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The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I — Passage 26 (part 2)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (1849)] le Moine should come here to fetch those Chiefs and Warriors who will most will-ingly meet you under the safe conduct which you will give them through M. le Moine (who can come here in all surety and without any fear) to be conducted to your rendezvous near Seneca or to the Fort, in order to settle matters in a friendly manner. The Iroquois say they will not commit any act of hostility against you, unless you commence either by attacking the Senecas or by refusing all satisfaction, for they remark, it is painful to come to blows with their Father. They all say that their mode of warfare will be disastrous to you, but