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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Journal of Joel Swayne

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Brothers we will give to every Indian Man
living on this River who shall raise 25 Bushalls
of wheat or rye in one year on his own Land
not worked by white people the sum of two
Dollars

2 For every 50 Bushalls of Indian Corn rai-
sed by any one Indian Man in like manner
affor said the sum of two Dollars

3 For every 50 Bushalls of Potatoes raised
by any one Indian Man in like manner
affor said the sum of two Dollars

4 For every two tons of hay raised as affor said
and put into a Stack or Barn not being
mawed or drawn in by white People the
sum of two Dollars

5 For every 12 yards of linnen Cloth made
by any Indian Woman out of flx raised on
her own or her husbands Land andspun in her
own House the sum of two Dollars to be
paid to the Woman

6 For every 12 yards of woolen Cloth or lincey
made by any any Indian Woman out of wool of
her own or her husbands Sheep and spun in
her own House the sum of two Dollars to be
paid to the Woman