"Lands which belong to the Great King; and "if any fuch attempt shall be made, you must 'acquaint the English Governour therewith, and do whatever he directs, in order to maintain "and defend the Great King's Right to the Country of Carolina; whereupon we give "Five Hundred weight of Swan Shot and Five "Hundred weight of Bullets."

"That if any Negro Slaves fhall run away in"to the Woods from their English Masters, the "Cherrokee Indians fhall endeavour to apprehend

them, and either bring them back to the Plan"tation from whence they run away, or to the "Governour; And for every Negro fo appre"hended and brought back, the Indian who

brings him shall receive a Gun and a Watch "Coat; whereupon we give a Box of Vermilion, Ten thousand Gun-flints, and Six dozen " of Hatchets.'

"That if by accidental Misfortune it should happen, that an Englishman fhould kill an Indian, the King or Great Man of the Cherrokees "fhould first complain to the English Govern

our, and the Man who did it shall be punished "by the English Laws, as if he had killed an

Englishman; and in like manner, if an In"dian kills an Englishman, the Indian who did "it shall be delivered up to the Governour, and "be punished by the fame English Law, as if he

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"were an Englishman; whereupon we give "Twelve dozen of Spring Knives, Four dozen "of Kettles, and Ten dozen of Belts.

"You are to understand all we have faid to be "the Words of the Great King whom you have

seen, and as a Token that his Heart is open " and true to his Children and Friends the Cher<rokees, he gives his hand in this Belt, which he "defires may be kept and shewn to all your People, and to their Children, and Children's Children, to confirm what is now spoken, and "to bind this Agreement of Peace and Friendfhip betwixt the English and Cherrokees, as long "as the Mountains and Rivers fhall laft, or the "Sun shall shine; whereupon we give this Belt " of Wampum.

"These are to certify Moytoy of Telliquo, that "I have seen, perused, and do approve of all the "Articles contained in the above Agreement; to " which

" which the Indians abovementioned have, by my

"advice, given their consent.

"Alexander Cummin.

Now follows the answer of the Indian Chiefs to the foregoing Articles as delivered by Ketagufta, September 9. 1730.

"We are come hither from a dark mountain

ous place, where nothing but darkness is to be "found; but are now in a Place where there is Light.

"There was a Perfon in our Country with us; "he gave us a yellow Token of warlike Honour "that is left with Moytoy of Telliquo; and as Warriours we received it: He came to us like "a Warriour from you; a Man he is; his Talk was upright; and the Token he left preserves "his memory among us.

"We look upon you as if the Great King George was prefent; and we love you as representing the Great King, and shall die in the fame way of thinking.

"The Crown of our Nation is different from "that which the Great King George wears, and " from that which we faw in the Tower, but to

us it is all one; and the Chain of Friendship "shall be carried to our People.

"We look upon the Great King George as the "Sun, and as our Father, and

upon ourselves as

" his Children; For though we are Red, and you "are White, yet our Hearts and Hands are join❝ed together.

"When we shall have acquainted our People "with what we have feen, our Children from generation to generation will remember it.

"In War we fhall be as one with you; The "Great King George's Enemies fhall be our E"nemies; his People and our's fhall be one, and "shall die together.

"We came hither naked and poor as the "Worm of the Earth; but you have every thing; " and we that have nothing must love you, and "can never break the Chain of Friendship which "is between us.

"Here ftands the Governour of Carolina "whom we know.

"This fmall Rope which we fhew you is all "we have to bind our Slaves with, and may be "broken; but you have Iron Chains for your's: "However, if we catch your Slaves, we shall "bind them as well as we can, and deliver them "to our Friends, and have no pay for it.

"We have looked for the Perfon that was " in our Country; He is not here; however we "must fay, He talked uprightly, and we shall never forget him.

"Your White People may very fafely build "Houfes near us; we shall hurt nothing that be

"longs

longs to them, for we are the Children of one "Father the Great King, and fhall live and die "together.

Then laying down his Feathers upon the Table, he added; "This is our way of talking, "which is the fame thing to us, as your Letters "in the Book are to you; and to You, Beloved "Men, we deliver these Feathers in confirmation "of all that we have faid."

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Sir! As you are, (I believe) in the fame way of reasoning with my felf, I recommend the following Quares to a ferious confideration at your leasure hours, viz.

Whether these open-hearted Indians who could neither read nor write, have not fhewn as great strength of Natural Parts, as even the Lords Commiffioners have done with all their Learning and Experience in fuch Affairs?

Whether it is not an Act of extraordinary grace and favour in us, To grant them the Privilege of living where they please upon their own Lands?

Whether Machiavel and Hobbs are better Cafuifts, than Scripture and Puffendorf? and

Whether the powerful and great Nation of the Cherrokees, by thus parting with their Indepen dency, have not fubmitted to a foreign Yoak, without fo much as a Gold Chain and Collar

neatly