[undecipherable] Wednesday July 10. 1793. Red Jackets Speech. [undecipherable: to the?] Commissioners - you [undecipherable] here once [undecipherable: more?] by the Us. to ask your [undecipherable: Brothers?] nations to [undecipherable: council?] [undecipherable] so that you have heard [undecipherable] [undecipherable] was [undecipherable] by the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] speech, which they had consid[undecipherable] & you thanked [undecipherable] for it. Then you heard [undecipherable] [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] Brothers the whole [undecipherable]. We told you [undecipherable] and the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] some of them [undecipherable] wrong [undecipherable] another - [undecipherable] it has [undecipherable]. The same may happen again in the [undecipherable] war - to [undecipherable] you may be blown to [undecipherable] side [undecipherable] the other [undecipherable: Pres.?] The other [undecipherable: day?] when we came together, we thought as that all the transactions of [undecipherable] late war were buried & [undecipherable] we heard [you]r speech. [undecipherable] when you mention[ed] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to the British. But we [undecipherable] no [undecipherable] to the[m] [undecipherable] & therefore [undecipherable] to have [undecipherable] most that way. We were surprised - the whole nation round were surprised to hear you mention what you did about [undecipherable: shewing?] [undecipherable] to the British & [undecipherable: thanking?] them to you. For we had told you [undecipherable] which had done - and when it was done [undecipherable] we looked round & saw our women & children in distress. Then we turned our [undecipherable: faces?] the other way to make peace Then you asked us, why [undecipherable] we said we meant to be [undecipherable] our masters, [undecipherable] we leaned to one side - more than the other. Also We told you, we were surprised that you asked us that question - Because we had told you that our old way was, to [undecipherable] & not [undecipherable: writing?]. As you are trying to put one rules aside [undecipherable], you know there is not [undecipherable] one in our nation that [undecipherable] [undecipherable: writing?]. Therefore we [undecipherable] obliged to [undecipherable] our faces to the British to know what the writings are when we received them. Now we give you to understand the reason why we were not our own masters as you have supposed us - was not. The reason is that we do not [undecipherable] [undecipherable: writing?] [undecipherable] when we receive any writings we are obliged to go to our [undecipherable: Brothers?], the British, because they always advise us to what is good, what [undecipherable: makes?] for peace, & to listen to what the Americans say when they [undecipherable: make?] peace. and whenever they hear any thing in our [undecipherable: favor?], they let us know, & advise us to pay attention. Now as you are [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] attention to the [undecipherable] and they [undecipherable] the news with us - it is because they give us [undecipherable] good advice [undecipherable] we can depend upon them. They advise us, if a treaty is called for peace, to [undecipherable: attend?] it, and if presents are given for [undecipherable] purpose to receive them. The [undecipherable] you were [undecipherable] much surprised to hear us [undecipherable] [undecipherable] much attached to our [undecipherable: Bro?] & [undecipherable: Bri?] - [undecipherable] giving no respect. Always when we [undecipherable: counsel?] with the British, they advise us to take the advice of [undecipherable] when he [undecipherable] us for peace, and likewise to [undecipherable: take?] the same advice of the Us. when they advise us to peace. Now [undecipherable: Bro?] as you are hearing our reasons - [undecipherable] just always tell us we must be independent & take advice from nobody unless it pleases us. That is the reason we tell you we are [undecipherable] independent [undecipherable: nation?] ruled by [undecipherable] nobody. Another [undecipherable] you mentioned. You told us [undecipherable] [undecipherable] which [undecipherable] goes from the [undecipherable] - the [undecipherable] was directed to them [undecipherable] for you - We were greatly surprised when you told us that you make [undecipherable], therefore you go to the [undecipherable: Pres?] to know where it [undecipherable: belongs?]. And whenever there is a message received from the [undecipherable: Bri?] to us, thence it is [undecipherable] by [undecipherable], [undecipherable] they have [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for that purpose - The reason we were [undecipherable] on [undecipherable] because we had no agent appointed to unfold any thing to the Us. As for [undecipherable] we are not able to [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] - if we [undecipherable] out we shall fall by the way for we have not money. Will, do you begin to understand why we unfold our affairs to the British? Another thing you mentioned. You thanked us for accepting the message you laid before us - that we [undecipherable] no [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] was no article [undecipherable] in it - And you heartily thanked [undecipherable] for accepting [undecipherable]. Now we [undecipherable] not think hard - Not think that we are [undecipherable] in our minds, because we have given you the reasons of [undecipherable]. You know that the day before yesterday we [undecipherable] every thing that was bad & that we were not to listen to any kinds [undecipherable] ugly stories. Now we are telling you that the [undecipherable: Pres?] use [undecipherable] instead of writing. If you had told us to fetch the [undecipherable: Bri?] speeches to you, we [undecipherable] have packed up our wampum, and thrown the pack down before you; then you could have read it all. Now you have heard the reasons of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] which you found fault - which we [undecipherable] [undecipherable] - And you must not think hard. We have joined hand with the 13 [s]tates & mean to do no thing but what is for peace. [undecipherable] just before, that if you had told us to [undecipherable] down when the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to us all we have [undecipherable] a pack & [undecipherable] it before you - but as you did not [undecipherable] it we have only brought a few of their [undecipherable: speeches?] that were of most importance - and those [undecipherable] than [undecipherable] - [undecipherable] Council Fire Now you are hearing us. Now you [undecipherable] to see a few of the principal speeches of [undecipherable] British which have been [undecipherable] to us - [undecipherable] you think you ought to [undecipherable] the whole of them. Now we are just beginning to do our business at this council. & By & by we are going to pitch upon a man who will be [undecipherable] agent. for in old times there used to be an agent, - [undecipherable] and the news came, from him it all [undecipherable] out, on which[ever] side it was. When we get an agent, you will hear the whole on both sides. Now you have heard the reasons, [undecipherable] you find [undecipherable] with us - [undecipherable] render it very light from us, because we know we are both [undecipherable], both [undecipherable] for peace and now our true [undecipherable: friendship?] is beginning [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Now as [undecipherable] are hearing the reasons of [undecipherable] where will you find the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Better [undecipherable] [undecipherable] let this [undecipherable] be [undecipherable]. [undecipherable] we have [undecipherable] thing that is bad - Let us not listen to [undecipherable], & [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to be [undecipherable] [undecipherable] - hereafter [undecipherable] [the message]