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a gift, and he wished not to recieve any money for it, and the money was handed back to us, which we immeadiately presented to him for his the his trouble of bringing us down in his Canoe, which he reciev- -ed with Chearfulness. 28 Two of our number whom we left at Genesin- -guhta to take care of our horses, House &;c. came down this Morning, and a number of Indians being Collected, about 12 we met them in Council, there being between 30 and 40, six of whom were there most respectable Women, early in the Oppertunity Cornplanter made a pretty length speech, which it did not appear to be di- -rected to us, which our interpretter informed was for an Indian then in the House, who had been charged with Murdering a White Man, for which he had been in Jail at Pitts-burgh, and tryed for his Life, but be- -ing acquitted by the Jury, he was now at Liberty; the trial and Court expences, we understood had cost Cornplanter more than 200 dollars; tho there was not evidence to support the charge, yet there was cause to fear it was too true, and the Chiefs speech appear- -ed to be delivered with much earnest, and serious expostulation. Cornplanter then