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learned men amongst them, the parents of thechildren may choose what their children shall learneither for Council of for Religion or to Trade This is all we understood was offered to us asexplained by out interpreter Robert Armstrong. Myanswer then was, that I would not give you an answeruntil I went to see the Brown’s Town chiefs, whichshould be done in the course of that summer, thechiefs when we met thought it too difficult to gothey desired me to write on to you, and whatever I did they would agree to Brethren Quakers give attention!I send a few wordsto you now; the plan you have thought of isa very good one, and all the chiefs thank you forhaving compassion on us, for we are poor &; needy,but there is one difficulty in the way, your res-pecting two Nations, more than the rest, we say,the difficulty with the chiefs is your respecting, twonations more than the rest—other nations mightlook upon us with envy, and as they are not men ofknowledge, they might fall on us and cut us offthis is the only difficulty in the way we wishour brethren Quakers to consider this matter, &;the danger we shall be in, and if they are deter-mined to help us to send us word in the spring earlyand also to see how many nations they will help