There were eight officers who held council with us after we got there. The commanding officer said: I have received fonr messages telling what have you donc?

Then we told him the whole story. Then the officer said: me to send my soldiers after you Now, The land is yours; they had no You have done no wrong. right to take it from you. Your title is good. I am here to protcct the wcak, and I have no right to take you; but I am a soldier, and I have to obey orders.

IHe said: 'I will telegraph to the President, and ask him We do not think these three men had any what I shall do. authority to treat you as they ave done. piece of land, it belongs to ns till we sell it and pockct the money.

"Then he brought a telegram, and said he had received an- swer from the President. The President said he knew nothing about it.

When we own a "They kept us in jail to our home. The soldiers collected all the women and chil 4 ten days. Then they earried us back dren together; then they called all the chicfs together in coun- cil; and then they took wagons and went round and broke open the houses found the women and children surrounded by a guard of sol- diers

"They took our reapers, mowers, lay-rakes, spades, ploughs, bedsteads, stoves, cupboards, everything and put them in one wagons such things as they could carry. We told them that we would rather die thau leave our lands; but we could not When we cane back from the council we we had on our farms, large building. Then they put into the help ourselves. They took us down. Many died on the road. Two of my children died. After we reached the new land, all ny horses died, The water was very bad. All our cattle died; not one was left. I stayed till one hundred and fifty-eight of my people had died. Then I ran away with thirty of my