RIGIN' OF THU



promised, if they would return and live in our codU
to lve each of them, a seat of land for them and
chi dren to sit down upon. They have returned
have, for several years past, been serviceable as
preters. We still feel our hearts beat with affectio
them, and now wish to fulfill the promise we
them, and reward them for their services. We
therefore, made up our minds to give them a seat o
square miles of land, lying on the outlets of Lake
about three miles below Black Rock1 beginning



ihtl9f
th eir
, and
inter-
n for
made
have
f two
Erie,
at the



mouth of a creek known by the name of Scyguoydes
creek, running one mile from the Niagara River up said
creek, thence northerly as the river runs, two miles, to
the place of beginning, so as to contain two square miles.
We have now made known to you our minds. We ex.
pect and earnestly request that you will permit our
friends to receive this our gift, and will make the same
good to them, according to the laws and customs of your
nation. Why shotuld you hesitate to make- our minds
easy with regard to this our request. To you it is but
a little thing; and have you not complied with the re-
quest and confirmed the gifts of our brothers the
Oneidas, the Onondagas, and Cayugas to their inter-
preters ? and -shall we ask and not be heard ? We> send
you this our speech, to which we expect your answer
before the breaking up of our -Great Council fire."



SPEECH OF



CORNPLANT.



  The Speech of Cornplant, to President Washington, at
Philadelphia, in the year 1790

  "Father; the voice of the Seneca nations speaks to
you; the great counsellor, in whose heart the vise men
of all the thirteen fires (13 U. S.) have placed their
wisdom. It may be very small in your ears, and we,



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