86 THE FRENCH, ENGLISH, AND INDIANS. [1737-1742. 



Onas's ^ cause is very just. On the other hand, 

 your cause is bad, and you are bent to break the 

 chain of friendship. How came you to take upon 

 you to sell land at all ? We conquered you ; we 

 made women of you ; you know you are women, 

 and can no more sell land than women. This land 

 you claim is gone down your throats; you have 

 been furnished with clothes, meat, and drink, by 

 the goods paid you for it, and now you want it 

 again, like children as you are. What makes you 

 sell land in the dark 1 Did you ever tell us you 

 had sold this land ? Did we ever receive any part, 

 even the value of a pipe-shank, from you for it? 

 We charge you to remove instantly ; we don't give 

 you the liberty to think about it. You are women. 

 Take the advice of a wise man and remove im- 

 mediately. You may return to the other side of 

 Delaware, where you came from ; but we do not 

 know whether, considering how you have demeaned 

 yourselves, you will be permitted to live there ; or 

 whether you have not swallowed that land down 

 your throats as well as the land on this side. We 

 therefore assign you two places to go, either to 

 Wyoming or Shamokin. We shall then have you 

 more under our eye, and shall see how you behave. 

 Don't deliberate, but take this belt of wampum, 

 and go at once." ^ 



The unhappy Delawares dared not disobey. They 

 left their ancient homes, and removed, as they had 



1 Onas was the name given by the Indians to William Penn and his 

 successors. 



2 Minutes of Indian council held at Philadelphia, 1742. 



