and I doubt will never be able to do much more. We have certain acco- from West Florida that our friend M^r McGillivray has departed this life and was interred in M^r Panton's Garden, as the Dons would not adm- of his being laid in their burying ground. Kinnard desired me to acquaint you that he had done every thing in his power to reconcile matters, and should continue in so doing till you arrived, which he hoped would be as quick as possible as he is in the same opinion as myself on that head, and thinks the longer you stay now will be the worse to settle matters. M^r Holmes has written you a long letter as well as myself, therefore I judge that between us both you will receive every necessary information for the present, till you arrive here, where we can talk over matters, till then I wish you health. --- A Talk delivered by M^r Bernard to the Indians assembled at the Cupolakis, and interpreted by himself 22^d March 1793. Friends and Brothers. I have lived many years in your land and have always endeavoured to aduse you all to follow one straight path for the happiness of the nation. What I have done you all know has been from friendly motives, and not interested views I need not tell you that I was poor for this Office that I have been honored with, but accepted of it with a view of serving a Country in which I have most of my days resided and where my connexions are dear to me - consequently you must suppose I would not wish to see them suffer from the bad talks which are daily sent into your land which if not guarded against in time will be the inevitable ruin of your nations. The peace of your land has been greatly disturbed by talks from white people that are poor and wish to make themselves rich at the expence of your blood being spilt and your nation undone - Those men who have brought you this will leave you and retire into some other country where they will live at their ease and laugh at your credulity for being such fools. Do but look a few years back and see the manner in which the British secured you - Colonel Brown (a beloved man) is now in Providence and M^r Tate in England living in splendour and affluence on the money they received from the English for sending you to war against the Americans, and care not should they never see you more, or even hear of your welfare. The English have not thought of you since the American War, as they have not sent you a single piece of Stroud as a present since they left your land. Although many of you fought for them and some beloved men have lost their lives. Had it not been for our friend M^r McGillivray who is now no more and M^r Panton who obtained liberty from the King of Spain by paying ten thousand dollars P^r Annum to bring goods from their land, you would have been very poor and your women and children very naked. These my friends are circumstances which ought to make deep impressions in your hearts some of your great men have very bad eyes, they see but a very short distance before them otherwise they would distinguish their friends from their enemies and guard against the pernicious consequences attending some bad talks which I find they have paid too much attention to and which if they persist in will be their total ruin. When a thing is past there is no recalling it therefore wise men ought to consider what they are about before it is too late - Look round my friends and consider you are surrounded with difficulties but you have still a door left open if you will but keep it so. Our great and beloved father General Washington is still your friend and will remain so if you do not draw on his displeasure by your own repeated bad conduct. While he is your friend you have no enemies to dread, the Northward Indians which are now amongst you I have frequently told you are only endeavouring to bring you into the same predicament into which they themselves are involved. I am glad to find there are some of my old friends here present that still possess their senses and are not to be frightened or led away by the Shawanese talks. There are some of my own Colour amongst you as detrimental to your peace and happiness as those Shawanese - Willibanks is one - a man who never did nor never will render your country any service - its useless for me to say any thing more respecting this base man as you all ought to be acquainted with his conduct from his frequent deceptions. I have always cautioned you against listening to such men and think it's time that your eyes ought to be opened and view such men with contempt - some of your own White people that are treating amongst you are encouraging your young people to steal horses from the Americans and they are buying them. You young men pretend that they do it because their land is encroached upon but your head men that are present ought to put a stop to such proceedings ere it be too late as such behaviour will never establish a peace but will be productive of much mischief and perhaps the utter ruin of your nation. Do but be quiet until the beloved man Major Seagrove comes up and I make not the least doubt but he will remove all such complaints, as he will be invested with full power from General Washington our great, good and beloved father who strives to do the best for both his white and red Children. (signed.) J. Bernard Interp^r. Witnesses present James M Holmes } Geo. J Hull. } Kinnards Cowpen 29 March 1793 --- Talk from the Headmen of the Chehaws and Telluina. Major Seagrove, My friend it is not long since we were down to see you and heard your talks, but when we got home we heard a talk from the upper towns from the Savanocas (Shawanese) and thought it was a general War, and our people went off in a hurry and have done mischief and since we have returned home we find that talk was sent to us to bring us into trouble, but we had no intent to do any such thing of ourselves, but thought that all the rest of the people were gone out, and we thought it was a War indeed.