"As a free man living in a free territory... demand that Henry Ballard, within seven days of receiving this note... bring to my stables the horses he took from me... groom and fatten them with your own hands to the condition I left them.
"kao slobodan čovjek, koji živi na slobodnoj zemlji... zahtijevam da Henry Ballard, u roku od 7 dana od primitka ove poruke dovede u moju štalu konje koje mi je oduzeo... i da ih vlastitim rukama vrati u stanje u kakvom sam ih ostavio.