THE OHIO VALLEY-GREAT LAKES ETHNOHISTORY
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Minutes of the Provincial
Council of Pennsylvania
(July 19-23 & 30, 1748)
In: Pennsylvania Provincial
Council
Minutes, Colonial Records,
Vol. V, pp. 307-319.
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A TREATY
At the Court House in Lancaster, Tuesday, July 19th, 1748.
PRESENT:
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Benjamin Shoemaker, |
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William Logan, |
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The Magistrates and Inhabitants of Lancaster County, Fifty-five Indians of several Nations, viz.: Of the Six Nations, Delawares, Shawonese, Nanticokes, and Twightwees.
Conrad Weiser, Esqr., Interpreter for the Six Nations.
Mr. Andrew Montour Interpreter for the Shawonese & Twightwees.
A Proclamation was made for Silence, and then a Commission in His Majesty's Name, under the Great Seal of the Province, was read, constituting the Honourable Benjamin Shoemaker, Joseph Turner, Thomas Hopkinson, and William Logan, Esquires, Commissioners to treat with these Indians, & the Interpreter was order'd to tell them the purport thereof & to bid them heartily welcome among their Brethren.
The Commissioners having been informed that Scarrowyady, a Chief of the Oneido Nation, living at Ohio, was appointed Speaker for the Indians, but was so much hurt by a fall that he was unable to attend, order'd the Interpreter to tell them that they condoled with them on this unfortunate accident, but hoped that as what they came to transact was of a Public Nature and well known to them, all this wou'd occasion no delay, As the Government had shewn them great Indulgence in granting them a Council at Lancaster, so far from the usual Place of Business, and in so hot a Season, it was expected they wou'd not detain the Commissrs., but deliver what they had to say to-morrow morning at ten o'Clock, and further to desire they wou'd use no manner of Reserve, but open their Hearts freely and fully, the Commissioners promising to treat them with the same freedom and Plainness.
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At the Court House in Lancaster, Wednesday, July 20th, 1748.
PRESENT:
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Benjamin Shoemaker, |
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The Magistrates and many of the Inhabitants of Lancaster County.
The same Indians as yesterday.
The Interpreter informed the Commissioners that Scarrowyady still continuing ill and unable to attend, had deputed Andrew Mon- (page 308) tour to deliver his Speech, which the Indians desir'd might be received on their behalf, the substance thereof having been deliberated upon and settled by them in Council.
The Commissioners saying they had no objection to this, Andrew Montour said he was now going to speak for the Indians of the Six Nations living at Ohio.
Brethren, the Governor of Pennsylvania, and all the Governors of the great King of England over the Seas:
You have often sent pressing Messages to the Council Fire at Onondago to engage in your Interest as many of their Allies as they cou'd influence; These Messages they have transmitted to us desiring we would take all opportunities of complying with your request, in consequence whereof we have now the pleasure to present to You some of the Chiefs of the Twightwee Nation, a large and powerful Tribe living on Ouebach, a great River running into Ohio, who come as Deputies sent by the whole Nation, with a Request that You would be pleased to admit them into your Amity. We join with them in the Petition- take their Hands, and let them, together, with ours, be lock'd close in yours, and there held fast. We have opened unto You the occasion of our Visit, and to make it acceptable we lay down this String of Wampum.
Brethren, Onas, and all the King of England's Governors:
It will be necessary to lay before You what has pass'd between the Twightwees and us previous to our coming here, that You may be sensible of our Zeal for your Service, and of the ardent desire of that Nation to enter into Your Alliance.
Last Fall they sent a Message address'd to all the Tribes of Indians at Ohio & elsewhere in Amity with the English, which was deliver'd to the Shawonese as living nearest to them, and by them communicated to Us, to this Effect.
Brethren:
"We, the Twightwees, are desirous to enter into the chain of Friendship with the English; and as You are the next to Us of the Indians in their Alliance, we entreat You to signify this our Desire to the other Indians, and that You and they will open us a Council Road to the English Governments. Make it so clear and open for Us that neither we nor our Wives or Children may hurt their feet against any Log or Stump; and when once You have cleared a Road for Us we assure you we will keep it so, and it shall not be in the power of Onontio to block up or obstruct the passage. We further desire of You that when you have cleared a Council Road for us to the English, you and the other Indians will join your Interest to recommend us in the most effectual manner to them to be admitted into their Chain." Upon receipt of this Message from the Twightwees the following answer was sent them:
"Brethren, the Twightwees:
We received your String of Wampum expressing your desire to enter into Friendship with our Brethren, the English, and praying our Assistance to obtain this for you. We are glad you are in this Disposition, and wou'd, by all means, encourage you in it; but we are afraid lest you shou'd have taken this Resolution too hastily. Are you proof against the sollicitations that the Governor of Canada and his People will certainly use to engage your adherence to him? Can you withstand his Resentment? Consider this well, lest when we shall have recommended you to our Brethren the English, you shou'd prove unsteady, and so we shou'd lose their Esteem. Take, therefore, we urge you, time to consider & let us know your mind, & we will give you all the assistance in our Power."
The Twightwees having received this answer, sent in the Spring a second Message address'd to all the Indians on Ohio in alliance with the English, to this purport:
"Brethren:
Our Message in the Fall was not sent rashly or unadvisedly. We thought many Nights & Days of this Affair. We weighed every thing well relating thereto before we took the Resolution of seeking the Friendship of the English, and we now repeat to you our Assurances that this Request does not come from the Mouth only; no, it comes from the heart, and is what we ardently wish to accomplish, and that we may not fail of Success we desire your assistance and that of all the Indians in the English Chain to help us to obtain this favour, and particularly we desire some of you will go along with us and present us to Onas."
Brethren:
We have now faithfully related what passed between the Twightwees and us. We deliver over to You the strings of Wampum which we received with their Messages. Their Nation has sent thirty Beaver Skins, which we desire you would accept, & now be pleased to hear what their Deputies have to say.
Here were laid down two strings of Wampum and 30 Beaver Skins.
Then Andrew Montour acquainted the Commissioners that he was now going to be the Mouth of the Twightwes Deputies.
Brethren:
We present to You the Calumet Pipe, and pray we may be admitted to become a Link in your Chain of Friendship, & give you the strongest assurances if this favour be granted to us that we will keep it bright as long as the Rivers run.
Here the Deputies laid down a Calumet Pipe with a long stem curiously wrought, & wrapp'd round with Wampum of several (page 310) Colours, & fill'd with Tobacco, which was smoked by the Commissioners & the Indians according to Custom.
Brethren:
We, the Deputies of the Twightwees, have it in Charge further to tell you that our Nation received a Calumet Pipe from some of the Allies, consisting of twelve Towns or Nations, with a Message to this Effect: That they had a Report among them that we intended to sollicit the English to be received into their Friendship and Alliance. That if such Report was true they desired us to acquaint them with our Success, that they might apply for the same favour, which they earnestly desire, and said they would wait a Day & a Night for an answer.*
Then the Deputies offer'd another Pipe to the Commissioners, not to keep, but that they might speak to it and return it with their answer.
Andrew Montour said he was now going to resume the Speech of the Six Nations at Ohio.
Brethren:
You have now heard the Twightwees speak for themselves. We heartily join with them in their Petition. They are numerous, and tho' poor yet they are worthy of your Friendship, and as such we most heartily recommend them to you by this bundle of Skins.
Here they laid down a bundle of Skins.
Brethren:
We beg leave before we conclude to become Intercessors for the Shawonese, who have given you just Cause of Complaint. They have told us that the Governor of Pennsylvania sent a Letter some Years ago requiring them to come down, but being conscious they had acted wrong, they had delayed hitherto to do it, & have taken this opportunity of our coming to make use of us, desiring us to ask that for them which they dare not ask for themselves; that is, that they may be received again into favour, they having owned their fault, and given us the strongest assurances of their better behaviour for the future. Forgive us, therefore, if we entreat you wou'd be pleas'd to drop your resentment, and however they have behav'd hitherto, we hope a sense of your goodness will prevail with them to become good & faithful Allies for the future.
Gave a String of Wampum.
Andrew Montour informing the Commissioners he had delivered all that was given him in Charge to say at present, the Indians withdrew.
At a Meeting of the Commissioners held at Lancaster the 21st July, 1748.
PRESENT:
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The Secretary having settled the Minutes of yesterday, the same were taken into Consideration, & that part thereof which relates to the Shawonese not giving the Commissioners satisfaction, Mr. Weiser was sent to Scarrowyady to consult with him thereupon, who returned & inform'd the Board that according to order he had consulted with Scarrowyady, and he in the presence of Andrew Montour deliver'd himself as follows:
Neucheecano (?), Kekewatcheky, Sonataiowanah, and Sequeheton, Chiefs of the Shawonese now left at Allegheny, met in Council and address'd themselves to the Delawares and to the Six Nations on Ohio in the following manner:
Grand Fathers and Brethren-
We the Shawonese have been misled, & have carried on a private Correspondence with the French without letting you or our Brethren the English know of it. We travell'd secretly through the Bushes to Canada, and the French promis'd us great Things, but we find ourselves deceived. We are sorry that we had any thing to do with them. We now find that we cou'd not see, altho' the Sun did shine. We earnestly desire you wou'd intercede with our Brethren the English for us who are left at Ohio, that we may be permitted to be restored to the Chain of Friendship and be looked upon as heretofore the same Flesh with them. Thus far the Shawanese.*
Whereupon the Indians of the Six Nations & the Delawares having received these assurances of their Concern for their past behaviour, undertook to become their Intercessors, and have brought along with them three of the principal Shawonese to make their Submissions in Person.
At the Court House at Lancaster, Friday, the 22d July, 1748:
PRESENT:
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The Magistrates and many of the Inhabitants of Lancaster County.
The same Indians as on Wednesday.
The Commissioners order'd the Interpreter to let the Indians know they were going to give them an answer.
Brethren, you who live at Ohio of the Six Nations and others:
We are concern'd that Scarrowyady continues so ill as not to be able to attend, but are pleas'd to hear he is in a fair way of Recovery, and that he cou'd give the necessary Instructions to Mr. Andrew Montour about the Business which brought you here. We take it for granted that your Sentiments are fully & truly expressed in the Speeches delivered, & shall, therefore, answer the several matters contained therein in the order they were spoke.
Brethren of the Six Nations & others living at Ohio:
It gives us no small Satisfaction to observe the Regard you have shewn to the Messages sent you by the Governors of His Majesty's Provinces in endeavouring to gain over to His Majesty's Interest as many of your Allies as you cou'd influence. This is agreable to your Duty, & was recommended to you in a particular manner by the Governor of this Province at the commencement of the French War. As the Twightwees shewed so great an Inclination to enter into our Friendship and desir'd you to conduct them hither, the part you have acted on this occasion was kind and prudent, and we think ourselves oblig'd to You for encouraging them & shewing them the way.
Our Approbation of your Conduct is testified by this String of Wampum.
Brethren:
As there is reason to think from the manner in which the Twightwees have made their Application for a Council Road to the English Provinces, that it is not a sudden or a hasty step, but well considered by them, & may take its rise from the different Treatment which Indians of all Nations meet with at the hands of the English from what they experience while in the French Interest, we are inclinable to think them sincere, and that when admitted into our Chain they will not likely break it.
A Council Road to this Province is a measure which nearly concerns you, as it is to be laid out thro' your Towns, and no doubt you have thought well of this, and conceive you may depend on the (page 313) sincerity of their professions & that it may be for our mutual benefit, or you wou'd not join with them in making this Request. At your Instance, therefore, and from the opinion we have of your prudence & Integrity, we consent that such Road may be opened; and it may be depended on that on our Parts it will always be kept clean, not the least obstruction shall be suffer'd to remain in it.
In Confirmation whereof, We give this String of Wampum.
Brethren of the Twightee Nation:
At the Intercession of our good Friends & Allies the Six Nations we have granted you a Council Road, whereby you have free access to any of His Majestie's Provinces; we admit you into our Friendship and Alliance, and, therefore, now call you Brethren, an appellation which we hold sacred, and in which is included every thing that is dear. It obliges us to give you assistance on all occasions, to exercise unfeigned affections towards you, to take you into our Bosoms, to use our Eyes and Ears and Hands as well for you as for ourselves. Nothing is put in competition by an Englishman with the Faith and Honour due to those whom our Gracious King pleases to take into his Protection, admit into his Chain of Friendship, and made them our Fellow Subjects. From that Moment they become our own Flesh and Blood, and what hurts them will equally hurt us. Do you on your parts look upon this important Name of Brethren in the same Light; You must no more think of Onontio & his Children, all that sort of Relationship now ceases- His Majesty's Friends are your Friends, and his Majesty's Enemies are your Enemies. On these Conditions we accept your Calumet Pipe, and shall lay it up very carefully that it may be always ready for use when you and we come together. In token of our readiness to receive you into our Chain of Friendship, we present you with this Double Belt of Wampum as an Emblem of Union.
Brethren of the Twightwee Nation:
We understand that by an antient Custom observ'd by your Ancestors, the Delivery and acceptance of the Calumet Pipe are the Ceremonies which render valid & bind fast your Alliances. We must now tell you what our Usages are on these occasions. The English when they consent to take any Nation into their Alliances draw up a Compact in writing, which is faithfully Interpreted to the contracting Parties, and when maturely consider'd and clearly and fully understood by each side, their assent is declar'd in the most publick manner, and the stipulation render'd authentick by Sealing the Instrument with Seals, whereon are engraven their Familie's Arms, writing their names, and publishing it as their Act & Deed, done without force or constraint freely and voluntarily. This is the English Method of ratifying Treaties, this is the grand Security each gives of his Faith, and our Brethren of the Six Nations, the Delawares, Shawonese, and all other Indian Nations, when they first enter'd into the Chain of Friendship with us, executed Instru- (page 314) ments of this Nature, and as you are now one People with us in the same manner with all other of our Indian Allies, it will be expected by this and His Majesty's other Governments that you will do the same. For your satisfaction we now show you some of the Deeds that the Indians executed when they first enter'd into our Alliance.
Brethren Deputies of the Twightwees:
You say some of your Allies having heard of your Intentions to apply for admittance into the Friendship & Alliance with the English, desired you to acquaint them with the Success of such Application, to the end that they might have an opportunity of asking the same favour. As we don't know the Names of those of your Allies, their number, or Situation, we cannot be more particular at present on this head than to tell you that we are always ready to receive favourably the applications of all those whom our Brethren of the Six Nations shall recommend as worthy of our Friendship and Regard.
In Testimony whereof we have wrapped a String of Wampum round the Calumet Pipe sent by your Allies.
Brethren of the Six Nations, & c., at Ohio:
You perceive that at your Request we have received the Twightwees into our Friendship. We take kindly your conducting them to us for that end, and as a proof of our being well pleased with your Conduct on this occasion, we have ordered our Interpreter to deliver you at Mr. Croghan's some English Goods that are lodged there for the use of the Indians.
Brethren:
Your intercession for the Shawonese puts us under difficulties. It is at least two Years since the Governor of Pennsylvania wrote to Kekewatcheky a Letter, wherein he condescended out of regard to him & a few other Shawonese who preserved their fidelity, to offer those who broke the Chain a Pardon on their submission on their Return to the Towns they had deserted, and on their coming down to Philadelphia to evidence in Person the sincerity of their repentance. This they should have immediately complied with, and they wou'd have readily been admitted into favour, but as they did not do it, what can be said for them? You who live amongst them best know their Dispositions, and wou'd not, it may be hop'd, become Mediators for them were you not persuaded they wou'd return to their Duty. Some of them it may be allowed are weak People, and were perverted from their Duty by the persuasions of others, but this cannot bethought to be the Case of Neucheconno & a few more. As , therefore, you have taken upon you the Office of Intercessors, take this string of Wampum & therewith Chastize Neucheconno and his Party in such Terms as shall a proper Severity with them, tho' the expressions are left to your discretion, and then (page 315) tell the delinquent Shawonese that we will forget what is past and expect a more punctual regard to their Engagements hereafter.
Here was delivered a String of Wampum.
'Tis but Justice to distinguish the Good from the Bad; Kekewatcheky and his Friends who had virtue enough to resist the many fine Premisses made by the Emissaries of the French, will ever be remembered with Gratitude & challenge our best Services. To testify our Regard for these, we present them with this
Belt of Wampum.
And have ordered our Interpreter who is going to Ohio to give them a present of Goods.
The Commissioners gave a handsome Entertainment to the Deputies of the Twightwees and the Indians who conducted them from Ohio, and after Dinner enter'd into a free Conversation with them about the Numbers and Situation of their Towns and those of their Allies; and by their Informations it appears that the River Ouabache takes its rise from a Lake at a small distance from the West end of Lake Erie, from which it runs South-Westerly 4 or 500 Miles, and falls into the Ohio about 300 Miles from the Mississippi; that on this River and another River called the Hatchet, the Twightwees and their Allies have Twenty Towns, and that they count one thousand fighting Men; that it is a plain Country & of a rich Soil abounding with Game. The Principal Deputy of the Twightwees laid down with Chalk the Courses of the Mississippi, of Ouebache, & of Ohio, marking the Situation of their own Towns, of Lake Erie, & of two Forts that the French have on the Mississippi, whereby it is Manifest that if these Indians and their Allies prove faithful to the English, the French will be deprived of the most convenient & nearest communication with their Forts on the Mississippi, the ready Road lying thro' their Nations, and that there will be nothing to interrupt an Intercourse between this Province & that great River.
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At the Court House at Lancaster, Friday, July 22d, 1748.
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PRESENT:
The same as in the Morning.
Taming Buck, one of the Chiefs of the Shawonese, stood up and spoke as follows:
Brethren-
We, the Shawonese, sensible of our ungrateful Returns for the many favours we have been all along receiving from our Brethren the English ever since we first made the Chain of Friendship, come (page 316) along the Road with our Eyes looking down to the earth, and have not taken them from thence till this Morning, when you were pleased to Chastise us, and then pardon us. We have been a foolish People & acted wrong, tho' the Sun shone bright and shewed us very clearly what was our Duty. We are sorry for what we have done and promise better behaviour for the future. We produce to you a Certificate of the renewal of our Friendship in the year 1739, by the Proprietor and Governor. Be pleased to sign it afresh, that it may appear to the world we are now admitted into your Friendship, & all former Crimes are buried & entirely forgot.
The Commissioners receiv'd the Deed but refus'd to Sign it, letting them know they were forgiven on Condition of better behaviour for the future; and when they shall have performed that Condition it will be time enough to apply for such Testimonials. Orders were given for mending their Guns and Hatchets, and then the Twightwees were told that the Secretary was preparing an Instrument for rendering authentick our Treaty of Friendship with them, which wou'd be ready at Nine o'Clock in the morning, to which time the Commissioners adjourn'd.
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At the Court House at Lancaster, Saturday, 23d July, 1748.
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The Magistrates and many of the Inhabitants of Lancaster County.
The same Indians as Yesterday.
The Instrument and Counterpart having been prepar'd and approv'd by the Commissioners, the Contents thereof were read and carefully Interpreted to & approv'd by the Indians, & then they were executed by the Commissioners and the three Deputies of the Twightwees, the other Indians mention'd therein signing as Witnesses, together with the Magistrates and Inhabitants present.
Whereas, at an Indian Treaty held at Lancaster, in the County of Lancaster and Province of Pennsylvania, on Wednesday the Twentieth Day of July, Instant, before the Honourable Benjamin Shoemaker, Joseph Turner, Thomas Hopkinson, and William Logan, Esquires, by virtue of a Commission under the Great Seal of the said Province, dated at Philadelphia the sixteenth Day of the same Month, Three Indian Chiefs, Deputies from the Twightwees, a Nation of Indians situate on or about the River Ouebache, a Branch of the River Mississippi, viz.: Ciquenackqua, Assepausa, and Natocequeha, appeared on behalf of themselves & their Nation, & prayed that the Twightwees might be admitted into the Friendship and Alliance of the King of Great Britain and his Subjects, professing (page 317) on their Parts to become true and faithful Friends and Allies to the English, and so forever to continue, and Scarrowyady, Cadarianiaha, Chiefs of the Oneido Nation, Suchrachery, a Chief of the Seneka Nation, Caniuckodon, Cantyuckqua, Ecknisera, Chiefs of the Mohocks, Lawachcanricky, Taming Buck, Ossoghqua, Chiefs of the Shawonese, and Nenatcheehou, a Chief of the Delaware Nation, all of them Nations in Friendship and Alliance with the English, becoming earnest Intercessors with the said Commissr. on their behalf, the Prayer of the said Deputies of the Twightwees was granted, and a firm Treaty and alliance of Friendship was then stipulated and agreed upon between the said Commissioners and the said Deputies of the Twightwee Nation, as by the Records of Council remaining at Philadelphia, in the said Province, may more fully appear. Now these Presents Witness, & it is hereby declared that the said Nation of Indians called the Twightwees are accepted by the said Commissioners as Good Friends & Allies of the English Nation, and that they, the said Twightwees and the Subjects of the King of Great Britain, shall forever hereafter be as one Head and one Heart, & live in true Friendship as one People, in Consideration whereof the said Ciquenackqua, Assepausa, & Natoecqueha, Deputies of the said Twightee Nation, Do hereby in behalf of the said Nation Covenant, Promise, & Declare that the several People of the said Twightwee Nation, or any of them, shall not at any time hurt, injure, or defraud, or suffer to be hurt, injured, or defrauded, any of the Subjects of the King of Great Britain, either in their Persons or Estates, but shall at all times readily do Justice & perform to them all Acts and Offices of Friendship and good Will. Item; that the said Twightwee Nation by the Alliance aforesaid becoming entitled to the Privelege and Protection of the English Laws, They shall at all times behave themselves regularly & soberly according to the Laws of this Government whilst they shall live or be among or near the Christian Inhabitants thereof. Item; that none of the said Nation shall at any time be aiding, assisting, or abetting to or with any other Nation, whether of Indians or others, that shall not at such time be in Amity with the Crown of England and this Government. Item; that if at any time the Twightwee Nation by means of Evil minded Persons & Sowers of Sedition shou'd hear any unkind or disadvantageous Reports of the English, as if they had evil designs against any of the said Indians, in such case such Indians shall send Notice thereof to the Governor of this Province for the time being, & shall not give Credit to the said Reports till by that means they shall be fully satisfied of the truth thereof; And it is agreed that the English shall in such cases do the like by them.
In testimony whereof as well the said Commissioners as the said Deputies of the Twightwee Nation have smoked the Calumet Pipe, made mutual Presents to each other, & hereunto interchangeably set their Hands and Seals, the Twenty-third Day of July, in the Year of our Lord, 1748, and in the 22d Year of the Reign of (page 318) George the Second, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.
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The Commissioners then enquired if the Indians had any particular news to communicate, and after some time spent in Conference Suchraquery spoke as follows:
The Indians of the several Nations living at Ohio return you thanks for your acceptance of their good Offices in conducting the Twightwees and admitting them into your Alliance; likewise for your Goodness in accepting their Mediation on behalf of the Shawonese, & thereupon forgiving their late Breach of Faith. Our new Brethren, the Twightwees, tell us that they have brought a few Skins to being a Trade, and they desire you would be pleased to (page 319) order the Traders to put less Stones in their Scales that their Skins may weigh more, and that they may allow a good Price for them, which will encourage them and their Nation to Trade more largely with You. This the Commissioners promis'd to do.
The Commissioners inform'd the Indians that there was likely to be a Peace between the King of England and the French King; that he News was but just arriv'd and imperfectly told, but that there was actually a Cessation of Arms. The Indians making no Reply, the Commissrs., after ordering a Present to the Twightwee Deputies, rose & put an End to the Treaty.
Captain Smyter being ready to Sail for London, Mr. Taylor & Mr. Hopkinson are appointed a Committee to draw up an answer to the Proprietaries Letters, and it is recommended to them to sett all matters relating to the Association in their true Light.
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At a Council held at Philada. 30th July, 1748.
PRESENT:
The Honoble. ANTHONY PALMER, Esqr., President.
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The Minutes of the preceding Council were read & approv'd.
Mr. Taylor laid before the Board the Draught of a Letter to the Proprietaries which was approv'd, & the Secretary is order'd to write it fair to be Sign'd by all the Members.
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PHILADA., July 20th, 1748. |
Gentlemen:
As we don't think it necessary to distinguish between the Letters which we receive from either of you seperately & those which are signed by both jointly, we take this opportunity by Captain Smyter of acknowledging your several favours of the 16th & 29th of October, and of the 12th, 29th, and 30th March last, and are well pleased to find therein that some parts of our Administration are approv'd of. But we must own it gave us no small Concern that the measures which have been taken to prevent this City or perhaps this Colony from falling into the Hands of His Majestie's, or that endeavouring to preserve the Lives & Properties of its Inhabitants from Murder & Rapine (at a time when it was notorious both to this & the neighbouring Governments that Designs were meditating & preparations in our Enemie's Ports actually and avowedly carrying on for these purposes) shou'd be thought Illegal or Unwarrantable.
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