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they begin to insult the Six Nations. They have like wise expressed their disapprobation of the treaty at Newtown Point as its tendency & object was to attack the Six Nations to the Interest of the White people & to dissuade them from joining the western Confederacy.

It is reported that Cap^t Brant intends to put himself under the protection of Congress. But this notwithstanding is afact - that he has privately sent to some principal families in the Six Nations to sound them & find what course they intend to take their own [undecipherable] for the interest of Indians & safety.

On Monday next [undecipherable crossed out] Good Peter Skenondough [sp?] Cap^t Hendrick & several others are to set out with me from Onieda, for Genessee - the place appointed for our rendezvous. So soon as I shall [undecipherable crossed out] see them actually started I shall go forward to make the necessary preparations, & be ready for any occurrence - I observed to Coll Pickering before left Philadelphia that it would be difficult for me to be limited to the precise number of Chiefs mentioned in his invitation Speech - that several others should be added to make their representation complete, otherwise jealousies would be excited.