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

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of mankind; who cannot but be graciously mindful of what-soever his Hand hath made; yet we have had some pretty close and Exercising Seasons to pass through, more parti-cularly amongst the Oneida’s; who had suffered their Expec-tations to be raised to an un-reasonable Height before our arrival; so that our pro-posals, especially at the first, instead of exciting Gratitude, appeared rather to be received with those Sensations attendant on disappointed Expectations. We expect to move towards Conandarque, taking two small