NORTH AMERICAN



under their hands and seal
uable consi 1L ration upwarn
notwithistanding- that they
years ago, after a long . nd



deed
hand:
them



After
rad 7
writih



INI)IANS.



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s to the proprietors for a rali
Is of fifty years ago, and that
themselves had also not many
full exarninItion ratified that



of their ancestors, and gave a fresh one under their
s and seals; arid then you requested us to remove
1 enforcinng your request with a string of wampum.
wards we laid on the table our own letters of Con-
Weiser, some of our cousins' letters, and the several
tios to prove the charae aaainst our cousins, with a



draft of the land in dispute. We now tell you we have
perused all these several papers. We see vith our own
eyes that they have been a very unruly people, an.] are
altogether in the wrong in their dealincs with you.
  We have concluded to remove them, and oblige them
to go over the river Delaware, and quit all claim to any
lands on this side for the future, since they have received
pay for them, and it is gone through their guts long ago.
To confirm to you that we will see your request execu-



ted,
yourw



we lay down. this string ot



wampum in return for



s.



  Then turning to the Delr
wampum in his hand, lie spok
  Cousins,-Let the belt of '



you.
shake
sober.
what
just a
ship;
far fr
break



n



bY
nc
0
on
t0



his peoj
by nini



iwares, noaiang
e to them as fot I(
wampum serve tP



a
)w



(ou ouaht to be taken by the hair of the he
severely, till you recover your senses and I
You don't know what ground you stand
)u are doina. Our brother Onas's* cause
I plain, and his intentions are to preserve
,n the other hand, your cause is bad, you
i beinDg upriaht; and you are maliciously
ie chain of friendship with our brother (f
)le. We have seen with our e) es a deed
a of our ancestors about fifty vears a,



belt of
rs
chastise
ad and
become



on, nor
is verv
friend-
r heart
bent to
ias and
signed
go. for



-of                                   v      c ,  2
this very land, and a release signed not many years since
by some of yourselves and chiefs now living, to the num-



* Namn : of the Governor of Pennsylvania.



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