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CHAPTER LXII.. Indians Tampered With At Grand River--Small-Pox in the Missouri

Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years With the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers · Henry Rowe Schoolcraft — chapter 59 of 140 · ~64 words · public domain

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Indians tampered with at Grand River--Small-pox in the Missouri Valley--Living history at home--Sunday schools--Agriculture--Indian names--Murder of the Glass family--Dr. Morton's inquiries respecting Indian crania--Necessity of one's writing his name plain--Michigan Gazetteer in preparation--Attempt to make the Indian a political pack-horse--Return to the Agency of Michilimackinack--Indian skulls phrenologically examined--J. Toulmin Smith--Cherokee question--Trip to Grand River--Treaty and annuity payments--The department accused of injustice to the Indians.

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