[the first men on this Island; the most sensible must wish the lands; the com- mit was soon to us - you are the first that spoke to me for the [undecipherable], we are brought to this council, a great many is gone the other way to the Great chiefs, we are waiting for good tidings - I have brought all my flesh and my [undecipherable] - I hope you will be for [undecipherable] speeches you have to - I hope we shall go right - A [undecipherable] has brought a large fish of corn, and told me to put it over against - We said no - You have had enough of us before, already in [undecipherable] fighting - My Brother This is a firm peace, I never will break it. I [undecipherable] a Sager, I [undecipherable] him - [Tokens a string of Wampum] The Speech of another Chief called Chipan - [undecipherable] the package [undecipherable] and into the chief that gives them to him [undecipherable], I take [undecipherable] him a Sager one would mend and took the women and children and every thing - I did not take your flesh they were give to me, I thought I might take care of them, and now I return them; there they are. - I speak for all present, and hope you will [undecipherable] in [undecipherable]. give me a little powder and ball to hunt with. My Brother you know I want better than I do myself. I have given my children to my wife. they are worn out in war, I hope you will give us some over - [Tokens a string of Wampum] The above answers the Speech - I did not take your flesh, they were given to me, I have since brought them to you because we have made a firm peace that shall last forever, I have taken. The Council was then adjourns - [Captain Butlers answer to the Potawatamie Indians, at Coun- cil the [undecipherable] day of April 1795 -] Brothers - I have now to address myself to the Potawatamie, to preserve their good conduct on the 9th instant - At the same time I am happy, that my brothers the Miamies, Chippewas, and Ottawas, are present to hear what is [undecipherable] - I invite not to be like [undecipherable] - I do not wish to deceive you. I get [undecipherable] also people, when the councils fire is freely [undecipherable] - Brother the Sun - I shall first answer you. The heart of my father General Washington, the Great Chief General Wayne, and my own is as clean and as clear as this ribbon - The God above has [undecipherable] his will to bring us to a true understanding between each other, which I hope with [undecipherable] happy circumstances - The Grand [undecipherable] State nothing from you can [undecipherable] support you would from me - The Americans that came back, such as [undecipherable] nothing to speak to you - I hope with [undecipherable] enough to give you good advice, such as will not be disapproved of by the Father of us all. Gen- eral Washington, & his Great Chief, General Wayne's - Both of them are men, and their tongue is one. Consult, not the smallest doubt but they will [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] all the [undecipherable] of they are not separate, and you kept your father fast. I am [undecipherable] to show that [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] working with you for [undecipherable] tidings, and I hope and believe this when they meet the Great Chief General Wayne, at the Grand Treaty to be held at [undecipherable] Quarters in the 15th of June next, every thing will be made clear, and [undecipherable] in a permanent peace establish that will last to the end of time - When you in [undecipherable] find yourselves under the protection of great and mighty [undecipherable], who will never remain [undecipherable] you - now directed to [undecipherable] to listen to the bad advice of the British, [undecipherable] of you had continued to [undecipherable] their bad advice, you would have found yourselves driven in the [undecipherable] that would have led you to your own destruction - Remember [undecipherable] of your chiefs too Chief Massier, the British have yet caused you to [undecipherable] - Notwithstanding they have led you [undecipherable] into so trouble, they are not content yet they still want to ruin you into more - But I am happy to [undecipherable] your eyes have been [undecipherable] and you have determin- ed to avoid this [undecipherable] they [undecipherable] laid for you - I have always given you good advice, such as will lead you to happiness if you strictly [undecipherable] - I again tell you to avoid the British and their councils - It is very true my [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] and all the chiefs can and will keep the warriors in good order, and if you wish to be happy, and to make you people happy [undecipherable] and to keep your men in as good order as possible. You must all unite these to run along or follow the dictates of the British - Remember the [undecipherable] my father gave your chief in Philadelphia; among the [undecipherable] he charged them to keep their young men in good order, and to suffer them to do no mischief - You can have a good father, and if you prove to be his faithful children, he will make you happy. I am happy now to have so many of our brothers and that they are all anxious to see the blessings of peace firmly established - [undecipherable] although now the Ohio, it is not for me to decide [undecipherable] - All such difficulties will be settled by the Great Chief General Wayne, at the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] peace - As soon as a firm peace is established among all my father's Children, the Great Chief will direct [undecipherable] trading houses [undecipherable], this will furnish you with every thing that is just, in the [undecipherable] home [undecipherable], and when he will not use [undecipherable] that a [undecipherable] them - My heart is glad to [undecipherable], and I am ready to find you such assistance as is in my power - As to Clothing, I have not a word at this time, but again that the Great Chief, General Wayne, will send me some as soon as I get a little leisure - What you are about to have me [undecipherable] that I am [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to depend - I will and [undecipherable] shall remember me as a [undecipherable] man, and if any of your people should come and [undecipherable] they to [undecipherable] you - I shall also remember you have in your councils declared they ties; and I trust, you will continue to keep your young men in good order - I shall not forget the Chiefs that have been speaking one before you so [undecipherable], I will take down their names from your own words - I shall all in my love to renew the treaties in the [undecipherable] honestly and fairly with you, and not a will you under [undecipherable] to measure what you [undecipherable], to make a battle - My Father has declared that if you remain in your [undecipherable] might, and your women [undecipherable] play - that he would protect all his children in their just rights, that he would [undecipherable] them to be deprived of them - As to you moving your villages on the In- [undecipherable] I have any nothing more to you on that subject than, that I have nothing to do with that land so high, and that I suggest you ought to consult [undecipherable] brothers that two, already on [undecipherable] depend on it - I shall send an [undecipherable] of all the [undecipherable] down between us to the Grand Chief, General Wayne, from whom I also [undecipherable] and a [undecipherable] - I have already express you, we shall not dispute about lands - I have nothing to do with them; all that kind of business will be rather [undecipherable] at the grand Treaty - I have [undecipherable] my brothers and to the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of you all - I have also [undecipherable] my father has declared he would pro- [undecipherable] all his faithful children in their rights and you will every [undecipherable] him to train you - I am happy hoping that you have taken my advice [undecipherable] - and [undecipherable] for the people, when the counsel fire is freely [undecipherable] Brother, the Sun - I shall first answer you - The heart of my father General Washington, the Great Chief, General Wayne, and my own, is as clear and as clear as this ribbon - The God above has [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] his agent in [undecipherable] for the transaction of all business among the different tribes of brothers - is will set at liberty all such as he has of them, at the [undecipherable] conclusion of [undecipherable] Treaty - some [undecipherable] of which you shall have - Also if all our brother the Wabash [undecipherable] Indians [undecipherable] - To obtain than a spark from the Great Chief, General Wayne - which he has just sent to [undecipherable] his brother Mr. Wells, and on you's [undecipherable] me the rest of the [undecipherable], and the other way to give you a witness - very soon - The [undecipherable] given this [undecipherable] has made for you [undecipherable] in it, it is intended to [undecipherable] your minds, and in case you must [undecipherable], that he may have you [undecipherable] to Brother [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] own ours - My Brothers, Do continue, and follow the [undecipherable] of your Elders, and listen to them by common [undecipherable] - By the British you men, why did they not show them else as is they have always [undecipherable] you, when your brother, mothers, [undecipherable], and [undecipherable], the great chief, General Wayne to kill [undecipherable] them under the mouth of the great gun of the British in their power on this right - How they offer to give a single [undecipherable] to protect them? & did they give their [undecipherable] to supply this Blood? & To my Brothers, they were afraid, they stood [undecipherable] bringing protection to the slaughter they had themselves brought on the Indians - they had [undecipherable], then [undecipherable] guilty [undecipherable], and none was there ahead the approaching danger that marks this [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] - When you have our great [undecipherable] brothers, you shall also have as good advice the Great Chief, General Wayne gives, and write to his [undecipherable] to children, before and often the late action [undecipherable]; by which you with [undecipherable] [undecipherable] he did and will to halt and enter, but to make peace with them - but the power of the British league prevents him from doing so the forces war made until [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] - My Brothers, I hope the friend- ship [undecipherable] between us will never more be shaken by British or any other [undecipherable] advice - He that owns such will not be shaken by any, and I trust I hope, that the often bought experience will back your [undecipherable] brothers to avoid them also - My Brothers the Sun - I shall prepare and deliver the papers you have required me for [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] - I shall [undecipherable] I also I shall now [undecipherable] for a few moments to adopt my brother the [undecipherable] - Brothers, I have not charged you with taking my Flesh that you have surrendered to me, and I am happy to [undecipherable] and only from you, but from [undecipherable] [undecipherable] that they have been treated well since they have been in your family, [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] for the surrender of them, which with [undecipherable] a satisfactory and in your good intentions - I shall consist [undecipherable] of little hundred [undecipherable] balls and notwithstanding [undecipherable] man of them written that will [undecipherable] you - I shall moreover, to [undecipherable] a firm [undecipherable] all which I will [undecipherable] or to give you in [undecipherable] and with which you must be satisfied, untill more is [undecipherable] [undecipherable] as this you shall have and receive it - My Brother the Sun - I now write to you, and inform you I have received the [undecipherable] that you have [undecipherable] me, with a satisfactory amount of friendly [undecipherable], which I say is written [undecipherable] as with so strong a [undecipherable] that all the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] can ever [undecipherable] - I am not ready to cover the council fire, until I [undecipherable] my [undecipherable] brother, at which time I request you will attend. [undecipherable] I shall not take my [undecipherable] if you insult - I close my [undecipherable] with you - Council adjourns - In Council April 22^d 1795 - [Captain Butlin's address to the Wabash - Indians -] Brothers - I have called on you to meet on this day, that I may deliver you a [undecipherable] from the Great Chief, General Wayne, to all the Indians living on the waters of the Wabash, and other where it may concern - Previous to which I shall also inform you of the Speech lately [undecipherable] to the hostile Indians, before and after the late action took place between him, and the those Indians that were led astray by [undecipherable] and others of the British - I shall in the first place inform you of this Great Chief's speech to Them before the action, which was as follows - (Read it) Brothers, These Indians were [undecipherable] to their own interest, they would not listen to the good voice of peace, but they chose to follow the dictates of the British, as came to have so much blood as they did in the late action - The Great Chief General Wayne, being still refused, by [undecipherable] after the action was over, sent the second speech to them, which was this (Read the 2^d Speech) Brothers. I am happy, that these Indians have had their eyes [undecipherable] at [undecipherable], and they begin to know what is their interest, that it is best to have the Great Chief, General Wayne's [undecipherable] by which my father has sent me say this - I shall now proceed to deliver the speech of the Great Chief, which he has sent to you by our brother Mr. Wells - (Have the speech to this [undecipherable] [undecipherable]) - Brothers - You have now heard the good talks of the Great Chief, General Wayne, you know what caused this invitation, he has given you to meet, and I am sure, and to be [undecipherable] and faithful to the good work on [undecipherable] - which I flatter myself you will readily accept of and comply with - [undecipherable] request that you must be [undecipherable] in this room, and information of [undecipherable] appointments and how many, and all of you will attend the [undecipherable] of the Great Chief, General Wayne to the Treaty - [undecipherable] the same time I am happy by [undecipherable] we know that the Great Chief, General Wayne is sending his letters to [undecipherable] you as his children; there he has ever before seen, and that he [undecipherable] in his power, he [undecipherable] of you, as far as [undecipherable] [undecipherable] his [undecipherable] and the [undecipherable] in his [undecipherable] - which [undecipherable] gives and [undecipherable] are with [undecipherable] firmly established as the appointed time and [undecipherable] - In the names of the Wabash Indians, say this - Capt. Butlin's answer to the Wabash Indians in Council April 25^th 1795 - To Irapean - [undecipherable] you are not invited by the great Chief, Gen. Wayne to the Treaty as hostile Indians, but as brave and [undecipherable] and friends of the [undecipherable] on hand, and I am happy to hear you say that you will attend accordingly - I am sorry to see you [undecipherable] a [undecipherable] today in requesting the good [undecipherable] of the Treaty to be held at Greenville, the 15^th of June next, two thirds or more of the Indians have agreed to at that time and place for holding it, and it is [undecipherable] myself to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to propose the unreasonable request of such a delay - I hope that as soon as you make the necessary arrangements among yourselves you will keep us and attend at the time and place appointed for holding the Treaty & am [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I shall be ever happy to [undecipherable] the Great Chief, General Wayne, of your [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I have [undecipherable] reference you, I am not obliged to invite the Delawares [undecipherable] to this Treaty, [undecipherable] - I am not charged to invite the [undecipherable], for it would be the [undecipherable] by the Great Chief General Wayne, also that you have [undecipherable] in your position, that declares that my father will protect his [undecipherable] children in their [undecipherable] rights and that [undecipherable] - I am sure [undecipherable] have good [undecipherable] by his [undecipherable], that he might or [undecipherable] from you, I [undecipherable] - I now conclude with wishing you all [undecipherable], many happiness that this [undecipherable] and the blessings of peace established - [In Council 25^th April 1795 -] [undecipherable] address by Capt. Butlin - [undecipherable] for the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Indians - Brother, you bide it not [undecipherable] large, or [undecipherable] to the Treaty equally [undecipherable] the great chief, if you [undecipherable] although we have already made peace [undecipherable] - [undecipherable] you have [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Steam houses [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] village, he would rather [undecipherable] them - [as soon as we find our Commission & [undecipherable], so he will attend the Treaty on this line -] Some Merchandise, and some arrangements among soldiers, at [undecipherable] as that is done in [undecipherable] the treaty, we [undecipherable] to be [undecipherable] to them [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] - You [undecipherable] also [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] them - My Brothers, I have [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the Grand Chief, General Wayne [undecipherable] I should be absolutely glad, and if you think [undecipherable] I am good for the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and good [undecipherable] that they [undecipherable] that [undecipherable] done. I shall set down for a few moments that you may also have [undecipherable] [undecipherable] a few moments, when they requested that they might have a few words to the Chief and [undecipherable] him to be [undecipherable] there, that [undecipherable] information [undecipherable] the Treaty to be met, which [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] thing they [undecipherable] and they [undecipherable] there was no harm done - Brothers. I am hoping, but on my favor to safely [undecipherable] I have nothing to do with them; all that kind of things will be rather [undecipherable] at the grand Treaty - I have [undecipherable] my brothers and to [undecipherable] attend the Treaty - I now conclude with making you all fortunate, and the blessings of peace established - [In Council 25^th April 1795 -] [undecipherable] address to Capt. Butlin - [undecipherable] for the [undecipherable] Indians - Brother, you bide it not [undecipherable], or going to the Treaty [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] of the great chief, if you [undecipherable] although we have already made peace [undecipherable] - [undecipherable] you have [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Steam houses [undecipherable] the Shawnee Village, he would rather [undecipherable] them - The Speech of the Gov. & [undecipherable] - [undecipherable] [undecipherable] companions; you [undecipherable] with to do to General Wayne; you are at the place where we [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] to meet the [undecipherable], and I am also [undecipherable] one at the Shawnee Village, one at Ottawa, at [undecipherable] [undecipherable] nationally [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] when [undecipherable] - [undecipherable] Ask with General Wayne [undecipherable] - [undecipherable] General Wayne, [undecipherable] as he [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] - [undecipherable] had [undecipherable] [undecipherable] compelled them to agree to the [undecipherable] being [undecipherable] at that place - [undecipherable] now that two [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] to come to him to move them, [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to agree to the [undecipherable]; [undecipherable] [undecipherable] then [undecipherable] [undecipherable] - The Speech of Chipan for the [undecipherable] Indians - Our Chiefs are already appointed to attend the Treaty; our Chiefs have seen General Wayne; so that all that is done, with those met since this summer, The [undecipherable] is [undecipherable] I with two other Chiefs, [undecipherable] attend the Treaty, at the time & place appointed -