om we must
all one day appear.

"My Children.--I thank the Great Spirit that I see you in my own
dwelling, and converse with you face to face. Listen to my
words--they are the words of truth. You have always heard this from
my chiefs, and I now repeat them. We have taken each other by the
hand and fought together. Our interests are the same--we must still
continue to fight together: for the King, our great father,
considers you as his children, and will not forget you or your
interests at a peace. But to preserve what we hold, and recover
from the enemy what belongs to us, we must make great exertions;
and I rely on your courage, with the assistance of my chiefs and
warriors, to drive the big knives from our land the ensuing summer.

"My Children.--Our great father will give us new warriors from the
other side of the great water, who will join with you in attacking
the enemy, and will soon open the great road to your country, by
which you used to receive your supplies, and which the enemy having
stopped, has caused the distress and scarcity of goods you complain
of: for I have never been in want of goods for you, but could not
send them.

"My Children.--Our success in the war must depend on our bravery and
your young men listening to the advice of their chiefs--this you
must always bear in mind. I recommend to you to open your ears when
my chiefs speak to you, for they only wish for your good. Tell your
brother warriors whom I may not see, that these are my words; and
that though they are to destroy their enemies in battle, they must
spare and shew mercy to women and children, and all prisoners.

"My Children.--I have but one thing more to recommend to you, which
you will not forget--you know that the only success that the enemy
gained over us, last season, was owing to the want of provisions.
There was much waste at Amherstberg--the consequence was that you
and my warriors were forced to retreat. In future you must be
careful of provisions, and use only what may be necessary; they are
the same as powder and ball, we cannot destroy our enemies without
them.

"My Children.--You will not forget what I have said to you. This is
my parole to the nations. (Here the black wampum is presented to
NEWASH.) Let them know what I have said. Tell them they shall not
be forgotte