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Father, We will punish the offenders. It is very easy; it 

 is not difficult at all. 



Father, I will score the back of him who cut your tent. 



Father, It is some time since I have worn this on my 

 neck ; I have kept it secreted, because they will not respect it. 



Father, After our battles with the people around us, I have 

 gone alone, crying into their villages, and have received no 

 harm, fin other words, Indians have forgiven me for spill- 

 ing their blood, then why should not the magnanimity of the 

 whites forgive the comparative trifling injuries I have done 

 them.) 



Father, When the war party, that robbed your people., re- 

 turned, I was not told of this act. If I had known it, and 

 had demanded the articles, perhaps they would have been 

 given up to me ; but they are now so widely distributed that 

 it is impossible to collect them all. 



Father, I have never yet whipped my people, but I intend 

 to begin now. I will punish the offenders as soon as I return 

 home. 



Father, I am glad to see you writing down all that has 

 been said. When a man dies, his actions are forgotten, but 

 when they are written down, it is not so. 



Father, Some among us have had difficulty with the tra- 

 ders, because they would give but very little vermiilion, &c. 

 for our furs. 



Father, When I have seen a person poor, and i had a 

 horse to spare, or a blanket, I have given it to him. 



Father, From this day I undergo a change ; I am now an 

 American, and you shall hear that it is true. 



Father, If you hear of my being whipped when I return 

 to my village, consider yourself the cause of it, for I will 

 whip those dogs that insulted you, as you desire me. 



Father, You love your children, I love mine. 



Father, Be quick, do what you have to do. Tf you intend 

 to punish us, let us know it. 



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