THE INDIAN TREATY HELD AT LANCASTER. 55 



To enforce what lias been said, tlie Governor laid down a Belt of 

 Wampum, upon which the Indians gave the Jo-hah.^ 



"After a Short Pause, the Governor ordered the Interpreter to tell the 

 Indians that as they had greatly exceeded their appointed time for meet- 

 ing the Commissioners, he recommended to them to use all the Expedi- 

 tion possible in giving their Answer to what had been said, that they 

 might forthwith proceed to treat with the respective Commissioners ou 

 the Business they came about. 



" Then Canassatego repeated to the Interpreter the Substance of what 

 the Governor had Spoke, in order to if he had understood him right [A 

 Method generally made use of by the Indians,] and when the Interpreter 

 told him he had taken the true Sense, Canassatego proceeded to return 

 the Thanks of the Six Nations for the Governor's kind advice, promising 

 to follow it as far as lay in their Power; but as it was their Custom when 

 a Belt was given to return another, they would take time 'till the after- 

 noon to provide one, and would then give their answer." 



In the Court House at Lancaster, June 25th, 174-1, P. M. 



PRESENT : 



The Honourable GEOEGE THOMAS, Esqr., Governor, &c. 



The Honourable the Commissioners of Virginia. 



The Honourable the Commissioners of Maryland. 



The Deputies of the Six Nations. 



Conrad Weiser, Interpreter. 



Cannassatego's Answer to the Governor's Speech delivered in the 

 Morning : 



"Brother Onas: 



"You spoke in the Presence of Assaraquoa and the Governor 

 of Maryland to Us, advising Us to receive them as our Brethren, 

 and Unite with them in the Covenant Chain as one Body and one 

 Soul. We have always considered them as Our Brethren, and as such 

 shall be willing to brighten the Chain of Friendship with* them; But 

 since there are some disputes between Us respecting the Lands Possessed 

 by them which formerly belonged to Us, We, according to Our Custom, 

 Propose to have those differences first adjusted, and then We shall Pro- 

 ceed to Confirm the Friendship subsisting between Us, which will meet 

 with no obstruction after these matters are settled." 



Here they presented the Governor with a Belt of Wampum, in return 

 for the Belt given them in the Morning by the Governor, and the In- 

 terpreter was ordered to return the Jo-hah. 



I The Jo-hall denotes Approbation, being a loud shout or Cry, consisting of a few 

 Notes pronounced by all the Indians in a very Musical manner in the nature of Our 

 Huzza' s. 



