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Gage river sub agency
 
Gage river sub agency
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November 5 <sup>nd</sup> 1846.
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Sin
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I was employed by the contractor
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for emigration of the Miami Indians to drive
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the ponies belonging to the emigrating Miamis
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from Indiana to the mouth of the [illegible] river
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in the state of Missouri. I had the services
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of eleven men who were employed by the
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contractor to [illegible] in driving and managing
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the ponies; I was furnished with money by the
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contractor to defray the expense of the trip
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including the subsistence requisite for the ponies.
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We left Peru, Indiana with the ponies on the
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7th day of October, and arrived at the mouth
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of the [illegible] river, and on their arrival there they
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were delivered to their new homes here where they arrived
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this day. From the day we started from Peru
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until our arrival here, why attention in our
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power was paid to the proper feeding, and care
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of the ponies under our charge, and the means
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furnished by this contract for that purpose were