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theiif friends, piU'ely to serve the Indians more commo- 

 diously with what they want Nevertheless, if any 

 little disorders should at any time hereafter arise, v^e 

 will endeavor that it shall not break or weaken the 

 chain of friendship between us; to which end, if any of 

 your people take offence, you must in that case apply to 

 me or to our chiefs; and when we shall have any cause 

 to complain, we shall, as you desire, apply to your 

 chiefs by our friends, the Conestogoe Indians, but on 

 both sides we must labor to prevent every thing of this 

 kind as much as we can. 



You complam that our traders come mto the path of 

 your young men going out to war, and thereby occasion 

 disorders amongst them ; I will therefore, my friends and 

 brotliers, speak very plainly to you on this head. Your 

 young men come down the Susquehanna river and take 

 tlieir road through our Indian towns and settlements, and 

 imdie a path between us and the people against whom 

 they go out to war ; now you must know, tliat, the patji 

 tills way, leads them only to the Indians who are in 

 alliance with the English, and first those who are in 

 strict league of friendship with the great Governor of 

 Virginia, just as these, our friends and children, who are 

 settled amongst us, are in league with me and our 

 people. You cannot therefore make war upon the 

 Indians in league with Virginia without weakening the 

 chain with the English ;. for as we would not suffer these 

 om friends and brothers of Conestogoe, and upon this 

 river, to be hurt by any persons without considering it 

 was done to ourselves; so, the Governor of Virginia 

 looks upon tlie injmies done to his Indian brothers and 

 friends as if they were done to himself; and you very 

 well know that though you are five different nations, yet 

 you are but one people, so as tliat any wrong done tp, 



