the Support and Prefervation of himself, and the other Part.-We heartily commiferate their Condition, and do not doubt but you will do them fair and ample Juftice in the Difpofal of their Part of the Goods, in fuch Manner as they have inftructed you. You fhall now hear the Lift of the Goods read to you.' Here, by the Governor's Order, the Lift of the Goods was read over, viz. 100 Tobacco-Tongs. 100 Sciffars. 500 Awl-Blades. 120 Combs. 2000 Needles. 1000 Flints. 24 Looking-Glaffes. 2 Pounds of Vermilion 100 Tin-Pots. 1000 Tobacco-Pipes. 200 Pounds of Tobacco. 24 Dozen of Gartering, and 25 Gallons of Rum. Then the Governor told them that the Goods, of which the Particulars had been juft read to them, were in the Meeting-Houfe, and would be fent to whatever Place they would direct. The Governor then proceeded: BRETHREN, You have often heard of the Care that your great and good Friend and Brother William Penn, took at all Times to cultivate a perfect good Harmony • Harmony with all the Indians: Of these your Na❝tions have ever been fully fenfible; but more ⚫ especially a Number of your Chiefs, about ten Years ago, when, on the Arrival of a Son of your faid great Friend William Penn, large and • valuable Prefents were exchanged by us with you; a new Road was made and clear'd, a new Fire • kindled; and the Chain of Friendship made ftronger, fo as to laft while the Sun and Moon < endure. And now we cannot but congratulate ourselves, that your coming should happen at a Time, when we are in daily Expectation of a War being declared between the King of England, and the French King, well knowing that fhould fuch a War happen, it must very fenfibly affect you, • confidering your Situation in the Neighbourhood. of Canada. Your coming at this Juncture isparticularly fortunate, fince it gives us an Opportunity of mentioning feveral Things that may be neceffary to be fettled, between People fo ftrictly and closely united as we are.-An Union not to be expreffed by any Thing less than the affectionate Regards which Children of the fame Parents bear for each other, as conceiving our⚫ felves to be one Flesh and one People. τ C ༤ The utmost Care therefore ought mutually to be taken by us on both Sides, that the Road between us be kept perfectly clear and open, and no Lets nor the leaft Obftruction be fuffered to lie in the Way; or if any fhould by Accident be found, that may hinder our free Intercourfe and Correfpondence, it must forthwith be removed. To inforce this we lay down a String of Wampum.. In the next Place, we, on our Part, fhall inlarge our Fire that burns between us. We fhall provide more Fewel to increase it, and make it • burn burn brighter and clearer, and give a ftronger and more lafting Light and Warmth. In Evidence of our fincere Intentions we lay down this Belt of Wampum. In the last Place, confidering the Obligations "we are mutually under by our feveral Treaties, "That we should hear with our Ears for you, and you Ears for us; hear with your we shall at Times very willingly give you the earliest and beft Intelligence, of any Defigns that may be 'form'd to your Difadvantage. And if you difC cover any Preparations that can hurt us, we de• fire you will immediately difpatch fome suitable 'Person, in whom we can place a Confidence, to give us a proper Information.' To inforce this Requeft, as well as to brighten the pum. On the Governor's concluding the Speech, the folemn Cry, by Way of Approbation, was repeated by the Indians, as many Times as there were Nations prefent; and then Canaffateego rofe up and fpoke. BRETHREN, • We thank you for your kind Speech: What you have faid is very agreeable to us; and Tomorrow, when we have deliberated on the se'veral Matters recommended to us, we will give you our Answer. We defire, as our Time will be wholly taken up in Council, you will order the Goods to be carried back to the Proprietaries, to prevent their being loft, and that they may ⚫ continue there till we call for them.' At Ata COUNCIL held in the Meeting-Houfe, July 7, 1742. PRESENT, The Honourable GEORGE THOM AS, Efq; Lieutenant-Governor. CANASSATE EGO's Speech on Behalf of the Six Nations. BRETHREN, the Governor and Council, and all prefent, According to our Promife we now propofe to ⚫ return you an Answer to the feveral Things ⚫ mentioned to us Yefterday, and fhall beg Leave to speak to public Affairs firft, tho' they were ⚫ what you spoke to last. On this Head you Yefterday put us in Mind, firft, "Of William "Penn's early and conftant Care to cultivate "Friendship with all the Indians; of the Treaty held with one of his Sons, about ten Years ago; and of the Neceffity there is at this Time "of keeping the Roads between us clear and free "from all Obftructions." We are all very fen, 66 we fible of the kind Regard that good Man William Penn had for all the Indians, and cannot but be · pleafed to find that his Children have the fame. • We well remember the Treaty you mention held with his Son on his Arrival here, by which we confirmed our League of Friendship, that is to laft as long as the Sun and Moon endure In Confe quence quence of this, we, on our Part, fhall preferve the Road free from all Incumbrances; in Confirmation whereof we lay down this String of < Wampum. You, in the next Place, faid you would enlarge the Fire, and make it burn brighter, which we are pleased to hear you mention; and affure you, we fhall do the fame, by adding to it more Fuel, that it may ftill flame out more ftrongly than ever: In the laft Place, you were pleased to fay that we are bound by the ftricteft Leagues, to watch for each others Preservation ; that we 'fhould hear with our Ears for you, and you hear ⚫ with your Ears for us: This is equally agreeable to us; and we shall not fail to give you early Intelligence, whenever any Thing of Confe quence comes to our Knowledge: And to encourage you to do the fame, and to nourish in your Hearts what you have spoke to us with < your Tongues, about the Renewal of our Amity, and the Brightening of the Chain of Friendship, we confirm what we have faid with another Belt of Wampum.' BRETHREN, • We received from the Proprietor's Yefterday, • fome Goods in Confideration of our Release of the Lands on the Weft-fide of Safquehannah. It is true, we have the full Quantity according to Agreement; but if the Proprietor had been here himself, we think, in Regard of our Numbers and Poverty, he would have made an Addition to them.--If the Goods were only to be divided amongst the Indians prefent, a fingle Perfon would have but a fmall Portion; but if you con fider what Numbers are left behind, equally entitled with us to a Share, there will be extremely little. |