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Draw of old furniture which belonged to Wm Penn, I introduced it with the history supposing it to be near 100 years old, which accord? pleased the company the Indians admire it much & handed it round from one to another & each one of them took a whiff & closed with yough? which was often sounded during our conversations, in the course of which thought an evidence accompanied that I was where I ought to be, and believe I felt with the Disciples when they met Appeforon, gave thanks and took courage. Col. Pickering's department on this occasion was so prudent, that I thought it right to acknowledge his kindness with gratitude to which he reply's he had done no more than his duty.
7 m 1 6 Visited some of the Indians in their camp.
2 7 We ascended a high neighbouring Mountain to view the bounty, we walked about 5 miles, had a beautiful prospect of distant mountains likewise some fertile good timber land, near at hand, in the afternoon the Indians met; Col. Pickering under the council Harbour, the Col. by Parrish his interpreter making a short Introduction remarks them of the Treaty last fall at Tioga Point, which was the first time he had met the Indians, & then there were but few in Number, he was not glad to meet so many of his Brothers of the six Nations he was happy to see them so well disposed & and delivered - 3 strings of Wampum in confirmation of what he had said, and ? of the Chiefs looking over them like a man reading one of them said that he now had removed all doubts & fears, that their Brethren the white People might rest peaceable in their Beds, after going through the usual Ceremonies of burying the dead, unstoping the Ears, removing the Dirt from the Eyes &c the Conference ended
Red Jacket a Seneca Chief rose & spoke several times his Appearance & Manner, his Eloquence & Person, I concluded would cut no inconsiderable Figure on the floor of a British Parliament, or an American Congress, I don't remember to have seen any States Man make a more majestic Appearance.
3. 1 We took a solitary walk into the Woods for Retirement, & sat down upon a log for about an Hour & a quarter, in which season I thought we were oned that? but two & might say with one formerly, hither to thou hast helped us, we dined with the Col. when