[Page 1 of this document is marked "Illegible Text" by the repository: some or all pages of this file are wholly or in part illegible, and a better copy could not be located or enhanced electronically.] ...ptain Brandt replied — Brothers, we thank you for what you have said + you say that you will answer our speech to-morrow, we now cover up the council fire. The Commissioners gave the following answer to the speech of yesterday. Brothers, by the appointment of the great Spirit, we are again met together. We hope he will affect us on both Sides, to see and do what is right. It gives us pleasure that this meeting is in the presence of our Brothers, the English. (Here we repeated what was said by Capt. Brandt yesterday, this repetition is explained, by that you may evince to them that you hoped their Speech was often persuaded.) Brothers, now listen to our answer in behalf of the United States — ...you have mentioned [undecipherable] [undecipherable] at the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of the end [undecipherable] Brothers [undecipherable: side of sheet?]. The other question whether we have authority to run & establish a new boundary line between your lands, and ours. — Brothers, on the first [undecipherable: point?], we cannot but express our extreme regret that many reports of war like appearances on the part of the United States should have alarmed our meeting together at Sandusky. + the outrage [strikethrough: undecipherable] unofficially [undecipherable] all appearances of hostile incursions into the Indians country both of the line during the treaty at [undecipherable] —. Brothers, we are thus deputed by the great Chief and the great council of the [undecipherable] to meet with you at [undecipherable] — and is it hoped that the [undecipherable] great Chief and his great council will act [undecipherable] trustfully toward us, as [undecipherable] as well as toward you. Brothers, we [undecipherable] it yet [undecipherable] that we will quit [undecipherable] and want to [undecipherable] — Brothers, be assure you that our great Chief, General Washington, has [undecipherable] no hostilities against you, until the event of the proposed treaty [undecipherable] shall be known — Here is the proclamation of his head general [undecipherable: General Wayne?] to that effect. But Brothers, our great chief is [undecipherable] in his [undecipherable] for peace, and is desirous of [undecipherable] every thing which should [undecipherable] against the [undecipherable] and among the war, [undecipherable] paying the [undecipherable] to his head warriors, he has [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] States [undecipherable] the terms of the treaty proposed to the [undecipherable] at [undecipherable], and [undecipherable] them [undecipherable] him to prevent any [undecipherable] acts against the Indians, [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] under the [undecipherable] of the treaty in [undecipherable] forbidding [undecipherable]. The proclamations of the governors of Virginia & Pennsylvania [undecipherable] we have here in our hands — Brothers, if after all these precautions of your great Chief, any hostilities should be committed [undecipherable] from a [undecipherable] people, shown on [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] both [undecipherable] and believe that [undecipherable] just [undecipherable] words be [undecipherable] — Brothers, after these explanations, we hope you will [undecipherable] of your minds, [undecipherable] on the good faith of the United States that his [undecipherable] is to be apprehended by you during the treaty — We now come to the second point whether we can personally [undecipherable] to run and establish a new boundary line between your lands, [undecipherable] — Brothers, we inform you explicitly that we have the [undecipherable] that authority or where that [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] between [undecipherable] both parties and [undecipherable] and some [undecipherable] things for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 34 Brothers, after this great [undecipherable] of the boundary line shall be considered at the [undecipherable], there have been [undecipherable] it will be proper to render on the merit of the United States; [undecipherable] any thing they shall be [undecipherable] as the world will pronounce [undecipherable] just — Brothers, you have told us that your [undecipherable] the Nations of Indians north of the [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] chiefs are now assembled at the [undecipherable] of the Miami — Brothers, it would be a satisfaction to us to be informed of the names of those [undecipherable] nations, and of the number of their [undecipherable] assembled — Brothers, we once more [undecipherable] on our country, and to give you complete satisfaction on this [undecipherable], we now offer you [undecipherable] as soon as our [undecipherable] ended, we will send a messenger on horseback to the great Chief of the United States, to desire them to [undecipherable] & strongly repeat [undecipherable] to his head warriors nobody to abstain from all hostilities against you, but to remain quiet at his [undecipherable] the worst of the treaty [undecipherable] be known — Bad [undecipherable] delivered by [undecipherable] — July [undecipherable] [undecipherable] In [undecipherable] as [undecipherable] Captain Brandt [undecipherable] with the [undecipherable] in his hands, which were delivered by the Commissioners, and [undecipherable] him [undecipherable] to the English (Americans from [undecipherable]) — Brothers, [undecipherable] find the great [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] 35 Brothers of the United States, if finding you made an answer to the [undecipherable] states and by us from the great [undecipherable] at [undecipherable: Miami?] on the two [undecipherable] we had [undecipherable] to you. Brothers, you may depend on it that we fully understand your speech. We [undecipherable] take with us your [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] and report it to the chiefs at the great council at [undecipherable: Miami?] from laying down the bell of [undecipherable], the took up [undecipherable] rest and [undecipherable]. Brothers, we have some thing further to say, [undecipherable] not [undecipherable]. We are [undecipherable] compared with our great chief, to [undecipherable: Miami?], but [undecipherable] Brothers from your friends, that there is a prospect from [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] those who are the Nations at the [undecipherable] of our mind; and if we agree with you, there is a prospect that [undecipherable] peace, it will be binding and lasting — Brothers [undecipherable], Brothers, we are the [undecipherable] because all our minds are [undecipherable]. You have not spoken to us [undecipherable], in [undecipherable], you did not speak to us [undecipherable], at least it was done was not binding. Then you have [undecipherable] to speak to us the other [undecipherable] and we now take you by the hand to lead you to the place appointed for the meeting — Brothers [undecipherable] — Brothers, This is all we have to say, in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 36 and chiefs assembled at Miami, and [undecipherable] Brothers, one thing more we have to say. If yesterday you expressed a [undecipherable] to be informed of the names of the nations and [undecipherable] chiefs assembled at the Miami — but as they were dark, [undecipherable] as we cannot give you exact [undecipherable] you will [undecipherable] them in a few days. When we left [undecipherable], the following nations were there, [undecipherable: viz?]: Three Nations, Ottawas, [undecipherable: Wyandotte?], Chip[undecipherable: peway?], Shawanees, [undecipherable: Potawatamis?], Delawares, [undecipherable: Mingoes?], Munseys, [undecipherable: Cherokees?], Mohawks, [undecipherable: Stockbridges?], The principal [undecipherable] of all the above nations were there. Not [undecipherable] + Brothers, the Bostonians, attend: we have heard your words; our [undecipherable], the [undecipherable] people, have also heard them in. We thank God that you have been preserved in peace, & that we [undecipherable] our peoples together. The people of all the different Nations here [undecipherable] you. They [undecipherable] to hear [undecipherable] words, if giving us great satisfaction [undecipherable] our fathers the English have also heard. There was [undecipherable] for the prospect, take up our [undecipherable] and retire to our [undecipherable], where we shall [undecipherable] consider your speech, and [undecipherable] you [undecipherable] answer [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 37 The Commissioners then said to the Indians, Brothers, our ears have been open to your Speech; it is agreeable to us. We are ready to proceed with you to Sandusky, where, under the direction of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] great Spirit, [undecipherable] we hope that [undecipherable] peace on terms equally inter- esting and agreeable to all parties — The council fire was then covered up.— July [undecipherable] Left [undecipherable] Hall, lodged at Chip[undecipherable: peway?]. July 11. Arrived on board, where we now are waiting for the return of the Indians & a fair [undecipherable: wind?]. — According to our promise, we wrote to the President on the complaints made that our army was approaching, and just to the Secretary at war, all our official [undecipherable] which had a tendency to show the true state of matters affecting the treaty. In addition [undecipherable] to I wrote him the following private letter —