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South Bend May 18, 1847 Col. W Medill [ineligible] Indian affairs Dear Sir

A copy of an extract of a letter of instruction to Maj Jos Sinclear late Indian agent dated Feb 8."47 has been placed in my hands. In that letter you speak of 30 Miamies who are yet to be emigrated under the contract with Mr Dowling, who were permitted to remain to gather their fall crops with a promise of being removed to their home in the west this season. in relation to the permission spoken of to there 30 Miamies to remain [ineligible] I would say that so far as my knowledge goes there was no such promise ever made by them having charge of the emigration. [ineligible] the [ineligible] agent in gathering them and removing them and [ineligible] them [ineligible] [ineligible] [ineligible] last [ineligible] not to [ineligible] in [ineligible] [ineligible], these could not remain to [ineligible] them [ineligible] [ineligible]. [ineligible] [ineligible] promise was ever made, on [ineligible] [ineligible] [ineligible]excited, [ineligible] [ineligible] somewhere [ineligible] person, [ineligible] also says further that [ineligible] of the [ineligible] to which you allude at in [ineligible] [ineligible] [ineligible] as for [ineligible] a [ineligible], [ineligible]after the [ineligible] was made in which they participated. They [ineligible] to [ineligible. There same [ineligible] [ineligible]