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Collection Reference Number GLC03107.02115
From Archive Folder The Livingston Family Papers [042] May-December 1714 
Title Answer to the propositions of Governor Hunter
Date 25 September 1714
Author Sachems of the Five Nations  
Document Type Military document
Content Description The Five Nations express their solidarity with the English, and their determination to maintain peace with them. They agree to try to make peace with the "flatheads" of Carolina, and to stop their young men from killing and stealing English cattle and crops. The Five Nations also agree to give free passage to and trade with the "Far Nations" that may wander through their country. Docketed on verso.
Subjects American Indian History  Diplomacy  Peace  Government and Civics  Death  Diet and Nutrition  Commerce  Merchants and Trade  Wartime Pillaging and Destruction  Agriculture and Animal Husbandry  
Place written Albany, New York
Theme Native Americans; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Livingston Family Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859