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Some reply was also given to the speech John Pierce made importing that we hope'd he would keep strong in these good resolutions &; that the Chiefs would unite together in trying to do good, for they might be asured that when they were endeavouring to pro- -mote one anothers good they were doing right &; this conduct would be pleasing to the Great Spirit - but when they try'd to hurt one another they offended the Great Spirit -- that while they were united together in good works they were like a cord made of many strings not easily broken - but when they differ'd and disagreed among themselves they were like the strings which composed that cord being seperated from each other might by this means be the more easily Broken. and we were also glad they intended to do better with respect to their wives, and hoped they would remain in this mind as the Great Spirit would be better pleasd with them if they did so -- Henery Abeal then made a speech to us, which was interpreted by Peter Snider from which the following is an extract -- Brothers the Quakers I have often acted as interpreter between you and the Indi- ans, and some times when you are gone