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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: telling them he should hand the goods to them to Morron, which were a present from the united states, after the Council ended I took a Dish of Tea with the Col: and informed him we had some goods with us to renew our Antien Friendship, which was a common Practice with Friens at Treaties in time past, and wished him after he had delivered the Goods from the Publick, that he would hand our little Present, as we should be by & inform from whom they cannme, & any thing further that might occur, to no such Request he in a friendly Manner readily consented. Din'd at Homels Tavern, the weather being wet prevented the Distribution of the Goods, towards Evening I with my Companion went to the Onida Camp with a desire for a solid Opportunity but for want of a suitable Interpreter it was not Satisfactory, one of them said he could interpret in common Affairs relating to Business, but religious Matters were out of his Reach, but was willing to do his best, after some little Communication we return'd to our Lodgeings. The Col: closed his last Speech relative to the publick Business, deliver'd the publick's Goods, and at our Request those we brought with us from riends.* My Companion set off from Newtown Point on Horseback to return home, with a Lad in Company to lead mine & I said till Afternoon to go down in a Cono with Col: Pickering to *I requested liberty of the Commissioners to speak to the Indians to which he readily assented. I informed them as afore said the design of our enemy unclear and that we had brought with us a small present which they gave solid attentions and no less they did not think it