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1758] clear, from the sun-set to our first old council fire, at Philadelphia, and therefore I should fear nothing, and come into that road. Brother, after these far Indians shall come to hear of that good and wide road, that you have laid out for us, then they will turn and look at the road, and see nothing in the way; and that is the reason that maketh me tell you to go back over the mountain again, and to stay there; for then the road will be clear, and nothing in the way."

Then he addressed himself to the Governor of Pennsylvania, as follows;

"Brother, give good attention to what I am going to say; for I speak from my heart; and think nothing the less of it, though the strings be small.

"Brother, I now tell you what I have heard from you is quite agreeable to my mind; and I love to hear you. I tell you likewise, that all the chief men of Allegheny are well pleased with what you have said to us; and all my young men, women and children, that are able to understand, are well pleased with what you have said to me.

"Brother, you tell me that all the Governors of the several provinces have agreed to a well established and everlasting peace with the Indians; and you likewise tell me, that my uncles, the Six Nations, and my brethren the Delawares, and several other tribes of Indians join with you in it, to establish it, so that it may be everlasting; you likewise tell me, you have all agreed on a treaty of peace to last for ever; and for these reasons I tell you, I am pleased with what you have told me.

"Brother, I am heartily pleased to hear that you never let slip the chain of friendship out of your hands, which ————