Captaine Smith, you may understand that I, having seene the death of all my people thrice, and not one living of those 3 generations but my selfe, I knowe the difference of peace and warre better then any in my Countrie.

But now I am old, and ere long must die. My brethren, namely Opichapam, Opechankanough, and Kekataugh, my two sisters, and their two daughters, are distinctly each others successours. I wish their experiences no lesse then mine, and your love to them, no lesse then mine to you : but this brute from Nansamund, that you are come to destroy my Countrie, so much affrighteth all my people, as they dare not visit you.

What will it availe you to take that perforce, you may quietly have with love, or to destroy them that provide you food ? What can you get by war, when we can hide our provision and flie to the woodes, whereby you must famish, by wronging us your friends ? And whie are you thus jealous of our loves, seeing us unarmed, and both doe, and are willing still to feed you with that you cannot get but by our labours ?

Think you I am so simple not to knowe it is better to eate good meate, lie well, and sleepe quietly with my women and children, laugh, and be merrie with you, have copper, hatchets, or what I want being your friend ; then bee forced to flie from al, to lie cold in the woods, feed upon acorns roots and such trash, and be so hunted by you that I can neither rest eat nor sleepe, but my tired men must watch, and if a twig but breake, everie one crie, there comes Captaine Smith : then must I flie I knowe not whether, and thus with miserable feare end my miserable life, leaving my pleasures to such youths as you, which, through your rash unadvisednesse, may quickly as miserably ende, for want of that you never knowe how to find ?

Let this therefore assure you of our loves, and everie yeare our friendly trade shall furnish you with corne ; and now also if you would come in friendly manner to see us, and not thus with your gunnes and swords, as to invade your foes.