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hend him ; and, when surrendered, he was tried by an English jury. The 

 colonists Avere much annoyed by non-resident Indians, who frequently, in 

 small and armed parties, roved on the borders of the settlements, and, 

 stimulated by drink and cupidity, committed outrages upon the persons 

 and property of the inhabitants. A case of this kind had called forth 

 the inhabitants on the Mahanatany, [1728,] a creek emptying into the 

 Schuylkill thirty miles from Philadelphia, and, in the affray, several of 

 the whites, as well as Indians, were wounded. During the alarm and 

 irritation occasioned by this affair, three unoffending Indians, of a friendly 

 provincial tribe, were inhumanly killed in the woods by four whites. 

 The Governor, who had, on the first disturbance by the strange Indians 

 proceeded to Mahanatany, ordered three of the murderers to be arrested ; 

 the fourth escaped. The vengeance of the Indian chiefs, to whom the 

 deceased were related, was much dreaded; but it was averted by the 

 interposition of the Five Nations, and a new treaty."^ 



A few days before the last-mentioned incident, the Governor received 

 intelligence in a letter from Mr. Wright, at Conestogo that in conse- 

 quence of an impending quarrel between the Conestogo and Shawanese 

 Indians, occasioned by the latter having killed two of the former, the 

 white settlers were filled with consternation and were leaving their houses, 

 and that his presence Avas required for the composition of the differences 

 and the preservation of peace. The necessary arrangements being com- 

 pleted, the Governor, accompanied by some members of the Council and 

 other gentlemen, to the number of about thirty, left Philadelphia on the 

 22d of May, and the following night came to the house of Andrew Cor- 

 nish, about a mile distant from the Indian town. The 2-ith and 25th 

 days were spent in waiting for some other persons expected at the 

 Treaty and in mutual civilities, and on the 26th the Treaty began as fol- 

 lows : ^ 



At a Council held at the Indian Town of Conestogoe, May 26th, 1728. 



PRESENT : 



The Hon'ble Patrick Cordon, Esq., Lieut. Gov., some Members of 

 Council and divers other Gentlemen. 



PRESENT ALSO: 



Ganyataronga, 1 



Tawenna, ! Chiefs of the Conestogoe 



Tanniatchiaro, \ Indians. 



Taquatarensaly, alias Capt. Civility, j 



Oholykon, -^ 



Peyeashickon, \- Chiefs of some of the Delaware Indians on 



Wikimikyona, J Brandy wine. 



1 Gordon. 2 Col. Rec. Ill, 310-314. 



