THE OHIO VALLEY-GREAT LAKES ETHNOHISTORY ARCHIVES: THE MIAMI COLLECTION
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(page 13)
1. He tells them they brot this Warr on themselves by entering into a Correspondance with the French without his knowledge or Consent wch as Subjects of His Britannick Majesty they ought not to have done.
2. He advises them to elect One or Two of their wisest Sachems & one or two Chief Warriors of each Nation to be a Council to manage all the Affairs of the War, for by taking all their Measures & Designs in public meetings they are liable to be betrayed. Also to advertise him of their Schemes by a trusty Messinger.
3. To Strengthen themselves by an Alliance Offensive & Defensive with the Ottowaws & Twich Twicks(see fn. 1) & the farther Indians, lay the Party open for them to come & trade with us, when they will have everything cheaper than from the French.
(page 14)
4. To Open a safe Path for the Northern Indians & Mehikanders who are at Ottowawa to come home & the Govr would use his best Endeavrs to assist
5. To send Messengers in the Name of all the 5 Nations to invited the Christian Indians at Canada to come home to their Native Country.
6. Not to keep their Corn in their Castles but bury it some where in the Woods & that few People may know where it is.
7. Not to suffer any French Priest among them, for One that was at Onnondaga discovered to the French every thing that passed among them.
8. That the Cheifs keep their People Sober-
1 The Twightwees or Miamis of Ohio.- Ed.
(N.B. I find no Answer recorded to this Excellent Speech) . . .
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