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Gist replied he could write any thing, provided it was in Cherokee; but if it was in any other language, he could not write it. Big Rattling Gourd then said he remembered former chiefs and the speeches they had made; and asked Gist whether, if they were repeated to him, he could write them down. Gist said he could; but then he had not time. If, however, Big Rattling Gourd would come over to his house, he could do it for him there. It was agreed that they should meet for the purpose in two weeks. Big Rattling Gourd was to have dictated certain speeches of Peconostota and the