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An Abridgment
of the Indian Affairs
(July 17, 1716)
Wraxall, Peter in: Harvard Historical
Studies, vol. XXI, pp. 113-114.
. . .17 July the Six Traders who went from Albany to Irondequat the 30 April last in order to open there a Trade with a foreign Indians return & inform the Commissrs that as they passed thro the 5 Nations they gave each Seven hands of Wampum to secure a free Passage for the sd farr Indians who might be inclined to pass thro their Settlements to Albany & that the 5 Nations consented thereto.- That at Irondequat they found a Trading house with 5 French Traders & a Smith- That the Sennecas seemed strongly inclined to have a Smith from this Govt.
That the Next day after their arrival at Irondequat some of the farr Indians arrived to whom they gave some Presents & acquainted them that the 5 Nations consented to give them a free Passage to Albany thro their Settlements. Upon wch they sent a Calumet or Pipe to be smoked thro the 5 Nations wch is among the Indians an inviolable Token of Peace & Friendship, They also mentioned Six other Nations who were inclined to carry on a Trade with this Govt.
These Traders proposed to the Sennekas whither they might Trade at Irondequat & if they would build a Trading House for such as would come from Albany there, this the Sennekas approved of & said if a Trade was carried on at Irondequat they would build a House & desired the Traders to acquaint (P. 106) the Govr with this matter, that in the meanwhile they would consult among themselves & send down their Chief Sachem with their Resolutions. . . .
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