If you think it best, go and smoke with Indian brothers toward the setting sun, and your pipe your

them of all you hear and all* you see and let us know what If some of you young men have a mind to see what we are doing, let them come down and tarry among We will provide for them while they are here. *pur warriors. " Brothers When you have any trouble, come and tell it to tell

;

their wise men say.

:

us, and we will help you."

The occasion for the services of the Mahlcans was not long

When the alarm came up from Lexington, a year they took the field, and participated in the battle of Bunker Hill on the seventeenth of June. From thence Cap

delayed. later,

tain

Solomon, or Captain

known, repaired with

Hendrik

as he

was subsequentlyhis warriors to the council at

German

THE INDIAN TRIBES

Flats, and, at

its

adjourned

pledge

session at Albany,

renewed the

most eloquent. people said the noble chieftain ; " depend upon

of his

upon it,"

in language

true to you, and mean to join you.

"Depend we are Wherever you go, we will it

We

be by your sides. Our bones shall die with yours. are determined never to be at peace with the red coats, while they are at variance with you.

We have one favor to beg. We

you would help us to establish a minister amongst us, that when our men are gone to war, our women and children may have the advantage of being instructed by should be glad