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Independence Missouri | Independence Missouri | ||
− | November 11<sup> | + | November 11<sup>th</sup> 1846. |
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+ | Sir. | ||
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I have the honour to enclose | I have the honour to enclose | ||
herewith a list of Miami Indians delivered | herewith a list of Miami Indians delivered | ||
− | over to | + | over to Col. A.J. Vaughan sub agent, with |
the statement of Wallace B. White | the statement of Wallace B. White | ||
+ | in relation to the subsistence of the Indians | ||
+ | on their route, and the statement of Jos | ||
+ | J. Comparet of the Manner in which the | ||
+ | Poneys belonging to the emigrating Miamis | ||
+ | were cared for during the trip. It is | ||
+ | proper for me to state that in getting | ||
+ | the poneys started on the route, some | ||
+ | of them escaped, the Indians think the | ||
+ | number was nineteen. Whatever the number | ||
+ | may be I presume they will easily | ||
+ | be found. | ||
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+ | It will be seen that the number | ||
+ | of Indians on the list as certified to by | ||
+ | Col Vaughan, exceeds by eight the number | ||
+ | repeated by me as forming the emigrating | ||
+ | party, and that as there occured seven | ||
+ | deaths and two births during the emigration, it appears that thirteen Indians | ||
+ | had got on board the canal boats at Peru |