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you from the miseries of war, We have always had your welfare at heart, ever since our Grandfather, Onas * cam[e] into this country; and the present time appears to us to be a favorable one, again, to manifest our unalterable friendship for you We cannot forget the harmony that subsisted be-tween our forefathers and the Indians during the first se-ttlement of this country Brothers; we have heard some of your chief men say that they believed the Good spirit designs that you should not live much longer by hunting alone. The game is grown scarce yet although your lands are much less than they once were, they are with a small degree of Industry *Onas implies William Penn