To Nangy, principal Chief of the Chipeways, and Kiwelcheven [undecipherable] principal Chief of the Ottawas at — Detroit. My Sons, Your speech and the wampum was delivered to me by my Son, whom you intended to have accompanied on his return from Detroit. I am very sorry, my Sons, for the accident of your horse being lost which prevented you; for, I would have been very glad to have taken you by the hand here at this place, and to have given you my heart with it. It pleases me, my Sons, that what I said to my Children by Nangy was satisfactory to them, and that it has been truly interpreted. This you may depend upon. I shall always tell them the truth, and wish their welfare. The promises, my Sons, made to you at Philadelphia by the Secretary of War, will certainly be performed. You may rely on them if they were truly interpreted to you. The Secretary could make none but what the President directed, and he will never break his word. I know, my Sons, that he promised — there should be an Agent appointed with whom you might council when it was necessary. He has been looking out for a fit person ever since. You know, my Sons, that it is of great consequence that he should be a good man. One that will always speak the truth, and in whom both you and we can always put confidence. Such a Man, I hope will be found before long, and he will be sent to stay with You. It may be at Detroit, or may be at some of your Towns. I cannot certainly tell you at which of them he will be fixed. It was a great trouble to me, my Sons, that I should have disappointed you when you expected to have seen me at Detroit. It was my firm purpose to have gone thither, but, I got hurt by my horse just when I was ready to depart, and was not able to get out of my bed for two Moons, and I am not able to ride yet, nor can I tell when I shall be able. I long to see you at Detroit very much — but may be, I shall never be able to ride any more. My Sons, I do not perfectly understand what you mean when you say, that certain persons without any right, wish to drive you off of your Lands. I wish you to explain your- selves fully on that subject. The united States will never take a foot of your land without your consent, and paying for it to your own satisfaction. neither will they permit any of their people to do it. Tell me who it is that disturbs you and in what manner they do it; and, if it be the white people, Measures shall be taken immediately to do you Justice. — You say, my Sons, that threats are thrown out by some people that they will take possession of your land, — that they have no right nor authority for doing it, and that they will beat Nangy and his party if ever they come there. — You must let me who they are that threaten you, and I say again, if it be the white people, You will soon see how your Father the President will order them to be treated. M^r Braggs, my Sons, is a Man in whom I trust as much as you. He stays in his place, and will truly interpret between us, not only this which I send to him for You, but every thing you may have to say to me, or your father the President, at any time; and there is a Man comes from the Fort to this place once in every Moon, who will bring it always to me. It is a great satisfaction to me that you continue in the same good dispositions you had last Fall. It is my sincere desire that nothing may happen to interrupt the friendship that now subsists. I am sure that it is best for us both that we should always be friends, and it would make my heart very sore that it should be otherwise. I pray the great Spirit to make it as lasting as this earth out of which we both sprang, and to take care of You. Farewell a String of white Wampum [undecipherable] Governor and superintendent of Indian Affairs Cincinnate 5 Aug^t 1800