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about us people of America, and was we to go to war
against each other, and kill and destroy each other
ever so much, they would only laugh at us for it,
and call us fools - I hope you will listen well to my
talks and think good of them in your hearts - remember
that I have always advised you to live in peace, with
your American brothers, and also all other people, and
your own good sense will now tell you, it would have
been best for you to have lived in peace - you
remember last war you was told by people over
the Great Water that the Americans was like nothing
that they would all be killed & drove away, but
you have long seen, such ^those stories was all false;
you see the Americans is still here
and as firm as the mountains therefore I
hope you will listen to ^no men talks of such
a kind

Your friend & brother

J. Sevier

Warriors & Cheifs [sic]
of the Cherokee nation