Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Sachems and Warriors of the Six Indian Nations, n.d.
extracted from
The Official Records of Robert Dinwiddie, Volume I, R. A. Brock, editor
(Richmond: Virginia Historical Society, 1883), 312.
Governor Dinwiddie to the Sachems and Warriors of the Six Indian Nations.
Bro's, F'ds and Allies:
I rec'd by the Hands of Mr. A. Mountour, the three Belts of W[ampum], w'ch You desired to be ret'd at the Congress at Albany. The French Invading Y'r hunting Grounds on the Ohio, took up all my Time to prevent their settling there, and agreeable to Y'r desire, to assist and protect Y'r F'ds and Allies on y't river, w'ch I have to the utmost of my Power on this pres't Invasion of the French and their Ind's done, and [I] am always ready to help any of the Tribes of Ind's y't are in Amity and F'dship with You. I now return the above three Belts of Wampum, and desire to assure You y't I shall, on all occasions, be glad to keep the Chain of F'dship between us bright, and to live in brotherly Love and F'dship with You, our Allies, while the Sun and Moon gives Us Light. In testimony of the Truth thereof, I present You with this Belt of Wampum.