[Hosea Stout Diary] Saturday April 24th 1847. Clear fine warm day. I was around as usual & writing.
There was a council at the Council House at 7 oclock which met to confer with the Otto chief Capt Caw, who came here to have an interview with us[.] He said he was well satisfied and wanted us to stay here as long as we wanted to[.] He did not care how long for he believed we were his friends & would do him good.
He claimed this land and said the Omahas had no right to it. Neither did he want us to pay them anything for being on it. He did not require us to pay him any thing unless we could as well as not[.] If we could he would be glad to have us draw him some corn from Mo if not it would be just as well.
He manifested hard feelings towards the Omahassaid they had killed our cattle and that he had not permitted any of his men to molest any thing we had, and many more things said he all as a friend. He manifested a good spirit
After council they came home with me and staid all night. They behaved very [well] nor did they seem any way inclined to take anything. I believe they are far above the Omahas and in fact I think he told the truth.
[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]
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