The Commissioner of Indian Affairs in the same year says
that it is " grateful to notice " how much the Indians' condition
is " ameliorated under the policy of removal." lie says that
they, " protected by the strong arm of the Government, and
dwelling on lands distinctly and permanently established as
their own, enjoying a delightful climate and a fertile soil, turn
their attention to the cultivation of the earth, and abandon the
chase for the surer supply of domestic animals."

This commissioner apparently does not remember, perhaps
never read, the records of the great fields of corn which the
Delawares had on the Miami River in 1795, and how they re-
turned twice that summer and replanted them, after General
Wayne had cut down and burnt the young crops. They had
"turned their attention to the cultivation of the soil" fortv
years ago, and that was what came of it. We shall see how
much better worth while it may be for them to plant corn in
their new " permanent home," than it was in their last one.
The printed records of Indian Affairs for the first forty
years of this century are meagre and unsatisfactory. Had the



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