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the firft were led aftray ; and the mifieprerenisfions, the Tpecioui aHurc- 

 inepis, the infidious promifcs, and diveiTififd plots, in wl ich ihe r- beli 

 are exercifed, and all of which they croplo^ed for that if!(£l have fcrved 

 only in the end to enharicc the honor of the tribi s in t;cn( ral, bv dtmon- 

 flrating to the world how few and how cotiiemptible aif the apoftaiej. It 

 is a truth known to you all, that, thele pinful t-xsmpj. s f xci pred. (and they 

 probably have before this day hid their iaces in (hamp) the coll<£live voi- 

 cesaiid hands ot the Indian tribes over this vaft continent, aie on the f»de 

 of jurtice, of law, and of the king. 



The reftraint you have put i pen voor reftntmept in wai,ing the king, 

 your la: hcr's call to arms, the hsideft proof, 1 am pei'uaded, to which 

 fOiZT affection could have been put, is anoth< i manifeO and affiflid mark 

 ■j: your sriherencc lo that piinciple of ronntftion to which \ou weie al- 

 ways fond to allude, and which it is mutually the joy and the fluty of the 

 parent ro theiifh. 



T^£ :l'"mr;!icy of your father has been abufed.lhe ofTrrs of his mercy 

 ha'c bcjr> drfpifcd, and his faither paiience wiould. in his e\ts. become 

 ^rulpabi", VI as much a» it would withhold rcdrc(s from the moft grievous 

 oppirifions in the provinces ihat ever difgraced the hiOory of mankind. 

 Itthrrefoie remains for mc the general oi cne of his majt U\'s armies, and 

 in the toa.::il his reprclei.tative, to /ciraie you from thole boids ^nuro- 

 bcdiencc impofed. Warriors, y(;u are free — go forth in the might of your 

 valour and your caufe — finke at the corpmon tpemies of Great Britain and 

 America:, difturbera of public order, peace, and happiriels, dcltioyeii ijf 

 commerce, parricides ct the flare. 



Thetiicle roui.u vou, the Chiffs of his majcftv's European fo'ces, anci 

 of the princes hii allies, effcem you as brothers in the war. Emulous in 

 glory and in friend fl'.ip, we will endeavor reciprocal iy to give and to receive 

 examples; we know how to value, and v^e viill lirive to imitate your 

 perfcvc-ance in enterprize, and your conftancy to rcfiff hunger, wearinefj, 

 and pain. Be it our tifk, from the diftates pt our religion, the laws of our 

 warfare, and the prircipics arid iritcteft of oiir policy, lo regulate ^our paf- 

 fions when they overbear, to point out where it is nobler to fpare than to 

 revenge, to dilcrimma'e degrees of guilt, to fufpend the uplifted (Iroke, to 

 chaftiTr, and not to deflroy. 



This war to you, my friends, is new; upon all former occafions, in ta- 

 king the field vou held ycurfelves aushoriied to deffroy wherever 

 you came, becaufe every where you found an enemy. The ca(c is now vc« 

 ry difTcrcnt. , '' 



The king has m«ny faithful fubjefls diTperfed in the provinces, confe- 

 quently you have many brothers there : and thefe people aiethe mote to 

 be pitied, t.'-at ihey are perlecuted. or impiiloned, v.hfrever they are dif- 

 covered or lulppf^ed ; and to diilemble, is, to a generous mind, a yet moie 

 grievous punifhmtnt. 



Perfuadcd that your magnanimity cf character, joined to your principles 

 of alltction to the king, will give me fuller C'liiiroul over yciur minds thjn 

 »iie military rank with \A,hich I arji iuvefted, I erjuin your moft (erious at- 

 teiition to the rules which I hereby proclaim for your invariable obferva- 

 ;ion during the campaign. 



i pcfitively forbid blood fVied, when you arc rot cppofed in arms. 



nptd men, women, children, and piifoners. mufl be held facrtd from 

 ilic knife <ir hatchet, even in the time of afluai conflidL 



You fhall receive compenfaiion ior the prifonct* you take; but yon (hall 

 be called to account tor fcalps. 



In conformity atid iDdulgcnce to your ct.<(loms, which have afiixcd ai^ 



