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came in; ot course this was :talse, but as some of the most
intluentical men and best warriors were engaged in these murders,
it probably had some influence on the after conduct ot the Indians.
:tate in the evening of the ·sth I was informed by General Canby
that Mary w1 th some warriors had come in and :Nquesting my presence:
on my arrival the Commission met and Mary delivered the message
other brother; whether her own or Jack's it was the best tadian
speech I eYer heard, requiring an hour tor its delivery: - It was
to the affect that Jack Silmli tted, would come out and go anywhere
that he •s wanted to, - all his people to go with him, he had
thrown away his gun and given up his country; but that he had no
horse to come in on. He was again informed that it "he or some ot
his principal men were not in by the evening ot the 8th of March,
it would be taken tor granted he wanted war," and a horse was sent
for Jack. On the evening ot the 8th two Indians came with a message
from Jack stating that the entire tribe would come in on the lOth,
that there were several sick and unable to travel and asking that
three wagons be sent to meet them about half way tor the women
children and sick -
The wagons were sent as requested and rEI!Iained at the appointed
place until nearly sun-down and returned without having heard &Jllrthing
of a single Indian; all was again uncertainty, and it was determined
to try a little pres8ure, by way ot convincing the Indians that we
were in earnest. Accordingly Major Mason, 21st Infantry,, was
directed to make a reconnaissance down the Blat side ot Tule :take,
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