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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Visit to Oneida and Other Tribes of Indians

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Is about one half; they say
has a Right to their Share
of this Money if they call
for it. They have
six Cows, neither oxen nor Horses,
and raise very little of any
Thing, living principally by
Fishing and hunting; and par-
ticularly the former, the Lake
abounding with a large kind
of Eel which they catch in
great plenty. These peo-
ple, as well as the Onandago’s


appear totally averse to all La-
bour; and very insensible of
any thing that could be said
to them on the most interest-
ing Occasions.