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226. when they go to fight each other! -- Have you not discovered the footsteps of the long Knifes, almost within sight of Your Towns, and seen the Smoke^ arrising from their Camps! -- Should not this be sufficient warning to You -- and lead You to consult Your own safety! -- We have long since turned our faces towards Your habitations, in the expectation of seeing You comeing away from where You now are, and to us, where You would be out of danger; but you were so engaged in praying*, that you did not discover our anxiety for Your sakes!"

    "Friends and Relatives! -- Now listen to me and hear what I have to say to You! -- I am myself come to bid You to arise and go with me to a secure place! -- Do not -- my friends -- covet the Land you now hold under cultivation! -- I will conduct You to a Country** eaqually as good as this, where Your fields shall yield to You abundant Crops; and where your Cattle shall find sufficient pasture! -- where there is plenty of Game! -- where Your Women and Children, together with yourselves, shall live in Peace and safety! -- where no long Knife shall ever molest You! -- Nay! I will live between You and these, and not even suffer them to frighten You! -- There You can worship your God without fear! -- Here where You are, You cannot do

this!

^meaning the Militia Camps, where? Col. Broadhead was out.

• in devotion. ** the Miami Country