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leasing &;c. to the white peo-ple, ‘till Government out of friendship to them, took notice of their Situation, pur-chased the greater part of their Tract, and secured the above Quantity to them by Law, in Such a manner that no Indi-vidual of them has a right to sell or lease any part of it to white people;* but it is divided into Lots of different *Note. The Information in minute, of the 18th of last mo. p. 97. respecting the Oneida’s selling this Land to the State of New York, was obtained after writing this Letter, and added to that minute; yet does not contradict the Reason here given for the Loss of their Lands; the State