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smiteEEE ST Se See ee receseonn alte \ | Bere gett t? eee oO | THE, ONE: HELD AT NESTOGOE . ; Wes Ls adh, Lie. iy! BE eS oS “In MAY 1728), AND THE OTHER AT » “PHILADELPHIA Bucs ook Tn GUN Efollowing; et | Meet “BETWEEN tacks bo The, Honourable PATRICK GORDON 1 Pte Lieut, Dae ~~qjovel . Toot ov inee of -Peunfyluaniay. and . | * Gounties ag New-Cafle Kent, and Se upon. Delawares ot Pane Chiefs of ihe Coneftogoe, D ela, e, Shasamg and ume Indians, « A | ee Seen havinglaft fall ae, the fidians ofGltitonve by. Mr. Wright; thathedefignedto vifit them,{o {oon as their Peoplewere Come home ont of theWoods in the | "Fa received an Account about three Weeksfince from Mr. Wright, that Capt. Civility the Chief of thofe Indians ‘with bis People’ were returned : Whereupon the Governour dif= dian ar to acquaint the Indians, that hewould. meet,them aboutthe23dof May Ms 2M) pdf neftogve,where. he defi red that theChiefs of . all the Indians,might bepre{ents 4 / and that Capt. mavilicy would difpatch Meffengers to Safloonan, Opekafiet and Manawky~ 4 Lie hickonChiefs of the Delawares, who lve H, the RiverSafquehaninah’ to be theres ' Purfisant to wid Appointment, the Cotretntas sided with fomeMemberof Council, sta otber Gentlemen, to theNumber of aboutThirty, who voluntarsly of¢ redthesr Company thither, fet out from Philadelphia on the 32d of May, and on the 234 in theEvening came to the Hone of Mr. Andrew Cornith, abaxta Mile diftant from the‘Indian-Town, The2 2ash. and 215th Dayswere [pent+waiting for fome other Perfons expected. at the Tray wandin mutual Covilities, andon the26th theTreatybeganashl dail er 4. me

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smite EEE ST Se See ee receseonn alte

\ | Bere gett t?

eee oO |

THE, ONE: HELD AT

NESTOGOE . ; Wes Ls adh, Lie.

iy! BE eS oS “In MAY 1728),

AND THE OTHER AT

» “PHILADELPHIA

Bucs ook Tn GUN E following; et |

Meet “BETWEEN tacks

bo The, Honourable PATRICK GORDON 1 Pte Lieut, Dae ~~qjovel . Toot ov inee of -Peunfyluaniay. and . |

* Gounties ag New-Cafle Kent, and Se upon.

Delawares ot

Pane Chiefs of ihe Coneftogoe, D ela, e, Shasamg and ume Indians, « A

| ee Seen having laft fall ae, the fidians of Gltitonve by. Mr. Wright;

that he defigned to vifit them, {o {oon as their People were Come home ont of the Woods in the

|

"Fa received an Account about three Weeks fince from Mr. Wright, that Capt. Civility

the Chief of thofe Indians ‘with bis People’ were returned : Whereupon the Governour dif=

dian ar to acquaint the Indians, that he would. meet,them about the 23d of May Ms

2M) pdf neftogve, where. he defi red that the Chiefs of . all the Indians, might be pre{ents 4

/ and that Capt. mavilicy would difpatch Meffengers to Safloonan,

Opekafiet and Manawky~ 4

Lie hickon Chiefs of the Delawares, who lve H, the River Safquehaninah’ to be theres

' Purfisant to wid Appointment, the Cotretntas sided with fome Member of Council, sta

— otber Gentlemen, to the Number of about Thirty, who voluntarsly of¢ red thesr Company

thither, fet out from Philadelphia on the 32d of May, and on the 234 in the Evening

came to the Hone of Mr. Andrew Cornith, abaxt a Mile diftant from the ‘Indian-Town,

The 2 2ash. and 215th Days were [pent + waiting for fome other Perfons expected. at the Tray

wand in mutual Covilities, and on the 26th the Treaty began as hl dail er 4. me

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‘A a + Cie bald it 1 ia Tndian-Toain vf Conetogea oA May: 265 01728:

y Th PRESEN T,- Ts

The boat ‘Patrick. Gokpess ka: ye. Governour, fome Members o a Council oe divers other Genilemeni=

PRESENT ALSO, Ganyatarouga. | Tawenna. ~ Ch Riera Chiefs of ne | Caegige

| Lanniatchiaro. . Indians. zo Laquatarenfaly, alias Coa Cina |

' Oholykon. ° i Ae << | Pojenshichon, SLO ey ; Chiefs of fome the Des Woe Gas aware-Indians on Braudys

Howitckyoma. Xi ve

Ge eee ae ade Gee CY Res ; : “ Onntyghiat 2 Chief of the " cgi , » WNanimakamen) Ne ee a tats o Pebiahiees.9 Site ee 4 | a Weyfow-walow. | ag ees Poe es

Keyfeykakalow. zi Chiefs of of tie Sedbabdan 3 Nichtamskakow.

Sue RR tla or SMe Interpreter frov Hingis i into the Delaware. ¢ i ,

) . Tnterpretér from, the Deeward into the Captain Ci vility : roar and Mingoe alias Coneftogoe.

~-Pomapechtoa Interpreter from the ae into the pe Languages ARE

_—- “Mr. ‘Nicholas Scull } Mr. Fohn Scull. ‘S Affiftant Interpreters. ak

| Mr. Perer Bizallion. ti | are

The. “Governoil fpoke as follows: My B tends and Brethren,

; Sane OU are fenfible, that oF Great William Penn, the uric eae of this Country, when he firft brought his "People with

$3593 Y 3% him over the broad Sea, took all the Indians the old In-

See * S34 habitants by the Hand;-and becaufe he found, them to

weEEe eee B% be a fincere honeft People, he took them to his Heart and

UGASREETSIETY loved them as his own. He then made a ftrong League

; = and Chain of Friendfhip with them, by which it was agreed that the Indians and the English, with all the Chriftians fhould be as one People.

oS

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Pe a col o Te ear aN ee wen Mt Or... aie mene We e eee. BR, =

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GAY? YOUR Friend an Father William Pen, fill retained a warm Afs

fed - for. all the 3 Indians, and Strily commanded thofe, whom, he fent

in his Place to goverti this People to treat the Indians as his Children,

d in this kind Love for them until his Death. — "

ve now fent tie over in their Stead, and they gave me ha jael Heiden), Cis , AM Apher at 4: . Tt)

ee to love all the Indians as their Brethren, and as their Fae

Penn \oved you. [would have feen you before this Time,

bat D fell ck foon after I came over; and continued. fo till next Spring, 1

then: waited: to. ceive fome of the Five-Nations who came to fee me at

hil and Jaft Fall I heard you were all gone out a hunting. asp cae gdelphia,

Fe ee mousey eel Renee BER chy eta ;

"Fy 'Sad now Gore to fee you, and to renew the ancient Friendfhip

which has been between William Penn’s People and you. I was

in, lopes ethat., Safaonan and. Opekaffet, with. their People, would have

been Jlikewife here, they have fent me kind ‘Meflages, and have a warm

Love for the Chrifisans, I believe they will’come to me at Philadel-

phia, for fince they co ld not get hither, I have defired theth ‘to meet

te, Shen Ey sake an Am all a ie her ete

Chee se cripe phyy F to 4 . ae re ij | P : | : \

. Iam iow, to, difcotirfe with my Brethren, the Coneftogoes, Delaware’,

Canawefe,. and. Shawancfe Indians upon Safquebannah and to {peak in Love

to them, —

ea M Y Brethren,

Oo¥ OU. have’ been faithful) to your beagues with us, yotit Hearts have

. "heen clean, ata you nave-preprred- be Ghacs fom Spots or Ruit, of

a there were PRY have. been carefull to. wipe them away: Your

© Leagues with yous ‘Father Wilkam Penn, and with his Governours, are

| PERM ting on Record, that our Children and our Childrens Children ~ may have them in everlafting. Remembrance: And we Kner tiatayo ‘

| “preferve the Memory of thefe ‘Things amongft you, by telling them to

| aa Cane and they again to the next Generation, fo that they remain

_ flamp’d on your Minds never to be forgot. :

2 nt T HE. chief Heads or ftrongeft Links of this Chain, 1 find are thefe

ek 0 THAT all William Penn's People ot Chriftians, and all the In-

dian ws, fhould be ‘Brethren, as the Children of one Father, joined together

as with ‘gne Heart, ote Head; ‘and one Body. — Lee |

I. THAT . all. Paths fhould be open and free. to. both Chrif:

5 tis SRA ndsant co : 1 a te eats PQ) :

aS. ‘Ur. ; THAT the Doors ‘of the Chriftians Houfes thould be open to the

dians,, and “the _ Houles of the Jndrans open to the Chriftians, and

h it they fhould make ‘each otlicr welcome: as their Friends. |

mee AF the Chriftidns ‘fhould no belicive any falfe Rumours ot Repatts of che Indians, nor the Indians’ beleive any fuch Rumours

ot, Reports of the Chriftans, But fhould’ firft come as Brethren to en-

quire ‘of eachother. And that both Chriftians and Indians, when they hear

any fuch falfe Reports of their Brethren, they fhould bury them as in a

bottomlefs Pit, et Va

aye

EPPO LINEN TEED II TN EIEN i, : ,

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C4) 5 OV. THAT. if the Chrifiians heard any ill News that may be ¢6 |

the Hurt of the Judians, or the Indians hear any fuch ill News that may — be to the Injury of the Chriftcans, they fhould acquaine each other witht it {peedily, as. true Friends and Brethren. RISB AY SS

VI... THAT the Indians fhould do no Manner of Hartto the tes tians nor to their Creatures, nor the Chrifians do any Hurt to the Jn

dians, but each treat the other as their. Brethren. — Wats “si

_ Vil. BUT as theté ate wicked People in all Nations, if either Jz- dians ot Chriftians fhould do any Harm to each other, Complaint fhould be made of it by the Perfons fuffering, that Right may be done; and when Satisfaction is made, the Injury or Wrong fhould be forgot, and be buried ds in a bottothlefs Pit., =, ut | | 7 ,

VIII. THAT the Indians thould in all Things affift the Chriftians; and the Chriffians atlift the Indians againft all wicked People that would difturb, them,” ide ate re : is

IX. AND laftly, That both Chriffiens and Indians thould ‘acquaint their Children with this . League, and firm Chain of Friendfhip made between thet, and that it fhould always be made ftronger and ftronger, and be kept bright and clean, without Ruft or Spot between our Children and .Childrens Children, while the Creeks and Rivers run, and whilethe Stin Moon and Stars endure. ? |

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AND for a Confirmation on our Parts of ‘all thefe Articles we bind : them with thefe feveral Parrele af Gaede, 013.) — Bgl es hey

19930 Strowd Match-Coats. === 100 _-wt. of Gun-Powder, © 20 Duffels. Oi Sees . M300 wt. of Lends 7 & ‘ ie tP ig NRaGketra Ase: NY. nth s00 Flints. hs f

9 ‘20 Shirts. ee a et. eee OOS, a

(AFTER which the Governour proceeded and faid,

: My Brethren, ae i 1 dy re hak was, /

~"T have now fpoke to the League and Chain of Friendthip, firft made by your Fathet William Penn, with your.Fathers, which is confirmed. J dm now, to accquaint you with an unhappy Accident that has afflited me, and all good People amongft us, and we lament and mourn with — you on the heavy Misfortune.

“ABOUT forty Days ago, we heard that the Twechteweyes were com- ing as Enemies againft this Country, I believe it is falfe, for we never hurt the Towechtweyes. And about eighteen Days fince, I received an Exprefs from the Iron-works at Mahanatawny acquainting me, that Eleven foreign Indians painted for War, and armed with Guns, Piftols, and Swords, were come amongft our Inhabitants, plundering them and taking away their Provifions by Force,, wherefipon fome of our People, to the Number.of twenty Men with Arms, went. to fpeak to them civilly, but the Indians fired upon them and wounded fome of them; our Men hkewife fired on the: Indians, and wounded fome of them alfo, but the Jndzans fired firft. At was very ill done to Fire. 3 8

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VAS foon as I had this Account I took Horfe and went to Mahana-

-fawny, with feveral Gentlemen of Philadelphia, but the Indians were gone

von. i found our People believed , there were more coming, and therefore

. fome Hundreds. met together with their Arms to defend themfelyes, in Cafe

ge the Indians fhould attack them. ‘ Mees

AS I was recurning Home, ¥ heard News that grieved me exceedingly,

- J was told that two or three furious Men ‘amongft us, had. killed three of

our Indian Friends, and hurt two Girls. 1 went back mourning, and fent

out Men to take the Martherers, who were accordingly taken, and they

are now, in. Irons, in a Dungeon, to be tried by the Laws of

- the Great King of all the English, as if they had killed fo many of his

éwn Subjects, I likewife caufed Search to be made for the dead Bodies,

and two Women were found murthered, who by my Order were laid in

a Grave, and covered with Shirts, and Strowds; I hear likewife that the

dead. Body of an Zudian Man has been found and is buried.

YOU know there are wicked People amongft all Nations, there aré

{People among, you, and you are fometimes forced to put them to

Death. The English are a great People, and there are likewife wicked

“Men amongft them. I mourn for this Misfortune, and will do all I cap

to comfort the Relations of the Dead when I fee them, which I hope

will be at Philadelphia, with Saffoonan and Opekaffet.

ALarouT_i +_.Months ago, I received an Account, | That an

| ee me was killed by come “imaians, a the Hanfe of Yoh Burt in

Snaketown, 1 heard Fohn Burt was very abufive to the Indians, and I fent

to apprehend him, but he fled, if he can be taken, he will be punifhed.

But fince there was 2 Man killed, we expect the Indians will do us Juftice,

_ by ap rehending the Murtherers, that they may be punifhed, for we muft

| me it and Faithful to. each other, that this Spot may be wiped away,

*and the Chain be kept bright and clean.

~<you fhow: My Brethren, that one Link of the Chain ts, that when

Ks eafy we will tell it to them, I therefore Defire your Hearts may be

) ) opel, that I may know if you have any Caufe of Grief, which I will

endeavour to remove, for I am your Brother. te,

“\{ have iffued a Proclamation, requiring all our People to ufe you well,

which fhall be read unto you before I go away: It will prevent any Hurt

being done to our Friends the /ndians, becaufe thofe who do not behave

_ themfelves agreeable to what is therein commanded, will be feverely punifhed,

spearmint - Sabie Bs er ee

| the Indians are Uneafy they fhould tell it to us, and when we are Un-.

ae rr

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At a Council held at the Indian-Town of Coneftogoe, prem 27th May, 1728. ie | a

AERR- =.

PRESEN Tye ae mye

The Hon. Patrick GorpDon £/q; Lieut. Governour, And the fame as before. ss —ts

T AIWENN A inthe Name, and on theBehalf of all the Indians Prefent> fpoke to the Governour, which was rendered into English by Yohn Scull, Interpreter, and is as follows: | "

IVE Ear my Brethren of Philadelphia, the. Conefto i ? ’ goe Indians, the G Shawanefe the Canawefe avd Delawares have h ‘hich they will [peak profently. Jomewhat to fay, whicla

THET fay, they look upon the Governour, as if William Penn bim/lf were. prefent. Ihey are four Nations, and among(t them there are feveral foolish People, as if they were juft [prung from the Earth: But that Since ther firft Friendship with William Penn, they never have received any Wrong or Injury from him, ov any of his People. |

o THALES feveral Foolish’ People among them commit Lollies and wags feretions, but they hope thefe will never imierrupt the friendship which is be~ tween their People and us, for that they ana all William Penn’s People are as one People, that eat as ut were, with one Mouth and are one Bo ly, and one EHeart. iy N prefenting a Belt of Wampum of eight Rows, they fay; <

THEY would not have the Governour grieve too much for the rash incon? fiderate Adtions that of late have been committed, they muft be buried and | forgot, for that what has happened was done by thew Friends, of it had ben done by their Enemzs, they would have refented it, but that we and the are one: That they have always met with Fuftice and Kindnefs from William Penn, and from all the Governours whom he has ent here, and thus do all the Indians of Coneftogoe, Delaware, the Shawanefe and Canawefe fay.

_ THAT they are extreanly Glad and Satisfied with what the Governour [aid to them yefterday, tt greatly Rejoyced ther Hearts, that they have had no fuch Speech made to them, fince the Time that the great William Penn was amongft them, all was good and nothing was amifs. — ‘le

THEN prefenting four Strings of Wampum, they. fay,

THEY will vifit the Governour at Philadelphia, after the Harveft is aver, and then they will fpeak fully to lim as ther Brother and Friend, for the Coneftogoes, Delawares, Shawnele and Canawefe wall then come to him and ke may look up the Coneltogoe Road and expect them. ;

THAT

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TH AT what happened at John Burts Houfe, was not done by them, it was

done by one of the Menyfincks, who are of another Nation, and therefore

: shey can fay nothing tot.

| AFTER this Anfwer of the Indians, fome of the Gentlemen prefent

moved the Governour, that feeing there was now a numerous Company 0

our Inhabitants met together, he would be pleafed_to prefs the Indsans to

declare to him, if they fuffered any Grievance or Hardfhip from this Go-

vernment, becaufe feyeral Reports had been induftrioufly {pread abroad, as

- 3f they had fome: jut Caufe of Complaint. And the Governoutr having

ordered the Interpreters t0 acquaint them herewith: They all anfwered,

That they had no Caufe of Complamt, that William Penn and his People

had full treated them well, and they had no Uneafine|s.

|

“THE Governour. then told them that he was well pleafed with what

they had {aid unto him, and that fince the Indian who killed the English-

man at Burt's Houfe is not of their Nation, he would demand Juftice

fom that Nation to which he. belonged.

THE Proclamation was then interpreted unto them, which feemed to

| pleafe them very much.

i Se

- THEN the Governout having ordered fome Rum, Bread, Tobacco and.

Pipes to be delivered to them, and likewife one ftrowd Matchcoat and one

Shire to Ciaility...one other {trowd Matchcoat

and Shirt to Shakachtawln ot

Sam, and one Shirt to Pomapochtoa, the three Indian Interpreters, he took

gil the Indian Chiefs by the Hand, and defired them, chat when they re-

turned home, they fhould acquaint all their People with what had now

pafied between them and us, that the Remembrance thereof might endure

for ever.

“fr a Canmcl bold at Philadelphia, June gch 1728.

PRESENT.

‘The Hon. PATRICK Gorpon Ef; Lieut. Gov

ernour.

Wiad _ Sfames Logan Efq; | William Fashbourn Efq;

>. Richard Hill Efq; Clement Plumfted Eqs

» Jfaac Norris Eg; — Lhomas Lawrence Efq;

) : Samuel Préfton EAg;

“With many other Gentlemen and Inhabitants of Philadelphia.

Big ot PRESENT, ALSO OF THE INDIANS.

, SASS OONAN or Allumapees King of the Delawares with

Opekaffer,

“Shakachtawlin, Gulyppenaws Hoar {net Meteyskon, Nichshompeyat Tofweycht-

mon Aketawnkily Kesawmakelomen and W etchywalikon, with others of the

Delawares. ;

| .

Shikellima

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(3) dhikellima from the Five Nations, and Squichshey a Shawanefe Edward Farmer Efq; Ly ;

y : ‘p Anterpr Le Shakathtawlin or Sam, 3 preters

THE Governour {poke as follows,

My Friend and Brother Saffoonan or Allumapees,

y WAS glad to fee you at my Houfe laft Year, and am now glad td i meet you with your Relations, being always pleafed to fee the fober _ and good People amongft the Indians, as my Friends and Brethren, | WHEN your great Father William Penn’s Children fent me hither} they commanded me to love and be kind to the Indians as their Brethren 3 and therefore I intended foon after I croffed the Great Sea and came hither, to have feen the Chiefs of all our Indians together, but was prevented by Sicknefs and Bufinefs. This Spring I propofed to meet them all at ‘Cos nefiogoe, and when I heard that Civility and the People of that Place were returned home, I appointed a Meeting, at which I defired the other Chiefs might be prefent, that we might all together as Friends and Brethren ree new and {trengthen the Chain of Friendfhip, which your Father Willian Penn made with all the Jsdians of this Province, that it may be kept bright for ever. |

é ABOUT ten Days fince, I met the [Indians ot Consfiouc, whe Shawaneles

the Canawefe, and divers vf the Dolawurrcs at” Concftogoe-Town, we th ‘

opened our Hearts, we fpoke as Brethren and Friends, we brightned the Chain and made it ftrong, that it might laft and continue firm, while the sun and Moon endure. | ‘a

Tam forry that my Brother Saffoonanhad not Notice early enough to be there with his People, but I fay again, I am glad to fee you now here.

WE then went over all the Heads, the ftrong Links of ‘the Chain made between your Father William Penn and the Indians, we keep them in Writing, that they may be had in everlafting Remembrance; the Indians alfo. keep them in their Memory, and in their Hearts. They tell them to their Children, and thefe tell them again to their Children, that from Gene- + ration to. Generation they may be remembred for ever. Thefe are the chief Points of thofe Treaties that were firft made by William Penn with your Fathers, and have fince from Time to Time been confirmed. |

HERE the nine Heads or Links mentioned in the preceeding Treaty were Repeated. | ict | |

AND for a Confirmation on our Parts of all thofe Articles, we bind them with the following Goods, viz. ‘eee .", qa

Ke a

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~ 40 Strowd Matchcoats; 2 doz. Knives,

5 Blankets, 2 doz. Sciffars, ;

« Duffels, Vs 2 doz. Tobacco-Boxes,

to Shirts, | Lie 2 doz. Tobacco-Tongs,

' 25 Pounds ‘Powder, 1 doz. Looking-Glafles,

~» » 60 Pounds Lead, | *) 4g Pound Vermillion.

ir - zoo Flints, t

AE TER which the Governour proceeded and faid.

MY Friends and Brethren,

yee {poke t6 the League and Chain of Friendfhip, firft made by

your Father William Penn with oe Fathers, you have kept it well, your

Hearts have been -clean and clear from Spot, or if there was any, you have

wiped it foon away. Walliam Penn’s Children and People have alfo kept

che League. Every Governour who was here in William Penn’s Place

has been kind to them, and all good Chriftians have loved them. But

great Numbers now come in amongft us, there are fome bad People a-

mongft all Nations, and there are fome amongft us, who love Lying and

to commit Wickednefs. Thefe are not fuch good People as William Penn

brought over with him, they are loofe and idle. The Children of your

Father William Penn, the Governour, and all inthe Government, will always

Jove every good and fober India, as. their Brethren and Friends.

~ YOU have heard my Brethren, that fome Shawanefe, about 20 Days.

ago came from about Pechoquealin, armed with Guns, Piftols and Swords,

_ and painted. for War, they fell in amoneft fome of our Inhabitants, and be-

haved themfelves foolifhly : Our People thought them ftrange Indians and

Enemies, and believed there were much greater Nymbers behind in the

Woods: They met together with Arms to defend themfelves. But I now

mourn with you the unhappy Accident that followed by the Madnefs of

thofe furious wicked Men, who could fo inhumanly deftroy our good

- Friends, and their quiet peaceable Neighbours. _ The firft News of it

i wounded me’ deeply; I was then returning to Philadelphia but I went back

again, I ordered the Murtherers to be apprehended, and the Bodies of our

> dead Friends to be fought for: My Officers with many People found two,

| and buried them, covering their Bodies with Shirts and:-Strowds, which I

| fent for that Purpofe. The Criminals are now in Dungeons with Iron

| Chains on them, and they are to be tried in about fourteen Days at Chefier,

‘by the Laws of cur great King, in the fame* Manner, as if they had

killed any of his Subjects and our own People, for by our Leagues of

Friendfhip we and ‘the Indians are as one, and we make no Difference. He

chat kills) or hurts an Indcan, kills or hurts our Brother, we feel it as done.

to one of ourfelves, and muft punifh it accordingly. We mourn with the

Relations, all good People mourn with them, and .we. now give thefe few»

| Things, w2. 3 Stréuds, 3 Blankets, 3 Duffels and 3 Shirts, to cover the

_ dead Bodies again, ‘and thefe fix Handkerchiefs to wipe away their Tears:

We give them hot as the Price of Blood,’ or to make. Satisfaction for the.

Death of: our Friends,”\Juftice muft be done according to our Law, and.

we give thefe only as a Mark of -our Grief, that the Relations may be the”

CURA more

STORE eer ; PAPI

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C10 ) more eafy in their Minds, that they may know we grieve with them, and that they may be comforted.

My Friends and Brethren, -

YOU now fee we carefully obferve our Treaties on our parts, but you are to confider this Country is full of People, we have many weak and fome wicked People amongft us, thefe laft muft be punifhed by the Law. The Indians have fometimes wicked People amongft them, and they put them to Death, this is the utmoft that can be done, but the Hearts ‘of all good People amongft the Chriftians, and amongft you the Indians, will always be true, we fhall always love one another 3; our Leagues are to continue to all Generations. | }

THE Governour then taking the Indians by the hand, dismiffed tem, for this Time, and they appointed to meet the Governour again in the . Morning to return their Anfwer. |

At a Council held at Philadelphia, in the Great —— Meeting-houfe, sth Jane, Td Os cit a ea

PRESENT,

The Hon. PATRICK GorDONE q; Lieut. Governoury _ with the Members of Council efore-mentioncd,

| And ues Andrew Hamilton E/g;

Alfo

' SASSOONAN ot Alummabpess, with the Tndigugpsb coe And a vatt Audience, that filled the Houfe and all its Galleries,

‘Edward Farmer Efg, | | BY) and -S Interpreters. Mr. Fohn Scull, J. |

ALLUMMAHPEES or Saffoonan, in the Name of all the Indians prefent defired, that his Brethren would hear him, for he is now to {peak » to them and faid. ppg ith i hia ‘cial > lla

ee AT he was glad to hear his Brother the Governours Words yefterday, they gladden'd kis Heart, he now returns Thanks for them, and for the Prefents which his Brethren have given them. He rejoices that his Brethren and the Indians are now met together in his Houfe, and» that: this great Company is to hear him. ia ase 94 OL : ?

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Cn) | PIE twas glad to bear bis great Fritnd and Father William Penn [o much froke of yefterday, we had always lived in Love, and hopes all Things will be made up in Love, his Heart is for Love and Peace, and he defires there may never b¢ any Mifunderflanaing between us. cM |

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HE is pleafed to fee (uch Care taken, that they may come and difcourfe freely avith their Brethren, they have young Children, and the Chriftians have many,

. there are many who now hear what paffes, and he defies that it may be remem» bred por ewers eS |

AS there ave now great Numbers prefent, he defires they may all know, that the Chriftians and Indians are to have but one Head, one Heart, and one Body ; that he looks on them all as one People, and defives they may always fo. continue. | : on

THAT they have many among them who are as little Children, Weak and Helplefi, and we should. not, becaufe of Weaknefs, have any M:{under- flanding. | |

WHEN any Mifunderftanding arifes, or when any Injary is done by the Indians to Chriftians, or 4y Chriftians to Indians, each should be heard, without any Difturbance, for they and we are one People. |

_ THAT there ave ill People both amongft the Chriftians and Indians. He is well pleafed with what the Governour faid yefterday in Relation to the

+ Accident that has happened to the Indians, but tis his Defire, that no Mif« under flanding may arife-on.that Account. We muft unite in Love, all il} Things muft be done away and forgotten, for we are one People. "

| “THAT he has now faid what he purpofes to peak at this Time, but i wo Months he defigns to return and {peak more filly, | eae

5 SASSOON AWN was then told that if they had any Thing at all of their Minds, it was. now.a proper ‘Time to Wee it, that it might be heard" | by all this Company. Shad ti si ‘

HE thereupon called on Thomas Rutter fen. to come and fit near him, and proceeded to fay, era |

F THAT he 1s glad of the Friendship and Agreement that fub/ifts b the Indians and Chriftians, he wall sue Pigeon to ee os a creafe it, he will make the Path between this Town, and the Place where he lives, and as far as the Mingoes, open and plain, he wll always keep it wide and root out and cut up every Bush and Grub that may fiand in the Way, fig hinder the Intercourfe of Love and Friendship between us, this is. the | -Meaning of thefe: Indian Expretlions} sHE adds, That he is now come at the Governour’s Defire, on Account of the late: unhappy Accident, that he is pleafed to hear what has been faid of it and that Fuftice ts to be done: when he comes again after Harveft, it shall shen all-be Buried, he himfelf wil then cover it deep-over with Earth, —

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_ He then faid, he had fpoke what he had to fay to the Governour, and would now fpeak to fames Logan. :

Hie faid, he was grown old, and was treubled to fee the Chriftians fertle on Lands that the Indians had never been paid for, they had fettled on his Lands for which he had never received any Thing.

. That he is now an old Man, and muft. [oon die, that his Children may wonder to [ee all their Fathers Lands gone from them, without his receiving any Thing for them, that the Chiittians mow make thew Settlements very near them, and they fhall have no-Place of their own left.to live on.

| That this may Occafion a Difference between their Children and us hereafter, and he would wellingly prevent any Mifanderftanding that may happen. |

__ Mr. Logan applying to the Governour, craved Leave to Anfwer the Zudians, and he {poke to this Effect.

That he had been no otherwife concern’d in the Lands of this Proyince, than as he was entrufted with other Commiffioners by the Proprietor, to manage his Affairs of Property in his Abfence. That their great Friend William Penn had made it his conftant Rule, never to fuffer any Lands to be fettled by any of his People, until they were firft duly purchafed of the /rdiaas, and his Commiffioners, who acted for him in his Abfence, had as carefully ufed the fame Method} they never agreed to the Settlement of any Lands, till°the /edians were duly Satil- fied for.them. But he faid, he judged it proper in this Audience, to take Notice of ‘our. great Unhappinefs, in having too many amongft us, who take a De- light 1m ditturbing the Peace of the Publick by any Means in their Power, and amongit other Methods, they have endeavoured even to beget:an Uneafinefs in the Judrans, but how little Reafon there was. for any Complaint againft him, or, the Commiflioners, he fhould now make appear. . ll

He faid, that Sa/oonan now prefent, with divers others of. the Indian Chiefs, a- -baur ten’ Years fince having a Notion, that they had not been fully paid for their, Lands, came to Philadelphia to Demand what was due to them, that the Bufinefs’ was heard in Council, and he then produced to thofe Indians a great Number of

“Deeds, by which their Anceftors had fully ‘convey’d, and were as fully paid, for - vail their Lands: trom Duck Creek to near the Forks ‘of Delaware, .and that the*: | Indians were then entirely fatisfied with what had been {hewn to them ; and the Commiffioners to put an End to all further Claims or Demands of that Kind, in Confideration of their Journey and Trouble, made.them a Prefent in the Pro- prictor’s Name and Behalf, upon which they agreed to fign an abfolute Releafe_ for all thofe Lands, and of all Demands whatloever, upon Account of the faid Purchafes. And exhibiting the faid Inftrument of Releafe, he defired it might be. read, which was done in thefe Words. | Lee MT

Aijamaikan, Pepawmaman, Ghettypenceman, and Opckaffer, Chicts of the fad WY YW Indiaus, do Acknowledge, that we have feen and heard. divers Deeds

of Sale read unto us, under the Hands and Seals of the former. Kings, and Chiefs of the Delaware’ Jndians, our Anceftors and’ Predeceffors, who were Owners of

- Lands between Delaware and Sufquchannah Rivers, by which’ Deeds eee , ranted and conveyed unto William Penn Proprietor and Goyernour in Chief of the Province of Pennfilvania,and to his Heirs and Affigns, all and fingular their Lands, Mlands, Woods and Waters, {cituate between the faid two Rivers of» Delaware and Sw{guehaynah, and had received full Satisfaction for the fame. And, wa further acknowledge that we are fully content and fatisfied with the faid .

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(13) AND wheréas the Commiflioners or Agents of the faid William Penn have

been pleafed, upon our Vifit to this Government, to beftow on us, as a free Gilt, in the Name of the faid Wiliam Penn, thefe following Goods, viz. Two Guns Six Strowd Water Coats, Six Blankets, fix Duffel Match Coats, and four Keitles.— We therefore in Gratitude for the faid Prefent, as well in Confideration of the feveral Grants made by our Anceftors and Predeceflors, as of the faid feveral Goods herein before mentioned, the Receipt whereof we do hereby Acknowledge, Do by thefe Prefents for us, our Heirs and Succeflors, Grant, Remile, Releale, and forever quitclaim unto the faid Hilliam Penn, bis Heirs and Affigns, all the faid Lands, {cituate between the faid two Rivers of. Delaware and Safguehannah, ftom ‘Duck - Creek to the Mountains on this fide Lechay. And all our Eftate, Right, Title, Intereft Property, Claim and Demand ‘whatfoever, in and to the fame, or any part thereof; fo that neither we, nor any of us, nor any Perfon or Perfons in the Behalt of any of us, fhall or may hereafter lay any Claim to any of the faid Lands, or in any wife moleft the faid William Penn his Heirs or Al- figns, or'any Perfon claiming by, from, or under him, them, or any of them, in the peaceable and quiet Enjoyment of the fame. JN WITNESS whereof, We have hereunto fer'our Hands and Seals at Philadelphia, the Seventeenth Day of September in thé Year of our Lord One Thoutand Seven Hundred and Kughteen.

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Sealed and Delivered (by allbut Pockchais and Pepawmaman) who were abfent ] Saffoonan his mark ® gmthe Prefence of " “AP Pokehaig his. co ¢ mark 8 W.KEITH, — Robert Afheton, . = £°f Metafheechay his mark @

) Samuel Prefton, Anthony Palmer, } Ayyamaikan his mark @ se fonathan Dickénfory. 95 | Ghetrypencemafi his 5 “Wark @

Indian Sam Sonto Effpenathe wh 4 Opekafler bia oo <: mark @ |

Indian = Peter Pokehais’s Nephew or Aweaykoman | Pepawmamanhis mack @ Kachaguefconk, or ny his mark

_ Tuffeegh, eenan bis mark Neefha ,lappih or Adrew -. hismark

| Sealed and Delivered 6y Pokehais and Pepawmaman in the’ Prefence of, ' James Logan, — es Robert Afheton, ' i Ane

| Neefhalappy . or Andrew, Clement Plumfted, ‘3 if ‘eo Nedawaway . or Oliver, ° David Evans. | bgt fo |

_ This Deed being fully explained to the Jedians in their own Language, Sa/= — foonan and Opekaffet, two of thofe who had executed it, being prefent, viewed their ‘Marks, and acknowledged that it was all true, and that they had been paid: for

all” the Lands therein mentioned: but Saffoonan {aid the Lands beyond thefe, Bounds had never been paid for: , That thele reached no further, than a few, Miles; beyond Oley, but that their Lands on Tilpyhocken were feated by thé Chriftians. ri ve : : vl iii ' ’ ‘

ON t. Logan anfwered, That he underftood at the Time that Deed was drawn and ever fince, that Lechaig Hills or Mountains ftretched away froma little below’ Lechar OF the Forks of Delaware, to thofe Hulls on Sa/guehannah, that lic about 1G Miles “above Pextan. Mr. Farmer faid, thofe Hills paffed from Lechaig a few mc above Oley, andereached no further, and that Tx/pyhockin Lands lay beyond them... <. : sak Uh * |

~ Mr. Logan procecded:to fay, that whether thofe Lands of. Ta/pyhocken were within

or without the Bounds mentioned an the Deed, he well knew, that the Indians ome few Years fince ‘were feated.an them, and that he with thé other-Com- miffioners, of whom Richard Hill and Iaac Norris now ptefent at the Board were

two, would never confent, that any Settlement fhould be made on Lands, where the

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(1) Bedians ate feated, that thefe. Lands were fettled wholly againft their Minds,. and even without their Knowledge. i”

Saffoonae taid, he could not himfelf believe the Chrifians had fettled on them, till he came and with his own Eyes faw the Houfes and Fields they had made there.

Mr. Login proceeded, and faid, that he was fenfible the Palatines were fettled there, but as he had obferved before, ir was without the Confent or Knowledge of any of the Commifioners; And how they came thither, he fhould now make this Audiente fenfible, He faid, that when he left his Houfe this Morning, he did not expec this Affatr would now be mentioned ; but hearing after he came abroad that it was intended, being unable himfelf to walk, he had fent for one Paper which he céuld eafily direct to: that if he could have gone himfelf amongft his Papets, he could have produced fome Letters and Affidavits, that would more fully explain the Matter; but he hoped what he had there would be fufficient to make it clearly underftood. It was a Petition from thofe Palatines themfelves, di- rected to the late Governour Sir William Keith and the Council, all wrote in. the Hand of Patrick, Baird, who was then Secretary to the Governour and Clerk.of the Council, and who it was that drew it, would appear by it’s Stile. The Petition was read in thefe Words. |

tO His Excellency Sir William Keith, Baronet Governour of Penngjloania, Efe. and the Honourable Council.

THE Peririon of ws the Sabjeribers, being Thirty three Familps is Number, at prefent inhabiting on Tulpahaca Creek; oe rrptineye

Flumbly Sheweth, ; . \

HAT your Petitioners being Natives of Germany, about fifteen Years ago were, by thé Great Goodnefs and Royal Bouncy of ‘her late Majefty Queea Anne, relieved from the Hardiltips. which they chen fuffered in Europe, and were tranfporced into the Colony of New-York, where they Settled : But their Family's increafing, and being in chat Governimen confined to the {canty

Allowance of ten Acres of Land ro each Family, whereon they could not well fubfift: Your Peritioners

fieing intorm’d ot the kind Reception, which their Country-men ufually meet with in the Province of ennfylvania, and hoping they might with what Subftance they had, acquire larger Settlements in that Proe

vince, did laft Year leave their Secelements in New-York Government, and.came with, their Family's inte this Province ; where upon their Arrival they applied themfelves unco His Excellency the Governour, who ot his great Goodnefs permitted them to inhabic upon Tu/pahaca Creek (being the fartheft inhabiced Part of the Province North-We&# from Philadelphia) on Condition that they fhou'd make iull Satistaction co the Proprietor or his Agents, for fuch Lands as fhould be allotted them, when they were ready to receive the fame: And now your Petitioners underftanding that fome Gentlemen, Agents of the Proprietor, have ample Powers to difpofé of Lands in this Province, and We your Petitioners being willing and ready to furchafe, do humbly befeech your Excellency and Council co recommend us to the favourable Ufage of the Proprietors Agents, chat upon,our paying the ufual Prices for Lands at fuch Diftance from Philadelphia, we may have fufficient Rights and Titles made co us for fuch Lands as we fhall have Occafion to buy, that our Children may have {ome Settlement to depend on hereafter; and that by your Authority we may be free'd from the Demands of the Indians of that Part of the Country, who pretend a Right thereto. Aud we humbly beg Leave co inform your Excellency and Council, that chere are fifty Family’s more, whe if they may be admitted upon che fame Conditions, are Defirous to come aud ferrle with us. WE hope for your favourable Anfwer co this our humble Requefi, and as in Duty bound fhall erep 2 C

etal! Fobannes Vans, » Godfreyt Filler, 9 - N. B. The Names being . Peter Ritt, Fobannes Claes Shaever,

moftly in a deep German Conrad Schitz, Fo Hameler Ritt, Hand could noe be read, _ Paltus Vasf, Antonj Shart, ‘ bur by one skilled in their Foritine Serbo, Frban Peter Pacht, Wricing, they are given as \ Fofap Sab, Focham Michael Crichh, here fubjoyn’da | Jorge Riki, Sebaftan Pilasy —

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C5) Mr. Login obferved upon this Petition, that by the whole Tenour of it, as well as the Writing, ’twas very eafy to judge from what Hand it originally came, It is addrefled to His EXCELLENCY the Governour Sir Willian Keith, who (as they are made to {peak) of HIS GREAT GOODNESS PER ANT- LED THEM to in habit on Tulpahaca Creek, His EXCELLENCY is tO recom- mend them to the Agents, that they may have fuflicient Rights and ‘Titles made to them, for fuch Lands as they fhould have Oécafion to buy: And to Hl ar they apply alfo, that by A/S AUTHORITY they might be freed from the De- _ mands of the Indians, At will therefore no longer remain a Queftion, (he {aid) cho? -fothing more than this Petition were produced, by whofe Authority thoit Foreigners had been encouraged to invade thele Lands, to the manifett Injury of _ the Proprictor, and to the great Abufe of the Indians, who at that very ‘Time were feated there, and had their Corn de troyed by thoie Peoples Creatures. And he now hoped, . that fuch of this Audienee, as had been jo follicitous to have the Ladians complain of James Logan, might go away Satisfied, They had complained, and -they were an{wered. ‘ , Then applying to the Indians, He dcfired, that tho? thofe People had feated them- {elves on Twlpahockin Lands, without the Commiffioners Leave or Confenr, yet that they would nor offer -them any Violence, or injure them, but wait till fuch ‘Time as that Matter could be adjutted.

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.. Mr. Hamilton being at the Board, defired the Governours Leave to fay a few Words, which he did to this Efeét. It was not dificult (he faid) to account for the Indians mentioning at this Time the Affair of their Lands, confidering the Pains fome had taken to perfuade them, _ they were wronged: That having accompany’d the Governour in his late Jour- mey to Mahanatawny with divers Perfons of as good Note as any of this City, on the News fent down to us of foreign Indians in that Neighbourhood ; hé had heard fome Things very pofitively advanced amongtft the Inhabitants, concerning this Injuftice to the Indians, which ashe could not then believe to be true, he hhad_ withed to {ee them fet in a true Light: And as there were fome now prefent, who had been very free in talking to that Purpofe ; he thought it would fe moit proper for thefe Perfons, sew in this Audience, to declare openly what they had to fay; that if true, it may be known who are to bear the Blame, O%,. if talfe, that they may be convinced of their Errors 7

~ Thomas Rutter {en. who had been called on by Saffeonan, ftood up and denied he had ever uttered any fuch Thing, as that the Jsdéans had not been fatishied for their Lands, €7c.*

Mr, Logan further. defired the Governour’s Permiffion to fpeak to another Point, which tho’ proper to be taken Notice of at this T reaty, yet he intended At (he faid) for the Sake of the Audience onl , ar tres «Te was with the utmoft Aftonifhment (he faid) that he firft heard the Story he was about to mention,.or she could {carce believe it poflible, that any Man could © ‘be fo loft to all Senie of Shame as'to form it; but he had received {uch numer- ous Accounts, and from fuch credible Perfons, of its being faid and {pread b many, that he could no longer forbear believing what he had {o repeatedly been aflured of, oe. | He was fenfible (he faid) of our prefent Unhappinefs. in having Divifions fo- mented amongit us. Great Pains were taken to’ infufe into the Minds of fuch _ras:could be-prevailedion,' a Spirit. of Contention and Faction - ‘To divide and ¢én- fufe us,’ and by any Means to »perplex the Goyernment, has.been the principal Aim of fome, the Lnftances., of dt are,obvigus, :but whatever they may do amongit our {elves, it as exceedingly wicked to carry ther Endeavours amongft the poor : inno»

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Smnocent Jadians, and to fpirit them up to Uneafinefs, by perfwading them they

are wrong’d in their Lands: Yetif any Thing can be worfe, it isthat ridiculous,

thar fhamcelefs, but malicious Story, he rofe up to fpeakito concerning. himfelf, vz.

that the Proprictor had fent him over a vaft Quantity of Indian-Goods, Strowds,

and he knew*not what, for a Prefent to the Indians, all which (they were

pleas’d to fay) he had converted to his own Ufe in Trade, This was a home

Puth againtt him ; for perfwade the Indians of this, and nothing can incenfe them.

more. That This, Wild and wicked asit is, has been currently faid, many of thofe

who now heard him fpeak, very well knew. “Jt required indeed a vaft Stock

of Affurance to fay it, but he was certain none would have fo much as to own

ic to himfelf: They mutt deeply Bluth, if it were poffible for {uch to Bluth, to

acknowledge it. It would have been a great Pleafure to him (he faid) to have

receiw’d any Thing of that Kind, and he would gladly have applied it as intended,

but he had been fo tar from making Advantages thar Way, that his own Ge-

nerofity to the Indians bad coft him more than ‘he fhould name, Their Malice

who invented and fpread this Story 1s to be pitied, but even the Indians theme

felyes have more Senic than to belseve it.

Mr. Will firtt Commiffioner of Property, delivered himfelf to this Purpofe.

That it was ftipulated at the firtt Settlement of this Province, between the

Proprietor Welliare Penn and the Indians, that they fhould {cll no Lands to private

Perlons, or to any befides himfelf, or his Commiffioncrs : And afterwards a Law

was Enacted to the fame Purpofes that all the Purchafes made of the Indians, by

aby other than the Proprictor of his Agents, fhould be entirely Void, which Law

is till in Force. ‘The Proprictor’s Commiffioners in his Abfence, have ever been P

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ftriétly careful to avoid granting any Lands, that were not firft duly purchafed of

the Indians, nor would ‘hey ever fuffer them to, be put off from any Lands on which

“they were fettled, even where they had fully Sold all their Right till they

would voluntarily remove, The Commifioners therefore would never have agreed

rothat Settlementof the Palatimes on the Txlpyhockin Lands, for the Indians werethen

feated on them, But we fee by what Methods they were difturbed: TheGentleman then

at Hclm, not only took upon him to Order the Settlement of the Proprietors Lands, -

‘but fo far to direct, even in thele Affairs, that the Application muft be made to him

© alfo,to be freed, by his Authority, from the Indsans Demands. It fully appears therefore,

where the fole Foundation of thefe Complaints lies, and how groundlefsall the Noife —

is, that has been made of the Commiffioners Patenting the Indians Lands. _ This can

-grife from no’ other than a mifchievous Defign to beget Animofities, and raife a

* “Difaffetion in the Inhabitants : And °tis probable that it 1s with a View to poflefs

the People with an Opinion that all our Treatics with the Indians, with whom a

Fricndfhip has been ,fo carefully cultivated from the Beginning, and of which we

‘have reaped the happy Fruits, are only on Affairs of Property, and the Purchafe

of Lands; and therefore that the Publick fhould bear no Part of the Charge.

“'The Contrary of this fully appears at this Time: And when the Proprictor, or

* his. Commiffioners have é

_ the Publick has never been troubled with the Expence of 1t.

« The Governour then faid,

My Friends and Brethren, | ‘ |

i E have now brightned the Chain, and ftrengthned our League,

+ VV and-we are as one People; I have commanded all the English by a

printed Proclamation publifhed through all the Country, to be kind to the

Indians, which you fhall hear read unto you and interpreted. i :

ccafion to Treat with the Indsans about thofe Affairs,

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( 16 ) ‘And the fame was accordingly interpreted unto them, with whith they

appeared highly fatisfied.

lived, and under what Head the

~The Governour then enquired of them, if they had not heard, that an English-man was killed laft Fall, by fome Jndians at Fobn Buri’s Houfe in Snake-town, and whether thofe Jndians belonged to them: To which they anfwered, That they had heard of it, but that it was not done by any of their People, it was done, they fay, by fome of the Menyfinck Indians. ‘The Go- vernour faid, he had received the like Anfwer at Coneffogoe, from the Indians who met him there, but that He muft have Juftice done upon the guilry Perfons, and fhould demand it from that Nation to which they belonged, that the Chain mig @ be kept bright and clean, and every Spot be wiped away. And therefore defired to know where thofe of that Nation

| or Chief. To which they anfwered, That Menyfincks live at the Forks of Safquehannah, above Mechayomy, and

that ther Kmgs Name is Kindaffowa.

th and if you can, to the Five Nations, to acquaintythem with what has paffed between us: And I give thefeShoes and Stockings (prefinting 6 Pair

bear their Journey. I fhall alfo give you Bread, Pipes and Tobacco, with © five Gallons of Rum, to Comfort and Support you in your Return home.

-», This the Indians readily engaged to do, and thus the Treaty ended.

Foe | “ROB? Gua RES Cl. Con. ‘ity es ta ? “y

The Governour then faid.’ What I have now. further to defire of you is, at you would fend fome trufty People amongft the neighbouring Jidicns,

th) for the Ufe of thofe who are to travel, that they may the better

Cy Mr. Logan having in the Treaty meritioned other Papers he had in his Cuftody, to

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that Affair, but he choofes to decline it at prefent, and only to publifh the fol- ~ lowing Depofition. | ) my HE Information and Depofition of Godfrey Fidler, relating to himfelf and others his Countrymen,

their Sectling on the Proprieror’s, and other Lands, in this Province of Pennfylvania, WHEN Sir William Keith was at Albany in the Year 1722. The Palatines who were fetrled in that

Part of York Government, applyed to Him, by two Perfons of themfelves appointed for thac Purpofe,

whofe Names were George Haine, and for Encouragement to them to remove from thence to £ enn- fylvania. This Deponenc faith, that the faid George Haine, and the other Perfon, whofe Name he does not now remember, after they had been with Sir William Keith, returned and told chofe of their Country- men who fent them, that Sir William Keith had given Encouragement for forty or fifty Family’s, to re- move from thence to fettle in Penn/yluania: That they to the Number of fixteen Family’s did there- upon remove into this Province, fome of them making a Stopon Sa/quebannah River near Saubatara, and the reft far down ac Turpehockan: Upon Information given Sir William Keith of their being Sertied in two Places, he fene them Orders to make their Settlements nearer together, thac they mighe thereby give the lefs Uneafinefs to the Indians.

THIS Deponent further faith, That fome Time before Sir Willizm Keith came up to Albany, one of their Country-men named Hans Lawyer being at Philadelphiay applyed to Sic Willigin Keith for a Tratt of Land for his Country-men the Palatines to fettle. That Sir Wiliam did give the faid Hans Lawyer

\ (as he cold this Depcnent) Leave to fearch for a convenient Tract of Land in rchis Province, for » — thar Parpofe, and that the faid Hans Lawyer upon his Rerura co Albany, did upon the Encouragement

given by Sir William Keith, take with him four of his Country-men, and upon fearching in tis Provinery they found out the Place called Turpehockan, where they che Valutines ate now $ectied,

~~ Sworn at Philadelphia, the 22d of _ Odober, 1726. Coram me Gifre, Fidler,

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