.MTAyNg.Njg0NzA

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