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Seneca Indians "Proposition made by the Sakemaker of the Sinekes"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01942 Author/Creator: Seneca Indians Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1685/08/03 Pagination: 4p.+doc. 32.7 x 21.4 cm Order a Copy

The Senecas inform the English that they have kept their promise to travel around, rather than through, Virginia and Maryland. They also assure the English of their intentions to keep peace with them. Docketed on verso.

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