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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 Occonostota and the Sittle?Stalking? Turkey which were often alluded to in the Councils, although very imperfectly quoted. Big Rattling Gourd thought it important that they should be faithfully repeated to the Head Men of the Nation and to all the people. It was therefore understood that Gist, when he had noted them down, should attend the next Council and there read them; but unluckily Big Rattling Gourd was taken sick, and could not keep the arrangement; and soon after Gist went to Arkansas, on a list and Big Rattling Gourd died. In order to show the power of his invention, Gist brought