My Respected Sisters:—Your address to the President of the United States has reached me, and has received my careful attention. I am glad to inform you that all you ask in regard to the manner of paying your annuities, and the acknowledgment of your new Government, has been decided as you wish. The annuities hereafter will be paid by the United States Agent to the heads of families—to the women as to the men, and none will again be paid to the chiefs except their own respective portions. By the acknowledgment of your new Constitution, the Government of the United States recognizes that excellent article in it, which provides that no sale of Land can hereafter be made without the consent of three fourths of all the mothers in the nation. This wise provision assures to you the security of your homes; for I have too much confidence in my Indian Sisters to believe they will ever be prevailed on to take the land from their children, and send them away to perish in the wilderness. It gave me pleasure to read your address to the President. It proved to me that you were beginning to understand your rights, and were disposed to exercise them. I hope you will remember the good advice the committee gave you in the year 1845, and as some of you may not have heard it then, I now send you a copy of it under care of my brother Joseph S. Walton. Bear this advice in your minds; it is good counsel, and endeavor to practise it. Whenever you may desire to make any communication to me, you are at liberty to do it.—You will find me your faithful friend and brother, P. E. Thomas. NOTES [1] Irving. [2] Everett. [3] Street. [4] Street. [5] Street. [6] Stone. [7] Prescott. [8] This has since been refunded by the Government. [9] Onas is the Indian word for quill, and by this name they always spoke of William Penn. [10] Daily Times, February 12th, 1855. [11] If an attempt should be made to give a literal translation of each word, or phrase, it would render transposition necessary, and change the formation of the words in some respects, as the following will exhibit. Gwä-nee′, che-de-oh′ gă-o′-ya-geh, gä-sa-nuh′, ese′ Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy sä-nuk-tä′ gä-oh′ ese′ sne′-go-eh ne-ya-weh′ yo an-jä′-geh ha′ kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as ne-de-o′-deh gă-o′-yä-geh. Dun-dä-gwä-e′-wä-să-gwus it is in heaven. Forgive us our ong-wä-yeh′-his-heh′ da-yä-ke′-a-wä-să-gwus-seh′ ho-yeh′his. debts as we forgive our debtors. Dä-ge-oh′ ne′ na-geh′ wen-nis′-heh-deh e′ na-hä-da-wen-nis′-heh-geh Give us this day our daily o-ä′-qwa. Hă-squä′-ah e′ să-no′ ha′ wä-ate-keh′, na-gwä′ bread. Lead us not into temptation, but dä-gwä-yä-dan′-nake ne′ wä-ate-keh′, na-seh′-eh nees′ o-nuk′-tä deliver from us evil, for thine is the kingdom,