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Mohawk Indians Answer to the propositions of Peter Schuyler

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02142 Author/Creator: Mohawk Indians Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1720/09/03 Pagination: 4p. 32.8 x 20.8 cm Order a Copy

The speaker agrees to renew the covenant on behalf of all 5 Nations, and promises to stop traveling through the southern colonies and upsetting the Christians and Indians that live there. They also state that they will not allow the French Indians to pass through their country to trade. Docketed on p.4.

Schuyler, Pieter, 1657-1724

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