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Office of Miami Eel River Sub agency Fort Wayne ^{, 7th Oct 1846}

Sir

I have the honor to inform you that we have

succeeded in getting the Miami Emigration under

way- peacefully + gracefully.

The canal boats in which

the Indians are (5 in member?) left Peru yesterday,

and have all passed through this place to day

in their way to Cincinnatti, when the Indians

will go on board a Sham Boat to be taken to

Westport, from which place they will proceed

by land to their country on the Osage River.

The presence of the Military force has contrib=

uted very materially to being this happy result

about; and I cannot speak too highly of the

conduct of Capt. Jouett and the force under

his command. There has been no acts of negligence

committed by the Indians on each other during

the collection and sep to this time, nor do I

anticipate any thing of the kind during their

journey.

The Chief will go with his people

to their new homes, and on their arrival there

I shall take him and the principal men of the tribe all through their land, and hope to

be able to satisfy them, that it is as good as

it has been represented to them to be in which

case it will not be long before most of them who

are [illegable] to remain here will emigrate of their own free will.