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Danbury Times
Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
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The U.S. government appropriates $400,000 annually under treaties with Indian tribes, including $12,000 for education and the rest for agricultural implements and support of farmers and mechanics, benefiting over 90,000 Indians relocated west of the Mississippi and Arkansas. The policy originated with General Knox in Washington's cabinet.
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Four hundred thousand dollars annually are appropriated, in pursuance of treaties with various tribes of Indians, by the general Government. Out of this sum, $12,000 is specifically granted for purposes of education and the rest for agricultural implements and the support of farmers and mechanics. The number of Indians benefitted directly by these expenditures is over 90,000—the greater part of whom have been removed from the States by the general Government; to their present location west of the Mississippi and Arkansas. The policy of appropriating a fund to be expended in civilizing the Indians originated with General Knox, a member of Washington's cabinet, and has been steadily persevered in since.
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West Of The Mississippi And Arkansas
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over 90,000 indians benefitted directly
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Four hundred thousand dollars annually are appropriated, in pursuance of treaties with various tribes of Indians, by the general Government. Out of this sum, $12,000 is specifically granted for purposes of education and the rest for agricultural implements and the support of farmers and mechanics. The greater part of the Indians have been removed from the States by the general Government to their present location west of the Mississippi and Arkansas. The policy of appropriating a fund to be expended in civilizing the Indians originated with General Knox, a member of Washington's cabinet, and has been steadily persevered in since.