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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Henry Simmons journals, Vol. 2 1799

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middle of the same, the lndians
returned from Pittsburgh, with
a quantity of Wisky, which caus-
ed much Drunkenness amongst
them which lasted for several weeks
and was the means of some of their
deaths. One old woman perish-
ed out of doors in the night season
with a bottle at her side, num-
bers of them going about the
village from morning till
evening and from evening
untill morning, in a noisy
distracted condition sometimes
fighting each other, and entering,
into the houses in a detestable
manner, ready to pull others
out