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any more children by his said slave woman, provided the National Committee will concur in this decision.

                                                                                                                                  Major Ridge
                                                                                                                                      Speaker of Council

Nov 6, 1826.

      Concurred by the National Committee
                                                 J. Ross Pt.

A. McCoy, Clk.

       But poor Shoe Boots, even by after -scratched out this decision, was was not set free from all his family sorrows 
       A homeless white man wandered into the Cherokee nation & got acquainted with Shoe Boots. The old warrior found he had been hardly used by fortune. "Come to Shoe Boot words scratched out" said he -- "you not word scratched out want word scratched out nothing." " I have a family of children to provide for." "Bring your -scratched out  family here" said Shoe Boots; "the -scratched out country is -scratched out large enough -- place enough sentence scratched out in Shoe Boot house, - if not, me we will -scratched out cut down tree - make more house." The white man made the abode of Shoe Boots his & brought his family.
       He had one grown daughter. She reminded Shoe Boots of the days & of the wife, that were gone. He