SW_JT1798_014

Agreement was come to, proposed on the 25th and agreed on the 30th of the 6 Mo 1796 Brothers of the Oneida Nation First, You now know that we are sent to you by your, Old friends the people called Quakers, of Pennsylvania and parts adjacent, not merely to make you presents, which will soon be spent leaving you poor and needy, but to shew you how the white people manage to raise a great deal of food and clothing off, of a little land; that you may become able to support your-selves and your children comfortably, without being beholding to