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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Account of Indian Affairs in Oneida

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of what we now propose to you, and send us an answer
as soon as you can

Brothers, We desire you would seriously reflect upon they
many difficulties you are under the hunger, fatigue and
cold you are subjected to in your present mode of living
and compare it with the comfortable manner in which you
may live under the blessing of the Good spirit: by rais
-ing grain cattle and other necessaries on your land, and
then we hope that your good understanding will incline you to think
as we do that your pursuing this mode of life in
which we are ready to assist you will be of lasting
advantage