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while the waier flows or the sun shines in the heavens; 

 and may the Great Spirit, who rules the heavens and the 

 earth, and who made and supported us all, who is a friend 

 to all good men who love justice and peace, contume the 

 same blessings upon it forever. 



But my friends and brothers,, as we are obliged to care 

 for each other, and as the English have opportunities of 

 seeing farther than you, I find myself obliged, in behalf 

 of the Governor and Government, to offer you some 

 advice that may be of great importance to you, and 

 which at this time is absolutely necessary. 



You acquainted me yesterday with a loss you had 

 sustained, viz : that twelve men, ten of the Five Nations 

 and two Shawanese, had been lately cut off by the 

 southern Indians, not two hundred miles from this place, 

 which grieves me exceedingly. 



I am scarcely willing to mention the cause of it,, lest I 

 sliould trouble you, but I must do it for your good; 

 I should not be your true friend should I forbear. 



You know then, my brothers, that the cause is thai 

 some of your young men have unadvisedly gone out to 

 war in comjmny ivith others of the Five Nations 

 against the southern Indians. Young men love to go 

 sometimes to war to show their manhood, but they have 

 unhappily gone against Indians that are in friendship 

 with the English. You know, that as of the Five 

 Nations, some are called Isawandswaes, some Cayoogoes, 

 some Anondogecs, some Oneyookes, and some Con- 

 nyinngoes, yet they are all one people ; so the English, 

 though they have different Governments, and are divided 

 into New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Maryland, Virginia and Carolina, yet they are all 

 under one great king wlio has twenty times as many 

 subjects as all these, and has ui one city as many 



