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subjects as all the Indians we know are in North 

 America. To him we are all subject and are all 

 governed by the same laws; therefore, those Indians 

 who are in league with one Government are in league 

 with all ; your friendship with us recommends you to the 

 friendship of all other English Governments, and 

 their friends are our friends. You must not, therefore, 

 hurt or amioy any of the English or any of their friends 

 whatsoever. 



Those southern Indians, especially the Tootelese, 

 formerly made friendship with you, and I believe it was 

 them who lately sent you nine belts of wampum to con- 

 tinue the league. They desired peace, yet the Five 

 Nations, and some of your rash young men have set 

 upon them : pray, remember, they are men as well as 

 you; consider, therefore, I request, what you would 

 thinlv of yourselves, should you suffer these or any other 

 people to come year after year and cut off your towns, 

 your wives and children, and those that escape should sit 

 still and not go out against them;, you would not then 

 deserve to be accounted men; and as they, you find, are 

 men, it is no wonder if they come out to meet these 

 young fellows and endeavor to destroy those whose 

 business it is to destroy them and their families." 



I must further, my friend, lay before you the conse- 

 quence of your suffering any of yovu young men to join 

 with those of the Five Nations. They come through 

 your towns and bring back their prisoners through your 

 settlements, thus they open a clear path from these 

 southern Indians to your towns, and they who have 

 been wrong may follow that open path, and first com.e 

 directly as the path leads to you. Thus you have done 

 but Ihtle, and by the instigation and advice of others 

 may be the first that are fallen upon, wliile those of the 



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