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James Johnson Esquire a justice of the peace in and for the said county, Louis bolong, and being sworn according to law, sayeth, that on or about the 6th day of August 1796 Mr revit missionary at this place, saw him this deponent and requested that he would tell all the Indians he could blank to come to his room about 10:00 o'clock to see a Frenchman that then lived at Mr vanderburg's. Accordingly he, this deponent did, and attended himself, three Indians met, and blank lived wrote and Mr rivet wrote to the said Frenchman to come. The Indians were ready. Line the Frenchman stayed so long that the Indians went away before he attended line when he did come line he the Frenchman Mr rivet walked together along time, then this deponent went away and about 10:00 o'clock the next day the said Frenchman Mr rivet this deponent, two Indians and some other people met at Mr rivet's house the Indians took the Frenchman by the hand and said line look at us we are very poor line we are blank scattered like chickens line we have no father nor mother nor village. The Frenchman holding lappas heirs son by the hand line said I see you look poor but by and by you will see something my brothers I am a big man, by and by Jay