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Elder Women of the Seneca, 1791
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Brother: The Great Spirit has spared us until a new day to talk together, for since you came here from General Washington, you, and our uncles the sachems, have been counseling together.
Moreover, your sisters, the women, have taken the same into great consideration, because that you and our sachems have said so much about it. Now, that is the reason why we have come to say something to you, and to tell you that the Great Spirit has preserved you, and that you ought to hear and listen to what we women, shall speak, as well as to the sachems, for we are the owners of this land — and it is our's.
It is we that plant it for our and their use. Hear us, therefore, for we speak of things that concern us and our children, and you must not think hard of us while our men shall say more to you for we have told them.
Moreover, your sisters, the women, have taken the same into great consideration, because that you and our sachems have said so much about it. Now, that is the reason why we have come to say something to you, and to tell you that the Great Spirit has preserved you, and that you ought to hear and listen to what we women, shall speak, as well as to the sachems, for we are the owners of this land — and it is our's.
It is we that plant it for our and their use. Hear us, therefore, for we speak of things that concern us and our children, and you must not think hard of us while our men shall say more to you for we have told them.
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