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21 the same evils which we have heretofore felt thought in a much less degree. The elevation of our national character, by the splendid events of the late war, has produced an emotion not less descisive among the Indian, in proportion to their means of information, than among the civilized nations of the Old World. National energy, brilliant achievements, and splendid acts of heroism never fail to add that moral strength to the force of a republick, which sheds a never dying lustre upon the fairest pages of history. It would probably be unjust to attribute the whole conduct of the British Indian Department to the British authorities either colonial or at home. That Department is composed of men with strong prejudices, with contracted views, with unclear means of information and of a limited education. They probably produce a course, which was prescribed long since, without accommodating their conduct to the important change which have since occurred, This course is also in unison with all their prejudices and feelings. Another motive unquestionably is to magnify the importance of their Department in the eyes of the Government. To continue their power, emoluments and patronage. It is for these reasons, that body and form are given to every idle Indian property. That wampum and messages are continually passing from village to