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The spot applied for is an old resort of those people and their ancestors, and so far as I can discover the land has never been granted. The situation is favorable for their support, and as the petitioners and others associated with them have begun to direct their attention to agriculture I beg leave to suggest the propriety of reserving 500, or 1000 acres of land for the use of the Indians at the place described in their petition, and of making a survey of the tract with as little delay as possible.

The Indians occupy and cultivate
a small tract at the Ponhook in the County
of Liverpool. Their only tittle [title] appears to be [long]
[?possession]. Encroachments are made upon this
land and serious difficulties have arisen
between the natives and the whites.

The [Luxie] family have long occupied
a small tract on the Shelburne River at the head
of Long Island, and by their labor it has been
rendered capable of yeilding [yielding] a rent; but the
encroachment made by the neighbouring
settlers threaten to deprive them of the last
acre of their inheritance, and no remedy
can