Onondaga Sachems "Message from the Sachems of Onnondage to Col: Wm. Kendall . . .

GLC03107.01885

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GLC#
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Type
Documents
Date
1679/10/06
Author/Creator
Onondaga Sachems
Title
"Message from the Sachems of Onnondage to Col: Wm. Kendall . . .
Place Written
Albany, New York
Pagination
2p. : docket : Height: 30.6 cm, Width: 21.6 cm
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
Native Americans

. . . agent of Virginia sent by one of there Sachems calld Othonoonis accompanyed with his sonne and another Indian." Othonoonis explains that agreements made with Coll. Coursey indicated that colonial agents would visit Onondaga territory, rather than have the Sachems travel to Albany. He also notes that small pox has prevented travel.

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