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dfen, not longer TO remain there exposed to thi
danger e3
Il know il ia natural for US to love the countr,
where we were born and grew up lovJ the place
whero was born and raised no Billy Bowlegs low G.
the country where nc was born and raised But
nave Removed Two three times in my life as ar
a. he is expected toremove howl and would move
! 49,, . the same inducements held out 10
me as those whi:n 0i''ahu ! naIo oeeh oliered
to him. Think, then. the sem..., " o''p =;
wisely in refusing go Wes..
they persist in remaining IA. III, but
| trouble awaits them. think, as their frienu,
il it lett to themselves entirely, if the white
people did not wish them to go away, and if they
bad their free choice, il would be to their advan
taee TO remove OF their own accord, rather than
main where they are. Alarge portion Of the Semi
| noes have already gone West. They are doing quite
as well as they did In Florida, and better than
those who now in Florida. But they would
all do better If they were once more united, and
all brought together in the same country; and that
Is what l am anxious to accomplish. II all the
Seminolcs In Florida can be induced TO become re.
united with their brethren out there, the Govern.
ment will undertake TO adopt measures which will
| promote their happiness and prosperity. w.,
| The Government has kind feeling towards the
Seminoles in Florida and those West, and desires
| to get them together again as band OF brothers.
| Then the Government can protect them; but 1t
| cannot protect them while they are now In Florida
| Now you know, Abraham, that those who are
west Of the Mississippi protected ABRAHAM:
"Oh, yes, sir.'l The Government will not permit
either troops or white people to disturb them; and
that is the in relation to other Indians. But
| they cannot be protected while they within
the limits of a State. The Government, you
! are aware, has an agent for the Seminolcs West,
to look after their affairs, and pay them money
every year, and does many things for their bene.
fit, and would do more If all the tribes were united
and brought together in the same country. II is
SO plain to my mind that it would be for their ben
elt and advantage for the semiaoes &c leave Flor
ida and Vasft hal gu
bad men among them who give bad advice. u
did not believe and know that it would be Of ad-
vantage to Billy Bowlegs and bis friends in Flor
| ida to go West, ! would not say So The longer
they remain in Florida, the worse will their condi
tion be- The sooner they go West, the sooner will
their prosperity commence, and they will go on
increasing until they live to that it wise for
them to have gone. ! would be very glad il the
| inducements to go west of the Mississippi have
been offered to Billy and his friends.
The whole case is briefly THE: The treaty bids
them to remove. 1t is to their interest TO go.
They are under obligations to go. If they go,
they will do well. II they stay, they can cx-
pect nothing but trouble, difficulty, and misery.
sent General Blake among you for the purpose of
telling you these things, and he had authority to
adopt measures which would make it to the ne rest
OF all the Seminoles in Florida to go West. pre-
sumo he has told you what have told you; and il
SO, he has told you the truth. Ifany has at any
time told you different from what now tell you,
he has told you that which lie not true. wish you
remember what say. hope you all believe what
say. If you do not believe it, the time will soon
come when you will believe it, feel very anx-
ioue, very anxious indeed, that you should all I'm
derstand distinctly what cay to you, and that you
will all receive it as the truth And do hope, as
your friend, that you will 30 act as to have NO oc.
which have given to you. do not know that
have need to say any thing more to you until
hear from Billy Bowlegs, or any one OF you.
should be glad to hear what you have to say.
D,,n ,S.lx I.crl
cold He would rest it, and give an answer when
he came again. He would study upon the subject.
The COMMISSIONER. Very we'll want him to
| take time, understand, aud deliberate upon it.
You WILL of course, want to sec your great father,
| the President will take pleasure in introducing
| you to. morrow or the next day.
BILLY BowLEes. Very we'll.
The COMMISSIONER: | have received great
| many Indian delegations, and held councils and
| talks with them have never met any of them
with more pleasure than have Billy Bow!egs and
his friends Those who know me we'll, know that
am in the habit of talking the plain truth to them
have had no talk with any in whose behalf had
deeper interest than in that of the Seminoles
| know their condition to be unfortunate, and ! am
anxious to do all to save and benefit them. Abra.
| ham, you have been out w est long time. [ABRA-
| HAM: eyes, fourteen years."] have always un-
derstood you to be n smart fellow; and it seems
strange that you, knowing all about the country
cannot satisfy them that it would be better fo'
them to be there.
ABRAHAM. have told them so.
The COMMISSIONER. ! have always understood
Billy Bowlegs to be a man of sense; and 1t does
really seem to me that If he ia the man of sense
have understood him to be, he cannot fail to per
ceivc that it would be better for him and his PEG
pie to go West than to remain in Florida, where
nothing but trouble can await them. Tell Billy
Bowlegs / am more than willing that he should
take time and consider the subject well. ! have
talked to him plainly. ! have told him nothing
but the truth. l want him to consider it as the
truth, and to come and see me again. Let hin
RI. hnu dana and nlo,p ltyh h ind
l am cory he is suffering with bad cold, ano
hope that ne will be the better of it Tomorrow.
BILLY BowLEas Very well.
The CohMssIoNER. i suppose that he does moi
care about saying any thing further to day, and
that he will come and see me to- morrow.
BILLY BowLEas. will do
The COMMISSIONER then said that General Blake
would see to the wants Of the Indians, and that al
their reasonable requests would be attended to.
The interview, at this point, ceased for the day
and the delegation retired.
The CoNGREss LIBRARY, it is expected, will b,
ready for occupancy by the first of December next
Workmen now busily engaged in copperine
the roof. The iron for the interior arrangements
consisting, among other things, of fiuted columns
shelving. and stairway, has arrived. The room
will be constructed with view Of combining ec
gance Of design with convenience and safety from
the effects of fire.
The Sons OF TEMPERANCE OF THIS DisTRIC
propose celebrating the tenth anniversary Of tn
institution of their order, on the goth instant, by
public procession and the delivery Of an grafton.
The LATE SALE GovERNMENT CANNON
The two hundred and.two new iron guns old pat
tern, weighing nearly half million pounds, wer
sold at prices ranging from eight to twelve and
quarter cents per hundred pounds. The wore
"hundred" was omitted in our notice of yes
terday.
| NOTICE.
THE BOARD OF OFFICERS of the army up
L pointed under the sixth section Of the act ma k