Wyandotte Nation

Brothers, the red men, who are engaged in fighting for the British king, listen!  These words are from me, Tarhe, and they are also the words of the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawnese, and Senecas.

We have, and we believe it is best for us and for our brethren.  We have no wish to be involved in a war with our father, the Long Knife, for we know by experience that we have nothing to gain by it, and we beg our father, the British, not to force us to war.

We remember, in the former war between our fathers, the British and the Long Knife, we were both defeated, and we the red men, lost our country; and you, our father, the British, made peace with the Long Knife without our knowledge, and you gave our country to him.

By this time we began to think that our own religion was a great deal the best, and we made another trial to establish ourselves in it, and had made some progress.  Then the war broke oist between our father, the president, and King George, and our nation was for war, and every man wanted to be big man.  Then we drink whisky and fight, and when the war was ended we were all scattered, and many killed.  The chiefs then thought that they would try to gather the nation once more, and we had got a great many together.

We salute our Father & our Brethren & return thanks to the Great Spirit who has been pleased to allow them to meet at this council.

General Harrison desires me to address the Chiefs, that having taken into consideration the long time the different nations have been separated has sent this deputation to speak with their Friends.