[Notes of J.W. Watson—] [written vertically on right margin] [Page 1 body text largely illegible due to document damage] [to Father] We thank the President of the U.S. for the attention paid us in the appointment of a Com^r to attend this Treaty. we [strikethrough: addept] [undecipherable] him are, the [undecipherable] We also thank the State of N.Y. for appointing the [undecipherable] to be held and agents to adjust all causes of diff^ces between us — The Great Spirit has preserved you in health unto this meeting & also enabled the Chiefs & Warriors of the Seven nations of Canada to meet you in health This morning — a Belt express[undecipherable] the 14 villages of [undecipherable] — This other Belt from the western [undecipherable] was not left [undecipherable] You are now treating with [undecipherable] the the well known — Our voice is heard throughout the western nations — I [undecipherable] speak. The words [undecipherable] hostilities must cease — They possess not the lands over which they [undecipherable] [Mr Watson's Notes] [written vertically on right margin] But have long since shared, them [undecipherable] If the U.S. wish to make [a] permanent [undecipherable] with the western [undecipherable] we ought to have been consulted — [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] must [undecipherable] be appointed [undecipherable] — Com^rs of the State of N.Y. Brothers The Mohawks Mohegans [undecipherable: Oneidas?] & the [undecipherable] were expected to attend this — [undecipherable] The expression — [undecipherable] by our delegates at [undecipherable] last winter — those nations except the Mohawks are to be found if had they been here we [undecipherable] have [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] attacked our claim [undecipherable] you disputed it. We have expressed the relation which we stand with other Indian nations we now present you a chart of the lands which are [undecipherable] within this State — on which you have set your foot fathers of the thirteen States & of the State of New York we thank the great Spirit for preserving you in safety [undecipherable] the night & also the chiefs to see you in more & health. Brothers we are not for good [undecipherable] becomes us to return — them [undecipherable] the Great Spirit for our preservation Brothers we have gone through the [undecipherable] of Brothers meeting we now request you to attend to what we [undecipherable] business — We acknowledge the [undecipherable: candor?] & plainness of your [undecipherable] there to obtain the same Brothers you say you [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] claims by us to lands in your State previous to our meeting you in Albany in the winter of 1795 —