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the latter, three hundred Indians, representations of ten 

 tribes, chiefly from the Susquehanna, (those on the Ohio 

 were not included) with their chief, Teedyuscung, at- 

 tended. Before departing from the treaty, they not only 



off, by accident,, and shot him dead. He was very much 

 grieved, went to the house, and told the gentlennan's wife what 

 had happened; and said, he was willing to die, and did not 

 choose to live after his friend. She immediately sent for a 

 number of the inhabitants: when they were gathered, some 

 said it was an accident, and could not be helped ; but the 

 greatest number were for hanging him; and he was taken 

 by the sheriff, and carried to Amboy, where he was tried and 

 hanged. 



" There was another misfortune happened : a party of the 

 Shav/anesc, who were going to war against their enemies, in 

 their way through Carolina, called at a house, not suspecting 

 any harm, as they were among their friends : a number of the 

 inhabitants rose and took them prisoners, on account of some 

 mischief which was done them about that time; suspecting 

 them to bo the people who had done the mischief; and carried 

 them to Charleston, and put them in prison, where the chief 

 man, called " The Pride,"' died. 



" The relations of thoi^e people were much exasperated 

 against you, our brothers, the English, on account of the ill 

 treatment you gave their friends; and have been continually 

 spiriting up their nations to take revenge. 



"Brothers, you desired us to open our hearts, and inform 

 you of every thing we knew that might have given rise to the 

 quarrel between you and our nephews and brothers: That, in 

 former times, our fore-fathers conquered the Dclawares, and 

 put petticoats on them ; a long time after that, they lived 

 among you, our brothers; but, upon some difference between 

 you and them, wc thought proper to remove them, giving them 

 lands to plant and hunt on, at Wyoming and Juniata, on the 

 Susquehanna: but you, covetous of land, made plantations 

 there, and spoiled their hunting grounds ; they then com- 

 plained to us, and we looked over those lands, and found their 

 complaints to be true. 



"At this time they carried on a correspondence with the 



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