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from them all their best hunting ground & all the
big springs and Licks, they frequently talked of
leaving of us, and returning to their homes, we
in vain told them that we dare not depart from
the line they had agreed to with the President of
the United States that ^we could not go to the [page damaged]
for the left, or stop a chain nearer a [damage]
further But faithfully and honestly [damage]
line agreed to in the Treaty they had made [damage]
Murmuring id excuse) as the line progressed [damage]
they at length declared that it could not [damage]
true ^line saying that it would not strike [damage]
as the true line was bound to do. my [damage]
expresst doubt of the same kind. It was [damage]
agreed to desist from extending the [damage]
[facts?] until a line of [exp....? ? ?] be
[?] With myself that [?] doubts of its striking
the Run [? ?] ^distance below the [?]
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following reasons, the Point 40 miles above Nashville