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− | + | "It being agreed at the rapids that we should come and | |
+ | meet the Commissioners in our Father's presence, we return our | ||
+ | thanks to the great Spirit for seeing your Excellency well this day. | ||
+ | Our intentions, and business as peaceable, and our intention is to do | ||
+ | what is right and just. We are all of one mind and Wished your | ||
+ | Excellency to be present." | ||
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+ | A ball of Wampum. | ||
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+ | His excellency in reply said | ||
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+ | "He was happy to see them well, and as the commissi- | ||
+ | oners expressed these [undecipherable] * Account the Indians in his presence | ||
+ | he should be glad to hear what they had to say." | ||
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+ | The belt returned. | ||
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+ | * The Commissioners expressed no such thing they merely | ||
+ | consented to the [undecipherable] because it was the <u>wish</u> of the <u>Indians</u>. | ||
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+ | See the proceedings of July 5<sup><u>th</u></sup>. | ||
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+ | Note - This Copy of the address to, and answer from the Governor was received from his Secretary. Major Littlelales. | ||
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+ | At Niagara 11<u><sup>th</sup></u> July 1793 | ||
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+ | The Commissioners wrote the following letters to the | ||
+ | President and Secretary of War, and sent them off by Joseph | ||
+ | Parish expresss. | ||
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+ | Letter to General Knox. | ||
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+ | Niagara 10<u><sup>th</sup></u> July 1793. | ||
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+ | The enclosed extract from our Journal will account for our being here. We think the coming of the deputation from | ||
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