$0i APPENDIX, 



' Yonnondio, you muft have believed, when you leff Quebec, that the 



* fun had burnt up all the foiefts, which render our couiilry inacctfljble to* 



* the French, or that the lakes had fo far oveifl^-vn the banks, that they" 



* had furrounded our caftles, and that it was impoflible for us to ^et out of 



* them. Yes, Yonnondio, furely you muft have dreamt fo, and the cu- 

 '■ riofity of feeing fo gteat a wonder, has brought you fo far, Now you 



* are undeceived, fi nee that I and the warriors hero prefcnt, are comr to 

 ^ affuie you, that the Senecas. Cayugas, Ononriagas, Oneydoes, and Mo- 

 ' hawks, are yet ali\e, I thank you in their nanjc, for bringing back into 

 Mheir country the calumet, which your pr^'dectilor received from their 



* bsnds. It was hapny for you,' that you left under ground that muidcr- 



* ir.g hatchet that 1)35 been fo often died in the blood of the French. Hear, 



* Yonnondio, I do not flecp, I have my eyes open, and the fun, which en- 



* lightens me, difcovcis to me a great capiain at the h; ad of a company of 



* foldiers. who fpeaks as if he was oreatr.inE;. He lays, thai he only' came 



* to the lakr to hnoke on the great calumet with the Onondaj^s. But 



* Gairans;ila (ays, th;it h*" if es tht contrats. that it W£s to knoLk ihem ori 



* the head, if hckriefs had not weakened ihe arms oi tiie Ftenrh. 



♦ I fee Yonnondio laving in a camp of fick men, whole lives the great 



* Spirit has fav.d, bv ii flidbng this fitbnefs on them. Hear, Yonnondio, 



* our women had their clubs, our children and old mcniiact carried their 



* bows znd arrows iato the h'?rr of youv camp, if our warriors had not 



* difarmed them, ard kcp-. fiiem b^ck, when ycur mtfT-'oger, OhguelFe, 

 •came to our cafflrs. It is dot.c. and I have i'aid it. Hear, Yoniio.icio, 



* we plundered none of tlir Frrech, bi;t tbt^fe that cariiecl guns, powder, 



* and ball to the Tv ighi wi'-s and Ch'tfaghicks, bec?;iie tiioie arms might 

 « have coif us our 'ivf-s Herein we 'ollow the example ol ibe Jciuits, 



•who (t.<ve all the kegs of rum hrou.nht to our calllcs. left the drunken hi- 



* dians Ibould knock them on the head. Our warriors have uol beaver 

 •"enough to jjay for all ihek arms, 'hat thiy have taken, and our old men 



* are not airaid ot thi- w.>r. This belt prefcrvts mv words. 



' We carried the Eijgiifh into our lakes, to trade there with the Uiawa- 

 ' vi-as and Quatoghics, as the :'5.d iron flacks brought the French !o ourcai'- 



* ties, to carry on a trade, which the Englifh lav is theirs. We are born 

 *' free ; we neither depend on Yonnondio nor Corlear. 



♦ We may go where we picafe, and carry wuh us what we pleafe ; if 



* your allies be your flaves, u(e them as fuch,- commund them to receive 



* no other but your people. This b:rlt prfArvcs my words. 



< We knocked the Twi|:htwics and Ciiiflaghicks on the he^d, bccaufe 



* they had cut down the trees of peace, which v/cve the limits cf our coun- 



* try. They have hunted beavers on our lancls ; they have stlfd contrary 



* to the cuflorrs of all Indians ; for they left none or the be?vers alive, they 



* killed both male and female. They brought theSatanas into the coun- 



* try, to t^ke part with them, after they had concerted ill ilefigns againfl 



* us. We have done lefs than cither the Engliih or French, that have u- 



* furpcd the lands of fo many Indian nations, and chakd ihem from 



* their own country. This belt prefcrves mv woids. 



♦ Hear. Yonnondio, what I fay, is the voice of all the five nations ; hear 



* what they anfwer.; open your ears to what they fpi-ak. The .Senecfs, 

 'Cayujxas. Onondagas, Oneydoes, and Mohawks, fay that when they bti- 



* ried the hatchet at Cadaracqui, (in ihepreftncc of your predcccffor) in tha 



* middle of the fort ; they planted the tree of peace in the lame place, to 



* be there carefully preferved, that, in place of a retreat for foldiers, thai 

 "^fort might be a rendezvous for merchants ; that in place of arms and aij- 

 °"3Kunition of war, beavers and merchandize fhould oeiy esier the/c» 



