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that for the further Satisfaction of the Emperor and all his
Indians & their assurance of this his Lspp favor to them he was
willing and Did purpose to give them a Testimoniall thereof
in writeing undr his hand
To wch they Answer that they well approove thereof And
though they cannot read yett they will be sure to preserve
and make much of it, And that the Emperor and his men Doe
owne themselves his Lspps: People.
His Lspp: Comands the Interpreter to tell them that he lookes
upon them as his ffriends and that he will (soe long as they
continue soe to he) endeavor to preserve and protect them.
Whereunto they again reply that they are his Lspps: People,
and that although they may phapps hold a Matchacomico &
Consult with themselves upon occasion what to Doe and how
to ordr their affaires Yett will make his Lspp acquainted with
their Designes And if he doe not approove thereof they will
knock it off and not prosecute the same.
The Interpreter is then ordred to tell them that his Lspp
was informed that there was one among them that lately
came from the Sinniquos, that his Lspp had a greate Desire
to see and speake with him.
They say he was come with them for that purpose his Lspp:
haveing signified to them such his Desire by James Small-
wood.
The said Indian tht came from the Sinniquos be.ing made
acquainted with his L'pps Desire to speake with him Concerning
the Sinniquos proceeds to give this foll Accot
And first he beginns laying on the table five single Comes
some small distance from each other, and four together at One
end by wch he signified four townesof the Sinniquos from whence
he came, the four next single Cornes he likewise declared
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to be four other townes of the Sinniquos, the two middlemost
whereof the Susquahannohs had divided themselves amongst
& lived there (to say) one half at one Towne the other half at
the other. The ffifth and outermost of the five single Cornes
he Declared to be a place Inhabited by English where the
Sinniquos vStd to trade and whither he was sent from the four
first Townes before mentioned with a present wch he Deliv-
ered, but by the Description of the said place wch he gave to
be a place of great resort and trade with the said Indians for
Powdr Shott &ca it appeared to be ffort Albany and that they
were Dutch to whom he had Delivered the Present.
The said Indian likewise saith that when he was taken
Prisoner by thm they threatned to Destroy him & he expected
every moment when it would be untill he came to the first
mentioned foure Townes where the greate men told him they
would spare his Life, that he should not be dismembred or
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