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Show .. 'lJI pt• wf i.-e. as will ruai,Ie him to Jli'<'Yrnt sm•lt eontrovr•·sics. I fool· to 1 his t•ustom of c~tcmlin~ <'t·rdits to ~he ludiaus, as one of th(' p,Trat canRrs of ~'II those individual c~ontt-ntions, which will 111ost twohahly :wis<' in the ('om·sr of I hi:o~ tnule, as wdl betwe<.'ll the Indian aiHl W}Ji((·s. as rwtWt'Cil thr \tllitcs tlu.·m=-dve!:i; and I hat om· ageuts and ollierr·s will he ah' ays 1wl'l'assed with sclt.Jing tltt'!W dispH~<'s, whi('h thpy nenr <'~W do i:a such a m:tnnet· as I o rest o1·e a pct'fe('t ~ood und<' t'sLuuliug hctwr n th~ p:u·lies. I think it would he hcst. in the outset, fo1· the Movf·t·nnH·nt to IC't it he muJrr·sto01l hy the m<·t·thanls, that ir tlaey think pt'OJH'I' to rxtcnd <·•·t·dih to tlal' Indians, it shall h(• at tlH•i•· own l'i ·k, dqwndcnl on OH· ~ood faith of the Indians lot· volunta•·y payment; that tJH• fail111'e of the J ncJiaus t 0 comply with thri1• <.!OIIIJ•acb, shaH uot he- eousidet·t>tl any justification f'o1· thri1· maltrcatnwnf ot· holtli u;; abusive Jang-ua~e to them, and that no as - 8istan('e shalll><' g-iven them in any hapc hy ~he 1mhlit~ f'unctiollal'it• s I o aid them in eollcet iu~ thei•· credits. J f the govc• ·runrnt iut<•J·f'et•t• in l>eiJa)f' of the t1·aders lJy any l'C'~IIl:ltion, tlH'n it. "ill he tltc int<.'l'<'St of' cvc•·y trader imlivjdually to p;et the Jauli~n!-i indd.Hcd ~o him, and to )(e<'p tht·m so in Ol'tle&· to S<'<'llt'<' in futm·<· thcit· priiJ•irs aml l'ut· · rxc•lu~ivcly to himsd!'. Thus, the Indian would be eompdlctl to cxclmnge without (•hoicc of' eithct• goods Ol' thcit• }WiC<'S, aiHl tht• ~ove•·nmeut would l.la\'e pledged it ·df to m~•kc the Jndi~ tns pa) fot· gootls, or which they cannot regulate fho p•·i<·c~ s. I pt·csllmc the government willuot uuclet·takc to regulafc the met·chant in thi l'espeet hy Jaw. The dillieultics which lmve at·iscu, and whieh must ari se under t..~xisting circumstances, may he r '<ulily eol'l'cctcd by cstahli~hing a few }losts, whe1·e there shall be a sutficient !;ll:tl'd to JH'OlCCt the pt•Opct•ty of' the lllCl'Chants in their alJ! it'Hl'C', though it may Lte left with only a single clerk: to those eomnwn marts, all tt·:ulm·s and J udians should he comI• dlcd to t·csot't fot· tho pt11'{l0Ses of tntflic. .Jl ppt:wli.l·. 'rhr plan 1n·oposed ~uarcls a~ainst all difficulties, and Pl'O\ "dt·s I'm· a fait• (':\(•han;;c, "ithout the necessity or t..:t•t•dit: \tlwn the lndian appcat·s with his p ltry and fur, tl1c <:ompetitinu hctwct..~ n the mct·<•hants will always .insure him his boods ou the lowest possiiJle tei'Jns, and the f'Xl'lmu;;e taking place at onec, tltet·e ean be no cause of contt ·on·•·sy IJetween ~he Indian arul the merchant, amlno feat· of loss on the pat·t. of the lattm·, uulcs.' he is disposetl to makt· a volunlat·y sam·iJiec, tlll'Oll[.;'h a spit·it of competition with otlt<.·&·s. hy selling his goocl · at an111Ule•· valur. Somr oft IH~ !,llpulation · containt·.d in the licenses usually gr·:wtc-tl ou•· Jnclian tt·ad ·r·s. al'e totally incompa.tihlc with t.he lo(•al sit nation. , ~111d t•xisting c>ustoms ~nd habits of almost a.IJ th<' Indian nations in tippet• Loui iana. J a!lu<lc 11101'(' parti<'uJal'ly to (hal <·lau st• in tlte liceuse, "~ llich compf'ls fh rna to ta·ade at Judian towns onl;~. It will be seen bJ t•t:fl'l'l't'llet• to my ~tali ·tit'a! view of th<' Indian nations of l'ppca· Loui ~ iau a , that the p;t·cat boc1.) of those lleoplc :.tl'e l'O\ in;; baJI(I s. \tho haH~ no village ·, or stationa•·y rc ~ idence. The II '.X t pt·in<:ipal divbion or them. cmi.Jl'acing tile P:uaias, OU ne::,, Kan~a~, , e. have not th\:ir village on the ~lis ·ouri, ami tlu·y even pass the gt·eat. 'I' poa·tion of tho ycai' at a. dist anc(' f'1·om the it· villah ·s, in the same •·oving manne1·. rl'lH· thil'd. and only po•·tion of those Indians, who can with lll'Opl ·irty be eousidt..·•·ed as possessed of such stationa•·y villages as seems to have been coutemplatt~d by this clau ·c of the li cense, is confined to the Ayaways, ~ioux, ami Foxes of thr 1\'lississippi, am.l the Uimrras, 1\landa.ns, .Minnctat·ce , and Alnvallawa.) s or the ~1issOtll'i. 'l'he ('OllSCCJUencc is, that until some fu•·thet· pt·ovision be made, that all tlle tl'atlct·s who l&ave intct·coul·sc with auy nations except t.bose ol'thc last class. wiJl fot·m thci•· establisht:tents at the sevct·al points ou the J\lissolll·i, where it \Yill be most convenient to meet the sevct·al nations with whom they wish to cat·ry on comuw•·re. This is thcit· 1waeti<·e at the pre ent moment, and th('it· l10n sc-s al'C' S('attcre'l on , ·al'ious pat·t of the Mis- |