Part 5 (1/2)

_Aset teywa_, _Asoghqua_, _Maya minickysy_, _Wawyia Beeseny_.

Canestogo _Indians that speak the_ Onayiut's _Language_.

_Tior Haasery_, Chief.

_Tanigh wackerau_, _Karha Cawyiat_, _Kayen quily quo_.

C A N O Y I A S, _or_ N A N T I K O K E S, _of_ Canestogo.

_Des-seheg_, _Ichqua que heck_, _Quesamaag_, _Ayiok-ius_.

D E L A W A R E S _of_ Shamokin.

_Olumapies_, } _Lingehanoah_, } Chiefs.

_Kelly macquan_, _Quitie-yquont_, _Pishquiton_, _Nena chy haut_.

D E L A W A R E S _from the_ Forks.

_Onutpe_, } _Lawye quohwon_, alias _Nutimus_, } Chiefs.

_Toweghkappy_.

_Cornel. Spring_, and others.

C o n r a d W e i s e r, C o r n e l i u s S p r i n g, _Interpreters_.

And a great Number of the Inhabitants of _Philadelphia_.

The Governor having commanded Silence, spoke as follows:

'_Friends and Brethren of the Six Nations_,

'Six Years ago a Number of your Chiefs obliged us with a Visit, when they agreed on Behalf of your Nations, to the Release of certain Lands on both Sides the River _Sasquehannah_, to the Southward of the _Endless-Mountains_, and within the Limits and Bounds of the King's Grant of this Province. In Consideration of which, a certain Quant.i.ty 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 Quant.i.ty, 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 _s.h.i.+rts_.

40 _Hats_.

40 _Pair Shoes & Buckles_.

40 _Pair Stockings_.

100 _Hatchets_.

500 _Knives_.