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say this for this Indians dont cair andthing about me so I like for you to tell me what I will do wheather I be Siou head man or if I am I want you to tell mr Hides about me. Here is one of our old Indian he has refuses his own tribe to come Back to us. Now I done as you said to me Try and get all the Poncas together so now I want you to come up And settle this mater betwen us if you dont you never see us together here there is three family has going ready the trouble is this what you have sent to us the head man wants to have every thing to there name. Now Tibbles if you dont come I want you to send some other man up here what knows me to tell this In- 

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-dians what I had done for them. They say I hever work with you I thought I have done as much as Standing Bear has. So I thought I have right to say anything to you now Tibbles and another thing I will say to you about the rations you sent to us when they distribed it the head mans have the most of it then the rest dont get half what they ought to have so if you send anymore I wish you to give it out to us yourself so the chiefs would get the same as the rest of us.
Now Tibbles Silas wood has to started away from here now we have no interpreter for us if you or some other man should come up to see us

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