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John C. Calhoun, the Secy of War in 1819 *to afford aid to education in our Nation, by Reserving twelve miles square of Land to be sold by the President by him invested to draw interest & applied as he shall think proper. This tract has not been sold as yet, owing as I have understood in the unfavorable condition of the market at this time. | John C. Calhoun, the Secy of War in 1819 *to afford aid to education in our Nation, by Reserving twelve miles square of Land to be sold by the President by him invested to draw interest & applied as he shall think proper. This tract has not been sold as yet, owing as I have understood in the unfavorable condition of the market at this time. | ||
* Having given a view of the present of civilisation of the Cherokee Nation it may not be amiss, to relate the time & manner when it was first introduced. About the year 1795 Missionaries were sent by the United Brethren or Moravians to the Cherokees & established a Station called Spring place in the centre of Nation. At or about that time, Col. Silas | * Having given a view of the present of civilisation of the Cherokee Nation it may not be amiss, to relate the time & manner when it was first introduced. About the year 1795 Missionaries were sent by the United Brethren or Moravians to the Cherokees & established a Station called Spring place in the centre of Nation. At or about that time, Col. Silas Dinsmoor, was appointed by Genl Washington as Agent of the Nation, who from the Indian Testimony itself labored indefatigably in Teaching the Cherokees the art of agriculture by distributing hoes & ploughs & giving to the women Spinning wheels | ||
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John C. Calhoun, the Secy of War in 1819 *to afford aid to education in our Nation, by Reserving twelve miles square of Land to be sold by the President by him invested to draw interest & applied as he shall think proper. This tract has not been sold as yet, owing as I have understood in the unfavorable condition of the market at this time.
- Having given a view of the present of civilisation of the Cherokee Nation it may not be amiss, to relate the time & manner when it was first introduced. About the year 1795 Missionaries were sent by the United Brethren or Moravians to the Cherokees & established a Station called Spring place in the centre of Nation. At or about that time, Col. Silas Dinsmoor, was appointed by Genl Washington as Agent of the Nation, who from the Indian Testimony itself labored indefatigably in Teaching the Cherokees the art of agriculture by distributing hoes & ploughs & giving to the women Spinning wheels