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left margin: Dec. 5. by Micanopy's messengers, of the promises which he had made to Micanopy of treating Sam Jones friendly; but since a suggestion had been made by Col: Sherburne of the deputation's going again, the deputation had come to this conclusion, that, if he would make assurances to the deputation of recognising Sam Jones as a chief & treating him friendly, that Busheyhead & Pole Cat would go & make the assurances to Sam Jones. The deputation further told him, the message he had sent by Cahajo to Sam Jones about putting petticoats on him, strikeout that such threats were considered by the Indians a great insult. Gen Jessup made the assurances to the deputation. left margin: 6. On the 6th Busheyhead and Pole Cat left Fort Mellon to left margin: 7. make assurances to Sam Jones. On the 7th we overtook Tarsheekee at our old council ground. Here we found that Wild Cat had reached the camps. This WildCat was a prisoner captured with Oceola & others some time in October last, under a white flag, and had made his escape with seventeen strikeout more at above at: from St Augustine strikeout: He Fort. He told Sam Jones & others the mediation of the Cherokees was a stratagem, for he was also informed in the Fort that when the catched Jones, & Tarsheekee and others, they would take them to Washington and there hang them. He also gave an instance of his own capture. And also one Paw,is,Micoo had made a similar statement -- he was also a prisoner, but brought out by Gen: Hernandez as a guide & had been sent in to the people, but had not returned. From this, the people had fled. We found Sam Jones had gone eight or ten miles further south. however, we pursued after him in company with Tarskeekee. When we found him, we found him & his men