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[Page 2] Chiefs & Nations. The letter we have just Heard read tells us of the organization of a band Called Hodenosonnee. That band proposes to assist Us in our endeavors to rescue our lands from the Grasp of the Ogden Land Company. We have not craved Their assistance but they have offered is of their own will. They Have assumed that name under which our Nations have Existed for many years. We the Old Confederacy of Iroquois, are upon the point of dissolution & extinction. We exist now, only in name. Our power has been broken. In our stead is springing up a new Confederacy. Thye Are of a different color than we. But yet for one I cannot do otherwise than to wish them success in their Undertaking. And also I cannot believe, although we have many Times been deceived by treacherous white men, that they will Deceive us, if we confide in them & accept the assistance They offer. I also am in favor of writing to them & giving Them encouragement to prosecute the plan they have laid Out James Johnson having assumed his seat, Jesse Spring [-] & [-] as follows Ha sque sa oh. Chiefs & warriors, give Strict attention to the worlds I may speak to day. You May not assume that what I shall say is the [-] Conviction of the heart. There are many men of good Minds , who clothed in the mantle of sincerity, will utter What they do not themselves believe for the sake of popularity But I will not deceive you in what I say. I have take Into close [-] the contents of the letter. I see no Objection why we should not accept the proffered aid & why the new Band of Hodenosonnee should not good In their [-] work. I for one say let them go on With the work they have communicated. But why a member of White people banded together should style themselves Hodenoson[off page] May be a mystery to some. I have before heard of the existence of such a society. It was told me by La Fort

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67.205.165.153: Created page with "[Page 2]Chiefs & Nations. The letter we have justHeard read tells us of the organization of a band Called Hodenosonnee. That band proposes to assistUs in o..."

67.205.165.153: Created page with "[Page 2]
Chiefs & Nations. The letter we have just
Heard read tells us of the organization of a band
Called Hodenosonnee. That band proposes to assist
Us in o..."