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and a green headed fly will be so trou- -blesome in a while, that horses and Cattle wont thrive or will rather fall away. After waiting with some degree of impatience until between two and three OClock this afternoon, we were visited by Cornplan- -ter, his Son Henry, and two Other Indians, the Chief informed us, that one of his daugh- -ters was taken very ill yesterday, and a relation that lived in his family had fell of a horse and broke his arm, which had pre- -vented his coming sooner, and that now he could not he could not go with us for three days on their account, for which he was very sorry, but if we did not like to wait so long, he would hire a guide and send with us. We informed him we were very sorry circumstances had happened so as to prevent our us from having his com- -pany, but believed it would be best for us to set of tomorrow Morning, for we wished to spend a few days with our friend in Canada, and in Seven days we hoped we could meet him in Buffaloe, where he said he intended to be on that day if the state of his famaly would permit, a guide