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In addition to this, if the Chippewas are settled in the District indicated, and their friendship secured by proper annuities & wholsome regulations, their brethren within the British dominions will not be likely to make war upon them or the Govt. under which they live, and are at peace: but many of them would remove within our borders for the benefits of civilization. And it is known that if suitable encouragements are held out, hundreds of the half breeds will move within our limits for the same purpose. While I was in charge of the Methodist Missions in that region, some 60 or 70 half breeds expressed a whish to form a settlement on the east side of the River near the mouth of Crow Wing, for this very purpose. And I and told that hundreds of others would follow in their train. Both Chippewas & Sioux, to my knowledge are favourable to civilization. A circumstance of recent occurance shows this in unequivocal language. Wa-ke-ah-tun-kah (Big Thunder) previous to Gov. Dotys late treaty with the Sioux, thinking that war between his tribe & the Chippewas was to be perpetual, & knowing that Christianity & civilization rendered men less disposed for war than the savage state, opposed the missionary, because as he said "the young men if educated will not be so good soldiers." But as soon as the treaty with Gov. Doty was concluded he said "now that my young men are to become citizens & do business like the whites, I wish them to be educated," and desired the school to be continued. Many of the half breeds are but little advanced in the civilized arts, but yet enough so to feel a stronger disposition for it than do the full bloods. And in may instances the half breed Sioux & Chippewas have intermarried & mixed. And it is thought that if they could have a district assigned them between the Sioux & Chippewas, that it would contribute greatly to the preservation of peace between those tribes: and as a half breed is known to have great influence over his brethren of full blood, it is thought, that such a settlement of them among or near the full bloods, would do much to induce the full bloods to cultivate the civilized arts. The boundaries of this new Tery. I concieve to be of considerable importance to the success of the project in view.