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General Land Office 
June 14th 1842 

Sir,

It appears from a communication hearing date the
29th Ultimo; just received from the Hon. A.W.  Morris of the 
Indiana Legislature, and other Correspondence with this office, that 
it is of the highest importance for the interest of that state that 
the late cession of the residue of the "Big Miami reserve" (see Miami 
treaty concluded 28th of November 1840) should be surveyed in 
order that the authorities of the state may complete the canal selections. 

I Therefore beg leave to invite your attention to the stipulation 
contained in the 8th article of the treaty in the following words "that the Miami tribe of Indians shall remove to the country assigned them west of the Mississippi within five years from this 
date" and have to request information as to what steps, if any, 
have been taken by your Department for the removal of said 
Indians west, and of the probable time that the removal will be 
completed so that the lands may be surveyed and treated as public lands. 

Inasmuch as the stipulations of the treaty above quoted 
matches the possessory right of the Indians contingent whom the 
date of their removal at anytime within five years which is 
presumed to be a matter under your entrance it will be for your