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showed me a parchment which you had received from 

 William Penn, containing many articles of friendship 

 between him and you, and between his children and 

 your children. You then told me, he desired you to 

 remember it well for three generations ; but I hope you 

 and your children will never forget it. That parchment 

 fully declared your consent to William Penn's purchase 

 and right to the lands on both sides of the Susquehanna. 

 But I find both you and we are likely to be disturbed by 

 idle people from Maryland, and also by others'* who 

 h ave presumed to survey on the banks o£ the Susque- 

 hanna without any powers from William Penn or his 

 children, to whom they belong, and without so much as 

 asking your consent. I am therefore now come 

 to hold a council and consult with you how to prevent 

 such unjust practices for the future. And hereby we 

 will show our love and respect for the great William 

 Penn's children, who inherit their father's estate in this 

 country, and have a just right to the hearty love and 

 friendship of all the Indians, promised to them in many 

 treaties. I have fully considered this thing; and if you 

 approve my thoughts, I will immediately cause to be 

 taken a large tract on the other side of Susquehanna, for 

 the grandson of William Penn, who is now a man as 

 tall as I am. For when the land is marked with his 

 name upon the trees, it will keep off the Marylanders, 

 and every other person whatsoever, from coming to 

 settle near you to disturb you. And he bearmg the 

 same kind heart to the Indians which his grand-^father 

 did, will be glad to give you a part of his land for your 



^•^One John Grist and divers others, had, without warrants, or 

 permission, settled their families, and taken up lands on the 

 west side of the Susquehanna, prior to 1121.— Col Rec. III. 

 133. 



