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proportion of what you would give us annually over and above this very large sum of money. And we are persuaded they would most readily accept of it in lieu of the lands you sold them. If you add also the great sum you must expend in raising and paying Armies with a view to force us to yield you our Country, you will certainly have more than sufficient for the purposes of repaying these settlers for all their labors and their improvements.

    Brothers.  You have talked to us about concessions.  It appears strange that you should ???? any from us who have only been defending our just rights against your invasions.
    We want peace.   ???? to us our Country and we shall be enemies no longer.
    Brothers.  You make one concession to us by offering us your money and another by having agreed to do us justice after having long and injuriously withheld it.  We mean in the acknowledgement you have now made , that the King of England never did nor never had a right to give you our Country, by the treaty of peace.  And you want to make this Act of common justice a great part of your concessions.  And seem to expect that because you have at last acknowledged our independence we should for such a favor surrender to you our Country.
     Brothers.  You have talked also a great deal about ???? and your exclusive right to purchase Indian lands as ceded to you by the King at the treaty of peace.
   Brothers.  We never made any agreement with the King nor with any other nation that would gove to either the exclusive right of purchasing our lands.  And we declare to you that