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Joel Swayne Diary

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thing, and then our minds would have been easy and we could think on the Great Spirit Brothers the reason I mention to you about being cheated, some of my Warriors won't mind what I say to them, but will have their own way, because they know I have often been cheated by the White People, if I had never been cheated then my warriors would believe me and mind what I say to them, but now they won't mind Brothers we can't all go to work at once some of my warriors will go a hunting to get provisions and sometimes they broke a Gun and then it takes a great deal of Money to buy another, and we have very few Hoes &; Axes and such things among us and we are not able to get them Brothers I will go along with you to Canadar-que and then we will get matters settled about the Mill and bring it back to your young men in Writing Brothers this is all I have to say we will now shake hands At the close of the foregoing speech our friends exprest a few words, representing among