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showed me a parchment which you had received from 



Wilham Penn, containing many articles of friendship 



between him and yon, 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. Tliat 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 INIarylandj and also by others^ wlio 



have presumed to survey on the banks of the Susque- 



hamia without any powers from William Penn or his 



children, to whom they belong, and without so nmch 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 bearing 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 1721.— CoZ. Rec. IIL 

 133. 



