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Collection Reference Number GLC03107.01932
From Archive Folder The Livingston Family Papers [011] 1685 
Title Instructions for Arnought the Interpreter (to be by him followed) to the Senecas, Maqques, Onnondages, Oneydes & Cayouges
Date 1685
Author Howard of Effingham, Francis Howard, Baron (1643-1695)  
Document Type Government document
Content Description Effingham instructs the interpreter to inform the Indians that he is aware of the destruction they recently caused in Virginia, where they killed a number of cattle and a few Englishmen. He goes on to say that he is willing to forgive the matter, provided the Indians call their men back from Virginia and Maryland and promise to never travel through there again.
Subjects American Indian History  Mohawk Indian  Wartime Pillaging and Destruction  Death  Travel  Military History  Global History and Civics  Diplomacy  Treaty  Peace  
People Howard of Effingham, Francis Howard, Baron (1643-1695)  Arnought (fl. 1685)  
Theme Native Americans
Sub-collection The Livingston Family Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859