16 HISTORY OF 



capes to the falls at Sankikans, opposite to the present 

 city of Trenton. "They maintained a harmonious in- 

 tercourse Avith the natives, acknowledging the right of 

 soil to he in the aborignes. They not only scrupulously 

 refrained from injuring them, but cultivated their friend- 

 ship by acts of justice, and kindness in supplying their 

 necessities:" they aimed in the spirit of the gospel, by 

 friendly means, to civilize and win them over to the 

 christian faith. 



Philip Carteret, appointed in 1665, as Governor of 

 New Jersey, "purchased from the Indians their titles to 

 all the lands which were occupied. This proceeding 

 was afterwards approved by the proprietaries, who then 

 established tlic rule, that all lands should be purchased 

 from the Indians, by the Governor and Council, who 

 were to be re-imbursed by the settlers, in proportion to 

 their respective possessions."* 



William Penn, the 'sole lord' of the province of Penn- 

 sylvania, followed the examples of justice and modera- 

 tion, set him by former Europeans, in their magnanimous 

 conduct towards the aborigines of America. Having 

 thus united his example with theirs, for the imitation of 

 all succeeding adventurers and settlers of colonies, he de- 

 serves equal praise with those who set the example, and 

 those who folio w.t 



♦Frost's U. S. 130. 



t " We find that Penn had sent a letter, previous to his arrival, 

 by the first colony for Pennsylvania, to the Indians, informing 

 them that the (treat (iod l)ad been pleased to make him con- 

 cerned in their part of the world, and that the king of the 

 country, where he lived, had given him a province therein ; 

 but tliat he had no desire to enjoy it without their consent; that 

 he was a man of peace, and that the people whom he had sent 

 ■wrere of tlie same disposition; but if any differoncc should 

 happen between them, it might be adjusted by an equal num- 



