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The Plain Dealer, Numb. I - 6

so you turned them out, and have put a great majority of Quakers in the Assembly again. (a) However tho’, with much trouble his Majesty obtained supplies; yet, like good engineers, you found a way to counter-plot him. It may not indeed become us who are slaves, to say this; but we may tell you, that his Majesty’s General, (b) his Governor, (c) and his Agent for Indian affairs, (d) have said that you invaded the King’s prerogative royal, and presume to treat with foreign princes, with whom we are at war; and act as moderators between the government and an independent people. From this conduct have flow’d those streams of innocent blood with which our frontiers have been drench’d for many years. Soon as war was proclaim’d with the Indians, (e) you opened a correspondence with them, you created a King among them, (f) and him you supported for several years as your Deputy-Enemy to the Proprietor, and the poor inhabitants of our frontiers. You taught him to accuse the Proprietor. (g) The Indians also say, and we have much reason to believe it, that you persuaded them to kill the frontier inhabitants. (h) It is certain, however, that you falsly(i) persuaded

(a) Viz. 22 out of 36.        
(b) Lord L---N.         
(c) Gr. D---y.       
(d) Sir William J-----n.        
(e) By Gr. M-----s      
(f) Tedyuscung; the Six Nations said he was no King, till the white people made him one. See the first treaty at Easton.
(g) Tedyuscung confes’d this afterwards.------
(h) See Conrad Waiser’s diary.------
(i) This appear’d upon examining into the matter.
See Sir Wm. J-------n’s report.

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