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a considerable part of the sugar necessary for consump- 

 tion. This tribe yet owns all the North West part of 

 Michigan. 



Indiana has now happily got all the Pottawattamie 

 title extinguished, with the exception of some scattering 

 reservations belonging to individuals. It is hoped the 

 remainder of the Miami reservation may ere long, also 

 change owners. This tract, though not large, yet lying 

 as it does in a fertile and central part of the State, and 

 contiguous to the Wabash and Lake Erie Canal, renders 

 it of the utmost importance to the interest of Indiana 

 that the Indian title be extinguished, even at a very high 

 price. But it is not probable they will sell during the 

 life of the present principal Chief, who is a half breed 

 Frenchman of intelligence — influence, and great wealth 

 — and greater anxiety to increase that wealth, which he 

 can better do now than if the tribe should dispose of 

 their land. 1 



And now having given you a communication suffi- 

 ciently long to cover a length of time past, and having 

 brought the time down since my date of 25th Feb. to 

 25th March, I will close, and allow you to hope I may 

 write oftener and shorter in time to come. When the 

 Prairies become clothed with the verdant green and 

 fragrant flowers, and the groves still more full than now 

 of the spring birds, I will endeavor to sketch you a view 

 of the picture. Till then, may you and your readers en- 

 joy health and happiness, equal to that enjoyed by your 

 friend. 



Solon Robinson. 



1 Treaties of November 6, 1838, and November 28, 1840, extin- 

 guished the remaining tribal holdings of the Miami in Indiana. 

 John B. Eichardville was the principal chief. See Kappler (ed.), 

 Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties, 2:519-24, 531-34. 



