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to Miami in Indiana, who about to start with  
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to Miami in Indiana, when about to start with this party Avaline & some other traders [illeg] 17 of the number and on a trial before Judge Cole of Miami County they were discharged from our custody on account of it having been made to appear that they were Weas, this reduced the party to 61. which number was emigrated to and delivered to Sub Agent Vaughn on the 10<sup>th</sup> of September 1847 as will appear from his receipt, Some few of the Indians removed having lands in this country have returned, and it is understood have petitioned Congress for the enactment of a law permitting them to remain in Indiana and receive their annuities there, this has no doubt given you an impression that we have no removed all that we were required to remove when the fact is we have removed all <u>once</u> and some part of them twice.
this [illegible] Avaline + Lone other Traders [illegible]  
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17 of the members and or a trail before  
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The above is a brief & fair statement of the manner in which we performed the <u>removal</u> of the Miamies. Those emigrated in 1846 have been subsisted for the time & in the manner prescribed by the contract, those emigrated in 1847 are being so subsisted under contract between us and Mr. Clymer, all of which we respectfully submit and ask an early adjustment of the of our [sic] claims
jude [illegible] of Miami [illegible] they starve die
 
= changed from our [illegible] or account.
 
of it having [illegible] made to appear that they  
 
[illegible] Wral, this reduced the [illegible] to 61.
 
which remember was emigrated to away
 
delivered to Sub Agent [illegible] on this
 
10th of September 1847 as will appear  
 
from his weight, [illegible] of the Indians  
 
removed having land in this country have  
 
returned, and it is understood have [illegible]
 
[illegible] for the [illegible] of a law per=
 
=mitting them to remain in Indiana and  
 
receive their annuities there, this has us [illegible]
 
given you [illegible] impression that we [illegible] 
 
removed all that in were regions to remove
 
when the fact in we have removed all  
 
<u>once </u> and some part of them twice,
 
The arrive in a brief + fair statement  
 
of the Miami's in which we performed the  
 
<u>removal </u> of the Miamis, those expected in 1846
 
have be submitted for the [illegible] + in the
 
Miamis [illegible] by the Contract, those
 
Emigrated in 1847 and are being so submitted [illegible]
 
contact between us and NW [eligible], all of  
 
which in respectfully submitted and ask
 
an early punishment of the of our [illegible]