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Circular to the Indian Agents: "The Secretary of War directs that, in future, the annuities transmitted to you for the Indians of your agency, be distributed among the Chiefs, Warrior, and common Indians, paying to each Indian and his family, the amount to which he or they may be entitled, in proportion to his grade, and no other mode; and when there are individuals without families, payment must be made to much individuals and not to the Chiefs". 'It is not readily seen" says a remonstrance of the Cherokees Delegation to the Mr Secretary Cass,+ "how the Agent could tell the amount each individual would be entitled to without a knowledge of the number of the tribe, in by what strikeout rule he would for the grade of each strikeout applicant for a portion of the annuity, unless that was determined by a supposed influence among the Indians. But the propriety of the course pointed out by the Secretary at War, we have, at present, no disposition to discuss. It is sufficient for us to know the Cherokees refused to receive their + March 24.1836