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John Peirce Notes, on a visit to Several Tribes of Indians, 1796

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we have done, think of these Things; and the Chiefs, and young Warriors who complain, have liberty to speak for them-selves. Then the Oneidas and Tus-cororas withdrew to smoke a Pipe, and eat their Din-ners; During which Time Cap. Hendrick repeated the substance of the foregoing speech, in the Stockbridge Language; to his own people; it having been delivered in the Oneida Language and interpreted into English; After which they consulted toge-ther and not being able to recon-cile