A Plan to Civilize the Indians
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Type
Typed letter
Title
A Plan to Civilize the Indians
Description
Kirkland described the plan to civilize the Indians. Details of the duties of the Indian Superintendent and school masters, and discussed the means to support the school house. He also mentioned the education of Indian boys and recommended a school for Indian girls. Specifically noted the success of the villages will depend upon the exclusion of liquor from the trading posts.
year created
1791
month created
12
day created
06
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Samuel Kirkland
Indians
Indian Nation
Five Nations
Oneida
Tuscarora
Stockbridge
superintendent
teacher
school master
Kanaghsolage
Onondago
Society in Scotland
farmer
carpenter
blacksmith
Christian
tribe
scholar
trader
notable location
Philadelphia
Scotland
Oneida Reservation
Tuscarora, Kanadesco
Kanonwalohale
Skawasleagh
Khanaghsolage
Onondago
village
Oneida reservation
Old Oneida
capital
schoolhouse
land
acres
work house
notable item/thing
dollars
money
tools
pay
oxen
cart
liquor
dry goods
ammunition
supplies
provisions
harrows
grinding stone
notable idea/issue
civilization
education
Indian relations
peace
support
annuity
payment
farming
possession
lease
land ownership
notable phrase
No trader must be allowed to bring spiritous liquors into any part of the Oneida Reservation or Onondago Village on any consideration
farmers and school-masters should be permitted to hold the land they may respectively occupy by way of lease for the term of 15 or 20 years
suffered much in the common cause
ideas and impressions which the Oneidas embibe of our national character will unavoidably have great influence with the western parts of the confederacy and even extend to more remote nations
friends to the United States in the late war
recommend furnishing the Indians with three harrow and three grindstones
efforts for introducing the Civilization among the Oneidas and their allies
master and scholars instead of the usual diversions of boys should be ordered to exercise themselves one or two hours everyday in improving and cultivating some part of their glebe
farmer also contributing something towards it that the profits arising from this appropriated ground may in time support the school
succes of this attempt
aid and countenance of the general government ( in which the indians have now an almost unbounded confidence since the last treaty)
depend on the character and fiedlity of the School masters and farmers who shall be employed
exclusion of intoxicating liquors from the indian settlements
trader be admitted into one of their principal villages with dry goods, ammunition, etc to prevent the indians travelling abroad for those necessary articles
building of a work-house for the education of the females may be a subject of future consideration
duty shall be to inspect the whole
visit each village and tribe at least once in a month during the spring and summer seasons
encourage the industrious and to take notice of their progress
render a particular acct. of their conduct and improvement
course of a year
fidelity and attention to the real interest of the Indians
acres of land should be appropriated in each village for the use and benefit if their respective school
carpenter
blacksmith
good farmers
supplied with a set of tools
families, if such can be found, who are sober, industrious, ingenius, and of strict integrity
sufficient quantity of cleared land in each of these villages to enable them to soon provide for themselves
yoke of working oxen
ox cart
erecting a convenient and decent schoolhouse
School masters to be supported for the term of two years by the General Government
allowed one hundred dollars each annually
Principal school
supported by the Society in Scotland for propagating Christian Knowledge
Kanonwalohale is their Capital and most central
distance of 18 miles only from the westernmost village of the Oneidas
allies
Tuscaroras and Stockbridge Indians are settled in five small villages
statement I have made extends no farther than the Oneida Nation and its vicinity
Onondagoes who reside in their ancient settlement called Onondago
Agreeably to your request
present you with a statement of the expences requisite to give efficacy to the plan I have drafted and presented to you for introducing Civilization among the five Nations of Indians
document number
1791120640000
page start
1
number of pages
4
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| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | #142b |
| [view document] (0 pages) | BTA09 (0 pages) | Collection: Samuel Kirkland Papers | 142b |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Reverend Samuel Kirkland | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |