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of their People had been killed, & how many more he did not know, you in your Speech said he, told is the unites States intended to put a stop to our Complaints by doing us Justice, this he said was very good, we don't mean to seek revenge, or how shall we make Peace, it is the Voice of the six Nations that the Chain of Friendship be made bright, we don't intend to sell any more of our Lands, what we have is little enough for our young Warriors & others to hunt upon, we have been waiting for a man to come that would speak the Truth & be our friend, if any such come among us, they will see that we mean Friendship. And many more pointed Remarks which in the hurry could not be taken in writing.

After the Rain was over we return'd to the Bowry Red Jacket rose & spoke on a belt, & made Remarks to several Matters contain'd in the Commissioner's Speech, & said Brothers, we are going to raise our Voices, don't have any hard Thoughts, you told us in your Speech, how it was with your Ancestors many hundred years ago, that their Condition was like unto ours at present, that they drest, painted & hunted as we do, & how they became Civilized, & what Blessings you enjoy, & how you have increased & and likewise ?? the Corn planter's request when in Philadelphia, that we might be assisted in building saw Mills, & be furnished with Instructors & Impliments of Husbandry, and divers other Matters, this is all very good; but it must be a work of Time, He said we have our Antient Customs, I have one in my Hand (meaning the Belt) which we cannot see how to do without, he spoke of some Grievances, & concluded there were bad People among themselves as well as among the white People, & exprest a desire that these Things might be buried out of Sight, so deep as to never rise again, He then observed relative to the late Revolution, & said your old Friends the Brittons wanted to make Slaves of you; but you were not willing, and it is the Determination of the Indians to be a free People, but the late Contest was like a great storm that had like to have swept us off our Feet, or brought us into a Scrape, when you spoke to us about Peace, we had the Matter at Heart, & strove to bring it about with the western Indians, and Brant is employ'd about that Business, listen Brothers to our Speech, we are in Hopes the great Spirit will assist us to cause the Shan'neese & Delawares to take hold of the Offers of Peace, I hope some of our Nephews who are now here and are