Letter from Thomas H. Blake to T. Hartley Crawford, June 14 1842: Sheet #2

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General Land Office June 14th 1842

Sir,

It appears from a communication hearing date the 29th Ultimo; just received from the Hon. A.W. Morris of the Indiana Legislature, and other Correspondence with this office, that it is of the highest importance for the interest of that state that the late cession of the residue of the "Big Miami reserve" (see Miami treaty concluded 28th of November 1840) should be surveyed in order that the authorities of the state may complete the canal selections.

I Therefore beg leave to invite your attention to the stipulation contained in the 8th article of the treaty in the following words "that the Miami tribe of Indians shall remove to the country assigned them west of the Mississippi within five years from this date" and have to request information as to what steps, if any, have been taken by your Department for the removal of said Indians west, and of the probable time that the removal will be completed so that the lands may be surveyed and treated as public lands.

Inasmuch as the stipulations of the treaty above quoted matches the possessory right of the Indians contingent whom the date of their removal at anytime within five years which is presumed to be a matter under your entrance it will be for your