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1793 Red Jacket 5mo 12 1 Red Jacket then proceeded to mak a congratulatory Speech, in which he Noticed us as Quakers, they saw we had come a great Way, along bad, rough Roads, through a rough Country, to attend a Treaty, to make Peace, which was a good Work, and expressed their Thankfullness to the good Spirit, for our being helped so far on our Way, but of Consequence, we must be tryd, they said they wiped the Sweat from off our Faces, & set us down to rest, &c.&c. Col: Pickering made a very suitable Reply, and took the Opportunity of introducing us as Friends of peaceable Principles, their old Friends, who were engaged to join in promoting the work of Peace, And often he asked me if I wished to say any thing to them, I let him know I did, & informed them that I with my two Brothers, who set by me, were glad to see them, that we were here in a private Capacity, we had nothing to do with Government Affairs; but we were heartily united with the Commissioners in promoting the Work of Peace, and altho we were in a private Capacity, yet it was a Matter of so much Concern, that we had obtained the Concurrence of our Brethren at home, when we met in Council on that and other Occasions, likewise our proceedings were approved of by the President of the United States, and that others of our Friends, gone with the other Commissioners by way of Albany, whom we expected to meet at Niagara, engaged in the same good Work, I let them know I was glad to hear them so strongly attribute to the great Spirit, the Favours & Blessings received, & hoped we should all of us have our Minds turned toward him, to be rightly directed, so that our Labour might be crowned with Success, they frequently gave the signal of Approbation to what was said, both by the Commissioner, & us, by the yonghho? Joseph Moore had something to say to the same purport, they said our being present, & engaged in the good Work of Peace, was particularly satisfactory, it was what the Indians wished, & they thought we had said too little, and wished we might not be deficient in our Communications; but to speak freely, the farmer's Brother in margin Some observations to Indians