Excerpt from Seminole Hostilities: Message From the President of the United States, Transmitting a Supplemental Report Respecting the Causes of the Seminole Hostilities, and the Measures Taken to Suppress ThemBlunt and Elliott stipulated for the removal of two hundred and fifty six persons. Of that number some have died, some have ¿ed to the Creek and Seminole nations, while there are some, _i fear, who will give us some trouble before we gotthem off. Out of these facts arises a question which I beg leave to submit to your excellency. Bearing in mindthat a portion of the thirteen thousand dollars which the United States stipulated to' pay to Blunt and Elliott, (three thousand dollars of which was paid at the con elusion of the treaty, and ten thousand to be paid when they commence removing): was in consideration of the relinqui'shment of their reserve to the United States, what proportion of the whole amount shall be paid to them'.2 Justice, it seems to me, requires that the whole amount of the value of the land, as estimated at the conclusion of the treaty, (which Colonel Gadsden informs me was six thousand dollars, ) should be paid to them, as on their removal the United States will come into immediate and undis pated possession, and as death has more effectually relieved the United States from the incumbrance of those who died than the commencement of their emigration were they living could possibly do, it seems to me that no deduction'should be made for them. If I am rightiin this, then the only and true question is, shall a deduction'be 'made from the remaining seven thousand dollars for those who have fled-to the Creek and Seminole nations, in the proportion they bear to the two'hundred and fifty six Do me the favor to advise me upon the subject:'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.