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Afterwards, in the course of a long conference, 

 he enumerated many other grounds of dissatis- 

 faction ; the principal of which were our want of 

 attention to him as chief, the weakness of the 

 rum formerly sent to him, the smallness of the 

 present now offered to him, and the want of the 

 chief's clothing, which he had been accustomed 

 to receive at Fort Providence every spring. He 

 concluded, by refusing to receive the ^^(j(xis now 

 oflfered to him. 



In reply to these complaints it was st:itcd that 

 Mr. Weeks's conduct could not be i)r()i)(rly dis- 

 cussed at the distance we were fn^ni liis fort ; 

 that no dependance ought to be \>licvj\ on the 

 vague reports that floated throuirh the Indian 

 territory ; that, for our part, altluAigli we had 

 heard many stories to his (Akaitchrys) disad- 

 vantage, we discredited them all ; that the rum 

 we had sent him, being what the great men in 

 England were accustomed to drink, was of a 

 milder kind, but, in fact, stronger than what he 

 had been accustomed to receive ; and that the 

 distance we had come, and the speed with which 

 we travelled, precluded us from bringing large 

 quantities of goods like the traders; that tliis had 

 been fully explained to him %vh< n h.> .-. -ived to 

 accompany us; and that, h his 



not receiving his usual spi.. lo 



