"Head-men, Chiefs, Braves and Warriors of the Sauks: I have heard and considered your demand to be led forth upon the war-path against the palefaces, to avenge the many wrongs

I do not care so much about the part on the Yellowstone and in the mountains, but above, in the valley, it is good. I am going to tell yen

Father, We the chiefs of the Chippewa Nation of Indians, inhabiting and owning the lands on the West and North of the Great Water, called Lake St. Clair, now waite