Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-01-01
BY S. C. SHERMAN.

lence and power. IL is expected that aDout
five hundred of these Indians will remove
west this season, and the residue OF the Che
rokees, then remaining east OF the Missis-
sippi, will be, agreeabiy to previous compu-
tations, about ten thousand five hundred.
| The commissioners west Of the Mississippi
| i are engaged in the execution Of the duties
connected with our Indian relations in hat
Quarter. They have succeeded in arranging
satisfactorily the disputed question Of boun,
diaries, between the Creeks and Cherekees,
which has for some time OCCASION mach
Embarrassment: They have also formed
treaties with the Greeks, the CherIaees, tho
Souecas and Shawanees, the Quapaws aud
the Seminoles of Florida, by which all mat
ters connected with these tribes have been
satisfactorily adjusted. Their labors will
be now directed TO the other subjects, indi-
Gated in their instructions, and which are
important to a permanent arrangement OF the
various questions arising out of the new state
of things which will be created IN that re-
gion. Among these, one of the most inter-
esiing is Il practical plan for regulating the
intercourse of the varions tribes, indigenous
and omIgrant, with one another, and with
the United States, and for the establishments
of some general principles, by which their
own internal government can be safely ads
by themselves, and general sus
perintending authority exercised by the U.
States, SO far as may be necessary to restrain
hostilities among them, and incursions into
our borders Until such system is adopted,
it Is evident that the condition Of those Indi-
ans ccnnot be secure, nor will the obligation
imposed upon the government be fulfilled
The task requires an intimate knowledge of
the local circumstances of the tribes of that
region and Of the country they inhabit, and
a practical acquaintance with Indian habits,
feelings, and mode of life. trust the COM
missioners will be able to report a plan which
will fulfil the expectation Of those who have
observed with solicitude the course of this
matter, and which will eventually secure the
of the Indians As it is probable,
however, that this cannot be effected within
the time limited for the duties of the commits
sioners, would respectfully suggest the pro
priety of their term of service being pro-
longed until the close of the next year.
There have been presented for allowance
under the pension act Of June 9th, 1882,
thirty thousand six hppIred claims. The
whole of these have peen examined, and Ell
Their admitted, rejected, or returned Ia the
parties for supplementary action. Twenty-
three thousand four hundred and thirty -eght
certificates have beenissued eleven hundred
and eleven claims have been rejected; three
hundred returned cases are in the Office, a
waiting or undergoing REORGANIZATION; thlr-
teen hundred and fifty -one, which are in
complete in their proofs, are suspended until
these are furnished; and four thousand four
hundred and twenty-five are in the hands Of
the parties for additional evidence, or authen-
tication, or in trdnSifu between them and the
office.
| II is credtabie to the industry and eflicen-
cy of the Pension Office, that such a mass of
business should have been performed within
the period which has elapsed since the pas
sage of the above law.
have the honor to be,
Very respectfully, sir,
Your obj servant,
LEW: CASS.
To THE PRESIDENT OF THE u. ST ATE.