Once Upon a House
Once Upon a House

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A Report to the Secretary of War on Indian Affairs (Jedidiah Morse, 1822)

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.

What the Morse Report corpus holds, how it was built, and what it says about the Winnebago of the Rock River country in 1820.

Transcribed page by page: 182,420 words. Each page keeps its printed page number, so every quotation on the site can be checked against it.

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Front matter — Morse, Report on Indian Affairs (1822)11 pages, to PDF p. 14 / book p. 103,446 For subscribers
Report: the commission and the tour of 1820 — Morse, Report on Indian Affairs (1822)18 pages, to PDF p. 31 / book p. 276,316 For subscribers
Report: the tribes, region by region — Morse, Report on Indian Affairs (1822)40 pages, to PDF p. 70 / book p. 6615,131 For subscribers
Report: Indian titles, objections, and the plan of education families — Morse, Report on Indian Affairs (1822)31 pages, to PDF p. 100 / book p. 9611,839 For subscribers
Appendix, pp. 1–46: the Six Nations to Lake Superior — Morse, Report on Indian Affairs (1822)47 pages, to PDF p. 146 / book p. 4617,992 For subscribers
Appendix, pp. 47–63: Green Bay, the Menominee and the Winnebago — Morse, Report on Indian Affairs (1822)20 pages, to PDF p. 165 / book p. 636,815 For subscribers
Appendix, pp. 64–89: the tribes of New England and New York — Morse, Report on Indian Affairs (1822)27 pages, to PDF p. 191 / book p. 899,760 For subscribers
Appendix, pp. 90–145: Ohio and Indiana, the Sauk and Fox, Chicago — Morse, Report on Indian Affairs (1822)57 pages, to PDF p. 247 / book p. 14520,741 For subscribers
Appendix, pp. 146–202: the Creek, Florida and the southern tribes — Morse, Report on Indian Affairs (1822)58 pages, to PDF p. 304 / book p. 20220,853 For subscribers
Appendix, pp. 203–263: the Osage and the western tribes — Morse, Report on Indian Affairs (1822)62 pages, to PDF p. 365 / book p. 26324,180 For subscribers
Appendix, pp. 264–324: schools, titles and the Society — Morse, Report on Indian Affairs (1822)62 pages, to PDF p. 426 / book p. 32423,130 For subscribers
Appendix, pp. 325–360: geographical notes and Indian customs — Morse, Report on Indian Affairs (1822)37 pages, to PDF p. 462 / book p. 36014,254 For subscribers
Appendix, pp. 361–400: the statistical tables — Morse, Report on Indian Affairs (1822)52 pages, to PDF p. 5137,963 For subscribers