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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Journey into Indian Country

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and from that people, many of those fine
Leggons, with the other striped and nice Cloath-
-ing they had on, came.* upon our letting them
know we had nothing more to say amongst
them at this time, they informed us they would
take our proposals into consideration and
give us an answer tomorrow.

19

The Indians were this day in Council on
the business we had laid before them, they
divers times sent their deputies for us to
explain some part of the business we had
opened to them, one of their questions was
how they should draw their Plough if the

*We then let them know that we had a boat com-
-ing up the Allegeny River, with various
kinds of goods, among which were a num-
-ber of Ploughirons, Hoes, axes, Shovels and
Spades, with Carpenters, Masons, and Coopers
tools, which we intended never to take a-
-way but leave amongst them, but while
our Young staid, they should be placed
under their care, to lend out to them as
the wanted, and, when done with them, to be return-
them -ed.

19

The Indians were this day in Council
on the business we laid before them, they
they divers times sent their Deputies for
us to explain some part of the business