been made to you, renders it necessary for
us, at this time, to explain our views and pros-
pects at large towards you, that may not any
longer be deceived, or hereafter suppose, we have
held out any expectations to you, which it
was not our intention to have realized

Brothers!
About Ten years ago when many of
your brethren the Quakers, were assembled in their
great council to transact the affairs of their
society we believed that the great Spirit put
it into our hearts to endeavour to do something
towards the assistance of our Indian Brethren
who we believed suffered much for the want of
food and cloathing by not knowing how to cultivate
their lands and make cloathes for themselves as
the white people do, we therefore appointed some
of our brethren to take such of our red brothers by
the hand as would be willing to be instructed
by us in the use of the Plow, the Hoe and other
Tools employed by us in raising corn and other grain

Brothers
These of our brethren soon after bean
to look round and see which of the Indian Nations
would be most likely to be willing to receive
instruction from us, we had not at that time
any particular prospects exclusively towards any
Tribe or nation, we felt them all as brethren