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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Account of I. Coates, J. Sharpless, & J. Pierce, visits to Indian Reservation, NY

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Brothers, We are also willing to learn you
how to farm by agreeing to give some
small premiums, to such of our Indian
brothers who are industrious and raise a
good deal of grain,

Brothers, We will give to every Indian
man living on this river who shall raise 25 bu.
of wheat or rye, in one year on his own land
not worked by white people, the sum of two
dollars.

2nd For every 50 bushels of corn raised by one
man in like manner afore said, the sum of
two dollars.

3rd for every 50 bushels of potatoes raised by
any one man in like manner aforesaid, the
sum of two dollars.

4th For every two tons hay raised as aforesaid
and put into a stack or barn, not being mown
or drawn in, by white people, the sum of two
dollars.

5th For every 12 yards of linen cloth made
by an Indian woman out of flax raised on her,
or her husband's land, and spun in her own
house, the sum of two dollars, to be paid to the
woman.

6th For every 12 yards of woolen or linsey cloth
made by an Indian woman out of the
wool of her own, or her husbands sheep,