much for the want of food and for the want of
clothing, yet our hearts have been made glad, in
seeing that it has pleased the Great Spirit to
give you a rich and valuable country. Because
we know that it is out of the earth that food
and clothing come. We are sure, brothers, that
with but little labor and attention, you may raise
much more corn and other grain than will be
necessary for yourselves, your women and chil-
dren, and may also, with great ease, raise many
more horses, cows, sheep, hogs and other valuable
animals, than will be necessary for your own use.
We are also confident, that if you will pursue
our method in the cultivation of your land, you
will live in much greater ease and plenty,
and
with much less fatigue and toil, than attend
hunting, for a subsistence.

Brothers: We are fully convinced, that if
you will adopt our mode of cultivating the earth,
and of raising useful animals, you will find it to
be a mode of living, not only far more plentiful
and much less fatiguing, but also much more
certain, and which will expose your bodies less
to the inclemencies of the weather than is now
attendant upon hunting. It will lead you,
brothers, to have fixed homes. You will build
comfortable dwelling-houses for yourselves, your
women and children, where you may be shelter-
ed from the rain, from the frost, and from the
snow, and where you may enjoy in plenty the
rewards of your labors.