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winds, informed us, the day after our arrival at 
Niagara, that by his not having reached that 
place in time to transact some law business for 
Brandt, and which had consequently been 
given to another person, he should be a loser 
of one hundred pounds at least. 
Brandt’s sagacity led him, early in life, to 
discover that the Indians had been made the 
dupe of every foreign power that had got foot¬ 
ing in America; and, indeed, could he have 
had any doubts on the subject, they would 
have been removed when he saw the British, 
after having demanded and received the assist¬ 
ance of the Indians in the American war, so 
ungenerously and unjustly yield up the whole 
of the Indian territories, east of the Mississippi 
and south of the lakes, to the people of the 
United States; to the very enemies, in short, 
they had made to themselves at the request of 
the British. He perceived with regret that 
the Indians, by espousing the quarrels of the 
whites, and by espousing different interests, 
were weakening themselves; whereas, if they 
remained aloof, and were guided by the one 
policy, they would soon become formidable, 
and be treated with more respect; he formed 
the bold scheme, therefore, of uniting the 
Indians together in one grand confederacy, 
and for this purpose sent messengers to diffe¬ 
rent chiefs, proposing that a general meeting 
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