-ne-be, Chippewa chief,

167, 199, 200
interview with, App. 140

Letter from Charles Hicks

to the Secretary of War,
B.

167
Barclay, Hon. Anthony, Rep. 16

State of the school January,
Baigne, or Pancake Point, App. 28

1822, 170
Bad River, App. 29

Advances in christianiza.
Baylies, Mr. extract of a letter from,

tion at Spring Place, 171

Extracts from laws of the
Badger, Rev. Joseph, App. 91

Cherokee Nation, 172
Beaumont, Dr. Rep. 17

Mr. Hoyt's Rep. 177
Bell, Capt. extract from Journal of,

Boundaries and extent of
Rep. 74 note, App. 240, 254

Cherokee country, 178
Bell, Capt. John R. App. 151

Encouraging prospects, 179
Belle Point, Fort at, App. 254, 355

Progress of the children,
Blackburn, Rev. Gideon, App. 158

304
Blackfoot Indians, App. 252

Cherokees of the Arkan.
Black Hoof, App. 92

saw, App. 214
Boyd, Col. George, Rep. 14

Education establishment at
Bosen, Sock, App. 65

Dwight, 214
Boyer, a Wyandot, conversation with,

Report of Superintendants,
App. 16

215
Bowyer, Col. Rep. 40, 42, App. 57

Plan of education, 215
Brainerd, Missionary Establishment at,

War between Cherokees
App. 159 to 182

and Osages, 216
Brotherton Indians, App. 85, 112

Visit of John Jolly, 231
Brown, Fort, App. 58

Exemplary devotewuess, 231
Burial of the dead, App. 137

Darkness of Paganism, 231
Burnt River, App. 30

Visit of Waterminnee, 232

App. 72

Cherokees, Extract from Capt. Bell's Cornwall School, letter from Susannah,
Journal, 255

mother of E. Boudinot, 272
Chayene Indians, App. 251

Rev. Mr. Daggett
Chiens, or Chayennes, App. 254

to J. Morse, 272
Choctaws, Rep. 33

David Brown to the
Boundaries of their country

President of the U. S. 273
App. 182

John Ridge to do.
Missionary Establishment

275
at Eliot, 183

Israel Fulsom to do.
Mr. Kingsbury's Reports to

276
the Secretary of War, 183 Commission of the Author, Rep. 11
Property belonging to the Council Bluffs, Rep. 29, 34, 36, App.317
Establishment, 185

-323
Capt. Coles' Petition, 186 Columbia river, Rep. 37
Mr. Kingsbury's Report, College, Indian, Rep. 76

30th January, 1822, 187 Colonization of the Imlians, Rep. 82
Establishment at Mayhew, Conclusion, Rep. 93
191

Copper rock, App. 29
School at Newell, 194 Copper, App. 41, 42
Advances of Choctaws in Connecticut, Indians in, App. 74

civilization, 197 Communication from Gentlemen at
Description of Mayhew, 197 Green Bay App. 51
Sentiments of a Choctaw Criminal laws, App. 99

chief on education, 355 Crees, Rep. 35, App. 329, 330, 332
Charge, delivered to Missionaries, App. Creeks, Rep. 32, App. 146
357

Crooks, Capt. Rep. 17, 37, 38, App. 26
Chickasaws, Rep. 33, App. 200 Creation of man, Indian ideas os, App.
Chippawas and Ottawas, App. 19, 46, 138
131

Cummings, Maj. information from, App.
Chippawa Indians, App. 27, 29, 30, 47, 140
49, 140

Customs, Indian, App. 144
Chippawa chiefs, interview with, App. Cusic, Speech of, App. 5
Chah-aquiddick Indians, App. 72

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