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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Journey into Indian Country

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near enough to supply themselves with
water runs the Oneida Creek, and on the
West in the Same Valley a small stream,
that so that they are well supplyed with
Water, and towards the South end
of their Village, they have a Grist Mill,
and a Sawmill, their Grist mill does
considerable work for the White People,
and their was a large quantity of logs
and Boards, at the Sawmill. We called
to see most of the families of note amo
mongst them, also a School kept by an Indian a religious Indian Man with whom I was much
pleased, more particularily with the
Women, many of the Women whom, were Solid,
Sensible, and engaging. there houses
were clean with Wooden floors and Glass
Windows, themselves and Children mostly
clean, and neat, and the Men and Boys
were hoeing corn &c. I thought there was
as much diffirence between Cornplan-
-ters people, and this nation; as betwee n
these People, and the better livers amon g
the White People. We had a favoured
oppertunity with a number of the most