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is as follows BrothersIt appears to me necessary that I shouldgive you an immediate answer as you are about toreturn to your families from whence you came Brothers &; FriendsWe are all pleased to see you here &; totake our brothers the Quakers through you by thehand, we rejoice that the Great Spirit has appointedthat we should this day meet, for we believe thatthis meeting will be of the utmost consequenceto your red brethren BrothersWhat you have said we have carefullygathered up we have placed it in our hearts inorder that it might be communicated to our posterity--we are convinced that what you have said isfor the good of your red brethren, we are also convincedthat our chiefs and warriors, and our women &; childrenwill be all of our opinion, and will be glad when theyhear what you have said BrothersWe take you now by the hand and throughyou we take the people who sent you here by the handand assure you that we are pleased, that the GreatSpirit, has let us see each other, and converse togetherupon the subjects which you have communicated to us BrothersYou see there is not a large number of ushere what you have said to us will not remain withthose who are here alone, it will be communicated toall your red brethren in this country and I again repeatthat I am convinced they will be glad to hear what