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NYM(G.776.002
1 Jan 1776:23 (1264)
Extract of a letter from General Schuyler, dated Albany,
December 14, 1775. "The Indians delivered us a speech on
the 12th, in which they related the substance of all the
conferences Colonel Johnson had with them the last summer,
concluding with that at Montreal, where he delivered to each
of the Canadian tribes a war belt and the hatchet, who
accepted it: After which they were invited to feast on a
Bostonian and drink his blood. An ox being roasted for the
purpose and a pipe of wine given to drink, the War Song was
sung.--One of the chiefs of the Six Nations, that attended
at the conference, accepted a very large black war belt with
a hatchet depictured in it; but would neither eat, nor
drink, nor sing the War Song. This famous belt they have
delivered up, and we have now a full proof that the
Ministerial servants have attempted to engage the savages
against us." Published by order of the Congress, Charles
Thomson, Secretary.
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