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8 mo 14 4 brought a large quantity of goods and Mony to present

                          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, & not obliged to
                          part with their Lands, but they fearing in their present
                          situation, if they refused, they should feel the resentment
                          of government, they also fear'd, if they comply'd, they should
                          feel the resentment of their own people and, in this state,
                          thought it best to comply, and convince their own people
                          it was from necessity, contrary to their judgements, they
                          also complained that st. Clair? wrote letters to the traders
                          forbidding them to supply the Indians with ammunition
                          and threatening if they did, and were discovered, that they
                          should be hanged without a trial.
                              Simon Gunty