[A Talk from the headmen and Warriors of the Cherokee Nation at a meeting held at Ustinare the beloved Town the 20 November 1788 Addressed to the Honourable Richard Winn Esqre Superintendent and for the Southern department in answer to a Talk sent by him dated the 12 Oct 1788] Freind & Brother We received your Talk likewise the Resolves of Congress dated 1 Sep 1788 likewise a Copy of a Letter from the Governor of North Carolina to you and the proclamation from Congress, all which affords us much satisfaction that we have on your and our friends who tells us the truth and endeavours to do us Justice it likewise gives us much satisfaction to hear from Congress and Virginia Brother You have opened our Eye and likewise our hearts the Talks we receive from you pleases us much that Congress is determined to have our hunting Grounds open so that our young men may hunt and will also to purchase Goods of our traders to Cloath our selves and furnishen our hunts; Grounds was very severely viewed gives us the greatest satisfaction that it will be soon enlarged as appears by the proclamation from Congress it likewise gives us much satisfaction that we have a view of returning from the Woods where we have been drove and once more sitting again in our old Towns which we wished to do When we are certain that the white people have quited our hunting Grounds — Brother It affords us much satisfaction that a friendly sick will soon take place you informs us if you have wrot to the Governor of North Carolina to fix a time and place for that purpose as at that time we will talk over all matters and smoke the pipe of friendship. The headman and Warriors from the middle towns was on their way to Ustinare but being informed that it was good Talks and that white Birds and Tobacco was sent from Ustinare to all the Towns in the Nation they went back fearing that some of their Young men might go out again and as one of the head men are determined to put a stop to all Hostility and for the time to come live like Brothers and friends as long as the sun shines and water runs The following Talk comes from the Little Turkey — Freind & Brother Your talk I have heard which gives us the greatest satisfaction likewise all our beloved men in my part of the Nation it is a Talk from you our great beloved Brother who thou informed is appointed by Congress to see Justice done us we have now heard from our beloved Brothers from New York likewise Virginia which now opens our Eye and hearts for they are the men that we must abide by your Talks are good and your friendship we look on ensures for the good and your land, I have seen the Resolves of Congress likewise the proclamation for all the white people Settled on our hunting Grounds to go of without — loss of time. Freind & Brother I have the satisfaction to inform you that Alexander McGilvery chief of the Creek Nation has taken your Talks likewise the Talks of from Congress and Virginia and means to hold them fast and when they meet will take his white Brothers by the hand as well and Those live in peace and friendship as long as the Grass grows and the water runs — A Copy of this Talk you will please to send to Congress and Virginia it will be the more better every thing can be sifted to your entire satisfaction — because some of your beloved men are out hunting as for the present it is impossible for us to send them to Ustinare at this time because they are scattered through the Nation but they shall be restored to their friends as soon as possible we shall have them all collected together Orders are given out that they may be with that my people should not be restied upon hereafter for us their prisoners all they will be oblige to acquaint their friends and hope they will make themselves easy for a short time. Freind and Brother We must inform you that we look upon the white people that [strikethrough: is] on the New State very deceitful we have experienced them, and are much afraid of them we are now oblige to hub Spring out continually on the frontiers fearing they will Return and do as an [undecipherable] as they have before — Freind & Brother We must inform you that there is some Cherokee out now and some few of our people that are not yet come in if any mischief should be done it is contrary to our desire but on their Return will all be Settled and all Hostility cease against the white people and the faith made while. We must inform you that several Talks that has been [strikethrough: at] before the headmen and Warriors at Ustinare has been opened before we received that your last Talk came under Cover to M^r Grigg and by him delivered in the Square at Ustinare to our beloved men, we do not approv of any person opening any Talks that comes from our white Brothers yacht M^r Grigg who delivers them to us or our Linguist James Carry The Boy we had prisioner at Coosawattee we are informed is delivered to Upper Spain in order that he may be carried down to Pensicola the Girl is not as yet come to his friends but we presume She is in the land We now have finished our Talk and in Token of peace and friendship we have inclosed a Sprig of white wampum — The Little Turkey — Yallow Bird — Chickasawlee — Dick Killygushee — Shigh — Councillors — Blaze Badger — Island man — Dragon Chained — [undecipherable] The Tollerson — Alchesemath — Notawaha — [undecipherable] The Warrior Nekhau — Bear — Hanging man — [undecipherable] out of the Hole — Walls — Nutley Footwaird — [undecipherable]