the State. Let all be done for them that can be wisely done
in a spirit of paternal kindness. Let it not be shown that our
sympathy for Indians extends only to those at the South, but
has no feeling for our own.

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[_From the same_.] THE MARSHPEE INDIANS.


The laws which regulate this remnant of a once powerful tribe
of Indians, are not familiar to many, and it is one great
defect in the present system, that these laws are so difficult
of access, and so complex that the Indians neither know nor
comprehend them; and it cannot be expected that they should
live contentedly under oppressive regulations which they do
not understand. Should any new laws be passed, they ought to
be as simple as possible, and be distributed for the use of
the Indians.

By the Act of 1788, Ch. 38, Vol. 1 of Laws, page 342, new
provisions were made, the previous act of 1788, Ch. 2, being
found insufficient "to protect them and their property against
the arts and designs of those who may be disposed to take
advantage of their weakness." The wisdom of the whites, at
that time, invented the following provisions for that purpose:

SECTION 1. A Board of five Overseers was established,
(afterwards reduced to three,) two to be inhabitants of
Barnstable County, and three from an adjoining County. (Now