will take Notice & hear what I shall say."—Gave a String of Wampum.
"Brethren: Some of You have been in Philadelphia
last Fall & acquainted us that You had taken up the
English Hatchet, and that You had already made use of
it against the French, & that the French had very hard
heads, & your Country afforded nothing but Sticks &
Hickerys which was not sufficient to break them. You
desir'd your Brethren wou'd assist You with some Weapons
sufficient to do it. Your Brethren the Presidt. &
Council promis'd you then to send something to You
next Spring by Tharachiawagon,[1] but as some other
Affairs prevented his Journey to Ohio, you receiv'd a
Supply by George Croghan sent you by your said Brethren;
but before George Croghan came back from Ohio
News came from over the Great Lake that the King of
Great Britain & the French King had agreed upon a
Cessation of Arms for Six Months & that a Peace was
very likely to follow. Your Brethren, the President &
Council, were then in a manner at a loss what to do. It
did not become them to act contrary to the command of
the King, and it was out of their Power to encourage you
in the War against the French; but as your Brethren
never miss'd fulfilling their Promises, they have upon
second Consideration thought proper to turn the intended
Supply into a Civil & Brotherly Present, and have
accordingly sent me with it, and here are the Goods before
your Eyes, which I have, by your Brethren's Order,
divided into 5 Shares & layd in 5 different heaps, one
heap whereof your Brother Assaraquoa sent to You to
remember his Friendship and Unity with You; & as
you are all of the same Nations with whom we the Eng-
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- ↑ This was Weiser's Indian name.—Ed.
