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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 [Illegible] these chiefs [illegible]welcomed? with Lafontaine.

---- Some of them I learn are better pleasured with

the --er --t, than they expected to be; Ko-afsee- --- the first chief was very well pleased with the C---ber you -alely gave their Pollawotomee friends, on the Kanza?; and could they get Co--ber there, [illegible] the tribe not required by treaty to go [illegible] be in- to E-negrate [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