[E.B. O'Callaghan (1849)] At a meeting of the Sachims of the Five Nations at Albany Octob. 2d 1696. Present His Excell. Coll. Benjamin Fletcher, &c. Coll. Nich. Bayard } William Pinhorne Esq. > of the Council Major Peter Schuyler, ) Matth : Clarkson Esq. Secy. The May Recorder & Aldermen of Albany &c Dackashhata a Sachem of the Sennekes was Speaker Brother Cayenquiragoe We come to condole the losse you daily receive having daily alarms of skulking partyes of the enemy doing mischiefe. Then laid down a Belt of Wampum. Brother Cayenquiragoe I am come with the whole House to consider what tends to the comon good of the whole House Brother Cayenquiragoe We come here to quicken the fire, and renew the Covenant chain. Brother Cayenquiragoe We come to renew the Covenant chain with all the brethren of New England, Connecticutt, New Yorke, the Jerseys, Pensilvania, Maryland and Virginia that they may partake of the warmth of the fire.