Onondaga Sachems 2 "Propositions made by Two Onnondages Sachims " [in Dutch and English]

GLC03107.01953

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Type
Documents
Date
1685/11/05
Author/Creator
Onondaga Sachems 2
Title
"Propositions made by Two Onnondages Sachims " [in Dutch and English]
Place Written
Albany, New York
Pagination
3p. : docket : Height: 32.7 cm, Width: 20.8 cm
Language
Dutch, English
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
Native Americans

The proposition of the Onondaga sachems on p.1, and the proposition of the Seneca sachems on p.2 were recorded in Dutch. The answer to these propositions appears on p.3 and is written in English. It congratulates the Indians for remaining at peace with the French, but asks that they stop a group of French traders who have gone up the Susquehanna, and to confiscate their goods. They are then instructed to bring the goods to the British in Albany, who will generously reward them for this service.

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