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their threat of starving and treating us with indignity on the way down, because of our refusal to go.
Before the lawyer had time to return, a new Agent by the name of Howard was sent to take us down. He remained on the other side of the river and sent for us to come down, but we refused to go. He sent again and we went to him. The place where we met him was in a wild place by the riverside. He spoke kindly to us and was the first and only one who did so [[insertion]] of those [[/insertion]] who had been sent from Washington. He said, "Friends, although I am White and you are Indian, I am a man just as you are, and have a heart just the same as yours. I know you have been treated unjustly and I feel sorry for you, but I cannot help you. The President has sent me to take you down. I will do all in my power to make the journey comfortable for you so that you may not suffer." I said to him, "Friend, it is good when men

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