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sufficient to stain your land with blood and that is our sole[...] determina- tion to sell our lives with our Country.

Peace is best for all men therefore we desert you will let us know as soon as possible at the [Corvelas] where all public business will be transacted as soon as may be.

We see that numbers of people wish to get possession of our lands, and are framing plans for that purpose (this we see plainly, by a treaty held with James Seagrove at S^t Marys last November who called himself Agent appointed by Congress if so why did he not come into the nation, where matters might been long settled and we might been in peace and friendship, but no, he sent to Timothy Barniard, who made him believe he had great influence in this Country, [undecipherable] Chief, are too well acquainted with that man Barnard to adhere to any ... thing he may say. He cannot, in any [undecipherable] dare give out any talks in our Council, or should it be supposed that we should put any [undecipherable] device in such men. [undecipherable].