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here to see him. That is all I want to say, what I came here for was to hear the words of peace. I have heard them and all is right; peace is peace.-! have no more to say.- Gen. Houston-"What you have said is good; I love your words. If there is any other Chief that would wish to speak, I should like to listen." Talk of Anohetchtowey or "White Feather" the War Chief of the Keechi. "The Comanche Chief has spoken to you first; now I will speak, and the Great Spirit above, and this our mother, Earth, will listen to what I say. For myself I have no hard thoughts in my heart. The Great Spirit has given me a good heart to bring here, and I have forgot all of our troubles. Before now I had a bad opinion of your people and I kept away; now I have no bad opinion. I have come to meet the big Chief of the whites and I have found a big white path. As I have said I have no bad feelings in my heart and I hope yours are the same. The Great Spirit above, the blowing winds, our mother Earth, the trees and these big Chiefs all will listen and hear these, the words of a good peace. I have spoken the truth and have no more to say.- Talk of Roasting Ear, Chief of the Delaware. "All my white brothers, I am glad to see us all meet to- gether. I have long been trying to have peace between the red man and the white. I have long looked to see together my red and white brothers. The Big Spirit will look down and see that it is good. I expect that your feelings and mine are one, peace is best always for us; for our women and children. I love my children and I know the whites love theirs, for them peace is much better. I want you and me to hang on to peace. We are now here all together, and we have been trying long to get to- gether and I now want we should make a peace to last always. I was glad when I first heard the words of peace, those words I hope will never be dropped but that there always will be a peace as long as the world lasts. I was very glad when I first saw the white path, so that my people and yours could meet in friend- ship and find no peace but where the path is white. I am glad the Treaty is to be made between us because the white people know how to make Treaties. I am an old man and have been to Treaties in the United States. I am now glad of this peace as we can bury the bones of our people and live in happiness. My
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