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the great experiment is now making of transplanting these communities from the country east of the Mississippi to that west of this river. so far as this experiment has gone, it has fulfilled the highest expectations of the Government. The reports of the condition & prospect of the Indians who have migrated are satisfactory and encouraging. Subsistence in abundance has been procured and the elements of future prosperity and improvement have been developed. With the consent & co-operation of the well informed & influential among the tribes yet remaining within the civilized border of the United States, there is little room to doubt, but that the ultimate issue will be happy for the Indians & consoling to all who take an interest in their present deplorable condition