[Copy] Substance of General Wayne's speech in answer to the Message sent by Isaac Williams Jun^r communicated by Jrano who was one of the Party. The General told the Messengers he was glad to see them come upon this business they did and at the same time pitied their condition in listening always to the English who wished to have them in the same situation with themselves. They told them always to be strong and defend their Country, and furnished them with ammunition, but they might be convinced from their late conduct that they had neither the power nor inclination to help them. He had even employed the force of his little finger which they were not able to resist and dared not to fire at him, altho' under the Walls of their Fort. He advised them to retire to this side of the Detroit, where they would be safe, as his young Men meant to range the plains this winter and destroy every thing that came in their way. That he had heard the Shawanees, Delawares, Miamis and Colonel M^cKee were encamped below the English Fort on the banks of the river, and would pay them a visit this winter with some of his young Men accompanied by 7000 Militia and 500 Chickacaws, if they resisted, their ruin would be the consequence. If they fled before him he would turn off and build a house at Sandusky among his good Friends the Wyandots and then return to Greenville. The Fort the English had built at the Rapids, he would pass on the opposite side and build a fort at Turkey Point where he would be joined by a party of Americans from Fort Pitt by the way of Cuyahoga. He would next proceed to Brown's Town where he would summon the English to leave his Houses and Lands, and pass to the other side, which they would quickly do and then he would walk quietly in and take possessions of his own. — He told them also that he had received letters from Congress whereby he understood that Great Britain had granted the Americans all their claims, of Consequence if the Indians had any idea of their own interest they would take the 15 fires by the hand, who altho' able with their little finger to crush them, were always more ready to listen to the voice of peace than continue a War which in the event would prove the ruin of all the Indian Nations. (signed) Ygo Fromside [A true Copy] [signed] Ball. S. Rec. Answer of the Wyandots at Browns Town to Leatherlips who was sent from Sandusky by Isaac Williams Jun^r to inform them of the result of his Message to General Wayne "We can do nothing in this matter alone, what we heard from our Father and the Six Nations shall be the rule of our Conduct, and we will do nothing but wait the concurrence and approbation of all the other Nations" (A true Copy) (signed) A. M^cKee S.I.A. JyS. Indorsed — C. (4) In L^t Governor Simcoe's N^o 20 To the Duke of Portland of the 17. Feby. 1795.