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how the French, the enemies of mankind, set on their Children to 

 murder, in a barbarous manner, your Brethren that are settled on the 

 frontiers of this and the neighboring Provinces. Brethren, I must now 

 desire you, in the name of the Great King of England, your Father and 

 my Master, that, on your return to your own Country, you will be active, 

 and not suffer any of the French or their Children to pass over your lands 

 to murder your Brethren, and that you will let Teedyuscung and his 

 people know. I expect he will do the same. Tell them it is not nor will 

 not be their interest to carry on this War against their Brethren, the 

 English. Their Father, the French King, makes fools of them, and will, 

 in the end, make slaves of them ; but you. Brethren, are convinced that 

 the English have always treated you as their Brethren, and I expect a 

 due regard and performance to this request on your side." 



Gave a belt of Wampum. 



Little Abraham made the following answer to the Governor : 



"Brother Oxas: We return you our hearty thanks for accepting of 

 our advice in sending for the Dela wares, Shawanese, and Senecas, and we 

 hope, when you meet them, you will be able to settle all differences to 

 your satisfaction. 



"Brother Oxas : We likewise return you our hearty thanks for your 

 kind invitation to us to settle at Genossa, and your promise to supply 

 those that will stay, or come and settle there, with Provisons and Goods. 

 We accept of the invitation, and will take it into consideration as we go 

 home, how many of us will stay there or come back from our Towns to 

 settle there; and we return you thanks for appointing our Brother, 

 Thomas McKee, to take care of us, as he is a person very agreeable 

 to us." 



He then spoke to Mr. Croghan, in answer to Sir William Johnson's 

 speech, as follows: 



"Brother Wariaighiyagey: We have all oiven attention to what 

 you have said to us by Anaquarunda, and you may depend upon our 

 being on the active, and doing every thing in our power to prevent the 

 French or their Children coming to murder our Brethren, and we will 

 recommend it strongly to Teedyuscung and his people to do the same. 



"Brother: We must desire you will assist our Brother Onas in set- 

 tling the differences between him and our Nephews and Brothers, the 

 Delawares and Shawanese, which will be the only method to prevent 

 these cruel murders daily committed on our Brethren." 



After the Message for Teedyuscung was delivered to the Messengers, 

 the Sachems of the several Tribes made the following speech: 



"Brother : As we have finished the business for this time, and we 

 design to part to-morrow, you must be sensible that we have a long 

 journey and a hilly country to pass over, and several of our old men 



