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and divided it would weaken them, and either part would be easy broken like a stick split into many pieces -- After being inform'd we had done speaking, they confer'd a while together and one of the Chiefs inform'd us it would take some time to consider of a reply, and that they would meet us in counsel tomorrow about noon &; answer our Speeches -- Cornplanter (tho' not esteemd as a chief at this time) made a short speech to the Indians directing their attention to what we had said to them and told them it was all right and true - he being then on his way to Buffalo took leave of us for the present -- We sent infor- -mation by him to the Chiefs of Catarau- gus village that we expected to be there in a few days and would wish to see them -- This was the largest Counsel I had ever been at among them, A number of their principal Women attended and the Indians in general appear'd