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of the great evils which had raged in their country, but could obtain no redness; that since the introduction of spirituous liquors among them, their numbers were greatly diminished, and taking advantage of the request which had been made, that they should express themselves freely, added: I will now take the liberty to mention, that most of the evils existing among the Red people, have been caught from the white people; not only that liquor which destroys us daily, but many diseases that our forefathers were ignorant of, before they saw you. Brothers and Friends:-I am glad you have seen this business as we do, and rejoice to find that you agree in opinion with us, and express an anxiety to be, if possible, of service to us, to remove this great evil out of our country; an evil that has had so much ruin in it,-that has destroyed so many of our lives, that it causes our young men to say, We had better be at war with the white people. This liquor that they introduce into our country, is more to be feared than the gun or the tomahawk; there are more of us dead since the treaty of Grenville, than we lost by the years of war before, and it is all owing to the introduction of this liquor among us. This subject, brothers, composes a part of what we intend to make known to the Great Council of our White brethren. On our arrival there, we shall endeavor to explain to our Great