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THE LATE CAPT. PAGE.
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The death Of Capt. John Page late of the
4th Regiment of US, Infantry, on the
steamboat Missouri, while on his way from
New Orleans to St. Louis, has been an
nounced in almost all the newspapers of
the United States, but justice to his memo
ry requires that at least a brief account of
his public services and private virtues
should be given to his country, to whose
service his youth and manhood were devo-
ted, and finally upon whose altar he offer
ed his life. ........4.. .... II.


Capt. Page entered the army as a Second
Lieutenant in the old 9th Regiment of In
lantry, on the 18th February, l8l8--was
promoted to the grade OF First Lieutenant
on the lst January, l8l9--and received
the full commission of Captain in the line
on the 80 April, 1881. & 7 .>..-.


He was for many years actively employed
in the Subsistence Department in Florida,
and for a long period also filled the post Of
Assistant Quarter Master, being the active
officer of that department. in the original es-
tabishment of Fort Brooke, Tampa Bay,
in 1924. i" nv.wa1 ai"' .a'-'q 3'A


In August, 1892, he was appointed, by
the direction Of President Jackson, ,euli-
grating and disbursing agent in the removal
Of the Choctaw Indians to the country
West of the Mississippi river, assigned as
the future homes OF the various Indian
tribes, and was entrusted successfully with
the emigration Of the Greeks, Cherokees
and Chickasaws. ,c-n III,


The policy of removing the Indian tribes
from contact with the whites, was deemed
essential TO the internal peace Of the States
within whose limits they resided, and it
was delicate and difficult task, even after
the Indians had pledged themselves by trea-
ty with the general government TO emigrate,
to execute. ..s4 r..4 ..a..H Nf.aas .ca


Their attachment to their native woods,
next to revenge, is the strongest feeling in
an Indians breast. The distrust with
which they looked upon the whites, their
iaithlessness in the observance of treaty
stipulations, had to be neutralzed and com
ba,ted The zeal, intelligence and fidelity
Of Capt. Page, after incredible labor on his
part, accomplished the object without blsod-
shed. .rs ...,la.1E i feai a}ss Z.
During his employment on this duty he
disbursed millions of the public money with
the most scrupulous regard TO the faith OF
the Government, and justice 10 the Indians.
He enjoyed to the fullest extent the conf
dence of the Department in this comexion
with the Indian tribes, and by the Indians
themselves was beloved,