George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition.

[456] The Virginians proposed to educate the children of the

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Iroquois at their public school. ‘Brother Assaragoa,’ they replied, ‘we must let you know we love our chil-

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dren too well to send them so great a way; and the Indians are not inclined to give their children learning. Your invitation is good, but our customs differ from yours.’And then, acknowledging the rich gifts from the three provinces, they continued, as if aware of their doom—‘We have provided a small present for you; but, alas! we are poor, and shall ever remain so, as long as there are so many Indian traders among us. Theirs and the white people's cattle eat up all the grass, and make deer scarce.’ And they presented three bundles of skins. At the close of the conference, the Indians gave, in their ordee, five yo-hahs; and the English agents, after a health to the king of England

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and the Six Nations, put an end to the assembly by three loud huzzas. Thus did Great Britain at once acquire and confirm its claims to the basin of the Ohio, and, at the same time, protect its northern frontier. Yet the sense of danger led the Pennsylvanians, for the first time, to a military organization, effected, by a voluntary system, under the influence of Franklin. ‘He was the sole author of two lotteries, that raised

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above six thousand pounds, to pay for the charge of batteries on the river;’ and he ‘found a way to put

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the country on raising above one hundred and twenty companies of militia, of which Philadelphia raised ten, of about a hundred men each.’ ‘The women were so zealous, that they furnished ten pairs of silk colors, wrought with various mottoes.’ Of the Quakers, many admitted the propriety of self-defence. ‘I principally esteem Benjamin Franklin,’ wrote Logan, ‘for saving the country by his contriving the militia. He ’