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you cannot break your promises,, and it cannot but be 

 pleasing to them to see yoUjlive in such friendship with 

 us. I have said enough on these heads, and you I, hope 

 will lay it up in yoiy* liearts, and duly observe it : let it 

 sink into your minds, for it is of great weight. 



The Ganawese have behaved thernselves well since 

 they came amongst us, and they shall have what they 

 desire. Your people of Conestogoe, about twenty years 

 ago, brought the Shawanese to Philadelphia to see and 

 treat with Governor Penn, and then promised the 

 Governor that they would answer for the Shawanese 

 that they would live peaceably and in friendship with usj^ 

 but we find their ears are thick, they do not hear what 

 we say to them, nor regard our advice. 



The chief of the Shawanese answered to this with 

 deep concern; that this was occasioned by the young 

 men who lived under no Government; that when their 

 king, who was then living, Opessah, took the Govern-, 

 ment upon him, but the people differed with him; he left 

 them, tliey had no chief, therefore some of them applied 

 to him to take that charge upon him, but that he had 

 only the nation without any authority, and would do 

 nothing. He counselled them, but they would not obey, 

 therefore he cannot answer for them ; and divers that 

 were present, both English and Iiidians, confirmed the 

 truth of this. 



The secretary hereupon admonished him and the rest 

 to take a further care, that what had been said should 

 be pressed upon the young people and duly observed ; 

 and tlien calling for liquor and drinlving with them 

 dismissed them. 



But the Indians, before they would depart, earnestly 

 pressed that an account of this treaty should, with all 

 possible speed, be despatched to the Governors to the 



