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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Henry Simmons journals, Vol. 2 1799

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enough in this House, which he
could not do in the other.
The person who conducted him in,
who appeared to be their Officianator,
gave him some stuff to Drink, Like
melted Pewter, which he told him he
could not take, but he insisted he
should, by telling him he could Dr-
ink Wiskey & get Drunk, and that
was no worse to take than it, he
then took it, which he thought burnt him very
much, He then took a chain & bound
round him, he asked him what that
was for, he told him to prevent
him from going after Women &
Other Men’s Wives, He then told
him to go strike a Woman, who was
sitting there, which he attempted
to do, but could not. for his arms
were off, He told him the reason
of his loosing his arms, was because
he