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

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Letter, together with several small conditional premiums as Encouragement to Industry and Sobriety. The Tuscorora’s are an in-considerable Remnant of that Tribe, the main Body of them being removed, as we are informed, to grand River: They consist of about 12 Families, appear very poor and heartless, almost without a Leader and without Hope: we propose to consider them largely in the Distribu-tion of the property sent up; and have considered them in the aforesaid proposals to the Stockbridge, they living on the