To nations Western District [Ed. note: The following was written sideways on the right margin] To Nations Sachems and Warriors of the Nations we Ocoghogou hearken to our Messengers and Brothers and believe the words which they shall deliver to you from us. War being at an end and Peace declared between the King of Great Britain & the United States, and the Indians of the [Illeg.] nations, a treaty held at Fort Stanwix in October last, also between the United States and the Delawares, Wiandots, Chippawas & Ottawas at Fort McIntosh in January last, we inform you that it is the wish of Congress to live in Peace with all nations- and that they have directed us their Commissioners for negotiating treaties with all the Indian nations from the middle of the great lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, southward to the Mississippi and Ohio rivers inclusive, to call you to the mouth of the Big Miami, for the purpose of holding a general treaty of Peace, and of Settling other matters of great importance, between the United- States and the Indian nations— In order to accomodate the different nations of Indians as much as possible, we have determined to meet them and you at the mouth of the said Miami river, on the first day of October next, and expect, that you will be punctual in attending, and that your hearts will be disposed to wipe away past errors, and like men determined to do that which is right—

We expect you will collect & bring with you all the Prisoners white and black which have been taken from you, or People who may have resided among you through the late war. These Prisoners must be restored to us, as a proof of your sincerity, and desire of Peace protection & friendship from the Congress of the United States— Done at Carlisle this Thirty first day of July Anno Domini 1785— [signatures of] G. Clark and Richd Butler