Source: The Southern Frontier (ID86)
Author: Crane, Verner (ID35)
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1730-09-09 - 1730-09-09
Cherokee embassy agreed to trade proposal in England
Quoted by Crane:
"On Monday, Sepr. 7.1730. Articles of Friendship and Commerce were accordingly propos'd to them [Cherokee Embassy] by ye Lds. Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, wch. Were agreed on Two Days after, viz. on ye 9th at Whitehall, and sign'd on ye Part of their Lordships by Alured Popple Esqr. Upon wch. KETAGUSTAH after a Short Speech, in Complement to his Majesty, Concluded by laying down his Feathers upon ye Table & said; This is our Way of Talking, wch. Is ye same Thing to us, as yr Letters in ye Book are to you; and to you, BELOVED MEN, we deliver these Feathers in Confirmation of all that we have said.-NB. The marks in their faces & bodys are tokens of Victory."
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