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1794 WD 11 mo. 11. 3. Our Answer to the foregoing. in margin: Our Ansr

  Brothers, We left our homes at your request, and have freely come to see you, and sat patiently with you during the transactions of the Treaty, we are glad to see the business brought to a close, we hope the Chain is brightned, and that the peace will be lasting, we have compared the Articles of the treaty given to the Indians with those retained by the United States, and find them to be true copies of each other, with respect to our signing, we hope you will excuse us, for altho' we believe no deception is intended by the Commissioner, yet there was a number of other people present, and we wish not to be held up to public view, as we informed you before, that we do not interfere with Government as we can take no part in War, neither do we apprehend ourselves competent Judges, as the transactions at treaties held since the late War have not fully been made public, we hope you will abide by the agreement which you have signed & be at peace, and it is our earnest desire, that you might more & more be redeem'd from the Spirit of War, and cherish peace, this would conduce much to your happiness & prosperity, and greatly increase the number of your friends, as a Society we have had experience of the benefits arising from these peaceable principles for near the Space of 150 years, and we find we can do better without fighting than with, we wish that when you apprehend yourselves aggrieved, you would make your grievances known, and not seek to revenge them, we still continue to feel the same good will towards you our Brothers the Indians as formerly & are willing in every strait & difficulty to afford you any Assistance in our power, we fervently wish you may live in love one with another, and the God of peace will bless & preserve you