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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Baltimore Yearly Meeting Indian Committee Minutes

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supplied with liquor. They get supplies
from the mouth of the great Miamy to
Detroit

, and down the Ohio to the mouth
of the Wabash and up that river: and there
is no place exempt from liquor except Fort Wayne.

Brothers! You have now asked us if we
had any cause of complaint against you
in the execution of the endeavours you have
and to render us service, our answer to this is
that we have none. I must now tell you, as
I before told you, when I talked with you,
that there were various opinions amongst us
respecting the advantages which you had offered
to us. Brothers we have no complaint to make
against you, or any thing that you have done
for us: we are not dissatisfied with you, but
if any thing has gone wrong, and your good
intentions towards us have been thwarted, it has
been owing to the conduct of those amongst us, who
wish to continue us, in our present situation, &
prevent you from doing those good things which
you wish to do for us

Brothers! You have told us to speak freely,
we do so, what I now say comes from my heart. Your
red brethren the Indians love you: It is true some
of them have said that they were willing to dispense
with your services, but this is not the unannimous
opinion of your red brethren; Those who have said
this have never received any services from you.- as
they have recd. none, consequently they have none to