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 USE OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE ACTUAL STATE OF THE INDIAN TRIBES IN OUR COUNTRY: ILLUSTRATED BY A MAP OF THE UNITED STATES; ORNAMENTED BY, BY THE REV. JEDIDIAH MORSE, D. D. Late Ministerof the First Congregational Church in Charlestown, near Boston, nowy resident NEW-HAVEN: Published by Davis & Force, Washington, D. C.; Cushing & Jewett, Balti- LS ing, to wit: *OXFORD* LIBR 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 right whereof they claim as Proprietors, in the words follow 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 minister of the First Congregational church in Charlestown, near Boston, now resident in New-Haven," In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." CHA'S. A. INGERSOLL, Clerk of the District of Connecticut. A true copy of Record, examined and sealed by me, Clerk of the District of Connecticut. ABSOROKAS, or Crow Indians, App. 252 Caddos, App. 257 tles, App. 281 Plea before Supreme Court 324 Canal, Erie, App. 62 U.S. App. 283 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 Alabama, Indians in, Rep. 33 55, App. 7, 30, 39, 40, 43 Anecdote, Rep. 72, note. Arricaras, or Riccaras, App. 252 Armstrong, Fort, murder at, Rep. 15 Astor, John Jacob, Esq. Rep. 38 Au-to-ko-ko-ne-be, Chippewa chief, B. Barclay, Hon. Anthony, Rep. 16 Baylies, Mr. extract of a letter from, Badger, Rev. Joseph, App. 91 Bell, Capt. extract from Journal of, Boyd, Col. George, Rep. 14 Boyer, a Wyandot, conversation with, Bowyer, Col. Rep. 40, 42, App. 57 Brotherton Indians, App. 85, 112 Burial of the dead, App. 137 Burnt River, App. 30 Campagne, Baron de, App. 266 Cherokees, Rep. 33, App. 152 Address from Dr. Worces- Baptist establishment, 166 Letter from Charles Hicks State of the school January, Advances in christianiza- Cherokees of the Arkan- saw, App. 214 Education establishment at Report of Superintendants, 215 Plan of education, 215 and Osages, 216 Cherokees, Extract from Capt. Bell's Cornwall School, letter from Susannah, the Secretary of War, 183 Commission of the Author, Rep. 11 -323 Capt. Coles' Petition, 186 Columbia river, Rep. 37 Mr. Kingsbury's Report, College, Indian, Rep. 76 30th January, 1822, 187 Colonization of the Indians, Rep. 82 191 School at Newell, 194 Copper rock, App. 29 Advances of Choctaws in Connecticut, Indians in, App. 74 civilization, 197 Description of Mayhew, 197 Communication from Gentlemen at Sentiments of a Choctaw Criminal laws, App. 99 chief on education, 355 Chickasaws, Rep. 33, App. 200 Chippawa Indians, App. 27, 29, 30, 47, Chippawa chiefs, interview with, App. 44 Chab-aquiddick Indians, App. 72 Crees, Rep. 35, App. 329, 330, 332 Crooks, Capt. Rep. 17, 37, 38, App. 26 138 Cummings, Maj. information from, App. Customs, Indian, App. 144 D. Dalhousie, Governor, Rep. 20 Children, ceremony in naming, App. Dare, Fort, Rep. 51 Daggett,Rev. Mr. Letter from, App.272 Clark, Governor, letter from, App. 107 Detroit, Rep. 14 Clark, Rev. Daniel, extract from his Origin, progress and present state of, App. 264 Object of the school, 264 Descriptive eloquence, (note,) Rep. 29 Distrust of the Indians, Rep. 89 Doxtator, Mary, Indian woman, App. English and native names of Dogs used for drawing, App. 40 members, 265 Doty, Mr. Rep. 55, App. 31 Liberality of Baron de Cam- Drummond's Island, Rep. 44, 53, 54, App. 7, 327 Letter from Elias Boudinot to Dwight, Rep. 36, App. 214 do. 267 66 268 56 66 66 David Brown to do, 66 David Brown to J. 66 E. Education Family, station for, Rep. 14, Catharine Brown to Education Families, improvements in, Rep. 87 Education Families, New stations for, Harmon, Credulity of Indians, 328 Finley, Rev. James B. App. 92 Fish, Rev. Mr. extract of letter from, Florida, Indians in, Rep. 33 Description of, App. 147 Actual state of Indians in, App. Number, character, dress, &c. of Fond du Lac Indians, App. 37 Fox Indians, App. 49, 51, 61, 120, 128 G. Gambold, Rev. John, App. 155 65 Rep. Georgia, Indians in, Rep. 32 Government of Sauks, Foxes, &c. App. 132 Grand River Indians, App. 327 Great pirit, Indian ideas of, App. 106 Grand Mariaix Pond, App. 27 H. Harmony, Education Establishment Character and conduct of Tra- ders, 328 Indian drunken scene, 329 Crees and Assiniboins; their Indian inhumanity, 333 McLeod's Lake Fort, 335 Stuart's Lake, 336 General remarks, 353 Hellwits Indians, Rep. 38 Hendrick, Capt. App 108, 111, 115, Historical facts relating to Northern Hicks, Charles, letter from, App. 167 Do. on the state and prospects Hudson Bay Company, Rep. 52 Hyde, Jabez B. letter from, App. 3,82 I. Intermarriages between Indians and at, Increase of Indians within the U. S. Indiana and Illinois, Indians in, Rep. Indian Trade, Rep.39, plan for conduct- Extract from Journal of, App. ing, Rep. 92 328 Indian civilization, App. 118 |