Battle of Ohio 27^th Aug^t 1785 Brothers The occasion of this Speech would justly meet your resentment, of it did not make us both sorry and ashamed — Billet Nation, your Flesh & Blood hath been treacherously kill'd by one of our People who ran immediately away in the Woods — We have sent young Men after him and order'd to put [him?] that Briar out of the Road of his taken. Therefore we hope [the] Road between us may not be Stopt, or this Chain of Friendship broken on account of one Villain — You may assure yourselves we are sensible of, and upon our peoples have [undecipherable] shown towards you for a long time, which certainly entitles you to the like treatment from us and you may also assure yourselves we are hum= =bly sorry for what has happened, and are as anxious [your] Blood which has been spilt as you could be yourselves. And we once more beg that you will look over what has been done — So that we Shall take each other by the Hand as Brothers. [and] smoke together in peace! — [I the Billet Nation, we note of consolation with [undecipherable] Bidding] [bottom annotation: Mentioned by Col. Harmar — found this among the papers of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] have been made by [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]]