Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
Source Note
Source Note
See source note under Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845.
Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
See historical introduction under Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845.
together since their appointment, but he had wrote a letter, and had presented it to one of the committee who had expressed his entire satisfaction with the letter. The other one had not seen it. He then read the letter to the council. After which,
Coun. moved that the report of the committee be accepted and that they be instructed to finish & close up the letter, make up a package and forward it— the motion was carried.
The then arose to report on the subject of the western mission. He said it is his wishes that brother & and perhaps one or two others should start on the mission immediately, and go up the , unite with the northern tribes and tarry with them untill they go to the council, the rest of the company will be ready to [p. [273]]
Source Note
Source Note
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Footnotes
Footnotes
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TEXT: Possibly “appointments”.
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The chairman possibly meant to go north up the Mississippi River to the Menominee in Wisconsin Territory; they had been described in the 15 February 1844 letters from George Miller and Lyman Wight and had been visited by James Emmett on instructions from the council. Alternatively, Young may have referred to the Potawatomi and other tribes who were residing in northern Indian Territory, in the vicinity of Council Bluffs. (See Council of Fifty, “Record,” 10 Mar. 1844.)
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