Near the close of Mr.Monroe's administration, in a message to Congress, on the 27th of January, 1825, he proposed a plan to remove the tribes scattered through the several States, to a tract of country west of the Mississippi, and to unite them in one nation, with some plan for their government and civilization.

This proposition meeting with a decided opposition on the part of many of the Indians, was modified during Mr.Adams's administration.

It finally resulted in a plan of removing west of the Mississippi such individuals among the various tribes as would consent to go under the inducements held out; and allowing the remainder to continue in their old abode, occupying each a small tract of land.

This policy has since been pursued by the General Government, and has resulted in the removal of most of the aborigines beyond the western shores of the Mississippi.
These removals, however, have been attended with no little difficulty, and at times have led to collisions which have assumed a serious aspect.

An instance of this description occurred during the first year Mr.Adams occupied the presidential chair.