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397 "That those great Men, who foretold what would be done with those who joined the British against them, at the same time, made a very fine promise to all those who did not join in the War, but sit quiet and mind their own business at home; saying: that all such they would make to be, a great and happy People! "_ Here_(putting the Question to one another; and to the Christian Indians particularly-) they ask: "Did they speak the truth, or did they deceive us? "_They did deceive us; for those were the very People they sought to kill! They did kill upwards of one hundred of our People, who never took up a single Weapon against them, but remained quiet at home, planting Corn and vegetables, and praying - and not sattisfied with what they had done on the Mukingum, and at Pittsburg, to those who befriended them; they even ventured into our Country at Sandusky, for the purpose of killing the remainder of those who had done, as we all were bid to do! - did sit still"! ---------- (Then going on in enumerating the daily offenses given, and injuries done and doing them, they said: ) "Those very People, have since the Peace has been concluded, been all over our Country, deadening Trees, and laying Poles accross* each other on the ground, wherever they found a spot of good Land; so that, in whatever direction we go to hunt, we meet with the like work done by White People! _"Now (said they) does this not plainly denote, that they mean to take this

• making Tomohack improvements, thereby to hold each spot of Land to themselves, as was usual to do before the war.