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147, Vol.VI., March 15, 1781.
31.

As one instance among many see Haldimand MSS., letter of Lt.

Col.
Hamilton, August 17, 1778, where Girty reported, on behalf of the Delawares, the tribe least treacherous to the Americans, that even these Indians were only going in to Fort Pitt and keeping up friendly relations with its garrison so as to deceive the whites, and that as soon as their corn was ripe they would move off to the hostile tribes.
32.

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