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And, whereas the provisions of this treaty have never been annuled, but remain in full force and effect, [[strikethrough]]we the chiefs, all who remain alive[[/strikethrough]] [[being one of the?], who signed this treaty on the part of the Omaha Tribe of Indians, being informed that you have full power to issue patents in accordance with its provisions, represent to you that we sold a very large part of our land and only received a small part for ourselves, just enough to live on, and [[strikethrough]]we[[/strikethrough]] [[I?]] thought