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=one Pierre some whites are settled on this line and some over it. Those over I wish may be removed if there are none over, there is nothing spoiled. From the information I have recd from my forefathers this Natchez Country belonged to red people, the whole of it which is now settled by White people. But you Americans werenot the first people who got this Country from the Red People. We sold out lands but never received any value for them -- This I speak from the information of Old Men -- We did not sell them to you and strikeout as we never recd any thing of it and make us some compensation for them -- We are red people and you are white people We did not come here to beg, we bought no property with us to purchase any thing, we came to do the business of our Nation and return. The other Chiefs have granted you this road. We dont wish the White people to go alone to make this road, We wish a few of us red people and