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Indians say from the name of the town, near the
salt springs at the Onondago Country, he had travel-d [?]
says from the Town when he came on the western branch 8
& 5 Days down the branch had little v assistance except
[?] [?] & a fish he found dead. he says there is many
prisoners among them & that he could discover [illegible]
the nation amog the Indians to bring them in, as
they had kil'd one for ateempt ing & another for only
he would go again to the white people. he is now
gone down to the Inhabitant in his way to Virginia,
the poor boy [seter] discovers [illegible] nation [?]
this he [?] him very high [?] if they had no others
nor in their power to [destress] other less might be said
about him, but ist appears to me this is their tryal for
the