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& Tohiiwsis, Indyaii Sacliaiiiakers of y one ptv, Aud William Penu, Es(|' •, Chief Pio- 

 prieto'' of the Proviueo of I'eunsylvaiiia of the other jite : Witnesseth that for and in 

 Consideracouof thesumesandiiartioulersnf (ioods, merchandizes, and vteusills herein 

 after mentioned and expressed, (That is to say,) Three Hnndred and ftifty ffathams of 

 Wampam, Twenty ^vhite IJlaukits, Twenty ffathams of Strawd waters, Sixty tTathams 

 of Dutifiekls, Twenty Kettles, flower whereof larfj;e, Twenty Gunus, Twenty Coates, 

 fforty Shirts, ttorty payre of Stockings, ftorty Howes, fi'orty Axes, Two Barrels of 

 Powder, Two Hundred Barres of Lead, Two Hnndred Knives, Two Hnndred small 

 Glasses, Twelve payre of Shooes, tforty Cojjper Boxes, fforty Tobacco Tonngs, Two 

 small Barrells of Pijies, fforty payre of Sissers, florty Combes, Twenty flower pounds 

 of Red Lead, one Hnndred Aules, Two haudfuUs of flish-hooks, Two handfnlls of 

 needles, florty pounds of Shott, Tenne Bundles of Beades, Tenne small Saws, Twelve 

 drawing knives, flower ancliers of Tobacco, Two anchers of Rumme, Two anchers of 

 Syder, Two anchers of Beerc, And Three Hundred (iilders, by the said William Penn, 

 his Agents or Assigns, to the said ludyau Sachamakers, for the use of them and 

 their People, at and before Sealeing aud delivery hereof in hand paid and delivered, 

 whereof and wherewith they the said Sachomakers doe hereby acknowledge them- 

 selves fully satisfyed Contented and jiaid. The said ludyau Sachamakers, (parties to 

 these presents,) as well for and on the behalfe of themselves as for and on the behalfe 

 of their Respective Indyans or People for whom they are concerned. Have Granted, 

 Bargained, sold and delivered, Aud by these presents doe fully, clearley and abso- 

 lutely Grant, bargayne, sell aud deliver vnto the sayd William Penn, his Heirs aud 

 Assigues forever, All that or Those Tract or Tracts of Laud lyeing and being iu the 

 Province of Pennsylvania aforesaid, Beginning at a certaine white oako in the Land 

 now in the tenure of John Wood, and by him called the Gray Stones over against the 

 ffalls of Dellaware River, And soe from thence up by the River side to a corner 

 marked Spruce Tree with the letter P at the ttoot of a mountayne, And from the sayd 

 corner marked Spruce Tree along by the Ledge or ffoot of the mountaines west north 

 west to a Corner white oake, marked with the letter P, standing by the ludyau path 

 that Leads to an Indyan Towne called Playwickey, aud near the head of a Creek 

 called Towsissinck, And from thence westward to the Creek called Nesharamonya 

 Creek, And along by tiie sayd Xeshammonyes Creek unto the River Dellaware, alias 

 Makeriskhickon; And soe bounded by the sayd mayne River to the sayd-ttirst men- 

 tioned white oake in John Wood's Laud; And all those Islands called or knowue by 

 the severall names of Mattinicunk Island, Sepassincks Island, aud Orecktons Island, 

 lying or being in the sayd River Dellaware, Togeather alsoe with all aud singular 

 Isles, Islands, Rivers, Rivuletts, Creeks, Waters, Ponds, Lakes, Plaines, Hills, Moun- 

 taynes, Meadows, Marrishes, Swamps, Trees, AVoods, Jlyues, mineralls aud Appur- 

 tennces whatsoever to the sayd Tract or Tracts of Laud belonging or iu any wise 

 Apperteyning; And the reverson aud reversons, Remaiudr. and Remaindrs. thereof, 

 Aud all the Estate, Right, Tytle, Interest, vse, pperty, C'layme aud demand \yhatso- 

 ever, as well of them the sayd ludyau Sackamakers (Ptyes to these presents) as 

 of all and every other the ludyans Concerned therein or in anj- jite. or Peel, thereof. 

 To IIAVK AND TO HOLD the sayd Tract or Tracts of Land, Islands, and all and every 

 other the sayd Granted premises, with their and every of their Aijpurtenuces vnto 

 the sayd William Penn, his Heires and Assignes forever. To tlie ouly pper vse ife 

 behoole of the sayd William Penn, his Heires aud Assignes forevermore. And the 

 sayd ludyau Sachamakers and their Heires an<l successors, aud every of them, the 

 sayd Trai-t or Tracts of Land, Islands, and all aud every other the sayd Granted 

 pmisses, with their and every of their Appurtenuccs unto the sayd Williaiu Peuu, 

 his Heires and Assignes forever, against them the sayd Indyan Sachamakers, their 

 Heirs aud successors, and against all and every ludyau and Indyans aud their Heires 

 and successors, Clayming or to Clayme, any Right, Tytle or Estate, into or out of 

 the sayd Granted premises, or any pte. or prcel. thereof, shall and will warrant and 

 forever defend by these presents ; In witness whereof the said Prtyes. to these present 

 Indentures Interchangeably have sett their hands and seales. 



