76 AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF LANCASTER COUNTY. 



The Honourable the Commissioners of Maryland. 



The Deputies of the Six Nations. 



Conrad Weiser, Interpreter. 



Canassatego Spoke as follows: , . 



"Brother Onas : 



" The other day you was pleased to tell us you were always concern'd 

 whenever anything happen'd that might give you or us Uneasiness, and 

 that we were mutually engaged to preserve the Eoad open and Clear 

 between Us. And you informed Us of the Murder of John Armstrong 

 and his two Men by some of the Delaware Indians, and of their Stealing 

 his Goods to a Considerable value. The Delaware Indians as you Sup- 

 pose are under our Power. We join with you in your Concern for such 

 a vile Proceeding ; and to testify that we have the same Inclinations with 

 you to keep the Road clear, free, and open, we give you this string of 

 Wampum." 



Which was received with the usual Ceremony. 



"Brother Onas: 



"These things happen frequently, and we desire you will consider 

 them well, and not be too much concerned. Three Indians have been 

 killed at different times at Ohio, and we never mentioned any of them to 

 you, imagining it might have been occasioned by some unfortunate 

 Quarrels, and being unwilling to create a Disturbance; We therefore 

 Desire you will consider these things well, and to take the Grief from 

 your Heart We give you this String of Wampum." 



Which was received with the usual Ceremony. 



" Brother Onas : 



"We had heard of the Murder of John Armstrong, and in our Journey 

 here We had Conference with our Cousins, the Delawares, about it, and 

 Reproved them severely for it ; and charged them to go down to Our 

 Brother Onas and make him satisfaction, both for the Men that were 

 killed and for the Goods. We understood by them that the principal 

 Actor in these Murders is in your Prison, and that he had done all the 

 Mischief himself ; but that besides him you had required and Demanded 

 two others who were in his Company when the Murders were Committed. 

 We promise faithfully in our return to renew our Reproofs, and to Charge 

 the Delawares to send down some of their Chiefs with these two young 

 men, but not as Prisoners, to be examined by you ; and as we think upon 

 Examination you will not find them Guilty, we rely on your Justice not 

 to do them any Harm, but to permit them to return in safety. 



"We likewise understand that search has been made for the Goods 

 belonging to the deceased, and that some have been alread}^ returned to 

 your People ; but that some are still missing. You may depend upon 

 our Giving the Strictest Charge to the Delawares to Search again with 



