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A Journal of the Proceedings of Conrad Weiser
Conrad Weiser
其他書名
On His Journey to Ohio with a Message & Present from the Government of Pensilvania to the Indians There
出版1748
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=wQnjPgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Conrad Weiser's journal of his trip over the Alleghanies, Aug. 11 - Oct. 2, 1748, to negotiate with the Indians of the Ohio country, together with an 1830 copy transcribed by Weiser's descendent, Hiester H. Muhlenberg. Journal contains a brief record of Weiser's travel along the Alleghany or Kittaning Trail, and a full record of the meetings at Logstown with representatives of the Iroquois, Shawnee, Wyandot, Mohican, Delaware, and Huron tribes. Included are summaries of Weiser's speeches regarding a British-Indian alliance, British-French hostilities, Seneca Carolina captives, liquor consumption, Pennsylvania traders, etc. Also responses by Seneca, Wyandot, and Delaware chiefs; a census of warriors by tribe; and a record of the division of presents. Five typed letters, three watercolors, a 1752 ms. document witnessed by Weiser, and a newspaper clipping accompany the journals.