Notes for Letter and enclosures from W.G. Ewing to William Medill, April 26 1847: Sheet #3

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that all was done that was in our power, either by persuasion, or force, to effect a general removal of the Miamies. Most of the Waw-we-assee ^ ^Indians (1/2 Pottawotomies) you will observe fled to Michigan. As to the 30 Miamies, you speak of in your letter of the 26^th March "represented to have been left for the purpose of gathering their crops, with a full understanding that they were to join their brethren in the West, as soon as that object was accomplished" I hope that the statement of Col Hamilton & Rev^d J. Benoist will satisfy you that neither Major Jewett, nor the sub contractors Coquillard Edsall or us, or any person authorised, ever made any such arrangement. I can not find any person who ever even heard of such an arrangement!!

The 4 chiefs refered to by Messr^s Hamilton & Benoist are 1^st Ko-assee--his wife & two children refused to go when M^r Murray called for them at Turtle Town; the chief was at Peru helping to get the Indians started & went West. 2^d Same of another, Antoine Revarre (1/2 Breed) he had 3 children, most of them sick & 2 since dead. 3^d Me-ze-quah--his wife was sick & stayed with 1 or 2 children. 4^th White Loon--Left his wife and one or two others.

These chiefs all took an active part & at the risk of their lives to remove their people but little attention was paid to their small families, as they were able to return if they desired, and those who did not wish to go, kept in the bushes and out of the way of Major Jewett for he let none go, he got his eyes on! Kille-cum-me-keah, the Packon) fled with his family to Michigan; was sent after but could not be found. These were the only Miamies I can hear of who were left in the country (except those entitled to stay by treaty & the Waw-we-assee peoples) and if we