we were enabled to unitedly a-
gree on the following proposi-
tions to the Oneida Nation

.

viz.

Brothers of the Oneida Nation

,
You now know that we are sent
to you by your old Friends, the
people called Quakers, of Pennsylvania and
parts adjacent, not merely to
make you presents, which
would soon be spent; leaving you
poor and needy; but to shew
you how the white people
manage to raise a great deal
of Food and Clothing off of a
little Land, that you may
become able to support your-
selves, and your Children