By the President of the United States. Brothers With this Wampum I wipe away the tears from your eyes and [undecipherable] our [undecipherable] for the loss of our Brothers: & bring them home again in the earth and [undecipherable] over their blood that neither or us may look to troubled at the sight of these hereafter. Farewell Signed At St Clair Governor of the Territory of the United States North West of River Ohio Fort Harmar 30^th April 1791 To the Chiefs & Warriors of the Wyandot Nation Brothers It is now a long time that I have not heard from you [undecipherable] — Brothers have you [undecipherable] the promise, that [undecipherable] between us at this place, that we would live together in peace and harmony and constantly [undecipherable] what are going forward. Brothers [undecipherable] a great [undecipherable] upon the [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] it is not [undecipherable] that the Wyandots had any Hand in it — I should be sorry that it was true, because I love the Wyandots and wish to do them good and I could not if they joined in the mischief. Brothers When the Shawnees and Miamis forced us to make War upon them [undecipherable], I sent to you [and] informed you that we were going to do, and warned you to keep yourselves at a distance from them lest Harm should come to you that was not intended for you; if any Harm did come to you, it was your own fault, because you did not follow the good advice I gave you, in consequence of the Promises we made to each other; But how have you kept your Promises— And you given me many Notice of the Parties that were coming in to do us mischief— No— Brothers your own young men have joined in it. Brothers Where is the Crane & [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] and your other wise-men? Are they all Dead, or are they become Fools likewise— Believe me my Friends and I never did, nor ever will tell you a lie: the Friendship of the United States is not to be slighted— they will religiously observe every promise they have made to you, and they wish I Request that you will keep & perform the Promises you have made to them— think well on this matter, [for] your interest and Happiness is deeply concerned in it— I call upon those Chiefs by name, because I know them and know it's [undecipherable] the Welfare of themselves, & your Women & Children and your Nations, to keep back your young men and to hold fast by the Chain of Friendship that was put into their hands for you all at this place. Brothers Some of your people were detained here— the design was to keep them safe until my arrival, but they took flight & run away. I assure you no Harm was intended them, but had they been allowed to go abroad where they pleased, when the other Indians were doing mischief, they might have [undecipherable] in Danger, and it does not suit our friends who come to us in Confidence to be hurt, and if they had run away, I would have sent them back to their Nation with honourable marks of the Regard I have for it. Brothers, Hearken to me— I must tell you again that Offers of Peace are made to the Shawnees & Miamis & the Nations on the [undecipherable] — whether they will listen to them or not, I do not know, but I suspect them to be very [undecipherable]. In case they will not, I give you notice to keep at a distance from them lest Evil [befall] yourselves. Brothers From a sincere Regard for your Welfare, I counsel you to hold fast the Chain of Friendship between you and the United States, and [undecipherable] we will both [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] therefore I give you this Notice— Your Women may have suffered a little— it was the fault of those who run away— had they stayed, they would not have met with the kindest Treatment— [undecipherable] more this Message. Farewell Signed At St Clair Governor of the Territory of the United States North West of the River Ohio Fort Harmar April 30^th 1791 [Endorsed:— Sir Lord Dorchester to Lord Grenville No. 100 dated the 7^th [undecipherable] 1791]