Copy of a Speech from Major General Butler to the Five Nations.

War Captains Broken Twig and Big Tree want to return to the Five Nations and advise them to consider about the speech by the Governor of the Western Territory. After years of working as Superintendent of Indian Affairs and helping to establish boundary lines and trade, Butler is distressed that the Nations are talking about war. The United States stands by its assertion to protect the Five Nations. The Dowogonha have attacked the United States and the United States intends to retaliate; they are letting the Five Nations know. Butler says that "peace is in your possession" and that they should not let it be disturbed by people who urge war. If the chiefs, warriors, and young men of the Five Nations want to assist the United States in fighting the Dowongoha, they are welcome. Butler says the the Five Nations should not allow people who want to harm the United States to pass through their lands, lest the United States harm the Nations in addition to the hostile people. An enclosed letter introduces a French man who wishes to help in the expedition against the hostile western tribes.