m_ serve to Chastise you. You ought to be taken
by the Hair of the Head and shaked severely, till you recover your
Senses and become sober. You don't know what Ground you stand on, nor
what you are doing. Our Brother ONAS'S Cause is very just and plain and
his Intentions to preserve Friendship. On the other Hand, Your Cause is
bad; your Heart far from being upright; and you are maliciously bent to
break the Chain of Friendship with our Brother ONAS and his People. We
have seen with our Eyes a Deed sign'd by _Nine_ of your Ancestors above
_Fifty_ Years ago for this very Land, and a Release sign'd, not many
Years since, by some of yourselves and Chiefs now living, to the Number
of _Fifteen_ or upwards.--But how came you to take upon you to sell Land
at all? We conquered you; we made Women of you; you know you are Women,
and can no more sell Land than Women; nor is it fit you should have the
Power of selling Lands, since you would abuse it. This Land that you
claim is gone through your Guts; you have been furnish'd with Cloaths,
Meat, and Drink, by the Goods paid you for it, and now you want it
again, like Children as you are.--But what makes you sell Land in the
Dark? Did you ever tell us that you had sold this Land? Did we ever
receive any Part, even the Value of a Pipe Shank, from you for it? You
have told us a blind Story, that you sent a Messenger to us to inform us
of the Sale, but he never came amongst us, nor we never heard any Thing
about it.--This is acting in the Dark, and very different from the
Conduct our _Six Nations_ observe in their Sales of Land; on such
Occasions they give publick Notice, and invite all the _Indians_ of
their united Nations, and give them all a Share of the Present they
receive for their Lands.--This is the Behaviour of the wise united
Nations.--But we find you are none of our Blood: You act a dishonest
Part, not only in this, but in other Matters: Your Ears are ever open to
slanderous Reports about our Brethren; you receive them with as much
Greediness as lewd Women receive the Embraces of bad Men. And for all
these Reasons we charge you to remove instantly; we don't give you the
Liberty to think about it. You are Women. Take the Advice of a wise Man,
and remove immediately. You may return to the other Side of _Delaware_
where you came from: But we do not know whether, considering how you
have demean'd yourselves, you will be permitted to live there; or
whether you have not swallowed that