March 7 1850 page 2

Wa wa nosh monopolised[monopolized] and sold it
to Government. He (Wawanosh) denies
having sold it and notwithstanding
Ta ge wi ni ni's repeated applications to
him for a share, at least, of the pay
the only satisfaction he can obtain
is the usual reply - "apply to the Government
for your rights, I never sold your land"

Sir George Coleburn when Governor
told Ta ge wi ni ni that the land in question
had been purchased of Wawanosh, and
offered to transfer the pay from him to
Tagewinini, but the latter refused to deprive
his cousin of the whole of the pay, trusting
to his generosity and honesty, to be allowed
at least, an equal share of the same
Sir George Coleburn expressed his approval
of Ta ge wi ni ni's decision in favour
of Wawanosh, saying that he had no
doubt but that he would act honestly
in the matter, but such has not been
the case and now Tagewinini's only
resource is to state the facts as they
are, and demand that justice may
be done him. It will be well
to state that five years since Tagewinini
received to the amount of $180. in small
remittances at different periods from
Wawanosh, by way of present as the
latter expressed it, and not as pay
for the land.

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Jean Baptist + Tagewinini
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