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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Journal, Visit to Indians in New York State, v.3

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also sent us a sett of Smiths Tools--you
have fulfilld all your Engagements with
us. We have not received the advantage
from the saw mill we expected--one rea
son is our People are Deficient in knowing
how to work it--another Reason--the Water
is not sufficient to saw more than one
Quarter of the Year. We have not re
ceived the advantage from the Smith
Tools that we might have done, yet we
have used them more than the Saw Mill-
Some of our people have learned to do
a number of small matters, yet we
acknowledge we have been too neg
lectful of both.
Brothers--You say if our Minds were
more strong to Labour--it would give our
Women more time to learn to spin.
We think this would be a great ad
vantage to us, for if our Women would
learn to spin & make their own Cloth,
the Money which they now use to buy
Cloathes would be saved for other