The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-08-30


chored isle" OF tn Great Mogh and new made Pro
phet and Chisi, Colonel Nichols, they have become
perfectly satisfied IN Iact, they have too much under
standing TO shew opposition otherwise, not for
the idle stories OF Nichols and others who expect to
be benefited by their robberes the frontier cu-
.pns.
FROM THE NATIONAL 1&TELLIcENCER.
To those Patriotic citizens sViIo co0ihoSei che
late u. S. .1rmy.
rELLow-cITfzESs,
Observing that attempts are ma
king in of he public papers lessen yor conf
dencc in the ht nor and assurances at tin government,
heh pledged tset 10 give those VINO enlisted tor the
vardonations Of luLEs land, cause tn s,ncs are
nracul.'isly epared at the, mo"'en nj the ter
siinaton of the for location hays therefore tho't
IL might h. proper and satisfactory YOU submit Tor
considerations the iloang facts in o;der that you
may Know that The & Vel nuent, which has already
expressed its OF your meritoricus Services
ious to comply viii, its engagements
Soon after tie ratification oil the treaty OF with
Great Britain, received the directions o the Presi-
dent OF the United States through the honorable the
Commissioner of the General Land office, TO set a.
part the best bodies of Land belonging the gover-
mcut, that m lions Of acres which had been APP
propriated by Congress- la, ing in Michigan territory,
swo millions in II nos, and two millions in The terri
tory of Missouri, mghtbe surveyed without delay for
the soldiers of the late Army, Sc. In obedience to
these instructions sufficient quantity selected in
Michigan rs the southern shore of Lake Fri.
AMI the northel boundary oil the state fOhio the
private claims would UilO%-the same quantity north
OF the Illinois rive rand extending the Mississippi, q
extending down these rivers their junction and a
like quantity between the St Francis and the ArkaI-
sss rivers extending dewn the Mississippi believed to
be the most valuable in these territories; and
sufficient number ofskiiul surveyors immedi-
ately engaged to survey and lay oft tl'ese ans that
they mgNtas possible be preparation location.
-Four of those Surveyors With all their assistants,
dispatched to Michigan-fcur were instructed as
practicable to commence the surveys oil the north OF
the Illinois river-ar arrangement were train
prepare the rest to follow on, soon as preparations
were made for their commencement While were
thus proceeding, with fond hope If soon having your
by the Indians from Michigan who, misled by misc
rabe policy, refused to permit them u proceed The
same hostile disposition OF the lower ri has thrown
impetiments liz the way the lower, contry-altho'
tie surveyors rrpo, that had the lniaRs been peace
able, such te state of that c@uutry, from the
commonly wet season and the richnessof its soil pro-
duel: astonishing under grow ill., that it would have
been impossible TO commence during the heat sum-
mer. Under tlesc circumstances obliged to
desst and wait The issue Oh the rreatieS which
thoised by the p ssident of the United States to be
held With the contending tribes Of Indians, which
ry principle Of humanity sanctions before sad appeal
to arms. Z =
cam therefore, with the greatest truth assure you,
that the difficulties removed, which the
government is using itscnesvours To do respects
the Indian no time will be lost in surveying those
lands and preparing the way Tor you to obtain what you
so justly merit -..-.
: Su''Jeyor- General
cAiuccthc, Aug. 1o, 1915