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In this letter to Reverend Samuel Bolles, Robert Simerwell reports that he has been waiting several weeks for the party of emigrating Potawatomies to arrive at Logansport, Indiana, where they were slated to gather before heading West. Simerwell states that he has two wagons with him for the journey, and that the Potawatomies have requested that his family be allowed to accompany him at the U.S. Government's expense. However, Simerwell states that he has received no word on the subject, and that he presumes that the U.S. Government is "careless about rendering us any aid."
Creator: Simerwell, Robert, 1786-1868
Date: June 28, 1833
Item Number: 219238
Call Number: Robert Simerwell Coll. #500, Box 2 Correspondence and reports, 1833 March-April
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 219238
Collections - Manuscript - Simerwell, Robert W.
Community Life - Religion - Missionaries
Date - 1830s - 1833
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land - Indian Removal Act
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Indian removal
People - American Indians - Tribes - Potawatomi
People - Notable People - Simerwell, Robert
Places - Other States - Indiana - Lake Port
Places - Other States - Massachusetts - Boston
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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