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tribe who were sailing downriver discovered Van Campen's group and set out to pursue them. When the
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Sinnemahoning Creek, Van Campen and the others discovered a group if Indians, but there were far fewer than the claimed 300. When the group of Indians slept, Van Campen and the
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