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of which it was necessary to make War against them, so therefore requested a speedy Answer from the present Council Fire, to which Letter good Peter reply'd, they had concluded to take no Notice of the Letter, they had heard such a report as they came to the Treaty, but they did not believe it, and said to the Col: you in your Speech the other Day reminded of the Miseries o the late War, and told our young Warriors to inquire of their Fathers who had experienced the late Calamity, that then youthful Vigor might not prompt them to rush into Danger to their destruction; he concluded not to have anything to do with War but if Brant has taken up the Hatchet, which they did not believe they would join & take it out of his Hand__________They soon after went into executing a Deed to Ebenezar Allen & his two Daughers by an Indian who were in Philadelphia last Winter for a Piece of Land unclear Miles square on the Chinoxica River, in Consequence of Services received from him and the Right his Children had to a part of the Seneca Lands, and the Business was closed by the Col: