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prison - no! no! Settlement man, must be bad man
speak plenty words to poor Indian - I am an
Officer - I will put the Settlement man in prison
prison himself, suppose he speak ugly to poor
Indian, me like Indian, me like him squaw Indigenous woman -
Him little squaws - me like him dog, me like him
go hunt with me very much, ugh?"

"Father you Officer man - Officer man good man
Settler man ugly man, him no like poor Indian, —
Officer man good man - him give poor Indian plenty
Fire Water when him go hunt deer - ugh?"

This allusion to Spirituous liquors was
accompanied with a low cunning smile, as if in
doubt whether it would please, or displease me.

"No! no! no: Me no give poor Indian the
Fire Water, make poor Indian much bad, much drunk
Our great Father very angry suppose him know me
give poor Indian. Fire Water - you love your great
Father - and if War comes, you will fight for him you
know."

"Ugh? Spose war come by and by, me fight for
my great Father - Plenty big Indian Indigenous warriors come
fight yankee, Indian man, no like yankee - Dam
yankee, - him ugly man for poor Indian - Officer
man good man - Great Father, very good - Him give
poor Indian plenty big kettle - give him Blanket
- him give good rifle - plenty shot, plenty powder
for shoot Deer, plenty wild Duck for Squaw, go eat
little squaw for eat, ugh"

Spose war come? and bursting into a loud