1791

Red Jacket, May 14th, 1791

Brother from Pennsylvania: You that are sent from General Washington, and by the Thirteen Fires: you have been sitting side by side with us every day, and the Great Spirit has appointed us another pleasant day to meet again.

Now listen, Brother! You know what we have been doing so long, and what trouble we have been at; and you know that it has been the request of our head warrior, that we are left to answer for our women, who are to conclude what ought to be done by both sachems and warriors.  So hear what is their conclusion.

Elder Women of the Seneca, 1791

Brother: The Great Spirit has spared us until a new day to talk together, for since you came here from General Washington, you, and our uncles the sachems, have been counseling together.  

Red Jacket, May 3rd, 1791

Tell him, (said he to the interpreter), Tell Colonel Proctor that some of his language is soft, but that other parts of it are too strong.  The danger before us is great.  Our enemies are drunk, and they will not hear what we say like a man that is sober; and we consider that, whatever number of the Six Nations accompany him (Colonel Proctor), will be in the same danger with himself, and it is likely that we shall not live long when the bad Indians shall see us.

Cornplanter, April 27th, 1791

The following speech was an exchange of compliments, given by Corn Planter at the beginning of a counsel meeting, April 27th, 1791 at Buffalo Creek.

Brother Listen! It is usual for us to speak; and to you we do it as to a brother that has been absent a long time.  Now we all speak to you, and to our head warrior that left us last fall: — and we thank the Great Spirit for his and your safe arrival here, as you are together, hand in hand, from Honandaganius, upon great business.

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