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Messrs Hamilton + Benoist [illegible] are now very sma-- | Messrs Hamilton + Benoist [illegible] are now very sma-- | ||
and we will do all in our power to persuade them to | and we will do all in our power to persuade them to | ||
go | go: these chiefs welcomed with Lafontaine. | ||
Some of them I learn are better pleased with | |||
the | the [contract] [illegible], than they expected to be; Ko-afsee- | ||
[illegible] the first chief was very well pleased with the | |||
Contract you [alely] gave their Pollawotomee friends, | |||
on the | [on the] Kansas; and could they get Co--ber there, | ||
[illegible] the tribe not required by treaty to go | [illegible] the tribe not required by treaty to go | ||
[illegible] | [can] be [illegible] to Emigrate | ||
[illegible] [illegible] be earnestly desc- to closer to Messr | [illegible] [illegible] be earnestly desc- to closer to Messr | ||
[illegible] salis? factory to | [illegible] salis? factory to | ||
Revision as of 11:19, 4 May 2021
The family of the 4 chiefs (Ko-afsee-Mege-quiah, TafuteLou? and Rinannie) in regard to you in my last letters, and which Messrs Hamilton + Benoist [illegible] are now very sma-- and we will do all in our power to persuade them to go: these chiefs welcomed with Lafontaine.
Some of them I learn are better pleased with the [contract] [illegible], than they expected to be; Ko-afsee- [illegible] the first chief was very well pleased with the Contract you [alely] gave their Pollawotomee friends, [on the] Kansas; and could they get Co--ber there, [illegible] the tribe not required by treaty to go [can] be [illegible] to Emigrate [illegible] [illegible] be earnestly desc- to closer to Messr [illegible] salis? factory to the [illegible] - With much respect - -.G. Ewing
[illegible] Messr Coquilain -esing to start their [illegible] [illegible] for the payment