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Some Account of our Journey to Cannandaigue

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So the Treaty was agreed too Except Some matters Respecting Inguries Done on Either Side which the Com Told them might be Done Better Between him &; Some of there Chiefs at his lodging Before they Come in open Councal &; also how the money &; Goods Should Be Distributed 5 no Councel to Day we had Several Indians Calld to See us Seanidore &; others in the after noon we Rode our to Cornplants Camp where we Saw Graney Wagus an old woman it is Said above 100 years old who live one hundred miles from here Seanidore Daughter was here with a Child 2 years old or more which She Gives Suck to &; the old man Informed us the Indian women Some times Suckeled them untill they were 4 years old this man saith he is 80 years old of years very active &; hearty keeps a good Tavern in the Onida Settlement &; we were Informed by our Landlord one may Get a Good Dish of Tea and otherwise well Entertained there tho he can Speak Scarce no English 6 the Indian &; Coll in Dispute a bought some Little Matters Respecting which we thought had Been Settled which makes the time Appear longer as we hoped to Set of home tomorrow But now we may be Detaind Several Days the weather Being Very Good makes it Trying to loose such faverable Day