Instructions were issued at Washington for the execution of the
treaty, which had been ratified, with amendments, by the Senate.
_10th_. The admission of Michigan as one of the States, had left the
office of Superintendent of Indian Affairs, for the region, vacant. An
Act of Congress, passed near the close of the session, had devolved the
duties of this office on the agent at Michilimackinack. Instructions
were, this day, issued to carry this act into effect.
_12th_. The chiefs in general council assembled by special messengers at
the Agency at Mackinack, this day assented to the Senate's alterations
of the treaty. Its principles were freely and fully discussed.
_13th_ and _14th_. Signatures continue to be affixed to the articles of
assent.
_15th_. I notified the various bands of Indians to attend in mass, the
payments, which were appointed to commence on the 1st of September.
_27th_. A friend writes from Detroit: "Lord Selkirk, from Scotland,
is on his route to Lake Superior, and, as he passes through Mackinack, I
write to introduce him to you, as a gentleman with whom you would be
pleased to have more than a transient association.
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