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Show x... . : ? ; ~ ': A ~ \-.. ~.. . . .. . tion of the superintendents; third, the inperint&nde& ?f ~ n b t r a d e ; . . ~- . .. ,- . . anrl fourth, 'ti10 agents or facbrs iin'chirge of the.Indiin trading'. .. . houses, whe were under the i~nmediatedireotiono f the superintendent ;. . . ,; ' ' , , , , ~ - of Indian trade. '... - . . .hia ct approved March 3;1819 (3 State., 516), proiiidedl- % . ..I. .~ * . . .*, ,~ . , . That for the purpose of pcdvidGg aga& the further decline wid final extinction c-.. .' ~ of the Indim tribes idjoining the frontier settlements of the United States, and for ,~ ~ . ., introduoing among them the habits and arts of civilieatioi, the President of the .,. -. . . United States shall be, end he is h&eby, authorieed in every ease where he shall . - .. ~ . , jndge improvement in the habits and condition of snoh Indiann..praWicable, and ; .'* . , .that the means of instrootion can be introduced with their own consent, to employ 7 . . oappeble persons of good moral obaraeter to,instxpct them in the. modes of agcicuE . ., ' ture suited to thiir situation; and for teaahisg th,eir children .jn reading, writing, . . .. : a d arithmetic, and performing su,ch otherdntiea aa may be enjoined, ?seoording to . . . ; euoh instructions and rules %n the %&dent may give and prasoriy for tb re&la- ? - . ~ tion of their mnduot in the discharge of their duties. . , - :~, . . . . . . . . . I t also appropriated an annual sum--of $10;000 for the pnrpose.of . : carrying the provisions of the law into effect. . . ., By this act, what are now known is Goveniment f&m&s, to instruct ... . ... ~, the adult Indians in the science of agriculture, .and school-teachers, tO . 1 instruct their children in the,p rimary b~an6hwof learning, weye added : -;. to the list of officers connected with the administration of Indjan ., affairs. j . ' , - , . . . This policy of appointing agents and employBs for Indian tribes was - - .so extended and modifled by subseqnent treaties a s to authofize the . .., . appointment of agents,.spb-agents,f armers, and blacksm@hs for neibrly ' . - . . all the tribes with which the United States entered iuto treaty relation#, : .. : . , ' ind teachers and other employks for many of them.* -The language . . - ~. used in the treaties would indicate that. the Indians desired €0 Save . , . ~ . . ' representatives of the United States reside among them. For example, ~. ~. . ' . ~ .. in.ths sixth article of thetreaty of 1820 with the Choctaws it was pro- , . ~.. . vided tha& ,. -:. . . The oommidsionbrs of tbe'united S t i t b s f a r t h ~ao vemit svld&ee, onttmpa& of . L said States, that an agent shallhe appointed, in due time, fm %he benefit o8.the . . . ~ ' . , Chootaw Indilians who play be permanently settled in the o~nntrpeeiled ta tbem . : - beyond the Mississippi River, an4 at a anvenient periodl a hotor shall be sent th&e : .. ,, . with goods to snpply their wants. -A b l a e k ~ i t ahh aU alao he settled among& them, .. '. a t apoint most convenient to the population, m d a faithful parsonappointed, ahoge . - . rh!tv it shall be to use e ~ r y r e a s o n ~ b l e c x e r t i oton oollsot all the wandering - . . , . - Pnaiana belonging to the Chootaw Nwtion upon the land hereby provided for their . ' , - .; I : .permanent settlement. \ ' , - -. .. ... . Phe sixth article of the treie'bf1823 with the Florida Indians is aa , . .' . follows, viz :' , . .: /. . . . . . , . . .. - . ,4n agent, sub-agent, andinterpreter sh?U beappainted, to reside withip the In- . -...: ~~ - dian boundary aforesaid, to watch pver the interests of said tribes; and theunited . , .. . . . .. .. ,*. . , -.?See article 6, treaty ofl820, with.the ~$ootews, 7 Stats:, 212; article 6,treaty of . . . 1823, with the Fliida, Indianq iMd., 225; srticle 4, tr&ty ?f 1824, vith:the S@ and '- :.! . . ,~. .- Fox Indians, ihid., 230; artiulc 5, treaty of 1824, with the Qunpaws, iMd.;233; artidle -. . ~. . .. 9, treaty of 1825, with the CKwtaws,.tMd.,,236; article 2, treaty of 1825, with the " .. : , Kma s Indians, i#d., 245, eto: > >, ... . :. . , |