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that every cask of whiskey shall be sold to you for five in your towns. And if the traders offer to sell whiskey to you, & will not let you have it at that 17. price, you may take it from him & drink it for nothing.

                                           Gave a belt.

Bretheren here is one of the traders, whom you know to be a very sober & honest man, he has been robbed out of the value of 300 , & you all know by whom, let therefore satisfaction be made to the Trader.

                                           Gave a string of wampum

Bretheren I have no more to say.

  I delivered the goods to them, having divided them before into 5 shares. Gave a share to the Sinickers; a share to the Cajuckers, Onontagers, Oneidas & Mohacks. the third share to the Delawares, the fourth to the Wantats, Zisagechroanu & Mahickens; the fifth to the Shawanos.
 The Indians signified great satisfaction & joy & were well pleased with the cessation of arms. The rainy weather hastened them away with the goods into some houses, & night coming on

the 18 The speech was delivered to the Delawares in their own language & also to the Shawanos in their language by Andrew Montour in my presence & some of the traders. I acquainted the Indians I was resolved to leave them to morrow & return homewards. the 19. Scayhuhady, Tanughrishon and Oniadagarehra, with a few more came to my lodgings, & spoke to the following purport.

                                        Brother Onas, we desire you will hear what we are going to say to you in behalf of all the Indians on Ohio, their deputies have sent us to you, we have heard what you have said to us & we return you many thanks for the kindness in informing us of what had passed between the King of Great Britain & the French King. In particular we return your many thanks for the large presents, the same we do to our brother Assariquoh who joined our brother Onas in making us a present. Our bretheren have