Wahunsonacock (Powhatan), 1609
"Why should you take by force that from us that which you can have by Love?
Why should you destroy us, who have provided you with food
What can you get by war?
I am not so simple as to not know it is better to eat good meat, lie well, and sleep quietly with my women and children; to laugh and be merry with the English; and being their friend, to have copper, hatchets, and whatever else I want, than to fly from all, to lie cold in the woods, and to be so hunted, that I cannot rest, eat, or sleep."
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