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Northern Indians Proposition of the northern Indians and an answer [in Dutch and English]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01939 Author/Creator: Northern Indians Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1685/07/01 Pagination: 3p. : docket : Height: 31.2 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

The proposal was written in Dutch and the answer was written in English. In the response, the Indians are welcomed to settle in Skachkook, where the English will protect them from the French.English translation GLC03107.01939

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