I therefore render this as my answer to the application of the honorable the Secretary of the Territory.

That if the districts are each made a division, with one assistant to make the enumeration, the ordinary or lowest rate of compensation allowed by the law, one dollar for every hundred persons, will in the district of Erie be in my opinion an insufficient compensation to the assistant, from the dispersed situation of the inhabitants in that division, and that I do approve of the highest sum allowed by the law, one dollar twenty-five cents for every fifty persons, being allowed to such assistant. Even in that case it would appear to me not to be a compensation fully adequate to the fatigue, anxiety, and trouble.

So in the district of Michillimackinac the ordinary rate of compensation will in my opinion be insufficient, under the same circumstances; and I do approve of a further compensation being allowed to the assistant of that division, from the dispersed situation of the inhabitants, that is to say, one dollar for every fifty persons.

In the district of Detroit I consider the sum allowed by law an adequate compensation, the inhabitants being by no means in a dispersed situation, and I therefore do not approve, if an assistant is appointed for that district as one division, of any further compensation being allowed him than the ordinary rate directed by law.

The district of Huron is less compact than the district of Detroit, and yet the situation of the inhabitants is less dispersed than in either the districts of Erie, or that of Michillimackinac. If therefore that district is made one division, I consider the lowest sum allowed by law not perfectly sufficient on account of taking in some remote settlers on the higher waters, and I do approve of one dollar fifty cents being allowed to the assistant of that division for every one hundred persons, from such dispersed situation of the settlers.

If the districts of Huron and Detroit are made by the Secretary one division, I do approve for the reasons aforesaid of one dollar thirty seven and a half cents being allowed to the assistant for the enumeration of every one hundred persons.

AUGUSTUS B. WOODWARD,

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MY CHILDREN. Your Great Father, the President, takes you by the ha and commands me to say to you,

MY CHILDREN. Your Father opens his ears to your complaints. You the animals of the forrest are leaving you and that your hunting fails. was once so with his white Children. They killed and drove away the g from their fields. But they planted corn and have had plenty ever since. you the same, plant corn and you will have abundance for your wives children thro' the long winters. Your Great Father will give you a plo and a horse to enable you to cultivate the earth.

MY CHILDREN. You say your Great Father has stopped the white m goods which used to come among you. It is true that no British goods come within the U. States this year. The white people as well as the suffer by this. But it cannot be helped. It is the law of the Great Cou and must be obeyed.

MY CHILDREN. Your Great Father has sent to Michilimacinac m goods; many more have been sent this year. From these he hopes you be able to get sufficient supplies. If you cannot get everything you want, must learn to do as the white people have, to do without as well as you c MY CHILDREN. You complain that you do not receive your proportio the supplies which are sent out every year to your nation.

MY CHILDREN. Your Great Father sends to you all the goods and mo stipulated in the Treaty. You must call meeting of all the chiefs of nation, at which the Governor will be present, and you must agree am yourselves on the proportion of goods and money which each part of tribe ought to receive. The Governor will report to your Great Father then you will receive accordingly.

MY CHILDREN. You say you have shut your ears to the bad birds sent the Pattawomie who calls himself a prophet. Beware of the man. He is good. He has already caused the destruction of many young men belong to you and other tribes. All who go to him with arms will be destroyed.

MY CHILDERN. Your Great Father takes you again by the hand he b you farewell; and he commands me to give you clothing some gun-pow and other things in token of his good will towards you and your nation. is pleased with your conduct since you have been here, and trusts that by s behaviour through the country and in the great towns where he will s you, you will merit the regard of his white children.

War Department, October 5th, 1811.

W. EUSTIS LETTER FROM AARON GREELY TO GEORGE MC DOUGALL.

WASHINGTON CITY, 30th November, 1811.

DEAR SIR:-Your communication with letter of Attorney came to hand on Saturday last. A short time before I wrote you respecting the 2nd Concession; I am sorry Campeau and Williams have exerted themselves to the injury of those ignorant French Inhabitants. I want nothing from them but what is just and a reasonable remuneration for my time spent in their service.

They cannot too much appreciate your exertions for them and any services in my power I shall be happy to reciprocate. I shall do everything in my power for them. Campeau must (for me) transact his own land affairs. I am sending to him his final certificates as soon as they come to me from the Land Office for explanations.

I have sent you the Patent for your Lands at the River aux Roche and the one for yourself and Ruland, they are directed with a number of others, to Mr. Abbott. We will settle our account on my return to Detroit.

Yesterday the Committee on Foreign Relations made their Report. I send you a number of the Intelligencer of this day containing it.

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The Federalists say they will fight the British if war is declared, the party which they depended upon to support them in the day of their Calamity. Poor deluded nation. Their corrupt Government, by their insolence and injustice, has led them to the very brink of Destruction.

I am at this time busy in preparing an Abstract from the Commissioner's Report and the surveys for Congress, that the survey may be confirmed for the remainder of your lands, the issuing of your patents will be deferred until that time.

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The committee to whom referred the situation of Detroit, and the r ure incumbent on the government in consequence thereof, reported the the opinion of said committee it will be proper to adopt a law constitu Detroit a city, and providing for the rebuilding and future regulation o same, in such a manner as to prevent a similar calamity, which being sidered ordered that the said committee do report an act conformably te

same.

The committee to whom was referred the duties, qualification, sec and oath of the marshals of the Territory of Michigan, made a report w was read, and being considered, resolved, ordered that the said comm do report an act agreeably to the same.

On the motion of the Governor, resolved that whenever a subject sha referred by this body to any committee, the said committee may repo bill or otherwise.

On the motion of Judge Woodward, resolved that a committee be appo to take into consideration the organization of a judiciary system for Territory of Michigan, and to report the same to this body; ordered the said committee consist of two, and that Judge Woodward and J Bates be the said committee.

On the motion of the Governor, resolved that a committee be appo to take into consideration the organization of the Militia of the Terr of Michigan, and report thereon to this body; ordered that the said mittee consist of one, and that the Governor be the said committee.

On the motion of Judge Bates, resolved that a committee be appo to enquire and report to this body an opinion whether the Governo Judges of Michigan have the power to adopt the laws of any State such since the year 1787. Ordered that Judge Woodward and Judge be said committee.

And then the Governor and Judges adjourned until Tuesday ne eleven of the clock in the forenoon, then to convene at the same place.

Report of the Committee appointed to consider whether the Governor and J of the Territory of Michigan can adopt the Laws of other States.

The committee charged to enquire and report an opinion whethe Governor and Judges of Michigan have the power to adopt the laws o State made such since the thirteenth day of July in the year one thou seven hundred eighty-seven, report that in the opinion of the committe Governor and Judges of the Territory of Michigan have the power to

the laws of a State made such since the thirteenth day of July in the year one thousand seven hundred eighty-seven for the following reasons.

First. The Constitution of the United States which commenced its operations on the fourth day of March one thousand seven hundred eighty-nine, vests in the Congress of the United States the power to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the Territory belonging to the United States. The Congress of the United States by the act of the eleventh day of January one thousand eight hundred five, provide, in strict pursuance of the power conferred by the constitution, that so much of the Territory belonging to the United States as lies north of a line drawn east and west through the southern bend of Lake Michigan, and east of a line drawn through the middle of Lake Michigan to the boundary of the United States, shall constitute a separate government, and a separate Territory, and be called Michigan; and referring to the ordinance of Congress of the thirteenth day of July one thousand seven hundred eighty-seven, they further provide that the government established for the Territory of Michigan shall be similar to that designated by the ordinance of one thousand seven hundred eighty-seven, and the power of the officers shall respectively be the same. With respect therefore to the Territory of Michigan, the words of the ordinance of the thirteenth day of July one thousand seven hundred eightyseven, are to be construed as deriving their energy and effect from the act of the eleventh day of January one thousand eight hundred five. Hence every State in the American Government, existing previous to the eleventh day of January one thousand eight hundred five is, with respect to the Territory of Michigan, an original State, and as such participated in originaling the Territory of Michigan, and the Governor and Judges have power, conformable to the strict letter of the law, to adopt the laws of such a State, as far as they are necessary, and suitable to the circumstances of the Territory.

Second. The obvious intention of the Legislature is to apply this incipient state of society the laws which societies further advanced under the same principles of government, have found convenient and advantageous; and it is therefore consistent with the spirit of the ordinance and the acts of Congress to model the laws of a territorial government on those of an existing State.

Third. The act of the Congress of the United States constituting the Territory of Indiana, which is worded precisely in the same manner as that constituting the Territory of Michigan, has received in this respect, from the Governor and Judges of the Territory of Indiana, a construction corresponding with the preceding, and as the laws adopted by them from States created since the thirteenth day of July one thousand seven hundred eighty-seven, for instance from the State of Kentucky, have been regularly