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protected you against their anger ; and as for your 

 young men, it was your duty to punish them, if 

 they did amiss. You have drawn down our just 

 resentment by your violence and perfidy. Last 

 summer, in cold blood, and in a time of profound 

 peace, you robbed and murdered the traders, who 

 had come among you at your own express desire. 

 You attacked Fort Pitt, which was built by your 

 consent ; and you destroyed our outposts and garri- 

 sons, whenever treachery could place them in your 

 power. You assailed our troops — the same who 

 now stand before you — in the woods at Bushy 

 Run ; and, when we had routed and driven you off, 

 you sent your scalping-parties to the frontier, and 

 murdered many hundreds of our people. Last 

 July, when the other nations came to ask for peace, 

 at Niagara, you not only refused to attend, but 

 sent an insolent message instead, in which you 

 expressed a pretended contempt for the English ; 

 and, at the same time, told the surrounding nations 

 that you would never lay down the hatchet. , After- 

 wards, when Colonel Bradstreet came up Lake 

 Erie, you sent a deputation of your chiefs, and 

 concluded a treaty with him; but your engage- 

 ments were no sooner made than broken ; and, 

 from that day to this, you have scalped and butch- 

 ered us without ceasing. Nay, I am informed that, 

 when you heard that this army was penetrating 

 the w^oods, you mustered your warriors to attack 

 us, and were only deterred from doing so when 

 you found how greatly we outnumbered you. 

 This is not the only instance of your bad faith; 



