Brothers, I am very glad you have lengthened out your patience to see the end of
the business which is now brought to a close: I thank the great Spirit that he pre
served you in Health from the time you left your seats till you arrived here, & has
continued to preserve you to this time; we put you under the protection of the
same great Spirit on your return, hoping he may conduct your home in safety
& that you may find you Friends & Families well. On you return we should
be very happy to hear that you got safe home, & it would be very acceptable to the
Chiefs now present to be informed of it by Letter. We give hearty thanks to
the descendants of Onas

, that you so willingly rose from your seats to attind this
Council fire according to our request. Here are the Articles of the Treaty for
you to look over in order to impress your Minds that you may tell them to your
Brethren who are sitting on their seats at home. Brothers, you have
attended this Treaty a long time the Articles which we have now signed, I hope
you fully understand now as we have shown them to you we would with to know your
opinion whether we have made a good peace or not; as we cannot read we are liable
to be deceived, as you have no doubt considered them we wish to know your minds
whether there being any flaw or catch in them which might hereafter occasion
uneasiness. If you think that peace is now established on a good foundation,
we wish you would come forward & sign the Articles, as you are a people who are
desirous of promoting peace & these writings are for that purpose, we hope you
will have no objection but all come forward & put your Names to them, & this
would be great satisfaction to us.

Our answer to the Indians was in substance as follows

Brothers, We left our homes at your request & have freely come to see you & sat
patiently with you during the transactions of the Treaty, we are glad to see the Treaty
Business brought to a close, we hope the chain is brightened & that the peace will
be lasting; we have compared the Articles of the Treaty given to the Indians
with those retained by the United States & find them to be true Copies of
each other, with respect to our signing we hope you will excuse us, for altho'
we believe no deception is intended by the Commissioner, yet there was a num
ber of other people present, & we wish not to be held up to public view, as we
informed you before that we do not interfere with Government as we can take no
part in war; neither do we apprehend ourselves competent judges, as the transac
tions at Treaties held since the war have not fully been made public.

We hope you will abide by the agreement which you have signed & be at peace, &
it is our earnest desire that you might more & more be redeemed from the Spirit
of war & cherish the number of your Friends: We wish that when you apprehend
yourselves agrieved you would make your Grievances know & not seek to revenge
them, as a Society we have had experience of the benifits arising from these