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who is a member. He says that he never has attended
any of their meetings, but at the same time he has a
comprehensive view of the object of the Society. I under-
stand also that my cousin ([E. S. Parker]) is a member.
I would therefore propose that he give us somewhat
of an idea of the Society & its objects before we
proceed any further. This I think will be right, for before
we [trust] too fully to them, we should know some of the causes
of their writing to [them].

The [Chief] having concluded that
they would like to know something about the Society, called upon
me to say something respecting it. I spoke to them in
words nearly as follows.

It is about two years ago
since I first became acquainted with the New
Confederacy of Iroquois, although it seems that at
that time they were not permanently [estattista] as such.
But they had [assumed] that name & were pushing forward
their [investigating]. Their investigation were mainly directed
to the investigation [of the history of the government traditions & treatises] of the
Six Nations of Indians. The soon [ascertained] that the
Six Nations of Indians had a form of government by which
they had so perfectly preserved their alliance with one
another.