52 AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF LANCASTER COUNTY. 



to the Six Nations, and Canassatego, Tachanoontia, and some other Chiefs, 

 returned the compliments, drinking the healths of ^Onas, -Assaraquoa, 

 and. the Governor of Maryland. 



After they were all served with Wine, Punch, Pipes, and Tobacco, the 

 Governor told the Indians that as it was customary and indeed necessary 

 they should have some time to rest after so long a Journey, and as he 

 thought three days would be no more than sujfl&cient for that purpose, he 

 proposed to speak to them on Monday next, after which the Honourable 

 Commissioners would take their own time to deliver what thev had 

 to say. 



Canassatego answered the Governor : " TVe thank you for giving us 

 time to rest, we are come to you, and shall leave it intirely to you to 

 appoint the time when we shall meet you again, 



" We likewise leave it to the Governor of Maryland, by whose invita- 

 tion we came here, to appoint a time when he will please to mention the 

 reason of his inviting us. As to our Brother Assaraquoa, we have at 

 this present time nothing to say to him, not but we have a great deal to 

 say to Assaraquoa, which must be said at one time or another, but not 

 being satisfied whether He or We should begin first, we shall leave it 

 wholly to Our Brother Onas to adjust this between Us, and to say which 

 shall begin first." 



In the Court House at Lancaster, June the 25th, 174:4, A. M. 



PRESENT : 



The Honourable George Thomas, Esqr., Governor, &c. 



The Honourable the Commissioners of Virginia. 



The Honourable the Commissioners of Maryland. 



The Deputies of the Six Nations. 



Conrad W^iser, Interpreter. 



The Governor spoke as follows: 

 "Honourable Gentlemen, Commissioners of the Governments of Vir- 

 ginia and Maryland, 

 "And Brethren Sachims, or Chiefs of the Indians of the Six Nations — 



" At a Treaty held by me two Years ago, in behalf of the Government 

 of Pennsylvania, with a number of the Chiefs of the Indians of the Six 

 Nations, I was desired by them to write to the Governor of Maryland 

 concerning some Lands in the Back Parts of the Province which they 

 claim a Right to from their Conquests over the Antient Possessors, and 

 which have been settled by some of the Inhabitants of that Government 

 without their Consent or any Purchase made from them. It was at that 

 time understood that the Claim was upon Maryland only, but has since 

 appeared by some Letters formerly wrote by Mr. President Logan to the 



iQnas, the Governor of Pennsylvania. 2 Assaraquoa, the Governor of Virginia. 



