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                                                          Brainerd May 10 1837                                                             205

Mr John Howard Payne

New York

Dear Sir

 Yours of March 17th sent opportunity of answering your enquiries.

A Cherokee by the name of A ska lo ti gi ski or Dodf G. AYouy. + says that not long ago some Cherokees wore a long beard and others pulled out their beard with a wire.