Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II
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Proofs from SECONDLY -- He will adclucc some Facts publick, and
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bL^'n 'suu»fi°d upo'^ record, in Support of the above Assertion. rfpLns°iv^tia At the Treaty of Lancaster, in the year 1744, the Si.K Nations complained to Governor Thomas that the Connoye Indians had not been sattisfied for their Lands. The Governor promised redress. In the year 1749. the Six Nations renewed the afforesaid Complaint, to Governor Hamilton.
(N B... It doth not appear, upon Record, "That the Connoye Indians, are to this day Sattisfied )
In the year 1750. Connageriwa, a Sachem of the Six Nations, livinf^ on the Ohio, came at the head of a Deputation, from thence to IVP. Croghan s House, and told M"^, Peters, he was sent down from Ohio' to enquire about the Purchase, they had heard the Governor had made, on the East side of Susquahannah, the year before from the Onandago Council, and said, they were entitled to part of the Goods, paid for those Lands, as well as the Onandago Council, but ihey had received no Part -- That they were come down, to desire the Governor, to Purchase no more Lands without givmg them notice, and desired the Governor might send that Belt of Wampum to the Onandago Council, and let them know what the Ohio Indians*had said on the Head. Gave a large Belt.
The Indians, of the Six Nations, who were settled on the Ohio, were so Dissatisfied, with the Albany Purchase, made by the Proprietary Agents, and saw such bad Consequences arising from it, that they left the Ohio, and returned to their own Country.