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Burlington Free Press
Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont
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Extract from a July 15, 1837, letter from Fort Brooke officer: Troops expect orders to return north; rumors that Seminole chiefs conferred with General Jesup, resigned treaty, and plan to surrender this fall due to climate fears.
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Extract of a letter from an officer, dated Fort Brooke, July 15th, 1837.
"We are now daily in expectation of orders to return to our respective stations at the North. We have also heard, although I do not report it for truth, that since General Jessup has been out in the Indian nation [which is about 20 days] that nearly all the Chiefs have had a conference with him and have resigned the treaty that they have so faithlessly kept; and that they have commenced coming in again. It is affirmed that they would not have gone back into the nation if they had not been afraid of being sent away during the summer months, as they were afraid of getting sick if they did, the climate not being congenial to their constitution. It appears that they all intend coming in this fall, and I think they will, as they all seem very friendly when any of our men meet them on express."
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Fort Brooke
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July 15th, 1837
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nearly all the chiefs have had a conference with general jessup and resigned the treaty; they have commenced coming in again and intend to come in this fall.
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An officer at Fort Brooke reports expectations of orders to return north. Rumors indicate that since General Jessup entered the Indian nation about 20 days prior, nearly all Chiefs conferred with him, resigned the treaty they had faithlessly kept, and started coming in, motivated by fear of deportation and sickness in the summer climate. They appear friendly when encountered.