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the Indian country, averaging each one hundred chil-dren, there will be one thousand dollars for eachestablishment. The amount appropriated is so small, when com-pared with the object of general or universal im-provement, that, to make it useful, it can be usedonly as an auxiliary to the resources which indivi-dual bounty has provided. I will just name oneschool in the Cherokee country, in charge of the goodMr. Gambold. He is labouring, and has been forfourteen years, in this generous cause; and his planshave not been developed, nor his scale of usefulnessextended to its limits, for lack of pecuniary resources.Five and six children are as many as his means haveever enabled him to instruct. I don't know what his resources are, but I will suppose them to be at therate of fifty dollars per annum for each child; and,suppose he can educate and instruct out of his ownmeans, in the various branches of improvement whichhis school embraces, only five children; and supposeit shall turn out, in the general estimate, that a hun-dred dollars can be applied, out of the 10,000 appro-priated, for each child,—that would enable Mr. Gam-bold to take fifteen children, or ten more than thenumber to which, I suppose, he has been hitherto confined. I merely refer to this case, as being thefirst that has struck me; and to this mode of illus-tration, without knowing what plan the Presidentmay adopt. I incline to the opinion, however, thathis contemplated tour may prevent him from doingmore than acquire a collection of information appli-cable to the case, against his return. It seems you have, in the state of New York, 4976Indians, and that these Indians have 271,323 acres ofland as reservations. I am glad they are so well offin the land way. How would it sort with your con-venience to let me know, how many schools for im-provement are organized in their settlements, exclu-sively for Indian education? and where located?—