On the land there is much grass for cattle and horses, and much good food for hogs.

     On this land there is a great deal of tobaco raised, which likewise brings much money. Even the streams are valuable to the white man, to grind the wheat and corn that grows on this land. The pine trees that are dead are valuable for tar.

     All these things are lasting benefits. But if the Indians are given just a few goods for their lands, in one or two seasons those goods are all rotted and gone for nothing.

     We are told that our lands areof no service to us; but still, if we hold our lands, there will always be a turkey, or a deer, or a fish in the streams for thise young who will come after us.

     We areafraid if we part with any more of our lands the white people will not let us keep as much as will be sufficient to bury our dead.

 

 

 

     My friends, when I went to Washington I went into your money-house and I had some young men with me, but none of us took any money out of that house. At the same time, when your Great Father,s people come into my country, they go into my money-house and take money out.