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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. | [[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. | ||
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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.