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have Provided a Small Present for you, and tlio' some of you gave 

 us more than others, yet as you are all equally Our Bretliren, we shall 

 leave it to you to divide it as you Please." And then presented Three 

 Bundles of Skins which were received with the usual Ceremony from tlie 

 three Governments. 



"We have one thing further to say, and tliat is We heartily recommend 

 Union and a Good Agreement between you our Brethren. Never disa- 

 gree, but preserve a s:rict Friendship for one another, and thereby you as 

 well as we will become the Stronger. 



"Our wise Forefathers established Union and Amity between the Five 

 Nations; this has made us formidable, this has given us great weight and 

 Authority with our Neighboring Nations. 



" We are a PowerfuU confederacy, and by your observing the same 

 Methods our wise Forefathers have taken, you will acquire fresh Strength 

 and Power; therefore, whatever befalls you, never fall out with one 

 another." 



The Governor replied: 



"The Honourable Commissioners of Virginia and Maryland have de- 

 sired me to Speak for them, therefore I, in behalf of those Governments 

 as well as the Province of Pennsylvania, return you thanks for the many 

 Proofs you have given in your Speeches of your Zeal for the Service of 

 your Brethren the English, and in particular for your having so Early 

 engaged in a Neutrality the Several Tribes of Indians in the French Alli- 

 ance. We do not Doubt but you will faithfully Discharge your Promises. 

 As to your Presents, we never estimate these things by their Real Worth, 

 but by the Disposition of the Giver. In this Light we accept them with 

 Great Pleasure, and put a high value upon them. We are obliged to you 

 for Recommending Peace and Good Agreement amongst ourselves. We 

 are all Subjects as well as you of the Geat King beyond the Water, and 

 in Duty to his Majesty and from the good Affection we bear to each 

 other, as well as from a regard to our Interests, we shall always be 

 inclined to live in Friendship." 



Then the Commissioners of Virginia presented the llundred Pounds 

 in Gold, together with a Paper containing a Promise to recommend the 

 Six Nations for further favor to the King, which they received with Yo- 

 hah, and the Paper was given by them to Conrad Weiser to keep for them. 

 The Commissioners likewise Promised that their publick Messengers 

 should not be Molested in their Passage through Virginia, and that they 

 would prepare Passes for such of the Conoy Indians as were willing to 

 remove to the Northward. 



Then the Commissioners of Maryland presented their Hundred pounds 

 in Gold, Which was likewise received with the Yo-hah. 



Canassatego said: "We mentioned to You Yesterday the Booty you 



