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standing the unjust Treatment Our Warriors met with in
Virginia, We did not allow Our Heads to be giddy, nor to
resent it as it deserved, which might have occasioned a Viola-
tion of Treaties and the Destruction of many

He laid down four Strings of Wampum

Lib. C. B.

Brother Onas
We thank you very kindly for the early Steps you made in
calling your old and wise Men together to consult with them,
It was a very prudent and good Advice they gave you to be-
come Mediator betwixt Us your Brethren, and the Virginians
your Neighbours: We thank them for such good Advice,
and We assure you we will accordingly come to an amicable
Accommodation with the Governor of Virginia if he will come
to reasonable Terms: And if a War should break out be-
twixt Us and him, you will be convinced of his being the
Author of it
For when in former times We received a deadly Blow We
never returned it if it was ever so dangerous We always
judged it to be given by disorderly People, and We used
always peaceable means to make it up, but when We received
the second Blow We judged that War was intended against
Us, and then We rose and knocked down Our Enemies with
One Blow and We are still able to do the same, but We leave
now Our Case to you, We have ordered Our Warriors with
the strongest Words to sit down and not to revenge them-
selves Therefore Brother Onas go on with Courage in your
Mediation, We assure you we will not violate or do any thing
contrary to your Mediation, We desire you and the Old and
Wise Men of Pensilvania not to believe any thing to the con-
trary let it come from whom It will, till you receive Messages
from Us, we will do the same on Our side
In Confirmation of what we say We lay down this Belt of
Wampum before you.

Then the Speech was directed to the Governor of Maryland

Brother the Governor of Maryland
You have invited Us to come to your Town, and you
offered to treat with Us concerning the Messages we sent you
by our Brother the Governor of Pensilvania, and to establish
good Friendship with Us, we are very glad you did so, and
We thank you for your kind Invitation

Brother

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We have a great deal of Business and things of Moment
under Our Deliberation, and it will take Us the best of the

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