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Letter from Four Indian Chiefs

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LETTER FROM THE FOUR INDIAN CHIEFS TO ANDREW GILMAN.

FALMOUTH, July 4, 1775.

SIR: We have been here five days, and did expect to go home with the supplies for our tribe in a sloop. But as we are told Captain John Lane must return to Watertown before our supply can be sent, we have agreed to go home in our canoes, though we should rather go in said sloop We beg leave to let you know it is our desire that Captain Lane may be appointed truckmaster, with full power to redress, any insults we may receive from the white people when we come in to trade. You may depend on our friendship, and assistance, if required.

We are your humble servants,

OLENAH, JOSEPH,
MESSHALL, POOLER.

Ander Gilman, Interpreter.

Details

Title

Letter from four Indian Chiefs, at Falmouth, to Ephraim Gilman

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1775-07-09

Recipient

Gilman, Andrew

Presentation Location

Watertown, Massachusetts, North America

Before Whom

Massachusetts, Provincial Congress

Subject

Economy: trade and commerce
Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies
Social reality: Indian-white relations

Document ID

S4-V2-P01-sp41-D0359

Series

S4

Volume

S4-V2

Part

S4-V2-P01

Sub-Part

S4-V2-P01-sp41

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No Copyright - Public Domain

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