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and matagore might by them and punish them according to your law we delivered it to two men accordingly but instead of trying them according to your law, the lowest of your people took them from your magistrate and put them immediately death. it is just to punish the murderer with death, but the duccaus will not deliver us their people to men who disregard the treaties of their own nation. Tather. moisnt men of our nation are kill, one after another and of our best families but none of your people who cave commutued these mur-derers have been punished. we recorded that you had promised to punish those who killed our people, and we ask, was it intended thaat your people who kill the dunccas, and not only remain enpunished, but be protected from the next of him. Tather. These are to us very great things; we know that you are very strong, and we have heard that you are wise, and we shall wait to hear your answer, that we may know you are junt.

Signed at Philadelphia. December, 1790 his by the Corn x Plant mark his 76 Hall x Town mark his big x tree mark in the presence of Joseph Nicholson, interpreter, and among others

The reply of the president of the United States, to the speech of the Corn Plant, Hall Town and Big Tree, Chiefs and corn sellers of the Senead nation of indians. I, the President of the United States, by my own mouth, and by a written speech, Signed by my own hand and sealed with the seal of the united states, speak to the Seneca nation, and desire their attention, that they would read this speech in their remembrance of the friendships of the United States. I have received your speech with satisfaction as a proof of your confidence in the justice of the united states and have often lively examined the several objects which you have laid before me whether delivered by your chiefs of Troga Point in the last month by Corn Plant and other Seneca chiefs now in Philadelphia. In the first plan I observe to you, and I request it may sink teeth in to your minds of the late war should be forgotten, and barred for over the in fortune the up. States and the six nations should be honeby forth promoting each others prosperity of acts of mutual friendship of just I am not informed that these nations have been led into vom... difficulties with aspect to the sale of their land amen the peace.But I must inform you these sails arose before the general ga...