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down the two Young men that were present at the Murders. If they 

 are not brought down, I shall look upon it as a Proof of their Guilt. If 

 upon Examination they shall be found not to have been concerned in 

 the Bloody Action, they shall be well used and sent home in Safety. I 

 will take it upon myself to see that they have no Injustice done them. 

 An Inventory is taken of the Goods already restored, and I expect satis- 

 faction will be made for such as cannot be found in Skins, according to 

 their Promise. 



"I well remember the coming down of one of the Conoy Indians with 

 a Paper setting forth That the Conoys had come to a Eesolution to leave 

 the Land reserved for them by the Proprietors, but he made no com- 

 plaint to me of ill usage from the White People. The reason he gave 

 for their removal was, that the Setling of the White people all around 

 them had made Deer Scarce, and that therefore they chose to remove to 

 Juniata for the Benefit of Hunting. I ordered what they said to be en- 

 tered in the Council Book. The old Man's Expences were borne, and a 

 Blankit given him at his Return home. I have not yet heard from 

 the Proprietors on this head, but you may be assured, from the favour 

 and Justice they have always shewn to the Indians, that they will do 

 everything that can be reasonably expected of them in this case. 



In the Court House Chamber at Lancaster, July 2d, 1744, P. M. 



present: 



The Honourable the Commissioners of Virginia. 



The Deputies of the Six Nations. 



Conrad Weiser, Interpreter. 



The Indians being told by the Interpreter that their Brother Assara- 

 quoa was going to speak to them, he spoke as follows : 



" Sachims and Warriors, our Friends and Brethren : 



"As we have already sayd enough to you on the Subject of the Title 

 to the Lands you Claim from Virginia, we have no occasion to say any- 

 thing more to you on that head, but come directly to the Point. We 

 have open'd the Chests, and the Goods are now here before you; They 

 cost Two hundred Pounds, Pennsylvania money, and were bought by a 

 Person recommended to Us by the Governor of Pennsylvania, with 

 ready Cash. AVe order'd them to be good in their kinds, and we believe 

 they are so. These Goods, and Two hundred Pounds in Gold which now 

 lye now on the Table, we will give you, Our Brethren of the Six Na- 

 tions, upon Condition That you immediately make a Deed, recognizing 

 the King's Right to all the Lands that are or shall be by his Majesty's 

 Appointment in the Colony of Virginia. 



"As to the Road, we agree you shall have one, and the Regulation is 

 in a paper which the Interpreter now has in his custody to Shew you. 



