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"the chiefs, or to such person as the tribe shall direct, "together with the assurance made to the delegation by the honorable secretary of war on the subject, it was confidently believed that no further unnecessary delay would have been created by the office of government in paying this money over, accending to law." The meeting above mentioned, took place; but a delegation had been appointed to Washington for which place they had to depart upon their resources; and it was not until after their arrival there that the payment was made, and then not in full, to the National Treasure; this took place on the 17th of Decemeber 1834. The events of this winter negociation at Washington will be noticed elsewhere. One feature of the treatment which the delegation encountered there shows how deeply the desire of crippling them by pecuniary privations, had interwoven itself with the policy of the resigning powers. They were soon followed in Washington by the faction unclear by government and consequently by government sustained.