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HE Deputies of the Six Nations having, at their laft Vifit, agreed to Trelease their Claim to all the Land on both Sides of the River Safquehannah, as far South as this Province

extends, and to the Northward to thofe called the Endless Mountains, or Kittochtinny Hills; in Confideration whereof, they then received a large Quantity of valuable Indian Goods, for the Lands fituate on the Eaftern Side of the faid River, but declined at that Time to receive any for those on the Western Side of the faid River, chufing to defer the fame till another Vifit; a large Number arrived from thefe Nations at Philadelphia, on Wednesday the 30th of June, with Deputies duly impowered to receive the faid Goods; and acquainted the Governor, that being weary from the Fatigue of their long Journey, they fhould crave three or four Days to reft themselves before they proceeded to their Bufinefs: In the mean Time they would wait on the Governor to difcourfe, according to their usual Method, about News and other Occurrences; which the Governor read:ly agreed to, and ask'd them when they would chufc VOL. II. B

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to pay their firft Vifit; which they defiring might be on Friday the 2d of July, in the Afternoon, the Council was accordingly fummon'd, and met at Mr. Logan's Houfe, where were

PRESENT,

The Honourable GEORGE THOMAS, Efq; Lieutenant-Governor.

The Chiefs of the Six Nations, with the Chiefs of the Shawanese.

CANASSATE EGO, the Onondago Chief, Speaker.

CONRAD WEISER, Interpreter.

The Governor opened the Conference, as follows:

BRETHREN,

The Proprietor having purchased certain Lands from your Nations about fix Years ago, a Moiety of what was agreed to be given in Confideration of that Purchase, was at that Time delivered to them, and the other being at their Defire left in the Proprietor's Hands, he preffed you by Shikalamy to fend laft Year for it, and would have been glad to have feen you, and taken you by the Hand before his Departure. But as the DeC fign of this Meeting is to hear your News, and • converse together in a free and friendly Manner, I fhall fay no more about the Goods, than that they lie ready at the Proprietor's House, and will

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< be delivered when you hall have fufficiently rested from the Fatigue of your Journey.'

The Chief of the Onondagoes fpoke:

BRETHREN,

We propose to reft four Days, and then come to the main Bufinefs. At prefent we are at a · private Conference about News, and have fomething of this Sort to mention to our Brother • Onas. And on the Governor's fignifying they would be glad to know what it was, the Chief proceeded.

It is our Way when we come to our Brethren, or any other Perfons, whom we live in ftrict Friendship with, to remove all Obftructions to a good Unfterftanding; with this View we are to inform you of a Piece of disagreeable News that happen'd in our Journey.Some White • People, living at a Place called Conegocheegoe, whofe Names we cannot tell, nor whether they belong to this or the neighbouring Government, but one of them, as we heard, had his House burnt over his Head fome Years ago, and he was ⚫ brought down a Prifoner, and committed to the Gaol of this City: Thefe People lighting of our young_Warriors, as they were hunting, made fome Proposals about the purchafing of Land • from them, and our young Men being indif< creet, and unacquainted with public Bufinefs, were foolish enough to hearken to them, and ⚫ to receive five Duffil Strowds for two Plantations C on the River Cohongoronto. A Coneftogoe Indian, • and a French Indian, and fome others that were

in Company, had three Duffil Strowds, and went away with them"; and our young Men ⚫ carried off the other two. As foon as this came to: our Knowledge, we fent for our Warriors, • and after examining and rebuking them feverely, • we took away their two Strowds, and publickly • cenfured them for expofing us to our Brethren of Penfylvania, in doing a in doing a Thing fo inconfiftent with our Engagements to them; "You are, "faid we aloud, that all our People might hear "and take Notice, to know and remember, that "the Six Nations have obliged themselves to fell "none of the Land that falls within the Province "of Penfylvania, to any other but our Brother "Onas, and that to fell Lands to any other is an "high Breach of the League of Friendship." Brethren, this rafh Proceeding of our young Men makes us afhamed. We always mean well, and fhall perform faithfully what we have promifed: And we affure you, this Affair was, tranfacted in the Manner we have related, without our Privity or Confent. And that you may be fully convinced of this, and of the Sincerity. of our Intentions, we have brought you these two Strowds [here he prefented two red Strowds to the Governor] they are the very Strowds our. foolish young Men received; we took them from them, and we give them to you, to return to those white People who made the Bargain, and defire when the Strowds are returned to them, they may be told what we now fay, and that we fhall not confirm fuch Bargains, nor any other that may interfere with our Engagements to our Brother Onas.'s

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