clans of zek: the counsel of Espya can abide by this treaty but understand that Espya must keep some guards on the border between our nations
As long as it is understood that the Clans will do likewise.
To the Chief of Zek: We accept your proposal. Please promptly send us one of your daughters to marry into our clan as a token of our cooperation, or, if no such daughter is available, one of your least masculine sons. We offer you a choice in return: we are willing to cede interest in province 17 in exchange for nonintervention in province 18 and lands eastward, leaving you the southerlier lands; or we will, alternatively, agree to cede province 18 and limit our interests to those lands east of the central mountains (that is, 38 and beyond), but we would then require province 17 as compensation.
Agreed.
Please see attached daughter in this correspondence. A minor chief has sent one of his daughters as tribute. We shall lay claim to the areas you refer to as 17, 21, and 22, while you may do as you please with this 18 and the minor tribes to the east.