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children, the Indians of Conestoga and their friends 

 upon Susquehanna, and desired that deputies of the 

 Five Nations might be present in council tb hear what is 

 said to them. 



At a council held at Conestoga, July 6th, 1721 — 

 Present: the Hon. Sir William Keith, Bart., Gov. 

 Richard Hill, Caleb Pusey, Jonathan Dickinson, Col. 

 Jolm French, James Logan, secretary. 



The Governor spoke to the Indians, as follows : My 

 ]irothers and children, soon as you sent me word that 

 your friends and relations, the chiefs of the Five 

 Nations, \Vere come to visit you, I made h::lste and came 

 up to see both you and them, and to assure all the 

 Indians of the continuance of my love to them. 



Your old acquaintance and true friend, the great 

 William Penn, was a wise man, and therefore he did not 

 approve of wars among the Indians whom he loved, 

 because it wasted and destroyed their people, but 

 always recommended peace to the Indians as the surest 

 way to make tlicm rich and strong by increasing their 

 numbers. 



Some of you can well remember since William Penn 

 and his friends came first to settle among you in this 

 country ; it is but a few years, and like as yesterday, to 

 an old man ; nevertheless, by following that great man's 

 peaceable councils this Government is now become 

 'wealthy and powerful, in great numbers of people ; and 

 though, many of our inhabitants are not accustomed to 

 war, and dislike the practice of men killing one another, 

 yet you cannot but know I am able to bring several 

 thousands into the field well armed to defend both your 

 people and ours from being hurt by any enemy tliat 

 durst attempt to invade us. However, we do not forget 

 what William Pej:m often told us, " That the experience 



