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Some New Voyages 



This Colier contains my word. 



€ l give you to know, Onnontio, that my Voica 



c is the Voice of the five Iroquefe Cantons. This Is 

 z their Anfwer, pray incline your Ear, and Hiten to 



* what they reprefent. 



c The Tjfonontouans, Goycgouans y Onnontagues, Onnoy- 

 ' cutesy and Agnies declare, that 



* interring the jxe , c they interred * the Axe at Cata- 



ftgni fits the making of c y j n tfae pre f ence Q f your 



a Peace; and the dip- c v\ i \ rr • i 



ging of it up imports Predeceffor, in the very center 

 a Declaration of War. 5 of the Fort ; and planted the 



c Tree of Peace in the fame place, 



* that it might be carefully preferv'd ; that 'twas 

 € then iiipulated, that the Fort fliould be us'd as a 



* place of retreat for Merchants, and not a refuge 

 c for Soldiers j and that inftead of Arms and Am- 

 f munition, it fhould be made a Receptacle of only 

 c Beaver*Skins,and Merchandize Goods. Beit known 

 c to you, Onnontio, that for the future you ought to 

 c take care, that fo great a number of Martiai-Men 

 € as I now fee, being fhut up in fo fmall a Fort, do 



* not ftifle and choak the Tree of Peace. Since it 

 £ took Root fo eafiiy, it muft needs be of pernicious 

 c confequence to Hop its growth, and hinder it to 

 € (hade both your Country and ours with its Leaver 

 c I do affure you, in the name of the five Nations, 

 f that our Warriours (hall dance the Calumet DarlcQ 



* under its branches; that they ftall reft inTran- 



4 quility upon their f Matts, and 



fThis Vhrafe fgni- c never d j g up the tO CUt 



fes keeping the Peace. c ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ . rf ,j 



f fuch time as the Onnontio aqd the Corlar, do ei- 

 c ther joyntly or feparately offer to invade the 

 c Country, that the great Spirit has difpos'd of in 

 c |he favour of our Anceftor^ 



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