"Instructions for Arnought the Interpreter (to be by him followed to the . . .

GLC03107.01932

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GLC#
GLC03107.01932-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
[1685]
Title
"Instructions for Arnought the Interpreter (to be by him followed to the . . .
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1p. : docket : Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 21.2 cm
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
Native Americans

. . . Senecas, Maqques, Onnondages, Oneydes & Cayouges." Effingham instructs the interpreter to inform the Indians that he is aware of the destruction they recently caused in Virginia, where they killed a number of cattle and a few Englishmen. He goes on to say that he is willing to forgive the matter, provided the Indians call their men back from Virginia and Maryland and promise to never travel through there again.

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