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1791 W D ? 64 Business, but considering ourselves as subjects of the united States

              equally concerned with its Welfare with our fellow Citizens, & some of us
              many fold more affected in time of War, on account of our Conscientious
              Scruple against contributing for its support; but we are engaged to
              promote Peace, not so much on account of our Suffering as to prevent
              the shedding of Blood, much depends on conducting the present
              Treaty to the general Benefit of the whol Inhabitants& the good of
              the Indians, we are therefore to communicate for thy Consideration
              that as the public Business was not entered upon yesterday, owing as
              we are informed to the Indians Intoxication, we cannot but
              wish that every Endeavour might be used to prevent their being so
              unfitted for Business, we observe in the foregoing Part of thy Speech,
              the Repetition to the 6 Nations of the Speech made last Winter by the
              President of the united States to the Cornplanter, respecting their being
              compelled as he says to give up too much of their land, this appears
             by his Representation had been one cause of Occasioning Hostilities
             from the western Indian Nations, & had rendered his Situation so
             precarious as to endanger his Life from his own People, which
             led him to look up to God for Succour, our earnest Desire is that as
             the People in their present Situation are very liable to Jealousy
             which is often occasioned by the Misrepresentation of designing Men
             we therefore respectfully request the Commissioner's Influence to remove
             all Prejudices from among themselves & other friendly Indians, which
             we believe will be one great Means of bringing about a reconciliation
             with those Indians, who have waged War, not only with such
             as ? the Indians Destruction, but for want of proper Distinction
             many of the Innocent inoffensive Inhabitants have been captivated
              and murdered, under the Consideration of those sore Grievances one
             of us has been ready at times to offer himself voluntarily to go into
             the Enemies Country to put those misled& mistaken People to rights
             and stop the effusion of Blood
             7 mo. 6th 1791
             Here I saw the Necessity of Friends attending Indian Treaties agreeably
             to the Custom of our worthy Ancestors, who were as Watchmen
             on the Side of Justice towards the Indians, who very much stand in Need