a. 
4 
CHAPTER XITI. 
THE FRONTIER INDIANS. 
Causes of Removal West—Annuities, etc—Dissatisfaction of 
the Indians—Their Melioration by the Change—Superio ot 
m—TImprove 
uf e 
ed iving, ire piper 38 pe and Improve- 
ents—Choctaw Academy—Harpies — rauds eaninlt 
Systems of GovernmentPu ys aut eee ent Laws a jase 
—Intemperance — P Me —A aw 
Enact peng aiid Funeral Customs of the Chociaws 
e Creeks—Their Summary Executions—Mourning— 
indian Titles—The Mees Ties Carats of the Prondes 
Nations. 
the purpose of a somewhat more dis- 
criminating notice of the Indian tribes beyond 
our western border—for it is to those | intend 
the prevailing classification of the West, as 
‘Frontier’ or ‘ Border Indians,’ which title in- 
cludes those occupying that district lying west 
of and immediately adjoining Arkansas and 
Missouri, and wart as the Indian Territory ; 
and the ‘ “Wild Tribes’ or ‘ Prairie Indians,’ 
by which are meant those who are found west 
of the others, and who range those immense 
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