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| − | Respected Sir in the month of Sept I was called upon by | + | |
| + | Respected Sir in the month of Sept I was called upon by a council man of the Passamaquoddy Indians and asked me if I would let him receipt for me & let him keep an account of what I payed to them, if they would all sign for me to be Agent for the ensuing year 1857. | ||
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I made answer to him that I would rather have him witness the receipts then anyone else & keep an account of all I payed them, | I made answer to him that I would rather have him witness the receipts then anyone else & keep an account of all I payed them, | ||
| − | I asked him why he put me such a question, he said we think we have been cheated by the Agents | + | |
| − | And he & one other Indian went over to | + | I asked him why he put me such a question, he said we think we have been cheated by the Agents, then I asked him how; he said the widows & poor old Sqaws did not get what they Should have, that some very destitute ones received only Two Dollars a year when they Should get Twelve & even Twenty Five; should be given some of them. |
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| + | And he & one other Indian went over to see my neighbor to put the same questions to him & he to the Indians [Ses?] made answer to them that he would have who he was a mind to receipt for him, & that he would do as he was a mind to. And then another council man came down, & wished me to go down to Mr George Downe's & get a petition wrote that they might Sign it for me to be agent. They say they would like to have me put in for ten years. | ||
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Calais Dec 1856
To the Honorable Hannible Hamlin
Respected Sir in the month of Sept I was called upon by a council man of the Passamaquoddy Indians and asked me if I would let him receipt for me & let him keep an account of what I payed to them, if they would all sign for me to be Agent for the ensuing year 1857.
I made answer to him that I would rather have him witness the receipts then anyone else & keep an account of all I payed them,
I asked him why he put me such a question, he said we think we have been cheated by the Agents, then I asked him how; he said the widows & poor old Sqaws did not get what they Should have, that some very destitute ones received only Two Dollars a year when they Should get Twelve & even Twenty Five; should be given some of them.
And he & one other Indian went over to see my neighbor to put the same questions to him & he to the Indians [Ses?] made answer to them that he would have who he was a mind to receipt for him, & that he would do as he was a mind to. And then another council man came down, & wished me to go down to Mr George Downe's & get a petition wrote that they might Sign it for me to be agent. They say they would like to have me put in for ten years.