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directed to be signed &; forwarded to wit To Tarhie &; the other principal chiefs of theWyandot Nation of Indians Brothers You may remember that somethingmore than 5 years ago a committee of Quakers fromBaltimore made you a visit at Sandusky and thatas a sufficient number of chiefs could not speedilybe got together at that time you declinged givinga full answer to the communication then made you BrothersYou may also remember that as youcould not at that time give us a full answeryou promised to forward it after the meeting of thegrand Council which was to be held shortly after BrothersYour brethren the Quakers of Baltimorehave ever since that time been waiting to receivethis answer and could not account for its not comingto hand, they concluded therefore that you declinedreceiving the assistance that they were willing tohave renderd you Brothers we have just now heard from someof our friends who live on Little Beaver to whomTarhic communicated it last winter that you didforward an answer to the communication, made toyou at Sandusky 5 years since, and we are sorry to in-form you from some unknown cause it has not cometo hand