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and an order on George Fowler, deputy Quarter master at Ft. Franklin requesting him to furnish us with provisions or anything else we stood in need of at that place, he also gave us a written speech addressed to Cornplanter and other Seneca Chiefs which is as follows To the Cornplanter and the VillageChiefs of the Seneca Nation Friends and Brothers the bearer one of our beloved men from among the People called Quakers, Visits you with several good Men from the same soceity, who intend to set down amongst you, in order to instruct our red Brethren in words of usefulness and to point out to them the path ofVirtue which leads to the Blissful mansionsof the Great Spirit the Father of Light and Life- Brothers I charge you to take our beloved man and his companions by the hand and treat them with kindness and sincerity, open your ears and listen to what they say open your eyes and follow their footsteps