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left margin:  Dec.  7.  his men all arrived.  As soon as we were down off from our horses, and seated with him in the midst of his men, he then spoke and said,  "what does this mean?  You have now come the second time -- I do not understand it; so I understand", said he, (for one of strikeout:  Gen: J Micanopy's messengers had already reached him and told him the demands of Gen: Jessup as a preliminary to a treaty of peace) -- "that women and children are required to attend to making a treaty of peace.  I never knew before that women and children are to be required at a treaty of peace.  It is a duty of Chiefs; and I sent several of my chiefs, to make a treaty sometime ago; I see but few of them have returned."  I then answered him and said, You knew that we told you in a public council, that we had come to make peace between you and the whitemen & that our mission was like three brothers -- two fighting and one loving both, and endeavouring to bring about a reconciliation between them.  We also told you in public council, that we were instructed by our chiefs, that if you wished us to speak to Gen: Jessup on any subject that was calculated to remain the difficulty that existed between you & the whiteman, we should do so.  And if Gen: Jessup wished us to speak to you on any subject that was calculated to remove the difficulty, we should do strikeout the same.  Now, Sir, you, on a public [occasion?  council?] told us that you could not go with your chief to Fort Mellon, because Genl Jessup was angry with you; and you gave this as a reason for not going.  Now, Sir, we have talked to Gen: Jessup for you on this subject and he has assured us that he will receive you friendly; and before we would send any other person, least he would forget or fail to tell the truth, I have come myself all the way to tell you the