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48 Fort Pitt May 9, 1765 I. Lawaughqua Here is your flesh and blood, which we have pledged by treaty. Though we give them up to you, they are our family. We took them as children into our homes. Now we weep for them. Use them kindly, for they have forgotten your ways, and some no longer speak your language. Though our hearts weep, we will sweep their places around the fire with leafy limbs so their presence can no longer be seen. II. Kyashuta You make rum and taught us how to drink it. You are fond of it yourselves; therefore don’t deprive us of it. ...

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