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Show 22 APPENDIX TO p ,\ItT I. ( l)P'St }'Otl I >> ll I 11'' \VC foun<l the trader'> her with n. ·g rl~ at Jomamo ,..,. . I . . rr , n·i vcn 1h t. l l i pCI'l ll l~· tOlltO 1. Inn d . \ In v ~.,' t 1 c 1 e 10 1 ' h deal 01 n : m 0 11 ' ' 1 t ·1 ' I t 1.) ue~>·t '<. s, ... ··ai 11:,t next . p wl · ttl tte\' 1•.1\ '• • • \I 'nq l ' ..L'y or;'. , l; u n . ..:> syce a•r , \\"I H! ll no•1 ll- .1 \1'I t Lc !:,"un\. .. rcd to conic in the t:ountry. [ No. 8. _I ANS\VERS 0 l•' S E \"Ell A T. 1 N D t A N C II I F. )l ' TO A:\' 1\DD !lESS 1' ·h1 0 r 1.1 E t ' 'l'EI!' S l\l A l ., , ' ) 8 0 G J:<A ,"l' 1'1Kl·:, AT LEJ·:c u LAKE, IGLh J:'EilH u AH"\', . Jst. S ucn• r~f Ntd I .akc ( ~n.~couj; ) . . 1\1 y FAT II E H-I I I ·l \'c hnL rd alld \ltHlcrstood the word0s' ol . outl' t father l t O\'l'I' .J O)' ~ m c to se c }'Oll llhl kc \H'~I r <· amon;., us. t g rca ' · · · . 1 . 1 , family !wen prc'>e ut, am shoulcl ha,·c accomp.tllt etl you 1 ,\c m} I . r . , , " ce my f.tth cr, the great war c IH' . . waul~~.:~~~~ en~~::~~ ~o l~old itl my han(l 1 t·,·ce i' eel from the Eng ll'"!t . II-; t • • I d< liver it up to v o tl . \Yahaslhi'S calllm<'l, c\ul' fs. I \\ Ill tllR y . B, ., ·-;mccl with" hich I am presented, lrcc civc wi th all my heart. c, sc ll i<:l tl at T will u•;e my IJC'>l l. ll(I eavors t () h' 'C}> my )'Oilllf:>j men ' II . r· I< I . mv r llhCl' tlte g reat WUI c liC . There is my C' .lnmct, I se tH Jt to ' ' 1 · · "'ill not my \Yh.lt does it si :~ nify that l should go to sec lUlL • pipe <.11\S\\'Cl' the S'\1\lC j)UI'f10Se? . J s· 011 your I'Ctll l'll. .i. \1 v F .\Til r.n-You will meet wnh t 1e · tnnx 1 1 . , You may nwkc tlwm smoke 1.1 1 my pi· pe, an< l tcll them that \,tvc let fall my hatchet. [ 1 rircr .M v l' ATHlm-Tcll the Sioux on the upper part 0 tIC. I· t St Peters that tlwy mark trees w.i th tI1C r~ ~~ urc o [ '' \ ca• lumct, t l:.t .. . . of Hcd IHkc who may ~;o that way, shon 1t1 " c s. ec thcrn ' th. at " .c 'm\Ca y make peace with the'm , bc1. n~ assu1Tcl o f t l ,· . . ific c\t!:ip OSl· 1 c 11 .P·1~ tion when we shall sec the calumet marked on the ll ces. 2d. The chir.f de la Trrrc of ],cec!I lake (Obigouiw:j· are M "'R r am !•·lad to heal' that we and tlte Swux Y FA 1' 1'\ ,., - ' ::> ' J a brothers ])eacc bcl.1 1 P; HW<I e b clw. cen us. . If I have r eccJVCt 1 . now , . . rl· of nn.;. 01 cchl it 0111 tho Engli <>h traders, It wac; not as a rn .l " • nI1. . ' t' as I Cvl' l'idl'rcd it , but me re 1y 1J CC:I.\IS.C I nn'< lc gooc1 < lstmc wn, · , ·mel see hunts and paycd my debts. llacl the Sucre hrcn able l? ~c~ ~ n . but OUt' r1 11 tl \C I' , tllC o£' re·' \t w'a r chief I :shoultl huvt; accompatuct I t ' A J>PENDIX TO PART I. 23 I am detct·mincd to go to Michilimackinac the ne~~t spt·ing to see lllY brothct·s the Americans. 3d. The Grul'/11' Platt(' qf L ('('ch lakr ( E skilm.rtckogf•.) J\.1v FATHEn-i\Jy hc.11t beat high \\ith joy, when 1 hc .• rd th at you had arrived, and that all the na tiot 1s through which you pas..,ctl had received and made peace amon~; the n1. \' ou a<;k wet'.> accompany you to 111cct our father, the gTcnt W<ll' chie f : thi · l would williugly do, b11t ccrtai11 co11 sidc rations prevent me. I lla,·e sent my calumet to all the, Suutc.t tlX who hunt round about, to assemble to form a war party : shoulc 1 I be al>::~cnt, tiler, when U!:>Scmbled, may su·ike those wi th who111 \\ C h:l\ e m:.1dc pc,lc<', and m.1y kill our brothe rs. I mltst, thcl·cfi>rc, relllain he re, to prevent them from asse mbling-, as l fear tl1.t l th c rc arc mauy who have bcg-nn ulreacly to pr<• p;.u <' to mcctnw. I p n ·s1 Ill you with the mcd,tl of my uncle llct·c p resent. J fc has rcc ·i vccl It fro n1 tbc l· twli ~h chiefs as a rcconlpcnl'e li;t· hi" ~oocl hunts. A ':i for m..: I bt~ vc no medal hct·e; it is at my tent, a:.d I ' 'i ll clwc rfully del iver it up. That medal wa-; given n1e by the En!~lis'• trcHl r rs, from a CO!lsidc raticm of somcthin~ that I had done; and l Cull .!.ty tlwt the t1 rccfourtlts of those her · pr<. "~ nt belong to me. l\ly FATHJ.:ll-1 promisr· you, and you may COl. ~clr i111 •y '''<•r<l, that I will pre~c1 vc p •ace, th.tt I bu } II} 11.11~. 1 et; 1nd, th .. t C \ en should the Siottx con1c and su·il,c me, li~1· toe fir~t ' i Jllt I wo ul~! not take up my hatchet; but should thry come and strike me a sccoud time, l will dig· up my hatchet and re vcn;;c myself . [ No. 9. J E.t·tract of a Ll'tta .[1·om LJEU'l'. PrKJ~, to lllr. D ickson, dated L o·wer Ned Ct'dar L ake, '2Gt!J 1'.-b. 180 6. " Mr. Gr~nt was prcpat·cd to go on a trading voyage, amongst the Fols A voins; but it w.ts what I could not by any means admi t of, and I hope on a n10ment's l'cilcction, yon will admit the ju<>tice of my t·cru~a] ; fol' wklt could be a greatc1· piece of injustice, tl1an for me to admit you to send g-oods, illt',f:J'ally bt·ought into the cou11 try, down i11to the same q uaJ'tcl', to tt·adc for the credits of men who IH vc paid thcit· dtttics, l'cg·ularly taken o·a li<.:cnscs, and in other tespects act ed conliJt'mably to law. They might exclaim with jus- |