Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
I met with the Twelve and High Council with two
tribes of Indians. The object was to get permission to stay
on the land that season and to use wood grass and water for
two or three years or as long as we wished while gathering to the
mountains.
We first met with the Otoes between whom
and the Omahas there was a dispute as to who owned the land
The Otoes said the land was theirs. The chief with five
or six others were present. We talked to him and
he went home.
