left margin: Dec. 7. you the truth. As to women & children attending or coming at fort Mellon, it is not my business; but here are Micanopy's messengers (pointing at the same time strikeout: to at Tarskeekee and the other) that have to attend to that. Jones' son was then standing behind me with his gun in his hand, and said, Well, Sir, you have been greatly deceiving us. Tarskeekee then spoke & said, These men are strikeout: are our friends. They delivered to us their talk in public council. We heard it. We said it was a good one and received it. Then we went with them to Fort Mellon. Their talk has been the same. They have not changed it. These men are doing all they can to do us good. They are our friends. More than this -- Micanopy has sent me to tell you, you must come at the appointed time. Tarskeekee then went on to Micanopy'd settlement. We then returned & got back to our old council-ground. left margin: " 8. On the 8th we staid at the same place. Through the day we had conversations with several of Mickasukees. We urged on them the necessity of their complying with the obligations of their principal chief. In the evening, Tarskeekee returned, and tokld us that he would see us in the morning. At night, we heard left margin: " 9. that Tarskeekee & others were in council. On the 9th we heard that they were still in council. Sometime in the day, Tarskeekee according to his promise came to our camp, with three or four of Micanopy's messengers, and others, -- between thirty or strikeout: & forty in number. Coahajo's nephew spoke strikeout & said, he was doing all he could in discharging his duty as a messenger, and he thought the people wouold try to get in at the appointed time. I then told them that it was a duty for all the messengers to go and see Sam Jones,