Papers, 1828.

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Papers, 1828.

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Collection includes letter and essay. Letter, dated 31 July 1828 addressed from Office of Indian Agency, Sault Ste. Marie to Messrs. Gales and Seaton, publishers of the National Intelligencer in Washington, D.C. Letter relates to an article written in American quarterly magazine which states that prior to the Treaty of Chicago in 1821 tribes were issued fourteen barrels of whiskey by the government. Schoolcraft, writing as a participant in the Treaty, adamantly denies this and discusses the strenuous efforts made by the government not to sell alcohol to Indians during this period. The essay, (n.d.), entitled "Aboriginal nomenclature, no. 2" discusses the use of aboriginal terms as potential names for newly established towns. The essay discusses cutting syllables from Indian terms to make them more palatable to non-Indian ears, inflection, and the word Oregon.

6 p. ; 25 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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