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                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