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reply to what we had said, and returned again in about half and hour and made the following reply Brothers We now hear all what you wish to do among us, you are come here to see us brothers, you wish us well, you wish us to become as the White People, the White are rich and have every thing, the Indians are poor and have nothing, Brothers you told us one thing, it would be good for us to build a Mill, we will consult Cap-tain Chapen, if he thinks we will get our Money, and we are able to raise the money you propose then we will do it Brothers We know how far you have come to see us, it is a great ways to the Sea shore where our fore Fathers once lived, the White People have cheated us and got our Land from us, and now we have but little left, and we will try to learn your way- Brothers you know there is some bad People among us, and you know we have been cheated and that makes us bad, and our minds uneasy, if we had not been cheated we should have been very rich People, and had plenty of every