the medical department, in the army of the United
States; certificates issued out of any Continental
Loan-Office in the United States, to persons who
were citizens of this State at the time they were
issued, for monies lent by them to the United States

All persons who have any claim by mortgage
pre-emption or otherwise, on any of the lands
tenements or hereditaments, included in this adver
tisement, are hereby required and notified to exhi
bit the same before the day of sale, to the subscriber

ALEXANDER WEBSTER.

Commissioner of Forfeitures for the
Eastern District.

Hebron, January 1, 1787.

263 1

NOTICE.

THE subscriber, administrator de bonis non ob
the goods, chattels, and credits of Joseph
Mico, some time deceased, and formerly of the cit
of London, merchant, requests the respectiv
debtors to the estate of the said Joseph Mico, to
make settlement with the subscriber with all expe
dition, in order to prevent the commencement of
legal prosecutions against them.

W. COCK, Attorney at Law,
No. 63, Wall-street, N. York

January 17, 1787.

63

A short Account of the Mohawk Indians in New-Netherlands, (New-York) their land, flatue, cloathing, behaviour and magistrates, wrote in the year 1644, by Johannis Megapolensis, Juminorem, Minister, residing at Albany, or (Fort Orange.)

[Translated from the Dutch, by Columbus.]

(Concluded from our last)

THESE Indians are strangers to the worship of God, but have a Tharonhiouagon, which they also call Alhsockkuatariaho, that is a Genius which they keep as a God, but do not offer or pay worship to him. They worship and offer to the devil, which they call Otfskon or Aereskon; & when ever they meet with bad luck in war, they then kill a bear, which they cut to pieces and roast, and offer it to their Aereskuoni, saying after their manner the following words: "O great and strong Aereskuoni, we acknowledge that we have offended against thee, because we have not killed and eat our prisoners; forgive us, we promise that we will kill and eat up all thole prisoners we take for the future, as certainly as we have killed this bear and eat it up:" when it also is very hot weather, and when there comes a cooling wind, they cry out Otfskon Aavororihfereinnuba, that is, I thank thee, I thank thee devil, I thank thee Omke; as also when they are sick, or have any pain or fore on their bodies, ask what ails them, they answer that the devil is got in their body or the fore places and

Secretary of the company what it meant, who an-
tWERed he did not know, but judged that they al-
tered their language every two or three years; I
told him it could not be possible that a whole nation
could thus alter their tongue, and although he had
been here 20 years, he could give me no satisfac-
tion.

The natives are of the statue of the Hollanders,
some very likely and comely of aspect and body,
have black eyes and yellow skin, and in the fum-
her they go naked, only covering their private
parts with a rag; the children, until they are 14
years old, go naked, but in the winter they hang
about their body an undrest skin of a deer, a lion
or a bear, or they take several skins of otters, beaver,
wild cats, raccoons, martins, fisHERs, minks, squir-
rels or the like, as are found here, and few them
together to make a square robe for a covering, or
they buy of us 2 ½ ells of duffils, throw it round
their shoulders and walk off, viewing themselves
and fancying that they are then very fine; they
make themselves stockings of deer skins, as also
shoes, or take the leaves of corn stocks, work
them in one another, and thus make shoes;
both men and women go with their heads uncover-
ed, the women let their hair grow very long, then
tie it together and let it hang on their backs; the
men have some of them on one side some on the
other, a long lock of hair hanging; a crofs their
heads they have a range of hair from their foreheads
to their necks, about three fingers wide, which
they cut two or three fingers long, and which then
flands right up and referables the comb of a cock
or hogs bristles; on each side of this comb, they
keep the hair short, except the locks before men-
tioned; sometimes they leave small locks like a
brush aside the comb, and then they are finely fixt;
they paint their faces red, blue, &c. and then they
look like the devil himself, their head they greale
with bears fat, which every one for that purpose
carries about him in a calabash, and say it is to
make their hair grow the better, and that no lice
may breed; when they travel they take with them
some of their corn, a little wooden bowl and ladle,
which they pack up and hang on their backs, and
whenever hungry, they make a fire and cook,
the fire they kindle very soon, by rubbing two
pieces of wood on one another. They live ge-
nerally without marrying, not in the least civilized;
for although there are some who have wives, they
continue together only as long as either pleales, and
then leave one another, and each takes another
mate. I have seen when they have left each other,
and after living along time with others, leave them
and come together again; although they have
wives they do not leave w----g, and think they
have done a fine deed if they can lay with another
man's wife; the women are also very fond of
w----g, and will expel themselves for one, two
or three fillings; our Dutch people run much a-
mong it them.

[To be continued in our next.]

NOTICE.

THE subscriber, administrator de bonis non et the goods, chattels, and credits of Joseph

York P

O DISCRIMINE AGETUR.

EBRUARY 2, 1787.

PRICE - CURRENCY

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## To be S O L D,

A HOUSE, with about four Lots of Ground, conveniently situated near the Church at Tappan; this place is the best stand for a merchant, tanner, blacksmith, or wheelwright, in Orange town, or Tappan. Part of said ground is converted into a garden; there is a good well on it, and a brook running by it, against which it is defended by a stone wall.—One third of the purchase money must be paid at the time of sale, and a reasonable time will be given for the payment of the remainder; or if more convenient, a small house in or near this city will be taken in exchange, Doctor Outwater, near the premises, will show the fame to any person.

For terms apply to Augustus Stewart, No. 7, Dutch-street, New-York, who will give an indisputable title for the fame.

WHEREAS I, SAMUEL SAYRE, of the county of Richmond and State of New-York, innholder, stand indebted unto WILLIAM NEWTON, late of the city of New-York and State of New-York, gentleman, in and by a certain bond and mortgage, bearing date prior to the first day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand

BEFORE the late American war, I was polfered
of a curious Dutch history of this country, from its
first discovery and settlement by that nation. If
my memory is good, one part of the book, respect-
ing the native Indians, contained the following re-
markable transaction, which may be useful to apply
at this present time.

“THE Manhatans, who refided on the island
of New-York, were a very powerful and warlike
people: By their bravery the neighbouring tribes of
Indians had either became tributary, or confederat-
ed with them. On the Jerfey shore, at Gonomepe
and Bergen, refided the Sanhekans, a very civil and
peaceable people; they had purchased an alliance
with the Manhatans and their other allies, by paying
them a yearly tribute of fur and oyfters. After the
Dutch had obtained permission to build a fort and
effablisht a factory on the island Manhatans (or New-
York) this tribute did not satisfy the Manhatans
and others, becaufe they had but few oyfters to spare
the Dutch, and not furs enough to purchase goods
at the factory, or pay their old debts.

“They therefore ſent a demand to the Sanhe-
kaſs, that the tribute might be doubled, or that they
might have leave to fetch as many oyſters as they
wanted, from the banks near the Jerſey ſhore, and
hunt in the woods ſ freely, and ſet as many fox and
muſk-rat traps”; they chofe on the Jerſey ſhore.
This was hard lises to the Sanhekans, who im-
mediately ſent one of their Head-warriors (I forget
his name) to remonstrate againſt this unreasonable
demand; —which he did in the following remarkable
ſpeech.

Head-men, Warriors, and Brothers of the Manha-
tans, Tucſcororors, Sengerorors, Pachami, Tap-
pans, Waranocks, Mahelanders, and others.

(A GROAN.)

“MY eyes drop tears—my heart ſwells with
forrow—and my knees tremble, while I now at-
tempt to return an anſwer to the demand you have
made of our nation the Sankehans; becauſe I ſee
if we do not grant your reſquest you may ſeek a pre-
text of violating that peace that has ſubſifted be-
tween you and us and the other our confederates,
ſince we firſt entered into an alliance with you, and
delegated to you and them the power of lighting
the Council fire; declaring war and making peace,
befides the right of fixing the quotas of men and
women.

## (A PAUSE.)

Alliance with you, we bound ourſalves to pay you a yearly tribute from the produce of our ſhore and land: You accepted of the offer at firſt, and ratified the agreement by a belt of wampum, ſwearing that you would never violate it. Did all the other confederates behave as we did ? No. And now I muſt reſequt you to anſwer me my brothers, whether every reſquition you have made to us, has not been faithfully complied with ? Have not our Head-men attended your Council fire ? Has not our enemies been our enemies ? Have we not ſurnished you with our full proportion of young men for the war, when required, and the means of ſupporting them ? Have we not faithfully paid you the tribute firſt eſtabliſhed; and with which you have always been content until this ſtrange nation, the Chariſoni (the Dutch or workers in cloth) came to dwell with you.

A Belt of Wampum, and ſtamp of the Foot.

Brothers, I grow warm—I will ſpeak bold ly: I
fear you have foolishly become fond of their cloth,
their trinkets, their beeds, and their ſtrong drink;
for thofe you have laid aside the warm bear and
beaver ſkin, the wampum, the eagle quill, and found-
tain water, uſed by your anſeſtors. You have con-
traſſed a debt by theſe means, and by hiring the
Aſſioni to affift you in the wars; and now you ſee
no way of satisfying them but by raiſing the tribute,
we and the other confederates have agreed to pay
you. If we agree to your firſt reſequt, how long
you will be, if you do not ? If we ſhould fee you go on in

to conquer and extirpate tribes who

feags will, when vacant take possession of

where will you find people to fettle on those lands.
You might rather fend the Calmout of peace amongstst
them, and get them to furnish you with furs and

other articles: If you march into their country you
cannot remain their long; they fly from you unless
you lurprife them, and when you are gone they re-
turn again, as mad as a wolf that has been robbed of
her whelps, and become more mischievous and fu-
rious than ever. Let us know how the general tri-
butes are diſpofed of; don't you share too much of
them among yourfelsves?

(A PAUSE)

Each Head-man took a whiff of the Calmout of
peace offered by the Speaker, but fome did it re-
luctantly. The Speaker after muttering a prayer
or addreſs began:

Brothers, I ſhall now anſwer your ſecond demand.
What would be the conſequence ſhould we comply
with it. If we agree that you ſhall fetch oſtenders on
our banks, might not a diſpute airſe between your
people and ours, ſo as to endanger the general
peace! Would you ſuffer us to tell you, brother,
you have enough, you muſt let the banks recruit,
or we will neither of us have any oſtenders. If we
ſhould inſiſt upon counting the number you have ta-
ken, and a fight ſhould commence between us, do
not we know from experience that the oſtenders will
all die. You ſay the Tucſororors, Singerorors and
Tappans, have agreed to your demand on them;
are their clams and ſmall oſtenders to be compared to
our fine oſtenders! Have you added to your requeſt
free-hunting, fowling, and catching foxes, racoons,
and muſk-rats. You anſwer yes, the two firſt are
poſſeſed of ſo ſmall a tract of country that you will
be able to obtain but few furs from them: The
Tappans have no oſtenders, their ſhore abunds not
with muſk-rats, few deer are in their woods; what
would be the conſequence ſhould we agree freely to
let you hunt on our lands, and let as many traps as
you pleafe. I will foreſt it by what I ſaw lately.
Some muſk-rats had their holes along the banks of
a pleafant river, and lived happily; a parcel of bea-
vers came there, and judging the river would ſuit
their conveniency, diſtured leave of the muſk-rats, to
dam it acroſs and fix their ſidude there, promiſing
to protect them from their enemies.

The muſk-rats foolishly agreed to their propofals;
the beavers fell to it with their teeth, cut down the
trees amidſe the river, drove away the fifth, the ſup-
port of the muſk-rats, and at laſt by their dam,
raſed the water ſo high as to endanger drowning and
flaying the muſk-rats, who were ſoon obliged to
quit their place of abode to the beavers. If we let
your young men hunt freely on our lands, we ſhall
foon be deprived of the fleth and ſkins of the deer
and bear; but should we allow you to place as
many traps as you pleafe along our shores, you
would ſoon prevent us from getting any thing our-
felsves. If we once let you get footing on our lands,
and do as you pleafe, you will ſoon poſſeſ the whole
income. Brothers, you know when a ſnake has
got its head in a hole, it is no hard matter for it to
get its body in. You ſay you will take no more af-
ter you have paid your old debts, I anſwer we all
know ſtrong drink is ſo inticing, that when we
have once taſted of it, and our hearts are made
light, if a keg of it ſtood by the ſide of us, we
would not leave it till it was empty—therefore we
cannot agree to your laſt propofals, but muſt abide
by the firſt.—We will go further—ſight a General
Council fire of all the old and wife men of the dif-
ferent nations; and let us confut what will be for
the general good—our wife men ſhall attend. I
have done; accept this flying of wampum.