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Officer Miami Eel River fed Agency Fort Wayne 23d Sept 1846 Sir, I had the honor to receive on the evening of the 21st your letter of the 12th informing me that that a military force had been readied by the President to aid if necessary in effecting the emigration of the Miamis. On the morning of the 22nd I proceeded to the residences of the chiefs and held a conversation with him on the subject and succeeded in convincing him that his people would now be required to remove. A council has been called to be held tomorrow evening and next day morning at which I shall fully explain to the Indians the view of the ____ and give all necessary ____ of kind the amount of. Ralph Jones arrived here with his force around three o'clock this afternoon and