In the fore part of ye Day I presented the King with a Confirmation of My being there by the aprobation of his frd ye Quakers, on which he Immediately cald the mesengers proposed to be sent on the afore 8 messuage to the mohocks and gave them the matter he proposed to be sent in charge.

30th. We kept on working tho a reany Day and in the Euaning there come Bill Sock an old Senace & another who they sayd was Bornd at Conestoga, who stay in there cano till Titeusquand cald them a shore. when Jno. Hues had a litle talk with them but I did not hear what it was, after which I was aprised they were a going off. I followed them and askt them if they wanted any thing or whether they would eat any thing. they replyd yers. but it being rany I could git no place to convers with im so I tuck them into one of ye Indians apartments but they did not like one another, besides ye white people were for crouding to hear what past so that we could not have any Conversation then. however I gave them a good piece of cheas & went to try to git som bread, but I soon found the white people were very uneasy at there being there. Especily because they now talked of staying all night & it was suposed I was the cause of it at which I grew uneasy & forebore to convers with them a while.

31st. These 3 Indians having stayd all night and Bill Sock in the Dead of ye night came to one of the watch men and askt how long we Intended to stay there. the jelocy of our people still incress. I now resolved to converse freely with them. accordingly I asked ye young man after several persons at Tiaoga. he making but litle reply one of the other Indians yt was with him told me yt he knew nothing of such persons I asked after for he was bornd at Canestoga and had lived there all his Days. yet I beleave he had murder in his heart, which afterwards I was further persweaded of from an account of a Dutch mans being kild near to Shamokin & scalped and that it was very like one of these three men had Done it & it has since lookt to me

yt the young Indian yt was pented black had the scalp with him. with which perhaps he expected to had in fever with the Sinaces yt is in the Intres of the french where he was like to go. these Indians as I stand informed have Done great hurt to the English and continue to Do.

I tuck freedom in talking with these 3 Indians, I now having receaved an opinion yt the mingos were Dissatisfied with the building on this land for the Delawers without having the consent of 6 nation Indians to whome this land belongs. and that tho they had permited ye Delawers to live there yt the land belongd to ye mingos. a sertin Senice Indian told me the land yt ye Shawnes lived on belongd to the 6 nations and that hey had only lent it to the Shawnes, so in like maner yt the Delawares only have posestion on sufferance but no title to it, now considering the matter might be very hurtfull mad me the more free with them, I told them the Englis was Desirious to Do all the Indians good and that was the very reason yt we were com to this place to asist the Indians to make them a good setlement for we mutch Desired to see them Do well. but if anything yt we did was Displease to the Indians, & if the Indians would like men of honer tell us of it we would leave off for our Intent was to please them and not Displease them. and I told them it was unmanly to hurt any body without first telling what they Did it for. for the Indians to com and kill and run away like wovels or Dogs and never tell us what they Did it for as som had Done a Day or 2 a go, who killd a young man yt came here to Do for the Indians and carre away his sculp & clothes was a very great Disgress to them and might in the end prove a ruin to the Indians if they did not stop in time. I Desired yt ye Indians would beheave like men and if any thing apeared to them to be rong to go and tell ye ofender of it. with this Discorse they apeared well pleased and so they went away about 10 a clock and soon after shewed us a mark of friendship which was, as they went across the River about 6 miles above the town they found (as

afterwards we had cause to beleave) a number of canews and padles a lying on ye shore (which beyound Dought a large number of Enemys had brought there and were gon to Do hurt at ye Menisink) they tuck 28 of ye padles and put them in a bark cano & set her a Drift to flote Down the streem in order to give us notis there was Enemyes near us and might be in Danger as they soposed. When this cano with padles came Down and our people sawe the number of padles were mutch surprised but nether Indian or white man Could unfold the story or resolve on the meaning ye looked on the matter as somthing of a very Extrodinary meaning after a considerable time spent in pondering the Mistary Titeusquand advanced in an heroick manner allmost naked only a mantle about him and a belt in his hand and says hear brothers! I'l take this and I will go and talk with them (for he thought there was Enemys a coming) and may be they will hear me, but if they will kill me and not hear me, I will Dye; he cald for his horse, mounted and away he went and 2 Indians run afoot with him.

Alitle after night the King returned wt this Interpetation, I have been says he 7 miles up the river where I have found more canos & padles which was brought here by french Indians who have been and stoal horses and com back and are gon home; for the tracks on the shore of these yt came with the canos are old and a most worn out but the horse tracks are fresh to be seen. And as for the canos coming Down wt padles, these men yt went up today put the padles in ye cano and sent her wt the streem yt we might see how matters stood; this story passefied som but many were in great fears & many of the men did litle but keep watch or gard. and many of the company urged mutch to go home. and some of them say it was madness to stay there to expose their lives to so great Danger when at the same time might live at home in Ease & plenty. I told them they did not consider the thing right for the poor frontears were continually in as mutch Danger as we now were, and it would be well for them to consider

yt they did not live above 30 to 40 miles from the frontears and if these Dwelt between you & ye wilderness should move away then you should be the front and in as great Danger as you are now and should it not be as mutch your care to make peace as those yt Dwel on ye front (tho you live a few miles farther in the setled contry).

Seeing somany of the men so bent on going home and backward to work the Comishiners told the men as soon as they had finished 10 houses they might go home, after this promis it was hard to git hands to Do any work besides the 8 houses. So that we could git no plowing Done but what was done by J. H. H. D. & J. J. and worse off for horses then men but we tuck mine tho he was mutch hurt & J. J. and with Deffaculty got ye 3rd and so we got some land plowed.

6mo. 1.—A task being given the were prity brisk to work at the houses I wt som Indians & Goforth kept clearing a piece of land at the East End of the town for a gardin, wt expectation to git it plowed, (an erasure here) but could git nether men nor horses to Do it. here came an old Indian and his wife and stayd a Day or 2. I went and spent part of an euaning in talking with him he ether could or would not give any Intelagence of the Cituation of afairs In the Indian Contry. But he told me he was Bornd In the Jersey and could remember many things. amongst the rest he teld a story which made himself & the other Indians presant laugh very heartily (which wase) I remember says he to a have heard the old men tell that when the first ship came to this contry when the Indian cheafs saw it they tuck it to be a god that was com to visit them and expecting som benefits by this visit the spread there matchcoats & made redy to pay Divine adoration to it. by this relation it apeared the antiant Indians were in the custom of paying adoration to a Devine being.

"ACCOUNT OF SERVANTS BOUND AND ASSIGNED BEFORE JAMES HAMILTON, MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA."

CONTRIBUTED BY GEORGE W. NEIBLE, CHESTER, PENNA.

(Continued from page 352.)

October 9, 1745.

George OKill3 assigned Roger McDonnell, (a servant from Ireland, in Brigt Cliveland, Wm. Robinson, master), to William Miller, Chester Co., to serve three years from Oct. 5, 1745. Consideration £11.5., with customary dues.

John Inglis assigned Agnes Mein, (a servant from Scotland, on ship Anne Galley, Capt. Houston) to William Miller, Chester Co., to serve five years from Sept. 20, 1745 Consideration £15., to have customary dues.

Robert Wakely assigns Thomas Martin, (a servant from Ireland, on Snow George, Capt. Ambler) to Daniel Griffith, Chester Co. Consideration £16. to serve four years from Sept. 22, 1745, and customary dues.

Edward Dowers assigns William Smith, (a servant from Ireland. on ship Bolton, Capt. Edw. Dowers), to William Sandwith, of Philadelphia, to serve four years from Oct. 4, 1745. Consideration £17, and have customary dues.

Conyngham & Gardner assigns Catherine McGinnis (a servant from Ireland, on the Snow John, Capt. Thos. Marshall), to John Bell, Chester Co., for three years and a half from Sept. 3, 1745. Consideration £12, with customary dues.

Edward Dowers assigns Bryan O'Hara, (a servant from Ireland, on ship Bolton, himself master), to Robert Christy, of Phila., to serve four years from Oct. 4, 1745. Consideration £18, with customary dues.

James Simple, late of the County of Tyrone, Ireland, in