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me to say something respecting it. I spoke to them in<br /> | me to say something respecting it. I spoke to them in<br /> | ||
words nearly as follows.<br /> | words nearly as follows.<br /> | ||
| + | It is about two years ago<br /> | ||
| + | since I first became acquainted with the New<br /> | ||
| + | Confederacy of Iroquois, although it seems that at<br /> | ||
| + | that time they were not permanently [estattista] as such.<br /> | ||
| + | But they had [assumed] that name & were pushing forward<br /> | ||
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who is a member. He says that he never has attended
any of their meetings, but at the same time he has a
comprehensive view of the object of the Society. I under-
stand also that my cousin ([E. S. Parker]) is a member.
I would therefore propose that he give us somewhat
of an idea of the Society & its objects before we
proceed any further. This I think will be right, for before
we [trust] too fully to them, we should know some of the causes
of their writing to [them].
The [Chief] having concluded that
they would like to know something about the Society, called upon
me to say something respecting it. I spoke to them in
words nearly as follows.
It is about two years ago
since I first became acquainted with the New
Confederacy of Iroquois, although it seems that at
that time they were not permanently [estattista] as such.
But they had [assumed] that name & were pushing forward
