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quered the Delawares, and put Petticoats on them. A long time after 

 that, they lived among you our Brothers, but upon some difterence be- 

 tween you and them, we thought proper to remove them, giving them 

 lands to plant and hunt on, at Wyoming and Juniata, on Sasquehannah. 

 But you, covetous of land, made Plantations there and spoiled their 

 Hunting Grounds; they then complained 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 French, by which means the French 

 became acquainted with all the causes of complaint they had against 

 you ; and as your people were daily increasing their settlements, by this 

 means you drove them back into the arms of the French ; and they took 

 the advantage of spiriting them up against you, by telling them, ' Chil- 

 dren, you see, and we have often told you, how the English, your Breth- 

 ren, would serve 3^ou; they plant all the country, and drive you back; so 

 that in a little time you will have no land. It is not so with us ; though 

 we build Trading Houses on your land, we do not plant it; we have our 

 Provisions from over the Great Waters.' 



" We have opened our Hearts, and told you what complaints we have 

 heard they had against you, and our advice to you is, that you send for 

 the Senecas and them, treat them kindly, and rather give them some 

 part of their fields back again than difter with them. It is in your power 

 to settle all the differences with them, if you please." 



Gave two Belts of Wampum, one for Sir Wm, Johnson, and the other 

 for the Governor. 



Little Abraham spoke again as follows: 



"Brothers: As to what passed between jon and Teedyuscung last 

 Fall respecting the purchase of Lands, we know nothing of. They are 

 not here, and if we inquire, we can only hear what you say on that head. 

 We should have been glad our Nephews, the Delawares, and Brothers, 

 the Shawanese, had been here at this time, that we might have heard the 

 complaints on both sides ; then we should have been able to judge who 

 was in the fault, and we are determined to see justice done to the party 

 aggrieved. As they are not here we can say nothing about it ; but you 

 yourselves, between whom the business was transacted, must be the best 

 judges." 



Gave a string of Wampum. 



''Brothers: You acquaint us there are certain persons empowered 

 by the King, to purchase Lands here from the Indians ; we are unac- 

 quainted with that. Neither do we know how our Father, the King of 

 England, has divided his Provinces. You say if you have done the 

 Indians any injustice you are willing to make them satisfaction. We 

 are glad to hear it, and as you have writings to refresh your memories 

 about every transaction that has happened between you and our Neph- 



