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our land from us, and now we have butlittle left. We will try to learn your way. Brothers,You know there are some badpeople amongst us: and you know that wehave been cheated, and that makes us bad, andour minds uneasy. If we had not been cheated, we shouldhave been very rich people and had plentyof every thing: and then our minds wouldbe easy, and we could think upon the GoodSpirit. Brothers, The reason I mention to youabout our being cheated some of my warriors win'tmind what I say to them, but will have theirown way, because they know I have often been cheat-ed by the white people. If I had never been cheat-ed then my warriors would believe me, and mindwhat I say to them: but now they won't mind. Brothers, we can't all go to work at onceSome of my warriors will go a hunting to get pro-visions, and sometimes they break a gun, andthen it takes a great deal of money to get a new one. We have very few hoes and axes and suchthings amongst us, and we are not able to get them. Brothers,I will go along with you to Canan-