Why don't you talk, and go straight, and let all be well?

Why don't you talk, and go straight, and let all be well?

I have not come here with a little wolf bark, but have come to talk plain with you.

I want you to give all these chiefs of the soldiers here to understand that we are for peace, and that we have made peace, that we may not be mistaken by them for enemies.

We were once friends with the whites but you nudged us out of the way by your intrigues, and now when we are in council you keep nudging each other.

Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship.