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left margin: Dec. 3. And that he was not going to be deceived by them any longer. Micanopy said he was sorry that treaties had not been complied with. Gen: Jessup then asked the chiefs what assurance they now could give him of their sincerity. Micanopy told the General his Red Brethren had come a long way & had brought him a good talk & they had heard & received it & had finished the pipe of peace with them, which, among the Indians, was a very sacred thing. Then Gen: Jessup said, he would now demand of them as a preliminary to a treaty, all the whitemen's property and all the prisoners (Oceola & others) families and Sam Jones and all his people and all the warriors & their families to come in (at Fort Mellon) and to surrender their arms &c. Micanopy agreed to it and said Sam: Jones would come in but the reason why Sam Jones did not come in, was the General's anger strikeout: ag towards Jones. Gen: Jessup said, he now would receive him friendly. Then the parties agreed on the time note: see opposite . sign: circled cross -- seven days for Sam. Jones & his people & the property, the prisoners' families; & Cloud's people should comein within ten days. Micanopy & Cloud then sent messengers for the people. Micanopy sent Tas,hee,kee (a Chief) particularly to Sam Jones & to his own people. The messengers left strikeout: Col; She Fort Mellon that evening. The Col Sherburne said to the deputation, that they ought to go, too, after Sam Jones. The deputation concluded They had no more to do with the talk to the people. However, they had intended to send a word to Sam Jones by Micanopy's messengers; but, however, the deputation had an interview with Gen: Jessup on the subject. Gen: Jessup said he thought the deputation would have offered their services to go after Sam Jones. We told him, as to the talk, we had done all we had to do with it. However, we had intended to send a word to Sam Jones by