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' _'H L a m D O N: ' ■Rc-printed and Sold by T, Sowle RAYtt6K and L u ic E H I N D E, at the Bible m' Geor^e*T^4% fambard'Street^ . [ Price Six-Pence. J -'iW I 10 m M4 Trmpw Hi: '''W^' ■ 4\ I?. i • J .•#* -^'- • •« ••«■>* >-^ . t V I " OK f It w**" - --.»^»i- «*^. • ;vl O n l»?^((if»--a . i*'^ -r v4 wm wm^ ill imt THE > PREFAGEi A Copy of the following Treaty, printed at Phila- ^yL delphia in 1743, having fallen into my Hands y upon perujaly I judged its Contents defervedto be more generally known, than probably would have been from the Jew Copies which might be jent over, io make it more injiru6iive and entertaining, I had once ^Thoughts of prefixing an Account of the Cuftoms and Manners oftheje People, 7«^^ an one as I could col- le6i either frohi the Printed Relations concerning ihem, orfromfuch Materials as my Correfpondencc or Ac- quaintance *would have afforded: But, the SLCcursLtc Defcription drawn up andpuhlijhed by the memorable William Penn, deterred me Jrom attempting a jhorl One ; and an ingenious Gentleman of New- J York will probably Jbon oblige the World with a large and curious Hiftory of the * Five Nations, exceeding any thing in my Power to perform. But, , "* The Hiftory of the Five Nations, from the earlieft Acquaintance of the Europeans with them, to the Treaty ot Refwicky by C, Golden, a Manufcript ready forthePrefs, in the Hands of a worthy Gentleman in London, The Fr6facb« Bufy that the Reader might have fom? Idea rf theji People, / thought it neceffary t^ fiJ^^tn the fet lkwin g fuaein^ Account of the Priwcipaly fyr/fefy Cpn fe Jewcy, their Tributaries, Dependents, and Allies : And the tnorefOy as it is neither: extant in Print, nor is this Fart taken Notice ofjbjully in the Manufcript Hiftory iilfove>-^ntioned. It was communicafed by a Qfntk^ man of good Underjianding and Probity ; oM iftho is *Dery well Jkilt din the Indian Affairs, f aJtiptedMto one of their Tribes, is of their Council, and their confiant Inicx^xttQv at /i&^ Philadelphia Treaties, Jo a Ffiend of his, whofent it to his Correfpondent hem 'They have generally been Jliled the Five Nations of Indians, bordering upon Penfilvania and New- York ;, but, fince the Arrival of the Tufcarora's ^tf«« Caro- lina, they are called the Six Nation?. An Acctmnt of whom is as follows, I. 'The Conymkos or Mohawks 5 the frf{ Pro- moter of the Confederacy. -^ He is fliled in the Council of all the Nations, Dicaiihoagan, i. e, Prefi- , dent (?r Eldeft, • (/. * ^' It is c'jftomary among them to make a Comple- •« nicnt of Naturalization into the Five Nations ; and « confidering how highly they value themfelves above all *' others, it muft be accounted no fmallone.— Ihad this ««^ Complement from one of their old Sachems, which he « did by giving me his own Name : He had been a nota- " ble Warriour -, and he told me, that now I had a " Righttoaffumetomyfclfall the Afts of Valocr he " had performed." C. Cold en's Hiftory of the Five Na- tions, M, S. t The Indian Idiom ; they always (lile a whole Nation in the fingular Number, ThK PRfirACB. )ftheje leracj', ind the is this [liftory GfftHe^ iffboh tedMio d their e^, Jo a them dons of ft Garo- Account if Pro^ in the e, Prefi- t. fhe Comple- 15 ; and bovc all lad this hich he a nota- [ had a lov:r he i^iye Na- le Nation . t. ^ Onayiuts or Oopydcrs, were the firfi that jdin^d in the Confederacy with the Mohawks, by fut^ ting themfehei under /;&«> Protcdion. He calh the Mohawk /b/j Father, and in Retnrn he is called a Son : Ihe Mohawk ujed him, for his Ambafiador to the other Nations : In Council he is Jliled Niharonta- quoa, or the great Tree.* 3. lie Qnontago's were the next that joined^ and ff their own Accord became Confederates j they are therefore called by the Mohawks, Brothers ; and by the Oftoyders, Fathers, becaufe they had not been forced into the Alliance as the Onoyders were: He is called in Council Sagochiaanagechteront, /. e, t^e Arms^ or Names-bearer. 4. Ihe Jenontowano's or Sinikers next joined in the Alliance of their own Confent -, they are fliled by the Mohawks and Onontago*s, Brothers, and by the O- noyders. Fathers : His fitle in Council is Onughka- arydaawy, whoje Signif cation is not known, and Dyi- onenhookaraw, /. e. Open Doors for Friends and Enemies. 5. %e Caiukquo-s, the laft of the Five-Nation Al- liance, being compelled thereto by the Reft, is Brother to the Onoyders, and Son to the others 5 is Jliled in C(?««f/7 Ganunawantoowano, or /^^ -f* great Pipe. 6. Tufcarora's joined in the Alliance about thirty Tears ago, being compelled thereto by the Englifh of Carolina : ,■-■. f f- A' ^ A Tree is their mod frequent Emblem of Peace, To plant a Tree whofe Top may reach to the Sun, and its Branches may extend , over the whole Country, is a Phrafe for a lading Covenant of Peace. t The ^reat Pipe, or Calumet of the Indians, rcfcmbles the Olive-Branch of Antiquity, always a Badge of Peace. ^ VI The Pk'iF AC*. Carolina: He is Brother to the Onoyders anJCz* ytikquo's, and Son fo the others ; has no TttU in Council, but is frequently called a Fool. ^ i' ^he Dependents and Tributaries of thefe 'Nations* Mohickons, who formerly lived on Hudfbn*s JR/- ver^ and in New-England ; they have been conquered by the Five Nations, their Breech-Cloth taken from thenty and a Petticoat put upon them. When they ap^ ply to their Conquerors^ they humbly call themfehes Women : ^e Five Nations call them by the fame Name when thy /peak feverely to *em : At other times they call them Coulins, and are in Return called Uncles. Delawarcs are in the fame Condition as the Mo- hickons, were dealt with in like manner 3 and are tributary in an * Indian Senje. Shavrancfe are Brethren to the Six Ntitions, but are not in the Confederacy : Their Comipg from the Spanifli Dominions is remembered by many now living. * *^ All the Nations round them have for many Years ** entirely fubmirted to them, Cche Ftve Nations) and *' pay a Yearly Tribute in JVampum : They dare neither •* make War nor Peace without the Confent of the Mo- " hawks. Two old Men commonly go about every " Year or two to receive this Tribute ; and I have »* had Opportunity to obferve what Anxiety the poor ♦' Indians were under, whilft the two old Men remained •« in that Part of the Country where I was. An old Mo* <» baivk Sachem, in a poor Blanket and a dirty Shirr, *' may be fcen iffuing his Orders with as abfolute Autho- ** rity as a Roman pi(Sator, or King of France*\ C Cold en's Hiftory. The Frsfacb. Vll > I but the jvcry have the Five Nations gave them Lands on the Wffi Branch ^Sufquehanna, and therefore claim a Superiority over themt for which the Shawanefe mortally hate them, ^egreateft Partof*em^ a few Tears ago^ went to fettle on the River Ohio, which is a Branch of the Mifliiippi, and heads with the Weft Branch ^Sufque- hanna. One I'ribe of them is quite gone down to New Spain 5 there are a few kjtftill at Wyoinink on the North Branch of Su^uehanna, and others have a large Town on an Ifland in the Weft Branchy about 50 Miles above the Forks. They are the moff rejilefs and mijchievous of all the Indians. Coneflogo Indians h(roe been all dejiroyed by the . Five Nations, except a few whom the Onoydert adop-- ted : When thefe had forgot their Language^ they were jent back to Coneflogo, where a few are now lefi^ and^eak the Onoyder's Language, Nantikooks are in Alliance with the Six Nations, end not Tributary ; acknowledging themjehes to be Shel- tered by their Wings : They live within the Borders of Maryland, a Few about Cont^ogOy and Jome have fettled this Spring at the Mouth of the River Skohoo* jiiaty or Jeniaty, which is a Creek that falls into the Sufquehanna from the Wejl beyond the Mountains. Tutolo's originally lived in Virginia, there are but Few of them-, they fttled this Spring at Shamokin, {on the Eaji Side of Sufquehanna, juft below the Forks^ and are Entirely devoted to the Six Nations. The ■ >iM'««w^ ■•ri*'S'*T^^-. ,jt .^^ -^^ .1^**:**. ■-- *i4i" ■■ ., tft'*!**'';^ ..*,^ me: yiii The pREFAciE. The fcvcral Nations of JndiifMs with whom tjlc Stx Nations or Iroquois art in Alljance; according to the Information given Conrad Weiser Efq; in open Council at Turpebawkin, at their Return .^-* from the Treaty at Philadelphia ^n Julj/ 1742. .' ti" 1. ji Nation ^Indians liiHng on the Wefi Side of the Lake Erie, and along the Streights of fluroh' s Lake, They are called by the Iroqudd, Uiiighk^llyi- akon ; conjijling of about Thirty t**9WS| each of about 200 Fighting Men.' ' ^^ " * ^^' *-; 2. The fecond Nation lives among the pfeceeding^ called '' — confijling of Four Towns 0/ their vmn Feople^ and 400 able Men in all. 3. The third Nation called by the Iroquois, Tfhi- iagcch * Roanu, lives on the Eafl Si4^ofth$i{\xrori\ Lake ; JeveraloJ the Council have beitrt thite^ an^. all agree they have Three large Towns £/" 6p9, 8pQ, and 1000 able Men* > . 4. Tie fourth, ftf//ft/ Twightwis Ro^ftu, Two ; largt Towns, and about 200 MeH in air, Jive af, the Heads of Huakiky River, near the littk^Lakes. . ; - 5. Ofkiakikas, living on a Branch of Oh\o, ihaf heads near the Lake Erie, Four large Tov/ni of about ^ 1000 fP^arriours, '-7 ^ ''\ 6. Oyachtawnuh Roanu, near Black-Rlvcr, fo«- ^ing of Four Towns, and 1000 Warripurs, 7. Keghetawkcgh Roanu, upon the great River Miflifippi, above the Mouth of Ohio : Three Towns > the Number of People uncertain, 8. Ker- • Roanu fignifics Nation or People^ in the Language of the Six Nafms* TkE PRBFACtr ix :hc Six ling to ^fq; in Return Side tf iurbri's each of xeedhigi tir own I, t(hi- Huron's an((^ all li, Two IfS. \o^ that of about rcr, con* « owns J I. Kcr- cuagc of B. Kcrhawguegh Roanu, feveral Savage 'Nations^ as their Normesjignifyy (the People of the Wildcrncfs) live on the North Side oj Huron* s Lake-, they neither plant Corn^ nor any thing elje^ hut live altogether upon Flejh, Fijh^ Roots and Herbs ; an infinite Number of People y of late become Allies to /^^ Iroquois. Thus far proceeds Conrad We isER*s Account- I'he Six Nation^, as *wai ohferved above^ border upon the Provinces of PenfilVania and New- York : ne Refiy which are mentioned as their Dependents and Allies, lie near the French Settlement s^ fome amidfty and fome beyond them, ^he Wifdom of the Chiefs in this Confederacy hath gained them no lejs Reputation than their Courage; which indeed has ftruck Terror into the remotefi Indian Nations of North America, and forced them to court the Friendjhip and PfoteSlion ofjitch a formidable Power, ^e Moderation and Equity oj the firft Proprietor of Penlilvania, gained the abfolute Confidence and Af JeBion of this brave People : iTjey were convinced of his Tendernefs for them, and in Return they have ere&ed him lafiing Monuments in their grateful Hearts : They revere this good Man's Memory, and his Praijes will only ceafe with the Nations themjches, ^e following Claujesfrom a CoUcSlion c/'Charters, &c, />r/«/^^ ^7/ Philadelphia 1740, ai'c^ amongfl many otherSy ftrong Proofs of the Proprictoi*^ equitable Regard to thefe People, iC " That no Man, fays he^ fhall by any ways or means, in Word or Deed, affront or wrong any *' Indian^ but he Ihall incur the fame Penalty of the B , " Law, .Th e Pref Aci." TP * apesy try every Spring 5 thejf magnify the Power and Grandeur of France 5 they fiudyjo render the English diminutive and contempti- Mey they fomnt every little Occafion of Dilguft, and leave no Stone unturned to prejudice us in their Efleem, Hitherto the. Honour of the Six Nations, and the en^per^imcied good Intentions and Probity of the Eng- lish, hilf^e been a fufficient Barrier againjl all their Intrigues : But it cannot be imprudent to countermine the intended Mijcbief, by giving fui table Encourage- ment to proper Perfons^ to convcrje with the Indians, and ftudy their Genius. An open-hearted Generofity wins them effe6lually : ^e Temper of the English is happily fuited to this ; and the additional Salifications of Integrity and Prudence mufl in Time pave the Way to an Afcendency in their Councils^ and by this Means the Subtilty of /Z'^ French would he utterly defeated. One fees^ in the followi7ig JJjort Sketch of the Beha^ viour of the Indians, ftrong T'races of good Senfe, a nice Addrefs in the Condudl of their Affairs, a noble Simplicity, and that manly Fortitude which is the conftant Companion 0/ Integrity. The Friendpoip of a Nation like this^ thd under the Appellation of Savages or Barbarians, is an Honour to the mojl civilized Peo- ple ; 1 fay nothing of the Advantage which is derived from them by Commerce*. And the French well know, by dear Experience^ how terrible they are to their Enemies in War, . ^ .„ ii t ^4" B 2 V «^ •• tit " When T The Preface. it •, . •■ .4,> M- '^' ■^. A. ^ ■i 1 * De la Pot Erie's Hiftory 0/ North Apicrica, ip pr. Cold en's iy//?ery, &c^ '^ vO x \ ; >■ ■■«-■■> '-■■:■. i- ■4 ' ■* . ! ■ 1 ■ : ; v-^ ' .^'^ --yvV V THE (O RANCC^ hey arc lod : But rhey are n North id judf^ appears ich they ' this vafi lerica, ip ■•» THE TREATY, &c. TH E Deputies of the Six Nations having, at their laft Vifit, agreed to releafe their Claim to all the Land on both Sides of the River Suf quebanna^ as far South as this Province extends, and to the Northward to thofe called the Endlefs Mountains or Kittocbtinny Hills -, in Confideration whereof, they then received a large Quantity of valuable Indian Goods for the Lands fituate on the Eaftern Side of the faid River, but declined at that Time te receive any for thofe on the Weftern Side of the faid River, chufing to defer the fame till another Vifit : A large Number arrived from thefe Nations at Pbiladelpbia^ on M^ednefday the joth of Jum^ with Deputies duly impowered to receive the faid Goods ; and acquainted the Governor, that being weary, from the Fatigue of their long Journey, th.ey Ihould crave three or four Days to reft themfelves before they proceeded to their Bufinefs : In the mean Time they would wait on the Governor to dilcourfe, according to their ufual Method, about News and other Occurrences j which the Gover- nor readily agreed to, and afk'd them when they would chufp to pay their firft Vifit ; which they defiring might be on Friday the ad of July in the Afternoon | the Coun- cil was accordingly fummonMi and met at Mr. Lozan's jt^oqfe, where were , .r, ,.; JO CI ^U'H :i im^t v/i;. PRESENT, :'':\. The HonWe George Thomas, Efq; Lieut. T H E James Logan, ' Clement Piumfied^ Samuel Hafell 4brabam TajfUr^ ^'^ Safnuel Preflon, Tbdmas Lawrenccy Ralph AJhetoH Robert Siretiel!^ nor. Efqrs; The The Chiefs of the S i x N a t i o n s, with the Chicfi of die Shawanese. C A N A s s A T E E o o, thc Ottofidago Chicf, Speaker. , C o N R A D W E I s E R, Interpreter, The Governor opened the Conference as follows. ^BRETHREN, < The Proprietor having purchafed certain Lands from your Nations about Six Ye^rs ago, a Moiety of what was agreed to be given in Confideration of that Pur- chafe was at that Time delivered to them, and the other being at their own Defire left in the Proprietor's Hands, He prcflTed you by Shikalamyy to fend laft Year for it, and would have been glad to have feen you and taken you by the Hand before his Departure. But as the Defign of this Meeting is to hear your News, and converle together in a free and friendly Manner, I ihall fay no more about the Goods than that they lye ready at the Proprietor's Houfe, and will be delivered when you (hall have fufHciently reded from the Fatigue of your Journey.' ■i.u nt. iH %ia^,i .^^ ^r»^ 1 ■ oc> Thc Chief of thc Ouondagoes ff)oke, -' ^ «^ » ^vc^U * BRETHREN, ^'' '«^ ,4>1 J:-nn^l;Xiii>^>-r.ji'; * We propofe to reft four Days, and then comp to the « main Bulinefs. At preferit we are at a private Co fe- « rence about News, and have fomething of this Sort to * mention to our Brother O n a s.' And oh the'Gover- nor's fignifying they would be glad to know what it was, the Chicf proceeded. ^ * BRETHREN, ' It is our Way when we come to our Brethren, or * any other Perfons, whom we live in ftridt Friendship < with, to remove all Obftrudions to ^ good ynderftand- ! ing; Chi(^ iker. lows. ?;; »•■' ^■* is from »f what It Pur- ic other )rictor*i ift Year ^ou and But ai ws, and I (hall ready dwhen |igue of to thie Co f^*- Jort to tGover- it was, ken, or indfhip irftand- ing i !ng J with this View we are to infdrm you of a Piece of dilagrceablc News thiit happen'd in our Journey. Some White People living at a Place called Cone^dchet- foii wKofc Names we cannot tell, nor whether they telong to this or the neighbouring Government, but one oi them, as we heard, had his Houfc burnt over his Head Tome Years ago, and he was brought down a Priloner and committed to the Goal of this City : Thefc People lighting ot our young tVarriours, iis they were hunting, made fome Propofala about the purchafing of Land from them, and our young Men being indifcreet, and unacquainted with publick Bufinefs, were foolifh enough to hearken to them, and to receive fire E)ufHl Srrowds for two IMantations on the River Cohon^oronio, A Concjlngoe Indian, and a French Indian, and fomie others that were in Company had three Duffil Strowds, and went away with them •, and our young Men carried oft the other two. As foon as this came to our Know- ledge, we fent forour Warriours, and after examining and rebuking them feverely, we took away their two Strowds, and publickly ccnfurcd them for expofing us to our Brethren o( Penfilvania^ in doing a Thing fo in- confiftent with our Engagements to them ; llim are, faid we aloud, that all our P(aDpIe might hear and take Notice, to know and remember^ that the Six Nations have obliged thcmfelves to fell none of the Land that falls within the Province of i^eniiWanu to any other but eur Brother O N A £, a»u that to fell Lands to any other is an high Breach f)f the League of Friendfhip. Brethren, this rafh Proccedinji; of Our young Men makes us afliamed. Wc always mean well, and Ihall perform faithfully what we havi^ proniife^J : And we allure you, this Affair was% tranfaded in the Manner we have rcjated, without our Privity or Confent. And that you may be fully con- vinced of this, and of the Sincerity of^ our Intentions, we have brought you thele Two Strowds [here he pre- fentcdtwo Red Strowds to the Governor'] they are the very Strowds our foolifli young Men received ; we took them from them, and we f^ive them to you to return to * thofc !ti;:i ' Hi: iliii!' thofc white People who made the Bargain, and defir* when the Strowds arc returned to thcm^ they may be told what wc now fay, and that we fhall not confirm fuch Bargains nor any other that may interfere with our Engagements to our Brother On as.' a-.-.'t. The Governor then fpoke : ' i:\' % * BRETHREN', « I thank you for this Piece of News ; you have taken this Matter perfectly right. All Bargaining for Land within this Province, is, to be fure, a manifell Breach of your Contradk with the Proprietors, and what we know you will not countenance. We have hitherto found the Six Nations faithful to their Engagements, and this is a freili Inftance of their Punduaiiiy. You could not help thefe Miftakes of your young Men ; they were not done in your Prefence : But as feveral Incon- veniencies may arife from thefe kind of clandcftine Sales, or from any fuch loofe Sales of Land by your People, wedcfire you will, on your Return home, give publiclc Notice to all your Warriours not to bargain for any Land j or if they do, that you will not confirm fuch Bargains •, and that this very Affair, together with what you have done therein, may be particularly re- ported to all your Nation affembled in Council,*, ^ ^ The Onondago Chief promifed to give fuch pub- , lick Notice ; and defiring Liberty to mend his former Speech, he proceeded : ' BRETHREN, ' 1 ♦ I forgot one Circumftance : Our People who pre- tended to fell the Land, demanded a Belt of fVampum of the Buyers to carry to their Chiefs ; and on their declaring they had no Wampum, our Warriours faid, they would not anfwer that their Chiefs would confirm this Bargain, finre they never did any thing of this Nature without /^rfw/'ww.* ., . The c c ( v^ defircl lay be onfirm c with e taken r Land Breach fhat wc hitherto aments, r. You 1 ; they I Incon- nc Sales* Peo{)le, publick for any m fuch icr with rly re- :h pub- jend his JO pre- ^ampum In their |rs faid, :onfirm of this The ( 5 ) the Governor, after a fhort Paufe, fpoke ! * BRErHRE Nefthe Six Nations, • I fhall take this Opportunity to relate to yt)u a Piece « ofdifagrecabie News I received fome Days ago in a * Letter from Le Tort the Indian Trader, at Allej^heny, « who fays, that in May laft fome Indians of the Taway * Ndtioftj fuppofed by us to be Twightwecs, in their Return « from War, called and flayed fometime with the Shawancfc ; * who being afked, and denying^ they bad brought either Sealps « or Prifomrs, the Shawanele fufpeSling them, had the Cu- ' rioftt'i to fearcb their Bags, and finding two Scalps in them^ * ihat by the Softnefs of the Hair did not feel like Indian « Scalps, they waflfd them clean, and found then^ to be the ^ Scalps of fome ChMisins, On this Difcovery, /^tfTwigh- * twees ivere fo much afhamed, that they ftole away from ' their Town in the Night-time j and coming, as they after- * wards Uhderjioody to a little Village belonging to the Shawa- * nele, they told our People that their Hearts were full of * Grief \ for, as they came along the Road, they found it ' allhhody ; and having good Caufe to beliive it was made * bloody with the Blood of fome of the IP' bite Brethren, they * had very forrowfully fwcpt the Road j and deft red them to ' inform the Governor of Penfilvania cf their (the Twigh- ' twees) Grifef ; and how they had fwept the Road clean.* Le Tort adds, on Behalf of the Sbawanefe, ' That they ' were much troubled and grieved at thiy unfortunate Ai^ci- * dent i and frayed as they bad no Csncern in ity more than ' ' by being Injlrmnents to difcover it^ their brethren would not ' blame them, nor fuffcr a Mifunderfianding to arif^ between * them on thk. Account : They would fweep the Road cleap, ' and wipe all the Blood away \ and defired their Brethren * would be faiisfed with this, and not %veep too much for a ' Misfortune that might not happen again as long as the Sun * a4id Moon JboneJ" * The Pcrfon wlio delivered me Le Tort'i Letter, « brought this Bundle of Skins as a Prelent to me ', but Ptold the Meflcrgt r, I would not meddle with it •, he (6) niiglu leave it if he pleafed : The Affair appearM to rrie in a bad Light, and I would reprefent it to the ^ix Nati* onsy who Were expeded in Town every Day, This is the Fa<^ as I have it from Le 'Tort : I defire to be in- form'd if you know any thing of this Matter; an^l.if you do not, that you will make diligent Enquiry .wha committed the Murder, and who arc the unliappy Suf- ferers, and .iniil'ustoobtam Satisf^<5tion, if it inall ap- pear to be any of our Fcllow-Subjc6ls that have beea treated in this Manner.* 7o uiforce this Requeft^ i prefetit you fvitb this String of Wampum. The Ononda^o Chief, in Reply, faid : « BRETHREN, * We take this Information kind at your Hands > * we will take this String oi fVampum home with us to « our Lodgings, and there confult about the moft regular * and proper Steps to be taken by us to anfwer your Ex- * pt-itations •, and when we have duly confidcrcd the * Matter, we will return you an Anlwer.* Upon this the Governor put an End to the Conference ; - and calling for Wine and other Liquoi's, according to the Indian Cuftom, after a decent and chcarful Entertain- ment, the /«^w«j withdrew. I... At a COUNCIL held at the P r o p r i e t o r ' s ^ ^ House, July 5. 1742. PRESENT ^ •<-'r^^\.^s . vi i liti \i\ \^% The Hoi>'« George Thomas Efq; Lieut. Governor. ^* ■ ,u^^.^.i. Jmes Logan, 7 p . Clement Fliwifted, J ^^"^^^^ Vv^ith feveral Gentlemen of the Town, Ths Chiefs of the Sik Nations It \- c •M to me This is o be in- ; ani . if iiiry .wha appy Syf- ihall ap- liav^been with this Hands -, th us to at regular your Ex- ered the iference ; . rding to ncercain- T o R s ivernor. It (7) It bemg judcM proper, at this critical Time, when we ar^ in daily Expeftation of a French War, to found the Indians^ and difcover what Dept-ndcnce we might have on them, in cafe their Aid fhould be wanted ; an tiandfome Dinner was provided for their ChieKs i and after they had made an hearty Meal, and drank his Majcfty's Health, the Proprietor's, and the Health of the Six iVi?/w«i, the Chiefs gave the folemn Cry, in Tcftimony of their Thanks, for the Honour done tliem. And foon after, the Governor began, in a free Way, to enquire for whatReafon the Seftecas were not come down, fince they had an equal Right to a Share of tlve Goods with the other Nations.— —Ca«<7^j/("^^<7, their Speaker, faid, * The Senecas were in gieat Diftref;?, on Account of a * Famine that raged in their Country, which had redu « ced them to fuch Want, that a Father had been obliged * to kill two of his Children toprcfervc his own and the * reft of his Family's Lives •, and they could not now * come down, but had given Dire6lions about their Share * of theGoods.*— -The GoVeriior exprefs'd his Con- cern for the unhappy Circumftances of thc'r Brethren of the Seneca Nation \ and, after a fhort Relpitc, enquired if any of their Deputies were then at Canada, and whether the French Governor was making any warlike Prepara- tions ? Andon theiranfwering, less the Governor laid, with a fmiling, pleafant Countenance, * I fuppofe if tht^ * French fhould go to War with us, you will join them.' The Indians conferr'd together for Ibme Time, and then CannJfateegQ^ in a chearful lively Manner, made Anfwe r.— * W^e afTure you, the Governor of Canada pays aur Na- * tions great Court at this Time, well knowing of what * Confequence we are to the French Intereft : He has al- ^ ready told us, he was uncovering the Hatchet and ' fharpening it, and hoped, if he fhould be obliged to lift * it up againfi the Englijb, their Nations would remain * neuter and aflift neither Side. — But we will now fpeak « plainly to our Brethren : Why ihould we, who are one * Flefh with you, refufe to«hclp you, whenever you wane J our Afliftance ?-We have continued a long Time in the C 2 * ilriclcll (8) * (IriAcft Lfague of Amity and Friendfhip with you, *-and we fliall always be faithful and true to yqu our old * and good Allirs.-^The Governor of Canada talks a * great deal, but ten of his Words do not go fo far as ' one of yours.— We do not look towards them ; W^ * look towards you *> and you may depend on our Aflif- * tance.* Whilft the Onondago Chief made this open and hearty Declaration, all the other Indiam made frequently that particular Kind of Noife which is known to be a Mark of Approbatron."The Governor bid the Interpreter reil CanaJfateegQ^ «He did not fet on foot this Inquiry * from any Sufpicion he had of the Six Nations wanting a * due Regard for the £»^///^.-^Our Experience of their * Honour and Faith would not permit us to think any * other of them than that they would efteem our Friends * their Friends, and our Enemies their Enemies, agreea- * blc to the (Irid Union which had ever fubfifted between * US.— As to the Governor of Canada^ they need not min^ * what he faid.i — The Englijh^ on equal Terms, had beat * x^^itFnmK and could beat them again: And were * they but to confider the Advantages which the Englijh * have, by polTefllng fo many large and populous Counr *> tries, and fo many good Ports on the Continent ofyfrnc' ' rica, they would foon fee who had mod Reafon to fear * a War, the French Or the Englifi^ Here iW. Converfation drop'd ; and, after another Glafs of Wine, the Indiam refumed the Difcourfe, by ftrk;ng,whether their Brethren had not been for fome Time engaged in a War with the King of S^ain% and what SuccelTes they had met with ? The Gov-ernor told phem, the King of Great Britain lived in an Ifland, and being furroundcd with the Sea, his chief Strength lay in his Ships ; in which he was fo much fuperior to his Enemies, that they were fcldom to be met with on the broad Ocean, but: fculk'd and hid themfelves, only venturing out now and then •, andwhen- ^cr they did, they were alm^ft fure to be taken ; and ". ' .' ^ ;" i> » 'f • •■ • .'vi*.. ;..,./«. !>♦*••■ Il tl ■I .,'ii ich you, our old talks a fo far as n ; "W? ir Affif- )pen and equently to be a tcrpreter Incjuiry /anting a of their link any r Friends , agreea- l between not min^ had beat xid were c Englijh LIS Counr to fear another [urfe, by ie Time id what \t "Britain [the Sea, was fo Idem to ind bid Id when- , and that (9) that the King of Great Britain had, with his Ships, beat down or taken ieveral of the Spaniards Great Forts in >f- fnerica.'^Tht Indians faid, they were pleafed to hear their Brethren were an Over-match for their Enemies, and wi(h*d them good Succefs, The Governor then enquired into the State and Con^* dition of the Nations to the Weft ward of the Great Lakes, and whether they had any Warriours thent n thofe Countries? Whether they had concluded Peace with the Southern Indians ? And whether they ha4 heard what their Deputies had done at Albany ? They made Anfwer : That they had always Abundance of their Men out amongft the Nations fituate to the Weft of their Lakes.-^That they had kindled a Fire with a va(t many Nations, fome whereof where Tributaries, and they l)ad a good Underftanding with all. — They fet out from their own Country in Conipany with two Sets of Depu,- ties, one going to hold a Treaty with the Southern /»« dians^ and they believed a Peace would be concluded : The other going to ipcct the Governor o{ New-Tork, at Many *, but they cguld not tell what had been done at either Place. — On thpir Return, they were to hold a General Council, and would inform their Brethren of ihelc Particulars. Then the Governor put an End to the Conference, by telling the Indians the Goods would be delivered to them at a Council to be held to morrow Afternoon at the Mccc- 5ng-Houfe, , ;■■;■ : ..1 ■ r At -Vr- J :■■>"'- ".i -jM; f S ^t-- ( lo ) * I At a Council held in the Meeting -Iloufc, Vbiladelpbia^ July 6» 1742. I' -^ PRESENT, The Hon*''" George Thomas, Efq; Lieut. Governor. Samuel Prefton^ Rdpb AjhttoHt Abraham Taylor^ Robert Strettell^ Canassateego, Chief of the Onondagoes^ Speaker, Shicalamy s and a great Number of Indians^ whofe Names arc as follow, viz. Onontagoss. T Counfcllors. n James Logan^ Clement Plumded^ Rdpb Ajheton Efqrs; Sawegaty^ Catckayion^ Saguyajfatba^ KayadoghratiCi alias Slanagh- quajy. Roiier-uwugmofiy 7'okaugbaab, -'.- ^lorMghwagbtbe^ Tokano-ungohi jironty-oony, 'Tobanohawigbtoft^ . ,. Ttogbwatoonyy Attugbrabyfey. C A I Y o u QJJ s. Sabugb-fiway "i Q^^^f^^ ^obatgagbtbuSi j Tokany-efuSy Runbo-'bihioy Kanadogbaryy '/tior-aghauatyy SagU'iugbwatbay alias Cad- > caradafey, Sca-yentiesy Tati-begbteh, Alligb-'waheis, Tayo^quariOt Hogh degb runtu Rotebn HagbtyackonyCapUin, Sawoaliefelbobaa, Sagugbfa-ecky Uwantakeraa^ Horuboty oibgffquaa^i . .;:;^ Tuyanoegon, ,„,^- An6yiuts or OneidAsJ Sariflaquob', > Ungquaierughiathe ^ Chiefs. alias Sbtkelimo, j Tottowakerbaj Taragbkoerus, ,. Onugbkallydawwy, a noted young Chief. Onugbnaxqua, Chief, Tawyiakaaratt lobatbuyongochtba^ ' Sughnakaaraty TagbnegbdoeruSy Tokanyiadaraeyon^ Sagogugbyatbay Rahebius, *Tokfinufoegon, Jenon- biladelpbioy Governor. Efqrsj Speaker, ^ndians^ jCaptdin, EIDAS. Chiefs. I noted Onontyiack, ( " ) Clo£jb/ytowatt J ^ougrotba; ^orugbianegOy Ot-quebig, Squagbky^ Sayadyio, OnugbfowUgbton, Cberigb^ Andagreat^Cumberofthe' 74. 'Me riol^^rr-^ Silence. ^'■''^^^'"i Brethren of the Si. N,, JeNON- I i^; " ''iA. a >^fi,; X;""" of your Chiefe obliged - ' *"'" ">«/ "greed, on BehaT '' of your ! ytKir Nations, to the Releafe of certain Lands oA both Sides the River Sufquebanna^ to the Southward of the Endlefs' Mountains^ and within the Limits and Bounds of the King*s Grant of this Province. In Con- fideration of which, a certain Quantity of Goods waj agreed on and delivered as a full Satisfa6lion for the faid Lands lying on the Eaftern Side of (^e faid River : And for the Lands on the Weftcrn Side of the faid River, you defired the Payment ftiould be deferr'd till another Opportunity. Thefc Goods, which are exadlly the fame in Quantity as thofe you received the laft Time the Chiefs of your Nations were here, have been ready a confiderable Time, and kept in Expedlation of your' Coming for them : And now you are come down fully- ■ impOwered by your rcfpediyc Councils to receive them, we are well phafed to deliver them : Leaving it to you to make a fair and equal Divifion of them amonglt youriclves. We are forry for the Abfence of our Bre- thren the Sfti^cas, and much more fo that it fhould be owing to their Diftrefs at Home by a Famine that rages in their Country : — A Famine fo great, that you tell us a Father has been obliged to facrifice one Part of his - Family, even his own Children, for the Stpport and Pref'jrvation of himfelf and the other Part.-*— We hear* tily commiferate their Condition, and do not doubt but you will do them fair and ample Juflice in the Difpofal of their Part of the Goods in fuch Manner as they have inflrufted you. You fhall now hear the Liii of the Goods read to you*. Here, by the Governor's Order, the Lift of the Goods * was read over, viz. 500 Pounds of Powder, 600 Pounds of Lead, 45 GunSr . '" 60 Slrowd-Matcbcoats. 100 Blankets. ,100 Dujfil Matchcoats, 200 Tards Half- thick, I GO Shirts, 40 Hats, ^.-t; -'v^ ^vV 40 P air of Shoes ^ Bmkles^ /\.o Pair of Stoekifj^s, •..•/ t/j 100 Hatcbefis, ids oA ^ard of cs and n Con- ds waft the faid •: Ahd River, mother ly the t Time n ready of your 'n fully ' e them, g it to .monglt Kir Brc- iould be It rages I tell us [ ; of his - ?rt and e hear- ibt but ifpofal y have of the Goods }mkleL 500 Knives^ 100 Hoes. 60 Kettles, 100 Tobacco-Tongs, 100 Sciffars. 500 Awl-Blades, 120 Combs. 2000 Needles, ('3) 1000 Flints, 24 Lookin^-GlaJJes. 2 Pounds of Vermilion, 100 Tin Pots. 1 1000 Tobacco-Pipes, 200 Pounds of Tobacco. 24 Dozen of Gartering.^ fc? \^ 25 Gallons of Rum, Then the Governor told them that the Goods, of which the Particulars had been juft Read to them, were in the Meeting-Houfe, and would be lent to whatever Place they would diced:.. ■ The Governor then proceeded : « BRETHREN, ' « You have often heard of the Care that your great and good Friend and Brother PFilliam Penn took at all Times to cultivate a perfe(fi: good Harmony with all the Indians : Of this your Nations have ever been fully fenfible •, but more efpecially a Number of your Chiefs, about ten Years ago, when, on the Arrival of a Son of your faid great Fric-nd IVilliam Penn^ large and va- luable Prefents were exchanged by us with you ; a new Road was made and clear'd ; a new Fire kindled ; and the Chain of Friendftiip madeftronger, fo as tolaft while the Sun and Moon endure. ' And now we cannot but congratulate ourfelves that * your Coming (hould happen at a Time when wc are in ' daily Er.pedation of a War being declared between the * King of England i and the Fr^-w^/? King, well knowing, ' that fhould luch a Waf happen, it mult very fenfibly ' afFe6b you, confidering your Situation in the Neigh- * bourhood of Canada. Your Coming at this Jundure is ' particularly fortunate, fince it gives us an Opportunity ' of mentioning feveral Things that may be necefTary to « be fettled between People io ftridly and clofcly united D ' a» V'- ■ l<: \ hi I ' \i' , '■ lit (U) « as we arc. — An Union not to be exprefs'd by any thing * Icfs than the atT"eci:ionate Regards which Children of ' the fame Parents bear for each other, as conceiving * ourfelves to b^ one Flcfli and one People. * The utmoft Care therefore ought mutually to be ta- * ken by us on both Sides, that the Road between us be * kept perfedtly clear and open, and no Lets, nor the leaft « Obftrudion be fuffered to lie in the Way •, or .if any ' fhould by Accident be found, that may binder our free * Intercourfe and Correfpondence, it muft forthwith be * removed. 'To inforce this^ We lay down a String c/ Wampum. « In next Place, We, on our Part, fhall inlarge our * Fire that burns between us. We (hall provide more ' Fewel to increafe it and make it burn brighter and ' clearer, and give a ftronger and more lading Light and * Warmth. In Evidence oj ourfincere Intentions^ We lay down $■■ this Bfff of Wampum. < Tn the laft Place, confidering the Obligations we are ' mutually under by our fcveral Treaties, That we Jhould « bear with our Ears for yot4y and you bear with your Ears ' for us. We Ihall at all Times very willingly give you ' the earlieft and beft Intelligence of any Dcfigns that * may be form*d to your Difadvantage.— And if you dif- * cover any Preparations that can hurt us, wedcfire you « will immediately dil'patch fome luitable Perfon in whom « we can place a Confidence, to give us a proper Infor- * mation.* To inforce this Requefi, as well as to brighten the Chain, we lay down this other Belt of Wskinpum, On the Governor's concluding the Speech, the folemn Cry, by way of Approbation, was repeated by the In- dians, as many Times as there were Nations prefcnt ; and then CanaJTateego rofe up and fpoke. ^ breA any thing hildren of oncciving to be ta- een us be r the Icaft or if any :r our free thwith be Wampum. ilarge our vide more ghter and Light and ^e lay down )ns we are f we Jhould your Ears give you iHgns that if you dif- Icfire you in whom per Infor- •ighten the JVampum. folcmn |y the In- prefent i V BR E- (is) ^BRRrHRENy < We thank you for your kind Speech : What you « have faid is very agreeable to us -, and ro-morrow when * we have deliberated on the feveral Matters recommen- * ded to us, we will give you our Anfwer. We defirc, as * our Time will be wholly taken up in Council, you will « order the Goods to be carried back to the Proprietaries < to prevent their being loft, and that they may continue « there till we call for them.* At a Council held in the Meeting- Houfe, July 7. 1742. PRESENT, . . The Hon^'« George Thomas, Efqj Lieut. Governor. James Logan^ Samuel Prefloft, ") : ■ . Thomas Lawrence.^ Samuel Ha/ell, > Efqrsj Abraham Taylor^ Robert Strettell^ i. Canassateigo's Speech on Behalf of the Six Nations,- * B R ETH R E N, the Governor and Council, and ' all prefent J ' According to our Promife we now propofe to return you an Anfwer to the feveral Things mentioned to us Yeflerday, and fhall beg Leave to fpeak to publick Affairs firft, tho* they were what you fpoke to laft. On this Head you Ycfterday put us in Mind, firfl, Of William Penn's early andcondant Care to cultivate Friend- Jhip with all the Indians ; of the Treaty we held with one of his Sons, about Ten Tears ago •, a/tdof tht Necejfity there is at this Time of keeping the Roads between us clear and free from all ObflruSiiom. We are all very fenfible of the kind Regard chat good Man PFilliam Penn had for all the Indians, and cannot but be pleated to find that his Children have the fame. We well remember the Treaty you mention held with his Son on his Arrival here, by * which wc confirmed our League of Fricndfhip that is '/ Da Mo ( i6 ) * to lad as long as the Sun and Moon endure: In Confc- * quenceoUhis, We, on our Part, dial! prcferve the ' Road free from all Incumbrances : in Confimation * whereof, vvc lay down this String of fVamputn, < You in the next Place faid, Tou would inlarge the Fire * and make it hum brighter ^ which we aie plcafed to hear * you mention ; and aflfure you, we (hall do the fame, * by adding to it more Fewel, that it may ftill flame out * more ftrongly than ever : In the Lift Place, you were ' pleaftrd to fiiy, that we arebound^ by the Jlritteft hea^ues^ * to watch for each others Prefervation \ that we /hould hear * with our Ears for you, and you hear with your Ears jor * us : This is equvilly agreeable to US', and we fliall not ' fail to give you early Intelligence whenever any Thing * of Confequcnce comes to our Knowledge : And to en- * courage you to do the fame, and to nourifli in your * Hearts what you have fpoke to us with your Tongues, * about the Renewal of our Amity and the Brightening * of the Chain of Friendfliip -, we confirm what we have * faid with another Beit of fFamJ>um, u • A « BRETHREN, : : • ^ « We rececived from the Proprietor's, ycfterday, fome Goods in Confideration of our Releafe of the Lands on the Weft-Side ot' Sufquehanna : It is true we have the full Quantity according to Agreement ; but if the Pro- prietor had been here himfelf, we think, in Regard of our Numbers and Poverty, he would have made an Addition to them. — If the Goods were only to be divi- ded amongft the Indians prefcnr, a fingle Perfon would have but a fmall Portion \ but if you confider whic^ Numbers are left behind, equally intituled with us tc a Share, there will be exrreamly little. We therefore defire, if you have the Keys of the Proprietor's Cheft, you will open it, and take out a little more for us. * We know our Lands are now become more valuable : I The white People think we do not know their Value ; ' but 1 Confc- erve the Bmation ^e the Fire d CO hear Lhe fame, flame ouc you were (i Lea^ues^ fhould hear r Ears Jor fliall not iny Thing Ud to en- h in your Tongues, Tightening iat we have day, fome Lands on ) have the f the Pro- egard of made an :o be divi- fon would der whac^ ith us tc therefore ir*s Cheft, ■or us. valuable : : Value ; ' biU ( '7 ) * but we are fenfible that the Land is everlading, and the * few Goods we receive for it are foon worn ouc and gone. * For the Future we will fell no Lands but when Brother ^ On AS is in the Country ; and we will know beforehand ' the Quantity of the Goods we are to receive. Beiides, * we are not well ufed with Refpcft to the Lands ftill * unfold by us. Your People daily fettle on thcfe Lands, * and fpoil our Hunting. — We muft infift on your Re- ' moving them, as you know they have no Right to fet- * tie to the Northward of Kit tochtinny- Hills. — In particu- * lar, we renew our Complaints againft fome* People « who are fettled at Juniatay a Branch of Sufquebanna^ ' and all along the Banks of that River, as far as Maba- « niay •, and defire they may be forthwith made to go oflf « the Land •, for they do great Damage to our Coufms * the Ddawares, ' We have further to obferve, with Refpeft to the Lands lying on the Weft Side of Sufquebanna, that tho* Brother Onas Cmeaning the Proprietor) has paid us for what his People poflcfs, yet fome Parts of that Country have been taken up by Perfons whofe Place of Refidence is to the South of this Province, from whom we have never received any Confideration. This Af- fair was recommended to you by our Chiefs at our laft Treaty ; and you then, at our earneft Defire, promii- fed to write a Letter to that Perfon who has the Au- thority over thofe People, and to procure ^s his An- fwer : As we have never heard from you on this Head, we want to know what you have done in it. If you have not done any thing, we now renew our Requeft, and defire you will inform the Perfon whofe People are feated on our Lands, that that Country belongs to us, in Right ofConqueft ; we having bought it with oqr Blood, and takeo it from our Enemies in fair War ; and we expedl, as Owners of that Land, to receive fuch a Confideration for it as the Land is worth. We defire you will prefs him to fend us a pofitive Anfwer : Let him fay Tes or No : If he fays 2>j, we wiU tre^t * with ( i8 ) x t'r V' i^ ^ with him ; \f No^ we arc able to dd ourfelvcs Ju?Hc€ j * and we will do it, by going to take Payment ourfclves. < It is Cuftomary with us to make a Prefcnt of Skins whenever we renew our Treaties. We are afhamcd to offer our Brethren fo few j but your Horfes and Cows have cat the Grafs our Deer ufcd to feed on. This has made them fcarce, and will, we hope, plead in Excufe for not bringing a larger Quantity : If we could have fpared more, we would have given more ; but we are reallypoor ; and defire you'll not confider the Quan- tity, but, few as they are, accept them in Teftimony of our Regard*. Here they gave the Governor a Bundle of Skins, The Governor immediately replied : • - ... ^ * BREtHREN, ' • - ^ * We thank you for the many Declarations of Refpedt you have given us in this Iclemn Renewal of our Trea- ties : We receive, and fhall keep your String and Belts of Wampum^ as Pledges cf your Sincerity, and defire thofe we gave you may be carefully prcferved, as Tef- timonies of ours. .; i,jv:t %>' ii>;;; .■-> * In Anfwer to what you fay about the Proprietaries.— They are all abfent, and have taken the Keys of their Cheft along with them 5 fo that we cannot, on their Behalf, enlarge the Quantity of Goods : Were they here, they might, perhaps, be more generous 5 but we cannot be liberal for them. — The Government will, however, take your Requefl into Confideration, and, in Regard to your Poverty, may perhaps, make you a Prefent. I but juft mention this now, intending to re- fer this Part of your Speech to be anfwered at our next Meeting, ; v/^ ; •^ ^ " < The Number of Guns, as well as every Thing elfe, anfwers exaflly with the Particulars fpccified in your • Deed tufticc s rfclves. »t' Skins mcd to d Cows rhis has Excufe Id have we are e Quan- ftimony of Skins, Refpea Lir Trea- .nd Belts id defire asTef- tanes.— lof their m their ;re they IS ; but :nt will, ., and, :e you a jg to re- lur nexc (19) * Deed of Conveyance, which is more thdin was ^gteed to be given you. It was your own Sentiments, that the Lands on the Weft Side of Sufquebanna were not fo Valuable as thofe on the Eaft *, and an Abatement was to be made, proportionable iO the Difference in Value : But the Proprietor overlooked this, and ordered the full Quantity to be delivered, which you will look on as a Favour. « It is very true, that Lands are of late become more Valuable ; but what raifes their Value ? Is it not entirely owing to the Induflry and Labour ufed by the white People in their Cultivation and Improvement ? Had not they come amongft you, thefe Lands would have been of no Ufe to you, any further than to main- tain you. And is there not, now you have fold fo much, enough left for all the Purpofes of Living ?— What you fay of the Goods, that they are foon worn out, is applicable to every Thing ; but you know very well, that they cofl a great deal of Money i and the Value of Land is no more than it is worth in Money. < On your former Complaints againfl People's Settling the Lands on Juniata^ and from therce all along on the River Sufquebanna as far as Mabamahy^ fome Ma- giflratcs were fent cxprcfly to remove them 5 and wc thought no Perfons would prefume to flay after that. Here they interrupted the Governor, and faid: — ^hefe Perfons who were fent did not do. their Duty : So far from removing the People^ they made Surveys for them- felves, and thty are in League with jtbe Trefpaffers, We deftre more effe^ual Methods may he ufed^ and honefier Perfons impiofd.^ .. «'i - --- t Which the Governor promifed, and then proceeded : ig elfe, |n your Deed ' t ^ BRE- f ! \ . (20 ) < BRETHREN, • « According to the PromiTe made at our laft Treaty with you, Mr. Logan, who was at that Time Prefident, did write to the Governor of Maryland, that he mighc make you Satisfadion tor fuch of your Lands as his People had ta^en up ; but did not receive one Word from him upon that Head. I will write to him again, and endeavour to procure you a Satisfactory Anfwcr. We do not doubt but he will do you Juftice : But we exhort you to be careful not to excrcife any Adts of Violence towards his People, as they likewife are our Brethren, and Subjeds of the fame Great King ; and therefore Violence towards them muft be produdiive of very evil Confequences. * I (hall conclude what I have to fay at this Time with Acknowledgments for your Prefent 5 which is very a- greeable to us, from the Expreflions of Regard ufed by you in prefenting it : Gifts of this Nature receiving their Value from the AfFedion of the Giver, and not from the Quantity or Price ot the Thing given.' AtaCOUNClL held at Philadelphia, Jul^ 8. 1742, PRESENT ;. , ir » The HonWc George Thomas Efq; Lieut. Governor. James Logan, Samuel Prejlon, Clement Plumjled, Thomas Lawrence, v p/t---. . Samuel Ha/ell Ralph JJheton, ^ ^^^^' Abraham Taylor, Robert Strettell, > , V The Board taking into Confideration, whether it be proper or not at this Time, to make a Prefent to the In- dians of the Six Nations, now in Town, in Return for their Prefent to this Government at Yefterday's Treaty : Refolved, That it is highly fit and proper that a Prefent be made to the laid Indians at this Time. And Treaty •cfidenc, e might s as his e Word 1 again, Anfwcr. But we A6ts of are our ig ; and uftive of imc yrith J very a- i ufed by receiving and not I. i742» kvernor. [qrs; I, tr it be the In- irn for jaty : made And ( ^i ) And it IS the bpinion of this Board, that the faid I^re* lent ihould be of the Value of ^.500, or at lead /.300. And it is recommended to Mr. Logan, Mr.FreJlon, and Mr. Lawrence^ to acquaint Mr. Kinfeyy the Speaker of the Aflembly, with the Opinion of this Board ; and that they rcqueft hirti to confer with fuch other Members of Aflcmbly as aire in Town, and report their Senti- ments thereupon. The Board taking into Confideration the Threats ex- prefs'd by the Indians^ at the Treaty Vefterday, agalnft: the Inhabitants of Maryland, fettled on certain Lands on the Weft Side oi Sufquehanna, which the tndidns cX?^^^ and for which they require Sacisfaftion ; and confider- ing, that fliould thofe Threats, in any fort, be put iii Execution, not only the Inhabitants of Maryland, but of this Government, ahd all his Majcfty's Subjefts on the Northern Continent of America, may thereby be involved in much Trouble : It is the Opinion of this Board, that the Governor write to the Governor of Maryland without Delay, to inform him of the Indians Complaints and Threats, and to requeft a fatisfadtory Anfwer i and that his Letter be fent by a f^iccial McITenger, at the Publick Expence. IfA-K-f .^▼l ' O At a C 9,U N C i L held July 9. 1742. P R E S E N T, The Hon"* George Thomas Efq-, Lieut. Governor.. .James Loganr Samuel Prejlon, f Clement P(umftedy Ralph AJheton Samuel Hafell ^ Thomas Lawrence ^ Robert Strettelly ^'•/• And Mr. Peters, *: r Efqrs; '* * » ^ ; The Governor informed the Board, that the Indian Chiefs dining with him Ye'fterday, after Dinner delivered their Anfwcr to two Affairs of Confcquence : * "' E\ The ( 22 ) The iirfl: related to the violent Battery committed on IVilliam PVebby in the Forks of Delaware^ whereby hif Jaw-bone was broke, and his Life greatly endangered, by an unknown Indian, CanaJfaPeego repeating the Mef;; fage delivered to the Siit Nations by Shickalarnyy in t^e Year 1740, with a String of /^^wi/>«i», faid in Anfwer : « The Six Nations had made diligent Enquiry into the « Affair, and had found out the Indian who had commit; ' ted the Faft -, he lived near /I/opus^ arid had been ex- * amined and feverely repr >vcd : And they hoped as ^Z- * Jiam JVebb was recovered, the Governor would not ex- « ped any further Punifliment ; and therefore they rc- * turned the String of PFampum received from their Bre- * thrcn, by the Hand of Shickalamy^ in Token t^at * they had fully Comply'd with their Requeft,' ■n ri I thank'd them for their Care ; but reminded them, that tho' the Man did not die, yet he lay a lonff Time in extreme Mifery, and would never recover the free Ufc of his Speech, and was rendred lefs able to get his Lively^ hood, and in fuch Cafes the Englijh Laws olplised the AiTailant to make good all Damages, belides paying for the Pain endured.— But as the Indian was, in ail Proba- bility, Poor and unable to make Satisfaction, I told them, that for their Sake I would forgive him ; adding, had Webb died I make np Doubt but you would have put the Indian to Death, juft as we did two of our People who had killed an Indian \ we caufed them to be hung on a Gallows, in the Prefence of many Hundreds of our People, to deter all others from doing the like. Candjfk' teego made me this Reply : * The Indians know no Pun- « ilhment but Death j they have no fuch Thing as pc« « cuniary Muidls -, if a Man be guilty of a Crime, he is « cither put to Death, or the Fault is overlook'd. Wc * have often heard of your Hanging-up thofe two Per- « fons ; but as none bf our Indians faw the Men die, * many believe they were not hanged, but tranfported to * fomc other Colony : And it would be fatisfadtory to < the Indians^ if, for the Future, fome of them be fent nitted on ercby hif dangcred, ; the Mefrr ly, in tHc AnCwer : r into th^ d commiC; I been ex- yed aa ff^tU lid not ex- e they rc- thcir Brc- oken t^ac led theniy [ Time in Free tJ£b of iis LivelV"- Jsed the aylog for 11 Proba- n, I told adding, have put r People hung on ds of our Candjfh' no Pun- ig as pc- ime, he is L'd. Wc Itwo Per- Men die, fported to (adtory to be fent lor. U "* fbi'j to beWitncffesto fuch Executions.* I aflured them, that whoever gave them that Information, abufcd them *, for the Perfons certainly fuffcrcd Death, and in the Pre- fenee of all the People. CanaJJateeio then proceeded to give an Anfwer to what was (aid to them the 2d InfVant, relating to LeJ'on*^ Letter : ' That they had, in Council, conndercd in what Manner the Matter recommended to them ought to be conduced ; and they wer^ of Opiniop, that as thp Sbawanefiy not the ^wigbtwyt^ ffor they knew fo maich of it that the People were of the 'Twkbtwy Nation in whofe Bags the Scalps were found) had fent me a Pre- lent of Skins, J fliouH, in Return, fend them a Blanket jf^ or a Kettle, a^.id wfth-itavery fliarp Meflage, that tho* they had done well in fweeping the Road from Blood, yet that was but a fmall Part of their Duty -, they ' ought not to have fuffered the Twightwys, after th^ir Lye, and the Difqovery of the Scalps, to have left them, 'till they had given a full and true Account how they came by tl^emf whofe Scalps they were, and in what Place, and for what Reafon the Men were kill-d ^ and when they had been fully fatisfied of all thefe Par- ticulars, then it was their Duty to have given Informa- tion to thi^'Government where the white People lived, that the Murderers might be complained againft, and puniihed by the Nation they belone*d to : And as the Shawanefi had omitted to perforrp the Part of Brethren, that I fhould reprove theni for it, and charge them to make abends for their Negledt, by ufing ail pofliblc Expedition to come at the Knowledge of thefe Things, and to aki thcirBrethren the white People in obtaining Juftice/ ^-^ . ...^^ .. / "^ «. The Minutes of the Preceding Council being read, Mr. Logatti in Purfuance of the Board's Dire(5lion of Yef- terday, reported, on^ Behalf of himfelf and the other Gentlemen to whom it Was recommended, that they had f ij:^nfcr'dwith Mr, i&>/^5 and rcqaeftcd him to confult ^"^ E 2 ^ ^ the M' i V m PRESENT, The Hon**!® George Thomas, Efq; ILieut. Governor James Logan^ Robert Strettelly 7 p^ Samuel Prejion, Abraham Taylory J '^^^^^ . . The CHIEFS of the Six Nations, SJSSOONJN, znd Del awares. V * . 'J ii NUTJMUS, and the Fork-^Indians. -; C Q N RAD W E I S E Ji^ Interpreter. ^ The Governor fpoke to the Chiefs of the 5w iV sjJ^iAt a COUNCIL held yWy lo, 1742. * f^r t«l»/ J ( 4» 4 :v Efqrsj ;!.!r.a.v « 1-^r PRESENT, . . ^ ' The HonWfc 'George Thomas Efq; Liedt. Governor, t^'ii James Logan^ Samuel Prefton^ ^ •' Clement Piumftedj Samuel Ha/ell — Thomas Lawrence^ Robert Strettell^ '^cc^t^abamfaylory i- ^• "v^M-d ■ ' ■ >"> .*'>''&d •■ ...*,■ . . •■ The Governor laid Wore the Board an Extraft from the Treaty held here t^e 7th Inftant ^ifh the Indians cf the Six Nations^ fo far as it 1 elated to the Inhabi:.4nts of Maryland i as alfo a Letter he had prepared for the Go- vernor of Maryland upon that Subjed ; both of which being approved, were ordered to be tranfcribed fair, ih order to be difpatch'd to morrow Morning : The Letter is as follows it U !VLv . - )verrtor, Jqrsj aft from ndianf ti )i:.ints of r the Go- of which jdfair, ih le Letter 0, 1742. Chiefs tf fdience^ in Tmportatice thminiorist ^mplo^d a enable me npertinent of thefe )e Indiahs \taimng a ^fpeci4h |s Expen- \ February was- lai4 Ito be a An4 ( n) And the Board^aking into Confideration the iriitn^ fig- nal Services pcrform'd by J;he fajd Conrad Weifer to this Coverojxienc, his diligence and Labour in the Service thereof, and his Skill in the Indian Languages and Me- thods of Qufinefs, are of Opinion that the faid Conrad (hould be allowed, as a Reward from the Province at this Time, the Sum 0^ Thirty Pounds^ at leaft* befidc? Pay- ment of his faid Account. a.r^v At a C O U N C I L held at the Great Meeting- Houfe, July 10^ P. Af. 1742. ..;«^:~ .J— . * P R E3EN T, r - The HonWe GsoRGs Th6ma55 Eiq-, Lieut. Govcriior.^^ James Logan^ Samuel Prefton^ p , Thomas Lawrence^ Samuel Hafelly ^ Efgrs; '^•h- Abraham Taylor^ Robert StrettelU J. CANASSA1tEEG0,f SHICKALAMr,^ ^""^ ^'^'*' ^^^^* ^^'^'\ Conrad Weiser, Interpreter, . And a great Number of the Inhabitants of Philadeifhia^ The Governor fpoke to the Indians as follows. « BREtHREN, ■"-^ .\\. i'^^ iV * This Meeting will be fhort : It is in order to make * you a Prefentfrom the Governor, the Council, the Af- « fembly, and all our People. fVilliam Penn was known « to you to be a good and faithful Friend to all the Indi- * ans : He made a League of Friend/hip with you, by * which we became one People. This League hai cfcen < fince been renew'd by friendly Treaties ; and as you < have declared that the Friendfhip fhall always lad on * your PartSj fo we would have you believe that it (hall < remain inviolable on ours while Sun and Moon endure. ■•k4 »'•'«*'' I ^^ 'i!!; (28) « I gave you fome Expcftation of a'Prefcnt, an^ we have It now ready to deliver to you. This Prefent iS made you by the Governor, Council, Aflembly, arid all our People, in Confideration of the great Miferies and Diftre il^s which you our good Friends have lately fufFered. This will be fome Relief to you for thepre- fenit, and 'tis to be hoped your own Induftry will foon retrieve your Circumftances. < It has fometimes hapcned, and may happen again* that idle and untrue Stories are carried to you concern- ing us your Brethren ; but our Defire is, and we expe(5fc it from you, that you will give no Credit to them; for we are, and always will be, your ftcady and fincere Friends .*>♦•;; ■• « It is a Cuftom when we renew our Treaties with our good Friends the Indians^ to clear the Road and make our Fire burh bright : We have done fo upon this Oc- cafion ; and, in Token of our Sincerity, we deliver yow, as a Prefent from the Governor, the Council, the Affembiy, and all the People of Penfihania, the fol- lowing Goods, viri. ;idi5« 50 Hatchets^ ~ -.- 5 Pounds of Vermilion^ 10 Dozen of Knives^ 8 Dozen of Gimhlets^ 2 Dozen of Tobacco-longs y 24 GunSt ^ 600 Pounds of Leady 600 Pounds of Powder J 25 Strowdes 1 Match- 90 Duffel J Coats, 30 Blankets^ ' 62 Tards of Half-fhichs, 25 Pair of Shoes ^ r 60 Ruffled ShirtSy 25 Pair of Stockings^ 25 Hats^ ' 25 Pair of Buckles* , lOQO FlinlSt " * J ^ - ' • Whereupon the Chiefs and all the Indians^ returned their folemn Thanks ; and Canaffateego faid, ' They had < no more to fay as to publiek Bufinefs at prefent ; but * they had fomewhat under Deliberation, which when « they had duly confidered they would communicate.' A? ', and we Prefent h ibly, arid : Miferies ive lately r the prc- will foon :n again» concern- ^e expeft hem; for i fincere with our ind make 1 thisOc- e deliver unci], the the fol- tu- 'y * ^turned icy had |t } but when If' Xt a COUNCIL held at the Proprietor's, July 12^ *742.. PRESENT, The Hon^^« George Thomas Efq; Lieut. Governor, Efqrss James Logan^ Clement Plumfted^ f Thomas Lawrence^ Abraham Taylor^ > Robert Strettell^ )^ Mr. Richard Peters^ CANASSJTEEGO^'f And fundry Chiefs of the S HICKALAMr,\ Six Nations. l,. ,^ S A S S N A N, znd Delawares, • NUriMUSy zndFork'MiatJS. CONRAD IF E I S E R^ Interpreter. Pifquetoman, p Cornelius Spring^> Interpreters to the Fork Indians, ^ Nicholas SculL j ■" CANASSATEEGO f^: • ' ■ . ■ r ^ SRE TH REN the Governor and Council, * The othf • ^/ yoa informed usof theMKbehaviour * of our Coui^r; tae Delawares, with Refped to their * continuing to claiiii, and refufing to remove from fomc Land on the River Delaware, notwithftanding their Anceftors had fold it by a Deed, under their Hands and Seals, to the Proprietaries, for a Valuable Confidera- ' tion, upwards of Fifty Years ago j and notwithftand- ' ing that they themfelves had about Years ago, ^ af'^er a loi :^ and full Examination, ratified that Dted of * their Ant vk err., and given a trefli one under their * Hands and Seals ♦, and then you requefted us to remove * them, inforcing your Requcft with a String of fFam- * f ?//«.— Afterwards you laid on the Table our own Let- 'vc . F * tcrs ^ 1i iili \ (30) tcrs by Conrad Weifer^ fome of our Coufins Letters, and the feveral Writings, to prove the Charge againft our Coufins, with a Draught of the Land in Difpute. — ^We now tell you, we have perufed all thefe feveral Papers : We fee with our own Eyes, that they have been a very unruly People, and ^re altogether in the Wrong In their Dealings with you.— We have concluded to re- move them, and oblige them to go over the River Dur ou. You >d fhaked me fober. nor what very juft iendlhip. Heart ufly bent Brother Eyes ove Fifty n*d, not , Chiefs is. — But at all ? )U i you nd than Dwer ot is Land u have be«ft * been furnifhM with Cloaths, Meat, and Drink, by the * Goods paid you for it, and now you want it again, like * Children as you arc. t— Bur what makes you fell Land in ' the Dark ? Did you ever tell us that you had fold this * Land ? Did we ever receive any Part, even the Value of ' a PipcShank, from you for it ? You have told us a ' blind Story, that you fent a MefTenger to us to inform * us of the Sale, but he never came amongft us, nor we ' never heard any Thing about it.— »This is ailing in the * Dark, and very different from the Conduct our Six ' Nations oh^txwc in their Sales of Land i on fuchOcca- * fions they give publick Notice, and invite all the li^- * ^/^«j of their united Nations, and give them a!! a Share < of the Prefent they receive for their L^nds.-^This is the * Behaviour of the wife united Nations. — But we find you ' are none of our Blood : Youa6l a diflicnrft Parr, not. « only in this, but in o.her Matters : Your Ears are ever * open to flandcrous Reports about our Brethren i you * receive them with as much Greedincfs as lewd Womep * receive the Embraces of bad Men. And for all thefe < Reafons we charge you to remove inftantly •, vve don't ' give you the Liberty to think about it. You are Wo- « men. Take the Advice of a wife Man, and remove ' immediately. You may return to the other Side of * Delaware where you came from : But we do not know ' whether, confidering how you have demean'd your;- « felves, you will be permitted to live there ; or whether « you have not fwallowed that Land down your Throats ' as well as the Land on this Side . We therefore afligp * you two Places to go, either to U^yomen or Shamokiiu « You may goto either of thefe Places, and then we * Ihall have you more under our Eye, and (hall fee how « yftu behave. Don't deliberate j but remove away, * and take this Belt of fVampum,* This being interpreted by Conrad JVetfer into Englijh^ and by Cornelius Spring into the Delaware Language, Canajfateego taking a String of H^ampum^ added further. F % After 1^ ■ (jO * After our juft Reproof, and abfolute Order to de- part from the Land, you are now to take Notice of what we have further to fay to you. This String of Wampum fcrves to forbid you, your Children and Grand. Children, to the lateft Pofterity for ever, med- ling in Land Affairs \ neither you nor any who fhall defcend from you, are ever hereafter to prefqme to fell any Land : for which Purpofe, you arc to prcferve this String, in Memory, of what your Uncles have this Day given you in Charge.— We have fome other Bufinefs to tran^aft with our Brethren, and therefore depart the Council, and conOder what has been faid to you. Canajfateego then fpoke to the Qovcrnor and Council: - 'V " * * BRETHREN, ;.,.».- »^-!''''.:.. >o » « We called at our old Friend James Logan\ in our * Way to this City, and to our Grief we found him * hid in the Buflies, and retired, through Infirmities, ' from Publick Bufinefs. We prefs'd him to leave hi^ * Retirement, and prevailed with him to affift once more * on our Account at your Councils, We hope, notwith- * ftanding his Age, and the Effe<5ts of a Fit of Sicknefs, * which we underfland has hurt his Conflitution, that he * may yet continue a long Time to alfifl this Province « with his Councils. He is a wife Man, and a fafl * Friend to the /«^/^;/j. Andwedefire, when his Soql ^ goestoGOP, you may chufe in his Room juft fuch * another Perfon, of the fame Prudence and Ability in * Counfelling, and of the fame tender Difpoficion and * Affedion for the Indians. In Teftimony of our Qrati- * tude for all his Services, and becaufe he was fo good as < to leave his Country. Houfe, and follow us to Town, « and be at the Trouble, in this his advanced Age, to ' * attend the Council j we prefcnt him with this Bundle « of Skins. ._ ^ . :r to de- ^foticc of String of dren and ^cr, mcd- vho fhatl tne to fell i prcfcrve cles have me other therefore been faid rnor and s, m our pund him ifirmitieS| leave h'm )nce more notwith- Sicknef^, that he Province d a fail his S014I juft fuch bility in ion and r Qrati- good 9S Town, ge, to Bundle ( 33 > * BRETHREN, ' . « It is always our Way, at the Conclufion of a Treaty, to defire you will ufe your Endeavours with the Tra- ders, that they may fell their Goods cheaper, and give us a better Price for our Deer-Skins. Whenever any particular Sort of Indian Goods is fcarce, they con- ftantly make us p y the dearer on that Account. We muft now «fe the fame Argument with i;hem : Gur Deer are killed in fuch Quanriiics, and our Hunting- Countries grown lets cverybay, by the Spttlen;icnt of white .ople, that Game is now difEcult to find, and we muk go a great Way in Queft of it ; they therefore ought to give us a better Price for our Skins -, and we defire you would fpeak to them to c}o fQ- We, have been ftinted in the Article of Rum in Town. We de- fire you will open the Runri-Bottle, and give it to us in greater Abundance on the Road. fo inforce this Requeft^ about the Indian Traders^ we prefentyou with this Bundle of Skins, [■.) r': . "">' ^ * BRETHREN, , « When we firfl: came to your Houfe?, we found them ^ clean and in Order : But we have (laid fo long as to * dirty them 5 which is to be iniputed to our different * Way of Living from the white reppje : And therefore, * as we cannot but have been difagrefcable to you on this ** Account, we prefcnt you with fome Skins to make * your Houfes clean, and put them into the fame Condi- •♦ tion they were in when we came amongft you. f ., w vi.V/ < BRETHREN, « The Bufmefs the Five Nations tranfadt with you is of « great Confequence, and requires a fkilful and honeft f Perfon to go between us ; one in whom both you and « and we can place a Confidence.— -We eft cem our prefent « Interpreter to be fuch a Perfon, equally faithful in tjne ^ Interpretation of whatever is faid to him by either of « us, eq[ually allied tq both •, he is of our Nation, and a .' Member u « . J „ . *,V: {^ \ ( 3+) « Member of our Council as well as of yours. When we * adopted him, we divided him into Two equal Parts ; ' One we kept for our fclvcs, and one we left for you. He * has had a great deal of Trouble with us, wore out his * Shoes in our Meflages, and dirty'd his Cloaths by being * amongd us, fo that he is become as naity as an Indian, * In Return for thefe Services, we recommend him to * your Gsnerofity ; and on our own Behalf, we give ^ him Five Skins to buy him Clothes and Shoes with. * BRETHRENy * We have ftill one more Favour to aik. Our Treaty, « and all we have to fay about publick Bufinefs, is now * over, and to morrow we defign to leave you. We * hope, as you have given us Plenty of good Provifion ' whilftin Town, that you will continue your Goodnefs * fo far as to fupply us with a little more to ferve us on * the Road. And we likewife defire you will provide us * with Waggons, to carry our Goods to the Place where « they are to be conveyed by Water, w .:; < « c i € i « C ( ' ( ■,VA To thefe feyeral Points the Governor made the following Reply. *>^H< V* ' « BRRTHREN of the Six Nations, ' ' '' ^ The Judgment you have juft now pafs'd on you^ Coufins the Delawares^ confirms the high Opinion we have ever entertained of the Juftice of the Six Natim* This Part of your Character, for which you are defer- vedly famed, made us wave doing our felves Juftice, in order to give you another Opportunity of convincing the World of your inviolable Attachment to your En- gagements. Thefe unhappy People might have always liv'd eafy, having never receivM the leaft Injury fronj us 5 but we believe fome of our own People were bad enough to impofe on their Credulity, and engage them in thefe wrong Meafurcs, which we WiAi, for their Sakes, they had avoided, ■' « We Vhcn we I Parts : ^ou. He ouc his by being Indian, him to we give ^ith. Treaty, is now >u. We ?rovifion jfoodnefs i^e us on rovide us ce where Liade the m you^ lion we \Naii(>ns, je dcfer- Juftice, )vincing mr Ea- always ry froui re bad them their « We ( 35 > « We hoped, from what we have conftantly civcn in * Charge to the Indian Traders, that they would have < adminidred no juft Caufe of Complaint t If they do < you Wrong, it is againd our Inclinations, and con- * trary to our exprcfs Directions. As you have exljibi* * ted no particuhir Charge againft them, we fhall ufe our » bcft Endeavours to perfuade them to give you as much « for your Skins as they can pofTibly afford ; and to take * Care that their Goods whicn they give in Exchange for * Skins, be of the bed Sort. We will likewife order you « fome Rum to ferve you on your Journey home, fincc « youdcfireit. « We wifli there had been more Room and better « Houfes provided for your Entertainment -, but not ex-, < pedling fo many of you, we did the bcft we could. *Tis * true there are a great many Houfes in Town, but as * they are th Property of other People, who have their * own Families to take Care of, it is difficult to procure * Lodgings for a large Number of People, efpccially if * they come unexpedledly. * We entertain the fame Sentiments of the Abilkiea * and Probity of the Interpreter as you have exprefs*d. * We were induc'd at firlt to make Ufe of him in this * important Truft, from his being known to be agreea- ' bletoyou, and one who had lived amongft you for * fome Years, in good Credit and Efteem with all your * Nations -, and have ever found him equally faithful to * both. We are pleasM with the Notice you have taken < of him, and think he rictii) deferves it at your * Hands. We (hall not be wanting to make him a fui- * table Gratification, for the many good and faithful Ser- * vices he hath done this Government, ' We have already given Orders for Waggons to car- * ry yo»r Goods, and tor a Supply of Provifions to fcrve * you on the Road in your Return home, where we hear- J tily wifh you may arrive in good Health.' *" . « After 111 ii^y After the Goi^fc'rnorliad conclude Mr^ t^ait rctumM itn Ahfwer to that Part of CanaJfateego*s Speech which l^lated to him, and faid, *• That dot only upon the Account of his Lamenefs, of which the Indians them* fclvcs were Witneflcs i but on Account of another In» difpofition which about three Years fince had laid him unaer an Incapacity of expreHing himfelf wicT his for* mer ufual Freedom, he had been obliged to live retired in the Country. But that our firft Proprietor, the Honourable fVilliam Penh^ who had ever been a Father and true Friend to all the Indians^ having above Forty Years fince recommended them to his particular Care, he had always, from his own Inclination, as well as from that Arid Charge, endeavoured to convince all the Indians, that He was their true Friend ; and was now well pleafed, that after a Traft of fo many Years, they were not infcnfible of it. He thanked them kindly for their Prefent, and heartily joined with them in their Defircs, that this Government may always t)e furnifhed with Perfons of equally good Inclinations, and not only with fuch, butalfo with better Abilities to ferve them.* And then Canaffateego faid, he had forgot to mention^ that Sbickalamy and Caxhayn^ had been employ'd on feve- ral MefTages to this Government, and defir'd that they irtight be confider'd on that Account. ' . ' ' "* '. •" - ■'ft ■ ■ '■' "■■--'■ . ;;_ _ At a COUNCIL held the i2thof7«/>', P. Af. 1742, , PRESENT, "tt The HonW* George Thomas Efqi Lieut. Governor, James Logan, Samuel Prejion, < Clement Plumjled, Thomas Lawrence, / £f,,f 5! Samuel Ha/ell Abraham Taylor, r , ' ^ ^ Robert Strettell, ' ' ' 2. Mr. Richard Peters. . m.' !tumM which on the ' them* ^er In« lid him lis for« retired )r, the 3een a ; above rcicular as well ince all tid was Years, kindly in their rniflied lot only them.* crttion, >h fcve- it they f37) The Board taking into Confideration the Regulation of the neceiTary Expences of the Indians Travelling down hither, and Returning ; and upon an Eilimate tnade by Conrad JVeifer^ amounting to about One Hun- dred Pounds^ it appearing that the ^id Sum of ;f lOO. will be necelTary to be advanced to Conrad Weifer to defray thofe Expences, Mr. Loyin on the Proprietaries Behalf, propofes to a^ance 40I. and the Treafurer declaring he had nopublick Money in his Hands, and that if he had, he would not advance Money without the AfTembly's Order ; it is recommended to Mr. Prefton and Mr. I^w- rence^ to confer with Mr. Kinfey, and know whether he, as Speaker of the AfTembly, and Truftee of the Loan- OHice, will advance the other 60/. « And the Indians having requefted that they might have a fmall, Quantity of Rum, to be added to their Prpvi- . lions, to comfort them on the Road : The Board is of Opinion, that there be added to the faid Eilimate for Twenty Gallons of Rum for thcaforefaid Ufc. And in Return for their Prefent of Skins, at Requeuing thac the Indian Traders be enjoyn'd to fell their Goods chea- per, the Board direAs that two Strouds be prefented. And that Five Pounds be given to Caxhayn on the Account of the Province, for his Services s and to Sbickalamy the like Sum. 1742. rnor. Si '■ i A Juji Cofy ; compared by PATRICK BJIRD.Szctr. ThOi s h.' • ^^^ ^^M&nfm^ . ■■ f :,' ' : >'/•'• • , "* ' .' . .,'. '.,i[l t..- • , > 1 ' ' 1 . .' wi # ■ - ■ ' . ^^ \ .J Ql YUf ;> r , . . . -i « ■ i ' ■ • • 1-. ( iV.' ,■ • J • • • a ■ ^Y\o ". *. Advertlfementi .v> Tiil :t* OF the Printers of this 7r^^/y may be had, [ Price 6d ] The Charge. delivered from the Bench to the Grand Inquest, at a Court of Oy^r and Terrhiner and General Go^?/ Delivery^ held for the City and County of P h i l a d e l p h i a ; by the Hon^e James Logan Efq; Ch'ef yujike of the Province of Pensilvania. *«{|?^^-^*'^^^^*^^:Sf*<<«hiJi5r*^^i:"^^^^^^^ ii^ V