ᎠᎦᏗᏛ ᏚᏬᏪᎳᏅ ᏗᏘᏲᎯ ᎪᏪᎵ ᏫᏚᏅᏁᎴ ᏩᏏᏓᏂ ᎦᏚᎲ ᎠᏁᎯ ᏧᎵ ᎠᎵᏍᎦᏃᏍᎬᎢ ᎨᏍᏗ ᎫᏩᏂᎨᏳᏓᏁᏗ ᏱᎩ ᎤᏓᏅᏖᎵᏓᏍᏗ ᏃᎴ ᎠᎦᏗᏛ ᎠᏥᏚᎨ ᎠᏕᎳ, ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏓ ᏃᎴ ᎠᎵᏍᏔᏴᏗ ᏚᏩᎯᏎᎸ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ, ᎤᏂᏄᎸᏅ ᏧᏂᏁᏗ ᎤᏂᏂᎬᎬ.
He has written a great raft of lawyer letters to his Washington City friends complaining that we had no right to deny his legitimate business and furthermore claiming he is owed a substantial reimbursement for vaguely specified expenses, some related to food and other supplies he says he gave the Indians after we failed to meet their basic needs.