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PERSONAL NARRATIVE.33
Shortly after the failure of the Indians, two companies of militia were sent there, the following summer. Shortly after, in 1808, the embargo was laid and British goods and English traders were not licensed to trade with the Indians unless an American was in some way connected with the business and his name appeared in the licence.
In 1811 (Sep. ) a proposition was made to me (I was at that time still a Sutler at Port Madison) by John W. Johnson, then a Sub. Ind. Agent, as.
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