are to visit your Land and you will feel easy in their Company[.] But we shall regret their absence[.] White men are curious[.] They came from afar. They know much, and wish to learn more[.] Three only of their party[.] Your party are a thousand and more[.] You see their skin, it is white[.] Their hearts are as white as their skin[.] They are good and will do you no harm[.] Give them plenty to eat – let them have the best, and be the first Served[.] Let your women be kind to them – never ask any thing from them[.] They are generous, and they will pay you for your kindness[.] White men love Beaver, and they are continually in search of Beaver for its skin[.] What use they make of the skin I know not[.] But they give us good things in return[.] They exchange it for Guns, ammunition &^c[.] Our fathers were not acquainted with white men[.] We live better than our Fathers lived[.] Do your neighbours the Serpent nation enjoy the Security and happiness we enjoy? If the White men could furnish them

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