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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Henry Simmons journals, Vol. 2 1799

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would have no manner of Worship at
all. further said it was the
white people who killed our Saviour
how he had heard about our
Saviour I knew not, but it seems
he had. I told him it was
the Jews, who crucify’d or kill’d
Him, and whether they were
white, red, or black or what cou-
ler they were of I knew not,
neither did I know but Indians
were their descendants; for as
many of their habits were semi-
lar to the Jews, in former days.

Yet nevertheless, I told
him we were all still, Curcify-
ing & killing Him, while we we
re doing Wickedly. He said