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men; two of the Mingoes or Five Nations and two 

 Shawanese, about one hundred and sixty miles from 

 that place, which was the occasion of their sending that 

 message. James Logan asked them, whether these two 

 Shawanese had been abroad hunting : they answered, 

 no ! They had gone out to war. He then dem^anded 

 the reason why they would offer to go to war after their 

 solemn promises to our Government to the contrary. 

 The chief of the Shawanese replied, that a dispute aris- 

 ing among some of their young men, who was the best 

 man, to end it, they resolved to make the trial by going 

 to war, that they could not be restrained, but took the 

 opportunity of accompanying some of the Five Nations 

 that were going out and took their road that way. 



The Secretary told them he should have a great deal 

 to say to them on these heads, and that the day being 

 now far advanced, he must desire them to meet him in 

 the same place in the morning, and then treating them 

 with some drink withdrevvr. 



Next morning the same persons attended, bringing 

 some bundles of skins with them; from whence it being 

 conjectured that the Indians designed to begin a discourse. 

 All being seated, after somxO time spent in silence, the 

 Mingces or Conestogoe Indians began ; a Ganawese In- 

 dian, who called him Capt. Smith, and is said to speak 

 ail the several languages, viz : his own, or the Ganawese, 

 the Mingoe, the ShanaY\rese and Delaware, to perfection, 

 being appointed interpreter into the Delav/are tongue, 

 and Peter Bizaillon and John Cartledge interpreting into 

 English. They spoke as follows : 



" The last year Colonel French came to them on a 

 message from the Governor, to inquire into their health, 

 and how it was with them, their children and grand- 

 children." 



