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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Visit to Oneida and Other Tribes of Indians

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help: perhaps some of
you are ready to say; what
man that must be that has
abused so much of our Bre-
thren: never was such Tyrant
Hero, or Tyrant heard of, that
ever meddled with Indians;
but in literally he is your
only begotten Son, and his
Name you call rum, and
the names of his Officers
are Brandy, Wine, and Gin.

And we know you have
power to control him, and
as we desire to live in peace,
and to become civilized Nati-
ons, we earnestly entreat
you