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1794 aD? unclear 87 General Chafin the Comm. has signified the same by Certificate, which hope may be sufficient to satisfy those possessers, who have long since gone into a subscription as a peace offering, and more especially as this Tribe have become scattered, & have no lands of their own. 9.1.? Attend Council We had a favourable meeting in the School house, in the afternoon, the Council met, which we attended and Col: Pickering informed the Indians that the Deeds were ready for signing, but the Indians appear'd backward about signing, & after a short consultation with their heads together, Cornplanter steped on a bench before Col: Pickering, & addressed him as follows. Brother, I request your attention, while I inform you my own mind as an individual, I consider the Conduct of the United States since the War to have been very bad, I conceive the do not do justice, I'll mention what took place at New York at one particular time, after the treaty at fort Hanwex, I went to New York under an Apprehension that the Commissioners had not done Justice, and laid before Congress our grievances on account of the loss of our Lands according to that treaty, but the 13 fires? approved of what the Commissioners had done, & in confirmation of it, they held up the Paper with a piece of Silver hanging to it, now Col: Pickering, you have