Sisters, As it is our Department to furnish y® Warriors w"» provisions whenever they go upon any Exploit, it being our Duty to do so they being our children & brought forth by us We earnestly desire & request of you that you will take good Care of them your way, as we shall do here so as to fitt them out w^^ such necessaries as Warriors stand in need of so that they man'nt want when they are upon their march, and when you expect them home again you will have such victuals &<= ready for them as may refresh them after a fatiguing march.

Gave a Bunch of white Beads.

Bro^: By this String of Wampum we acquaint you that we are desirous to know the Place where our Enemy the french lives in

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order that we may tell our People of it when we return. Wherefore Bfo^". we are resolved after resting ourselves a few Days to rise and find out our Enemy. One black String.

Bro^: We hereby present you with a Calumet and a Wing as the manager of the atfairs of our Confederacy, and beg you will keep it in Remembrance of our nation, at this place of public Consultations of the Confederacy, Light the Pipe whenever you meet upon public affairs, and dont let any people y* carry folse & trifling Reports Smoke out of it. Any time hereafter if we should come to your Fire Place upon Business we hope to find this Calvunet and Wing, in order that we may light it and remember the agreement now made between each other.