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+ | November 5. 1846. | ||
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+ | Sir | ||
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+ | I was employed by the contractor | ||
+ | for emigration of the Miami Indians to drive | ||
+ | the ponies belonging to the emigrating Miamis | ||
+ | from Indiana to the mouth of the Kanzas river | ||
+ | in the state of Missouri. I had the services | ||
+ | of eleven men who were employed by the | ||
+ | contractor to assist in driving and managing | ||
+ | the ponies; I was furnished with money by the | ||
+ | contractor to defray the expense of the trip | ||
+ | including the subsistence requisite for the ponies. | ||
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+ | We left Peru, Indiana with the ponies on the | ||
+ | 7<sup>th</sup> day of October, and arrived at the mouth | ||
+ | of the Kanzas river on the 1<sup>st</sup> day of November 1846. The ponies were properly fed and cared for during eht trip from Peru to the mouth of Kanzas river, and on their arrival there they | ||
+ | were delivered to their new homes here where they arrived | ||
+ | this day. From the day we started from Peru | ||
+ | until our arrival here, every attention in our | ||
+ | power was paid to the proper feeding, and care | ||
+ | of the ponies under our charge, and the means | ||
+ | furnished by this contract for that purpose were |