at first sight it may appear. With reference to the price which those Natives who wish to sell may fix upon their lands, you must be prepared to hear all that they can urge in support of their claim, but at the same time to inform them that extravagant demands cannot be complied with but your own knowledge of the native character will suggest the propriety of making such matters a subject of private and mutual arrangement as the Natives cannot determine what is a fair and reasonable price for their Lands without such assistance. I would also strongly recommend you to keep up frequent communication