have been hurtful to your Eyes and your Inward part. for the woods
are full of evil Spirits. we give you the string of Wampum to Clear up
your eyes and minds and to Remove all bitterness of your Spirit that
you may hear us speak in good Chear.
then the Speaker took a belt of wampum in his hands and Said Brethern. when we
and you first Saw one another, at at your first arrival at albany we shook
hands together & we became Bretheren and we tied your ship to the Bushes
and after having had more Acquaintance with you we loved you more and
more and perceiving a Bush would not hold your Ship we then tied it to a big
tree and Ever Since good friendship Continued bettwen us, afterwards you
our Bretheren told us that a tree might happen to fall Down and the rope rot
wherewith the Ship was tied you proposed to make a Silver Chain, and tie
your ship to the Great mountain in the five Nation Country and that
Chain was Called the Chain of friendship we were all tied by our arms
together, with it and we the Indians of the five Nations heartily agreed to
it and Ever Since a very good Correspondents has been Kept between us.
but we are very Sorry that at your Coming here we are obliged to talk of the
accident lately befell you in Carolina
where some of our warriors by the instigation of the Evil Spirit strook their
hatchit into our own body - for our Brethern the English and we
are of one body - and what was done we utterly abhor as a thing Done by
the Evil Spirit himself we never Expected any of our People would do so to
our Brethern. we therefore remove our Hatchit, which by the Evil spirits
orders was Struck into your body & we Desire that our Bretheren
the Governour of New York & Onas may use their utmost Endeavour
that the thing may be buried into the Bottomless pit that it never
may be seen again that the Chain of friendship which is of so long
Standing may be preserved Bright and unhurted. Gave the Belt
then the Speaker took up a String of Wampum, most all Black and said
Brethern as we have Removed our Hatchit out of your Body or
properly Spoken out of our own - we now Desire that the air may
be Cleared up again . and the wound Given may be Hail and Every
thing put in good Understanding as it was before. and we Desire
you will assist us to make up Every thing with the Governour of
Carolina. the man that has been brought to us Prisoner we now Deliver
up to you he is yours. layd the String and took the Prisoner
by the hand and Delivered him into my Hand