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TO HIS EXCELLENCY, U.S.GRANT,
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

FATHER;

I AM AN INDIAN, WAS EDUCATED AT TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY, LEXINGTON, KY. AND GRADUATED IN 1837, BACHELOR OF THE LAWS, BY THE AID OF THE GOVERNMENT, FOR WHICH I AM THANKFUL.

SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE BEEN WRITING A WORK WHICH IS AN EXPOSITION OF THE CUSTOMS OF MY NATION, THE POTTAWATOMIES; WITH ABOUT 12 BIOGRAPHIES OF OUR [[underlined]] CHIEFS [[/underlined]] AND [[underlined]] BRAVES. [[/underlined]] A VOCABULARY OF THEIR LANGUAGE. A TREE OF THEIR HEAVEN AND RELIGION. A HEBREW SCROLL, CONTAINING PARTS OF EXODUS AND NUMBERS, AND A WORK OF THE INDIAN MATERIA MEDICA, WHICH I HAVE BEEN COMPOSING FOR OVER 40 YEARS, WITH VALUABLE RECIPES FOR THE CURE OF MANY DISEASES. ALSO I HAVE A WONDERFUL HORSE POWDER, TO ENLIVEN JADED HORSES, AND TO INCREASE THE SPEED OF RACE HORSES, SO THAT ONE OF LESS SPEED WITH THE USE OF THIS POWDER CAN OUTRUN ONE OF GREATER SPEED.

I HAVE A GREAT DESIRE TO BRING MY WORK BEFORE THE PUBLIC, TO BE DEDICATED TO THE PEOPLE OF THE U.S., BUT I CANNOT BECAUSE I AM TOO POOR.

I WANT THE PRESIDENT TO HELP ME IN THE ABOVE, BY ORDERING ME AS INTERPRETER OF THE POTTAWATOMIES, TO THE CENTENNIAL GROUND AT PHILADELPHIA, WHICH WILL ENABLE ME TO SELL MY WORK AT ONCE.

I WANT MY NEPHEW TO ACCOMPANY ME AS I AM OLD. THE FARE WILL BE BUT A SMALL CONSIDERATION WITH YOUR GREAT AND RICH GOVERNMENT.