LETTER III. 73 



George^ at whofe feet the faid Alexander 

 Cummin^ by exprefs Order for that purpofe 

 from the laid Moyto)\ and all the Cherrokee 

 People, has laid the Crown of your Nation, 

 '^ with the Scalps of your Enemies, and Feathers 

 ^' of Glory in token of your Obedience : Now 

 the K ing of Great Brittain bearing love in his 

 heart to the powerful and great Nation of the 

 Cherrokee Indians^ his good Childrc^n and Sub- 

 jeds, his Majefty has empowered us to treat 

 with you here, and accordingly we now fpeak 

 ^' to you, as if the whole Nation of the Cherro- 

 " kees^ their Old Men, Young Men, Wives and 

 Children, were all prefent ; and you are to 

 underftand the Words we fpeak, as the Words 

 of the Great King our Mafter whom you have 

 feen, and we fhall underftand the Words you 

 fpeak to us, as the Words of all your People 

 with open and true Hearts to the Great King: 

 and thereupon we give four Pieces of Striped 

 '' Dufles. 



" Hear then the Words of the Great King 

 ^' whom you have feen, and who has command- 

 ed us to tell you, that the Englifh every where 

 on all fides of the great Mountains and Lakes, 

 are his People and Children ; that their Friends 

 are his Friends, and their Enemies are his E- 

 ^' nemies : that he takes it kindly that the great 

 '* Niition of the Cherrokees have fent you hither a 



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