I therefore feel anxious not only to add the Floridas to the South, but the Canadas to the North of this empire

From them I take only my existence; from my tribe I take nothing

I long to hear that you have declared an independancy—and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies,

preferring death to such a life of misery,

I envied them the freedom they enjoyed, and as often wished I could change my condition for theirs.