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of old age, which is true wisdom, advises peace," and 1 

 say to you, that the wisest man is also the bravest man, 

 for he safely depends on his wisdom, and there is no 

 true courage without it. I have so great a love for you, 

 my dear brothers, who live under the protection of this 

 Government, that I cannot suffer you to be hurt no more 

 than I would my OA^^n children. I am just now returned 

 from Virginia, where I wearied myself in a long journey 

 both by land and water, only to make peace for you, my 

 children, that you may safely hunt in the woods without 

 danger from Virginia, and the many Indian nations that 

 are at peace with that Government. But the Governor 

 of Virginia expects that you will not hunt wiinin the 

 Great JMomitains, on the other side of Potomac river; 

 being it is a small tract of land which he keeps for the 

 Virginia Indians to hunt in; and he promises that his 

 Indians shall not any more come on this side Potomac, 

 or behind the Great Mountains, this way, to disturb your 

 hunting ; and this is the condition I have made for you, 

 ■which I expect 3^ou will firmly keep, and not break it on 

 any consideration whatsoever. 



I desire that what I have now said to you, may be 

 interpreted to the chiefs of the Five Nations, present ; 

 for as you are a part of them. They are in hke manner 

 one with us, as you yourselves are ; and therefore our 

 councils must agree and be made known to one another ; 

 for our hearts should be open, that we may perfectly see 

 into one another's breasts. And that your friends may 

 speak to me freely, tell them I am willing to forget the 

 mistakes which some of their young men were guilty of, 

 among oiu* people ; I hope they will grow wiser with 

 age, and hearken to the grave counsels of their old men 

 whose valor we esteem because they are wise; but 

 the rashness of their young men is altogether folly. 



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