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By way of discourse the speaker said, that the six nation warriors often met Englishmen trading to the | By way of discourse the speaker said, that the six nation warriors often met Englishmen trading to the Catatraus & often found that the English betrayed them to their enemy; & some of the English traders had been spoke to by the said speaker last year in the Cheerkeas country & told not to do so - that the speaker & many others of the Six Nations had been afraid a long time that such a thing by some of their warriors at one time or other would be done. | ||
The same day had a council with the Sinickers & the Onontagers about the Wantats, to receive them into our Union. I have a large belt of Wampum & the Indians gave two; & every thing we agreed upon that should be said to the Wantats. The same evening a full council was appointed & met accordingly: a speech was made to the Wantats as follows by Afserhahu a Sinicker, | |||
Bretheren the Onanontatu Hages last spring you sent this belt of wampum to us (having the belt then in his hand,) to desire us & our bretheren the Shawanos, & our cousins, the Delewares, to come & meet you in your retreat from the French; & we accordingly came to your assistance & brought you here, & received you as our own flesh. We desire you will think you now joined us & our bretheren, the English, & you become one people with us. | |||
Then he laid that belt by, & gave them a very large string of wampum. The speaker took up the belt & said | |||
Bretheren, the English our bretheren bid you welcome & are glad you escaped out of captivity. You have been kept as slaves by Ohontio, notwithstanding he called you all along his children, but now you have broke the rope wherewith | |||
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By way of discourse the speaker said, that the six nation warriors often met Englishmen trading to the Catatraus & often found that the English betrayed them to their enemy; & some of the English traders had been spoke to by the said speaker last year in the Cheerkeas country & told not to do so - that the speaker & many others of the Six Nations had been afraid a long time that such a thing by some of their warriors at one time or other would be done.
The same day had a council with the Sinickers & the Onontagers about the Wantats, to receive them into our Union. I have a large belt of Wampum & the Indians gave two; & every thing we agreed upon that should be said to the Wantats. The same evening a full council was appointed & met accordingly: a speech was made to the Wantats as follows by Afserhahu a Sinicker,
Bretheren the Onanontatu Hages last spring you sent this belt of wampum to us (having the belt then in his hand,) to desire us & our bretheren the Shawanos, & our cousins, the Delewares, to come & meet you in your retreat from the French; & we accordingly came to your assistance & brought you here, & received you as our own flesh. We desire you will think you now joined us & our bretheren, the English, & you become one people with us.
Then he laid that belt by, & gave them a very large string of wampum. The speaker took up the belt & said
Bretheren, the English our bretheren bid you welcome & are glad you escaped out of captivity. You have been kept as slaves by Ohontio, notwithstanding he called you all along his children, but now you have broke the rope wherewith