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16. But our wise people are of the opinion that after their belly is full they will quarrel again & raise a war. All the nations in Europe know that their friendship is mixed with poison, & many that trusted too much on their friendship have been ruined.

   I now conclude & say that we the English are your true bretheren at all events in token whereof receive this present
          The goods being then uncovered, I proceeded
   Bretheren you have of late settled the river of Ohio for the sake of hunting & our traders followed you for the sake of hunting also, you have invited them yourselves, your bretheren the President & Council desire you will look upon them as your brothers & see they have justice done. Some of your young men have robbed the traders, but you will be so honest as to compel them to make satisfaction. You are now become a people of note & grow very numerous of late years, & there are, no doubt some wise men among you: it becomes you to act the part of wise people & be more regular than you were some years ago, when only a few young hunters lived here.
                                         Gave a belt.
     Bretheren you have of late made made frequent complains against the traders for bringing so much rum to your towns, & you desired it might be stopt; your bretheren the President & Council made an act accordingly & put a stop to it. No trader was to bring any rum or strong liquor to your towns. I have the act here with me, & shall explain it to you before I leave you, but it seems it is out of your bretherens power to stop it entirely. You send down your own skins by the traders to buy rum for you; you go yourselves down & fetch horse loads of strong liquor - but the other day an Indian came to this town out of Maryland with 3 horse- loads of liquor.- so it appears you love it so well that you cannot be without it. You know very well too that the country near the Endless Mountain affords strong liquor & the minute the traders buy it they are gone out of the inhabitants & are travelling to this place without being discovered. Besides this you never agree about it, one will have, the other wont have it, (though very few of them) a third say we will have it cheaper. This last we believe speaks out of your heart; (here they laughed) your bretheren therefore have ordered