From an article in the Harvard Law Review in 1900 (13 Harv. L. Rev. 319):
Talk to the Six Nations, of July 13, 1775: “Brothers and Friends! We desire you will hear and receive what we have now told you, and that you will open a good ear, and listen to what we are now going to say. This is a family quarrel between us and old England. You Indians are not concerned in it.” (The Six Nations, however, were inhabitants of New York State.) Journals of Congress, July 13, 1775. The committee consisted of five members: Philip Schuyler (N. Y.); Patrick Henry (Va.); James Duane (N. Y.); James Wilson (Penn.); and Philip Livingston (N. Y.)
Turtle Talk 