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For Gen. D.B. Mitchell our Agent 1818 Now you our Agent will see the Laws we have made for our Nation. 1st Is it agreed, that if a man stab one that he dies, & it can be proven on him, he shall suffer death. The one who stabs shall be the only one who shall suffer. 2'd It is agreed, that if a man kill another by firing of a gun. and it can be proven to have been an accident, he shall be forgiven. 3'd It is agreed, that is a Negro kill an Indian, the Negro shall suffer death and if an Indian kill a Negro he shall pay the owner the value. 4th It is agreed, that is a mans horse kill another person, there shall be nothing said to the owner of the horse about it. And if two friends unclear one horse together, and the horse flings then & one is killed and he other unclear to get up, it shall be considered an accident. 5th It is agreed, that if a man take a weapon in hand, and go to kill another, and the man he goes to kill happens to kill him first, and the fact be so proven, he shall be forgiven as he killed the man to save his own life. 6th It is agreed that is a man steal he shall for the