Part 9 (1/2)

=T R E A T Y=

Held at the Town of

_Lancaster_, in Pensylvania,

By the Honourable the

Lieutenant-Governor of the PROVINCE,

And the Honourable the

Commissioners for the PROVINCES

OF

Virginia _and_ Maryland,

with the

_I N D I A N S_

O F T H E

S I X N A T I O N S,

In _J U N E_, 1744.

A Treaty with the _I N D I A N S_ of the Six Nations.

In the C o u r t-H o u s e in the Town of _Lancaster_, on _Friday_ the Twenty-second of _June_, 1744,

P R E S E N T,

The Honourable _G E O R G E T H O M A S_, Esq; Lieut. Governor of the Province of _Pensylvania_, and Counties of _Newcastle, Kent_ and _Suss.e.x_, on _Delaware_.

The Honourable _Thomas Lee_, Esq; } Commissioners Colonel _William Beverly_, } of _Virginia_.

The Honourable _Edm. Jennings_, Esq; } _Philip Thomas_, Esq; } Commissioners Colonel _Robert King_, } of _Maryland_.

Colonel _Thomas Colville_, }

The Deputies of the _Onandagoes, Senecas, Cayogoes, Oneidas_ and _Tuscaroraes_.

_Conrad Weiser_, Interpreter.

The Governor and the Commissioners took some of the _Indian_ Chiefs by the Hand, and, after they had seated themselves, the Governor bid them welcome into the Government; and there being Wine and Punch prepared for them, the Governor and the several Commissioners drank Health to the _Six Nations_; and _Cana.s.satego, Tachanoontia_, and some other Chiefs, returned the Compliments, drinking the Healths of _Onas_[1], _a.s.saragoa_[2], and the Governor of _Maryland_.

After they were all served with Wine, Punch, Pipes and Tobacco, the Governor told the _Indians_, that as it was customary, and indeed necessary, they should have some Time to rest after so long a Journey, and as he thought three Days would be no more than sufficient for that Purpose, he proposed to speak to them on _Monday_ next; after which, the honourable Commissioners would take their own Time to deliver what they had to say.