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Colonel Richard Butler's Journal,
August-September 1775 -
"on the Tour of the
Delawares Yendots - Mingoes & Shawnies.
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our Minds we hold it & the Old Speeches with Our hearts & hands And will not let it Slip & hope that All grievances will be lookd into And Evry thing be put to Right Again that we may no More be Sorry Neither us or you but As it was of Old let it be Again As it is Now fresh in Our Memories & when you See this it will bring it to yours Again A belt large [rough sketch of belt] Brother Onash Hearken to your young brothers the Shawnees - Think of Us As you Did of Old & / /
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And dont let Any thing bad remain in your minds Against us Neither you Nor Our brothers the big knife be Strong let All ill be put Away think of Nothing but what is good; you Advise us to Do So, & Our Old brothers the Windots & Mingoes Advise us the Same; we have been Sore Struck the Twightwees the Kikapoos the pelagisias & the wawaeghtanos; All this we have laid Aside As you advise us & the Windots & mingoes As Afore Mentiond we therefore will not think of any thing bad therefore we Again Desire that both out Brothers Onash & the Big knife As they Are Now One people that you will both be Strong & think of Nothing that is bad but be Strong & Cement that Relationship that you mention & No more let it be disturbed --- Likewise we hope Brother Onash that you will Not make much out of little Or hearken to Any thing Foolish Against Us And be Strong in the Renewal of Relationship & make it Strong that there Never Shall be Any more Complaints on Either Side but that we may thing Alike & Do Alike As Brethren Ought to Do As Evrything bad on both sides is to be buried & Never to Rise more Or be thought of A String --------------