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to war along with our Brothers the English that you need not go to war. Nephews, We are sorry there should ^have been strikethrough be /strikethrough a kind of a Shyness between us ^& you for a good strikethrough a /strikethrough while past, strikethrough and /strikethrough earnestly desire we may make a firm and lasting Peace. We suppose other Indians may envy our Peace ^Friendship and good understanding, & tell strange stories; but we desire you our Nephews may not give Credit to such. When we speak to you we shall send you Belts and unless you receive Belts from us, we desire you would take no notice of the idle Reports you may hear. But when we send you our Belts we desire you them to regard what we send. Nephews, We earnestly request that you would come or see us the ensuing Spring at some of our Towns that we may have the Opportunity of conversing more freely than we can at this Distance from each other. Nephews, we desire you to tell your women to be of ? and plant Corn ? have Provisions for your Journey ^when you come to see us. Nephews, ? your Uncles the Cherokees have a strikethrough particular /strikethrough great Love & Regard for our /strikethough Eldest /strikethrough elder Brothers the English and we hope & desire you may have the Same Love for them that we have. It is out of our particular Love & Regard for them that we join in the war with them. We have already demonstrated our Affection for our elder Brothers the English by killing 20 French Men, 12 Tawas and 2 Shawaness. Nephews, We the Chiefs of the Cherokees will wait & smoke our Pipe in expectation of our Nephews coming to see us. We will endeavour to keep the Road clear for our Nephews the Lenopi to pass, & we hope you will come & we Shall be glad to see you. Nephews, you know or can have a near guess how many of your ^Country People are living on the Ohio among the French. We earnestly desire you would endeavour to bring them away.-