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... the English , as their successors , who gained the friendship of this most powerful association of Indians on the continent , ultimately achieved supremacy in the westward march along the southern shores of the Great Lakes and RED JACKET.
... the English , as their successors , who gained the friendship of this most powerful association of Indians on the continent , ultimately achieved supremacy in the westward march along the southern shores of the Great Lakes and RED JACKET.
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... friendship of these Indians , who had been mis- led by the British officers , should be won back by liberal treatment . To this end a council of the Chiefs of the Iroquois confederacy was held at Fort Stanwix . The principal ...
... friendship of these Indians , who had been mis- led by the British officers , should be won back by liberal treatment . To this end a council of the Chiefs of the Iroquois confederacy was held at Fort Stanwix . The principal ...
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... friends , and not enemies . They told us they had fled from their own country for fear of wicked men and had come here to enjoy their religion . They asked for a small seat . We took pity on them , granted their request , and they sat ...
... friends , and not enemies . They told us they had fled from their own country for fear of wicked men and had come here to enjoy their religion . They asked for a small seat . We took pity on them , granted their request , and they sat ...
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... friends . They called us brothers . We believed them and gave them a larger seat . At length their numbers had greatly increased . They wanted more land . They wanted our country . Our eyes were opened and our minds became uneasy . Wars ...
... friends . They called us brothers . We believed them and gave them a larger seat . At length their numbers had greatly increased . They wanted more land . They wanted our country . Our eyes were opened and our minds became uneasy . Wars ...
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... friends to the King , will instantly repair to the fort , and join the HAIR - BUYER GENERAL , and fight like men . And if any such , as do not go to the Fort shall be discovered afterwards , they may depend on severe punishment . On the ...
... friends to the King , will instantly repair to the fort , and join the HAIR - BUYER GENERAL , and fight like men . And if any such , as do not go to the Fort shall be discovered afterwards , they may depend on severe punishment . On the ...
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