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Northern District - Extract from the Minutes at a Conference with the Six Nations and Delawares at Johnson Hall
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thereof; and from thence to Kittanning [underlined] or
Adigio [underlined] on the Ohio[underlined]; thence along down
the Ohio [underlined] to the [Cherokee River - underlined] and up the
same to its head this Side." Upon
condition that you have some regard for
our Warriors who always pass through
that Country, & give them always a free
Passage; and we are very happy in being
all assembled here both Sachems and __
Warriors at this time, & not as has been
formerly the case on such occasions; We
can now all act together, as all should
receive a share for what they ceded, by
which it will be preserved in our minds.

We have never refused you Lands
in many Places; we have given Proof
of our friendship, on which we have
promised a recompense which we have
not received.
We assisted your Army last year, &
many of our People were forsaken & left __
to famish, & we have been promised a
large trade, & to fix Interpreters & [illegible] at
each [post?], which is not done as yet:
We beg you will consider these things, &
have regard to your promises & our __
Requests, as we pay due Regard to your
desires at present, that therefore you will
take these things into your consideration,
&


Date: 2 May 1765

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 22 1/2

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