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and delivered 3 broad belts and 5 firings of 
Wampum to the council, on the proper occa- 
sions. There was a pole laid a-crofs from 
cue chamber to another over the paffage, on 
this their belts and firings were hung, 
that all the council might fee them, and here 
have the matters in remembrance, in confirma- 
tion of which they were delivered : The con- 
ference held till 3, after which we dined, this 
repaft confifted of 3 great kettles of Indian 
corn foop, or thin homony, with dry’d eels 
and other fifh boiled in it, and one kettle full of 
young Squashes and their flowers boiled in 
water, and a little meal mixed ; this dif h was 
but weak food, laft of all was ferved a great 
bowl, full of Indian dumplings, made of 
new foft corn, cut or fcraped off the ear, then 
with the addition of fome boiled beans, lapped 
well up in Indian corn leaves, this is good 
hearty provifion. After dinner, we had a 
favourable anfwer, corroborated by feveral belts 
of Wampum , with a fhort fpeech to each, thefe 
we carried away as our tokens of peace and 
friendship, the harangue concluded with a 
charge to fit ftill as yet, for tho’ they had 
difpatched our bufinefs firft, it was not be- 
caufe they were weary of us, but to 
make us eafy. This complement preceded 
other bufinefs, which lafted till near fun fet, 
when we regaled on a great bowl of boiled 
cakes, 6 or 7 inches diameter, and about 2 
thick, 
