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your brother has a mind to live amongst us toshew us how to cultivate the Earth and have desiredus to shew him the spot where to begin We agreed then that he should be at neitherof our villages least our younger brothers might bejealous of our taking him to ourselves. We havedetermined to place him on the Wabash whre someof our families will follow him, where our youngmen I hope will flock to him and where he will beable to instruct them as he wishes This is all I have to say. I could all dayrepeat the sentiments I have already expressed, alsohow much I have been gratified in seeing andhearing from our brothers, but this is not necessary--I am sorry the chiefs of our Country are not allpresent, that they might all hear what you havesaid and have an opportunity to talk with you At the close of the conference we inf-ormed the Indians that we wished to accompanyPhilip Dennis to the river Wabash the place assigned forhim to commence his operations and requested themto appoint one of their number to accompany us therethe Little Turtle replied that he would be pleased toaccompany us himself, but that he was too muchindisposed to go such a distance, they accordinglyappointed a guide, who together with William Wellsaccopanyed us. We were much pleased with the situation