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your young men_ And provided the prisoner had made his escape. Some one of your Chiefs must have been [kehteo, kept?] in Confinement until the offender could have been secured _ _ From what observations I have made, its appear to me that peace is a blessing as desirable to Indians as W. [white] people and I think more so - for when your houses on cornfields are destroyed you have no provisions made to [unknown] them, but are thrown into the greatest distress and misery - in short its the W. people that you have to depend on and to apply too for all your wants - and in hand you in hand to be on the most friendly terms with them. And abide strictly by the Treaty. And [unknown] expected by the 16 greater Fines that obedience is payed to in. After your [unknown] from the British Garrison. And the chiefs becoming answerable for the prisoner good conduct. - and his not being [unknown] to come on the island for two years. I may consent to this being relesed -

Speech to the Indians October 1799