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                          to them, but they must convey a part of their Land to unclear
                          an entent to the United States, and the remainder should
                          remain for their use, for hunting ground, & at which the
                          Indians were alarmed, & took the matter into consideration
                          for several days, and gave for Answer, that a
                          number of their Chiefs were not present, & that the
                          land belonged to them, and the King of England
                          could not dispose of them, they said it was a lye,
                          they were not conquered, the white People had never
                          come into their County & subdued them, and that
                          they looked upon themselves as a free people, &