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horses and other property that have lately been taken
by your people and if you can find any ^and send the same
into this place, in order that the owners may have it
again, by which means our friendship will continue to
be firm and strong. I have wrote to M^r Dinsmore on
this subject, and hope you will pursue such measures
as will enable you and him to recover the stolen property

Your friend brother (signed) J Sevier

Brothers I am sorry to hear one of our red friends
has lately been killed, and if I can find out that any
of our people has been guilty of such a dark and
unfriendly action I will have them punished, but
I have great reason to hope and believe that it was
not any of our people, altho there is bad men in every
nation, yet I am sure it was not done by any person
belonging to our state.

I have always told you that I wished your
nation to do well, and I hope they may always live in