It is with difficulty Sir, that I can sufficiently command my feelings, or control the disgust with which I am affected, at these monstrous falsehoods, for while I would speak of them in the manner they merit, I would not forget the respect due to you. But in the above proposition of three lines, are stated three direct, unqualified untruths:--First--That he had had no goods in the Indian Country which could be refuted by a common clamor. Second--That he assigned his claim to Major Forsyth; and Third--That he was indebted to him for $3000.--I have already named Mr. Daniel Jackson, of the firm of Suydam, Jackson & Co., of N. Y. who are so extensively engaged in the sale of Indian Goods--Of him I would ask how long he has known Mr. Loranger to be in the Indian trade, and what has been the amount of goods sold yearly to Mr. Loranger--The claim of Mr. Loranger was much greater than the allowance--The balance is lost to him, because not presented at the Treaty in Indiana in October 1832, being due by that Band or Party of Potawatamie Indians--He has been in the Indian trade since 1804, and lives within sight of this town. I had intended to close this communication here; but I cannot remain silent, while slanders are heaped upon the gallant dead. The characters and memories of John Kinzie and Robert A. Forsyth deceased have been wickedly assailed--and by whom? Their descendants would like to know--For the part each one of these individuals took, and the important services rendered by them to the American Government in the late war, reference is made to many of the first men in the country; Among those immediately around you is the Secretary of War, Major General Macomb, General Gratiot and Colonel Croghan.--Having considered it my duty to make inquiry I have obtained the following information and believing it to be strictly correct, I give it to you as such.-- Memoir of the late John Kinzie of Michigan.[120]