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At a meeting of the Sachims of the Five Nations at Albany Octob. 2 J 1696.
Present His Excell. Coll. Benjamin Fletcher, &c.
Coll. Nich. BayardWilliam Pinhorne Esq.
Major Peter Schuyler,
Matth: Clarkson Esq. Secy.
The May r Recorder & Aldermen of Albany &cDackashhata a Sachem of the Sennekes was Speaker
Brother Cayenquiragoe
We come to condole the losse you daily receive having daily alarms of skulking partyes of theenemy doing mischiefe. Then laid down a Belt of Wampum .
Brother Cayenquiragoe
I am come with the whole House to consider what tends to the comon good of the wholeHouse
Brother Cayenquiragoe
We come here to quicken the fire, and renew' the Covenant chain.
Brother Cayenquiragoe
We come to renew the Covenant chain with all the brethren of New England , Connecticutt,New Yorke, the Jerseys, Pensilvania, Maryland and Virginia that they may partake of the warmth ofthe fire.
Brother Cayenquiragoe
We recommend to all that are in the Covenant Chain to be vigorous and keep it up.
Brother Cayenquiragoe
When all is said I drincke to all yo* healths & then I deliver you the cupp.
Brother Cayenquiragoe.
There has been a cloud and we come to remove it, as the Sun in the morning removes the dark-nesse of the night.
Brother Cayenquiragoe.
The tree of safety and welfare planted here we confirme it.
Brother Cayenquiragoe. i
As the tree is planted here and confirmed, so we make fast all the roots and branches of it, all the. brethren of the Five Nations and the brethren of Virginia, Maryland, Pensilvania , the Jerseys, NewYorke, Connecticutt & New England .
Brother Cayenquiragoe.
We wish we may rest in quietness under that tree. We fill it with new leaves, and wish allthat are in the Covenant chain may have the benefite to sitt down quiett under its shaddow.
Brother Cayenquiragoe
I no hereby renew the covenant chain with all that have put their hands in it Virginia, Mary-land, Pensilvania the Jerseys, New Yorke Connecticutt & New England
Brother Cayenquiragoe.
We renew the covenant chain in behalfe of the whole House, the Mohaques, Oneydes, Onon-dages Cayouges & Sinnekes
Brother Cayenquiragoe.
We have lately had the losse of two Castles by the enemy, we have concluded to do our best toassist them and we desire Cayenquiragoe will doe the same.
Brother Cayenquiragoe . #
We wish the Cannoes may go to and again in safety that the Great King may know what we
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