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were sent out for I am knowing to the fact my self that they did speak most disparagingly of this country.

There is however some paliation even for them, for they came from a splendid Indian Country and visited this in mid summer, when it was scorched and burnt up, all, or most of the creeks were dry, and the heat of an August sun upon them which was almost [looks like insupportable, must be insufferable]--Yet all this was with them a subterfuge, the real cause being as I have stated ttheir great reluctance to learn that country to which they were so strongly attached whilst a portion of their tribe were permitted to remain behind.

So far as we were concerned we felt the most anxious desire for an early removal. From the moment His Excellency James K. Polk approved our claims on the 5th of March last, and had not our suffering business imperviously demanded my presence in this country I certainly would not have [commanded?] to pay Mr. Coquillard a heavy salary for superintending the removal, but would have been an active cooperative in it with him.

I regretted very much that I was obliged to leave Indiana when I did. It was not only our sincere desire but it was our interest to effect the removal as soon as possible, for we well knew that our yearly Installments in the confirmed claims would not be paid until the removal took place and besides this we were largely [illeg]ed with the other two persons in the purchase of the contract and the