le to talk to you, and Uraso
and Muro will tell you what I have to say. The Great Spirit sent us
here, and we tried for a long time to tell you why we came, but you did
not understand it.

"The Great Spirit is the same to all tribes; he does not favor one more
than the other, but sometimes one tribe will understand better than the
other what he wants, and when they do know what he says it makes them
stronger and better.

"We believe the Great Spirit wants the different tribes to live together
in peace, and not kill each other, and for that purpose he has given
each one something to do. If he does that in a right way he not only
helps himself, but he helps everyone else.

"We want to show you how to do this, but before we can start we must all
be like one family. We do not ask the Berees to give up their customs
and become Saboros, nor do we want the Brabos to do as the Osagas do. We
do not care what you believe about this or that, or how you shall dress,
or what language you shall speak. The only thing we should be careful to
do alike is to so work that we shall not injure each other.

"It will not be hard to learn this, and we will all be patient, and we
ask you to be patient with us. We want to show you that the ground is
your mother, and when you ask her for fruit she will give you plenty,
and you can soon learn to make things which will make your wives and
children happy and contented.

"You will know that anything you own will be yours, and none can take it
from you, and if anyone tries to take it, everyone will stand up and
protect you. The tribes which are now to the north must be made to
understand this, and we must unite to compel them to agree to this
manner of living.

"I know that the tribes are powerful enemies, and can bring a great many
warriors to fight against us, but we do not want to kill, nor do we want
them to kill us. Your weapons are not any better than the ones they
have, and we want to make some that will enable us to overcome them, not
for the purpose of killing them, but only to protect ourselves and our
homes and children.

"If that is what you want and you agree with me that it is the right
thing to do, we will help you. To do that you must not fight each other.
I have heard that you do not believe in sacrificing captives, as the
Tuolos and the Illyas and the Kurabus do, and I am glad of it.

"I am told that you all know Suros, the great, father of the Berees, and
that he is wise.