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powerful, and that is the reason why the Great Spirit re- 

 strains our arm. 



Come forward, you chiefs, and let me know what is the 

 strength of your arm ; my ears are anxious to hear ; say, be- 

 fore it is too late, whether you can govern your people or not. 



Pe-ta-le-sha-roo, Republican chief. 



Father, I am not afraid of these people, these Pawnees 

 you see here. They have never struck me with a whip ; 

 (meaning, that when he has chastised his people they have 

 not retaliated upon him.) 



Father, I have travelled through all the nations below; 

 they have not injured me. 



Father, I have seen people travel in blood. I have travel- 

 led in blood myself, but it was the blood of red-skins, no 

 others. 



Father, I have been in all the nations round about, and I 

 have never feared a red-skin. 



Father, I have seen the time when blood flowed upon the 

 ground. It drew tears from many eyes. But I went down to 

 visit my father, (Governor Clarke,,) and returned contented. 



Father, a have no longer a desire for war. I delight to 

 sit in peace. 



Father, When I went to see my father below, although 

 there was danger in the way, I was not afraid to go alone. 



Father, But I am now like a squaw, and instead of carry- 

 ing the mark of a man, I have that of a woman. 



Father, My right arm, and that half of my body is white 

 man, and the other only Indian. 



Father, When I returned from below, I related to my 

 people what I had seen, but none of them had ears, they 

 would not hear me. 



Father, I have often traded with the whites. I always 

 traded fairly, while the Pawnee Loups did not. Here is a 

 trader who knows me, (Mr. Pappan.) 



