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Waowawanaonk Speech of Wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk, an Indian Chief.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09540 Author/Creator: Waowawanaonk Place Written: s.l. Type: Pamphlet Date: 29 January 1848 Pagination: 1 pamphlet ; 19 x 11.9 cm. Order a Copy

One printed speech of Wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk also known as Peter Wilson to a committee at the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends on Indian Concerns, delieved on January 29, 1848. His speech expresses his concerns regarding the Treaty of 1838 and the efforts that the Society of Friends went through to prove the treaty fradulent. He calls for end to censure of Senecans and the progress they have made.

Waowawanaonk (Peter Wilson), ?-1871

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