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be r taken, as may suffice for the certain accomplishment of the 

 object. Under this view of the subject, I have prepared a detailed 

 estimate of expenditures, on an economical scale, which is here- 

 with submitted. 



I have the honour, &c* 



II. 



Department op War, 

 Office Indian Affairs, May 3, 1832. 

 Sir, 



Your letter of February 1 3th has been received, and its gen- 

 eral views are approved. The Secretary of War deems it import- 

 ant that you should proceed to the country upon the heads of the 

 Mississippi, and visit as many of the Indians in that, and the in- 

 termediate region, as circumstances will permit. Reports have 

 reached the Department from various quarters, that the Indians 

 upon our frontiers are in an unquiet state, and that there is a pros- 

 pect of extensive hostilities among themselves. It is no less the 

 dictate of humanity than of policy, to repress this feeling, and 

 to establish permanent peace among these tribes. It is also im- 

 portant to inspect the condition of the trade in that remote coun- 

 try, and the conduct of the traders. To ascertain whether the 

 laws and regulations are complied with, and to suggest such al- 

 terations as may be required. And generally to inquire into the 

 numbers, situations, dispositions, and prospects of the Indians, 

 and to report all the statistical facts you can procure, and which 

 will be useful to the government in its operations, or to the com- 

 munity in the investigation of these subjects. 



In addition to these objects, you will direct your attention to 

 the vaccination of the Indians. An act for that purpose has 

 passed Congress, and you are authorized to take a surgeon with 

 you. The compensation fixed by law is six dollars per day, but 

 this includes all the expenses. As the surgeon with you must 

 necessarily be transported and subsisted at the public expense, 



