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Some of them I learn are better pleased with
 
Some of them I learn are better pleased with
 
the country West, than they expected to be; Ko-assee-
 
the country West, than they expected to be; Ko-assee-
(now the first chief) was very well pleased with the Country you lately gave their Pottawotomee friends, [on the] Kansas; and could they get Country <u>there</u>, [illegible]all the tribe not required by treaty to go can be Induced to Emigrate  
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(now the first chief) was very well pleased with the Country you lately gave their Pottawotomee friends, [on the] <u>Kansas</u>; and could they get Country <u>there</u>, [illegible]all the tribe not required by treaty to go can be Induced to Emigrate  
  
--We earnestly [desire?] to closer for Messr Dowling's contract in a manner [salis?] factory to the Hon. Indian [department?] and to meet its approbation.
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--We earnestly [desire?] to closer for Messr Dowling's contract in a manner satisfactory to the Hon. Indian department and to meet its approbation.
 
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With much respect
 
With much respect