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  Knoxville    
17 March 1797  
Sir  
Yours of the [deleted text: 8th instant ]   
10th Instant I am duly honored With. and shall observe the contents,   
The wanton and unprovoked murder Committed on the red Bird and [added text: another ]  [deleted text: others ]  Indian of the Cherokee tribe, is a crime so Atrocious and Agrevating [Aggravating]  in its nature, that [deleted text: I am determined ]  [added text: it is my Sincere wish & desire ]  to have the perpetrators apprehended, in order they may Suffer agreably [agreeably]  to the demerit of their Crimes. The taking of them will be Attended with Some difficulty. Levinstone, I have been informed left this state in A few days after it was known he had been guilty of the murder, and [deleted text: the other ]   [added text: Mitchell ]  is constantly on his Gaurd [Guard]  in Such a manner, that [deleted text: it ]  will render it difficult to have him apprehended -- you may  
 
 
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rest assured that nothing shall or will be lacking in the executive, to have them taken and safely conducted into [deleted text: your ]  the State of Kentucky, if by any means the same can be accomplished   
  
I have the honor to be very respectfully Your Excellencys Mo. ob. Hbe, Sert. [Most obedient Humble, Servant]  
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 His Excellency Governor Garrard     
 
 
 
Governor of   Kentucky  
  
17 March 1797  
No [Number]  9  
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