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Address of Indian Chiefs at Tonawanda. 1817 The Chiefs of the People of the village of Tonnawanta to all the good People to whom these presents may come greetingBrethren &; friends Our dearly beloved Brother John Sky (the bearer of this) has this day started from our Village at Tonnawanta on a journey to New York City to visit our good friends the Quakers at that place who have for some length of time manifested a friendly disposition towards us. The Object of this visit is to Obtain advice &; instructions from those good people relative to our future conduct &; behaviour which we are fully persuaded will be highly beneficial to us and to our people--And is is our hearty desire &; request that all our white brethren with whom our brother Sky may have any intercourse on his journey, may treat him with friendship &; hospitality, and with that tenderness &; consider- ation that a stranger not understanding the language of the country might wish or expect from a civilized &; Chistian People Dated at the Village of Tonnawanta September 14th 1817 our marks Top X Johnson X Jemy Johnson X Ottaieta X Blue Sky X Peter Baldwin X Interpreter