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southward, and to their Indians, that further mischief 

 might he prevented; for they were apprehensive the 

 southern Indians might come out to meet the Five 

 Nations, and then they, as had been said to them, lying 

 in the road might be the sufferers, but they truly desired 

 peace, and Avere always against molesting any Indians 

 tliat were under the protection or lived in friendship 

 with the English. 



Tiie secretary then proposed to them that they should 

 send some of their people with belts of wampum to the 

 Governor of Virginia, to assure him of their resolution 

 to live in peace, and to desire him to acquaint all his 

 Indians with the same. They readily agreed to send 

 belts without delay, and promised the following week to 

 bring them to Philadelphia ; but they seemed appre- 

 liensive of danger to theh people in going to Virginia, 

 where they were all strangers, unless the Governor 

 Avould send some English in company with them to 

 protect them. 



After this conference was ended, Civility desired to 

 speak with the secretary^ in private, and an opportunity 

 being given, he acquainted the secretary that some of 

 the Five Nations, especially the Cayoogoes, had at divers 

 times expressed a dissatisfaction at the large settlements 

 madfi by the English on the Susquehanna, and that 

 they seemed to claim a property or right to those lands. 

 Tlie secretary answered, that he (Civility) and all the 

 nations were sensible of the contrary, and that the Five 

 Nations had long since made over all their right to Sus- 

 quehajma to the Government of New York,* and tliat 



♦WilUam. Penn had engaged Thomas Dongan, late Gove>rnor 

 of New York, to make a purchase of these lands. Dongan, 

 (January 13th, 1G90,) conveyed by deeds to William Peon all 

 that tract of land lying on both sides of the river Susquehanna, 



