Sometime, the white people
will lay hold of the Spoon,
and try to bend it, and pull
it this way, and that way;
and these our young Men will
join with them, and take
hold with their Hands, and
try to bend it; now when
we saw that our spoon was
in danger, we the Chiefs
would take hold; and our
orderly young Men would take
hold, and try to bring it back
again, and to straiten our
Spoon; to this you are our
Witnesses, and the great Men
of