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the whole sum of six dollars per day will he allowed for this 

 VMM, hut of that sum only three dollars per day Will DC paid to 



the tnrgeon, and the residue will he applied to the expenses of 



the expedition. 



Vaccine matte*, prepared and put Op by the Burgeon-general, 

 is herewith transmitted and you will, upon your whole 



route, explain to the Indians the advantage* of vaccination, and 

 endeavour to persuade them to submit to the process. You will 

 ke. p and report an account of the number, a<^e^, >ex, trihe, and 

 local situation of the Indians who niav he vaccinated, and also 

 of the prevalence, from time to time, of the small-pox among 

 them, and o\ us effects as far as these can he ascertained. 



The following sums will he allowed for the expenses of the 

 expedition. A . 



Very respectfully, 



Your obedient servant, 



Mlcert Herrino. 

 Hfnrv K. Schoolcraft, Esq., ^ 



Indian Agent, Sault Ste. Marie. S 



III. 



(,r\. JosSPB M. Street, ) 

 den. $ 



St. Peters, July 25, 1832. 



Indian Agent, Prairie du Chien. 



SlK. 



I arrived at this place yesterday from the sources of the Mis- 

 sissippi, having visited tin; ChippeWa hands and trading-posts in 

 that (piarter. Much compl.unt is mule respecting the conduc* 

 of the persons licensed by you htSl year, who located themselves 

 at the Gramti ad 00 the St. Croix. No doubt can exist 



that each of them took in, and used in their trade, a considerable 

 quantity of whiskey. And I am now enabled to say, that they 

 each located themselves at points within the limits of my agency* 



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