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weather they would not cry for bread and meat. We have done so and found that it is good. All that he told is was true, and now I can go home to my people and tell them that all is still good, that they can eat and sleep in safety and feel no more
afraid. that is a11 I have to say." St. Louis, Chief of the Delaware.
"My Grand Children and my white Brothers. I am glad to find that all your talk is good. The Great Spirit has sent us here to have a friendly talk and continue the Treaty of Peace already made, which we all must keep, because it is good for our women and children. I have heard all that the Red and White men have said, and I hope that all you have promised will be done, for when we are at peace with one another, eYery thing is quiet, but when we go to war against each other, all is wrong, and then our B·ig Chiefs and captains have to meet again in Council, and make more Treaty's, but as long the sun shines, or the rivers run, we should all keep this good Treaty. The Great Spirit is now looking at us, and hears all we say, and promise, and he knows if it is from the heart. He told us all to meet here as brothers, and treat each other as such. He has given us the feathers of two of his beautiful white birds, and told us to sweep out a clean white path, so that we may all walk in it. We have made that path, and we must Keep it clean. If brush be put in it, we must take 'it out or the Great Spirit will not give us sun shine or rain, so that we cannot see how to shoot deer, or raise corn for our women and children, we have all come here as brothers, and we must all go home as such, and then the Great Spirit will see that all is good. I have no more talk for my Red and White Brothers." Keese-Cherokee Indian. "All my red and white brothers shall now hear irom me. I have listened today and I have heard a good talk, and I am glad of it. What we promise here today we must Keep, We must teil no lies, nor let our frien(!ship be shattered by the winds. It is now over two years since we commenced a Treaty of Peace, It has been good for the Red and White man, and we must Keep it free from difficulty. If any thing should happen among our people that would break the treaty, we must make it all right, and· not allow any little thing to make us War against each other. The white path is now open to all, and all
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