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BrothersWe have never since that timeuntil now received any direct communicationfrom you—after having waited three years we were discouraged and thought you haddeclined accepting any assistance from ustherefore turned our attention towards someother Nations, who we knew were willing &;anxious to receive help from us BrothersHaving now entered into engagementswith our brothers the Miamies and some othersit is not in our power to extend much aidto you at this time, we have not the meansof giving a great deal, and having promoteda settlement on the Wabash river of such ofour Red Brethren as were willing to be ins-ructed by us in agriculture we feel ourselvesengaged to give them further assistance—wehope they will before a great while, by industryand care learn to do without much of ourhelp, as their father the President of the UnitedStates and the Secretary of War we know aredisposed to render these and the whole of theirother Red Children all the assistance in theirpower, in making their situations more comforta-ble, and we hope the support they willcontinue to receive from them will release us