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NOTES.
.L E T T E R FR OM T H E S E C R E T A R Y 'O F STA T E .
The. following letter indicate, the origin and motive of
these notes and- memoranda. Such parts only of them are
retained-, as have ‘bej^u referred to «as original materials, of
which ^there' isyet' some- particular feet of statement wSich
\hah not' bekm, exhausted. " Sometimes the note itself was
«chiefly- o f à mnémonieobarafeer, .and designed to recall further
particulars entrusted to!the memory*.
, Mbanfi;June %$', I&Mm f
H enry R . Schoolcraft, E sq.:
hâve dèèmed.it proper to appoint you to take the
enumeratiorijùf thé In d ian s résidm^An thfe folfowing reserva-
ffôtis, tô Wit: the Cneidh, Onondaga, Tuscarora, and the
J&Éryâtions of the ’Sededas, one "Or more in each of the counties
of Alléghany, Cattàrdpgûsd’' afid 'EtieJ and also of the
Tonew'and’a Indians id 'the;, cûuAty of fe'éhesêe. Your duties
are summarily defined in the fifteenth section of thè act of the
legislature, Which.AuthoriéeS thé to make this appointment,
and to which I invite your' attention.
On ,calling at this-office you will be famished with the
proper blanks to ehabfe'you to perform tbedufied of the important
trust committed'to youf hands, which will indicate
with Sufficient precision the method erf ascèrtàmiiig the mim