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Osage river sub agency
November 5. 1846.

Sir

I was employed by the contractor
for emigration of the Miami Indians to drive 
the ponies belonging to the emigrating Miamis
from Indiana to the mouth of the Kanzas river
in the state of Missouri. I had the services
of eleven men who were employed by the
contractor to assist in driving and managing
the ponies; I was furnished with money by the
contractor to defray the expense of the trip
including the subsistence requisite for the ponies.

We left Peru, Indiana with the ponies on the 
7<sup>th</sup> day of October, and arrived at the mouth
of the Kanzas river on the 1<sup>st</sup> day of November 1846. The ponies were properly fed and cared for during eht trip from Peru to the mouth of Kanzas river, and on their arrival there they
were delivered to their new homes here where they arrived
this day. From the day we started from Peru
until our arrival here, every attention in our
power was paid to the proper feeding, and care
of the ponies under our charge, and the means
furnished by this contract for that purpose were