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July 4, 1821

Morse left home to visit both the Canadas, a visit made in the summer of 1821.

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The Six Nations, St. Regis, Stockbridge and Munsee nations, by permission of the United States government, purchased lands from the Menominee and Winnebago nations near Green Bay, on the west side of Michigan Lake, under government patronage and aid; the General Government confirmed their title. One passage, however, states that the Oneida and Stockbridge Indians settled near Green Bay in 1821 and purchased lands there "in the subsequent year," placing the purchase in 1822.

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A treaty was held with the Pottawattamies and Ottawas living round the south and eastern parts of Lake Michigan, in which four million acres of their lands were purchased by the United States.

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Morse left home to visit both the Canadas, a visit made in the summer of 1821.

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Conceiving that it was within the spirit and meaning of my commission, and that it might, in various ways, aid essentially the accomplishment of the grand object of the Government in respect to the Indians, I left home on the 4th of July 1821, with a view to visit both the Canadas, and to ascertain the feelings and views of the Governors and principal men in those provinces, on the subject of the civilization and moral and religious improvement of the Indians, within their respective jurisdictions, and whether their cooperation, in such manner as they should deem proper, might be expected.* I proceeded byway of Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Town, to York, the seat of the government of Upper Canada, where I arrived the 3d of August ; and the same day had a very full and satisfactory conversation with His Excellency, Sir Peregrine Maitland, on the subject of my visit, the result of which will be found in the following letter, which I had the honor to address to you from Niagara.

Morse, Jedidiah. 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. New-Haven: S. Converse, 1822. Library of Congress copy via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/reporttosecretar00mors_0.PDF p. 23 / book p. 19

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July 4, 1821

Morse left home to visit both the Canadas, a visit made in the summer of 1821.

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Nation & worldJuly 4, 1821

Morse left home to visit both the Canadas, a visit made in the summer of 1821.

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Conceiving that it was within the spirit and meaning of my commission, and that it might, in various ways, aid essentially the accomplishment of the grand object of the Government in respect to the Indians, I left home on the 4th of July 1821, with a view to visit both the Canadas, and to ascertain the feelings and views of the Governors and principal men in those provinces, on the subject of the civilization and moral and religious improvement of the Indians, within their respective jurisdictions, and whether their cooperation, in such manner as they should deem proper, might be expected.* I proceeded byway of Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Town, to York, the seat of the government of Upper Canada, where I arrived the 3d of August ; and the same day had a very full and satisfactory conversation with His Excellency, Sir Peregrine Maitland, on the subject of my visit, the result of which will be found in the following letter, which I had the honor to address to you from Niagara.