Father! We are ashamed that we have listened to the lies of LIVINGSTON, or been influenced by the threats of war by PHELPS, and would hide that whole transaction from the world, and from ourselves, by quietly receiving what PHELPS; promised to give us for the lands they cheated us of. But as PHELPS will not pay us even according to that fraudulent bargain, we will lay the whole proceedings before your court. When the evidence which we can produce is heard, we think it will appear that the whole bargain was founded on lies which he placed one upon another; that the goods that he charges to us as part payment were plundered from us; that if PHELPS was not directly concerned in the theft, he knew of it at the time and concealed it from us, and that the persons that we confided in were bribed by him to deceive us in the bargain, and if these facts appear, that your court will not say that such bargains are just, but will set the whole aside. Father! We apprehend that our evidence might be called for as PHELPS was here, and knew what we have said concerning him; and as EBENEZER ALLEN knew something of the matter, we desired him to continue here. NICHOLSON, the interpreter, is very sick, and we request that ALLEN may remain a few days longer, as he speaks our language. Father! The blood which was spilled near Pine creek is covered, and we shall never look where it lies. We know that Pennsylvania will satisfy us for that which we spoke of to them before we spoke to you. The chain of Friendship will now, we hope, be made strong as you desire it to be. We will hold it last, and our end of it shall never rust in our hands. Father! We told you what advice we gave the people you are now at war with, and we now tell you, that they have promised to come again to our towns next spring. We shall not wait for their coming, but will set out very early and show to them what you have done _for_ us, which must convince them that you will do for them every thing which they ought to ask. We think they will hear and follow our advice. Father! You give us leave to speak our minds concerning the tilling of the ground. We ask you to teach us to plough, and to grind corn; to assist us in building saw mills, and to supply us with broad axes, saws, augers, and other tools, so as that we make our houses more comfortable and more durable; that you will send smiths among us, and above all, that you will teach our children to read and write, and our women to spin and to weave. The manner of your doing these things for us we leave to you, who understand them; but we assure you we will follow your advice as far as we are able. SPEECH OF CORNPLANTER, HALF TOWN, AND BIG TREE, SENECA CHIEFS, ON TAKING LEAVE OF PRESIDENT WASHINGTON.