Oneida Sachem Answer to the proposition of William Kendall
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01895 Author/Creator: Oneida Sachem Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1679/10/31 Pagination: 3p. + docket 30.3 x 21 cm Order a Copy
In their answer, the Oneida Sachems admit that they destroyed the property of white settlers and took women and children captive. They explain that they were unjustly provoked, however, when white settlers shot some Oneidas for eating their corn, a privilege that Coll. Coursey granted them in a convenant made two years prior. The Sachems ask for a return to peace, and request that they be treated as friends in the future. Document signed by Robert Livingston Secr. as a true copy that he translated.
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