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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Henry Simmons letterbooks, Vol. 2 1798

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that many of our Worthy Friends laid
down their Lives in the Calamity, it
affords us consolation to find that we
still live in the remembrance of some
of the Survivors, although the inter-
course between you and us is not so
freequent as we could desire.

Our School at Coniscotaga
grows larger, and the progress in the
Childrens Learning afford an incou-
raging prospect: several grown
persons have also evinced strong
inclinations to be instructed, and
paid some attension thereto.

The Indians have made pro-
posals of assisting us in building
a School house at that place,
and as our accommodations
there