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1791 W D ? 6 4 Need of their Assistance for want of disinterested friends on their behalf being present, some sorrowful Circumstances have happened, the present

                 Commisioner seems well disposed for their Welfare, as will appear by his Speech calculated to inculcate the Necessity of Civilization, & the Advantage of 
                 Agriculture, good Economy &.
       7    5  We went through the Indian Camp and distributed some small Articles among them, with which they were highly pleased, & appear'd thankful, my 
                 Companion then set out to go see Seneca? or Connagosago? Lake about 20 Miles off, I din'd with Col: Pickering, the two young Morris s?, 
                 Ford? from Jerset, the Interpreters, Red Jacket & several Indians of Note, toward evening there came about 50 Indians & drew up in a Line near the Cols 
                 Tent, fire'd 3 sallutes, & informed that there were as many more on their way as would makegi?, he gave them a hearty welcome, & some drink, I return'd 
                  to my lodgeing and to take care of my Horse 
         8   6  I was informed that the Indians requested Col: Pickering to give them no more string Drink till the Treaty was over, which afforded great Satisfaction, 

Indians especially as he had issued? out Orders before to the Retailers, not to sell them any, so that I was in hopes Business would be dispatched, & we soon request no ready to return home, whilst I was at the Colns, a poor old Woman apply'd for a bottle of Rum to give to a Conjurer, to chase an evil Spirit away from her strong drink grand Daughter, who lay very ill of a Fever & headach, which the Interpreter said he was to do by forming a little Tent with some Blankets, putting in hot to be given Stones, by which means he was thrown into a violent Sweat, that he drank of the Rum without being affected, such was the faith of the poor old grand Application Mother, who had to wait for the Consequences, O that the Knowledge of the Lord may so spread as to remove & do away all such supersticious

for Rum      Notes??
        9    7  Nothing material occur'd to day
      10    1  The Treaty opened under the Bowry, good Peter began to speak, but a shower of Rain obliged us to go into an adjacent Log House, where the Speech was 
                  renew'd the purport of which was their oft Complaint of the Impositions of the white People incroaching on their Lands, he said when they sold Lands, more 
                  was taken than they meant to dispose of, and by extending their Boundaries further than agreed for, we are cheated & complained of several late Murders, 
                  he said ten of