Document 3: Powhatan (Algonquin Tribe) 1609: 1 Why should you British men and women take by forces that from us which you can
2 have by love? Why should you destroy us, who have provided you with food?
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What can you get by war? ...What is the cause of your jealousy? You see us unarmed,
4 and willing to supply your wants, if you come in a friendly manner, and not with swords
5 or guns, as to invade an enemy... I therefore, beg you to peaceable councils, and
6 above all, I insist that guns and swords, the cause of all our jealousy and uneasiness,
7 be removed and sent away...
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