all acts and Offices of Friendship and good-will to oblige each other to a lasting Peace as aforesaid.

Item; That all and every the said Kings and Chiefs, and all and every particular of the Nations under them, shall at all times behave themselves regularly and soberly according to the Laws of this Government, while they live near or amongst the Christian Inhabitants thereof; And that the said Indians shall have the free and full Priviledges & Immunities of all the said Laws as any other Inhabitants, they duely owning and acknowledging the Authority of the Crown of England, and Government of this Province.

Item; That none of the said Indians shall at any time be Aiding, Assisting, or Abetting to any other Nation, whether of Indians or others that shall not at such time be in Amity with said Crown of England and with this Government. Item; That if at any time any of the said Indians, by means of evill-minded Persons and Bowers of Sedition, should hear any unkind or disadvantageous Reports of the English, as if they had evill designs against any of the said Indians, in such case such Indians shall send notice thereof to the said William Penn, his Heirs and Successors, or their Lieutenants, and shall not give Credence to the said Reports, till by that means they shall be fully satisfied concerning the Truth thereof, and that the said William Penn, his Heirs or Successors, or their Lieutenants, shall at all times in such Cases do the like by them. Item; That the said Kings and Chiefs, and their successors and People, shall not suffer any strange Nation of Indians to settle or plant on the further side of Sasquehannah or about Potomock River, but such as are there already seated, nor bring any other Indians into any part of this Province without the special Approbation & Permission of the said William Penn, his Heirs and Successors. Item; That for the Prevention of abuses that are too frequently put upon the said Indians in Trade, that the said William Penn, his Heirs and Successors, shall not suffer or permit any Person to trade or commerce with any of the said Indians but such as shall be first allowed or approved of by an Instrument under the Hand and Seal of him, the said Willram Penn, or his Heirs or Successors, or their Lieutenants, and that the said Indians shall suffer no persons whatsoever to buy or sell, or have commerce with any of them, the said Indians, but such as shall first be approved as aforesaid. Item; That the said Indians shall not sell or dispose of any of their Skins, Peltry, or Furrs, or any other Effects of their hunting, to any Person or Persons whatsoever out of the said Province, nor to any other Person or Persons whatsoever but such as shall be authorized to trade with them as aforesaid; And that for their Encouragement the said William Penn, his Heirs and Successors, shall take Care to have them, the said Indians, duely furnished with all sorts of necessary Goods for their use at reasonable rates. Item; That the Potomock Indians aforesaid, with their Colony, shall have free leave of the said William Penn to settle upon any part of Po

tomock River within the Bounds of this Province, they strictly observing and practising all and singular the Articles aforesaid, to them relating. Item; The Indians of Conestogoe and upon and about the River Sasquahannah, and more especially the said Connoodaghtah, their King, doth fully agree to, and by these Presents absolutely ratifie the Bargain and sale of Lands lying near and about the said River, formerly made to the said William Penn, his Heirs and Successors, and since by Orettyagh and Adaagayjuntquagh, Parties to these Presents, confirmed to the said William Penn, his Heirs and Successors, by a Deed bearing Date the 13th Day of september last, under their Hands and Seals duly executed, and the said Connoodaghtoh doth for himself and his Nation covenant and agree that he will at all times be ready further to confirm and make good the said Sale according to the Tenour of the same, and that the said Indians of Sasquahannah shall answer to the said William Penn, his Heirs and Successors, for the good behaviour and Conduct of the said Potomock Indians, and for their Performance of the several Articles herein expressed. Item; The William Penn doth hereby promise for himself, his Heirs and Successors, that he and they will at all times shew themselves true Friends and Brothers to all and every of the said Indians, by assisting them. with the best of their advices directions and Councils, and will in all things just and reasonable befriend them in all things as the English and other Christians therein do, to which they, the said Indians, hereby agree and oblige themselves and their Posterity for

ever.

In Witness whereof, the said Parties have, as a Confirmation, made mutual Presents to each other, the Indians in five Parcells of skins, and the said William Penn in several English Goods and Merchandises as a binding Pledge of the Promises never to be broken or violated, And as a further Testimony thereof have unto these Presents interchangeably set their Hands and Seals the Day and Year above written. Signed, Sealed, & delivered in the presence of

You see here the Engagements that your Ancestors for them

selves and you their Successors entered into on their Parts, and we think it more particularly necessary to put you in mind of them; because we cannot be unsensible as well from your own Letters as otherwise, that the French, by their Emissaries, have made some attempts to prevail with you to renounce your solemn Contracts with us, and engage in their Interests, and on this account it is that we have desired to confer with you, requesting you as our Friends and Brothers that you would freely open your Hearts and without reserve communicate to us what has passed between you and them upon these heads, Assuring you on our parts that we shall ever treat you with the same Candour, Sincerity, and Openness in every thing that may relate to your real Interests as a People.

They being then asked whether they had any thing to say in answer now, or would chuse to take time to deliberate, declared they were well satisfied with what they had heard and would speak to it to-morrow morning, for it was their Custom to speak or Transact Business of importance only whilst the Sun was rising, and not when it was declining. The Board then agreed to adjourn to Ten of the Clock to-morrow morning and gave them Notice of it, at which time they said they would be ready.

At a Council held at Philadelphia, July 28th, 1739.

PRESENT:

The Honble THOMAS PENN, Esqr., Proprietary.

The Honourable GEORGE THOMAS, Esqr., Lieutenant Gov

ernour.

James Logan,

Samuel Preston,

Anthony Palmer,

Thomas Laurence,

Ralph Assheton,

Samuel Hasell,
Thomas Griffits,

The Minutes of the 27th instant were read.

Esquires.

Kaycowocker, Newcheioner, Tomenebuck, Meshemethequater, Chiefs of the Shawonese Indians, and Ten more of that Nation being present, Newcheconer rose up and spoke in behalf of the rest (George Miranda being Interpreter) as follows, Viz":

Being invited by you our Brothers two Years ago we resolved upon going to Philadelphia, but were very much affected with Grief to think we should go to the place where two of our Brothers (Indians) had died. When we came near this Town our Hearts were likewise full of Grief, but we considered that we were going to our Brothers who had the same Cause for Grief that we had. We are now come and are satisfied, and wish that the Day may be clear and that the Tears for our Brothers may be wiped away. They then laid down a string of Wampum.

Being come where our Brothers died we have taken a little Deer's hair to put on their Graves, and missing a Brother (meaning the Governour) we take a little more Deer's hair to cover his Grave. They then presented three Bundles of Deerskins.

Having lost one Brother and you another, we desire that your Ears may be open so as to understand one another well. They then laid down another string of Wampum.

No doubt but you have heard a great deal of ill News of us, there being a great many Paths to this Town, and perhaps you may have swallowed it down; but we hope you will forget it and cast it all off; and we tell our Brothers Thomas Penn and the Governour, that as they have cleared the Road from our Place of Abode to this Town we hope there will be a free Passage from us to them and from them to us for the time to come, and we desire no ill Reports of us may be believed by them, without Information as to the Truth thereof. They then laid down another String of Wampum.

Being asked the Reason for our going over the Hills to live at so great a Distance from you our Brothers, fearing we had cast you off, we will tell the Reason for our going so far off, and will as long as we live hold you as Brothers and live in Friendship with you forever. They then laid down two bundles of Deerskins.

Brothers-You have heard what we have now said; we earnestly desire the same Friendship you told us yesterday was between your Fathers and ours may continue forever. They then laid down two Bundles of Deerskins.

That Friendship which subsisted between your Fathers and ours being good we desire the same may be continued to us and our Children, that we may cling closs to one another as long as the World endures, and no Misunderstanding may ever arise amongst us. They then laid down a Bundle of Deerskins.

Our Father, God Almighty, has allowed a good and clear Day to hold Council with you our Brothers, and we wish the Sun may always shine so bright upon us. They then laid down another Bundle of Deerskins.

It is true we are scattered far abroad from the Great Island to Alleghenny; we have come and eat of Our Brothers' Victuals, and hope we and our Children may always eat of the same. They then laid down a Bundle of Deerskins.

We desire all you our Brothers to take Notice that we, the Chiefs of the Shawonese Indians, who were desired two Years ago to come here are now come, and that we are Very thankfull to you for the good and kind Usage we have met with, and are glad you sent for Last Fall was a Twelvemonth we received a Present of a horn full of Powder (two half Barrels and some Bullets were sent to them), for which we are very thankfull, and now in return for it

us.

present a Deerskin (a Bundle). We have nothing better to make a present of to you our Brothers but Forty and odd Deerskins.

It was returned in Answer by the Governour that their Present and all they had said was taken in very good Part.

He then replied, That is all we have to say on this head, but with respect to the French we hope you have heard from them as well as we, as you are in Friendship with them.

Then the Governour told them that we had spoke to them yesterday concerning the French, and promised our hearts should be open to them, and hope their's will be so to us on that Point.

They replied, The Letter which was wrote at Alleghenny was not wrote agreeable to their Minds, nor as they designed, but being merry over a Cup of good Liquor at Alleghenny, they then said they would write to you, their Brothers, which two white Men who were in Company undertook to do, so wrote what they themselves thought proper.

The Governor desired to know what Offer had been made to them by the French; they replied, when their Fathers, the French, sent to them, they sent a belt of Wampum, and told them they might live where they pleased, and continue in Friendship with their Brothers, the English, for they had better Goods than theirs to furnish them with.

As the Present made by the Indians is thought to amount to Fifty Pounds, It is agreed that the Treasurer do provide the Value of One hundred and Twenty Pounds against Monday next, to be given them in return.

Then the Council adjourned to Monday at 4 of the Clock in the Afternoon.

At a Council held at Philadelphia, July 30th, 1739.

PRESENT:

The Honourable THOMAS PENN, Esqr., Proprietary.

The Honourable GEORGE THOMAS, Esqr., Lieutenant Gov

ernour.

James Logan,
Samuel Preston,

Thomas Griffitts,

Esqrs.

The several Goods to be presented to the Shawonese Indians being laid down in order, and their Chiefs and others of That Nation being seated, they were spoke to as follows, Viz":

"Our Friends and Brothers :

"The loss of two of your Brothers whom your Nation sent to speak with us seven years agoe, very deeply afflicted us; we truly