Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II
Brothers of the 3 Castles -- I stand here as one knowing nothing. I come to inform you that ye are now dead men ; ye and your whole household, the 5 Nations, and all true Indian Men -- for the Christians have banded together to subdue us all at once. There is no longer any Christian brotherhood; for they have all united against us, and ye must not thmk to find on the morrow any t-'hristian friends.
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Brotjiers -- We now take up the hatchet against the English ; they are themselves the cause of this, for it is no small matter thai they should send for our Sachems treacherously to slay them. Thi» is not a tiling to be forgotten.
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Brothers -- We now acquaint you that our entire nation shall come to youj but we will first send back an embassy that we also shall be on the road coming. Grief at present prevents us speaking to you. When we return home, then shall we speak also to our people and communicate with other additional tribes -- and moreover what we first shall derive from our plantation. We shall then come to you in the harvest. 5.
Brothers -- I am now dead. But we shall strike together with the sword without pausing, for I have even told you that all the Christians combine together to ruin the just people; therefore I say we shall now strike the Christians each on the flank. 6.