Pages 11–15 confirmed as additional copies of the same document. Transcribing the primary document (pages 3–9) only. [Jo] The Miamis, Shawaneses, Delawares, Tawa, Wyandot, Pottawatamie, Huron, & the Chippeway & all other nations of red people, living on the waters of the Ohio, the Mississippi, & the great Lakes, now at war with the united States of America— Sachems, Chiefs & warriors— Opens your ears, listen, and observe well, — our great Chief & father George Washington, who presides, & is head man at the great council fire of the united States, has ordered me to send you this Talk with the earnest hope that it may clear away the mist from your Eyes, and incline your hearts to bury the hatchet— Chiefs & Warriors! Attend to this talk, let it sink deep into your minds & lead you to the great Council fire of peace, where your complaints will be heard; your wrongs, if you have been wronged, will be redressed, & the path will be again opened— that all the red people & the white people who live on this great islands, may pass & repass without fear or danger— For should you shut your ears against this good talk, if you turn away from the voice of peace, & are deaf to the dictates of reason & of Justice— Then the hatchet must be uplifted— The war must rage— and your blood, our blood must stream— until your nations are exhausted, for the warriors of the united States number like the trees in the woods, their meat & their bread grows in— their fields & upon their farms, & they make arms & ammunition for their own use; what then can prevent them in the end, from conquering the Indian nations, who are scattered over a Country many hundreds miles in extent, who depend on the forests & the Casualties of the hunt for their Subsistence & procure their arms & ammunition from a distant Nations— Bad men may tell you, that the United States send you this Talk from fear— Do not believe them, & be cautious what you receive for the truth— unless spoken by wise & good men— Shut your ears against false rumours and listen not to wily Councillors— The Chiefs of the united States know no fear— they who have battled & have driven out of their Lands the numerous Armies of a Great King, can never be afraid of your little tribes! No! the great Chief of all our Councils, in making to you this Brotherly offer is moved by Humanity, by a love of peace, & an earnest wish to take a fast hold of the Chains of Friendships— Now, should you refuse to join your hands to this Chains & be obstinate in holding up the hatchet, the Great Spirit will bear witness, if we must have war, that it is your own wanton & unprovoked seeking, for the united States desire nothing more sincerely than to make peace with you upon terms of Justice and moderation, they do not desire to encroach upon, or to set up a claim to any of your lands, which have not been purchased by fair treaty, & particularly the Treaty of Muskingum— Why then should the red people and the white people quarrel & fight? The red people cannot wish to reclaim what they have sold, & have received payment for, & the white people desire nothing more than this, with peaceable possession— The united States do not wish to conquer or extirpate the Indian Nations, altho they know they posses the power, but on the contrary are desirous to hear their complaints, to redress the injuries they may have received, & to right the wrongs under which they may labor. In proof of their sincerity, Hostilities have been suspended, on the part of the united States agreeably to the orders annexed to this Talks, & in less time than two moons from this day, a great mans will go forwards to the Towns from this place with a good talk from our head Chief & Father George Washington— Chiefs & Warriors! Ye fought us like good warriors, last fall. you slew a great number of our big Captains, & gained a great victory— But let not, that make you proud & turns your hearts to war. for were you to destroy a second, a third, a fourth, or a tenth Army, the Eleventh would soon be raised to over-whelm you— If your hearts are for peace, let your war parties be called in— send two or three of your chiefs with two of my Youngmen to this place, without delay, and Keep the third with you, until your own chiefs returns, with the Great Man, and the good talk, which you will soon receive from our father Washington— Given under my hand & Seal of arms at Fort Washington the third day of April, in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & ninety two; And of the independency of the United States the Sixteenth — (Signed) Ja: Wilkinson— Commanding Officer of the troops of the united States in the Western Department— [seal] witness (Signed) Caleb Swan Sam. Holsworth Jnr. a true Copy— Jn— Smith— Major 5^th Reg^t