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Dublin 1923.
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THE 8
PARTICULARS
OF AN
Indian Treaty
AT
CON ESTOGOE,
BETWEEN
His Excellency Sir WILLIAM KEITH,
Bart. Governor of Pennſylvania, and
the Deputies of the Five Nations.
Publiſhed
At the Requeſt of the GENTLEMEN
who were preſent, and waited upon
the Governor in His Journey.
DUBLIN:
Re Printed, by Elizabeth Sadleir, for
Samuel Fuller, at the Globe and Scales,
in Meath Street, MDCCXXIII.

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The Publiſher
TO THE
READER
Philadelphia, July 26, 1921:
W
Courteous Reader,
E here preſent you with an exact Copy
of the Proceedings of this Govern-
ment, in a late Treaty with ſeveral
Nations of Indians at Coneſtogoe, taken from
che Minutes of the reſpective Councils, which
were held on that Occaſion : And we hope this
will be more generally acceptable to our Correa
Spondents, than any Abſtrałt that could be pub-
liſhed in our Weekly Mercury.
The Indian Village of Coneſtogoe lies about
Seventy Engliſh Miles Diſtance, almoſt direz-
ly Weſt of this City; and the Land thereabouts
being exceeding Rich, it is now ſurrounded
with divers fine Plantations, or Farms, where
they
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The Publiſher to the Reader.
they raiſe Quantities of Wheat, Barley, Flax
and Hemp, without the Help of any Dung.
The Company who attended the Governor con-
liſted of between Seventy and Eighty Horſe-
Men, moſt of them well arm’d. And the Di.
rections that had been given were ſo well obſer-
ved, that great Plenty of all sorts of Proviſa-
ons were every where provided both for Man
and Horſe.
His Excellency the Governor's Care for the
Publick Safety of this Colony plainly diſcovers
it ſelf in his Management of Affairs with the
Indians, in General, as well as by his late toil-
ſom Journey to and from Virginia, and Cone-
ſtogoe. And the good People of this City and
Province, from a juft Senſe of the Happineſs
they enjoy under the preſent Adminiſtration,
embrace all Opportunities of expreſſing their
Love and efteem for the Governor, who, at his
Return from Coneſtogoe, was waited upon at
the upper-Ferry of Schulkill River by the
Mayor and Aldermen of this City with about
Two Hundred Horſe. And after a Refreſhment
of Wine and other cool Liquors, upon the 11th
Inſtant about Sun ſet His Excellency arrived
in good Health at his own House, to the uni-
verſal Joy of our Inhabitants.
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CON E STOGO E,
July 5th; 1721.
T
HE Governor arrived here this Day
at Noon, and in the Evening went to
Captain Civility's Cabbin, where four
Deputies of the Five Nations, and
fome few more of their People, came to ſee
the Governor, who ſpake to them by an In-
terpreter to this purpoſe, viz.
That this being the firſt Time that the Five
Nations had thought fit to ſend any of their
Chiefs to viſit him, he had come a great Way
from home to bid them Welcome. That he hop'd
to be better acquainted, and hold a further Dif-
courſe with them before he left the Place.
They anſwered, That they were come a long
Way, on purpoſe to ſee the Governor and Speak
with him. That they had heard much of him,
and would have come before now, but that the
Faults or Miſtakes committed by ſome of their
Young Men, had made them aſhamed to show their
Faces:
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Faces + But now that they had ſeen the Gover-
nor's Face, they were well ſatisfied with their
Journey, whether any thing elſe was done or
not.
The Governor told them, That to Morrow
Morning he deſigned to ſpeak a few Words to
his Brothers and Children, the Indians of Co-
neſtogoc, and their Friends upon Saſquehannah;
and deſired, That the Deputies of the Five
Nations might be preſent in Council, to hear
what is ſaid to them.
CON EST OGOE,
July, the 6th 1721.
TO PRESENT
OVOD
The Honourable Sir WILLIAM KEITH,
Bart. Governor.
Richard Hill, Eſ9; 2 S Jonathan Dickinſon, Eſ93
Caleb Puſey, Eſ9; $ Col. John French.
James Logan, Eſq; Secretary.
The Governor Spoke to the Coneſtogoc-Indians
as follows:
My Brothers and Children,
ſoon as you fent me Word, That your
near Friends and Relations, the Chiefs of the
Five
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Five Nations, were come to viſit you, I made
haſte, and am come up to ſee both you and
them, and to aſſure all the Indians of the
Continuance of my Love to them.
Your Old Acquaintance and True Friend,
the Great William Penn, was a wife Man,
and therefore he did not approve of Wars a-
mong the Indians whom he lov'd, becauſe it
waſted and deſtroyed their People ; but al-
ways recommended Peace to the Indians, as
the fureſt Way to make them rich and ſtrong,
by encreaſing their Numbers.
Some of you can very well remember ſince
William Penn and his Friends came firſt to
ſettle amongſt you in this Country : It is
but a few Years, and like as Yeſterday to an
old Man ; Nevertheleſs, by following that
great Man's peaceable Counſels this Govern-
ment is now become wealthy, and powerful
in great Numbers of People. And though
many of our Inhabitants are not accuſtom'd
to War, and diſlike the Practice of Men's
killing one another; yet you cannot but know,
I am able to bring ſeveral Thouſands into
the Field well armed, to defend both your
People and ours from being hurt by any Enę-
my that durſt attempt to invade us.
However we do not forget what William
Penn often told us, That the Experience of
old Age, which is true Wiſdom,adviſes Peace;
and I ſay to you, That the Wiſeft Man is
alſo the bravelt Man : For he ſafely depends
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on his Wiſdom, and there is no true Courage
without it.
COOH
I have ſo great a Love for you, My dear
Brothers, who live under the Protection of
this Government, that I cannot ſuffer you to
be hurt, no more than I would my own Chil-
dren. I am but juſt now returned from Vir-
ginia, where I wearied my ſelf in a long jour-
ney, both by Land and Water, only to make
Peace for you my Children, that you may
ſafely hunt in the Woods without Danger
from Virginia, and the many Indian Nations
that are at Peace with that Government. But
the Governor of Virginia expects, that you
will not hunt within the great Mountains, on
the other ſide of Potow mask River, being it
is a ſmall Tract of Land which he keçps for
the Virginia-Indians to hunt in: And he
pro-
miſes, That his Indians ſhall not any more
come on this Side Potow mack, or behind the
great Mountains this Way, to diſturb your
Hunting. And this is the Condition I have
made for you, which I expect you will firmly
keep, and not break it on any Confideration
whatſoever.
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I deſire, that what I have now ſaid to you
may be interpreted to the Chiefs of the Five
Nations preſent : For as you are a Part of
them, they are in like Manner one with us, as
you your felves are; and therefore our Coun-
cils muſt agree, and be made known to one a-
nother: For our Hearts ſhould be open, that
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we may perfectly ſee into one anothers Breaſts.
And that your Friends may ſpeak to me free-
ly, tell them, I am willing to forget the Mi-
ſtakes which ſome of their Young Men were
Guilty of amongſt our People. I hope they
will grow wiſer with Age, and hearken to the
grave Counſels of their Old Men, whoſe Va-
lour we eſteem becauſe they are wiſe; but the
Raſhneſs of their Young Men is altogether
Folly.
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At a Council held at
CON ESTOGO E,
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July, the 7th, 1721., YGH
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PRESENT Deir
The Honourable Sir William Keith, Baronet,
. Governor,
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Richard Hill, Efq; S Fonathan Dickinſon, Erq;
Caleb Puſey, Eſq; 2 Col. Fohr French.
Yout
James Logan, Eſq; Secretary.
With divers Gentlemen, vodnih
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DO PRESENT ALSOetodi
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The Chiefs, or Deputies, ſent by the Five
Nations to treat with this Government, viz.
Sinnekaes Nation,
Ghelaont,
Avennoot,
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Onondagoes Nation
Tanawree,
Skeetowas,
Cayoogoes Nation
Tehehughques
Sahoode,
Smith the Ganaweſe-Indian, Interpreter
from the Mingoe Language to the
Delaware ; John Cartlidge, Erq; and
Mr. James le Tort, Interpreters from
the Delaware into Engliſh.
Ghefaоnt in the Name and on the Behalf of
all the Five Nations, delivered himſelf in ſpeak-
ing to the Governor, as follows:
HEY were glad to ſee the Governor and
his Council at this place; for they had
heard much of the Governor in their Towns
before they came from Home, and now they
find hiin to be what they had then heard
of him, viz. Their Friend and Brother, and
the ſame as if William Penn were ſtill amongſt
them.
They affure the Governor and Council, That
they had not forgot William Penn's Treaties
with them; and that his Advice to them was
ſtill freſh in their Memories.
Though they cannot write, yet they retain
every thing ſaid in their Councils with all
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the Nations they treat with, and preſerve it
as carefully in their Memories, as if it was
committed in our Method to Writing.
They complain, That our Traders carrying
Goods and Liquors up Saſquehannah River,
fometimes meet wth their young People
going out to War, and treat them unkindly;
not only refuſing to give them a Dram of
their Liquor, but uſe them with ill Language,
and call them Dogs, &c.
They take this unkindly, becauſe Dogs have
no Senſe or Underſtanding : Whereas they
are Men, and think that their Brothers ſhould
not compare them to ſuch Creatures.
That ſome of our Traders calling their
Young Men by thoſe Names, the Young Men
anſwered, If they were Dogs, then they might
axt as ſuch: Whereupon they ſeiz'd a Cag of
Liquor, and run away with it.
YEYE
Ce boobs
N. B. This ſeems to be told in their artful
Way, to excuſe fome ſmall Robberies that
or had been committed by their Toung People.
Then laying down a Belt of Wampum upon
i the Table, he proceeded and ſaid.
That all their Diſorders aroſe from the
Uſe of Rum and Strong Spirits which took
away their Senſe and Memory. That they
had no ſuch Liquors amongſt themſelves,
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to thein, and therefore deſired that no more
of that fort might be fent amongſt them.
He preſented a Bundle of dreſsd Skins, and
ſaid, That the Five Nations faithfully remem-
ber all their Ancient Treaties, and now de-
fire that the Chain of Friendſhip between Them
and Us may be made ſo ſtrong, as that none
of the Links can ever be broken. Vroon
Preſents another Bundle of raw Skins, and ob-
ſerves, That a Chain may contract Ruft with
lying, and become weaker: Wherefore he de-
fires it may now be ſo well cleaned, as to re-
main brighter and ſtronger than ever it was
before.
att stoqeroon
Preſents another parcel of Skins, and ſays,
That as in the Firmament all Clouds and
Darkneſs are removed from the Face of the
Sun; So they deſire that all Miſunderſtand-
ings may be fully done away: So that when
they, who are now here, ſhall be dead and
gone, their whole People with their Chil-
dren and Poſterity, may enjoy the clear Sun-
thine of Friendſhip with us for ever, without
any thing to interpoſe and obſcure it.
Preſents another Bundle of Skins, and ſays,
That looking upon the Governor as if William
Penn was preſent, they deſire, That in Caſe a-
ny Diſorders ſhould hereafter happen between
their Young People and ours, we would not
be too haſty in reſenting any ſuch Accident,
until their Council and ours can have ſome
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ſo to adjuſt all Matters, as that the Friend-
ſhip between us may ſtill be inviolably pre-
ſerved.
Preſents a ſmall Parcel of dreſs’d Skins, and
deſires, That we may now be together as one
People, treating one another's Children kind-
ly and affectionately on all Occaſions.
He proceeds and says, That they conſider
themſelves in this Treaty as the full Pleni-
potentiaries and Repreſentatives of the Five
Nations, and they look upon the Governor
as the Great KING of England's Repreſen-
tative; and therefore they expect, that every
thing now ſtipulated will
be made abſolutely
firm and good on both Sides.
Preſents a Bundle of Bear Skins, and says,
That having now made a firm League with
us, as becomes our Brothers, they complain
that they get too little for their Skins
and Furrs, ſo as they cannot live by their
Hunting ; they deſire us therefore to take
Compaflion on them, and contrive fome Way
to help them in that Particular.
Preſenting a few Furrs, he ſpeaks only as
from himſelf to acquaint the Governor, That
the Five Nations having heard, that tlae Go-
vernor of Virginia wanted to ſpeak with
them, He himſelf, with ſome of his Com-
pany intend to proceed to Virginia, but do
not know the Way how to get fafe thi-
ther.
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--
At a Council held at the Houſe of John Cart-
lidge, Efq; near Coneſtogoe, July the 8th,
1721.
PRESENT
The Honourable Sir William Keith, Baronet,
Governor,
Richard Hill, Eſq; Fonathan Dickinſon, Erq;
Col. John French.
James Logan, Erq; Secretary.
HE Governor deſired, That the Board
would adviſe him, as to the Quanti-
ty and Kind of the Preſents, that muſt be
made to the Indians in Return to theirs, and
in Confirmation of his Speech to them
Whereupon it was agreed, That Twenty
Five Strowd Match Coats of Two Yards
each, One Hundred of Gun-Powder, Two
Hundred of Lead, with ſome Bisket, Tobac-
co and Pipes, ſhould be delivered as the Go-
vernor's Preſent to the Five Nations. And
the ſame being prepared accordingly, the
Council was adjourned to Coneftogoe, the Place
of Treaty.

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At a Council held at Coneſtogoe, July the 8th,
1721. Poft Meridiem.
PRESENT
The Honourable Sir WILLIAM KEITH,
Bart. Governor,
And the ſame Members as before ; with di-
vers Gentlemen attending the Governor;
And the Chiefs of the Five Nations, be-
ing all ſeated in Council, and the preſents
laid down before the Indians.
I
The Governor Spoke to them by the Interpre:
ters in theſe Words :
My Friends and Brothers,
T is a great Satisfaction to me, That I have
this Opportunity of Speaking to the
Valiant and Wiſe Five Nations of Indians,
whom you tell me you are fully impowered
to repreſent.
I treat with you therefore as if all theſe
Nations were here preſent ; and you are to
underſtand what I now ſay to be agreeable
to the Mind of our Great Monarch GEORGE
the King of England, who bends his Care
to eſtabliſh Peace amongſt all the mighty Na-
tions of Europe, unto whom all the People in
theſe Parts are as it were but like one Drop
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out of a Bucket. So that what is now tranf-
acted between us, muſt be laid up as the
Words of the whole Body of your People
and our People, to be kept in perpetual Re-
membrance.
SI
I am alſo glad to find, That you remember
what William Penn formerly ſaid to you.
He was a Great and a Good Man: His own
People loved him ; He loved the Indians,
and they alſo loved him. He was as their
Father; he would never ſuffer them to be
wrong’d; neither would he let his People
enter upon any Lands until he had firſt
Purchaſed them of the Indians. He was
juft ; and therefore the Indians lov'd Him.
Though he is now removed from us; yet
his Children and People following his Ex-
ample, will always take the fame Meaſures :
So that his and our Poſterity will be as a
long Chain, of which He was the firſt Link;
and when one Link ends, another ſucceeds;
and then another ; being all firmly bound
together in one ſtrong Chain to endure for
ever.
He formerly knit the Chain of Friendſhip
with you, as the Chief of all the Indians in
thefe Parts; and left this Chain Thould grow
ruſty, you now defire it may be ſcourd and
made ſtrong to bind us as one People toge-
ther. We do affure you it is, and has al-
ways been bright on our Side; and ſo we
will ever keep it. 19W an ibu SO
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As to your Complaint of our Traders, Tha
tbey have created fome of your Young Mer un
kindly, I take that to be ſaid only by way
of
Excuſe for the Follies of your People, there-
by endeavouring to perſwade me, that they
were provoked to do «what you very well
know they did : But, as I told our own
Indians two Days ago, I am willing to paſs
by all theſe Things. You may therefore be
aſſured, That our people ſhall not offer any
Injury to yours; or if I know that they do,
they ſhall be ſeverely puniſhed for it : So
you muſt in like Manner ſtrictly command
your Young Men, that they do not offer any
Injury to ours. For when they paſs through
the utmoſt Skirts of our Inhabitants, where
there are no People yet fetled but a few Tra-
ders, they ſhould be more careful of them,
as having ſeparated themſelves from the Bou.
dy of their Friends, purely to ſerve the In-
dians more commodiouſly with what they
want.
Nevertheleſs, if any little Diſorders ſhould
at any Time hereafter ariſe, we will endea -
vour that it ſhall not break or weaken the
Chain of Friendſhip between us: To which
End, if any of your People take Offence, you
muſt in that Caſe apply to me, or to our
Chiefs. And when we have any Caufe to
complain, we ſhall, as you deſire, apply to
your Chiefs, by our Friends the Coneftogoe-
Indians : But on both sides we muſt labour
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to prevent every Thing of this kind as much
as we can.
You complain, That our Traders come into
the Path of your Young Men going out to War,
and thereby occaſion Diſorders amongſt them;
I will therefore, My Friends and Brorbers,
ſpeak very plainly to you on this Head.
Your Young Men came down Saſquehannah-
River, and take their Road through our In-
dian Towns and Settlements, and make a Path
between us and the People againſt whom they
go out to War. Now you muſt know, That
the Path this way leads them only to the
Indians who are in Alliance with the Eng-
liſh; and firſt
, to thoſe who are in a ſtrict
League of Friendſhip with the great Gover-
nor of Virginia, juſt as theſe our Friends and
Children, who are ſetled amongſt us, are in
League with me and our People.
You cannot therefore make War upon the
Indians in League with Virginia without
weakning the Chain with the Engliſh : For
as we would not ſuffer theſe our Friends
and Brothers of Coneſtogoe, and upon this Ri-
ver, to be hurt by any Perſon whatſoever
conſidering it as done to our ſelyes ; ſo the Go-
vernor of Virginia looks upon the Injuries
done to his Indian Brothers and Friends, as
if they were done to himſelf. And you very
well know, that though you are five differ-
ent Nations, yet you are but one People: So
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as that any Wrong done to one Nation, is
received as an Injury done to you all.
In the ſame Manner, and much more ſo,
it is with the Engliſh, who are all united
under one Great King, who has more Peo-
ple in that one Town where he lives than
all the Indians in North America put toge-
ther.
You are in a League with New-York, as
your ancient Friends and neareſt Neighbours;
and you are in a League with us by Treaties
often repeated, and by a Chain which you
have now brighten'd. As therefore all the
Engliſh are but one People, you are actually
in League with all the Engliſh Governments
and muſt equally preſerve the Peace with all,
as with one Government.
You pleaſed me very much, when you
told me that you were going to treat with
the Governor of Virginia. Your Nations
formerly entred into a very firm League
with that Government ; and if you have
fuffered that Chain to grow ruſty it is
time to ſcour it : And the Five Nations
have done very wiſely to ſend you there for
that Purpoſe.
I do affure you, the Governor of Virginia
is a great and a good Man. He loves the In-
dians as his Children, and ſo protects and de-
fends them : For He is very ſtrong, having
many Thoufand Chriſtian Warriors under
his Command, whereby he is able to affiſt
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all thoſe who are in any League of Friend-
ſhip with him. Haften therefore, My Friends
to brighten and ſtrengthen the Chain with
that Great Man ; For he deſires it, and will
receive you kindly. He is my great and good
Friend, I have been lately with him; and
ſince you ſay you are Strangers, I will give
you a Letter to him, to inform him of what
we have done, and of the good Deſign of
your Viſit to Him and this Country.
My Friends and Brothers, I told you two
Days ago, that we muſt open our Breaſts
to each other ; I ſhall therefore, like your
true Friend, open mine yet further to you
for your Good.
You ſee that the Engliſh, from a very
finall People at firſt in theſe Parts, are by
Peace amongſt themſelves, become a very
great People amongſt you, far exceeding the
Number of all the Indians that we know of.
But while we are at Peace, the Indians
continue to make War upon one another,
and deſtroy each other, as if they intended
that none of their People ſhould be left a-
live ; By which Means you are from a great
People, become a very ſmall People, and yet
you will go on to deſtroy your felves.
The Indians of the South, though they
ſpeak’ a different Language, yet they are the
ſame People, and inhabit the ſame Land with
thoſe of the North ; We therefore cannot
but wonder, how you, that are a wiſe Peo-
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ple, ſhould take delight in putting an end to
your Race. The Engliſh, being your true
Friends, labour to prevent this. We would
have you ſtrong as a part of our ſelves : For
as our Strength is your Strength, fo we
would have yours to be as our own.
I have perſwaded all my Brethren in theſe
Parts to conſider what is for their Good,
and not to go out any more to War; but
your Young Men, as they come this way,
endeavour to force them. And becauſe they
incline to follow the Councils of Peace, and
the good Advice of their true Friends, your
People uſe them ill, and often prevail with
them to go out to their own Deſtruction :
Thus it was that this Town of Coneſ og oe loſt
their good King not long ago, and thus many
have been loſt. Their young Children are
left without Parents; their Wives without
Husbands ; the old Men contrary to the
Courſe of Nature, mourn the Death of their
Young ; the People decay and grow weak;
we loſe our Dear Friends and are afflicted.
And this is chiefly owing to your Young
Men.
.
Surely you cannot propoſe to get either
Riches or Poſſeſſions by going thus out to
War : For when you kill a Deer, you have
the Fleſh to eat, and the Skin to ſell ; but
when you rețurn from War, you bring no-
thing Home but the Scalp of a dead Man,
who perhaps was Husband to a kind Wife,
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and Father to tender Children, who never
wronged you ; though by loſing Him you
have robbed them of his Help and Protecti-
on, and at the ſame Time got nothing by
it.
If I were not your true Friend, I would
not take the Trouble of ſaying all theſe things
to you, which I deſire may be fully related
to all your People when you return Home,
that they may conſider in Time what is for
their own Good. And after this, if any
will
be ſo madly deaf and blind, as neither to
hear nor ſee the Danger before them, but
will ſtill go out to deſtroy and be deſtroyed
for nothing, I muſt deſire, That ſuch fooliſh
young Men will take another Path, and not
paſs this Way amongſt our People, whoſe
Eyes I have opened, and they have wiſely
hearkened to my Advice. So that I muſt tell
you plainly, As I am their beſt Friend, and
this Government is their Protector, and as a
Father to them, we will not ſuffer them any
more to go out, as they have done, to their
Deſtruction. I ſay again, we will not ſuffer
it ; for we have the Council of Wiſdom a-
mongſt us, and know what is for their Good.
For though they are weak, yet they are our
Brethren: We will therefore take Care of
them, that they be not miſled with ill Coun-
ſel. You mourn when you loſe a Brother,
we mourn when any of them are loft ; To
prevent which, they ſhall not be ſuffered to
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go out, as they have done, to be deſtroyed
by
My good Friends and Brother's, I give you
the ſame Counſel, and earneſtly deſire that
you will follow it, ſince it will make you a
happy People. I give you this Advice be-
cauſe I am your true Friend, but I much
fear you hearken to others, who never were,
nor never will be your Friends.
You know very well, that the French have
been your Enemics from the Beginning ;
and though they made Peace with you a-
bout 22 Years ago, yet by ſubtil Practices
they ſtill endeavour to enſnare you. They
üfe Arts and Tricks, and tell you Lies to de-
ceive you ; And if you would make uſe of
your own Eyes, and not be deluded by their
Jeſuites and Interpreters, you would ſee this
your ſelves: For you know they have had
no Goods of any Value theſe ſeveral Years
paſt, except what has been ſent to them from
the Engliſh of New-Tork, and that is now all
over. They give fair Speeches inſtead of real
Services, and as for many Years they at-
tempted to deſtroy you in War, ſo they now
endeavour to do it in Peace : For when they
perſwade you to go out to War againſt o-
thers, it is only that you may be deſtroyed
your ſelves, which we, as your true Friends,
labour to prevent, becauſe we would have
your Numbers increaſe, that you may grow
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ſtrong, and that we may be all ſtrengthned
in Friendſhip and Peace together.
As to what you have ſaid of Trade, I ſup-
poſe, the great Diſtance at which you live
from us, has prevented all Commerce between
us and your People. We believe, thoſe who
go into the Woods, and ſpend all their Time
upon it, endeavour to make the beſt Bargains
they can for themſelves. So on your Part,
you muſt take Care to make the beſt Bar-
gain you can with them. But we hope our
Traders do not exact ; for we think that a
Strowd Coat, or a Pound of Powder is now
fold for no more Buck-Skins than formerly.
Bever indeed is not of late ſo much uſed in
Europe, and therefore does not give fo good
a Price, and we deal but very little in that
Commodity. But Deer-Skins fell very well
amongſt us, and I ſhall always fake Care that
the Indians be not wrong’d. But except other
Meaſures be taken to regulate the Indian-
Trade every where, the cominon Methods
uſed in Trade will ſtill be followed, and e-
very Man muſt take Care of himſelf; for
thus I muſt do my ſelf, when I buy any
Thing from our own People, if I do not
give them their Price, they will keep it ;
for we are a free People. But if you have
any further Propoſals to make about theſe
Affairs, I'm willing to hear and conſider
them ; for 'tis my Deſire that the Trade
be well regulated to your Content.
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I am ſenſible Rum is very hurtful to the
Indians , we have made Laws that none
ſhould be carried amongſt them, or if any
were, that it ſhould be ſtaved and thrown
upon the Ground, and the Indians have been
ordered to deſtroy all the Rum that comes
in their way ; but they will not do it,
they will have Rum, and when we refufe it,
they will travel to the Neighbouring Pro-
vinces and fetch it. Their own Women
go to purchaſe it, and then fell it amongſt
their own People at exceſſive Rates. I would
gladly make any Laws to prevent this that
could be effectual ; but the Country is ſo
wide, the Woods are ſo dark and private,
and ſo far out of my Sight, that if the
Indians themſelves do not prohibit their own
People, there is no other way to prevent it :
For my Fart, I ſhall readily joyn in any
Meaſures that can be propoſed for ſo good
a Purpoſe.
I have now, My Friends and Brothers, faid
all that I think can be of Service at this
Time, and I give you theſe Things here
laid before you to confirm my Words, viz.
Five Strowd Coats, Twenty Pound of Powder,
and Forty Pound of Lead for each of the
Five Nations ; thatis, Twenty Five Coats, one
Hundred Weigbt of Powder, and Two Hun-
dred of Lead in the Whole, which I defire
may be delivered to them with theſe my
Words, in my Name, and on Behalf of this
Province.
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I ſhall be glad frequently to ſee fome of
your Chief Men, fent in the Name of all
the reſt ; but deſire you will be ſo kind as
to come to us at Philadelphia, to viſit our
Families and our Children born there, where
we can provide better for you, and make you
more Welcome : For People always receive
their Friends beſt at their own Houſes. I
heartily with you well on your Journey, and
good Succeſs in it. And when you return
Home, I defire you will give my very kind
Love, and the Love of all our People, toyour
Kings, and to all their People.
Then the Governor rofe
up from his
Chair ; And when he had called Ghe-
ſaont, the Speaker, to bim, He took a
Coronation Medal of the King's out of
bis Pocket, and preſented it to the Indi-
an in theſe Words.
SOOS
Syd
That our Children, when we are dead,
may not forget theſe Things, but keep this
Treaty between us in perpetual Remembrance.
I here deliver to you a Pi&ure in Gold,
bearing the Image of my Great Maſter, the
King of all the Engliſh ; and when you re-
turn Home, I charge you to deliver this
Piece into the Hands of the firſt Man, or
greateſt Chief of all the Five Nations, whom
you call Kennygooah, to be laid up and kept
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as a Token to our Children's Children, that
an entire, and laſting Friendſhip is now efta-
bliſhed for ever, between the Engliſ in this
Country, and the Great Five Nations.
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TREATY
OF
Peace and Friendſhip
Made and Concluded between His Excellency
Sir WILLIAM KEITH, Bart.
Governor of the Province of
Pennſylvania
For and on Behalf of the ſaid Province
AND THE
Chiefs of the Indians of the Five Nations,
C.
At ALBANY, in the Month of September, 1712.

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Septem. 27, 1722.
HE Honourable Sir William Keith, Bart.
T
Governor of the Province of Pennſylvania,
&c. having, upon the Report that an ledian of
the Five Nations had loſt his Life by Means of
fome Traders of this Province, ſent two
Members of Council, in March laſt, to Coneſto-
goe, to enquire into tbe Fa£t. Thoſe Members,
in Purſuance of the Governor's Orders, diſpatch-
ed an Indian called Satcheecoc, one of the Ca-
yoogoes, to the Chief of the Sinnekaes, to ac-
quaint him with the Care the Governor had al-
ready taken in that Affair, and would further,
tako, to puniſh the Offenders. In Anſwer, the
said Chief, by the ſame Meſſenger, deſired to see
our Governor in their Country,
The Governor hereupon ſent back the ſame
Indian with ſome Preſents, to inform the Chiefs
of the Sinnekaes, and others of the Five Nati-
ons, That Col. Spotſwood, Governor of Vir-
ginia, deſigning with Col. Burnet, Governor
of New-York, to meet their Chiefs this Sum-
mer at Albany, He would take that Oppor-
tunity to ſee them in the fame Company.
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The Time approaching that the Governors had
appointed to meet the Indians, the Aſſembly of
this Province, by whoſe advice the Governor had
engaged to the Indians to viſit them, were cal-
led together to provide for the Charge. The
Subje&t of the intended Treaty, The Value of the
Preſents to be made, and Members of Council to
accompany the Governor, viz. Richard Hill, Iſaac
Norris, and Andrew Hamilton, Eſqrs; were a-
greed on by the Governor, Council and Aſſembly,
and Sums of Money to defray the Charges were
voted.
The Governor ſet out from Philadelphia the
8th Day of Auguſt, taking Col. John French,
another Member of Council, with him, whom
by bis Letter he had called, on Behalf of the
Counties on Delaware, to aſſiſt at the intended
Treaty. The other Members followed a few Days
after. On the 17th Day the Three Governors,
with their reſpe&tive Companies, ſet Sail in ſe-
ver al Sloops from New-York up Hudſon's Ri-
On the 20th they arrived at Albany,
where ſome of the Indians were already arri-
ved, and others daily followed.
The Governor of New-York Spoke firſt to
the Indians; the Governor of Virginia treated
next with them: But Conniſooa and Cajenqua-
rahto, the Two Chiefs of the Sinnekaes, with
whom the Buſineſs of Pennſylvania principally
lay, having delayed their Coming, Sir William
Keith our Governor deferred his Treaty the
longer.
uer.

On the oth of September our Governor Spoke
to them, and the Same Day the Two Sinneka
Chiefs arrived. Immediately after their Ar-
rival they waited on our Governor at his Cham-
ber, and laid an Otter-Skin at his Feet. Con-
niſooa ſew'd the Golden Medal ſent him laſt
Summer by our Governor from Coneſtogoe, be-
ing hung at his Neck. Cajenquarahto alſo pro-
duced the Mourning Ring the Governor had ſent
laſt Spring by Satcheechoe, with the other
Preſents.
The Governor's Speech was in the following
Words, Interpreted by James le Tort, and an
Indian from Saſquehannah call'd Capt. Smith,
whom the Governor took with him, together
with Satcheechoe, the Meſſenger, who had been
twice ſent to the Five Nations.
OS
The Horour able Sir William Keith, Baronet,
Governor of the Province of Pennſylvania,
and Counties of Newcaſtle, Kent and Suf-
ſex upon Delaware, His Speech to the
Five Nations of Indians at Albany, the
7th Day of September, 1722.
anitaris
BRETHREN,
Have traveld a great way to ſee
to hold fome Diſcourſe with you. The
People of Pennſylvania have always been
Friends to the Five Nations : They have
* punctually
you, and
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punctually kept all their former Treaties with
you. They expect, that you do not forget
them, and therefore I am come to brighten
the Chain between us. You fent me Word,
that you deſired to ſee me, and I have obtain-
ed Leave of my Brother, the Governor of
New-Tork, to renew at this place our former
Treaties with you, and I am glad he is pre-
ſent with us; to hear and obſerve all that is
fpoken.
Some of your ancient Men can yet remem-
ber the firſt Settlement of the Province of
Pennſylvania by. William Penn: He was a good
Man, and had a great Affection for all the
Indians : He entred into Leagues of Friend-
ſhip with them, and treated them as his Bre-
thren ; and he gave it in Charge to his Go-
vernors, whom he left in his Place, and to all
his people, that they ſhould continue to do the
farne.
Divers Great Men from the Five Nations
have, on ſeveral Occaſions, viſited us at Phi-
ladelphia and Coneſtogoe. We were always glad
to ſee them, aud treated them kindly like Bre-
thren. They made firm Leagues of Friend-
ſhip with us, and frequently renewd and
ftrengthned them. We became as one Peo-
ple, and hope always to continue fo ; and
as often as the Five Nations renew'd their
Leagues with our great and good Friends the
Governors of New-Tork, it ſtill united them
more nearly to us, as being Subjects of one
and the fame Great KING,
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DEO
Laſt Summer the wiſe and Good Man Go
ſaont, with ſome others of your People, came;
in the Name of all the Five Nations, to viſit
us at Coneſtogoe. We received them with Joy,
and opened our Hearts to each other. He
rejoyced to ſee us and our Indians live in fo
much Love together. We then brightned
the Chain, that it might be clear, ſtrong and
laſting as the Sun and Stars. But when we
heard that Geſaont died in Virginia, we were
very ſorry; yet I hope the Five Nations received
my Words of Love and Friendſhip to their
Sachims, and to all their People, with the
Golden Medal and the Preſents then deli-
vered.
BOOT
It was then ſtipulated and agreed between
That we ſhould all be as one People; That
the Five Nations ſhould not do any Injury to
any of us more than to themſelves; and that
we ſhould not do any Injury to any of the
Five Nations more than to our own People :
Or, if any Perſon did fuch Injury, they ſhould
be puniſhed for it in the faine Manner, as if
done to an Engliſhmau.
Since that Time a very unhappy Accident
has fallen out, which gave us great Grief :
Laſt Winter we heard, that one of the Five
Nations had loſt his Life by Means of ſome
of our people.
The very next Day after the News came to
me at Philadelphia, I ſent two of my Coun-
cil to Coneft og or, to enquire into the matter
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and bring me the Truth. They found that
the Quarrel aroſe about Rum between a Bro:
ther of the Five Nations, who hunted near
Potomack, and two of our Traders.
The Indian was angry and went haſtily and
took his Gun to kill the Engliſhmen; they,
in Defence of themſelves Seiz'd the Indian, and
in Strugling gave him ſome Blows, and left
him. We heard, that our Indian Friend
and Brother died the next Day.
The Men who did this were brought to
Philadelphia and put in Priſon; and they will
be tried according to our Laws, in the ſame
Manner as if they had kill'd an Engliſhman. .
And to prevent ſach Miſchief for the Future,
we have made a ſevere Law againſt ſelling Rum
to the Indians.10 25 90
More
Though this Misfortune gave us great Grief,
yet we are perſwaded that the Chief Sachims
of the Five Nations are fo wiſe as to know,
that ſuch Accidents may happen without a-
ny ill Deſign amongſt the neareſt Brethren.
And by this they will fee, how ſtrictly we
keep our League and Treaties, in puniſhing
thoſe who ſhall dare to offend and injure them,
Sato
or any of their People.
I made haſte to ſend a Meſſage to the Five
Nations by Satcheecho to expreſs our Sorrow,
and I received their kind Anſwer by the Re-
turn of the ſame Meſſenger. You received
our Meſſage like true Brethren, defiring us,
to wipe away our Tears, and invited me to
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come and fee you. Immediately I ſent Sat-
cheecho back with this Anſwer, That I would
meet you at Albany, with my good Friends the
Governor's of New-York and Virginia ; and I
fent fome Tokens to your Sachims, which I
hope they received, with a Mourning Gold
Ring off my own Finger to Sakaunkauta.
Satcheecho returned fpeedily, and faid, you
would be glad to ſee me at Albany: He alſo
told me, You deſired Fobn Cartlidge might be
releaſed out of Priſon, and the Injury done
to your Kinſman might be forgot. Satchee-
cho brought no Belt, nor any other Token to
confirm his Words; and therefore I have
brought him along with me, that you may
know and tell me if he ſpoke Truth.
ovog ou bus aliquipod and
Brethren, ob sod 10.1997 od tayon
Accedi
You ſee I am come here with Four of my
Council to viſit you. I have left my Family
and People, and have traveld a great way to
take you by the Hand, to join Hearts, and to
rejoyce in ſeeing each other's Faces: For all
Clouds and Darkneſs muſt be done away, that
the Flame of Love and Affection may burn
clear in our Breaſts.
I have brought theſe Goods with me to
bind my Words, viz. Five Pieces of Strouds
for Cloathing, Five Casks of Powder, and Five
Hundred Weight of Lead to encourage your
Hunting, that you may grow rich and ſtrong.
And I defire you may receive them as a Pledge
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of our firm Reſolutions to live in perpetual
Peace, and under the ſtrongeſt Ties of Friend-
fhip with the Five Nations; that you will e-
ver remember us as your Brethren, and not
ſuffer your young Men, when they travel, to
hurt any of our Inhabitants, no more than
they would their own, or to kill their Cattle
and Stock : And that this viſit and the Co-
venant-Chain which is hereby brightned, may
be recorded in everlaſting Remembrance, to
be ſent down to your and our Children, and
to our Children's Children, to laſt as long as
the Mountains and River's, and the Sun and
Moon ſhall endure, in
I alſo give you theſe two Pieces of Blan-
kets, to wipe away, and to dry up the Blood
that has been ſpilt, and to cover it ſo as that
it may never be ſeen or heard of any more.
I live at a great Diſtance from the Bre-
thren, and perhaps may riever ſee ſo many
of your grave ancierit Men together again; 1
will therefore like a true Brother, leave with
you my beſt Advice for the Happineſs and
Welfare of all your People : And as oft as
you look upon theſe two
Belts remember, that This Two Belts laid down,
One ſignifies the Strength
which a wiſe Nation acquires and ſecures to its
People by peaceble Councils, and encreaſing the
Number of its Friends : And this other Belt
sepreſents to you A bold, firm, true Heart, that
abhors Falſhood, but is ever faithful to its Friends,
and punctually obſerves whatſoever it promiſes.

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The Anſwer made by the Indians of the Five Nati-
ons, viz. The Maquaſe, Oenydes, Onnondages,
Cayouges and Sinnekaes, to the Propoſitions
made by the Honourable Sir William Keith,
Bart. Governor of Pennſylvania, &c. in Al-
bany, the 10th, Day of September Anno
1722.
Y
PRESENT
Ottom
The Honourable Sir WILLIAN
KEITH Baronet, Governorri. W
of Pennſylvania, &c.
Richard Hill,
Iſlac Norris,
Efqrs. Members of the
Col. Fohn French
Council of Pennſylvania.
Andrew Hamilton,
Col. Peter Schuyler,
Peter Van Brugh, Toivon To gain
Fohn Cuyler, 5* notarid
Eſqrs. Commiſſioners
Evert Banker,
of the Indian Affairs.
Philip Livington,
Foh. Bleecher,
Fohn Collins,
Hend Hansen
).
Interpreted
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Interpreted by Laurence Claeſe into Dutch,
and rendered into Engliſh by Robert Living-
fton; Tanachaha being Speaker.
Brother ONAS;
Sabsence
[ which fignifies a Pen in the
Language of the Five Nati-
ons, by which Name they
call the Governors of Penn-
e fylvania, ſince it was firſt
ſetled by William Penn. í
OAS
66 1.
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us
ſome Days ago, That you was come
a great way to ſee us of the Five Nations;
“ We thank you for your Good Will to us,and
are very glad to ſee you here in good Health:
“ And we hope a good Underſtanding and
Agreement will be made and concluded be-
W tween us.
* * You told us alſo, That you are come to re-
new the Covenant-Chain that has been made
* between us ſo long ago, even at the firſt
Setling the Province of Pennſylvania, and to
brighten the Chain, and to removo vodo
“
away any Spot of Ruft that may be grown
upon it fince our laſt Meeting aud Confer-
ence a. Coeſtogoe.
Brother

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(1 Brother ON A Size: os its 10
6 11. You have told us, That at that
* Time you brightend the Covenant-Chain
" between us, that it might be clear and
6 laſting as the Sun and Stars in Heaven :
« For which we thank you. And we being
snow all preſent, do, in the moſt folemn and
publick Manner, renew the Covenant and
“ brighten the Chain made between us, that
“the Luſtre thereof may never be obſcured
by any Clouds or Darkneſs; but may
s fhine as clear and laſt as long as the Sun
6 in the Firmament.
Brother Onas, b200 tis
« III. You have likewife told us, How
" William Penn, who was a good Man, did, at
6 his firſt Settlement of the Province of
« Pennſylvania, make Leagues of Friendſhip
« with the Indians, and treated them like
“ Brethren ; and that, like the ſame good
Man, he left it in Charge to all his Gover-
nors who ſhould ſucceed him, and to all
" the People of Pennſylvania that they ſhould
" always keep the Covenant and Treaties he
" had made with the Five Nations, and
treat them with Love and Kindneſs. We
“ acknowledge that His Governors and
People have always kept the fame honeſt-
ly and truly to this Day: So we on our
“ Part always have kept, and for ever ſhall
keep, firm Peace and Friendſhip, with a
good Heart, to all the People of Pennſyl-
& vania. We thankfully receive and approve
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46
of all the Articles in your Propoſition to
us, and acknowledge them to be good and
full of Love: We receive and approve of
the ſame with our whole Hearts, becauſe
we are not only made one People by the
Covenant-Chain, but we alfo are one People
united in One Head, One Body, and One
“ Heart, by the ſtrongeſt Ties of Love and
Friendſhip.
Brother Onas,
“ IV. You deſire there may be a perpe-
"tual Peace and Friendſhip between you and
the Five Nations, and between your Chil-
dren and our Children, and that the ſame
may be kept as long as the Mountains
and Rivers endure. All which we like well,
and on our Part deſire, that the Cove-
nant and Union made with a clean and true
Heart, between you and us, may laſt as
long as the Sun and Moon ſhall continue
to give Light. And we will deliver this
in Charge to our Children, that it may
be kept in Remembrance with their Chil-
dren, and Children's Children to the lateſt
Ages. And we deſire, That the Peace and
Tranquillity that is now eſtabliſhed between
us, may be as clear as the Sun ſhining in
its Luſtre, without any Cloud or Dark-
neſs, and that the ſame may continue for
cvcr.
Brother Onas, no
“ V. We have well conſider'd all that you
Ciast
low have
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66
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* have ſpoken, and like it well, becauſe it is
“ only the Renewing of former Leagues and
“Treaties, made between the Government
“ of Pennſylvania and Us of the Five Nations
• which we always believed we were o-
bliged to keep. And as to the Accident
“ of one of our Friends being kill'd by ſome
of your People, which has happen'd by
“ Misfortune and againſt your Will, we ſay,
That as we are all in Peace, we think it
66 hard the Perſons who kill'd our Friend
“ and Brother ſhould ſuffer : And we do, in
" the Name of all the Five Nations, forgive
"the Offence, and deſire you will likewiſe
forgive it, and that the Men who did it
" may be releaſed from Priſon, and ſet at
“ Liberty to go whither they pleaſe. And
we ſhall eſteem that as a Mark of Regard
" and Friendſhip for the Five Nations, and
" as a farther Confirmation of this Trea-
ty.
Brother Onas,
VI. We ſay farther, We are glad to
“hear the former Treaties we have made
« with William Penn repeated to us again,
“ and renewed by you; and we eſteem and
« love you, as if you were William Penn
“ Himſelf. We are glad you have wip'd a-
“ way and cover'd the Blood of our dead
“Friend and Brother; and we defire the
“ fame may be forgot, fo as it may never be
more mentioned or remcmbred.
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66
“ It is needleſs for us to anſwer every Par-
Sticular of your Propoſition, becauſe we
acknowledge the Whole to be good and
acceptable to us ; eſpecially your good
• Advice, which we will always remember :
« And in Teſtimony thereof, and as a full
< Confirmation of our Agreement, Conſent
« and Approbation of all that you have pro-
poſed, and we have here ſaid and promif-
es ed, we lay down a few Beaver, Bear
66 and dreſs'd Deer Skins : And fo conclu-
ded.
(
Then the Governor expreſs’d his Satis-
faction with their Anſwer; and gave them
Thanks for their Good Will and Love
to Him, and the People of Pennfylva-
The Indians then deſired to know of the
Governor, If the Man who were in Priſon
for Killing their Friend and Brother were
diſcharged ? To which the Governor anſwer-
ed, That “ they were let out upon Bail.
They then deſired, That the Men might be
diſcharged : To which the Governor an-
fwered, That " as ſoon as he returned to
“ Philadelphia, he would give ſuch Orders
in that Affair, as ſhould fully Anſwer
“the Requeſt of the Five Nations, in Or-
“ der to confirm the Friendſhip that is ſo
happily renewed and eſtabliſhed by this
© Treaty.
137
A true

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mit A true Cop), Examined by
PHILIP LIVINGSTON,
Scre. for the Indian-Affairs.
The Chiefs of the Indians expreſsd a great
Affection for the Governor and the People of
Pennſylvania. And it appeared that Satchee-
choe had faithfully diſcharged his Truſt in
both the Meſſages ſent by him.
When our Interpreters were coming away
the Chiefs informed them, That they had
ſomething further to ſay to the Governor ;
upon which they were detained. The next
Day, the 14th of September, the Governor
received at his Chamber the Ten Chiefs of
the Five Nations, being Two from each ; to-
gether with Two others, ſaid to be of the
Tuſcororoes: And by the Interpretation of
Lawrence Claeſe, Publick Interpreter for the
Indians, in the Preſence of Philip Livingſton,
Secretary for Indian Affairs at Albany, both
whom our Governor deſired to be preſent,
they ſpoke as follows:
Whe
Brother Onas,
E here now freely ſurrender to you all
thofe, Lands about Coneſtogoe, which
the Five Nations have claimed : And it is our
Defire that the ſame may be ſetled with Chri-
ſtians; in Token' whereof we give this String
of Wampum.
. От
Brother Onas, According to the beſt of our
Onderſtanding,
CANON

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Underſtanding, we have rexew'd at this Time
with you all former Treaties between your
People and us, we therefore expect, that if
any of our People come to Trade at Philadel-
phia, you will order that tbey be received like
Bretbren, and have the Goods as cheap as pof-
ſable. So we wiſh you all Prosperity and a goad
Fourrey Home.
Now we are going to depart from one ano-
ther, we your Brethren, the Sachims of the
Five Nations, deſire that you would give us
ſome Proviſions, to help us on our fourney.
On which they gave Two ſmall Bundles of
Beaver and dreſs'd Skins.
Sir William Keith's Anſwers
Brethren,
ou know very well, that the Lands a.
Y
Conestogor
hannah, belong to your old Friend and kind
Brother William Penn; neyertheleſs I do here,
in his Name, kindly accept of the Offer and
Surrender which you have now made to me,
becauſe it will put an End to all other
Claims and Diſputes, if any ſhould be made
hereafter.
Brethren, I underſtand, as you do, that we
here at this Time renew'd all former Trea-
ties between the Five Nations and Pennſyl-
vania ; and conſidering how well you are
provided

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provided with Goods at Albany, I think Phi-
ladelphia will be far out of your Way to
Trade ; but as often as any of your Peo-
ple come to us in Love and Friendſhip,
they ſhall be treated like Brethren.
I am not able to provide for you here as
if I were at Home ; but I will order fome
Bread to be got for your particular Ulfe: And
I heartily wiſh you well Home to your own
Families.
AC
- Ия
SA TRUE
ISO

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A TRUE
ACCOUNT
2 ud mobivota
att Of the Dying Words of
OCKANICHON
AN INDIAN
KING
Spoken to
JAHKURSOE.
W HOM
He appointed KING after Him? Spoken
in the Preſence of ſeveral, who were Eye
and Ear Witneſſes to the Truth thereof.
IT
T was my deſire that My Brother's Son.
Jahkurſoe ſhould be ſent for to come to
me to hear my laſt Words, whom I have ap-
pointed KING after me. My Brother's Son,
This day I deliver my Heart into thy Bofom,
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and

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and to keep Good Company, and to refuſe that
which is Evil; and to avoid bad Company. Now
inaſmuch as I have delivered my Heart into
thy Boſom, I alſo deliver my Bofom to keep
my Heart therein ; therefore always be ſure
to walk in a Good Path; and never depart out
of it. And if any Indians ſhould ſpeak
any evil of Indians or Chriſtians, do
not join with it, but look to that which is
Good, and join with the ſame always.
Look at the Sun from the Riſing of it to the
Setting of the fame. In Speeches that ſhall
be made between the Indians and the Chri-
ſtians, if any thing be fpoke that is Evil, do
not join with that, but join with that which
is Good; and when Speeches are made, do not
thou ſpeak firſt, but let all ſpeak before thee,
and take good notice what each Man ſpeaks,
and when thou haſt heard all, join to that
which is Good. Brother's Son, I would have
thee to cleanſe thy Ears, and take all Darkneſs
and Foulneſs out, that thou mayſt take notice
of that which is Good and Evil, and then to
join with that which is Good, and refuſe the
Evil ; and alſo to cleanſe thy Eyes that thou
mayſt ſee both Good and Evil: and if thou ſee
any Evil, do not join with it, but join to that
which is Good. Brother's Son, Thou haſt
heard all that is paft: now I would have thee
to ſtand up in time of Speeches, and to ſtand
in my Steps, and follow my Speeches as I have
ſaid before thee, then what thou doſt defire in
Reaſon will be granted thee : Why Chould thou
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not follow myExample, inaſmuch as I have had
a mind to do that which is Good, and therefore
do thou alſo the ſame. Whereas Sehoppy and
and Swanpis were appointed Kings by me in
my ſtead, and I underſtanding by my Doctor
that Sehoppy ſecretly adviſed him not to Cure
me, and they both being with me at John
Holling sheads Houſe, there I my ſelf ſee by
them, that they were given more to Drink
than to take notice of my Laſt Words, for I
had a mind to make a Speech to them, and to
my Brethren the Engliſh Commiſioners, there-
fore I refuſed them to be Kings after mc in
my ſtead, and have choſen my Brother's Son
Jahkurfoe in their ſtead to fucceed me,
ob sbs 2011 now on boot
Brother's Son, solo
I deſire thee to be plain and fair with all,
both Indians and Chriſtians, as I have been, I
am very weak, otherwiſe I would have ſpoken
more; and in Teſtimony of the Truth of this,
I have hereunto ſet my Hand in the preſence
Witneſſes Preſent. Das
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