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

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The first thing we Shall ob-serve; they have told you Brothers, that we have done them Injury; and they say that we have let out Lands to white people, and that we have taken away their Lots from them; now Bro-thers, we deny this; we have done no Such Thing: you know very well, Brothers, that we have maintained our Covenant which we made with you at Schenec-tady about this Land, this Dish; you are our Witnesses that we have never took trouble