nothing in your heart, but bring it before the council fire, and before the Governor, and his council; they will readily hear you; and I promise you, what they answer they will stand to. I further read to you what agreements they made about Wioming,[1] and they stand to them."
They said, "Brother, your heart is good, you speak
always sincerely; but we know there are always a great
number of people that want to get rich; they never have
enough; look, we do not want to be rich, and take away
that which others have. God has given you the tame
creatures; we do not want to take them from you. God
has given to us the deer, and other wild creatures, which
we must feed on; and we rejoice in that which springs out
of the ground, and thank God for it. Look now, my
brother, the white people think we have no brains in our
heads; but that they are great and big, and that makes
them make war with us: we are but a little handful to
what you are; but remember, when you look for a wild
turkey you cannot always find it, it is so little it hides
itself under the bushes: and when you hunt for a rattle-*snake,
you cannot find it; and perhaps it will bite you
before you see it. However, since you are so great and
big, and we so little, do you use your greatness and
strength in compleating this work of peace. This is the
first time that we saw or heard of you, since the war
begun, and we have great reason to think about it, since
such a great body of you comes into our lands.[2] It is
told us, that you and the French contrived the war, to
waste the Indians between you; and that you and the
French intended to divide the land between you: this was
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