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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Henry Simmons letterbooks, Vol. 2 1798

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us; The Indian Continued to treat us
with great Civility & respect, and we believe
there is no cause of discouragements in the pre-
sent undertaking among them; though we
cannot expect a great deal done by them at
farming; untill they are better supply’d
with working Cretures. We have ass-
isted them in building several houses; and
have make a considerable progress in far-
ming on our own lot for the time we have
been on it; Our Corn, potatoes, gar-
den & c. affords a beutiful aspect, and
we intend to sow some wheat and rye
this fall if we can procure seed, which
cannot be obtained nearer than Fort-
Franklin
or Pittsburgh, that we know