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winter and mixing with tea + sugar, sold it to the Russians for $5.00 a bottle making over $25.00 by the operation. He then wanted to try another which I let him have for 500 [[caps drum]] and a promise of 10 [[?]] of fine powder when the ships arrived. He got his powder + sold it + the alcohol to the Russians for over 100 sables and then told me he could not get me the powder. I told him then to get me 5 [[?]] of tea and I would call it square. Which he refused to do. saying he would pay me money which is of little or no use to me here
I told him if he would give me nothing but money I should change him $20.00 the spirit costing $25.00 in Frisco. Where upon he goes to Stepanoff and tells him I am a very bad man