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side the Ohio: but there has been no treaty sincethe treaty of Fort Stanwix, twenty-five years ago,till now. We are the owners of these lands, andwe never sold the lands, and they are ours on thisside Ohio, and yours on the other side Ohio. Youmay go home and tell Washington what we speak.We understand all you said to us, very well. Weexpect you understand us. They had Simon Girtyfor an interpreter. They then arose, and steppedoff a few perches, and spoke together, when onefound he had made a mistake, in saying we mightgo home, and desired the commissioners to wait, tillthey could go to the council, and return with ananswer; which they supposed might be accomplish-ed in five days. We felt some willingness to accom-pany them, but the Indians not requesting it, andothers not appearing desirous for it, particularlyCapt. Elliott and McKee,* who were going along,we had to resign it. However, we forwarded ourAddress, and a short epistle to the Indians, whichwe had intended to send from Detroit by Capt. El-liott, some weeks ago; but the commissioners arri-ving before he set out, he showed our letters tothem, and they thought proper to detain them, pre-suming we would have an opportunity with themat the general Council, ourselves. After openingand reading them, they encouraged us to send them, though at a late stage of the business. About teno'clock, the Indians embarked in a boat, for theRapids; and Capt. McKee, Capt. Elliott, ThomasSmith, and Major Hay, set off in another boat, for *See, Speech of Hekis, a chief of the Pottawotamies, page25, of Halliday Jackson's Work on Indian Civilization, latelypublished in Philadelphia.