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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Henry Simmons letterbooks, Vol. 1 1797

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rest, Nunneh-theh, 7 strings white Wampon delivered.

We will now let you know the reasons
which indused your Grand Children, to give you such invitations

1st Because I believe that it is the will of the Great Good Spirit
that our ancesters did enter into covenant and established a
strong Friendship between them, which covenant we ever have
maintained bright. 2nd Because by the goodness of the same spirit we obtained this
good dish, wherein we may Eat peaceably, and by his kind
Providence we where enabled to see your dismal situation, and
further I believe that it is the same good Spirit who enflu-
enced our Hearts to have the compassionate feeling toward your
nation. 3rd Because I believe that if you can only once
make out to bring whole of your Nation here, you can
have better chance to try to Live as a People, because this
dish is much better than your old dish. 4th Because, here you will have the previledg of hearing
the gladtidings of the Gospel Preached, and your Children
will be instructed to read and to write.
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