Critical segments of this document are difficult to discern. The gist is that the speaker is informing the Chippawas assembled that pursuant to the Treaty of Paris of 1783 between the British and the United States, British presence will fade and American presence will increase, although he is ambiguous about how he articulates this. He says that the King either has already or is willing to purchase a small (he emphasizes this descriptor) tract of land for Indian settlement, within lands still under the sovereignty of Britain. He wishes for them to agree to relocate to said purchased land.

In Document: Chippawa