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Rosealie read the petition after her father had made an opening speech setting forth the diagram. The slowness necessary to an interpretation is peculiar & the patience of the Indians very marked, perhaps it is hardly patience. 11 were present, & Millie Springer & told of the school. Indians take the end of the pen between their thumb & forefinger, signing a paper is called "Linching the pen. I wrote the names - Doube-Moni X a Harrison McCauley To-oh-Ka-hah X Arthur Ramsey Mah-ha-na-ze X Richard Robinson [[?Charles and]] John Mumba Douba X Lisa Webster Nah-loo-la-tah X Sam Irving Osh-ga-be-ta-gah X Robt. Morris Jay-who-tom-bee X Chas. Robinson Leyer Nunba X George Trent Ma-hah-ta X Fred Merrick or Henry Morris En-cha be X Jed Miller or John Pitcher