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up towards God, but low down toward the ground. Campbell then jumped to his feet and said "The President told me to take you to Indian Territory, and I have both hands full of the money which it will require to move you down there. When the President says anything, it must be done. Everything is settled and it is just the same as though you were there already. I answered "I have never broken any of my treaties with the Government. What does the President want to take my land away from me for? The President told me to work and I have done it. He told me not to go on the Warpath even if the White men took away my horses and cattle or killed my people. I promised I would not and I have performed my promises. Although other people often move from place to place, yet I have always staid on our land. It is ours. My people have lived and died on this land as far back as we can remember. I have sown wheat & planted corn and have performed all my promises to the President. I have raised enough on my farm to support

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