to which he replied that he would not.  I then, having previously cautioned the Indians to do no bodily injury to any man, unless in their own defence, but to stand for their rights, and nothing else, desired them to unload the teams, which they did very promptly.  One of the Sampsons, who was a justice of the peace, forbade them, and threatened to prosecute them for thus protecting their own property, which had no other effect than to incite them to work more diligently.  When they had done, I told the justice, that he had, perhaps, better encourage others to carry away what did not belong to them, and desired the teamsters to depart.  They said they would, seeing that it was useless to attempt to load the carts.  Throughout this transaction the Indians uttered neither a threat nor an unkind word, but the white men used very bitter language at being thus, for the first time, hindered from taking, away what had always been as a lawful spoil to them hitherto.

The defeated Sampsons hurried off to get the aid of legal might to overcome right, and were wise enough to trouble the Indians no further.  The tribe were thus left in peaceable possession of all their property.  Mr. Fiske stated in his report of the case, that we wanted possession of the mission house; but in this he was mistaken.  No such thing was intended or even mentioned among us, though it is true that the meeting-house and the two school houses, and all the land, excepting that on which Mr. Fiske’s house stood, were in our hands.

The Indians now made it part of their business to watch their property; being determined to disappoint the rapacity of the whites.  They soon learned that the Governor had sent an envoy to deal with them, and the news cheered their hearts not a little; for they earnestly wished for peace and quietness.  A verbal message was brought, desiring us to meet him.  We replied by asking why the agent did not come to us, if the Governor had sent him for that purpose, instead of going to a tavern and calling on us to come to him there.  I now suppose that this proceeding on his part was not so much his fault as that of one Ezra Crocker, who received twenty dollars per annum for entertaining the Indians in his house, and who not unfrequently thrust them out of doors.  Nevertheless, we sent the agent an answer in writing, to the following effect.

To the Honorable Agent sent by the Governor to inquire into our affairs.

    Dear Sir,

We are much gratified to see that the Governor has noticed us so much as to inquire into our affairs.  Your request could not be attended to yesterday; our people being very busy in the affairs of the day; but we will meet you with pleasure this morning at nine o’clock, at our meeting-house, there being no other place where we should like to see you for an interview.

        DANIEL AMOS, President.  July 4th, 1833.