LETTER III. 75 



^^ Great King has given his Land on both fides 

 *^ of the great Mountains to his own Children the 

 " Englijhy fo he now gives to the Cherrokee In- 

 " diam the Priviledge of living where they 

 " pleafe; and hereupon we give one Piece of Red 

 '' Cloth. 



" The Great Nation of the Cherrokees being 

 *' now the Children of the Great King of Great 

 " Brittain^ and he their Father, the Cherrokees 

 " muft treat the Englijh as brethren of the fame 

 " Family, and muft be always ready at the Go- 

 " vernours command to fight againft any Nation, 

 *^ whether they be white men or Indiafis^ who 

 " (hall dare to hurt the Englijh-^ and hereupon 

 " we give Twenty Guns. 



" The Nation of the Cherrokees fliall on their 

 " part take care to keep the trading Path clean, 

 ** and that there be no Blood in the Path where 

 " the EngliJ};) White Men tread, even though 

 " they fhould be accompanied by any other Peo- 

 " pie with whom the Cherrokees are at war; 

 " whereupon we give Four hundred weight of 

 " Gunpowder. 



" That the Cherrokees fhall not fuffer their 

 " People to trade with the White Men of any 

 " other Nation but the Englijl:^ nor permit the 

 " White Men of any other Nation to build any 

 " Forts, Cabbins, or plant Corn among them, or 

 " near to any of the Itid'um Towns, or upon the 



" Lands 



