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Brainerd, Cherokee Nation June 11 1828 Dear Cousin, when I last saw you I promised to write to you., I now with pleasure fulfil my promise. I continue still in school at Brainerd, and am well pleased with my education. Our school is large containing fifty scholars. It will be about three months before vacation, then we will all go to our homes. Father's family were well the last I heard from them. I expect him here next Saturday. Thomas is attending school a short distance from home . My studies are at present, Reading, Writing, Spelling, Geography, Arithmetic, and the definition of words. My studies occupy the greater part of my time. Father is very well satisfied with my improvement this last season. We scarcely ever see any white people excepting the missionaries and a few travellers. Our neighbors are all Cherokees. I often think of my dear friends in Tennessee and wish to see them very much. But I am perfectly willing to stay in this nation. although I should be very glad to stay with grandfather.