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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Governor 
  Bellomont 
  had 
  died, 
  and 
  Lieutenant 
  Governor 
  Nan- 
  

   fan 
  held 
  a 
  conference 
  with 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations 
  at 
  Albany 
  July 
  10, 
  

   1701, 
  when 
  the 
  first 
  beaver 
  land 
  trust 
  deed 
  was 
  given. 
  This 
  

   comprised 
  the 
  land 
  north 
  and 
  northwest 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  and 
  

   Lake 
  Erie, 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  often 
  called 
  Sweege, 
  the 
  equivalent 
  

   of 
  Oswego. 
  Both 
  shores 
  of 
  this 
  were 
  included, 
  and 
  Nanfan 
  

   described 
  the 
  tract 
  as 
  800 
  miles 
  long 
  and 
  400 
  broad. 
  It 
  was 
  

   designed 
  to 
  prevent 
  French 
  claims 
  and 
  was 
  signed 
  by 
  20 
  chiefs 
  

   from 
  all 
  the 
  nations. 
  He 
  told 
  them 
  they 
  should 
  not 
  have 
  allowed 
  

   a 
  French 
  fort 
  at 
  Detroit. 
  Most 
  of 
  this 
  great 
  tract 
  was 
  in 
  Canada, 
  

   and 
  they 
  said 
  they 
  had 
  taken 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  Agaritkas 
  or 
  Hurons, 
  

   60 
  years 
  before. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  later 
  trust 
  deed 
  of 
  lands 
  south 
  of 
  

   the 
  lakes. 
  

  

  At 
  a 
  council 
  in 
  Philadelphia, 
  Ap. 
  23, 
  1701, 
  Ahookassongh 
  was 
  

  

  present 
  and 
  was 
  called 
  " 
  the 
  brother 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  Emperor 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  Onondagas." 
  William 
  Penn 
  had 
  addressed 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  

  

  London 
  June 
  25, 
  1682, 
  " 
  To 
  the 
  Emperor 
  of 
  Canada," 
  intending 
  

  

  the 
  same 
  ruler. 
  He 
  said: 
  

  

  The 
  Great 
  God 
  that 
  made 
  thee 
  and 
  me, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  world, 
  

   Incline 
  our 
  hearts 
  to 
  love, 
  peace 
  and 
  Justice, 
  that 
  we 
  may 
  live 
  

   friendly 
  together, 
  as 
  becomes 
  the 
  workmanship 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  God. 
  

   The 
  King 
  of 
  England, 
  who 
  is 
  a 
  Great 
  Prince, 
  hath 
  for 
  Divers 
  

   Reasons 
  Granted 
  to 
  me 
  a 
  large 
  Country 
  in 
  America, 
  which, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  I 
  am 
  willing 
  to 
  Injoy 
  upon 
  friendly 
  terms 
  with 
  thee. 
  And 
  

   this 
  I 
  will 
  say, 
  that 
  the 
  people 
  who 
  comes 
  with 
  me 
  are 
  a 
  just, 
  

   plain, 
  and 
  honest 
  people, 
  that 
  neither 
  make 
  war 
  upon 
  others 
  nor 
  

   fear 
  war 
  from 
  others, 
  because 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  just. 
  I 
  have 
  sett 
  up 
  a 
  

   Society 
  of 
  Traders 
  in 
  my 
  Province, 
  to 
  traffick 
  with 
  thee 
  and 
  thy 
  

   people 
  for 
  your 
  Commodities, 
  that 
  you 
  may 
  be 
  furnished 
  with 
  

   that 
  which 
  is 
  good 
  at 
  reasonable 
  rates. 
  And 
  this 
  Society 
  hath 
  

   ordered 
  their 
  President 
  to 
  treat 
  with 
  thee 
  about 
  a 
  future 
  Trade, 
  

   and 
  have 
  joined 
  with 
  me 
  to 
  send 
  their 
  Messenger 
  to 
  thee, 
  with 
  

   certain 
  Presents' 
  from 
  us, 
  to 
  testify 
  our 
  Willingness 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  

   fair 
  Correspondence 
  with 
  thee 
  : 
  And 
  what 
  this 
  Agent 
  shall 
  do 
  in 
  

   our 
  names 
  we 
  will 
  agree 
  unto. 
  I 
  hope 
  thou 
  wilt 
  kindly 
  Receive 
  

   him, 
  and 
  Comply 
  with 
  his 
  desires 
  on 
  our 
  behalf, 
  both 
  with 
  respect 
  

   to 
  Land 
  and 
  Trade. 
  The 
  Great 
  God 
  be 
  with 
  thee. 
  Amen. 
  

  

  The 
  coming 
  of 
  several 
  French 
  priests 
  has 
  been 
  mentioned. 
  The 
  

   Onondagas 
  were 
  about 
  equally 
  divided 
  on 
  this, 
  but 
  Lamberville 
  

   had 
  a 
  house 
  and 
  chapel 
  there 
  in 
  1702. 
  Maricourt 
  installed 
  him 
  

  

  