The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada
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The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada is by Cadwallader Colden. The title describes the nations as dependent on the Province of New-York in America. A note on the map says the Tuscaroras are now reckon'd a sixth Nation and live between the Onondagues & Oneidas. The contents list names chapters such as Colonel Dongan's Advice to the Indians and The French surprize Schenectady, among others.
The text says Colonel John Pynchon, Major John Savage, and Captain Jonathan Bull, agents for the colonies of Massachuset's Bay, New-Plymouth and Connecticut, arrived at Albany to renew the Friendship with the Five Nations. The substance of a commission to the Senekas, sent with nineteen belts, is given as: "The French have for many Years confounded our Resolutions, and deceived us."
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- Cadwallader Colden
- Pages
- 136
- Language
- English
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- American History
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