Maquase, Sachims, fl. 1684 "Proposition made by some messengers sent from the Maquase Sachims in the . . .

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GLC03107.01936
GLC#
GLC03107.01936-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
1684/02/03
Author/Creator
Maquase, Sachims, fl. 1684
Title
"Proposition made by some messengers sent from the Maquase Sachims in the . . .
Place Written
Albany, New York
Pagination
2p. : docket : Height: 31.2 cm, Width: 19.4 cm
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
Native Americans

. . . Toune house of Albany." The Mohawk messengers offer belts of wampum in exchange for information regarding English designs to attack them. They English respond with an assurance of peace, and encourage the Indians to hunt freely and to be at ease.

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