"_Brethren_, I now come to the _second_ and principal Design of our present Meeting, in which I hope and expect to find you hearty, and united in your Councils and Opinions. [_Gave a Belt_.]
"The King your Father, having been informed of the unmanly Murders committed on the Frontiers of _New England_, and of this Province, is resolved to subdue the Country of _Canada_, and thereby put an End to all the mischievous Designs of the _French_ in these Parts. And for this purpose, he has ordered his Governors of _Virginia, Maryland, Pensylvania_, and _New-Jersey_, to join their Forces to the Forces of this Province, to attack _Canada_ by Land: They are all now upon their March, and you will soon see them here.
"At the same Time the Forces of the _Massachusets-Bay, Connecticut, Rhode-Island_, and _New-Hampshire_, are to go in Ships to _Cape-Breton_, and there join with his Majesty's Ships of War, and a great Army of experienc'd Soldiers from _Great-Britain_.
"Many Ships of War are already arrived there, and some thousand of Soldiers; many more Ships and Soldiers are following; and I expect every Hour to hear of their Arrival; after which the Attack upon _Canada_ will be made on all Sides, both by Sea and Land.
"You may perceive the King has ordered a Strength sufficient to subdue _Canada_; but at the same Time, the King your Father expects and orders you his Children, to join with your whole Force in this Enterprize; and thereby gives the _Six Nations_ a glorious Opportunity of establishing their Fame and Renown over all the _Indian_ Nations in _America_, in the Conquest of your inveterate Enemies the _French_; who, however they may dissemble and profess Friendship, can never forget the Slaughter which your Fathers made of them; and for that purpose, caress those Nations who have always been your inveterate Enemies, and who desire nothing so much as to see the Name of the _Six Nations_ become obliterate, and forgot for ever. [_Gave a Belt_.]
"_Brethren_, The _French_, on all Occasions, shew, that they act against your Brethren the _English_, like Men that know they dare not look them in the Face in Day-Light; and therefore, like Thieves, steal upon poor People, who do not expect them in the Night, and consequently are not prepared for them: Your Brethren in their Revenge have acted like Men of Courage; they do not attack poor Farmers at their Labour, but boldly attempted the Reduction of _Louisburg_, the strongest Town the _French_ had in _America_, in the fortifying of which they had spent above twenty Years: It was surrounded with strong Walls and Forts, in which they had planted their largest Cannon in every Place, where they thought the _English_ could come near them; notwithstanding of all these Precautions and Advantages, they were forced to submit to the _English_ Valour.