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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Minutes of the Committee on Indian Concern No 1

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Brothers,
We are glad you have got your eyes open
to see what is good for you, and that it is right and
honourable to cultivate the earth, so that you and
your families may live comfortably.

Sisters, we want you to help forward this
good work, not only by encouraging the men to be
sober and industrious, but by being so yourselves;
doing your part of the business by learning to spin,
weave and make clothing for yourselves and families,
and keeping your houses and all around you neat
and clean.

Brothers & Sisters
We wish you would be careful to
bring up your children well; teach them to hearken
to what the Good Spirit says in their hearts, to
love one another, to be industrious; the sons to
help their fathers plough, hoe and raise grain,
and the daughters to assist their mothers in things
about the house, such as spinning, weaving,
sewing and keeping all clean and in order;
so that when old age comes upon the Fathers and
Mothers, the children by their industry and good
conduct may make them comfortable by their
firesides.