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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Henry Simmons journals, Vol. 1 1796-1797

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Minutes of conclusive conferences Between the Friends Settleing on
the oneida Reservation and the Indians. proposed on the 25th and
agreed on the 30th of the 6th month 1796.
1st Brothers of the Oneida Nation. You now know that
we are sent to you by your old Friends, the People Called Quakers,
of Pensylvania and parts adjacent, Not merely to make you presents
which would Soon be Spent, Leaving you still Poor & needy, but to Shew you
how the whiteeople manage to raise a great Deal of food and
Clothing off of a Little Land, that you may become able to Support
Yourselves & your Children comfortably, without being beholding to
any body, and have somthing to spare, for the old & Infirm as
well as to Lay by against times of Scarcity.
2nd Brothers. Remember, that we have Left all that was Dear to us
at home, not to get your Lands from your, or any thing that is yours,
But to visit you in Love, and to Stay with you, if Hapyly, we may
put you in the way to Enjoy the manifold blessings of all beauti
full creator; Now we have Seen and reflected upon your Situat-
ion, and consulted one another for the Future Prosperity, of
your whole Nation, and the Thee Tribes, that your have Kindly
Permited to Settle on your Lands, And we have put our conclusions
in writeing, that it may be known what we are willing to under-
take for you, and what we Desire you to do toward it yourselves;
for-