596 INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES [eth akn. 18 



October 2, 1085, a deed from twelve "Indian kings, sbackamakers'" 

 to all the lands from Quing Quingus (or Duck) creek unto Upland 

 (Chester) creek, all along by the west side of Delaware river, and so 

 between said creeks backward as far as a man can ride in two days 

 with a horse. 



June 15, 1G02, deed from four "kings" to the land "lying between 

 Neshamina and Poquessing" upon the Delaware and extending back- 

 ward to the utmost bounds of the province. 



In his note on this purchase, Smith remarks that "these limits on 

 the Deleware, are precisely defined. The Poquessing, a name still 

 retained (as is Neshamiuey), is the original boundary between the coun- 

 ties of Philadelphia and Bucks, as ascertained in 1085." 



July 5, 1G97, deed from the great sachem Tamiuy, his brother and 

 sous, to the lands between Pemmopeck and Neshaminey creeks, extend- 

 ing in length from the Delaware "so fan- as a horse can travel in two 

 summer dayes, and to carry its breadth according as the several courses 

 of the said two creeks will admit. And when the said creeks do so 

 branch that the main branches or bodies thereof cannot be discovered, 

 then the tract of land hereby granted shall stretch forth unto a direct 

 course on each side and so carry on the ffiiU breadth to the extent of 

 the length thereof." 



September 13,1700, deed from "Widaagh alias Orytyagh and An- 

 daggy-junk-quagh kings or Sachems of the Susquehainiagh Indians," 

 for the Susquehanna river and all the islands therein, and all the lands 

 on both sides thereof and "next adjoining to ye same, extending to the 

 utmost confines of the lands which are, or formerly were the right of 

 the people or nation called the Susquehannagh Indians, or by what 

 name soever they were called or known thereof." As this embraced 

 the same lands that Penn had purchased in 1096 of Colonel Dongau, 

 who claimed to have purchased it of the Indians, a clause confirming 

 that sale was added in the deed. Penn was very anxious to secure an 

 undisputed right to Susquehanna river and the immediate lauds along 

 its course through the province, therefore no opportunity was lost to 

 bring this title to the notice of the Indians in his dealings with them. 

 The claim of the Five Katious was finally extinguished by the treaty 

 at Philadelphia in 173G. 



"About this period," says Smith, "the Indian purchases become more 

 important, and the boundaries more certaiu and defined, and princi- 

 ples were established, and acquired the force of settled law, of deep 

 interest to landholders ; and which have been since uniformly recognized, 

 and at this moment govern and control our judicial tribunals." 



By a deed of September 17, 1718, from sundry Delaware chiefs, all 

 the lands between the Delaware and Sasquehanua rivers from Duck 

 creek to the mountains on this side of Lechay [Lehigh] were granted. 

 and all former deeds for lauds in these bounds were confirmed. Bj- 



'It is deen;ed unnecessary to give the names of these Indians. 



