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when it was in question for them to report on things of consequence to the country.

The English and those who considered their interests, disliked to see me there present, and wished to exclude me and to deprive me of voice, active or passive

The true Onneidas on the contrary, and those who sustained yet the interests of the faith and of their country, authorized me as much as they were able, and as the honor of God and of the Church were often found commingled in these sorts of affairs, I myself was even obliged to speak upon several occasions