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Papers Relating to an Act of the Assembly of the Province of New-York: For encouragement of the Indian trade, &c. and for prohibiting the selling of Indian goods to the French, viz. of CanadaGreat Britain. Board of Trade

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Papers Relating to an Act of the Assembly of the Province of New-York: For encouragement of the Indian trade, &c. and for prohibiting the selling of Indian goods to the French, viz. of Canada

Name: Papers Relating to an Act of the Assembly of the Province of New-York: For encouragement of the Indian trade, &c. and for prohibiting the selling of Indian goods to the French, viz. of Canada
Author: Great Britain. Board of Trade

Great Britain. Board of Trade

Fur trade -- New York (State); Indians of North America -- Commerce; Iroquois Indians; New York (State) -- Commerce -- History; New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

'I gave you some Expectation of a Present, and we have it now
    ready to deliver to you. This Present is made you by the
    Governor, Council, Assembly, and all our People, in
    Consideration of the great Miseries and Distresses which you our
    good Friends have lately suffered. This will be some Relief to
    you for the present, and it's to be hoped your own Industry will
    soon retrieve your Circumstances.

    'It has sometimes happened, and may happen again, that idle and
    untrue Stories are carried to you concerning us your Brethren;
    but our Desire is, and we expect it from you, that you will give
    no Credit to them; for we are, and always will be, your steady
    and sincere Friends.

    'It is a Custom when we renew our Treaties with our good Friends
    the _Indians_, to clear the Road, and make our Fire burn bright:
    We have done so upon this Occasion; and, in Token of our
    Sincerity, we deliver you, as a Present from the Governor, the
    Council, the Assembly, and all the People of _Pensylvania_, the
    following Goods, _viz_.

    24 _Guns_.
   600 _Pounds of Lead_.
   600 _Pounds of Powder_.
    25 _Strowdes_ }
    90 _Duffil_   } _Match-Coats_.
    30 _Blankets_.
    62 _Yards of Half-Thicks_.
    60 _Ruffled Shirts_.
    25 _Hats_.
  1000 _Flints_.
    50 _Hoes_.
    50 _Hatchets_.
     5 _Pounds of Vermilion_.
    10 _Dozen of Knives_.
     8 _Dozen of Gimblets_.
     2 _Dozen of Tobacco-Tongs_.
    25 _Pair of Shoes_.
    25 _Pair of Stockings_.
    25 _Pair of Buckles_.

Whereupon the Chiefs, and all the _Indians_, returned their solemn
Thanks; and _Canassatego_ said, 'They had no more to say as to publick
Business at present; but they had somewhat under Deliberation, which,
when they had duly considered, they would communicate.'

       *     *     *     *     *

    At a C O U N C I L held at the Proprietor's, _July_ 12, 1742.

            P R E S E N T

The Honourable _G E O R G E  T H O M A S_, Esq; Lieutenant-Governor.

  _James Logan_,        }
  _Thomas Lawrence_,    }
  _Robert Strettell_,   } Esqrs;
  _Clement Plumsted_,   }
  _Abraham Taylor_,     }
  Mr. _Richard Peters_.
  _C A N A S S A T E G O_, } And sundry Chiefs of the _Six Nations_.
  _S H I C K C A L A M Y_, }
  _S A S S O O N A N_, and the _Delawares_.
  _N U T T I M U S_, and the _Fork-Indians_.
  _C O N R A D  W E I S E R_, Interpreter.
  _Pisquetoman_,      }
  _Cornelius Spring_, } Interpreters to the _Fork-Indians_.
  _Nicholas Scull_,   }

_C A N A S S A T E G O_ said:

    '_B R E T H R E N, the Governor and Council_,

Papers Relating to an Act of the Assembly of the Province of New-York: For encouragement of the Indian trade, &c. and for prohibiting the selling of Indian goods to the French, viz. of Canada

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