8o LETTER III. 



" longs to them, for we are the Children of one 

 *' Father the Great King, and fhall live and die 

 " together. 



Then laying down his Feathers upon the 

 Table, he added 5 "This is our way of talking, 

 " which is the fame thing to us, as your Letters 

 "in the Book are to you ; and to You, Beloved 

 " Men, we deliver thefe Feathers in confirmation 

 'J of all that we have faid." 



Sir ! As you are, (I believe) In the fame way 

 of reafoning with my felf, I recommend the fol- 

 lowing glares to a ferious confideration at your 

 leafure hours, viz. 



Whether thefe open-hearted Indians who could 

 nei^er read nor write, have not {hewn as great 

 ftrehgth of Natural Parts, as even the Lords Com- 

 miffioners have done with all their Learning and 

 Experience in fuch Affairs ? 



Whether it is not an Ad: of extraordinary 

 grace and favour in us. To grant them the Pri- 

 vilege of living where they pleafe upon their 

 own Lands ? 



Whether Machiavel and Hobbs are better Ca~ 

 fuifts, than Scripture and PuffeJidorf? and 



Whether the powerful and great Nation of the 

 Cherrokees, by thus parting with their Indepen- 

 dency, have not fubmitted to a foreign Yoak, 

 without fo much as a Gold Chain and Collar 



neatly 



