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* we are obliged to maintain them ; and 

 4 still some of them are running away, and 



* carrying tidings of our affairs. When 

 4 any of your people fall into the hands of 



* the rebels they shew no mercy : why then 



* should you take prisoners ? Take no 

 c more prisoners, my children, of any sort ; 



* man, woman, or child/ 



" Two days after, a party of every na- 

 tion that was near being collected, it was 

 determined on to take no more prisoners of 

 any sort. They had held a large council, 

 and the determination was, that if it were 

 possible they could find a child of a span 

 or three inches long, they would shew no 

 mercy to it. At the conclusion of the coun- 

 cil, it was agreed upon by all the tribes 

 present, viz. the Tawaws, Chiappawaws, 

 the Wiondots, the Mingoes, the Delawares, 

 the Shawanese, the Munses, and a part of 

 the Cherokees, that should any of the na- 

 tions who were not present take any pri- 

 soner, these would rise against them, take 

 away the prisoners and put them to death* 



