The Treaty Held with the Indians of the Six Nations at Philadelphia, in July 1742 | Page 8

the Limits and Bounds of the King's
Grant of this Province. In Consideration of which, a certain Quantity of
Goods was agreed on and delivered as a full Satisfaction for the said
Lands lying on the Eastern Side of the said River: And for the Lands on
the Western Side of the said River, you desired the Payment should be
deferr'd till another Opportunity. These Goods, which are exactly the
same in Quantity as those you received the last Time the Chiefs of your
Nations were here, have been ready a considerable Time, and kept in
Expectation of your Coming for them: And now you are come down
fully impowered by your respective Councils to receive them, we are
well pleased to deliver them: Leaving it to you to make a fair and equal
Division of them amongst yourselves. We are sorry for the Absence of
our Brethren the Senecas, and much more so that it should be owing to
their Distress at Home by a Famine that rages in their Country:--A
Famine so great, that you tell us a Father has been obliged to sacrifice
one Part of his Family, even his own Children, for the Support and
Preservation of himself and the other Part.--We heartily commiserate
their Condition, and do not doubt but you will do them fair and ample
Justice in the Disposal of their Part of the Goods in such Manner as
they have instructed you. You shall now hear the List of the Goods read
to you.'
Here, by the Governor's Order, the List of the Goods was read over, viz.
500 Pounds of Powder. 600 Pounds of Lead. 45 Guns. 60
Strowd-Matchcoats. 100 Blankets. 100 Duffil Matchcoats. 200 Yards
Half-thick. 100 Shirts. 40 Hats. 40 Pair of Shoes & Buckles. 40 Pair of
Stockings. 100 Hatchets. 500 Knives. 100 Hoes. 60 Kettles. 100
Tobacco-Tongs. 100 Scissars. 500 Awl-Blades. 120 Combs. 2000
Needles. 1000 Flints. 24 Looking-Glasses. 2 Pounds of Vermilion. 100
Tin Pots. 1000 Tobacco-Pipes. 200 Pounds of Tobacco. 24 Dozen of
Gartering, & 25 Gallons of Rum.

Then the Governor told them that the Goods, of which the Particulars
had been just Read to them, were in the Meeting-House, and would be
sent 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 with all the Indians: Of this your Nations have ever been
fully sensible; but more especially a Number of your Chiefs, about ten
Years ago, when, on the Arrival of a Son of your said great Friend
William Penn, large and valuable Presents were exchanged by us with
you; a new Road was made and clear'd; a new Fire kindled; and the
Chain of Friendship made stronger, so as to last 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 should such a War happen, it must very sensibly
affect you, considering your Situation in the Neighbourhood of Canada.
Your Coming at this Juncture is particularly fortunate, since it gives us
an Opportunity of mentioning several Things that may be necessary to
be settled between People so strictly and closely united as we are.--An
Union not to be express'd by any thing less than the affectionate
Regards which Children of the same Parents bear for each other, as
conceiving ourselves to be one Flesh and one People.
'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 least Obstruction be suffered to lie in the Way; or if
any should by Accident be found, that may hinder our free Intercourse
and Correspondence, it must forthwith be removed.
To inforce this, We lay down a String of Wampum.

'In next Place, We, on our Part, shall inlarge our Fire that burns
between us. We shall provide more Fewel to increase it and make it
burn brighter and clearer, and give a stronger and more lasting Light
and Warmth.
In Evidence of our sincere Intentions, We lay down this Belt of
Wampum.
'In the last Place, considering the Obligations we are mutually under by
our several Treaties, That we should hear with our Ears for you, and
you hear with your Ears for us. We shall at all Times very willingly
give you the earliest and best Intelligence of any Designs that may be
form'd to your Disadvantage.--And if you discover any Preparations
that can hurt us, we desire you will