Hallowing Kings Talk [undecipherable] [undecipherable] The Chief Head Man & Warriors [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the following Speech to the Commissioners in behalf of the whole and in Reply to the Commissioners Speech as follows That he had told the beloved Men [undecipherable] all the speeches They were pleased to give them and [undecipherable] their claims he tells them [undecipherable] the head and told them [undecipherable] not to bring them on account as it would not be to the purpose, but tells them it might [undecipherable] for the benefit of themselves & their Children. He hopes there may [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for them to express themselves more fully [undecipherable] their particular [undecipherable], as they thought [undecipherable] of the Commissioners to have them [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] for a return, at the conference, [undecipherable] that have happened to this [undecipherable] people [undecipherable] all the time amongst them to be [undecipherable] to them. [undecipherable] is [undecipherable] not a great deal to say as [undecipherable] the Beloved Men will not blame them, because he does not blame the [undecipherable] of the White Men, hoping they do not blame them as [undecipherable] their [undecipherable], [undecipherable] he believes to [undecipherable] been brought by the lower kind and not by the Heads as he sees it [undecipherable] from their Town. He hope they have taken it into consideration to preserve life [undecipherable] [undecipherable] ready for peace as they are — he and his people are for nothing but peace, if agreeable to both sides and do not think themselves in fault — When he [undecipherable] down he was glad [undecipherable] received him as a [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] meeting him [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to get the [undecipherable] together which he was [undecipherable] or with a General [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] peace, they had not always every satisfaction and that was not [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and cannot. When the beloved Men [undecipherable] all, that we [undecipherable] and see what has been done, that [undecipherable] [undecipherable] our talks have been, that what has happened — that what we [undecipherable] to have as to us [undecipherable] [undecipherable] he told them [undecipherable] where we should always [undecipherable] many reasons to express in future — if done and examined [undecipherable] still satisfactory. It is a return which was [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] that they received from the Beloved Men by their Messengers — they hope that we shall return this — they will endeavor to reply in the same manner. There are further [undecipherable] people [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] hopes they will believe, but he says they have received [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] that they ask no further of them — [undecipherable] they only [undecipherable] for their rights, [undecipherable] [undecipherable] all the people [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] he wishes [undecipherable] to live in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to and to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for all [p.2 of Hallowing King's Talk concluding paragraph:] That he has not returned the Talk to his fathers in Answer to theirs — Which he likes and received with pleasure — and as they will receive this by the return of their Messenger — hopes when they meet it will be in a Body or together, but hopes they will meet and shake hands in a friendly manner as fathers & sons. Tookabaches Square Upper Creeks 31^st May 1785 The Mad Dog of the Tuckabaches at the request & in behalf of the whole meeting and in reply to the Commissioners Invitation Spoke as follows That they were all the people and what the lower Towns has been (and [strikethrough: they did not]) they agree to and receive the Talk as a good one which has been a little Different thought of that and as he does not blame the heads of the Whites hopes they do not blame them as [undecipherable] had their [undecipherable] as he believes to [undecipherable] been brought by the lower kind and not by the Heads as he sees it [undecipherable] from their Town. He hopes they have taken it into consideration to preserve life as ready for peace as they are — he and his people are for nothing but peace, if agreeable to both sides and do not think themselves in fault — As for the difference or blood that has been spilt it cannot be helped he is sorry for it and would be glad how soon it could be stopt. It is of no use to make a long Talk until they meet when every thing will be discussed fully — he hopes they shall meet friends and settle their business satisfactorily. [On reverse] The Talk of the Hallowing King of the Cousates The Mad Dog of the Tuckabaches in reply to the Commissioners of Indian Affairs for the States of S^o. Carolina & Georgia 22 May 1785