Note 39 — I Conrad Weiser’s Journal of a Tour to the Ohio August 11-October 2, 1748
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The Virginians were called by the Indians “Long Knives,” or more literally “Big Knives.” Ash-a-le-co-a is the Indian form of this word, which Weiser spells phonetically. He means that the present was sent by both Pennsylvania and Virginia.—Ed.