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 know that you are not forgotten, and that I hold the friendly chief of the red men near my heart, I send you presents. Our nation is yet young, but will make us rich, and then I will send many presents to our red brothers. At the council at Tahwoccany Creek in April next, I will send you a new pipe that I have had made at a great distance from here. It will be a pipe of peace. You will smoke it with our red friends at the council; and if I can not be there to meet you, you must come to see me, and we will smoke at my own fire-side. I will look for the great chiefs of the different bands. If they come to see me they shall not go away hungry.

I will expect you to go and stay with my friends till they go to the Comanches, and stay with them till the council.

I hope the Great Spirit will smile upon you and preserve you, and give many blessings to my red brothers.

Your brother,




 * —— My ears are always open to the voices of my red brothers. When they speak I hear them. You have brought a talk from the Comanches. I am ready to hear it. I will send by you a talk back to them. It shall be a talk of peace.

If you wish to come and see me and the chiefs of this nation in council, they are here. The white chief who takes you this talk will show you and your friends the way to my house, or he will send a friend that will bring you in a safe path. A-cah-quash and other chiefs have been here with us. They know that we are kind to our red brothers. When you come to see us you will find our hearts open. We do not shut our doors against our friends. Blood has been taken out of our path; and when you come to see me, you will find the path white. The feet of all good men go in a straight path.

When you shall have come to see me, I will send men with you who will see you safe back to your hunting-grounds, with talks of friendship to the Comanches and all our red brothers. If the red brothers should wish to come down with you to see me, you may tell them to bring their peltries and trade, if they wish to do so.

Your brother,


 * —— You started to hunt the white path of peace—you found and walked in it amongst white people, until you came to my house. You found the talk which I sent you true. You saw the great council of your