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HARVARD LAW LIBRARY.

Received

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES.-'

SELBCTXD AND AXBAITOKD

FROM ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS' ; .,. '^^^

SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH,

CONPORMABLT TO ACTS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

rEBRUABY 15, 1861, * MABCH 1, 1862.

SAMUEL HAZARD.

coMBSENcnra 1756.
VOLUME m.

PHILADELPHIA:

PRINTED BY JOSEPH SEVERNS & CO.
1853.

Orders in Council RssPECTiNa Letters of
Marque, 1756.

At the Court at kenwngton the 5"" day of October^ 1756.

PRESENT,

The Kings most Excellent Majestj in CoandL

Whereas:

Complaint has been made to His Majesty, by Order of the King
of Spain, that some of the Private Ships of War, belonging to Bri-
tish Subjects, have, since the Declaration of the present War with
France, seized, and brought into Port, certain Spanish Ships, without
sufficient Cause, and contrary to the Stipulations of the Treaty made
between the two Crowns in 1667. His Majesty upon Consideration
there^ was pleased with the advice of His Privy Council, to direct,
that an Additional Instruction should be prepare4 for his Royal Sig-
nature, in order to put a Stop to such Practices for the future. And
the said Additional Instruction having been aiccordingly prepared and
signed by His Majesty. It is thereupon this day Ordered by His
Majesty in Council, that Copys of the said Additional Instructions'
be transmitted to the Governors, or Commanders in Chief, of all His
Majesty's Colonys and Plantations in America, that His Majesty's
Pleasure in this Behalf may be made known to the Commanders of all
SQch Ships and Vessels as may have Letters of Marque, or Commis-
sions for Private Men of War agAnst France.

W.SHAKPE.

GEORGE, R.
An Additional Instruction for the Commanders of all such Ships
and Vessels as may have Letters of Marque or Commissions for
Private men of War against the French King, his Vassals and
T a Subjects, or others Inhabiting within any of his Countries,
Territories, or Dominiona Given at Our Court at Ken-
sington, the Fifth Day of October, 1756, in the Thirtieth year of
Our Reign.

Whereas, Complaint has been made unto Us by Order of our
good Brother the Catholick King, that some of the Private Ships of
War belonging to our Subjects, have since the Declaration of the
present War with France, seized and brought into Port, certain Spa'

4 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1756.

nish Ships^ witBont sufficient Causo, and contrary to the Stipulations
of the Treaty made between the two Crowns in 1667, WE do strictly
forbid all Commanders of such Ships and Vessels as may have Letters
of Marque or Commissions for Private Men of War to molest the Per-
sons, or interrupt the Navigation of the Subjects of the Crown of Spain
or to seize or detain any Ships or Vessels belonging to them, on any
Pretence whatever, unless on Account of Contraband Goods and Mer-
chandize on board the same. AND WE do farther enjoin and com-
mand all those who may be in any wise herein concerned, to observe
all and every Part of the Treaty abovementioned, in such manner as
to avoid and prevent all Disputes' with the Officers, Commanders and
Subjects of his Catholic Majesty.

Bif His Majestt/'s Command,

H. FOX.

An. Inventokt of Provisions anb Stores now at
Fort Axtqusta.

ftp
October the 6th 1756.

25 barels of beef, 6 pair of Maul rings

10 Do. of porke, 97 falling Axes,

4 Do. of pease, 12 broad Axes,

1 Do. of Clams, 4 Adzes,
16,000 W*- of flour, 10 Spades,
6 Cags of Rum, q* 60 gals.^ 10 Shovels,

5 head of Cattle, 8 Drawing knives,
80 Sheep, & frows,

20 bushel of salt, 4 Crows,
*4 Cags with bullets^ 4 Wedges,

*2 Do. with Shot 7 Calking Irons, "

*12 Do. of powder, ^ 3 Whip Saws,

*51 four pound Shot, 8 Cross cut Do.,

1301 grape Do. round, 16 pole Sockets,

309 grape Do. square, made here, 9 pair of Trases,
46 hand granades, no Charge nor 5 Drag Chains,
Fuzes, 1 hand skrew,

6 four pound Cannon, 2 Tap borers,

2 Swivels, 1 barel of Nails,

6 blunderbusses, 795 pound of bar Iron,

8 Lan thorns, 16 yds of flanel,

36 Saddles, 4 Jack plains,

22 pick Axes, 1 Sash Do.

21 grubing hoes, 8 Eabbet Do.
.18 round Eyd hoes^ 2 plough Do.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1756.

4 foar Plains 5 gonges,

1 Dob. bits, 6 Trowels,

5 Dos. Files, 1 Doz. Aagers,
3 SmoothiDg plains, 5 hammers,

2 Dos. & II gimblef^, 11 pad Locks,
2 Doe. & 3 ChizelS| 5 Stock Locks,

1 Jointer, 1 Doz. drawing knives,

Some Match Rope Tery Ordinary, & will not bnm Powder.

Gov. Wentworth to Gov. Denny, 1756.

Portsmouth, October 8tb, 1756.
Sir,

In the hnrry I was in when jonr Favour of the 2l8t of August
came to my hands it was placed with papers of another Nature, by
which means my Answer has been delayed until this late hour,
which I hope you will be so good as to Excuse.

I heartily Congratulate you on your appointment to the Govern-
ment, & shall on all Occasions communicate to you my Sentiments
on the public Service, & give you Such intelligences as I may
receive relative to the Just & Necessary War His Majesty has
entered into against the 'French King, the event of which is in
the hands of Providence, & altho' these Colonys have an Apparent
Superiority over the French, yet they Succeed in every Enterprize,
while we are makeing preparations, which demonstrates how far
their Government exceeds ours in all Military Concerns.
I am, with great truth & Esteem, Sir,

your Honour's most Obed* hum* Serv*,

B. WENTWORTH.
The Hon"' William Denny, Esq'.

Jacob Obndt & Geokge Reynolds to Wm. Parsons, 1756.

Fort AUin, Ootober 9th, ye 1756.
Boner^d Sir,

Yeasderday I arrifid here with my whole Compa'y att the fort,
and Captin Raynolds hath Suply'd with his men my Place, and
these Ihy arrifid one fraindly Indins here with one wite.Prcsoner,
his name id Hanry Haas, the Indin informs me ^hat there is teen
Indins more a Copien, which are about a Coply mils of from here,

6 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1756.

and tbafc the King with more Indins layes att WaywatDok, and is
afraid to Gome in foro, the was Several Tims informid that the
loglish would KiU Them if the would Come in now, therefore the
King hath Sent them to See wether it is True or not, that Indin
Desired me to Seand one qu'rt of Rum and Sum bred by him to
them teen Indins which are now a litle ways off, and I have Sup-
ply'd him with, and I have Seand my Seargind with one Soldir with
him to escord him, I have orderid emmadtly a Shealdr to be made
a Distance off from the fort that the my lodge there, the Indin was
wery.glead that he was Recev'd Kindly there, Obinin was to go to
Bathieham, but I Told him it was beast to go Streat to Easton to
your Worship, then he Told me the would Consider of it, and I
hope your Worship will ezecuse me and Captin Raynolds, that wee
Can not Seand our Returns with these opertunyte, fore wee have
not ouit Setelet, fore I Thought to Sent emitly these Report first
fore I and Captin Raynolds, wee are in good health att Present, and
wee are Eesy to Setel our besnis here att the fort.
Sir, wee Remain you Frainds And
Wery humble Servint,

JACOB ORNDT,
GEORGE REYNOLDS.
Sir, you will excuse beast.

Directed^

To Major Persons, Esq'^., in Easton. Thesse, to be forwarded
wih all Speed.

By ye favor of Mr. Bonman.

Indorsed,

9 8ber, 1766, Commander of Fort Allen acquainting Mayor Par-
sons w*** the Arrival of Teedyusoum at Wyomink with Prisoners.

Return op Men, Provision and Ammunition, now at
Fort Halifax, 1756.

Garrison. Provision. Ammunition.

2 Sergeants, ") 14000ft) Fresh beef,') 160 lb Gun Powder,

2 Corporals, \^\ Barrel Salt Do. \ 300 ft) Musket Ball.

42 Private Men. ) 700ft) Flower. ) 60 fti Shot and lead.

DAVID JAMESON.
Ootob' ye 9th, 1756.

IndoTBcdj

Augusta Kegiment, Return of Men, Provisions, Ammunition,
Capf. Jammeson at Fort Halifax, 9 8ber, 1856.

PENNSYLVANIA AKCHIYBS 1756. 7

Wm. Pabsons to R. Pbtbrs, 1756.

Easton, Oct'. IQth, 1766.
Sir,

By Gapt. Orndt's ioclosed Letter you will perceive tbat a Number
of the Indiaiifl are actually coiae in, and that the Rest are on the
Road, and I understand that besides the white Prisoner brought in
they have 10 more with them^ who no doubt will all want some kind
of Cloathing, especially Shirts & Shoes. When they come to Easton
I shall take Care to provide House Room & Provisions for them^
but shall want His Honour's Orders concerning them. I imagine
they are now all coming in, and it will be very necessary for me to
know how long they are to stay here, and how I am to conduct my
self in this important Affiiir.

Yon will please to acquaint His Honour that Lieut*. Allen and
Miller have made their Submissions agreable to His Honour's Com-
mands of the 22d last past. And Capt. Orndt is just moved with
his Company to Fort Allen, & Capt. Reynolds is gone to Fort
Norris, &c., to supply his Place. By your Favour of the 5th
Instant, you inform me that the Governor is gone to Harris's Ferry,
I therefore thought it would be best to direct this Letter to you in
his Absence. As I expect some of the Indians will be here to-Bay
or To-Morrow; I have sent my Lad express that no time may be lost.
I am, Sir,

Your obedient^

humble Servant^

WM. PARSONS-
R. Peters, Esq^

P. S. — Cap. Orndt's Letter came to Hand aV 2 o'Clock before
Bay this Morning. I am very glad he is got to Fort Allen. "**

JDirccfedf

(On his Majest/s Service.) — To Richard Peters, Esquire, Secre*
tary of the Province of Pennsylvania. By Express.

« See Colon. Roc VoL Vn., p. 278,

a PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIVES 1766.

Thb Council to the Gov. 1756.

Hon« Sir:

The Coancil received by Express this Afternoon the inclosed
Letters from Major Parsons & Cap^ Omdt & advising that one
ledioskank, a Delaware Chief, who, with other Lidians, in Conse-
quence of a late Treaty made with them at Easton by OoV Morris,
were coming in with a Number of English Prisoners, had on hear-
ing a Report that we intended to cut them off, stopt at Wyoming &,
sent a Party forward to know the Truth of that Report. The Coun-
cil conceiving it of the utmost Consequence, that the Indians should
be undeceived & their fears removed without Loss of time, have taken
the Liberty to direct Major Parsons to send an Express to them
immediately, to invite them down to Easton, there to remain till your
Hon' shall be pleased to give further Orders about them^ and have
directed the inclosed Copy of their Letter to Major Parsona to||be
transmitted to you, that you may supply by your further Orders
what they have omitted.
I am

Your Honour's most obedient

and most humble Servant.
Pha% Oof 1V\ 1756.

Indorsed,

Copy Letter to his Honor, the Governor, from the Council. 11
Oct., 1756.

David Jameson to Edward^Shippen, 1756.

Fort Hallifax, Octob' 13*»», 1756.
S':

As Coll. Clapham is at Carlisle, and it being reported hear that
his Honour, our Governor, has gone round by York,, and therefore
not knowing when he will receive an Express that is sent to him
from Shamokin, I have thought fit to send an abstract of Maj.
Burd's Letter to me that arrived hear at Day break this Morning
that the Gentlemen and Malitia of Lancaster County might take
such steps as they think most Prudent. I thought it Propper to
acquaint you with a piece of intelligence that I have Received by
old Ogaghradariha, one of the Six Nations Chiefs, who came here
yesterday in the afternoon, and is as follows, that about 10 Days be-
fore he left Tioga there was two Delaware Indians arrived there who

* See Col. Rec, Vol. VIL, p. 274.

PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIVES 1755. S

ma jast come from Fort De Qaesne & informed him that befora
they lefl said Fort there was one thousand Indians Assembled there
who were Immediately to march in conjunction with a Bc|dy of
French to Attack this fort, (meand) Fort Angnsta, and he, Ogaghia-
diriha, hurried down here to Give us the information. He Says
farther, that the day before he came in here he Saw upon the North
Branch a large body of Delaware Indians ft Spoke with them, &
they told him they were going to speak with ye Govern' of Ponn-
gylvania ; whatever intention they have they are marching towards
our Inhabitants.

I am, S',

Your most obedient

Humble Serv«,

DAVID JAMESON.

N. B. The Maj.'s Letter is dated the 12 Ins^, in the afternoon.^

Directed.
On his Majesties Service.

To Mr. Edward Shippen, Esq'.,
or any Cap* in the Malitia, in

Lancaster-Town.
To be forwarded
with all expedition.

Indorsed,

13** 8bcr, 1756. Fort Halifax. David Jameson. Read in
Council 18«*.

Col. Clapham to Gov. Denny, 1756.

Harris's, October IZ% 1756.

Sir:

Inclosed is a Copy of Intelligence conveyed to Fort Angnsta,
by an Indian Chief of the Six Nations, on whose Credit I can firmly
rely, & transmitted to me by Express from Major Burd, as also an
Inventary of the Stores, Ammunition & Provisions now in the Garrison
from which your Honor will be enabled to judge of the State and
Condition of that Fort, and what Probability there is of it main-
taining a long or a vigorous seige. I have dispatched Captain Lloyd
to yonr Honour with this intelligence, and to receive your Orders.
I shall immediately repair to my Post & defend it to the last Ex-
tremity, in which Endeavour I promise myself all the assistance
your Honour may be able to afiFord me. I should be very glad of

* See Col. Rec. Vol. VIL, p. 282.
1*

10 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1766.

the Assistance of Mr. Myer, the Engineer, if yonr Honour thinks
proper to dispatch an Express to him with Orders to repair to me.
The Garrison consists of 320 effective men, & not one Side Arm in
Gase%f an Attempt to Storm. If the most vigorous measures are
taken I presume that good use may he made of this timely Intelli-
gence ; in the mean time I shall endeavour to discharge my duty
both as a Soldier and an honest man, & relying on your Honour for
the necessary Supplys and Assistance, am

Your Honour's most obed' humble Serv*,

WILL'M CLAPHAM.
Indorsed.
13 8ber, 1756. Coll. Clapham.

Col. Clapham to Gov. Denny, 1756.

P. S. I beg Leave to inform your Honour that from an Ex-
change of Commissions between two Officers in the Regiment, a
blank Lietenancy, which I had from Governor Morris, was filled up
for M'. Miles, and dated on August the Twenty first, which is, I am
informed, void by your Honor's Proclamation — and that Alex'
McKee has for a considerable Time distinguished himself as a Vo-
lunteer in the Service, and received Encouragem* from me to accept
an Ensijnancy, dated Aug* 17^, in Case of your Honor's Approba-
tion. I forgot to mention this to your Honor at Carlisle, and shoud
acknowledge the Grant of those Commissions, as a Favor done to
Sir,
Your Honors most affectionate
& obedient humble Servant,

WILLM. CLAPHAM.
Indorsed.
Col. Clapham's Letter to the Gov', Oct' 13, 1756.
Exchange of Commissions between Two Officers.

Samubl Wbiser to Rich'd Peters, 1756.

Honoured Sir :

These Lioes I write to you by Order of my Father, he tells me
to Excuse him to you for not writing himself, because he is not well.
He ordered me to inform yon that he has not the Honour to know
where the Govemour is at Present, if he did, he would send an Ex-
press Imediately to his Honour, the Governor, because* the Indians
comitted a murder on the 11*^ of this' Instant, near Adam Read,
Esq'.^ where they killed and scalped a man that was in the Field,

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1766. 11

and took three Children Prieoners, (according to the Information of
Captain Fridrick Smith) and that Cap^ Basse was ordered with 50
Private men to Shamokin, (according to the Governors Order^) and
that the Frontiers of Tulpenhacon is now very scarce of men. * The
Frontier People will certainly leave their Plantations, if the Forces
on the Frontiers are weakened so, (It is the opinion of Father, and
every one that is acquainted with the affairs here,) for there is a great
nmrmering among the People already, & some of the Chie& of the
Frontiers are fled or flying now. I concludci and am.
Honoured Sir,

your very humble Serv*.

* SAML, WEISEB *

Pray Sir Excuse my bad writing, for tha man that brings this was
in great haste.

Beading, October the 14, 1756.
Directed.
To Bichard Peters, Esq'., Secretary, in Philadelphia.
^ Henry Peter.
hdorsed,.
Saml. Weiser. 14 8ber, 1756.
Bead in Council, 18«* 8ber.

T- Lloyd to ^ 1756.

Ashtons, October 14*^ 1756.
Sir:

When I receivd Colonel Claphams Command to wait on your
Honoar with the inclosed, he concluded I shoud certainly see your
Honour at Lancaster, I had not that Pleasure — and having receivd
some Injury by the Fall of my horse, find myself incapable of com-
iog to Philadelphia, and returning from thence to Harris's Time
euough for the Escort, which will attend the Commissary to Shamo-
kiD, I have, therefore, forwarded the Inclosed to your Honor by Ex-
press, and shall repair to my Duty with all Expedition.

I was orderd by Colonel Clapbam to inform your Honour that the
small number of Oranades which we have, being sent without Char-
ges or Fuzes, are, for that reason, next to useless — that the match is,
from its bad Quality, of Ho Service, that the Beason of his Be- •
quest to have the Engineer Sent was grounded on our want of Know-
ledge & Practice of Qunnery, of which both Officers & men, in ge-
neral, are entirely ignorant — the Colonel, since he had the Honor
of seeing yoa has been informed, that there are Twenty Thousand
Weight of the Provincial Flour left at Captain Pattersons, on the

♦ See Colon. Rec. Vol. VII. p. 284.

12 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 176(1

(
Western Frontier, and in the Route from Dnqnesne fo Shftmokin, or
near it — of which he commanded me to make a minutCi and know
whether it was your Honor's Pleasure that the House shond be
burnt & the Flour destroyed or not. I was likewise^ by the Golon>;
directed to inform your Honor that he was credibly assur'd that it is
from the nature of the Road, quite practicable for the French to
bring brass Four or Six Pounders on Dragg Oarrs from Duquesne
to Shamokin. I hope your Honor arrived with Health & Safety,
at Philadelphia^ and am,

Sir, Your Honors most obedient

humble Servant,

T. LLOYD.
Indorsed.
Capt" Lloyd, by order of Coll^ Clapham, October 14, 1756. ,
Answerd 24 8ber.

James Young to '• — , 1756.

Harris's Ferry, 17"» Oct', 1756.
Sir:

I have the Honor to acquaint you I came here this day at noon,
and find Coll' Clapham thought it necessary to march to Fort Au-
gusta before I came, and has taken all the Escort up with him, also
the Detachment from Col' Weisers Battalion are march'd. I Judg-
ing it of great importance to have M'. Meyers, as well as myself at
Shamokin, have therefore taken upon me to Endeayor to hire 30
men, if to be had in this part of the Country, a 2.6 *^ day, to Es-
cort us up, with whom, and 20 Soldiers from Hunter and Halifax, I
intend to set out in the morning and march with all Expedition to
Augusta, I shall be very sorry if this my Conduct is disaprov'd of
by your Honor and the Commissione'rs, as it was for the Publick
good I intended it. In our journey to Fort Lyttleton we stoped at
M'". Chamber's Mill, 10 milqs beyond Shippensburg, towards
Mckdowels, where he has a good Private Fort, and on an Exceed-
ing good situation to be made very Defenceable ; but what I think
of great Consequence to the Government is, that in said Foit are
two four Pound Cannon mounted, and no body but a few Country
People to defend it. If the Enemy should take that Fort they
would naturally bring those Cannon against Shippensburg and Car-
lisle, I therefor Presume to recommend it to your Honor, Either to
have the Cannon taken from thence, or a proper Garrison Stationed
there. Pardon this Liberty from

Sir, Your most Obcd*

& most Humble Serv'.

JAS. YOUNG.

* " Read in Counoil, Oct 24." There a|)pears to be no minute of this
date in the Recouls.

ITENNSTLVAKIA AROmYES 175^ IS

P. S. Oap^ Lloyd is oome bere and intends to maroh with me to
Angnsta. M'. Meyers desires his Respectfiil Compliments to yon^
and that he will do his utmost to strengthen Fort Augusta.

BeadinOouncil;28 8ber.

An Aoco*. of the Information of William Johnston^ who has been
prisoner among the Indians abo*. 14 months, & has made his es-
cape from the Ouskuskie, abo*.40 Miles N. W. of Fort Duqueane.
He says there are not aboye 160 Men at Fort Duquesne, & only
some straggling Indians. The Officers & Men to be relieved by an
equal Number as soon as the Waters rise to carry the Battoes. They
are impatient to see them rise that they may receive a supply of pro-
Tisions, of which they have not to last them above a Fortnight. ' An
Officer with abo^ 16 men, sent to Buffidoe's Fort to bring down the
Battoes. They fear an attack & seem sure of the English's carrying"
the place in case of an attempt

The Barracks & Magazine out of the Fort : he gives a particular
Description of them, & points out the Way of getting Master of
both.

At Yinango, a Captain's Command of abo^ fifty men ; the Fort
of Stockades, very weak, & scarce of j^rovisions : a few Indian Fami-
lies abo^ the place} The new Fort intended at that place not
built

Buffaloe's Fort at the Head of French Creek, abot fifty-five Miles
by Land above Vinango, is built of Stocades, & Garrisoned with abo^.
100 Men, a few straggling Indians.

Presqu' isle Fort, situated on Lake Erie^abo*, 30 Miles above Buff-
aloe Fort, is built of squared Logs filled in w^. Earth. The Bar-
racks within the Fort, & garrison'd w*^. abo^ 150 Men, supported
ebiefly from a French Settlem^. begun near to it. The settlcm^. con*
sists, as the prisoner was informed, of abo^ 150 Families, The In-
dian Families abo^ y" Settlem^. are pretty numerous ; they have a
priest and a Schoolmaster. They have some Grist Mills and Stills
in this settlement.

N. B. Johnston informs us, that there not above 40 or 50 inlisted
Soldiers in Fort Duquesne, & tbey only lye in the Fort.*

Col. Wm. Clapham to Gov. Dbnnt, 1756.

Sir:

I have just Time to inform yon, that I arriv'd here safe with my
Party on Sunday afternoon, having brought with me Seventy Horse
Loads of Flour, & a Quantity of Salt, and Thirty Head of Cattle.
Capt Booza arrived here with his Company this Evening, and as I
am informed that the Commissary of the musters is on his way hither,

* " October 16, 1766." Indorsement.

14 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVBS 1766.

I have detaoVd a Party of thirty Men this night, under two Officers,
as a Reinforcement to his Escort. IncWd you have a Return of the
Regiment, by which you will be informed of the Number of Duty-
men, &c. f have also sent you the substance of a Conference I have
had this day with the Indian.*

I am, Your most obedient

Humble Servant,

WILLm. clapham.

Fort Augusta, October 18, 1756.

To the Honourable Will-. Denny, Esq'.

Col. Wm. Clapham to Gov. Dbnny, 1756.

Sir,

I have had the Pleasure to receive M'. Myers's Instructions rela-
tive to the additional Works to be made at Augusta, and shall en-
deavour to conform to them with all the Exactitude which so good a
Plan deserves, and the Time will allow : but beg Leave to inform
your Honor, that the escorts for Provisions, and the reconnoitring
Fartys which I am continually under the necessity of detaching will
necessarily impede the Execution of the Plan at the same Time that
they weaken the Garrison, and if only once intercepted, subject it to
the Danger of inevitable Ruin from the want of Provisions, of which
there is seldom more than a sufficiency for two weeks in store. I
have endeavoured to hire four men, pursuant to your Honors Direc-
tion, but they having been employ'd before in the Service of the
Government, and receiv'd no Compensation for their services, are
utterly unwilling to engage, tho' I offer'd to become bound for their
Reward. I have, with the advice of Mr. Myers & Mr. Toung, (who
at the same time communicated to me your Honor's opinion on the
subject) presumed to promise each man nine Pence additional Pay
p^. Day, during the time he is employed, and faithfully discharges his
Duty as a Pioneer in the Works, and having no Rum, shou'd j^e
very glad of a supply, as it seems necessary for their Health at this
Season, and at the same Time, is the most effisctual Encouragement
to exert themselves.

Inclos'd is a Return of the Provisions, Ammunition, and Stores,
now in the Magazine, and also a Return & Description of the De-
serters from the Regiment, as there is no Provision made by Law
for the Recovery of them, while the Farmers entertain, and the
Regulars publickly inlist them, I am at a loss how to proceed, and
the Service in the mean Time suffers.

I wait with Impatience for your Honors further orders, and am
Sir, with the greatest Respect,

Your Honors most ob*. humble Serv*.

WILLM. CLAPHAM.

Fort Augusta, 8ber. 23*., 1756.

* See Col. Rec. Vol. VIT., p. 299. " Read 24 Oct 1766."

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1« PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1766.

Tab Examination of William Johnson, 1766.

Aged twenty-three years or thereabouts^ taken before Thomas
Cresap, Gen^ One of his Lordships Trustees of the Peace for the
County of Frederick, in the Province of Maryland.

This Ezaminant being sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty
God, saith that he was born near Naaman's Creek, on Delaware
River, which Place he left about three years ago, and came to Deep
Creek in Baltimore County, Maryland, where be was for some Time
employed in the service of Thomas Burgons, Derby Toote & James
McDonald, during which Time he was several Times to Mass at
Priest Neals Mass House, and whilst in that Society it was insinu-
ated to them bv the said Neall, that it woul^be much better for
them to live under a French than an English Government, as they
would thereby get their Lands on easier Terms and might enjoy the
Free Exercise of their Religion. He recommended to them the
providing themselves with Arms & Ammunition, to be ready to joyn
any Party of French & Indians that might come down to invade or
attack his Brittannick Majesty's Subjects. This was generally ap-
proved of by the whole Society. This Ezaminant saith one John
Flaugherty likewise made himself very busy in the matter, & that
the s' Neale informed him that one Diggs who lived near York
being an able Pers6n would be of great Service in effecting their
Schemes,, furnishing them with Arms, Ammunition and the Like.
This Examinant also saith that by the Discourse of the whole
Society, he understood that one Burke would do all in his Power
towards furnishing any that would join in their Schemes, with Arms,
Ammunition, &c. This Exam* saith further, the sd Priest Neal
understanding that he the this Exam* from the Notions that had
been put in his Head of the several advantages of being under a
French Government, had an iDclination to . go back to the French
and become a Subject to the French King, apply'd to him to carry
a Packet of Letters to a French Officer at Winango, who as the s*^
Neale informed him had but one eye, and this Examinant saith that
he at the earnest request of the sd Neal consented, and undertook
to carry the sd Packet to the sd officer, & that Neal gave him a
Pistole^oon after which the Exam* sets off to Winango, where by
the Directions of the Indians he arrived & was kindly received by
the said French Officer to whom ho delivered the sd Packet, but
knew not the Contents; the French Officer after Reading the same
told this Examinant he was glad to see him, made several Friendly
Speeches to him and treated him very well, he also told him he
might either stay there or go to Canada, which he should chuse, &
that he should be well used. This Examinant further saith he con-
tinued at Winango ab* three weeks, after which he went with some
Indians to Fort da Quesne, & continued there or near that Place
till after Gen. Braddock's Defeat. This Exam* saith he was not in

?BNNSTLVANIA AUCHIVBS 1786. XT

the Action bat was at the Place of Battle ab* three Days after it
with seyerai French & Indians by whom he was informed that ab*
seven days before the Action there were not more than five hundred
men at Fort da Qnesne, but that ab^ three Days before the Action
a Reinforcement of about foarteen. Hundred men arrived at said
Fort. And this Ezam^ further saith, there was aV six hundred
French & seven hundred Indians in the Action, & that there was
then left in Garrison at Fort da Quesne ab* three hundred French
Hen and one hundred and sixty Indians. The Chief Commanding
Officer with two Captains of the French were killed, and ab^ three
hundred French men & two hundred & sixty Indians were killed &
lost in the said Action, that the Indians in the time of action run
away three Times, and were followed by the Cadets who could talk
their Language & p^uadcd them back every Time. That when
the English retreated, the French having spent all their Ammuni«
tion except ab^ enough to fire one round more were ab* to retreat,
bat seeing the English beginning to leave the Field stayed till they
got some of the Ammunition the English left behind them, & then
pursued them as far as the Kiver killing all they could. This
Exam' farther saith, the French have about two hundred men at
Buffaloes Fort, that they have settled near two hundred Families at
a place called the Licks near Cayahauge, that they were building a
Town ab* three miles from Fort du Qudsne, which when done they
are resolved to come down in revenge for the loss of Kittanningi to
make an Attack upon Virginia & Maryland.

This Examination was taken the 26th October, 1756.

Orders to the Commanding Officer at Hunter's Fort,

1766,

Whither M'. Johnson or M'. Mears is ordered to furnish an Es-
cort of Fifteen nien, under Command of a Serjeant, to conduct the
Waggon Master General, M', Erwin, to Fort Hallifax, there join a
Detachment from Captain Jemisons Company, to be Commanded by
Lieutenant Anderson, and march to Fort Augusta.

The Commanding Officer, at Hunters Fort, is to take great Care
of the Battoes, and not to suffer them to be us'd unless by my par-
ticular Orders ; he is likewise to weigh the two Cannon which now
iie in the Water and place them on the Bank^ at some convenient
Place for Transportation, till further Orders.

Fort Augusta, Novemb' 3^*, 1756.

A Copy of Orders to the Commander at Hunter's Fort.

Indorsed,
Orders to the Commanding Officer, at Fort Hunter.
Inclosd in Coll» Claphams, of 23* Nov'; 1756.

18 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1756.

Gov, Lyttlbton to Gov. Dbnkt, 1766.

Charles Town, 8* Nov', 1756.
Sir:

I did not receive the faw)ur of jour Letter of the 26^ of Angost^
acquainting me with your having taken upon you the administratioa
of your Government till a few days ag6; as it came inclos'd in a
packet which, by some neglect, in the persons employed to forward
it had lain above a Month between this Place & Willmington, in
North Carolina. I beg leave to wish you all imaginable success,
& flatter myself the People under your Care will not be so blind to
their own Interest, as to obstruct your measures for His Majesty's
Service & their Wellfare. I shall be extremely obligM to you for
any intelligences you may think proper to communicate to me, &
shall, with great pleasure, obey your Commands in this JProvince.
I am. Sir,

Your most Obedient

humble Servant,

WILLIAM HENRY LYTTLETON.
Hon"« Will" Denny, Esq'.

IfifJ-orsedf
William Henry Littleton, Gov' of South Carolina.
3 Nov, 1766.

Gov. Denny to Conrad Wbiser, 1756.

Sir,

Your Messenger arrivd here last Night & gave me your Letter &
String of Wampum, I propose to set out to morrow or next day,
and shall have the pleasure to see the King at Easton, to whom my
Complements, & if necessary, return a String of Wampum.

I desire and order that no Persons be permitted to confer with the
Indians. You cannot but be sensible that People both mistake and
are mistaken in their Conversation with Indians. In your presence,
and with your Interpretation, what passes may be known to the Go-
vernment. I hope, therefore, that this sort of Correspondence will
be prevented, and that you will, in case any such thing be attempt-
ed, declare your Orders from me to the Interpreters on this oocasion.

I dont mean to discourage any thing that may be said in your pre-
sence, & under your Interpretation, as this can always be communi-
cated to me, and I have a Confidence in your prudence. ^

Conrad Weiser, 3* Nov', 17b6.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1766. 19

A MSSSAGB TO THB GOVERNOR FROM THE ASSEMBLY, 1756.

Hay it please your Honoari

The Representatiyes of the Province of Pennsylvania, in Assem-
bly met, request your Honour would be pleased to grant a Commis-
sion to Samuel Kirk, to he Serjeant at Arms and King's Messenger,
at all Times to attend the Service of this House, with Power to ex-
ecute all PreoeptS; Warrants and Messages, whatsoever, which shall
he issued by their Order, as has been formerly the Usage within this
Province.

Signed by Order of the House,

ISAAC NORRIS, Speaker.*
Nor 3, 1756.

List op Associated Couvxsys in Philad'a City, 1756.

W". Vanderspeigle, Captain, ' Sergeants, 2.

William Henry, !■* Lieut^ Private men, 80.

Joseph Wood, 2* Lieut*.

John Blackwood, Ensign, Troop of Hone.

Sergeants, 3. Edward Jones, Cap^

Private men, 100. Lynford Leardner, Lieut^

John Taylor, Com*.

John Kidd, Cap*. Geo. Adam Gaal, I" Q'. Mast'.

Walter Shea, Lieut*. Leonard Melchier, 2' Q'. Mast'.

Joseph Hamper, Ensign. Private men, 40. ^
Sergeants, 2.

Private men, 80. Battery Company.

Samuel Mifflin, Cap*.

Charles Bathe, Cap*. Oswal Eves, Lieut*.

Buckridge Sims, Lieut*. William Moore, Ensign.

Peter Turner, jun'.. Ensign. Private men, 150.

RICHARD PETERS, Secretary.

The above is a true list.
4**, Nov, 2766.

List op Associated Companys in Bucks County.

Alexander Graydon, Cap*. William Ramsey, Cap<

Matthias Keen, Lieut*. John Johnson, Lieut*.

John Priestly, Ensign. John Adams, Ensign.

Sergeanfi, 2. Sergeants, 2.

Private men, 50. Private men, 56.

♦ See Col. Rcc, Vol. VII., p. 813.

PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVES 1756.

Henry Creusen, Cap*.
Josiah Vansant, Lieut*.
Andrew Van Bockerk^ Ensign.
SergeantS; 2.
Private men, 50.

Henry Lott, Cap*.
Garrett Wynkoop, Lieut*.
Lufferd Laffordson^ Ensign.
Sergeants, 2.
Private men, 74.

Jacob Omdty Cap*.
Anthony Miller, Lieut*.
Nicholas Conrade, Ensign.
Sergeants, 2. ^

Private men, 33.

Joseph Inslee, Captain.
John Zubers, Lieut*.

Joseph Inslee, jun'.^ Ensign.
Sergeants, 2.
Private men^ 62.

Anthony Teate, Cap*.
Robert Cummings, Lieut*.
James Cummings, Ensign.
Sergeants, 2.
Private men, 40.

Jonathan Palmer, Cap*.
Luther Calvin, Lieut*.
Thompson Price, Ensign.
Private men, 108.

Charles Stewart, Cap*.
, Lieut*.

Private men, 40

, Ensign.

List op Associated Companys In York County, 1756.

Isaa Sadler, Captain.
Archibald McGrew, Lieut.
William Duffell, Ensign.
60 Private men.

Hugh Dunwoody, Capt.
Charles MbMullen, Lieut.
James Smith, Ensign.
66 Private men.

James Agnew, Captain.
John Miller, Lieut.
Sam. Withrow, Ensign.
60 Private men.

David Hunter, Captain,
John Correy, Lieut,
John Barnes, Ensign.
100 Private men.

The above is a true List.

4 Nov, 1756.

Samuel Gordon, Captain.
William Smiley, Lieut.
John Little, Ensign.
100 Private men.

Andrew Findley, Capt.
W". Gamell, Lieut.
Moses Lawson, Ensign.
106 Private men.

W». Gibson, Capt.
W". Thompson, Lieut.
Casper Little, Ensign.
50 Private men.

Francis Holton, Capt.
Joseph Ross, Lietit.
John McCall, Ens.
100 Private men.

BICHARD PETERS; S^tary.

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1756.

List op Associated Compakts in Lancasteb Co.

John AllisoDi Captain.
Samuel Jemmison, Lieut.
John Gibbony, Ensign.
60 Private men.

Samuel Anderson, Captain.
Joshua Anderson, Lieut.
John Barklej, Ensign.
60 Private men.

Hugh Patrick, Captain
George Clinghan, Lieut.
Thomas Grubb, Ensign.
50 Private men.

Moses Irwin, Capt.
John Mitcall, Lieut.
Sam. Morrison, Ens.
80 Private men.

William Steel, Captain.
John Evans, Lieut.
A true List.

4*^ Nov, 1756.

James McNeely, Ensign.
50 Private men.

Samuel Simpson, Capt.
John Snodgrass, Lieut. '
Mathew Cunningham, Ens.
80 Private men,

Andrew Work, Capt.
Samuel Eamsey, Lieut.
John MoCarter, Ensign.
60 Private men.

Alexander Seot, Capt
Hugh Peden, Lieut.
Patrick Hays, Ensign.
50 Private men.

James Anderson, Capt.
Samuel Smith, Lieut.
William Work, Ens.
55 Private men.

RICHARD PJElTERS, Secretary.

List op Company's foe. the Upper Regiment or Militia in
New Castle County,- 1756.

New Castle Hundred.
(North Division.)
Rich* McWilliam, Cap*.
Nath* Silsby, Lieut*.
Zach' V" Luwanigh, Ensign.

(South Division.)
Alex' Porter, Cap*.
Sam^ Aldricks, Lieut*.
John Bryan, Ensign.

White Clay Creek Ilund'd,
(West Division.)
Rees Jones, Cap*.
8am» Piatt, Lieut*.
The*. Williamson, Ensign.

(East Division.)
Sam^ Patterson, Cap*.
Tho». Dunn, Lieut*.
William Read, Eusign.

Mln Creek Hund'd.
(North Division.)
Evan Reese, Cap*.
James Walker, Lieut*.
William Ball, Ensign.

(South Division.)
Thomas Gray, Cap*.
William McMehan, Meut*.
Alex' Montgomery, Ensign.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1766.

Chrtsiiana> UuncTd,
(S. West Division.)
Ja'. Latimer, Cap^
Empsom Bird, Lieat^
Tho>. Duff; Ensiga.

(So. East Division.)
Andrew Tranberg, Cap*.
William Hay, Lieut*.
Bob*. Bobinson, Ensign.
(North Division.)
Tbo8«. Ogle, Jun^, Cap*.
John Armstrong, Lieut^
John Hendrickson, Ensign.

Brandy Wine ffand'd.
(So. West Division.).
William Empsoui Cap*.
Tho». McKim, Lieut*.
John Elliot, Ensign.

(North East Division.)
Emanuel Grub, jun'.. Cap*.
Benj" Ford, jun'., Lieut*.
Benj" Kellam, Ensign.

Field Officers.
William Armstrong, Coll'.
John Finney, Lieut* ColP.

John McKinly^ Major.
This a true List; taken from the Betums in the Secretaries office.

BICHAED PETEBS, Secretary.
4** Nov, 1756.

List or Company's foe the Lower Begiment of Militia in
New Castle County.

S. Georges Ilund'd.
John Jones, Cap^
Jerome Dushane, Lieut^
Isaac Gooding, Ensign.
John Vance, Cap*.
John Vandike, Lient^
John Anderson; Ensign.
Adam Peterson, Cap*.,
William Whittel, Lieut*.
Alez' BryaUi Ensign.

Apoquinimink Hund^d,
William Williams, Cap*.
Derrick Williams, Lieut*.
Garrett Bothwell, Ensign.
Alexander Chance, Cap*.
Charles Carsan, Lieut*.
Daniel Weldon, Ensign*
George Gano, Cap*.

Matthew Bhea, Lieut*.
Thomas Bennet^ Ensign.

Red Lyon Hund^d.
Jacob Gooding, Esq'., Cap*.
Thomas Tobin, Lieut*.
David Howell; Ensign.

Peneader Handed,
Lewis Thomas, Cap*.
David Barr, Lieut*.
William Mitchel; Ensign.

Thomas Cooch, Cap*.
Alexander Porter, Lieut*.
Dewid Bowland; Ensign.

Field Officers.
Jacob Vanbebber, Coll^
David Wetherspoon, Lieut. Coll*.
Thomas James, Major.
This is a true List; taken from the Beturns in the Secretaries
office.

BICHABD PETEBS, Secretary.
4* Nov, 1766.

PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVES 1756.

LiSr OP COMPANTS FOR THE ReGIMENT OP MiLITIA. FOB EeNT

County, upon Delaware.

Upper Part of MupHlion Bund, Lower Part of LiUle Creek Eund.

John Brinklee, Cap*.
Willaon Backmaster, Lieut*.
Stokeley Sturgis, Ensign.

Lower PartofMupiRion BitncCd.
Benjamin Brinklee, Cap*.
John Molliston, Lieut^ [
Isaao Hall, Ensign.

Middle Part ofMUpiRion ffundd.
Rob* Killen, Capt.
Archibald Elemming, Lieut*.
Sam^ Bevins Turner, Ensign.

Lower Part of Murder Kiln Hun,
William Ehoades, Cap*.
Joseph Hutcheson, Lieut*
Thomas Craig, Ensign.

Upper Part of Duck Creek Hund.
David Clark, Cap*. #
John Reese, Lieut*.
VpperPartofLiUh Creek Hund^^^"^^ Cahoon, Ensign.

Thomas Clarke, Cap*.
Elijah Morris, Lieut*.
Joseph Marrat, Ensign.

Town of Dover.

John Clayton, Cap*.
French Battel!, Lieut*.
James Wells, Ensign.

For Tidherry.
John Caten, Cap*.
Joseph Caldwell, Lieut*.
James Caldwell, Ensign.

Dover Bundd.

Cbsar Rodenej, Cap*.
James Sjkes, Lieut*.
Caleb Luff, Ensign.

Lower Part of Duck Creek Hund,
Charles Hilljard, Cap*.
Jacob Stout, Lieu*.
Thomas lilton, Ensign.

Fidd Officen.
John Yining, CoU^
John Brinckle, Lieut^ ColV.
Benjamin Warren, jun'.. Ensign. Andrew Caldwell, Major.

This is a true List, taken from the Returns in the Secretaries
office.

RICHARD PETERS, Secretary.
4* Nov, 1756.

John Bams, Cap*.
James Tybouf, Lieut*.
Matthew Crozier, Ensign.

Murder Kiln Hundd*

Daniel Robinson, Cap\
Charles Hillyard, Lieut*. -

List op Compants por the Regiment op Sussex County.

For the Northern Military District For the Southern Military District

of Cedar Creek Hundred, of Cedar Creek Hundred.

Benjamin Wynkoop, Cap*. Thomas Till, Esq'.. Cap*.

Bethuel Watson, Lieut'. Isaac Watson, Lieut*.

Levin Cropper, Ensign. Kthemiah Davis, Ensign.

^4 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1756.

Far theNorthem Militari/ Districl Far the Southern Military Dlnbrict

of Broad Kill ITundred. of Lewes <Sb Rehohoth Jluttd'd.

John Haverloe, Cap*. John Newbold, Cap*.

James Chipman, Lieut*. R'<» Wolf, Lieut*.

George Clajpoole, Ensign. I^eter Marsh, Ensign.

For theSouthem Military District ^^ ^ Northern MUltary District

of Broad Kill Eund'd. ' of Indian River Bund' d.

Joseph Cord, Cap*. Cord Hazzard, Cap*.

William Craig, Lieut*. l^eter Robinson, Lieut*.

Absalom Little, Ensign. Thomas Prettyman^ Esq'., Ens.

For the Northern Military District For the Southern Military District
of Lewes <& Rehohoth Handed. of Indian River Hand* d.

David Hall, Esq'., Cap*. Burton Waples, Cap*.

Jacob Kollock. jun',, Esq'., Lie*. John Burton, Lieut*.
\ « John Hall, Ensign. William Prettjman, Ensign.

Fidd Officers.

Jacob Kollock, ColU.
Ryves Holt, Lieut Coll».
• Jacob Phillips, Major.

This is a^ true List, taken from the Returns in the Secretaries
ice.

RICHARD PETERS, SecreUry.
4'^ Nov, 1756.

PENNSYLVANIA ABGHIVES 1756.

2^^

AN AOOOUNT Of ABM8 AND AMUCNITION 1756
Pild Ibr by ths Oomiiibv>MMn fox dbpotlai; of tlie Money mot«d to tiia Kiiu^t ny, *n4
dtop^ned in mranl pnrti of th* ProTinM «f P^nnaylTnnla, Ibr vm Defttnoe ttMnoi; ftom IiDcem-
berl765, Tixi:~

Ofwbo t

•s .

Isi

•

1
I

•■J

SamL M'Call,

108

26 0 10

Townsend Wki i).

llkia.

4 8 0

bd.q.lb

Joseph Turner

49 0 0121 8 00

100

Benjo. 'Kendall

JohnPhilUps,

2 2 24

Beign. Pnuiklin,

3000

William Parsons,

8 7

Samuel Pnrriance, •

2 2 7

160

John Ronse,

180

John Hughs,

2 8

150

Eees Meredith,

2000

John QroTe,

9 8 0

John Haghs,

10 2 6

6 2 6

1800

180

Ditto.

496

6 1

Evan Morgan,

Mathias Bush,

861

1 2

4100

Exan Morgan,

106

11 1

600

Beojamin Franklin,

100

George Croghan,

100

Ditto.

Jeremiah Warder,

282

11 2 16

'William Parsons,

John Hnghs,

2 18

150

Samnel M'Call,

Joseph Richardson,

7 •

Joseph Pox,

1 -

Leon'd. Melchoir,

Mary Hazleton,

Samuel Powell,

DaTid Barclay & Sons,

1600

SamL NeaTe,

ttikn

1000

Jeremiah Warder,

1 8

George Croghan,

Rt Hunter Morris, Esq.,

Edird. Shippen,

2 16

Rash and Hall,

292

From Boston (King's Arms)

600

WUIiam Rush,

Allen & Turner, belonging to

the Association Stock,

472

7 Casks.

Ditto purchased,

408

4789

80 1 27

12760

710

MEMORANDUM.
I and Two Twelre ponnden, Braas Field Plaeea, with a Saren Inch Mor-
nt fiir by the OommissionaTa, bat not yet arrirad.
A OonaUeTabla onantity of Powder and Lead waa tent to the Gbmmiaaloneni by Menra
Banlqr t Bona; bnt Mr. Hamilton, who haa tba InToloa, la oat of town, ao it cannot be azaotlj
anvtalMd, therefoTa omitted in tUa aoeoant.

Vol, m.— 2

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1756.

An Account of GunS; Stores, &o., Belonging* to the Fort :

Gun9 Mounted,
1 32 Pounder,
4 24 Pounder,
25 18 Pounder.

Guru not Mounted, '
4 18 Pounders,
9 12 Pounders,
6 9 Pounders,
3 6 Pounders.

Round ShotL

30 32 Pounders,
139 24 Pounders,
754 18 Pounders,
142 12 Pounders,

59 9 Pounders,
136 6 Pounders.

Dovhle Head Shott.
42 24 Pounders,
78 18 Pounders.

Grape,
160 for 32 Pounders,
480 for 24 Pounders,
320 for 18 Pounders.

Copper Measures.
1 for 32 Pounder,
1 for 24 Pounder,
1 for 18 Pounder.

Carteridge Cases.
3 32 Pounders,
6 24 Pounders,

Philad*, 4* Noyemb', 1756.

26 18 Pounders,
6 12 Pounders.

Ladle & Spunges.
1 & 1 for 32 Pounders,
5 & 6 for 24 Pounders,
9 & 7 for 18 Pounders,
3 & 7 for 12 Pounders.

Carteridges.

40 32 Pounders,

200 24 Pounders,

700 18 Pounders,

100 12 Founders.

Two Musoovy Lanthorns,
Four Dark Lanthorns,
Twenty. four Side Lanthorns,
Thirty-six Powder Horos w**

Bitts & Priming Irons,
Two Pouch Barrels,
Thirty Lead Aprons,
Thirty-eight Crow Livers,
Forty-Two Iron Crows,
Forty Lin Stocks,
A Gin Compleat,
A hundred weight Match,
Eighteen hundred Wads,
Flag k Flag Staff,
Twenty-Four Carages,
Seventy half barrels Powder.

Officers.
Captain,

Captain Lieu^ in y West Indies,
Gunner,

SAM'L MIFFLIN. .

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1766.

Calculations.
Garrison at Wioaoo to consist of

2 Serg*-,

2 Corp»«,

1 Dnim.y '

36 Private Men, .

41 Men's snbsistance;

28. ^ day,

18.9" «

2s. 9 « "
as. 6*' «

Per. An'm.
£1205.16.3.

@5s. f Week, 535,1003

£1741.6.6

A Vessel of Warr with 20 Cariege Guns of 9 or 12
cwt. Each, and 10 Sweevels, supposed to cost
when fit for Sea, £10000

137 Men's Provisions @ 6d. ^ day, Each, for Eight
months, 922

120 Private Men @.£3.5 ^ month, Eight months, 3120

17 Officers, Eigh' months, about, . . . 708

£4800
10000
1741.6.6

£16.541.6.6

HuQH Mercer TO Commissioners, 1756.

• Lancaster, the 4"» Nov, 1756.

Sir:

I nnderstand from Coll. Armstrong that the Governor & Com-
missioners think proper to allow A Surgeon for the Second Battal-
ion, And as no person is as yet in Commission for that^ purpose, the
CoU. and I have desired Mr. Blair, who delivers you this, would
wait on the Commissioners with our recommendation for that Place.
I helieve he is extremly well qualified to discharge the Duty of it,
and I have the Colloners Orders to inform the Commissioners that
It would be very agreeable to him to have Mr. Blair appointed his
Surgeon.

I am, Sir,

Your most obedient humble Servant,

HUGH MERCER.
Directed.
To Mr. John Mifflin, one of the Commissioners For the Province
of Pennsylvania.
^ Favour of 0

M'. Thomas Blair. J

J» PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIVES 1766.

Copy of a Letter firom lieatenant Humphreys to Ueuteoat Colonel
Weiser.

[Not dated, but wrote Thursday, the l"" Nov', 1766.]

<< Fort above the North EUI.

^'May it please the Colonel :

Yesterday we were alarmed by a number of Indians, who came
and took a Child away. Immediately upon hearing the News, I,
with nine men, went in Pursuit of 'em, leaving a Number of Far-
mers to guard the Fort 'till we should return. But we found noth-
ing 'till this morning, we went out again ; and, in our Return to the
Fort, we were apprized of 'em by the firing of several Guns; when
I ordered my Men to make what speed they could. We rand till
we were almost out of Breath, and, upon finding Nicholas Long's
House attack'd by the Indians, the Farmers, who were with us to
the Number of Twenty, deserted and fled, leaving the Soldiers to
Fight. We stood in Battle with 'em for several Minutes, 'till there
was about Sixty Guns discharged and, at length, we put the Indians
to Flight.

We have one Man wounded, and my Coat was shot through in
four Places. The Number of the Indians was twenty. Our Num-
ber at first was twenty-four, But they all deserted and fled except
seven. Two old Men were killed before we came, one of whom was
Scalped. Ten Women & Children were in the Cellarvand the House
was on Fire ; But we extinguished it and brought the Women and
Children to the Fort. I desire the Colonel to send me a Beinforce-
ment ; for the men solemnly say they will not go out with the Far-
mers, as they deserted in the Battle and nev^ fired a Gun. The
Indians cryed the Hajloo during the Battle.

We have one of their Guns and a Blanket, which had two Holes
with a Bullet in, and is bloody. The Indians had all red Hats and
red Blankets.
Sir,

This in Distress, (wanting a

Beinforcement) from

Yours to command,
SAMUEL HUMPHREYS."*

May it please the Colonel to send by the Bearer, Adam Haver*
ling, as much Powder & Lead as you can spare

* See page 86.

PENNSTLYANIA ARCHIVES 1766. 20

BoBBBT Callenbbb TO 6oY. DSRKT, 1756.

I
Carlisle; November 4thy 1756.

Hay it please your Hon',

This Day I received Advice from Fort McDowel, that on Monday
or Tuesday last, one Samnel Perry and his two Sons went from the
Fort to their Plantation, & not returning at the^ Time they pro-
po^d, the Commanding Officer there sent a Corporal and Fourteen
Men to know the Cause of their Stay, who not finding them at the
Plantation^ they march'd baA towards the Fort, & on their Betnm
found the siud Parry kill'd and scalp'd, & oover'd over with Leaves )
immediately after a Party of Indians, in Number about thirty,
appeared and attacked the Soldiers, who return'd^ the Fire, and
fought for Sometime untill Four of our People fell, the Rest then
made off, & six of them got into the Fort, but what became of the
rest is not yet known; there are also two Families cut ofiP, but
cannot tell the Number of People. It is likewise reported that the
Enemy in their Retreat burnt a Quantity of Grain and sundry
Houses in the Coves.

As Colonel Armstrong is now Absent, I thought it my Duty to
represent to your Hon' the Hardships & Difficulties that in all pro-
bability will arise by Means of the Contract enter'd into by the
Commissioners with the Persons who -are to Victual the Battalioti
on this Side Susquehanna. The Men*are allojred only one Pound
of Beef ^ Day, which is half a Pound less than their former Allow-
ance, wherewith they are very much dissatisfied, & the more so, b^
cause the most of the Beef Cattle which the Victuallers buy here
are very young & small, & cannot be calFd Beef such is commonly
bought for the Use of Soldiers. They also weigh oflF to the Troops
all the Necks, Houghs & Shins of this Ordinary Stuff, which I am
inform'd is not done among the Regular Troops where they have
the best Beef that can be got. The Commissioners have also order'd
that Six Months Provisions at the above Rate shall be delivered to
the Commanding Officer of each Company, without making any
Allowance for Wastage, but say that if they fall short that the
Officers shall make good the Deficiency. I humbly eonoeive that it
will be very disagreeable to me and the Other Officers to comply
with these Instructions, and must beg your Hon'* pardon for saying
I cannot submit to them, unless particularly order'd by your Hon'
or the Colonel. I am,

T' Hon" Most Obcd< &

most humble Servant,

ROBT CALLENDER.

P. S. — ^I have not quite compleated the Eighth Company, bat

80 PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVES 1766.

hope in a few Days to have it full ; I cannot get either Arms or

Blankets from the other Gompanys for them.

Directed,

To the Hon'ble Willliam Denny, Esq'., Governor and Commander
of the Province of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia.

Jacob Morgan to Gov. Denny, 1756.

November Fourth, 1756.
Hon* Sir,

Yesterday Morning at break of Day, one of ye Neighbours dis-
covered a Fire at a distance from him; he went to ye top of another
Mountain to take a better Observation, and made a fall Discovery of
Fire, and supposed it to be about 7 Miles off, at the House of John
Finsher; he came and informed me of it; I immediately detach'd a
party of 10 Men (we being but 22 Men in the Fort) to the place
where they saw the Fire, at the said Finsher*s House, it being nigh
Skulkill, and the Men anxious to see the Enemy if there, they ran
through the Water and the Bushes to the Fire, where to their dis-
appointment saw nOne of them, but the House, Barn, and other out
houses all in Flames, together with a Considerable Quantity of Com ;
they saw a great many tracks and followed them, & came back to
the House of Philip Culmore, thinking to send from thence to alarm
the other Inhabitants to be on their Quard, but instead of that found
the said Culmore's Wife and Daughter and Son-in-Law all just kiird
and Scalped ; there is likewise missing out of the same House Martin
Fell's Wife, and Child about 1 Year old, and another Boy about 7
Years of Age, the said Martin Fell was Him that was kill'd, it was
just done when the Scouts came there, and they seeing the Scouts .
ran off. The Scout divided in 2 partys, one to some other Houses
nigh at Hand, & the other to the Fort, (it being within a Mile of
the Fort) to inform me ; 1 immediately went out with the Scout
again, (and left in the Fort no more than 6 Men) but could not
make any discovery, but brought all the Famileys to the Fort,
where now I believe we are upward of 60 Women and Children
that are fled here for refuge, & at 12 of the Clock at Night I Bee'
an Express from Lieu*. Humphres, commander at the Fort at North-
kill, who inform'd me that the same' Day about 11 o' Clock in the
Forenoon, (about half a Mile from his Fort) as he was returning
from his Scout, came upon a Body of Indians to the Number of 20
at the House of Nicholas Long, where they had killed 2 old l!den
and taken another Captive, and doutless would have kill'd all the
Familey, they being 9 Children in the House, the Lieut* party tho'
7 in Number, fired upon the Indians and thought they killed 2,
they dropping down and started up again, one • held his Hand (as
they imagined) over his Wound, and they all ran off making a
hollowing Noise ; we got a Biankett and a Gun which he that was

PBNNSYLVANU AKCHIVE8 1766. 81

slkot dropt in his Flight. The Lieu*, had one Man shot through
the right Arm and the right side, but hopes not mortal, & he had
4 Shotta through his Own Cloaths« I this day went out with a
party to bury the dead nigh here ; we are all in high spirits here ;
If it would please his Honour to order % Reinforcement at both
Forts, I doubt not but we should soon have an Opertunity of
Bevanging the Loss, from

Honoured Sir, .

your most Hum"* Serv* to Command,

JACOB MORGAN.

Fort Lebanon, Wednesday, the 4th of NoYomber, at 3 of the
Clock, post Miridian.
To th(B Honourable William Denny, Esq'., Lieu'. Govemour and

Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsyl*, and Countys

of Newcastle, Kent and Sussex, on Delaware.

The Hamble Petition of Jacob Morgan, Cap". Commander at
Fort Lebanon, most Humbly sheweth :

That having two Forts belonging to one Company, and my Men
to the Number of 19 was drafted from' me, being total but Fifty-
Three, Your Petitioner thinks himself too weak to be of any Service
to the Frontiers, seeing the Enemy commits violent Outrages nigh
the Forts; as Yesterday, the 3d of November, I found 3 Persons
Scalped, and their is 3 more missing within a Mile of Fort Lebanon^
& 2 Men killed and one took Captive within i Mile of the Fort at
Northkill, and dangerous it is to keep ye Forts if their was a Supe-
riority in Number to besiege them, So your Petitioner in Humility
begs that your Honour would take ye Premising into Consideration,
& do as it shall seem meet or expedient to your Honour, which is in
distress from him that for your Honour shall ever Pray.

JACOB MORGAN.*

Capt. Jacob Morgan to Conrad W^isbr, 1756.

n, November 4th, 17S
at 3 of Clock, P. M.

Fort Lebanon, November 4th, 1756. )

Sir,

I have sent down an express inclos'd with a Petition and ace* of
the outrages and Murthers done by the Indians, which after your
Perusal, should be glad if you would present to his Honour the
Governour, the Murthers done at both Forts.
& Remain, Hon' Sir,

your most Hum"* Servant, %

JACOB MORGAN.
Directed^
To Colonel Weiser, Esq""., in Philadelphia, with speed.

* Side page 86.

Sa PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1766.

BxTEAOT OF Mb. Wbisbr's Jouekal, 1756.

November the 5% 1756.

This Afternoon Mr. Horsfield, from Bethlehem, oame to Easton
and informed Major Parsons and myself that the night before an
Indian "went privately from Easton to Bethlehem and inform-
ed Angnstus, tfoshna & another Indian there, that there was about
40 Indians at and abont Fort Allen ; that at Trout Creek were about
100 Men, their number increasing, who were of Minisink iTribe, and
who were averse to a Peace with the English. These had laid a
Design to come and attack Easton, while the Gov was there and
destroy both the White People and Teedyuseung with his Party ^
but that they had now laid that Design aside and wait to see the End
of the Treaty and then they would come down in a Body to attack &
destroy Bethlehem, which would make them Masters of the whole
Country. That they would be very careful to pass the Forts A In-
habitants without doing any harm to any, least they should alarm
the People, who would fly to Bethlehem for Shelter, & so strengthen
that place.

Upon this news I sent an Express to Lieu*. Engell, at Fort Frank-
lin, to come with a Detachment of 20 Men, including a Sergeant
with all possible speed, to re-inforce the Town Guard, during the
time His Honor, the Governor, should stay in Easton. The Express
went away aV 7 in the Evening.

I informed the Six Nation 'Indians, that were in Town, of the
news that Mr. Horsfield brought, in private Conversation^ and de-
sired them to be open and honest, according to what the Six Nations
always were their friends. They told me that two of their Indians
would be here this night ; they had sent them to JB'ort Allen two
Days ago. Accordingly these Indians, with two more of the same
Tribe, oame in Town a little after Dark ; a white man, a Soldier,
escort^ them. They came in a Body to my Lodging, and desired
to have a Conference with me. I made them welcome and signified
to them that I should he glad to hear what good News they brought
from Fort Allen and from over'the Mountain. One of them, to wit,
Son-in-Law to French Margaret, took ^ String of Wampum, which
one of the others gave to him, and spoke to the folio A'ing purport:

Brother, as to what you informed us this Daj about the Minisink
Indians, we now assure you that it is but the Smging of ugly Birds,
that naturally will rise their voice in the night and there is no Sub-
stance in it ; we therefore desire you to take no Notico of it. You
remember what you told & advised us when you first oame to this
Town, to wit, not to listen to such Birds that usually let there voice
be heard in the night. We assure you we took your Advice in good
part, so we desire you will take ours ; we that ar^of the Six Nations
are one Flesh & Blood with the English, and will dye with them.

Gkve the String of Wampum.

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Then John Gooke eame to see me and gave me the Names of the
Six Nation Indians who are now in Town, to wit : Rasyiannntha,
Eayenliaerj, Tanachdagan, Caylncker, Nahochreany and John Cook,
Mohocks, and two Shawanees, to wit, Pileason and Paaseohgnon,
aons of Chinonfuhonlj.

Nov 6«».

Slnoe copying the foregoing Mr. Weiser has had the following
Conyersation with the 5 of the Six Nations Indians and two Shawanees
(the Delawares being Drnnk) viz :

As we had assured the Indians that the Governor wonld be here
to Day, he thought it necessary to acquaint them why he did not
come, and told them that the' same bad news that we had by. Mr.
Horsfield yesterday had been carried to the Governor by some Per*
son from these Parts, which he believed might be true, which occa-
sioned him to stop. And his Council being with him they*would not
suffer him to proceed untill he heard from us. Now, Brethren, I am
going to write to the Governor and desire your Advice what we shall
say to him. The Indians, after some Consideration, answered that
they desired that their Brother, the Governor, should be informed
that they came a great way and from time to time were advised not
to come for that they would be cut off when they come to Penn-
sylvania, but, notwithstanding, they came along and did not
believe those Stories, and they desire their Brother, the Govern-
or, will not believe these Reports ; they would assare him there
is no Truth in them, and they will live & dye with him. Aikd
as he encouraged them not to believe the Reports against the English^
so they hoped he would not believe those Reports against the
Indians.*

John Harris to R. Peters, 1766.

Paxtoh, Novem' 5% 1766.
Sir,

Here is at my Fort Two Prisoners y^ Came from Shamokin aV
one month agoe. Be pleased to Inform his Honour, Our Governor,
that Directions may be given, how they are to be disposed of, they
have been this long time confined. I hope that his Honour will be
Pleased to Continue some men here During these Calamitous times
in Our Frontiers, as this place and the Conveniencies here may be of
Servis if Defended. We had a Town Meeting Since the Murder
Committed in Hanover Township, and have unanimously Agreed to
Support Twenty Men in our Township, at the Mountain, there to
Rang0 and keep Guard, or Watch Day & Night, for one Month,
Commencing from the i^ of this Ins^ when its hopeed we shall be

* Received in letter of a W., and W. Parsons, on p. 86.
2*

84 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1756.

Selieyed by a Strict Militia law that will Oblige ns all to Doe our

Duty.

Paxton Township has kept np a StroDe Gaard at Our MouDtain,
near these Twelve Months Past^ W^ has been Expensive & Fatiegue*
ing, but its much Better for us to Doe Soe than move off our familys
& Effects & Ruin Ourselves. Whether the Enemy Gomes or Not
we have bad Acoo^ from Conegojego, but if Lord Louden is Victo-
rious Its to be hoped that a Proper Spirit will Prevail among ns in
America. I Conclude, Sir, your most

Obed' Humble Serv*,

JOHN HARRIS.
Directed.
To Richard Peters, Esq'.,

in Philadelphia.

Timothy Horsfield to Gov. Denny, 1756.

May it Please Tour Honour : «

Sir,

The Bearer hereof David Zeisberger Comes to Inform yon
of something we have heard this Evening ConcemiDg the Indians at
Easton, which I Conceive Will be of Servis. I Concluded it better
for him to Wait on your Honour and Deliver it Verbally than in
Writing, as a Letter might miscarry, and be of very ill consequence.
I am Your Honour's

Most obed*

Humble Serv*,

TIMO. HORSFIELD.
Bethlehem, Nov 6, 1756.
Directed.
On His Majesty's Service.
To The Honourable William Denny, Esquire,

Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania,

at Easton.
Indorsed.

rChristian came from Easton to Bethlehem and told Jacob a
Mohicken, who had always lived w*** the Brethren, y* there were
Indians of ye 5 Nations, & more at Fort Allen, who were all for
Peace ; That ye Indians at Trout Creek were Minisink Indians ag* a
Peace; That Teedyuscung was really for a Peace, & if well
received would speak to the Minisink Indians & others to joyn in y

* See VoL VII., p. 816.

FBNN&nLYANIA ABCHIVES 1766. 85

Petee or not to come oyer a certain line into this Proyinoei & if they
did they should treat them as Eaemies of the Indians as well as tho
English.]

CoHiUD WsissR AND Wm. Parsons TO GoY. Dbnky, 1756.

Sir,

By the inclosed Copy,* yon will perceive that we were informed
of the Occasion of this mighty Panniok, and have taken such mea-
snres as our best understanding could advise upon the Occasion. It
did not, however, so much effect us as to induce us to give his Hon'
any trouble about it, till his arrival here, and if we could have
thought there was any great Weight in the Report, we should not
have been so much wanting in our Duty as not to have fnform'd his
Hon' by Express. The Indians here are something uneasy that
they cant see their Brother the Gov' yet, and we have quieted them
to this time by telling them he would certainly come to Day, and
what we shall say to them next we dont yet know. We are afraid,
least this Delay should occasion the Indians to suspect some Designs
of the English against them, and so from mutual Suspicion of each
other somethiog worse may follow. At present the Indians seem
quiet and secure, and if they could get Liquor enough would all of
them get drunk. We are both of us in so bad Health that we dare
not venture to ride in the Night, apprehending more Danger fh>m
the night air than from the Indians. We pray his Hon' will be
pleased to pursue his Journey to Easton, along the old Road. M'.
Weiser, with as many of the officers & Townsmen as can get Horses,
intend to do themselves the Honour to meet him. Tou will please
to make our best Compliments to His Hon' from

Sir,

Tour obedient

humble Servants,

CONRAD WEISER,
WM. PARSONS.
Easton, Nov' 6, 1756.

P. S. Your Favour of this morning did not come to Hand till
4t this afternoon.

Directed.

On his Majesty's Service — ^To Richard Peters, Esquire, Secretary
of the Province of Pennsylvaoia.

* See Weiser'B Journal, Nov. 6, p. 82.

86 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVX8 1766.

Jambs Read to Gov. Denny, 1756. '

Sir:

My Daty to my Clients, as a Practitioner of the Law, having
called me to Lancaster Common Pleas last Week, I was unhappily
absent from Home at the Time the Express from Fort Lebanon
passed through this Town on Friday last, or I should have wrote to
Phila4elphia such Circumstances as might have appeared necessary
to have thrown Light upon the Letter of Captain Morgan,* collected
from Persons who came from the Neighbourhood of the Forts, after
the Action on Wednesday last : for that was the Day, though Lieu-
tenant Humphreys, in his Letter to M'. Weiser,f where I have in-
closed such a Copy as the present Dispatch will allow me to make,
has forgot to ^ive a Date. But a Soldier of our Town Guard hav-
ing shewn an Inclination to ride gratis, Express to Easton, whither
I understood by the Oaaette last Night from Philadelphia your
Honor was sone, I have furnished him a Horse to convey thb and
some other Letters to that Town. I have not now an opportunity
of getting that Intelligence which yesterday I might have had, (and
would have got, had I then known your Honor was at Easton,) the
Persons who could have given it being now out of Town, and the
Letter I received from Captain Morgan on occasion of the late Visit
from the Savages being sent down to my Wife, who lives in Phila-
delphia, where I thought your Honor wou'd have reoeiv'd his Ex-
press, and a full & clear account of what had happened by his Son.
The inclosed Copy of the Letter to M'. Weiser will give your Hon-
our the best Idea of the Transaction near the North Kill. What I
can gather from a Person who was near Fort Lebanon, (where Cap-
tain Morgan is Stationed) at the Burial of the People kill'd there-
about b. That on Wednesday last, about noon, a Party of Savages
came to thohFarm of one John Finsher, about Six Miles from that
Fort, and set Fire to his House, Barn and Barracks of Corn and
Hay ; upon Fii^t Notice whereof, Captain Morgan detaoh'd ten Men
from his Fort, and soon after followed with a few more, who, as they
were returning from their Pursuit, not having met any Enemy, found
Finehers Barn, &c., consumed, and at Martin Fell's House, about a
Mile from the Fort, found Martin and his Wife's Sister and her
Mother scalp'd, the young Woman being not yet quite dead, but in-
sensible, and Stuck in the Throat as Butchers kill a Pig ; she soon
died, and was buried with the others. Martin's Wife, and two Chil-
dren, one about a Twelvemonth, the other about Seven years old,
were carried off Captives. By a Gentleman who left Fort Lebanon
yesterday afternoon, I hear that Sixty Women and Children have
fled into it for Refuge, and several Families have come further into
the Settlements, with their Household Groods & Stock.

By concurrent Accounts from several Persons, whose Characters
will not suffer me to doubt what they tell mC; I am j>ersuaded that

* See p. 80. t 8«« P- 28.

PSNNSTLVAOTA AKOHIVBS 1756, 87

H^ HomplireyB bebav'd la a most laudable MaDB«r, and manifiasted
that calm courage and Preseoce of Mind whicb will ever gain an
Advantage over sapcrior Numbers, wbose Leader le too precipitate
and void of Discretion.

I presume not, to acquaint your Honor with the State Military in ^
this Quarter, as others whose proper Province it is are now near
your Person ; But permit me to observe generally, that it is such as
leaves as without a Possibility of resisting, to any Purpose, a very
handful of Savages whensoever they shall please to attempt this
Town. '

Will your Honor be pleased to pardon this Scrawl » which the ne-
cessary Di^mtch prevents my oorrecti&g ? I hope 'twill not be im-
T^pted to Presumption, I thought it my Duty to give you the Infor-
lAiition, which I would have done in Person, had not my Presence,
as Prothonotary at our Common Pleas, next Tuesday been indispen-
sable. Indeed, Sir, it is dictated by a Zeal for the Publick Service ;
if it be an impudent one, I depend upon your Honor's known Can-
dw to consider it an honest one, and not much unbecoming any one
who can, with the greatest sincerity and most profound Respect, (as
I am happily conscious I can) declare himself.
May it please your Honor,

Your Honor's most Obedient

& most humble Servant,

JAMES READ.
Reading, November 7% 1756, one 0'Clock,'P. M.
The Hon"* Governor Denny.

Israel Pembsbton to R. Peters, 1756.

Friend Peters,

On coming hither last night not finding the Commissioners
here, I immediately sent the letter to Overpeck's, & not finding them
there he left the Letter at Bowman's, where I expect they will re-
ceive it, when they come so fafr, as J. Chapman tells tte they must
come round by his house to get to Deane's, I wrote a line to inform
them that Chapman intended this morning to wait on the Governor,
& request them to meet them here, being nearer the end of y' Jour-
ney; & where you may be accomodated as well as at Deane's.

The SherifiT was yesterday at Fetter's, & rcturn'd to Eaeton to ac-
quaint Conrad Weiser of the Governor's being at Deane's, & intend-
ing to meet y*, Governor to day; & as I Chapman, I think, justly
suspects- that if y* Sheriff, Weiser, and most oi y* People at Easton
should come away, it will give y' Indians some cause of Suspicion,
tho' I had concluded to wait here for the Governor's coming, I now

88 FBNNSTLTANZA ABGHIVBS 1756.

tbfaik it wiU be more pradent to go forward, in hopes of being of
some Servioe to prevent any uneasineea among y* Indiana.
I am, respectfully, your Fr*,

ISR. PEMBERTON.

First day mom».*

Mirecied. »

To Richard Peters, Esquire, at J. Deane's.

Gov. Denny to Col. Glapham, 1756*

Easton, 8 Nov', ITSOr-
Sir:

Having reoeivd news that the Indians are^ committing Murders
and Devastations in that part of the Country, where Captain Buaae
was stationd, You will onler him forthwith to return with the De-
tachment under his command to his former Post, and to march thro' ~
the woods, not by the river side, Each man taking with him Provi-
sions for 3 or 4 days ; let the Capf" divide his company into two or
three Parties, w*^ ranging at a small distance from one another may
discover the Enemy Indians, who are supposd to have a Camp
somewhere in the woods between this Fort and Shamokin, perhapa
near the old Indian Path and near Red Hole, and have on their red
Blankets, or perhaps they may be returning with their Prisoners &
Plunder, of which they have taken abundance.

You will order such a Detachment as you think proper out of your
(Harrison, to march half way with Capt" Busse, and order them to
return to you by a different way, so as to range as much of the coun-
try between Shamokin & Blue Hills> as they conveniently can.

You will not fail to. let me know, by Gapt" Busse, what progress
is made in the Works, & any other matter y* has ocourd since your
last, worthy of my notice.

Rbhares on an Indian Conferbnge.

Held at Easton in Nov'. 1756.

19. Brother, the reason I Struke you I think you must know, It is
I think because the King of Eng' & France made Warr with one
another for our lands, and both this Nation incroach'd upon our
lands and Coop'd us up as If in a penn, and after the France had
Such great lidvanf over the English, it was an Easy Matter for that
&lse hearted French King to prevail on our fooUsh young men to

* " Nov. 7, 1766.»» Indorsement.

FENNSTLTANIA ABCHIYES 17S6. 89

join them, and take up the hatchit against onr Bretliren tbe Englifihi
tbe French making use of arts and presents.

Brother, you desired me to be free and open about every thins
that might Stick in the Indians mind, or what they might have had
to Say against their Brethren the English. I will now tell you the
truth with an honest heart as &rr as lies in my power, and you may
Jndge of it yourself. What made your Case worse (tho' what I am
going to tell you is not the principal Cause) of the War, some
things that have passed in former times in this and other Goyem-
menta k ce.

16. This very ground I Stand on was our land & Inheritance; Bar-
gains or Bargains and we Stand by them, tho' we should have had
eyen only pipes, which will be brock to-morrow for Some of our
land, but we think we Should not be HI used on this account by
those very people who now enjoy the fruit of our lands, nor be
Called fooles for it, the Indians are not such fooles as not to bear
this in their minds.

18. The rest of that paragraph is no Indian phrase, not that I de-
are you to purchas that lands again what you purchased before, k ce.

20. I question whether I mentioned John Penn and Mr. Walker.
J. Penn was then in the Country. I know I ment* Mr. Thomas
Penn.

Conrad Weiser, Indian Interpretation of Treaty at Easton^ in
Nov. 1756.*

Gov'b to Capt. Jacob Morgan, 1766.

Easton, 8 Noy'. 1756.
Sir,

Col^. Weiser haying left Philadelphia to attend the Indian Con-
ferences at this Town, your Letter to him with the Petition was
forwarded and communicated to me, together with a Letter from
Lieutenant Humphrys, and another from M'. James Read ; and I
imediately dispatchM a Letter to Coll". Clapham, ordering Capt".'*'
BuBse to return thro' ye woods to his Station with the Detachm*
under his Command.

You will thank lieutenant Humphrys and the men under
him on my Part for ye gallant Bebayiour in the late Action ag* the
Indians.

As soon as Captain Busie returns, and if possible before, I wou'd
haye you send out small scouting Parties to discoyer and preyent

* This seems to be a fragmentary sheet.
t See pp. 28, 80, 86, and 88.

40 EENN8TLVANIA ABOHIVES 1766.

the Enemy from passing between Ihe Forta and aitaeking tiie
Inhabitants.

The Commissioners will send the Pay due to the Companies of
the first Battalion^ and for the future they will be more ponctiiaUj
paid.

Col. JpHN Armstrong to Gov. Denny, 1756,

Carlisle, 8th Novemb'. 1756.
May it please y' Hono*",

Last Week a party of Indians has been in the Upper part of this
County, but a few Miles from McDowel's Mill, where the^ haye
Barbarously Mangled a Number of the Inhabitants, and as is sup-
posed taken some Children Captive; enclosed is a list of the Eall'd
and Missing.

A Certain Samuel Peary, mentioned in the List, lefit MoDowel's
Fort on Wednesday afternoon, only going to put his Horse to Pas»
ture about a Mile & an half from the Fort, and had with him a little
boy, but Neither returning that Night, fourteen men was Sent from
the Fort belonging to Cap*. Potter's Company, who found S* Peary
Scalp'd & his body cover'd with leaves ; and on their return were
waylaid by about thirty Indians, the Soldiers discovering the Enemy
on every hand, gave the first fire, and Says they wounded Some, but
were soon broken and put to the Bout, four of the Soldiers being
kiird on the Spot, and two missing; this misfortune is happen'd
thro' the weakness of the Garrison, neither Potter's nor Armstrong's
Company being com pleat, and the latter having been Station'd in
difierent parts of the Frontier was not convenient enough to assist,
but they shall be no longer Separate. This Week, God willing, we
begin the Fort at Barr^s. There are general Complaints of the
Powder here.

I am, your Honr* most Obed*,
Humb»« Serv',

JOHN ARMSTRONG.

A List of those who were kill'd and is a missing at Canigojegg.

Soldiers Kill'd. — James and William McDonald, Bartholomew
McCafferty, Anthony McQuoid.

Of the Inhabitants Kill'd. — John Culbertson, Samuel Perry,
Hugh Kerrel, John Woods, with his Wife and Mother-in-law,
Elizabeth Archer, Wife to Jno. Archer.

Soldiers Missing. — James Corkem, Will". Cornwall.

FBSirKSTLYAmA ABCHIVBS 1756. 41

Of die Lubmbilutts Mbsing.— Foor Children belonging to John
Areber, Samuel Neelj, a Boy^ James MoCoid, a Child.

The Honourable William Denny, Esqnire, Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania^ Philad**^

Col. CLAPnAM to Gov. Dbkny, 1756.

Fort Augusta, Nov' 8% 1756.
Sir,

I rec'd a supply of six Barrels of Powder, eight hundred weight
of Lead, five hundred wtt of Musquet Balls and fifty six round
Shot, all'of which arrivd in good Order, and have since the Depar-
ture of M'. Meyer, be^ constantly employd on the Works laid out
agreeably^to his Instructions, but which must necessorily proceed
more slowly for want of stronger Teams and Wheel Barrows^ as we
have at present no other method of removing the Dirt but by Hand
Barrows, and the tedious way of casting it with shovels from man
to msA ; what still encreases the want of Horses and Carriages is
the necessity we lye under of conveying Clay from other Places for
the construction of the Parapet, what comes out of the Ditch being
improper for that Purpose, as we find it a foot or two beneath the
surface to grow sandy, and not to be consolidated by any Force or
Expedient in our Power; the axes we have are, in general, extream
bad, and even the number of them insufficient ; Tomahocks with
square flat Eyes, Nails of several sorts, and especially Spades, are very
much wanted, theWagson Masters Presence extremely necessary ,Tand
Bum for the men employd on the Works. I have sent Cap^. Worke
with hb Company to Halifax, to releive Captain Jameson, on ace*
of a Mutiny amongst Captain Jamesons men, and having receivd
Intelligence of a Town consisting of ten Indian Familys, seated on
the West Branch, or about 50 miles Distance from Ix)rt Augusta,
whende Partys are continually making Incursions, & who some time
past kiird and Scalp't one of our men at the Spring, I have detacbd
Captain Hambright, with a Party of chosen men^ to destroy or cap-
tivate them, who, from their acquaintance with these Parts, as hav-
ing heretofore been Inhabitants of Shamokin, are capable of being
singularly mischievous.

Inclosd is a Copy of Captain Hambrights Orders,* which I hope
will receive your Honors Approbation, and the Design be attended
w"" success. I shall use Endeavours to reconnoitre, and procure In-
telligence from Duquesne, Yenango and Shingle-Clamushe, in which
Intention, if I succeed, I shall immediately do myself the Honor to
transmit the Result to you. The Indiam Sachem left this Place a
few Days before the Receipt of your Honors favor, of the 24*^ past.

♦Sfeep. 42.

42 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1756.

iAfter the Works at Angnsta are rendered more oompleat, and the
Season of the Year removes any appMensions of asiege, I shall em-^
braoe year Honors Permission to visit Philadelphia, in order to at-
tend my private affiurs, at which Time I beg Leave to bring the
Indian Boy with me, and am.
Sir,

Your Honors most ob*

humble Servant,

WILLM. CLAPHAM.
P. S. We have three weeks full allowance of Provisi9n8.

Instructions to Capt. Hambright, refbrrbd to m thb
ABOVE, Nov. 4, 1766.

Sir:

You are to march with a Party of 2 Serj*», 2 Corporals^&'SS Private
men, under your Command, to attack, bum and destroy, an Indian
Town or Towns, with their Inhabitants, on the West Branch of Sus-
quehanna, to which Monsieur Montoure will conduct you, whose
advice you are Directed t<> pursue in every Case. You are to attack
the Town agreeable to the Flan and Disposition herewith given you,
observing to Intermix the men with Bayonets equally among the
three Partys in the attack, and if any Indians are found there you
are to kill, Scalp, and captivate as many as you can, and if no In-
dians are there you are to endeavour to act in such manner, and
with such Caution, as to prevent the Discovery of your having been
there by any Party, which may arrive Shortly after you, for which
Eeason you are strictly forbid to bum, take away, Destroy or Meddle
with any thing found at such Places, and immediately dispatch
Monsieur Montour with one or two more to me with Intelligence ;
when ye come near the Place of action you are to detach Monsieur
Montour, with as many men as he shall Judge necessary to recon-
noitre the Parts, and to wait in concealment in the mean Time with
your whole Party till his Return, then to fornj your measures ac-
cordingly ; after having burnt and destroyd the Town, you are in
your Retreat to post an officer and twelve men in Ambush, close by
the Road side, at the most convenient Place for such Purpose whiph
may offer, at about Twelve miles Distance from the Place of action,
who are to surprize and cut off any Party who may attempt to pur-
sue, or may happen to be engaged in Hunting thereabouts, and at
the same Time secure the Retreat of your main Body.

Tis very probable, that on these Moon Light Nights, you will find
them engag d in Dancing, in which case embrace that Opportunity,

PENNSYLVANIA AHOHTVBS 1756. 4S

by all meaoB, of attaoldng them, whieh yon are not to attempt at m
greater IMstanoe than 20 or 25 yards, and be particularly oarefoll to
prevent the Escape of the Women and Ghildreo, whoee liTes Huma*
nity will direct yon to preserve as mnch as ponible 3 if it does not
happen that yon find them Dancing, the attack is to be made in the
momingy jnst at a season when yon have Light enough to Execute
it, in which attempt your Party are to march to the several Houses,
and bursting open the Doors, to rush in at once ; let the Signal for
the general attack be the Discharge of one Firelock, in the Centre
Division.

If there are no Indians at the Several Towns, you are in such
cue to proceed with the utmost Caution and Vigilance to the Road,
vhieh leads to Fort Duquesne, there to lye in Ambush, and to inter-
cept any Party or Partys of the Enemy on the march to or from
the English Settlements, and there to remain with that Design till
the want of Provisions obliges you to return.

I wish you all imaginable Success, of which the Opinion I have of
your self, the Officers and Party under your Command, leave me no
Boom to doubt,

& am, Sir,

Your Humble Servant,

W. 0.

P. S. You will not omit to post the Serjeant with a party on the
other side of the Kiver during the attack, according to Direction, in
order to prevent the Enemy from escaping that way, and to reserve
always one half of your Fire.

Given at Fort Augusta, Nov' 4»*, 1756.

To Cap^ Hambright, Commander of a Detachment from Colonel
Clapham's Eegiment.

Gov. Dbnny to Col. Armstbong, 1756.

Easton, 9 Nov', 1756.

Sir,

I have receivd sevAral accounts of Murders committed by Parties
of Indiana all along the Frontiers of Berks County, from Manada Qap,
to the Line of Northampton County, and by their dress, part of W^
is red Hats and Red Blankets, it is supposed these murdering In-
dians come from the Ohio. As they may now or will in a little time
be returning, they may be intercepted, their Prisoners, scalps & Plun-
der taken from them, & they destroyed, I therefore order you to
send such Detachments from the Forces under your Command as
vou can spare, to scout and range the woods in such Places as will
be the most likely to meet with them in their return. I leave it to

44 PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVBS 1756.

you to givB such particular orden as will be the moat likel j to be
attended w*^ aaoceas/and shall only say that the more the Parties go
ent one after another the better, and let it be done with the ntmost
diapatehj after reoeiving this Letter. I expect that the Oonntry will
send as many men into the Forts as will supply the Places of those
who go on this servioe or any other, yon will endeavour to persnade
them to do so, bat w^ver they do, yon will observe these oiders.

I have ordered Capt^ Bossy to march w^ fifty men from 8bamo-
kin to his own former Post, & a Detachment of OoU. CUphams re*

fiment to go half way w*^ him and return by a different way, & I
ope, as these are to march in Parties, & so spread over a good deal
of ground, they will render and give a good account of the Enemy.
Let me know what you do in consequence of this Letter ; the last
mischief was done on Saturday, at the east end of Berks County, on
the Line of Northampton County.

EiLiMiNATioN OF Samuel Cliffoeb, 1756.

The Examination of Samuel Clifford, late of Lancaster County, &
, now a Soldier in the Royal American Begiment.

This Examinant says that he inlisted with Captain John Moor to
serve as a Batteau Man on the Mohocks Biver, & was taken Prisoner
by the French Indians in the Action of Coll* Bradstreets, W* happen-
ed ab^ Nine Miles on this Side of Oswego. After the Action ihej
carried this Examinant into the Woods with intent, as he heard them
say, to take him to Niagara Fort, but on the fifth bight he made his
Escape from them, and the first place he came to was a Tutelo Town
about forty miles above Diahoga, where he saw four English Prison-
ers, two of whom called themselves Joseph Nicholas & Catharine
Nicholas, and said they formerly lived at Shamokin. He saw, like-
wise, a Mulatto man who informedfhim y* if he did notmake the best
of his way from the Town the Indians would make him their own,
and told him that they would do the same at Diahogo, on whose
advice he went away, intending to pass by Diahogo, but unfortunately
met a Party of Indians who took him and carried him there,
and afterwards fi'om thence up the Cayuga Branch, about fcMrty
miles to an Indian cabin, where he Hved* ten weeks and then
was brought down to Wyomink in company with Teedyuscung,
who had with him, as he thinks, one hundred men Warriors. From
Wyomink this Examinant was sent under the care of ten Indians
along w^ Henry Hess & G^rge Fox to Fort AUen, & thence to
Easton, & there delivered up to Gen. Parsons. This Examinant
further says that Teedyuscung & his company were overtaken at
three different points by single Indians, and they reached Wyomink
who told them y* the Gov of Pennsylvania intended to cut off
Toedyusoung's neck, & kill all his Indians, w*^ woold have been

PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIYES 1756. 46

done ai the last Treaty only they expected him to letum with i^
greater number, but now they intend to kill all the Indiaofli & said
tiuB advice was sent them by Coll* Johnson's Indians^who received
it from PhUadelphia. This Ezaminant further says, that a Party of
the Delaware Warriors returned to Diahogo when he was there, and
he heard them say that they had carried a great many English
Prifloners to Allegheny and there sold them to the French, but they
did not mention what they got for thorn, only for the Sonlps, they
had fifty Shillings a Piece. That the Indians would frequently say
in oonversation they & the French Would gather in a Body together
& come down to Pennsylvania and kill all the Inhabitants, for it was
their, meaning the Indians, Country, & they would have it again.
This Ezaminant further saith that twelve or thirteen English
Pnwners were left at Diahogo and places adjacent, when Teedyus-
casg came away, six men, four young women and three or four
Datch children; that the children were painted Black like them-
selves, and often cruelly beat and treated worse than the rest

his
SAMUEL X CLIFFORD,
mark.

Sworn before me,
9"- Nov, 1756.

Examination op Leonard Weeseb, 1756.

The Examination of Leonard Weeser, aged twenty years, taken be
» fore the GoTemor, 9** Nor, 1756.

This Examinant says that on the 31*^ Dec'' last he was at his
father's House, beyond the Mountains, in Smitbfield Township,
Northampton County, w** his Father, his Bro' William, & Hans
Adam Hess ; That Thirty Indians from Wyomink surrounded
them as they were at Work, killed his Father & Hans Adam Hess
and took this Examinant & his Brother William, aged 17, Prisoners.
The next day the same Indians went to Peter Hess's, Father of the
B* Hans Adam Hess ; they killed two young men, one Nicholas
Borman, ye others Name he knew not, & took Peter Hess & hid elder
son, Henry Hess, and went off ye next morning at the great Swamp,
distant about 80 miles from Weeser's Plantation, they killed Peter
Hess, sticking him w^ their Knives, as this Examinant was told by
ye Indians, for he was not present. Before they went off they
horned the Houses & a Barrack of Wheat, killed y« Cattle & Horses
& Sheep, ft destroyed all they could. Thro' ye Swamp they went
directly to Wyomink; where they stayed only two days & then went

46 PENNSYLVANIA ARCfflVES 1766.

up the riyer to Diahogo, yrhere they stayed till the Planting Time,
& from thence they went to little Paeseeca, an Indian Town, np the
Gaynga Branch, & there he stay'd till they hrought him down.
Among the Indians who made this attack & took him Prisoner were
Teedyuscung alias Gideon alias Honest John, & three of his Sods,
Amos & Jacoh, ye other's name he knew not. Jacobns & his Son,
Samuel Evans & Thomas Evans were present ; Daniel was present,
one Yacomb, a Delaware, who nsed to live in his Father's Neigh-
bourhood. They said that all the Country was their's & they were
never paid for it, and this they frequently gave as a reason for their
conduct. The King's Son Amos took him, this Ezaminant, & im-
mediately gave him over to his Father. He says that they coa'd
not carry all the Goods, yt were given them when last here, & the
. King sent to his Wife to send him some Indians to assist him to
carry the Goods, & she ordered him to go with some Indians to the
old man & coming where the Goods lay, ab* 18 miles on the other
side Fort Allen, he stayed while Sam Evans went to the Fort to tell
Teedyuscung that said Indians were with ye Goods, & this Ezami-
nant w"» them, & this being told ye White People, Mr. Parsons sent
two soldiers to ye place where the Goods were & brought him down
with them, & ho has stayed in Northampton County ever since.
This Ezaminant saw at Diahogo a Boy of Henry Christmans, who
lived near Fort Norris, & one Di^niel Williams's Wife & five children,
Ben Feed's Wife & three children ; a women, ye wife of a Smith,
who lived with Frederick Head, & three children ; a woman taken at
Cushictunk, a Boy of Hunt's, wlio lived in Jersey, near Canlin's
Kiln & a negro man ; a Boy taken about 4 miles from Head's, called
Nicholas Kainsein, all which were Prisoners with the Indians at
Diahogo & Passeeca, and were taken by the Delaware Indians ; That
Teedyui^ung did not go against the English after this Ezaminant
was taken tho' His sons did ; That the King called all the Indians ,
together, & they made up ye number of Eighty Five, viz : from
Diahogo and Passeeca^ & another Indian Town ; That Provisions
were very scarce ; That they went frequently out in Parties ag* ye
English ; That he never saw any French or other Indians among
them as he knows of.

his
LEONARD M WEESER.
mark.
Sworn before me,

at Easton, the Ninth

Day of November, 1756.
WuuAM Dennt.

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1766. 47

Ekginbeb Metbe to Gov. Denny, 1756.

Monsieur :

Par Ordre da Mjlord London; M'.Le Col. Steniclcs, a ^rit nne'Lettre
a M'. Oswald; par la qu'elle il marqne, quil devoit me faire partir tons
en Snit&4>onr venir aupres de Inj en Albanie : La Lettre est arriv^
aujonrdhnit, et je ne pent me dispencer de partir apr^s domain au
lien qne Mjlord m'indiqne. II m'est tr^ Sensible Monsienr^ que cette
Ordre Subite me prive de L'Occasion de pouvoir montrer k quel
point L'in trait dela Province m'etoit k Coenr : j'aurois Souhait^
Ardement de pouvoir ^tre en ^tat d'en donner des Eprenves con-
vaincantes.

Les denz Plans dn Fort Augusta Sent acheves, je les m'etrois
entre les Mains de M^ Young, qui aura Soin de les remettre entre
vos Mains a votre retour 4 Phiiadelphie.

J'ai envoj4 les Plan et Profil du Susdit Fort avec les petits
Changements a M'. le Col. Clapham aveo les quelles j'ai ajoutte une
Lettre on tons les Ouvrages et les Changements ont ^te Si olaire-
ment marqu^ et ezplequ^es qu'il est presque impossible qu'il
puisse manquer.

Je Vons prie en Oraoe Monsieur de Vouloir bien employer Votre
Paissant Gredit| pour que les Soldats a Schamokin obtienent les
Neuf Sous par jour que je leur ai promis, mon honneur en depend.
J'ose Yous prier encore Monsieur, de me faire obtenir une Gratifi-
catiob proportions auz fatiques et Depences que j'Stoit oblige
d'avoir pour le Voyage en question (et au tems que j'ai employes
depnb le 4"" Acust jusqu'a present) ayant en San compter rachat
d'un Cheval, passS diz Livres des fraiz a oe Suject. Je prierais
Mens. Oswald de me faire tenir ce qu'on trouvera apropos de me
bonifier.

Je Serais Cbarm^ Monsieur d'avoir L'Oocasibn de pouvoir temoig-
ner par mes trSs humbles Services La parfaite Keconoissance que
j'ai des Bont^ particuilleres dont vous m'avez bien voulu Honnorer
depnis que j'ai L'Honneur d'etre confi de Vous. lis ne s'efiaceront
jamais de ma Memoire. Je demeure aveo la Veneration et la Re-
coDoissance La plus parfaite.
Monsieur,

Votre tx6a humble et tr^

obeyssant Serviteur,

E. MEYER, Lieut. Eng',
Philadelphie, ce 10»* Novembre, 1766.

4S PENNSYLVANIA ABGHIVBS 1766.

Gov. Dbnnt to Engikbbb Mbtbb, 1756.

10*^ Nov^, 1766.
fiir,

Bj a Letter I have received from M'. Young, I find be is not dis-
posed to continue Commissary on the terms proposed by the Com-
missioners, I must therefore desire you will come to me at this PlacOi
along with this Messenger, if your convenience will admit, or as
soon after as you can, if it wont; I propose you shall ^sit y"" Forts
on the Frontiers of this & Berks County, in the same manner you
have done the other Forts, and you will be attended by a German
Officer & a proper Escort.

I shoud like your coming up whilst I am here, that I may have
the pleasure to see you set out in a suitable manner, and that you
may become acquainted w*^ the officers of this Battalion, who are on
duty here; except Busse & the Commander of Fort Allen.

I am.

Col. ARMSTRONa to Gov. Denny, 1756.

Carlisle; 11«^ Novemb', 1756.
Dear Sir :

I hope this will find you retum'd safe from Eastqji.'I thought to have
been at McDowels Mill by this time to begin near that plaoe the
new Fort, but was oblig'd to send 100 men to Escort Cattle, &c., to
Lyttleton, and must wait their return before we can do any thing ;
the Contract with Messi*. Hoops & Buchanan gives a general Um-
brage, and was the most mistaken thing I ever knew, it will not be
in my Power to keep the Soldiers in any degree of temper upon one
pound "^ day of such young & thin Beef, as this part of the world
produces ; it is bought on an average at about 12s. ^ Hundred, &
the flower, as we hear, at about One penny '^ pound, Pork at 2d. *^
pound ; at this way of Buying, after a sufficient allowance for Salt,
Barrels, Caniage, &c., they will save by the bargain at least £2300
in the feeding of 448 men one year, hereby the Country has but a
stinted Price, the Service is like to be retarded, and nothing saved
to the Publick, but an Extravagant sum thrown into the hands of
two private persons for a Service of not more than two months in j*
whole year ^ every one is crying out against this Contract, and the
Consequences that its likQ to have. I am persuading the Yictualers
to throw in the tother half pound of Beef, (of which their bargain
will readily admit,) Else the officers must remonstrate for a pound
and half ^ day of this kind of Beef the men must have whilst its
in the Pickle, else they will not serve, nor can the officers have any
satisfaction or peaco; if less is given. I shoud have wrote the G<>-

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1766. 49

Ternor^ but waits to see whether we must remonstrate or not ; if jou
please yoa may read this letter to M'. Allen, and favour me with
his Opinion, join'd w** your own, whether we shou'd remonstrate, or
whether we shou'd continue to feed y** men with liD> "^ day, as
usual ; but as I have been oblidg'd to write this letter in a hurry, 83
that y* State of the Contract is not laid down nor clear from this
letter, it may be as well to shew it to no body, and I shall by next
post write more clearly to the Governor.

We were very unfortunate at McDowels Mill, on ace* of the small-
ness ot the party sent out, and no Commission'd Officer at their
head.

Please to forward the Sundry Commissions, &c., and to Send me
inclos'd And^ Millers Bond, as Foster has obtained a judgm*, but
does not exactly know what to Levy for.

Cook says he has paid something, and Signifys that his Land can't
he sold, for that in S^ven years the Bent wou'd more than pay y«
debt.

My Wife presents her best respects to you, and will not forget
joar friendly letters at a time when my coming back was very un-
certain.

I am^ dear Sir, your Sincere friend,

and most Humbl. Serv*.

JON. ARMSTRONG.

Extract of a Letter from Jas. Young to , 1756.

Philad', ll** Nov, 8 aClock, P. M.
Dear Sir :

I have your favor by the Express, and am much obliged to the
Got' and yourself for Epousing my Cause with the Com", tho' in-
effectual. The Engenier had wrote the indosd before he receiv'd the
Gov" letter, he says he has no further to write, he setts out for Al-
bany on Saturday, Cap*" Oswald would have taken upon himself to
let him have gone to Visit our Forts, but he Chuses to go to Lord
Louden. We have no Foreign news but what is in the Publick pa-
pers; here are some people imprison'd on good information of their
being Consern'd in a Wicked scheme with our Publick Enemyes.
M'. Allen is taking great pains to get the principals sccur'd.

Vol. IIL— 3

60 PENNSYLVANIA AKCHIYES 176«.

Gov. DiNwiDDiB TO Gov, Denny, 1756,

Williamsburg, Nov' 12**, 1756.
Sir : - .

Tours of the 24*^ of Sept' I rec*, & should have.answer'dlefore
this, but have been much indisposed & confiu'd to my House.

I am glad of the Success of the Expedition against the Town of
Kittanin, which makes it obvious that the attacking of the Enemy
in their own Country is much more eligible than remaining on the
Defensive, when the Extent of the Frontiers are considered, & I fear
the Enemy have too good Intelligence of our motions, & of our
particular Fortifications, & in course attack us where weakest.

Therefore I am still of Opinion, if the neigbouring Colonies wou'd
enter warmly on an Expedition early in the Spring, with a proper
numKer of men from each Colony, will be of more essential service
than each Colony guarding their own Frontiers, & in course giving
the Enemy great advantage over us.

I presume the Enemy will be unactive till the Spring, & then may
be expected to repeat their former Cruelties ; if they shou'd make
Incursions into Your Government sooner, I should be glad to give
any assistance in my Power, but as our Frontier is very extensive, I
cannot think it proper at present to part with any of the Garrison at
Fort Cumberland, which is too few for its defence in Case of an at-
tack ; At same Time, I must observe the Enemy have lately Invaded
the Frontiers in the County of Augusta, which obliged me to raise
a good Number of the Militia to repell their Force, & this I expect
will be the Case for some Time^till we form a proper Body to attack
them in their own Country.

I am uneasy till I hear Lord Loudoun is gone to Winter Quarters,
as I think Nothing essential can be done so late in the Year.

I am glad your Assembly voted 30,000 to be disposed of by your
approbation, which has long been a Bone of Content". I hope the
New Assembly will enter on Business with Spirit, & exert themselves
at this critical Juncture.

I sincerely wish You Health & Happiness, with great Begard &
Esteem, I am.

Sir,

Your most obedient

humble Servant,

EOBT. DINWIDDIE.
Governor Denny,

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 175«. 61

Col. John Armstbobtq to Gov, Denny, 1756.

Carlisle, 12*^ Novemb', 1756.
Hononred Sir :

This moment I have rec* y» Hour* Orders ^ Express from Eas-
ioD, and perceive mj last, relative to the Murders committed here
about a Week ago, had not been rec'.

As we bad nineteen people, Soldiers and others, kill'd & taken near
McDowels Mill, every Post in this C"*. naturally expecting an attackt
at that time, we couM not even come up with these Murderers, tho'
Id our own Country.

At present we have 100 men at McDowels, Guarding and Escort-
ing the Publick Provisions to Fort Lyttleton, and are now on their
way there, and as the residue are not near supply 'd with propper
Arms, its utterly impossible for us to come up with the Enemy so
far to the Northward, as in all Probability they will pass, as 'tis
highly Probable they will return some 30 or 40 Miles from Shamo-
kiD, up or across the East Branch of Sasquchanna, and so make the
Ohio near Winnanggo. Some of them may return on this side Saa-
quehanna, about Ton or Fifteen Miles from Augusta, yet not so Pro-
bable ; but in either of the Kouts 'tis altogether out of our power to
intercept them, yet I hope Colo* Claphams People will be successful.
I am with a Detachment from each Fort to meet the Escort now set
out for Lyttleton on Tuesday next, at Barrs place, where it's very
Probable the Red Caps will soon pay us a Visit. We want about
Sixty Blankets, and those we have are not near large enough.

I shall again write ^ Post, and am,

Honoured Sir, y Honi^ most

Ob* Humb» Serv>.

JOHN ARMSTBONG.

To Governor Denny.
Directed,

To the Honourable Will". Denny, Esq**., Governor and Comman*
e'er in Chief of the Province, Philad*.

Bj the favour of M'. Jo" Montgomery.

To Capt. Orndt from Sec'ry Peters, 1756.

Sir:

I am commanded by the Governor to acquaint you that measures
are taking, as well at Shamokin as in the Forts in Berks County, to
persue the Enemy Indians who have lately committed Murders on
the Inhabitants near Fort Henry, Fort Lebanon k Fort Franklin,
gf which the Governor desires our Friendly Indians may be advised
least our Parties shoud meet w*^ these Indians, mistake them for the
Enemy, & if so fall upon them. ,

16«» Nov, 1756. Cap*. Orndt.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1756.

A Retubn of the State op the Garbison at Fort
Hunter.

13th Nor. 1756) East Side Susqoahanah.
Nuipbre of Men. — 2 Sarjante, 34 privet Men.
Amunition. — 4i !b Powder, 28 lb of Lead.
Provision. — One thousand Wight Flower, Two thousand of Beef.
Men's Times Up.— 2 Men's Times.

A List of all the Indians Living at Bethlehem.

Of the Mohicans.

Man,
Jacob,
Joshua,
Johannes,
Philippus,
John Peter,
Daniel,
Andreas,
Michel,
Marcus,
Amos,
Kenatusi,
Philippus,

Boys,
Joshua,
Ellas,
Abraham,
G-abriel,
Michel,

In aU, 35.

Jl/an.
Augustus,
Anton,
Joshua,
Jonathtrn,

Woomen,
Rachel)
Bathseba,
Lorel,
Lydia,
Esther,
Elsie,
Cathrina,
Eva,
Judith,

Girls.
Anna Johanna,
Bahel,
Koaiua,
Judith,
Martha,
Agnes,
Christina,
Sophia,
Anna Johanna.

Of the Dellawarss.

Woomen,
Augustine,
Johanna,
Agnes,
Verona,

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1756.

Joachim,

AqnilUy
Gottlieb,
Namaas,

Besigna,

Marie,

AiiDe Justine;

Naemi,

Thamar,

Erdmuth,

Amalia,

Bebecca,

Boyi.

GirU.

Levi,

Juliana,

Johannefl,

Esther,

Eflra,

Marie Elizabeth,

Michel,

Christiana,

Abraham,

Beata,

Nett,

& 3 Qirls more.

Petitti,

Achkonema,

Quisch,

Quichkschall,

In all 38 of the Dellawares:

Delivered by D* Zeisburger, 16th Nov. 1756.

And besides these Two Months ago

came to Bethlehem, Christian

& his family, of the Dellawares. In all Six.

Namks of Indians

AT Eabton.

Quatanaminqaa,

Nicodemus 1/ Dutch,

Solomon,

Augustus.

Eockaway,

Capt». Harris,

S?;;}"-—

Capt". Armstrongs
Pumpshire,

Amos,

Moses Tittamy,

Christian,

Jo Peepy.

Direetedy

To the H'nble W- Denny, Esq'., Govemour.

By the Hands of M'. J. Bechtel.

Gov. Denny to N. Hardino, 1756,

Sir,

At the Request of M'. Stephens, this is to acquaint yon that I
bad the Curiosity to go & see him begin to make Pot Ash, here two
Bays since, according to the Process he has published. SeverkI
Persous of Note were present, besides Mess**. Franklin, two of the%^
Proprietors, & every one appeared to be satified with the Per«
formanee. •

54 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1766,

What might ezoite the Cariosity of many, was his purchasing the
Works of the Liverpool Company, in Behalf of the Gentlemen now
concerned, & -erecting a large Farnaoe, besides other Buildings, &
making Pot Ash, all within a Month; and the other Company's
Works had been wholly given over, both here & in Virginia, their
Process being defective. I am told that he has been applyed to for
setting their Works on Foot again at Eapahanock; in that Province,
whither he is now going in his Way to Georgia.

To Nicholas Harding, Esq'.

Gov.- Belcher to Gov. Dennt, 1756.

Eliz\ Town, (N. J.) Nov. 15, 1756.
Sir,

I hope this will have the Honour of saluting you in good health,
and that it may introduce to your Knowledge the Bearer, M'. Thomas
Stevens, who has been encouraged by the Parliament of Great
Britain to put forward in His Majesty's Colonies in America the
Manufactury of Potash, he comes recommended to me from a mem-
ber of the House of Commons as a Gentleman of Honour and great
Ingenuity, and has with good Success carried on the making of Pot-
ash in New England, & as this Affair will be of great Benefit to His
Majesty's Dominions in Great Britain and His American Colonies,
I recommend this Gentlemen to Your Countenance and Encourage-
ment in all such Ways as you shall judge proper in thereby pro-
moting the Trade and Commerce of His Majesty's Subjects.
I am with much Respect and Esteem, Sir,
Your Honour's most obedient and
most humble Servant,

J. BELCHER.
His Honour L*. Gov'. Denny.

Col. John Armstrong to Gov. Denny, 1756.

Carlisle, 15th Nov'. 1756.
May it please your Hon'.

I thought it my Duty on Behalf of myself, the Officers and Sol-
diers of the Western Battalion to lay before your Hon' a Represen-
tation of the Grievances and Hardships we afb like to labour under,
fby means of the contract entered into between the Commissionera
and the Victuallers appointed for supplying this Battalion. Tho
case is as follov^, (viz^) The Soldiers who were formerly allowed a

PBNN3YLVANIA ARCHIVES 1756. 55

Poond and half of Fresh Heat each by the Day are now sapply'd
with only Four Pounds of Beef, three Pounds of Pork and ten
PoQQds and a half of Flour each by the Week, and also a Gill of
Ram or Whisky by the Day. For this the contractors are paid
Five Shillings for each Man by the Week, whereby it is Evident
their Profits will amount to upwards of Two thousand Pounds in a
year, ezclusiTe of being allowed for their necessary Trouble, For as
they purchase Beef at Id. } ^ pound, Pork at 2d, Flour at the
Rate of Eight Shilling ^ Hundred, and the Rum or Liquor allowed
will not amount to more than seven Pence "^ Week for each ma;),
BO that the Victuallers, allowing them for their Trouble six pence
by the Week for each man, which will make the amounts of their
Profits upwards of £2000 as before mentioned. This certainly can-
not answer the Intention of the Government who would undoubtedly
mnch rather that the Soldiery should be well supplied in Order to
enoourage them to Act with Vigour in Defence oL their Country,
than to contribute so much towards Hhe enriching private Persons
for doing Nothing. It can also be made appear that the Beef
bought in these Parts is generally ill fed, and the most of it not
above two or three years old, which consequently will produce a
great Deficiency in the Weight by being salted, besides the Vic-
tuallers, notwithstanding the Cheapness and Poorness of the Beef,
salt up and deliver to the Soldiers all the Necks, Houghs & Shins
which I am inforjned are never given to the Regular Troops in his
Majesties Service, who are generally supplyed with the best Beef,
& other neoesaary Provisions that can be bought, but the Victuallers
take care to appropriate to their own Use all the Tongues, Tallow,
&e. of the Beeves which they have at the abovementioned Rate, and
if given to the Soldiers might be of great Service to them. I much
doubt that such a Procedure will produce very bad consequences, as
the Soldiers are quite dissatisfied, & even threaten to lay down their
arms and quit the Service. I further beg Leave to remonstrate to
your Hon' that it is morally impossible for the Officers to comply
with the Rules prescribed in the before mentioned contract, espe-
cially as to being obliged to receive six months Provisions at one
Time, & to weigh out the same in small parcels without any allow-
ance ifor Wastage. A Deficiency in the Redelivery, for the above
Reasons, will naturally follow, which it seems must be made good
by the Officers, whereby they will be liable to a certain Loss, be
subject to the principal part of the Duty belonging to the Victuallers
or Commissaries, & the Persons on whom such Duty is incumbent,
pocket the Profits. I have been often informed that a Person might
be found who, at the allowance of Fifteen Shillings ^ Day, would
supply this Battalion with Provisions to their Satisfaction, whereby
the Soldiers would be much easier kept to their Duty, the officers
exempted from so much Loss and extraordinary Trouble, and the
Government save about Fifteen hundred Pounds in a year. I

56 PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVBS 1756.

humbly submit these matters to your Hon** ConsideratioD; & am,
vtiik the greatest Respect,

Your Hon"

Most Obedient^

humble Servant,

JOHN ARMSTRONG.

P. S. As I understand the ^hole years' Provisions will be salted
and delivered to the Soldiers, It is to be doubted as they cannot
have any Change of Diet by Broth or otherwise, it may be the means
of promoting the Scurvy or some other bad Disorder among them.

Examination of Henhy Hess, 1756.

The Examination of Henry Hess, late of Lower Smithfield Town-
ship, Northampton County, Labourer, aged nineteen years.

This Examinant saith, that on New Years day last he was at his
IlDcklQS, Henry Hess's Plantation in the said Township of Lower
Smithfield, and that his Father, Peter Hess, Nicholas Coleman, and
one Gotleib a labourer, were there likewise. That about nine a'olock
in the morning they were .surprized by a party of Twenty Five
Indians, headed by Teedyuscung, among whom were several of
those now in Town, viz., Peter Harrison, Samuel Evans, Christian,
Tom Evans, that they killed the said Nicholas Coleman and Gotleib,
and took his Father & himselfe Prisoners, set fire to the stable,
hunted up the horses and took three of them. Then the Indians
went over the second Blue Mountains, and overtook &Ye Indians
with two Prisoners, Leonard and William Weeser, and a little after
this they killed this Examinants Father, Peter Hess, in his presence,
scalpd him and took off all his cloaths. The Indians who were
thirty in number in ye evening before it was dark, stoppd & kindled
a Fire in the woods, first tying him and the two Wcesers with ropes
and fastning them to a tree, in wch manner they remained all night,
tho' it was extremely cold, the coldest night as He thinks in this
whole year. Some or other of the Indians were awake all night, it
being as they said too cold to sleep. They seemed to be under no
apprehensions of being pursued, for they set no watch. As soon as
day broke they set off travelling but slowly, and the next day they
came to Wyomish, an Indian Town, on the Sasquehannah, and find-
ing no Indians there, this Examinant understanding afterwards that
the Indians who used to live there had removed to Taconnich for
fear of being attacked, they proceeded on their journy & came the
next day to the Town where were about one hundred Indians, men,
women & children. This Examinant further saith, that after the
severe weather was abated, all the Indians quitted Taconnich and

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1756. 67

removed to Diahogo, distant as he thinks fifty miles, situate at the
mouth of the Cayuga Branch, where they staid till Planting time,
and then some of them went to a place np the Caynga Branch near
its head, called Little Shingle, where they planted com, and lived
there till they set off for this Treaty. During this Examinants stay
with them small parties of five or six Warriors went to War, and
retnmd with some scalps & Prisoners which they said they had
taken' at Allemingle and Minisinks. This Examinant says further,
that they would frequently say in their discourses all the country
of Pennsylvania did belong to them, & the Governor's were always
bojing their land from them but did not pay them for it. That
Teedyuscung was frequently in conversation with a negro man a
Banaway, whose Master lived some where above Samuel Depuys,
and he overheard Teedyuscung advising him to go among the
lohabitants, & talk with the negros, & persuade them to kill their
Masters, which if they would do he would be in the woods ready to
receive any negros y* woud murder their Masters, & they might live
well with the Indians. This Examinant saith, that he saw some
English Prisoners at different places up the Cayuga Branch, and
particularly one Hunt, a Boy, as he thinks of fifteen or sixteen
yean, who was taken near Pauline Kiln in Jersey, that he had not
seen him after Teedyuseung's Return to Diahogo on his first
journey.

his

HENRY M HESS. "

maik.

Capt. Hugh Mbecbr to Jambs Young, 1756.

^ Lancaster^ the 17"» November; 1756.

Sir:

' When Coll. Armstrong was last in Town he prevailed with the
Commissioners to have a Surgeon provided for our Battalion, But
the Person not being fixed upon, the Coll. and I have recommended
the Gentleman who waits upon you with this. As one well qualified
for that Place, and I beg the favour of you to use your Interest with
the Governour and Commissioners for Doctor Blair. I intend next
•reek to joyn my Company at Shippensburg, (my Wound being in a
fair way of being Cured) tho' it will be a considerable Time in heal«
ing quite up and rendering me fit for much Duty.
I am, Sir,

Your most obedient, humble Servant,

HUGH MERCER.
3*

58 PENNSTLTANIA A»CHIVBB 175flL

Directed.

To James Young, Esquire,

Commiasa' Gen^ of the Musters,

In Philadelphia.
By favour of \
Poof Blair, j

Col. John Armstkong to Gov. Denny, 1756.^

Mc. Dowel's Mill, November 19*^ 175C.
May it please y Houour :

According to y Honour's Orders I have carefully examined Barr's
place, and could not find in it a proper Situation for a Fort, the Soil
■being too Strong to admit the Ditch, and the Spot it self, Overlooked
by an adjoining Hill, but has fixed on a Plaee in that neighbour-
hood near to Parnel's Knab where one Patton lived, the Spot I hope
will be very agreeable to your Honour & to Mr. Myer, and as its
near the New Eoad, will make the distance from Shippensburgh to
Fort Lyttleton two Miles Shorter than by McDoweFs. I'm make-
ing the best preparation in my power to forward thb New Fort, as well
as to prepare by Barracks, &c., all the others for the approaching
Winter. Yesterday the Escort of one hundred men returned from
Lyttleton who left the C battle, &c., safe there, and to-day we begin
to Digg a Cellar in the New Fort ; the Loggs & Roof of a New
House having there been Erected by Patton before the Indians
burn'd his Old One. We shall first apprise this House, and then
take the benefit of it, either for Officers' Barracks or a Store House,
by which means the Provisions may the sooner be mov'd from this
place, which at present divides our Strength.

This tother half Pound of Beef is like to be an insurmountable
thing, nor will the men, I think, be content without it, whilst the
Meat is Green or in the Pickel, but when dry'd I think the Pound a
day will do very well.
I am, Sir,

Y' Honor's

most Obedie^ Humble Serv*,

JOHN ARMSTRONG.

P. S. May this Fort be call'd Pomfret Castle, or what will you
please to call it f

Governor Denny. *

Directed,
To the Honourable Wilfiam Denny, Esq'.,

Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Province

Pennsylvania; Philadelphia.
^ favour of

Cap* Edward Ward

PBNNSYLTANIA AECHIVSS 175ft. 80

Col. Jno. Armstkong to Gov. Bbkny, 1756.

Fort Morris, 21»* November, 1756.
May it please y' Honour :

The inclosed paper, relative to Frederick Croft and Philip
Father, were sent me Bj Cap' Ward, from Fort Lyttleton, ^bere
Father was intercepted on his way to Fort Daqnesne, on receit of
vhich, being then at McDowel's Mill, I detached a party of Men
for Frederick Croft, with Orders to Deliver him to the Commanding
Officer at this place, which was done, and this morning has Sent
Father & Croft to Carlisle Goal; where they most be confined nntill
jonr Hon" pleasure is known,

Oo Croft's Examination he says that about a year agoe a Dutch-
man being appointed Centinal at Duquesne, Deserted his Post, after
sundry days travel made the House of the s' Croft, in Antrim Town-
ship, where, after receiving Victuals, s* Deserter informed Croft's
wife be knew two kinsmen of Croft's at Fort Duquesne, Viz :
Martin Croft (a Coopper by trade) and Hans Adams Nolt, Soldiers,
who would have deserted with him had they had opportunity, and
were inlisted with him by. the French in Some part of Jermany.
Father on losing bis Wife & Children told Croft he could have no
qniet, and must follow them, expecting if the Indiana did not kill
him on his way he might yet get his Wife and Children ; whereup-
on Croft says he was excited to give Father the inclosed paper writ-
ten in the Jerman Language ; they both profess themselves Protes-
tants. Croft, by his neighbours, is suspected to be a Papist, and
Seems to me to know more than what he has yet acknowledged ; he
has a Wife and small family living on the Frontier, and the Sooner
your Honour's Orders are rec* the better. Father's Character ia
the neighbourhood, given by his own Country men^ is not good,
lam '

T' Honr" most ob* Serv*,

JOHN ARMSTKONG.

Governor Denny.

Col. Wm. Clapham to Gov. Denny, 1766.

Fort Augusta, 23^* November, 1756.
Sir:

I did myself the Honor to write you by Captain Busse on -the ^
19*' Instant, since w«' the Battoesare repaired and the river at length
almost Navigable, and daily rising; as soon as the Water admits of
their passing I^all use my Endeavours to hire men for that Servicg,
bat 'tis uncertain whether or no I shall be able to procure any from
a Deficiency of Money to discharge the Arrears due to those Men
already, whose Accounts I have annexed^ and hope that your Honor

9» PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVBS 1756,

will give Orders for tke immediate Remittance of the Ballaace dae
to them, as I find it impossible to do without their Assistance, and
am afraid the Service must suffer in the mean Time for want of it,
and a favourable opportunity of supplying the Garrison be lost As
soon as the Battoes can pasa I shall discharge the Horses; that
method from the rising of the Creeks being subject to great Inoon-
veniencys.

The Bearer, Cap* Patterson, has been very serviceable on two
Detachments of great fatigue, and has in every other Respect, during
his sta^ here; behaved himself like a brave and an Honest Man.
As he IS owner of the House where I mentioned the flour was left
and acoompany'd the Detachment sent to that Place, he will be able
to inform your Honour more particularly on that Head.

Inclos'd is a Copy of Mr. Mear's Orders, and likewise Major
Burd's orders on. that Occasion the Detachment from Captain Bus-
see's Company, mentioned in my last, being return'd, I have dispatch-
ed them w*^ a Reinforcement of thirty men from the Regiment,
w*** Orders to march back by a different Route thro' the Woods, and
am.

Sir, .

Your Honor's

most Obedient humble Servant,

WILL'M CLAPHAM.

PENNBYLVANIA ABCHIYES 176ft

•1

EsTiuATB OF Annual. Cost of Thbeb Battalions, 1756.

An Estimate of what Tbree Battalions, PcnnsylTania Forces, will cost per
AnniiiD, Each Battalion to consist of SoTcn Companjs of Foot, and one of
Hone, YiMt:^

FIRST BATTALION.

£ s. a.

1 Lieu* Col».

1 Major,

5 Captains of Foot^

7 Leiv«», .

7 Ensigns,

1 Adjutant,

1 Surgeon,

1 Surgeon's Mate,
14 Serjants,
14 Corporals,

7 Drummers,
350 Private Soldiers,

@17s. IP day,

15«. "

10«. "

5«. M. "

4«. «

is. «

6». "

3». «

2«. "

Is. 9d. «

Is. 9d. "

Is. 6c?. "

TROOP OF HORSE.

Captain, .

Leiv*,

Ensign, .

Serjauts,

Corporals,

Drummer,

Ferrier,

50 Private Men,

468
3

1404

10«. "

5«. 6d. "
it

it
it
i*
u

4«.

2«.

U. M.

Is. M.

Is.

Is. Qd. «

First Battalion,
Second Battalion,
Third Battalion,

One Commis^ of tho Masters k Pay-
master, @15«. ^ day,
His Traviling Expenses, . about

One Military Secretary, ^ Ann",
Subsistence of 1404 men @ 5s. ^ wk. each man.
First Cost of 177 horses, about £16,
Subsistence of 177 horses, . @ Is. ^ day,

177 Sadies with hol'rs, sadle bags &o £3 5s. '^
177 Pair Pistols, . . 35 «

177 Sabres, ... 20 «

November 21**, 1756.

310

273

912

702

611

109

511

448

224

9581

182

100

1368

•

15623

278

200

100

17901

2832

8230

675

809

177.

£72469

«i PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1756.

Estimate op the Current Tear's Expbnce for the
Province of Pennsylvania.

Three Battalions on the Frontiers of Seven '\
Companies of Foot and one of Horse, each >-
^ Calculation, J 72.469 11 6 .

An Occasional Garrison at Wiccaco when '\
the King's Troops are absent, as ^ Calcula- >
tion, ) 1.741 6 3

Fort at Mudd Island, about - - )- 8.000 0 0

A Vessel of War to protect the Trade, ab* } 10.000 0 0

Pay and Provisions for 137 Men, Officers ^
included, on board the Vessel for Eight >
months, as ^ Calculation, . . . \ 4.800 0 0

Arms, Accoutriments and Amunition for"^
the Militia, to be lodged in a Convenient [•
Arsenal, ) 10.000 0 0

Barrccks for his Majesty's Forces that may ")
be Quartered here, ;.---- | 10.000 0 0

An Engineer to be taken into regular pay "^
for the Service of the Province, @ 15 p. ^ >•
day, j 273 15 0

Contingencies, 10.000 0 0

^127.284 12 9

Errors Excepted, 24 Novem'. 1756.

A Calculation of Provisions and Stores Necessary
FOR Four Hundred Men, 1766.

Bread for 400 Men, 1 Month, @ 1 lb& } ^ Day, Am*« to 18800 W«.

Rum " " 1 " @ « « 875 Gall-.

Beef <« (( I ti @}lb " « 600erW*.

Pork *' " 1 " @ J lb « " 6000 W*.

Boards, Plank, &o., for Cov'ring and Platforms, £80

Iron for Smiths & Tools, 1000, . ... 15

A Flag for the Fort, 12

2 Buckets, 1

60 Cans, 3

50 Wooden Bowls, - - - - - - 1 17 6

500 Spoons, 8 2 6

PBNNBTLVANIA AECHIVBS 17»6. d»

40 Brass Kettles of Different sixes, - • - 40 '

4 half Bash^ Measures, 1

6 Lanthomsy -' 15

100 W< Candeb, 8 6 3

1 Spying Glass, 12 6

Card Compasses, Scales & Dividers, 1 of each, - 1 10

Evans's Map, 76

6 Hour Glasses, 9

100 Tents-for 400 Men, 200

400 Blankets, 225

12 Handspikes for the Cannon, ....
24 Priming Wires, - - - . - . 3

12 Linstocks, 6 Pouch Barrels, • ' - - - 2

Flannel for Cartridges,

2 Formers, 2 6

16 Spanges k Hammers, 2

16 Worms, 2 8

16 Copper Spoons or Ladles, .... 4

16 Aprons, -^ 2

Beds & Cojns for 16 Cannon,

10 Bb^ Powder, 100

2000 W* Partridge ^ Grape Shot, ... 3

100 W* of old Junk for Wadding, ... 10

300 Tin Cartridges, 15

100 Granad. Shells, 5

16 Cannon & Carriages, 2 for the face of ea. Curtain, )

& 1 for the face of ea. Bastian, - ) 280

100 lb Match, 2

Balls for the small Arms, 75

10 Iron Springs for Cleaning Firelocks, with a)

Worm at the other End, .... J 2

400 Cartridge Boxes, 60

20 Pairs Hand Cuffs & Shackels, - - • - 15

250 Worms, 5

320 Round & Barr Shoi,

2 P" Jack Screws, ......

10 Team of Horses for Hawling Materials for the Fort,
Cutlasses for 400 Men,
Swivel Guns,
Toma hawks.

64 PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVBS 1756.

Wm. Allbn to High Shebiff of Philadelphia, 1766.

City of Philadelphia^ ss.

Whereas, Informstion hath been made to me, William AlleOi
Esqaire, Chief Justice of the Province of Pennsylvania, upon
Oath, That at divers Days and Times, variops traiterous and Trea-
sonable Conversation sand Discourses have been had and moved in
the house of Doctor Hugh Matthews of this City, at which the said
Hugh Matthews was present and bore a Part therein, and many
Letters and Papers at the said Times have been read and handed
about in the s' Company, which there is great Reason to suspect
contained some traiterous and ' treasonable Matters to the great
Scandal of his Majestie's Eoyal and Sacred Person^ just Rights,
and the Government by Law established.

You are therefore hereby strictly charg'd & commanded to take
the Body of the said Hugh Matthe\^s, & bring him before me to
answer the Premises and be dealt with according to Law ; and that
you search the house of the said Hugh Matthews, and all other sus-
pected Places where the Papers of the s' Hugh may be supposed to
be concealed, and bring all treasonable Papers you may find before
me to be inspected and examined, Hereof, fail not at your Peril ;
and for your so Doing, this shall be your Warrant.

Given under my hand and Seal this Twenty-Fourth Day of
November, Anno Dom., 1756.

WILL. ALLEN.*

Dtreciedf
To James Coultas, Esquire, High Sheriff of Philadelphia County.

BoBE^ Erwin to Col. Clapham, 1756.

Sir:
. On my Journey from Philadelphia to Fort Augusta, w*^ Draft
Horses for the use of that Garrison, I halted at Hunters Fort and
Requested an Escort of fifteen Men from the Garrison at that place,
w*"" Major Burd had informed me M'. Mears, Commandant of that Gar-
rison^ had Orders from you to furnish me with, to w®* I receiv'd for
answer that Col** Clapham had no Command of him nor his men :
that he shou'd not pay any Regard to these Orders of Colonel Clap-
hams or the Qovernours, for how cou'd the Governor give him the
Command of that Fort and yet Command it himself, upon w*"*,
having been inform'd by Major Burd, that there was the greatest
want of the Horses at Fort Augusta^ and that the Service was much

* ** Two freeholders bonnd in £260 each, and the Doctor in £500.'' lia-
dorsement. See Colon. Rec. Vol. YLI. p. 844.

PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIVES 1766. 66

impeded from the necessity of them^ I Jadg'd it necessary to par-
sne my Journey without the £8cor4, and-am^
Sir,

your very humble Servant,

ROBERT ERWIN.
To William Clapham, Esq"*.

Col. Clapham to Gov. Denny, 1756.

Sir:

I receivd your Favour of November 8**, and beg leave to Assure
jour Honor that I never sent an Escort, consisting of so small a
Dumber as fifiy Men, the Repairs of the Battoes are now near fin-
ishd, they will require one hundred and thirteen meti to work them,
for which Ezpence, and the Payment of Arrears due on that Ao-
conot, I have not in my Hands one single Shilling ; the Season ad-
vancing, will not admit of the supplying this Garrison by Horses
bat for a short time, when the Depth of the Creeks, the Badness of
the Roads, the Coldness of the Weather and the length of the Way,
will render that method impracticable; the continual escorts necessary
in that Way have weaken'd the Garrison, fatigued tho Men, and pre- -
vented me from doing that Service to the Country which I other-
wise would have attempted, the Party I sent to the great Island re-
tuni'd by the Allegany Road without finding any Enemy, or dis-
covering any Tracks made for some months past, except the recent
marks of one shod Horse and a single foot Passenger; immediately
on their return I detach'd two more Partys, one to the Place where
the Allegany Road crosses Juniata, w*^ Orders to examine into the
State of the Flour at Capt. Pattersons, and if Possible to Ambus-
cade the Enemy— the other to Hunters to Esoori Provisions ; the
reconnoitring Party, which I hinted a Design of sending to several
Places, I shall postpone, for Reasons which I shall communicate
when next I have the Honor of seeing yon — these Continual De-
tachments by weakning the Garrison, conduce as much to harrass
the People employed on the Works as those who march out, since
they have but one single night in Turn a Bed and oblig'd to Wdfk
every Day, and the Officers fit for out Commands, are almost Fa-
tigued to Death.

I have been Oblig'd to arrest Ensign Mears, at Hunter's Fort, for
repeated Breach of Orders. Copys of some of the Complaints against
him are herewith transmitted to your Honor, he is releiv'd by En-
sign Ream, of Cap^ Bussees Company, as he belongs to a different
Corps. I beg leave to know whether it is your Pleasure that his
offence shou'd be enqui^'d into by a Court Composed of the Officers
of this Regiment; or of the Eastern Battalion, or of both ; twenty

66 PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVBS 1T56. -

»iof Cap^ Basses Company were absent on Command when yonr
Orders l^slative to him arriv'd, which was the Reason why he oou'd
not be forthwith Dispatch' d, as they did not return according to £z-
*pectation; I have sent him off without them, and will, at their re-
turn, strengthen them with a Detachment from the Kegiment W^ I
con^d not spare him, and prosecute the Works.

Two Bushels of Blue Grass Seed are necessary wherewith to sow
the Slopes of the Parapet & Glacis, and the Banks of the River —
in eight or ten Days more the Ditch will be carried quite round the
Parapet, the Barrier Gates finish'd and Erected, and the Pickets of
the Glacis compleated — after which, I shall do myself the Honor to
to attend your Commands 4n Person, and am,
Sir,

Your Honors most Obedient

humble Servant,

WILLM. CLAPHAM.

Journal of the Proceedings of Conrad Weiser with the Indians, to
Fort Allen, by his Honour the GK)vernours Order, in November,
1766.

Nov. 18**.— =^ After I got all the Indians out of Town with mnch
trouble, I left the Town about four o'Clook in the afternoon, accom«
panied by the Officers of the Escort and Deedjoskon, Pompshire,
Moses Deedamy, and two more Indians on Horseback ; we reached
Bethlehem after Dark, and after the Soldiers and Indians were
quartered at the Publiok Inn this side of the Creek, I gave Deed-
joskon the slip in the Dark, and he went along with the Rest to the
said Inn, and I stayed at M'. Horsflelds, having acquainted the Offi«
oers with my Design, and gave the necessary Order before hand.

19*^. — The Soldiers and Indians rose early and got ready to march,
Deedjoskon could not get his Wife away, she wanted to stay ia
Bethlehem, because for his debauched way of Living, he took all
the Children but one from her; at the Brethern's Request I inter-
ceded, and prevailed to go with her Husband. We lefr Bethlehem
by Ten of the Clock, dined at one Hesse's, (the Indians and Sol-
diers) upon cold Beef and Sider, Deedjoskon and four or five more
with me ; the Indian Account came to fifteen Shillings and three
Pence, which I left unpaid. The Landlord had other Accounts of
the same Nature against the Province. We arrived that Night at
one Nicholas Opplingcr, the

20^^.— After I had settled with the Landlord, the Indian account,
which amounted to £1 10 II, chiefly for Sider, left it unpaid, this
being the last Place where they could get it, we sott off and arrived
at Fort Allen by 10 o'Clock ; Deedjoskan was very troublesome for

PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIVES 1758, 87

Brink to treat the Indiana that camo to see him, I mean the Mene*
sink Indians that had stayed about 5 miles beyond Fort Allen.
Tbey seemed to be very friendly, but notwithstanding the appeared
to bo guilty of a great deal of mischief : some of them could not
look into my face. I found several among them that knew me. I
committed thirty of them ; they .were well used, and took very
gladly Share of the Present which Deedjoskon devidcd, and made a
Beginning this Day.

2K — ^The deviding of the Groods were finished. The Menessink
Indians wanted to set off; they said that they have been too long
avay from their Wives & Children, and left no Body to hunt for
them. I did all what I oould to keep them, and got Cap^ Amd to
famish them with some Flower; Deedjoskon shared the Rum with
them that was left in the Ten Galling Cask, which was ordered them
by the Commissioners to drink beyond Fort Allen, but there was
oqIj about five fallings left. Deedjoskon, by the way, was very
troublesome : he would treat the Indians, and I was by no means
capable of dissuading him from it; so, after the Menesink Indians
had their share he would have a Frolick with his Company, till at
kst I gave the Cagg and all what was in, which was about three
Oailings, with that Proviso, that he must not oome into the Fort
that night, nor none of his Indians, if they did they must take what
follows; if they should attempt to get into the Fort, to which he
agreed, and away he went with the Cask. I ordered a Soldier to
carry it down to their Fire ; about midnight he came back and de«
Mied to be let in, and it was found that he was alone, orders were
given to let him in, because his Wife and Children was in the Fort ;
He behaved well. After a while we were alarmed by one of the
drunken Indians, that offered to dio^e over the Stoocadoes. I got on
the Plat form and looked out of the Port hole, and saw the Indian,
and told bin to be gone, else the Centry should fire upon him ; he
ran off as fast as he could, and cried, damn yon all I value you not ;
bat be got oat of Sight imediately, and we heard no more of it.

Tokayiendisery was very ^ick when we left Easton ; we brought
bim along in the Wagon. I desired M'. Otto, the Doctor in Beth-
lehem, to come and see him. The Doctor believed he would get the
Small Pox and advised him to stay, but we could not prevail on
bim. When we came to Fort Allen he was most gone, but would
not stay ; His Companions begged of me to get a Horse for him to
ride on, and they would return it in the Spring. I could not refuse
tbem any longer, thev having requested three or four times. I bought
a Horse, Saddle and Bridle for him, for five Pounds, and paid for it
io the Presence of Cap^ Amdt. After all the sick man could not
ride on Horseback, so the Indians made a Litter for four Indians to
carry their Logage, but I believe he will never see his own Country
again. ^ - ^

A Certain Indian, called Armstrong, had a rifled Gun taken or
stollen from him in Easton, It is supposed by one of the Prisoners

68 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1756.

to whom it first belonged. Vernon, the Innkeeper, promised bim to
make Enquiry for it, and bring it after bim ; Tbis was just at our
le.aYingoff Easton, in my Presence. Accordinglyi M'. Vernon oame
after us and overtook as at Hess's, but brougbt no Gun, and noth-
ing was said of it to my Knowledge ; but when we came to Fort
AUen this Indian d^dmanded a rifled Gun of me, and said that Ver-
non told him that I had it in charge from the Governour to find it
for him. I denied it utterly, and told him absolutely that it was
false ; However, I offered him one of the Provincial Spare Guns,
but he did not like it, and gave it back ; so as to make every thing
easy I bought a German Gun of one of the Soldiers for thirty five
shillings and gave it to the Indian, which satisfied him, and I paid for
the Gun.

22'. — After I had a very particular Discourse with some of the
Heads of them, and put them ii> mind of what they had Promised
in the Treaty, and what would be their Duty now, we parted, I be-
ing satisfied in my Mind that these People were in good Ernest, and
very heartily in the Affair, in order to brinj^ over as many of the
Enemy Indians as posibly they can. John Cook undertook to deli-
ver the Message to his Grandmother and Pozonosa, and received the
Present for them, to witt :, Ten Pieces of Eight for each. Deed-
joskon, quite sober, parted with me with Tears in his Eyes, reoo-
mended Pompshire to the Government of Pennsylvania, and desired
me to Stand a Friend to the Indians, and *give good Advice, till
every Thing that was desired was brought about. Though he is a
Drunkard and a very Irregular man, yet he is a man that ($an think
well, and I believe him to be sincere in what he said.
' I took my leave of them, and they of me very canditly ; Cap'.
Amd sent an Escort with me of twenty men to Fort Franklin, where
we arrived at three o' Clock in the afternoon, it being about fourteen
miles distant from Fort Allen. I saw that^he Fort was not Tean-
able, and the House not finished for the Soldiers, and that it could
not be of any Service to the Inhabitant Part, there being a great
Mountain between them. I ordred Lieut^^Eogel to Evacuate it,
and come to the South side of the Hills himself with Nineteen men,
at John Eberets, Esq'., and the Rest being Sixteen men more, at
John Eckenroad, both places being about three Miles distant from
each other, and both in the Township of Linn, Northampton County,
untill otherways ordered.

23*.— Left Fort Franklin. The Lieut., with Ten men, escorted
me as far as Probst's, about Eight mile, where I discharged him, and
arrived at Reading that Evening.

CONRAD WEISER.

November the 24**, 1756.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHITES 1766. 69

Rbv. Mr. Spangbnberg to Gov. Deistny, 1756.

May it please your HoDonr,

These are to return your Hnr, our most humble thanks, for the
Favoop of so kind a visit of y Hnrs at Bethlehem. As we are a
people, more used to the country, then to cities, we hope y' Hnr
will excuse what may have been amiss. So much I can say, and
this from the Bottom of my Heart, that y Hnrs Persoii and Place
or Station, is sacred unto us. We all do wish unanimously that y
Hnr may prosper, and meet with a blessed success in all under-
takings for the good of this Province.

Mr. Horsefield having told us, that y' Hnr wants a com pleat
catalogue of all men, women and children belonging to our occo-
nomy; I have ordred one to be made, and have added some Memo-
randums or observations, wh*^ I hope will give you a clear idea
thereof. I recommend my Self, and all my Brethren, who live in
this Province, again in y' Hnrs Protection.

As for our circumstances we are at a loss how to act with those
Indians, that come out of the woods, and want to stay at Bethlehem.
They are very troublesome guests, and we should be ^lad- to have
your Hnrs Orders about them. Oar Houses are full alljeady, and
we must be at the "Expeuces of building Winter-Houses for them, if
more should come ; ^ich very likely will be the case, according to
the account we have from them who are come. And then another
difficulty prises, viz., we hear that some of our Neighbours are very
uneasy at our receiving such murdering Indians ; for so they stile
them. We therefore, I fear, shall be obliged to set watches, to keep
of such of the Neighbours who might begin Quarrels with or attempt
to hart any of them.

Now we are willing to do any thing that lays in our power, for
the Service of that Province, where we have enjoyed sweet pease for
several years past. But we want y Hnrs Orders for every step we
take, and we must humbly beg not to be left without them ; the
more so, as we have reason to fear, that some how an Indian may
be hurt or killd, which certainly would breed new Troubles of war.
We had at least a case last week, that some one fired at an Indian
of Bethlehem but a little way from Bethlehem in the woods.

I hope Mr. Horsefield will give y' Hnr a particular account
thereof, and so I will add no more.
Y' Hnrs

Most humble and

Most obedient Servant,

SPANGENBERG.*

Bethl , Nov. 29, 1756.

* See Col. Rec , Vol. VII., p. 358.

PENNSYLVANIA AECfflVBS 1756.

Catalogue of all thb Men, Women & Children, ^who tor the

PRESENT BELONO TO THE BeTHLEHEN (EgONOMT, 1756.

Bethlehem, Nov. 29th, 1756.
L 0/the married People ^ Tioto many Children they have,
r. Gottlieb Spanirenberi^ 1 Thomas Fisber, 2

Avg. Gottlieb Spangenberg,

Peter Bohler,

MattbsDUS Hebl|

Anton Lawatsch, /

David Nit8chmann|

Abraham Reincke,

Martin Mack,

Joh. Michel Graff

David Heckewaelder,

Matthseas Schropp,

Christian Henrich,

Thomas Benzien,

Bemh. Adam Grube,

Frank Christian Lembke,

George Neuaer,

Joh. Jacob Schmiok,

John Edwin,

Jacob Rogers,

George Weber,

John Bohner,

Ernst Gamboldy

Albrecht Russmisjer,

George Ohneberg,

Timothy Horsefield|

John Bechtel,

Philip Christian Bader,

John Okelj,

Henrj Beck,

Frederik Otto,

Matths&us Otto,

Frank Blum,

Tobias Hirte,

Paul Dan. Bryzelius,

George Klein,

Wm. Thome,

Joh. Valentin Haidt,

John Jorde,

Wm. Dixon,

Christian Stoz,

Wm. Edmonds,

Christian Eggert,

* Prepared at Request of Got. Denny, by Eov. Mr. Spangenberg ;-
Min. Dec. 8, 1766, Vol. VII. p. 353.

1 Thomas Fisher,

Daniel Kunckler,

Carl Schulze,

John Schmidt,
1 Melchior Schmidty
1 Bernhard Miiller,

3 Gottfried Roemcit,

1 George Pitshmann,

4 Wm. Werner,

4 Joh. Georg Geitner^
John Stol),

2 Anton Schmidt,

1 Michel Schnall,
David Digcon,

2 Christian Werner,
1 Andreas Home,

1 Samuel Maw,

David TaniAergcr, Son.,
David Tanneberger, Jun.,

3 John Schebosch,
3 Frederil^ Boeckel,

MatthsQus Wittke,
3 John Brandmuller,

5 Chr. Fr. Steinmann,
Abraham Buninger,

1 Joseph Powel,
John Christoph Francke,

6 Jaspar Payne,

3 Robt. Hussey,

1 Nic. Sanger hausen,
9 Christian Gottfr. Engel,
6 George Partsch,
5 Peter Mordyk,

1 Michel Miicksch,

2 Jacob Eyerie,
Ephraim Coulver,

4 Rud. Christ,
1 Peter Brown,

Job.- Christian Richter,

3 Gottlieb Bernt,
George Easke,

1
2

1
3
3
1

2
2
3
1
6

2
3
2
4

4
4

-See

Hartman Yerdries,

3 Joh. Fredr. Beyer,

John Levering,

2 Andreas Brockech,

Henrich Beutel,

3 Albrecht Kloz,

Richd. UUey,

2 Henrich Miiller,

Peter Gdtje,

3 George Zeisberger,

Christ. Fr. Oerter,

3 Qottfr. Schulze,

Joseph Midler,

1 George Gold,

Thomas Schaaf,

Daniel Oesterlein,

Martin Luck,

Rudolph Strsehle,

NicoL SchaBfer,

1 G. Stephan Wolson,

George Schneider,

2 Abraham Hessler,

George Christ,

Ludwig Stoz,

Henrj Frey,

Christian Fritsche,

Job. Nic. Weinland,

2 Joh. Jacob Hafner,

John Christian Weinert,

Peter Schnert,

Blartin Liebsch,

1 Christian Anton,

Joseph M oiler,

2 Andreas Kremser,

Adam Schneider,

2 Matth. Hancke,

Paul Fritsche,

PhiL Transou,

Benrich Fritsche,

2 Martin Bohmer,

Melch. Schmidt, morav.,

2 Andreas Schober,

Ellas Flex,

2 Joh. George Jnngmann,

Wenzel Bemhard,

Joh. H. Moeller,

Enert Enerson, ^

2 Anton Wagner,

Joh. Henr. Segner,
Joh. Matthew Spohn,

2 Philip Meurer,

2 Daniel Neubert,

Frank Steup,

2 Michel Jahm,

Valentin Fiihrcr,

George Nixdorff,

Joh. Biirstler,

Fredr. Schlegel,

Abraham Bom per,

5 Joh. Hantsch,

Michel Haberland,

Joh. Chr. Hoepfner,

John Bmcker,

3 Henrich Biefel,

Samnel Isles,

Cad Opir,

Thomas Yarre],

2 Wm. Grabs,

Nic. Chirrison, Sen,,

4 Christoph. Schmidt,

Salomon Schumann,

David Bischoff,

2 Georse Schmidt.

Mathi. Erause,

No. of Married people,

157 No. of Children,
//. Widomn.

288

David Nitschmann, Sen.,

Andreas Shout,

Jacob Till,

Joh. Fr. Post,

Joachim Scnsemann,

3 Matth. Weiss,

Wolfgang Michler,

David Richard,

Mickel Miicke,

4 Rubel,

Daniel Kliest,

John Michler,

Jonas Nilson,

2 Gottlieb Haberecht.

No. of Widowers,

14 No. of Children,

PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVBS 1756.

Ill, Wtdotot.

3 Magd. Ells. Rebsin^

3 Maria Hausin,

1 Elisabeth HerzeriOj

1 Judith Schurer,

3 Regina Hantsch,

2 Rosina Miinster,

4 A. Mar. Demuth,
1 . A. Eiis. Leinbach.

Gatharina Huber^
Oertraud Bonn,
Gatharina BrownfieId|
Rosina End tern,
Ana. Mar. Lehnert^
Elisabeth Ronner^
Gatharina Weber,
Sarah Lighton,
Rosina Sbutsin,

No. of Widows, 17 No. of Ghildren, 18

188 persons, 322 children.— Total, 510.
Nota, There are 96 children more with as, some OrphaDS,
others belonging to some Brethren & Friends, who are not of the
Bethlehem Oeconom j, and therefore their Names are not mentioDed.

Nathaniel Seidel, •
Gottlieb Bezold,
David Zeisberger,
Otto Krogstrj,
George Solle,
Frederic Weber,
Joseph Haberland,
John Schwiesshaupt,
Gottfried Roesler,
Carl Friederich,
Samuel Herr,
George Meiser,
Andreas Hoger,
Gottfried Rund,
Jacob Herr,
George Scbindlcr,
Christoph. Klozo,
Andreas Albrecht,
Ludwig Hiibner,
Joseph Lemmert,
Gottlieb Lange,
Ghristian Petersen,
Adam Hossfeld,
Andreas Weber,
Andreas Seifert,
Ghristian Hoppner,
John Sei£fert,
Rich* Poppelwell,
John Merck,
Paul Schneider,
Michel Odcnwald,

IV, Single Men.

John Musch,
Joseph Hopsch,
Daniel Sjdrich,
Andreas Rillmann,
Peter Drews,
Paul Hcnnig,
G. Wenzcl Golkobsky,
Christian Wedstadt,
Jacob Rissler,
Joseph Boelcn,
Job. Andr. Borheck,
Christ. Steimer,
Job. Henr. Grun.ewald,
Melchior Conrad,
Abraham Hasselbcrg,
Henrich Schoen,
H. Wm. Schemes,*
Christ. H. Lblber,
Nic. Matthiesen,
Henrich Lindemejer,
Joh. H. Rich ling,
Philips Meyer,
Johanes Ortlieb,
Abraham Andres,
John Stadtner,
Jens Shcrbeck,
George Walter,
Phil. Wesa,
Marc. Kiefcr,
Edward Thorpe,
Joseph Willis,

PBN58YLVANIA ABCHIVBS 1766.

Cbrist. H. BareBMjrer,

Samuel SazoDi
P. Christian Stauber,
Samuel Johannes^
Peter Jurgensen^
Peter Worbaa,
Jacob Herrmann^
Adam Eoffler,
PiiiL H. Ring,
Matth. OimmeKi
Joh. G. Kriegbauniy
Jacob Heidecker^
David Kantz,
John Hirst,
Martin Heckedorn,
Joh. Adam Wagenseil,
Joh. G. Bitterlich,
Joh. H. Merck,
Abraham Steiner,
Martin Hirte,
Franz Chr. Diemer,
Joh. Theobald Kornman,
Carl Angnst Ludwig,
Andreas Jasncke,
Jnst Janaen,
Matth. Bacber^
Detloff Delffs,
Mich. Lindstroebm^
Anton Stiemer,
Joseph Hiibscb,
Aog. H. Francke,
Carl Weineke,

Martinus,
Henrich Zillman,
Jens Wittenberg,
Peter J. Pell,
Jacob Schneider,
Oortas Ziegler,
John Thomas,
Clau Colin,
Samuel Lauk,
Jacob Meyer,
John Knecbt,
Lucas Fas,
liorenz Nilson,
Joh. H. Herbst^
Jacob Ernst,
John Klein,

Vol. in.-4

Wm. Okely,
Wm. Edwards,
Michel Ruch,
John Jag,
John Rogers,
Abraham Bless, .
Gasper Fischer,
Joseph Qietsch,
John Wurtele,
Henr. Gerstberger,
Zach. Eckart,
Jens Kolkier,
Michel Miinster,
Andreas Hotter,
Fredr. Ziegler,
Jacob SchoDn,
Benjamin Brown,
Christian Gicrsch,
Henrich Seidel,

Schmding,
Hans Jac. Schmidt,
Ernst Mensingcr,
Gasper Hellermann,
Ellcrt Eorts,
Joh. Mich. Rippel,
John Rothe,
John B. Boenighaus,
John Muller,
Michel Ruch,
James Staal,
Henr. Ollringshaw, -
Jacob Friis,
John Nio. Funck,
Gottfr. Schwarz,
Loreni Bage,
George Huber,
Joh. Mich. Bizmann,
Joh. G. Starck,
Martin Scbenck,
Joh. G. Green,
Nio. H. Eberhard,
Adam Weidel,
Dorffer,
Henr. Strauss,
Stephen Nicholaus,
Christian Seidel,
Jacob Loesh,
Gottlcb Hofmann,

PENNSYLVANIA. ARCHIVES 1756,

Adam Van Erd,
Joseph Bulitscbek,
Balthasar Hege,
Jacob Prising^
Henr. Sproge,
Chr. Mattfaiesen,
Martin Fryhube,
Andreas Brocksh,
Johannes Scheffleri
Job. H. Lenzner,
Carl Jac. Drejspring^
Nic. Anspacb,
Christian Schmid^
George Lash^
Nic. Fleissner,
Matheus Kremser,
Job. G. Masner,
Fr. Tollner,
Ludw. Dehne,
Marc Ralfs,
Christopb Bambey,
Christoph Schmid;
Peter Wenzel^
Dan. Kamm,
George Caries,
John Kalberlan,
Herman Loescb,
John Nagel^
Thomas Hofman,
George Holder,
Jacob Kapp,
Abraham Straass,
George Goepfert,
Wm. Angel,

Lndwig Chr. Backoff,
Michel Sauteri
Hans Petersen,
Gottlieb Fockel,
Jeremias Shaaf,
John Lisher,
Christian Pfeiffer,
Jacob Lungj
Fr. Pfeil,

Ehrhard Heckedom,
Samuel Wutke,
Andreas Gros,
Christian Merkly,
Henr. Feldhausen,
Erich Icrgebretsen,
John Bero^h,
Christian Triebel,
Melchior Miinstery
Melch. Rasp,
Johannes Ranke,
Andreas Bez,
Jacob Steiner,
Nic. Anspach,
Michel Rancke,
George Baumgarten,
John Richter,
George Renner,
Gottfr. Aust,
Adam Kramer,
Christoph Kirschner,
Stephan Meyer,
Jac. Van der Merk,
Joseph Miiller.

V. Singh Women.

Anna Rosina,
Anna Ramsberg,
Hannah Sperbacb,
Rosina ScHulius^
Juliana Waekler,
Gatharina Bender,
Anna Antes,
Christina Morhard,
A. Mar. Kranse,
Margaretha Wernhamer,
A. Mar. Schmuter,
Margaretha Seidner^

Catharina Shu^astin,
Catharina Kochin,

ThSfea, } ^'"'''"'«-
Anna Burnet,
Barbara Krausin,
Henrietta Peterman,
Martha Mans,
Mariana Beyerle,
Gertraud Peterson,
Elisabeth Biirstler,
Anna Vander Bilt,

PENNSYLVANIA AKCHIVES 17156. 76

A. Mar. Beyer, Maria Loeab,

Mar. Elis. Loesch, Regina Neumann,

Ana Scbsefer, Elisabeth Burnet,

Felicitas Schuster^ Maria Beroth,

Magd. Mingo, Mar. Barb. Hsendel,

OathariDa Heil, Rosina Schwarz,

Catharina Hotter, Magdalena Rederberg,

Mar. Barbara Eierleh, Agnes Meyer,

Maria Zerb, Cathar. Klingenstein,

Elisabeth Palmer, Christina Loesh,

Maria Pfingstag, Anna. Bender,

Elisabeth Cornwell, Sara Preis,

Maria, 1 T-j[:j.-jg Cath. Elis. Ncumaan,

Christina, J ' - Magd. Steiner,

Mar. Elis. Minier, Cathar. Gerhard,

Ana Mers, Johannetta Salterbach,

Magdalena Schmidt, Magdalena Negro,

Elisabeth Steiner, Ana Rebecca Langly,

Salome Burstler, Salome Dock,

Catharina Biez, Cornelia,

A. Mar. Scheme], Ann^i Wright.

Johanna Burnet,

Memorandum.

1. Bethlehem makes out a certain Religious Society intended
for the Furtherance of the Gospel, as well among the Heathen as
Christians.

2. Fourty-eight of the above mentioned Brethren ft Sisters
are actually employed for that End among the Heathen, not only
on the Continent of America, as Pensilvania, New England, Bar-
bioe, Suriname, ftc, but also in Several Islands, as Thomas's, Crux,
John's, Jamaica, fto.

3. Besides them mentioned just now, there are Fifty-four of them
employed in the Pensilvania, New York, New England, Jersey ft
Carolina Gt>vernment8 in preaching of the Gospel, keeping of
Schools, ft the like.

4. Sixty-two of them are meerly employed in the Education of
our Children at Bethlehem & Nazareth as Attendants and Tutors.

5. Fourty-five Single men ft 8 Couples of married people, are
gone to Carolina to make a new Settlement there, and fifty more,
who have come for that End from Europe, will go there Soon.

6. There are Seventy-two of the above mentioned Brethren in
Holy Orders, viz : Four Bishops, twelve Ordinaries, (Priests,) and
the rest Deacons; And as many Acolnthi, who are preparing for the
Ministry in the Congregation, and now ft then are made use of like
Beacons.

7. About 90 of the Children at Bethlehem ft Nazareth have
their Parents abroad^ mostly on the Gospel's Account.

76 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 17^

8. 425 of those in the foregoing List are under Age.

9. Not all who are named in this Catalogue H^ in Bethlehem
Township, bat Some in Sackooa, Some in Liehj^ & Some in another
Township joining Bethlehem Township.

10. There are 82 Indians besides those young Indian Women
who live with our young WomeUi and besides the Savages who are
going and coming and Staying longer or Shorter with us.

TiMOTHT HORSFIKLD TO GoV. DeNNT, 1756.

Bethlehem, Nov'. 29, 1756.

May it Please Year Honoar,
Sir,

Acoording to your Commands, I herewith Inclose a List of the
United Brethren & Sisters & Children, &o., &c., Now residing in
Bethlehem, Nazareth, &c., &e., with proper Notes to Explain the
Same, which I hope will be agreeable.*

I beg leave to mention to your Honour, that a few Days Since as
one of our Indians was in the Woods a Small distance from Beth-
lehem, with his gun, hopeing to meet with a Deer, on his retarn
borne he met with two men, who (as he Informs) he Saluted by
takeing off his Hat ; he had not gone far before he heard a gun
fired, and the Bullet whistled near by him, which terefied him very
mtich, and mning ihro* the thick Bushes his gnn lock Catched fast,
and went off, he dropt it, his Hat, Blanket, &c., and came home
much frighted. The Indians came to me complaining of this Treat-
ment. Saying they fled from amongst the Murtherlng Indians, and
oome here to Bethlehem, and Adresst his Honour the Late Ooveraor,
and put themselves under His protection, which the Governor An-
swered to their Satisfaction, Desireing them to sit Still amongst the
Brethren, which they said they had done, and given offence to none.
I told them I would do all in my Power to prevent such Treatment
for the future, and that I would write to the Governor and Inform
him of it, and that they might be Assured the Governor would use
proper measures to prevent any mischief hapening. I thought at
first to write a few Advertisements to warn wicked People for the
future how they Behave to the Indians, for if one or more of them

* The remarks are recorded in Colon. Records, Bee. 8, Tol. 711., p. 858,
but the names and letter are not, it is thougl^t best to keep them togetker.
Thia was prepared at Gov. Denny's request.

f See Ante, pp. 70, 75*

FrarNfimiYANIA AKOHIVES 1758. 77

sboidd be kill'd iq snob a maQner^ I feer it would be of very bad
cmsequence j but I bave since considered it is bj no means proper
for me to advertise, for as tbe Late Governor's proclamation is
Expired, tbe first Proclamation of War against tbe Indians I coQ*
oeive is still in force. I tbougbt it my Duty to Inform your Honor
of this Affair, and Doubt not you will take tbe matter into your
vise Consideration. «

I am witb all Due Eespect,

Your Honour's most Obed',
Humble Servant,

TIMO. nORSFIELD.
To tbe Hon**' W». Denny, Esquire.

Timothy Horspield to Gov, Denny, 1756,

Betblebem, Nov'. 80th, 1756.

John Holder eame here this Evening from Allemangle, and
laformed me that last Sunday Evening, ye 28tb Inst, three Indians
Came to the House of a Certain Man Named Schlooler, and Nodtt
at tbe Door, tbe People withii^ called Who is there ? Answer was
made, A good Friend; they Within not Opening' tbe Door, they
NoclU Again, they Within Answered Who is there ? No Answer
being made from Without, Then one of the Men Named Stonebrook,
Lookt Out of the Windo, When an Indian Discharged a gun and
Kill'd bim oh tbe l^t. They then Open'd the Door, tbe Woman
& 2 Children Endavering to Escape, and the Indians pursued &
took Both the Children ; One of tbe Men Fired at tbe Indians, and
Saw One of them fall, when one of the Gairls he had posession of,
Made her Esoape from him^ but the other they took away ; the
Indian yt was fired at which fell Cryed Out Very Muoh, but in a
Short time be got up & made off.

Tbe above said Holder Informs me he had this Aeco* from good
Authority, said Soblosser's House is situated in Allemangle.

TIMO. HORSFIELD.

78 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1756.

Col. John Armstrong to Gov. Denny, 1756.

Carlisle, 80** Noyem., 1766.
Dear Sir :

Your favour "^ Philip Davi? is just come to hand, Fm sorry thaty*
perfidy of the Heathen, at Easton, has furnish'd the Proprietary
Enemies with such a popular apology for the late Murders, which,
in truth, are rather owing to y« notorious defects of the minor Branch
of the legislature.

Pm sensible of the loss of the Soldiers near McDowels was ow-
ing to y« defects of Potters Company, and Joseph Armstrong's be-
ing with 20 of his men then at his own House, but not y' murders
then done in y neighbourhood, for these might have happen'd had
y» Fort been ever so well Garrison'd.

You may remember. Sir, your letter to me in favour of Joseph
Armstrong, and I believe M'. Hamilton promised him also that some
men shou'd for a time be stationed at his House, in Consequence
whereof the 20 men were ordered there untill the New Fort was laid
out. I shall write his Honr. a few lines as prudently as I can on
y^ subject, not throwing too much of the weight on you.

Having extracted what was necessary from Che Bond, 'tis here
inelos'd. I shall consult Forster in regard of Cook, and write Ro-
ger Walton what his fate must shortly be if he don't make up the
Bent.

The bearer, Ja*. Elliot, is a safe hand, and the news thai may he
communicated relative to y' Assembly, or y* coming of Lord lioa-
don^ will be accepted very thankfully ^ dear sir,

y affectionate Hnmb' Serv^

JON. AKMSTRONa.

P. S. — ^I write y Gover. some news w** you'l doubtless see. I
hear Gov' Morris is in Town, to whome I beg you'l make my respect-
ful Compliments.

J)irectgd,

To Richard Peters, Esq'., Secretary of the Province of Pennsyl-
vania, Philadelphia. ^

^ favour of M'. Ja». Elliot. ^

PENNBTIVANIA AHCmVES 1758. 79

Col. John Armstkonq to Gov. Denny, 1766.

Carlisle, 80«» Noveml)', 175C.
Jfaj it Pleaae y* Hon'.

On mj return from Philadelphia the men were call'd in from the
Sundry places, whereat they, in small parties, had been stationed —
at present there is detachM from each of the other Garrisons twenty
men k a Commissioned officer, to the assistance of the Cap*". Potter
k Armstrong, in Bailding the New Fort. I have not yet hired any
person to that Service (except the Hauling of Loggs, &o.) but one
man to do y" duty of Stuart, wifo is also obliged, in the intervals, to
perform someCarpenter work. We are in great need of Arms and Blan-
kets, the Commissioners having sent nothing yet that was raention'd
in f memorandums. The Commissions also, if y' Hon^ Pleases, are
mach wanted.

I have wrote M". Chambers concerning the Guns at His Fort, ac-
cording to Order, but he thinks, by going to Philad*, he may -pre-
vail with y Hon' to let them stay where they are, & is to set out for
that purpose in a few days.

We hear that two men and one woman (tho Wife or Miss of Jo"
Frazer,) has made their Escape to Fort Cumberland from Fort Du-
qnesne, who say the French are but about 200 at that place, that
tbej are' assisting the Indians to Build a Fort a little way down the
River from the Fort, that y Indians are now employed in Hunting;
'tis said th^t two men from Virginia, in Company with Eleven Cat-
tabas, are now out in order to espy fort Duquesne.

I con'd send an Ensign who is a trusty hand, and knows the way
to Fort Cumberland, for intelligence, if y' Hon' requires it.
I am Your Honours most Obedient

Humb* Servt.

JOHN ARMSTRONG.

Governor Denny.

A Return of the Provisions and Ammunition now in
Store hers, 1756.

Fort Augusta, December the 3, 1756.
Provisions. Amunition.

57615 pounds of Beef, 1200 pounds of Powder,

6 barrels of Pork, 3000 D«. of Lead, bullets & Shot.

2 Ditto of Beef, 108 Cannon balls,

2 Ditto of Peas, 1301 Grape Shot,

11376 pounds of^Flour, 46 Hand Granades, not fild nor

Fuzed,
2000 Flints.
By Letters from Commissary Bard, the 21 of December, there was
Six weeks Provision of Flour at Fort Augusta.
Indorsed 21 Decern'.

80 PBNNSILYANIA ABGHIYES 175S.

Eey. Henet Muhlenbebq to Rev. Rich'b Peters, 1756.

Beverend Sir,

Having the Honour to be in Your Company, together with M"".
Acrelius, etc., on the Evening of October 3 !■*, a. o.^ and heariDff
you argue about Substantial Points of real Religion, I perceived
something (quoique Sans Comparaison) that made me think like the

<' Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes
had seen it : and, behold, the half was not told me : thy wisdom and
prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard/'

And finding you, Reverend Sir, a downright Patriot of the Ch — cb,
a Fervent Well wisher to Zion, and affected Mourner of its Breaches
and agonizing Condition, I cannot Comprehend how your Conscience
can acquiesce any longer in a Foreign Station, tho' of very high
Imp'ortance, yet as it seems inconvenient for properly laying out the
peculiar and egregious Talents, intrusted to You by the Eternal
Sovereign for Trading, Gain and Usury, and so highly necessary for
the Church of Christ, which in the approaching evil days, has and
shall have to wrestle, not only against Flesh and Blood, bat even
against Principalities, Powers and Rulers of the Darkness .and Spi-
ritual Wickedness in high places, etc.

Please to impute. Reverend Sir, this my humble Sentiment not
unto Presumption, but rather to Simplicity of Heart and pardon my
Boldpess ! What and where shall be the Reward for the innumer-
able Labour? you have done night and day, and the heavy Burdens
you have borne so many Years hence in Your important Station ?
A pacified God in Christ, abounding in Mercy and Goodness, will
surely reward even a Cup of cold Water, but the World, yea, even
the politest part of it, is neither able nor willing to reward any Ser-
vice, no she finds rather faults with the most honest and sincere
Labours and Intentions, and gives at last Stercus pro Solatio.
There was found in a City a poor wise Man, and He by his Wisdom
delivered the City ; yet no Man remembered that same poor Man.
Then said I, Wisdom is better than Strength : Nevertheless the
poor Man's Wisdom is despised, and his Words are not heard. Give
me Leave, Reverend Sir, You know the in-and outward Situation
and Condition of State and Church in America exactly, yea better
than any Person of what Rank or Ordres soever. You have can-
didly employed and spent the Flower of your Yitals for rendring

the State of P a flourishing anc^ happy as Inuch as possible,

and don't you think it your incumbent dutv now, to Sacrifice and
dedicate your Catholick Spirit, together with all the Faculties and
intrusted uncommon Talents and Gifts, which have been, as it were,
dormant to act the more vigorous in the Eleventh Hour, for the

* Tbo quotation is in Ilebrew characters, we have substituted the English
text referred to.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCfflVES 1756. 81

only \]» and Benefit of God's Vinyard or GhriBl's Cbnroli, in the
present critical and dangerous Situation ? I cannot but think, ac-
cording to my humble Opinion, that you are the best and fittest In-
Btrament to bring, by the concurring Grace and Assistance of God|
real Beli^on into a better Sway and a happy Union among Parties
and divers Nations to pass, for the Glory of Christ, the Encrease of
bis Church and the Salvation of many thousand Souls in the Ame-
rican Empire or^ Wilderness I As poor and unworthy I am, I might
perhaps lend a Hand in some Measure to your Directions, concerning
my poor Nation, whitsh is scattered throughout America, like Sheep
without true Shepherds; and if there is not done any thing in due
Time by true Patriots, who have the real Wellfaro of Church and
State at Heart, and enjoy Ability to pursue proper Means, Atheism,
Naturalism, Enthusiasm, Superstition, Divisions, Disloyalty and Con-
fosion, may surely prevail and become past mending. Sapienti Sat.
Every party enoreases, but the Ch — oh is left in too many places des-
titute, not for want of a happy Constitution, privileges and Means

of Grace, but pray ye therefore the Lord of the Harvest, that

He will Send forth Labourers into his Harvest ! Matth. 9, 36, 37, 38.

I am sure, Reverend Sir, it is Your hearty Desire that the most
adorable name of Jehova in Christ mfght be hallowed. His Kingdom
promoted, and his most gracious Will be done on Earth in general,
and especially in our American part as it is in Heaven I And since
yon are egregiously intrusted with Talents concerning these Objects
of the highest and everlasting Importance, walk therefore while
yon have the Light ! for in the Death there is no Remembrance-*
who shall give thanks in the Grave f Pardon my Boldness, and
give me Leave to remain,
Reverend Sir,

your most obedient Servant,

HENRY MUHLENBERG.

Providence, Dec. 6, 1756.

Wm« Pabsons to Bich'd Pstbbs, 1756.

Sir:

In obedience to his Honour's Commands, I do hereby humbly certi-
fy that I have supplied Fort Allen, Fort Norrls, Fort Hamilton, and
the Fort at Hyndsaaws, with Powder and Lead out of the Magazine
at Easton, at follows, viz^

1756.
August 24'^ Fort at Hyndshaws, 15}ft powder, 90Ib Lead, 25 Flints.

OctoVrll**. Fort Hamilton, 50 100 .,.—.. ,.

17^*. Fort Norris, 20 23 ...—.. .

21»*. Fort Allen. 49 103 . . . 50 . . .

26*. Fort Norris, 25 11 ...—.. .

82 PENNSYLVANIA. ARCHIVES 176©.

Since which a farther Supply of Powder & Lead has been sent to
Hyndshaw's Fort, but I have not the Receipt in Town, and therefore
cant certify the Quantity supplied; but believe all these Forts bx^
pretty well supplied at present.

There is now in Store, at Easton, about one Barrel of Powder
and a proportionable Quantity of Lead ; And I am opinion, that it
will be necessary to furnish at least two Barrels of Powder, & a
proportionable quantity of Lead, for a Magazine at Easton, during
the Winter Season.

And as I imagine the Country People are not idl 'of them suffi-
ciently provided with Powder and Lead, I think it would not. be amiss
to add to the above Magazine, a quantity to be divided amongst
them, in case the Enemy should appear again on our Frontiers this
Winter. Flints are also much wanted.
I am. Sir,

your obedient haptUe Servant,

WM. PARSONS.
Philad*, December 6*S1756.
To Richard Peters, Esquire.

Surgeon J. Stevbnson to Ool. Bouquet 1766.*

Deo. 13, 1756.

Sir:

The reason of my not paying my respects to you upon yonr arri-
val he^e, was owing to my being informed by Gap*- TuUikins that
you never have had the small pox, and as I imagined from my being
BO often among the soldiers sick of that disease, that my coming
near you might make you uneasy, I on purpose avoided you.

1 am sorry to be obliged to inform you that the small poz^ is
rather increasing among the soldiers & as their quarters are so dis-
persed & the conveniences for their attendance so bad, unless a pro-
per hospital is soon provided for them, I could almost venture to
affirm that every house in this place will be an hospital in a fortnight.
The safety of the town, the recovery of the sick soldiers & the prin*
ciples of humanity, all show the necessity of an hospital being
immediately provided, & I am sensible, Sir, from the difficulty you
had in procuring Billets for the soldiers^ that the fault is not yoars,
but owing to the people who haye the management of the town^ & I
am; Sir;

Your very humble servant,

JAMES STEVENSON.

Philadelphia, Deo'- 13% 1T56.

* Indorsed ** Inclosing a translation of Sower*s newspaper. Keferred to
Janry 1, 1757.^' The paper is'not found, and there is minute recorded of
that date.

So indorsed.

PfiKNBTLYANIA JlSCHITEB 176«. 81

Col, Jno. ARMSTKONa to <3ov. Dbnistt, 1756.

Carlisle, December 22-«| 1756.
Honor'd Sir;

Extract of a letter firom Gol^- Adam Stephen's^ dated at Fort
Gamberland the 14th Ult.

By a woman who once belonged to John Fraaer, and has now, after
beiDg prisoner with Shingas, &c., thirteen Months, made her Escape
from Moskingnm. We learn that Shingas and some Delawares liye
Dear the head of that River, within three days march of Lake Erie,
where there is a Town of Wiandots : — ^And about five days travel
from the Lower Shanoe town ; on a Branch of Sioto.

I doDt learn that there is a Fort in it.

The Shanoes are gathered all together there, and are forced to
borrow a Captain of their Coosins the Delawares, having had ail their
Captains and sixteen Warriors killed on our Frontiers last Spring,
and Summer, except one who was sentenciDg one of our soldiers to
be bomt, whom they had taken Prisoner on our Frontiers. The
soldier took the advantage of them, and sitting .close behind three
Indians & the Captain, set fire to a bag of powder close \>j, & blue
himself and the four Indians to Pieces.

Two Indians arc Returned from the Command, who lefl them
within thirty-five Miles of Fort Du Quesne. A son of Captain Jacobs
is kiird, and a Cousin of his about seven foot high calFd young Jacob,
at the Destroying of the Kittanning, and it's thought a noted War-
rior known by the name of the Sunfish, as many of them were kill'd
that we know nothing of.

I shall be glad to hear from you frequently and am with Respect,
Sir,

Your most Ob* humble Serv'-

ADAM STEPHEN.

Col*- John Armstrong.

P. S. The Principal Captain of the Delawares is Peter a son of
the Beaver.

The head Captain of the Shanoes is call'd the Pipe, a Delaware, a
relation of a fellow's, named the Pride, who was hailed some time
ago in one of the Colonies, Delaware Jamy, Honest £aacs' Brother,
is a better fellow. Si lives at the Kiskuskis. So far by Col*- Stephen.

The Publick Stores are safely removed from MoDowels Mill to
Fort Loudon, the barracks for the soldiers are built, and some profi-
ciency made in the Stockado, the finishing of which will doubtless

84 PBNNSTLYANIA ABOHITIS 17S<L

be Retarded by tbe inclemency of the weather, ihe Snow with as
being upward of a foot deep.

In answer to your Honoris last letter I forgot to mention that no
Colours had yet been sent to this Battallion.

lam of opinion that Patroling should not be Performed with less
than 50 Men and Two Commissioned Officers at least, but should be

flad to be favoured with your Honor's Orders Respecting that part of
)uty, and am in the meantime,

Y' Honor's Most Obedient,

Humble Serv*,

JOHN ARMSTRONQ.
Qovernor Denny.

Wm. Parsons, to Rich, Pbters, 1756.

Dec. 23, 1756.
Sir:

In obedience to your Order I haye surveyed a Part of the Propri-
etary's Trbct adjoining the Brethercn's Land at Friedenstahl Mill,
including tbe Dam. Considering how much of the swamp and water
it will require to accommodate the Mill Dam, I have not made out
the Return, but wait your further Orders. If the Bretheren are pro-
perly accommodated I think the Hon'ble Proprietary Tract will be
incommoded, as the most part of the Water & Swamp, which is pretty
rough and and broken, will be taken from it. Therefore I beg leave to
offer it as my opinion, that it would be better to let the Brethren have
the whole Tract, than to cut off the Part which will suit their Mill
Dam, from the rest.

As the Tract is .in itself not very valuable I should humbly pro-
pose tbe Bretbren's being admitted to purchase of the Hon'ble Pro-
prietaries, and I really think it will not suit any other Person so well
as them. I am.
Sir,

Your very humble Servant,

W"- PARSONS.

Easton, Decem' 23*, 1756

Directed.

To Richard Peters, Esquire, in Philadelphia, ^ favour of Mr.
Okely.

♦ A portion of the foregoing is printed on Colon. Records, Vol. VII. p. 881 .

PBNNSTLYANIA AB0HITE8 175«.

SbTUBIT 07 THE BeDS IN THB F0LI.0WINO HoiTBBS.

Philadelphia, Dec ye 24* 1766.

Wanting

Bad Wanting

Bad.

W-BeD .

i€

Leonard Melchior,

Jn* Hamilton,

Hen^ Bosler,

Jn» Cross, .

Nichl. Rhyne,

James Bell,

Mathias Qanset, .

Mary Wood,

Jn« Biddle, .

Wm. Pycwell,

Wm. Nicholson, ,

Josbna Pearson, '

Robert Mathis, .

Pet? Robinson,

Rich* Morris,

Charles Larder,

Wm. Bradford, ,

Thomas Tjemmon,

Mclntire, .

James Glackston,

Wm. Whitebread,

Mary O'Hara,

Erasmns Stevans,

Rob* May, .

Wm. Forest,

Daniel Mackenel^

Martin Ashbum,

. 1

Jn- Gaw, .

Jacob Hoodt,

Widdow Gray,

Geo. Honey,

Dan* Sloumatfi,

Jn« Lukens,

Mich» Edge

Northern Liberties.

Wanting

Conrade Kimbly,

• 2 )

StillwaggOD,

1 .

Thomas FosU

^r,

•

1 J

Moimensing uncertain.

36 47

LEWIS OURRT,

Acting as Q*'* Mas^ to the first Batt"- of the Koyal American
Regiment.*

Dbmakd of Col. Bouquet ok Mayoa of PhHiA., 1756.

Memorandnm 24th December, 1756.
Coll. BoTDiqnet waited on the Goyemor in the Presence of the
Mayor, and made the following demand, viz : That all the Deficien-
cies which appear in the Mayor's Retam of this Day be supplied,
and other g(KMl Qaarters provided for the ftmainder of the Eleven

* See Colon. Rec, Vol. VII., p. 376.

«6 I^ESltetLVAllIAL ARCfllVES 17B«.

Hnndred Men and Fifty One Officers, on or before the First Day of '
January next.

A true Copy,

RICHARD PETERS,

Secretary.

By his Hononr's Command delivered to the Mayor, 24th Dec''.'*'

Mbm. of Oonrad Weisbr rbspecting Indians, 1756.

Pro Memoria, to meselye.

I can never agree that the Indian came to complain about their
lands or some of it being fraudulently got from them, but they were
pi^essed for reasons why they struck us, and gave that for one of their
reasons, but I am satisfied, that it was put into their mouth some
time before. Witness Sauer's news after the Treaty in July, in Easton,
upon that head we want no treaty, without they, the Indians require
it. We want no mediator between the proprietors & the Indians
about land affair between us & the Delawares, before the proprietors
pleasur is known and the Six nations Consulted. -^ ,

I should be glad if the Indians on Ohio could be spoke to, let ^
them be brought (by means of Sir William Johnson) to usy^or to the
Mohocks Country, or join our invitation with hisen if he pleases.

Conrad Weiser to R. Peters 1756.

Dec. 31, 1756.
Sir: •

I cant own that I Borrowed the Horse of Bigs, but I think I was
present when Mr. Rich' Peters did, and that John Pompshare had
the Horse from Philadelphia to Easton, and 'from thence to fort
Allen, where he got Deedious Kon to speake to me to let him have
horse, I told him that the Horse was none of mine, I could not give
him to any Body. What is a Horse, says Deedious to the Oovernor
of Pensilvania, let me have him, and tell my Brother the Oovernor
that you gave him to me. I told Deedious Kon that I would write in
favour of Pompshare in order to get the Horse from the Governor, but
Deedious hade the impudence to ask a Bill of Sell of me for the Horse,
which I put off from Hour to Hour, till I was just going, and I was no
ways inclined to give faftai any writing, but he Deediouse Kon called
Witnesses that I had promised Pompshare the Horse If found again

I- See Col. Rec. Vol. VII , p. 346-888.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1766. *t

(the Hone beiDg then lost), and so I. parted with them. If jonrself
or any of the Gentlemen Comissioners had been there, you could not
have refused the Giying of the Horse up to Deedious Kon, he was
80 mach eonoemed for Pompshare, whom he called his faithful ser-
Tint, that he would have bought the Horse for him if I would have
taken goods in coanderation for it^ this is «11 what I can saj of this
affair.

The Indian "JToman Maryred, that came down with New Castel,
wants to be sent back to the Mohocks Country, I Belief with Jigerea
she is a bold Beggar, I cant give her any thing more, having from
time to time given her and Jagerea some smal matter, she came so
low down that she now begs a pair of worsted stockings for which I
reoomend her to you, who am Sir yours.

CONRAD WEISER.

I am to get my money this day by 10 of the Clocke of Mr. Q^
Norris.

Philad«^ Dec 31, 1756.
Directed,

Richard Peters, Esquire,

Bbturr of tbb Militia ik the Govbrnment of the three
Lower Counties, 1756.

Gk>Temment of Newcastle, Kent & Sussex upon Delaware.
In the County of New Castle are two regiments called the Upper

and Lower.

The Upper Regiment consists of Ele^en^'Companies, Ii\ Each) One
Captain, One Lieutenant, One Ensign, Two Serjeants, & upon a^
Average Sixty Men, some Companies having more & Others less.

The Lower Regiment Consists of Nine Companies, In Each One
Captain, One Lieutenant, One Ensign, two Serjeants, & upon an
Average fifty Men, in some Companies & in Others less.

The Regiment of Kent County Consisting of Twelve CompanieP|
In Each One Captain, One Lieutenant, One, Ensign, Two Serjeants
& upon an Average fifty Men, some Companies having more & others
less.

The Regiment of Sussex County consisting of Eight Companies,
In Each, One Captain, One Lieutenant, One Ensign^ two Seijoants,
& upon an Average fifty private Men.

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1756.

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90 PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVES 1768:

iNSTRUOTioKe PROM Gov. Dbnny, TO Lewis Morbis, Jr.,

1756.*

Sir,

Gen. Shirley upon my applioatioD, having been pleased to order
the Company of Granadiers of the fiftieth regiment & a detachment
of the Independent Company, to march immediately to Philad%'I
must desire you will Provide one or more Vessels to transport them
to Amboy in the Province of New Jersey, and put on board those
vesselis three days Provisions for the Men that shall bo embarked
from hence.

You will apply to Captain Boger Morris, Aid de Camp to Gen.
Shirley, who will inform you of the number of Men destined for this
service, and of the time they will move from hence, and you will
govern yourself accordingly in Providing the necessary vcssells and
Provisions, and you will follow his directions as to all matters rela-
ting to this service.

When yon are informed of the officers that are to Command those
respective oorps^ you will let them know that you are to Provide
Vessells & Provbions for the troops, and Jbu will not only lay in
Proper stores for the officers, in their Passage to Amboy, but you
will consult.with them upon every thing relating to the imbarkation
of the troops.

You will write to John Johnston Esq'* at Amboy, and inform him
of the imbarkation, that he may be prepared to make proper Provision
for them there, and for their March from thence, for which I shall
give him full instructions.

You are to Inform me from time to time of what you do in com-
plyance with these instructions, and particularly of the numbers of
Men ordered and of the time they sail from hence. And you will
keep an exact account of the ezpences attending this service for which
you are to charge the Province of Pensilvania, and draw upon me for
the money which shall be punctually paid by sir

Indorsed. — ^To ba entered in the Orderly Book.

* No date but found among the papers of this year.

PBNNBTLVAITIA ABCHTVES 175T. 91

Oedsb ov Coum op St. Jambs respecting Privateers,

1757.

At the Court at St James's^ the 11 day of Jannarj; 1757.

Present :
The EaDg's inoBt Excellent Majesty in Council.

His Majesty having been this day pleased to approve of an Ad-
ditional Instraction to enjoin the Commanders of all Ships and Ves-
sels that have, or may have Letters of Marque, or Commissiona
for Private Men of War, to abstain from any Act of Hostility
against the Ships and Subjects of the French King within the Oulph
of Naples during the present War, Provided that all Privateers and
other French Ships, do, on their part, strictly observe the Orders
that have been given them to the same Effect. It is thereupon
Ordered by His Majesty in Council, that a Copy of the said Addi-
tional Instruction, (which is hereunto annexed) Be transmitted to
the Governors or Commanders-in-Chief of all His Majesty's Colonys
and Plantations in America, and also to the Governor or Commander
in-Chief of His Majesty's Town and Garrison of Gibraltar, that
His Majesty's I^easure in this behalf may be made known to the
Commanders of all such Ships and Vessels as have, or may have
Letters of Marque or Commissions for Private Men of War against
France.

W. SHARPE.

Oeorqe R. '

An Additional Instruction to all Privateers and other Ships which
may have Letters of Marque against the French King, his Vas-
sals or Saijects, or others inhabiting within any of his Countries,
Territories or Dominions. Given at Our Court at 9^, James's the
Eleventh day of January, in the Year of Our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and fifty-seven^ and in the thirtieth Year of Our

Whereas, Our good Brother the King of the two Sicilies, has
represented to Us, that many inconvenienciee may arise from Hos-
tilities being committed in the Gulph of Naples^ by Privateers be-
longing to either of the powers at War ; And that the Intercourse
and the supply of the City of Naples (the Capitid of his Dominions
and the place of his Royal Residence) may be greatly interrupted
thereby. His Sicilian Majesty having also communicated to Us, a
Copy of the Orders which the Court of France have given to the
Commanders of their Privateers^ and other Ships relative to this

82 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1767.

Affair. We being desiroas to give all Marks in' Onr power of
Friendship and ^gard for the Court of Naples; Do hereby strictly
-enjoin the Commanders of all Ships and Vessels, that have, or may
have Letters of Marque, or Commissions for Private Men of War,
to abstain from any Act of Hostility against the Ships and Sobjects
of the French King, within the Gulph of Naples, during the pres-
ent War, Provided that all Privateers, and other French Ships, do,
on their Part, strictly observe the Orders that have been given them
to the same Effect

By His Majesty's Command,

W. PITT.

Indorsed.--^* Received by Post, 22« 7ber, 1767."

Wm. Grippitts to R. Peters, 1757.

January 22*, 1767.

Richard Peters :

Esteemed Friend —

I just now recM a few Lines from thee, with a note Inclosed for
the Commissioners Upon the Subject of Piere Landry's petition for
wood. He was with me this morning requesting a supply of Wood,
as many others do daily, whose want of that, and other necessaries,
are equal to Piere Landry's. I beg thou wilt bcPleased to acquaint the
Governor that there are at present a great Number of the French
families suffering for want of many of the Common necessaries of
Life,, especially at this time when many of them hate the Small
Pox, added to the severity of the*Season. The Overseers of the
Poor in the several Townships frequently neglect them, for this Rea-
son, that they cannot obtain their money without extream Difficulty,
k the trouble & ezpence of repeated Journeys to Town, & unless a
Remedy can be applied to get payment for what they Disburst
Monthly I fear (nay, I am certain; the Design of the present Law
lately past will be Evaded, because their is no Penalty inflicted for
the non-observance of it, the Consequence of which will be that
many of them will Perish in a manner that will reflect Disgrace upon
any Christian Government. I apprehend it is intirely out of my
Power since the passing of the act to supply these people in the man-
-ner I have done, unless I do it at my own Expence & Risque.
There is at Present a very large sum due on acco' of the French
Neutrals, which I stand engaged for at the Governor's request. I
should have done myself the honour of waiting on the Governor

PBNNSTLV-^IA AECHIViS 1757. 93

many times upon the Subjeet of thJB Letter, bat his appIiofttiA and
ittention to other things of moment made me fearful! I should
iDtmde upoD his time. Upon the whole I am Certain there will be
CoDBlant Occasion for Petitions from these People if the oare of them
ifl left to the Ov^eers, & tho' I have had an Infinite deal of Trouble
with them for Twelve Months past, yet any future time that I oaa
spare to serve them shall never be wanting in

Thy Obliged & Assured Friend,

WM. GRIFJITTS.*

Directed.
To Richard Peters, Esq'.

The Commissioners, to the Gov. 1757,

Philada. Jan^25*'»1757.

Sir:

The ammunition and other Things applied for by Captain Calender,
iDcl allowed by the Commissioners, are sent up some time since, ez-
oept three Drums which were not then to be had, but will be sent ^
the first Opportunity. With this your Honour will receive an Account
of the quantity of Ammunition sent, and thereby can judge whether
more will be necessary, and how much, on Account of the Detach-
meots sent to reinforce Colonel Armstrong.

On Perusal of the Return of the Persons appointed to inspect the
Beef, we are of opinion that, if your Honour thinks fit, strict and
positive Orders be sent to the Ofiicers to keep the Men to the Pro-
Tindal Allowance : at the same Time acquainting them, that if they
allow more it shall be stopt out of the Officers Pay. It is very pes-
able that the Beef may be not equal as they say to '< some such ''
as Philadelphia Market affords ; but of that prime Beef the Quantity
in this Province is small, and too dear even for middling People to
purefaase, only the richer sort are able to buy it, and the whole
Qaantity of that Band rais'd in the Province would in our opinion
be insufficient to feed half Col. Armstrong's Battallion, and therefore
we think they ought not to expect it. What is now prepared for
them is equal to apy they us'd to ^ave, and they never before com-
plained of the Quality of it.

As to the Drying of Beef and Pork, the Design must be to make
the same Quantity of Nourishhaent lighter of Carriage for Marching
or Ranging Parties. We therefore approve of it, and request yoMc

* See Col. Reo. Vol. VII., p. 398.

94 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757. I

Honour would be pleased to giye Directions to Col. Armstrong to
cause a Quantity to be weigh'd out of the Casks, an Account 'taken
of such Weight, the whole to be dry'd, and again weigh'd when tho-
roughly dry ', and then distributed occassionally in Weights propor-
tion'd to the Loss by Drying, for example, if one Foirth of the whole
Weight be lost, then three Quarters of a Pound is to be given out
instead of a Pound, and s'o in whatever other Proportion the Loss of
Weight may be. For what is lost is only in the Watery part, the
Nourishing Part all remaining after the Drying.

We send your Honour an Account of the Blankets that have been
delivered to that Battalion, by which it will appear they have been
more than fully supplied. When they returned from Kittanning, the
Demand was for 300 supposed to be lost; they were immediately
sent. Then 60 more were demanded. Those also were sent. Now
40 more are required, these are not sent. Because we find by our
Accounts they cannot be wanted, unless the Men have been suffered
to sell them : In which case we think the Officers should see jhem
supplied at their or the mens' Expence.

We are preparing an Account of the Provissions that Battalion
has consumed, by which your Honour will perceive that w6 have
some Reason to be disatisfled with the Conduct of the Officers in that
Respect. We know not what Col. Armstrong means by the sundry
Instances of our taking Umbrage at his Conduct, and shall enter into
no Disputes with him, Laving on many Accounts a Respect for him
and his Officers. But this we must remark, that for the Defence of
their County all the Men, Arms and Ammunition have been allowed
that they could desire ; that the Officers were appointed as well as
the Men taken into pay from among themselves ; that the Contractors
were reputable Inhabitants of their own County, with whom we had
no connection } that we have no interest directlynor indirectly in the
Contract; that the Provisions being bought in their County the
Money of course centered among them ; that we have endeavoured
on all occasions to have that Batalion well supplied in the same Man-
ner, and on the same Terms with the other Troops of the Province ;
but so it happens tl^at tho' we have given satisfaction every where
else, we are perpetually teiz'd with Complaints from that Quarteri
and from thence only. No Officers of that Battalion that we know
of are waiting in Town for the Settlement of their Accounts : The
Accounts of the others we shall settle as fast as possible.

We are^ with the utmost Respect your Honours

Most obedient

Humble Servants
Wm. masters, JOHN MIFFLIN,

-^ B.FRANKLIN, JOS. FOX,

To the Hon"* Wm. Denny Esqr.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES n57- »&

An Aooount of Blankets sent to the W. Side of Sasqa*- at diff
times;
1765,
Dee. 23; Greorge Crogban bad 16 Pieces vhich make 24Q Blankets,

1766,

Jane 24, Col. Ann strong bad 3 Pieces which make 45 '^
July 10, Col. Armstrong had 3 Pieces which make 45 '^
Aug. 31, Col. Armstrong had 3 Pieces which make 45 "
Sept. 28, Col. Armstrong had 15 Pieces (20 ina P'e) 300 "
Beer. 8, Col. Armstrong had 4 Pieces (15 in a Fe) 60 "
Besides which^ George Stevenson charges for Steel, 40 " ^

Total, ^ 775
Dec. 16, Sent by Andrew Cox, one Box of Medicines, for the Use of

Col. A's Battalion.
Jan. 5, Sent by Rob* Amos, 850 Pounds of Lead, 400 Pounds Pow-
der, 1000 Flints, 4 Water Engines, 17 Brass-kettes, 4 Hour
Glasses, 6 Tin & 2 Horn Lan thorns, which were delivered
to Col. Armstrong. %

William Pitt to Gov. Denny, 1757.

Whitehall, 4th Feb., 1757.
Sir,

The King, having nothing more at heart than the Preservation of
is good Subjects and Colonies of North America, ha.s come to a
Resolution of acting with the greatest Vigour in those parts, the
ensuing Campaign ; and all necessary Preparations are making, for
sending a considerable Reinforcement of Troops, together with a
strong Squadron of Ships for that Purpose; and in order to act
offensively against the French in Canada.

It is Hia Majesty's Pleasure, that you should forthwith call together
your Council & Assembly, & press them in the strongest manner to
raise, with the utmost Expedition, as large a Number of Provincial
Forces, as may be, for the Service of the ensuing Campaign, over
& above what they shall judge ncQessary for the immediate Defence
of their own Province, and that the Troops, so raised, do act in such
Parts, as the Earl of -Loudoun, or the Commander in Chief of His
Majesty's Forces for the time being, shall judge most conducive to
the Service in General : and the King doubts not, but that the
several Provinces, truly sensible of His paternal Care in sending so
large a Force for their Security, will exert their utmost Endeavours
to second & strengthen such offensive Operations against the French,
as the Earl of Loudoun, or the Commander in Chief for the time

96 PBNNSTLTAMIA ARCHIVES 176T.

being, shall judge expedient; and will not ologg the Bnliatmeiitt of
the Men, or the raising of the Money for their Pay, &c*., with snch
Limitations, as have l>een hitherto found to render their Serrioa
difficult t ineffectual ; and as a further Encouragement, I am to
acquaint you, that the raising of the Men, their I^ay, Arms, and
doathing will be all that will be required for this Campaign, on the
Part of the several Provioces ; Measures having been already taken
for laying up Magazines of Stores; and Provisions of all Kinds at
the Ezpence of the Crown.

I cannot too stronglv recommend it to you, to use all your Infla-
^ce with your Council & Assembly, for the punctual .& immediate
Execution of these His Majesty's Commands.

I am likewise to acquaint you that the Earl of Loudoun is directed
to send forthwith to Virginia a Battalion of regular Forces, to be
employed, as the Exigency shall require, for the Succour & Defeuce
of the said Province of Virginia^ South Carolina, or any other of the
Southern Colonies.

I am, Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble servant,

W. PITT.*
Gov. of Pennsylvania.

WiLLUM Pitt to Gov. Denny, 1757.

Whitehall, 19th Feb., 1757.
Sir,

Ef^'ma in my Letter of the 4thf Inst, informed you, that it was
the King s Intention to send a strong Squadron of Ships of War to
North America, I am now to acquaint you, that His Majesty has
been pleased to appoint Rear Admiral Holburne to command the
said Squadron, & it is the King's Pleasure, that, in Case any Naval
Assistance shall be wanted for the protection of your Government,
you should apply for the same to the said Rear Admiral, or to the
Commander in Chief, for the time being, of His Majesty's Ships in
those Seas, who will send you such assistance, as he may be able to
do, consistently with the Service, with which he is charged by His'
Majesty's Instructions, and you will regularly communicate to the
said Commander all such Intelligence, as shall come to your Know-
ledge, concemiog the Arrival of any Ships of War, or Vessels having

* See Colon Reo. Vol. VIT., p. 664. f See above.

PENNSYLVANIiL AHOHIVES 17S7. 97

warlika Stores on Board, & likewise all sach Adyices, as may oon-
ceni their motions & DeMination, or may, in any manner, relate to
that part of his Majesty's Service, with which the Commanders of
the King's Ships shoald be acquainted; and for the better Execu-
tion of the Orders sent you in this Letter, you will be diligent in
emplojing proper Persons & Vessels, not only to procure you the
eaniest Intelligence, but likewise to be dispatched, from time to time,
to the said Commander of his Majesty's Ships, with such accounts as
yon shall have Occasion to communicate to him.

It is also His Majesty's further Pleasure, that you should use all
legal Methods, whenever the Commander in Chief of his Majesty's
Ships shall apply to you, to raise such a Number of Seamen, from
time to time, as ^hall be wanted to recruit the Ships in North
America.

I am, Sir,

Tour most obedient
humble Servant,

W. PITT.*
6oT^ of Pennsylvania.

Sbcib'y Pownall to Gov, Denny, 1757.

Whitehall, March 7, 1757.

Sir,

I am directed by the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Planta-
tions to send you the inclosed Act, passed in the present Session of
Parliament, intituled.

An Act to prohibit for a limited time the Exportation of Com,
Grain, Meal, Malt, Flour, Bread, Biscut, Starch, Beef, Pork, Bacon,
and other Victual, (except ^ish & Boots and Rice, to be exported to
any part of Europe southward of Cape Finislerre,) from His Majes-
ty's Colonies and Plantations in America, unless to Great Britain or
Ireland, or to some of the said Colonies and Plantations, and to
permit the Importation of Corn and Flour into Great Britain and
Ireland in neutral Ships; and to allow the Exportation of Wheat,
Barley, Oats, Meal and Flour from Great Britain to the Isle of
Man, for the use of the Inhabitants there.
I am, Sir,

Yeur most obed%
humble Servant,

JOHN POWNALL:t
William Denny, Esq'., Deputy Gov. of Pensylvania.

* See Colon. Rec. Vol. VII. p. 564.

t "Rficeiyed by Express from Got. De Lanoey, 8 July, 1767. Answered
8 December, ."

Vol. m.— 5

98 - PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757.

EXTEACTBD FROM GOVEENOB BbLCHJEJK'S SpEECH, 175T.
Of the 15 of March, to the General Assembly of New Jersey.

'^ Since onr last meeting, I receiyed a Letter from the Hono^^*' M**.
*' Denny, Govemour of Pennsylvania, dated Decern'. 16, 1756,*
*' with a Copy of a Treaty of Peace he has concluded with the
<' Delaware and other Indians, the same I shall order to be delivered,
'< wherein you will find mention made several Times of this Province,
** which matter you will consider, and act therein as may be judged
" for the Service of this Province."

The Answer of the Assembly.*

''The present Prospect of Indian Affairs in the neighbouring
^* Government of Pennsylvania, cannot but afford a real Pleasure
*' to every Person acquainted with the late Outrages ; we have never
" since the Surrender of the Proprietary Governments been much
<' concerned with Indian Affairs, nor do we know that they have any
'^ Eeason to complain of this Province, nevertheless that- nothing
'^ may be justly laid to our Charge respecting either the Promises
'' given at the late Treaty, or such other Acts of Justice or Kind-
'' ness as may be due to or necessary for them ; we have by the Bill
'^ passt at this Session, taken such measures as appear to us the best
'' calculated to be of real Advantage to them, and we hope the Expe-
'^ dient will also prove useful to many of the other Inhabitants.''^

A Messaojb fbom the Governor to the Assembly, 1757,

Gentlemen,

I yesterday received Intelligence from a Number of our Friendly
Indians, lately arrived at Harris's Ferry, to treat with this Govern-
ment, that Eight Hundred French and Indians are now on their
March to attack Fort Augusta. I am likewise well informed, that
the Garrison there, as well as the greatest Part of the Provincial
Forces, having near Six Months Pay in Arrear to them, refuse to
do further Duty, and are determined to leave the Service, unless
speedy Provision is made for their Payment and future Support.
The Consequence of this will be not only the Loss of that important
Fortress, but the Province being without a Militia, will be left
entirely naked and defenceless, and so become an easy Conquest to
the Enemy.

* Gov. Denny's letter of this date does not appear, but Got. Belcher's
answer is printed in Colon. Reo., Vol. VII., p. 886. See also p. 467.
t *< Laid before Council, March 15, 1767.*' No minute of that date.

PMNSYLVANIA AROHITES 176^ M

T am still of Opinion tkat the Bill, Entitnled ^*A SnpplemcDt to
'< the Act, Entitnled an Aot for granting the Sum of Sixty Thou-
^* sand Pounds to.the King's Use, and for Striking Fiftj-Five Thou-
<< sand Pounds thereof in Bills of Credit, and to provide a Fund for
^ sinking the same/' And for granting to His Majesty the addi-
tional Sum of '' One Hundred Thousand Pounds/' is unequal and
nnjast, and nothing bat the pressing Exigency shou'd induce me to
give my Assent to it ; But as you are determined to adhere to it at
all Events, and are pleased to tell me in your last Message that it
must pass without Amendment or Alteration, or the Forces must he
disbanded, I chuse rather to comply with your Terms, and pass it as
it is, than involve the Province in the Kuin that must otherwise
inevitably attend it.

Indorsed,

22 March, 1757. Intended Message from the Governor to ye
Asfiembly, approved by yo Governor, but not sent by the Advice of
Crovemor Dinwiddie, and instead thereof ye verbal Message of this
Date was sent*

Major Burd's Proposal for Protection, 1757.

A Propositioa for the better securing the Province of Pennsylvania
from the Inroads of the Indians, and finding them Employment
at Home in their own Country, to prevent them from coming
abroad to seek it.

With some few reasons why our Present Situation can never be
a Defenceable one, against such an Enemy;

As the Province of Pennsylvania has at presentThirteen Hundred
Soldiers in their Pay, viz :

Coll. Clapham's Regiment of 400

Lieu*. Coll. Armstrong's Battalion, 400

Lieu«. Coll. Wyser's Battalion, 600

1300 Men.
Suppose the Western Battalion should Garrison Fort Littleton
(only) and that, that Fort should have always Stores of all kinds
sufficient^ or rather more than sufficient, for 400 men for six months,
that the Western Battalion should have Three Field Officers, 100
Men under the Command of one of The Field Officers should always
be in the Fort, & the other 300 with two Field Officers should be
Perpetually employed against the Enemy in their own Country, as
the Coll. of said Battalion should Order.

* Colon. Reo., Vol. VII., p. 468.

100 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1761

It would be neoedsary that there should be a Constant k regular
Oorrespondence between Col. Glapham, Lieu^ Coll. Airmstroug A
Lieu^ CoL Wyser, and that they should Endeavoiir as far as in^ir
Power for good Intelligence.

Each of these Colonels should have it in their Power to Emploj
from time to time, and as often as they thought Neeessary, Persons
Properly Qualified to go into the Enemy's Country in quest of Intel*
ligenoe, who should have Equivalent Rewards regularly paid them, in
proportion to the service they do & the Bisques they run in obtain-
ing their Intelligence (even tho' Soldiers in the Service) as such En-
couragements will certainly Produce good Effects, which intelligence
being Communicated from time to time, by each to the other, there
would be a great probability of their Judgment being right at all
Times, where to strick a blow to advantage.

Col. Clapham's Regiment should Garrison Fort Augusta, and
that 800 men of said Regiment should Remain in that Fort with odb
Field Officer. I mention 300 men at this place because it is a large
Fort, and a place of more Importance than Fort Littleton.

That Coll. Clapham's Regiment should be Augmented by Draughta
from the Eastern Battalion to 500 Men, an account of the 300 being
left to Garrison Fort Augusta and should have 3 Field Officersi.

That the remaining 200 of this Regiment & 2 of the Field Officers
should be employ'd in the ^ame manner as the Western Battalion.

At Fort Augusta there should always be Stores for six months at
least for 500 men.

A Strong Fort should be Built at Eastown, where Lieu*. Coll.
Wyser's Battalion should be stationed with six months Stores in said
Fort for 400 men; this Battalion should likewise have 8 Field
Officers.

100 men itnd one Field Officer should be always in the Fort at
Eastown, and the remaining 300 men & 2 Field Officers of that
Battalion should be employed as that of Colonel Clapham's & Lieu^
Col. Armstrong's.

If these Troops was disposed of in this Manner the Two Battal-
ions would be at the Extreamitys of the Present Inhabited Frontiers
of this Province, and the Regiment in the Center, at 'pretty nigh
Equal Distances from each other, and were they assiduous in the
Noble Cause in which they are engaged, they might give seasonable
Intplligence to each other, which might enable one, or other, of them
to distress the Enemy, and as each of these Colonels is Supposed to
have full power to strick the Enemy where they best can, each of
the Lieu* Colonels would have 300 men and 2 Field Officers to Con-
duct any Enterpriae they thought propper to undertake, and Coll.
Glapham 200 men, and if at any time they Judged it most for the
Benefit of the Service, they might unite two, or all their Bodies, in
which Case they would have a little Army of 5 or 600 men and
4 Field Officers, or 800 men and 6 Fiejd Officers, which would be
sufficient to find the Indiana in Employment Enough, and perhaps

PENNSYLVANIA AROHIVES 17CT. 101

nore tban enovgb, id their own Countiy ft Prevent tbem from tbe
frtigoe of oiarcbiug into thig Province in quest of Eoglieh to fight

I woald presame to offer a few Reasons why the same naaber of
Troops (as they are at Present disposed of) Cannot be of the like
lervice in DefendiDg'tbis Province.

The Troops at present are Divided in small Bodies at a Consid*
enble IHstanoe /rem ooe another, & seemingly Independent of eaeb
other, they have no Intercourse or Connection one with the otheri
M for giving Intelligence to each Other (which is a most material
thing) it never has as yet, I believe, been once thongbt off; or at least
I maj say with safety it has rarely been practised.

The Th)q» being disposed of in Companies of 60 men, each
Company to Ghirrison a Fort, which Forts if at any Time attacked
their Garrisons are Barely sufficient to Defend them, for which rea-
BOD they can be of no service to the Country around them, as they
nanot come to the assistance of the people, their Qarrison being so
noaU without exposing their Fort, and if they should attempt to
make a sally, and not meet with success, the Consequence might be;
the Fort falling a prey to the Enemy.

But suppose all these Forts should oontiDue in possession of the
English, it would be only Defending so much ground as each Fort
stomi upon ; as there is none of them that Defend Rivers, Roads or
Pisses, by which we could be greatly annoy'd by a Regular Army
(Except Fort Augusta & Fort Littleton) as to Indians, every place
is a Pass to them, and we cannot pretend to stop their marches by
Goarding Passes.

The advantage I would propose from the Fort at Eastown, it
would Gtiard the River DeUware, preserve Eastown from beinff
Bistro/d & serve for a place of Retreat to ye Eastern Battalion, &
where they could at all Times be supply'd with every Necessary.

As our Soldiers are not equal to Indians in the Woods, I think il
would be a great assistant to them were they supplyed with a green
Bhirt, a green Jacket, a green Blankett, and a green Cloth Capp ; as
the Summer is the chief time of Action, at which season of the
Year the woods being very thick of green leaves, the Indians can
conceal themselves in time of action much better than we can, but
oar being dressed intirely in green, would be of great Service to ns
and would prevent in some measure our Partys from being Discover-
ed upon a march, which would likewise be of Use.

Was the Disposition & Closing, &o., of the Troops of this
Province as before mention^, they would in some measure have the
Ban^ advantage over the Iiklians, that they have had all along over
ns ; they could go to places where they would be certain of finding
ihem', and in their Turn lay the same snares to Trapan them, that
thej now do for us in our Country. When the Indians come to attack
as ia this Province it has been the^r (general Practice to proceed aa
follows :

They eorao within a little way of that part of the Inhabitants they

lOJ PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIVBS 1787-

Intend to striek^ and encamp in the most remote plaoe thej can find
to be quite free from disooverj, the next Day they send one, or
sometimes two (and so in proportion to their party) of the Nimblest
Young fellows down into they Inhabitants to different places, to
view the situation of the Houses, the number of people at Each
House, the places the People most frequent, & to observe at each
House where there is most men, or women. To* Accomplish this
they will lay about a House some days & nights, watching like a
wolf, and seldom return to the party without carrying very partica*
lar Intelligence, then as soon as all the Spies return, its determined
to march in the night in small parties of 2, 3, 4 or 5 in a party,
each party having a House allotted to them to attack, ye strength of
the party being calculated more than sufficient for the purpose
Intended, they arrive at their differ^ destinations long before day,
and knowing exactly the situation of the family and the Number
they have to. engage, they make their attack about break of Day in
the morning to the best Advantage, and seldom fail to kill, and
make prisoners the whole Family, as the people know nothing of the
matter untill they are thus labrynth'd, it's agreed that the monianl
Each party has Executed their part, they retreat with their Prise nera
and Scalps to the remote place of Rendevouz they left the night be-
fore, by this means they are instantly assembled by different roads,
marofaing in a Body from thence directly for Ohio all that day, and
perhaps the next night before they Halt, if they are under any ap-
prehensions of being discovered and persued. Perhaps at some of
these Houses thus attackt, some of the people may be fortunate
etiough to Escape, the Indians not discovering them by some accident
or other, as soon as the Indians are gone they allarm the Forts &
Country around, then Detachment from the Fort with a Body of the
Country proposes to pursue the Enemy, all, or at least chief part of
the Day, is spent in Assembling, and consulting, and at last it is
concluded to pursue^ but the Indians having 8 or 10 Hours start of
them they return much fatigued finding it Impracticable to overtake
the Enemy, and are obliged to put up with their loss. ^

Upon this the chief parts of the remaining Inhabit^ most adja-
cent to the place where this affair happens flys and leaves their Habi-
tations and all that they have to depend upon for support for their
Families, and some few perhaps determine to stay by their living,
choosing, rather to take the ' chance of dying by the Hand of the
Enemy than starve with Hunger by leaving their all Behind, those
must be constantly on the watch, and Can't apply themselves to any
Industry, but live as long as they can upon what they have already
got ; the Indians avoid coming nigh that place for some time, &
will make their next attack in the same manner at a Considerable dis-
tance from thence, where the people are secure and not thinking
much about danger, by and by the People that flod from the first
place attacked hearing of no late Encroachments on that Quarter, &
being obliged thro' Necessity will return to their Habitations again.

PBNNSYLYANIA AECHIVES 1757. 108

and live io their former security u if nothing had happened, & then
it will be Time, and the Indiana will give them the second stroke
with as mnch sucoess as the first, & in this manner have we of the
Proyinov of Pennsylvania been Embarrassed & had our Limbs lop't
off, and our once flourishing Country greatly laid waste.

I Introduce the method the Indians have Taken to destroy us, to
prove the advantage that woulcT' Accrue to this Province and the
eaioae In general oar Marching into the Indian Couijitry as here pro-
posed ; but let it be observed it would not be prudent in us to march
into their Country in the same manner they do into ours, that is^
we should never begin a march without good Intelligence for these
reasons, the Indians know our Country well, mean the Belawares,
Shawnese, Mingos, Muncys & Nanticocks, we know nothing of all
theirs, we are thick settled and continue at our settlements, tney are
not, nor don't Continue at their Settlements, & therefore more diffi-
eaU to find them, and quite uncertain but by fresh Intelligence they
are more hardy, and can suffer more Fatigue, and provide themselves
better in the woods with Provisions than we can. This may proceed
from Nature, or Custom, or perhaps both, if from Nature, solely,
we shall never attain these necessary Qualifications for Indian Fight-
ing, but if from Custom, it U to be hoped in Time we shall become
good Soldiers in this way, & prove a Check to this Barbarous Ban-
ditty.

It may be thought that we can proceed as wo are at present situated
to destroy their Towns in the same manner that Lieu^ Colonel Arm-
strong did the Eittanning. This was a Noble undertaking, & Judi*
eioQsly Exeouted, but to this I would answer, that this Glorious
£Bterprize of Lieut. Col. Armstrong's was quite an unexpected
thing to the Indians, and as they are a very cunning Indefatigueablo
People, it will put them more upon their guard for the future, and
by our Troops being constantly employed amongst them at different
plaees at the same time, if we should be sometimes Discovered (as
we undoubtedly will) and fail of an intention in one Quarter, it will
produce some eood Effects in another, and by this means they never
would know where to ]»rovide against us, which is a paralell ease
with us at Present, & will remain so, unless we can remove the Seat
of War, by carrying it into the Indian Country, which cannot be
done by one Body, unless it is a powerfull one, as we will be dis-
covered in our march 4 Times in 5, & if Discovered, and a small
Body they will so Counteract us that we shall be neither to Execute
oar design, nor retreat, and if there should be a Succesion of this bad
Fortune, it would be of Very bad Consequence, it would render it a
Difficult matter to persuade Troops with sucoess in that Country.

It is presumed that all the Troops in the Pay of the Province of

Pennsylvania (to answer this Purpose) are to be Inliated for life, as

all the King's Troops are, otherwise this end can never be attained,

AS they will be continually once a year Composed of Recruits.

Another bad Tendency enlisting soldiers for a short Time will

104 - PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757.

bave^ that much time will be lost in Recraiting, and in the Interim
between their being free & replacing them again, by Recraits Twhich
are always Esteemed Inferior to old Disciplined Soldiers) I say m this
Intrim the Province will be left quite Defenceless, being entirely
left without Soldiers, & should the Enemy take the advantage, of
this, they might overrun the Province without opposition, as we have
no Militia.

When the Troops are fitted up again with* Recruits before they
properly know themselves dp be Soldiers, the Times for which they
Inlisted is nigh Expiring, & they grow Indifferent whether they do
their Duty or not, if they can deceive their officers & Escape punish-
ment, their Freedom engrossing more of their mind than their Duty
as Soldiers.

I hope these few thoughts will be accepted as coming from a Per*
son who has nothing so much at 'Heart as the Welfare of the
Province of Pennsylvania, if they are of any Service it's well, if not
let the Author's Zeal Opoligize ' for the attempt, and Pardon his
Presumption.

William Parsons to Richard Peters, 1757.

Sir, . '

In my Letter of this Day to the Governor is enclosed a Letter
from Oap^ Orndt, at Fort Allen, of the 31st last past,* wherein the
Captain informs of the Arrival of Toedyuscung's two Sods, and hia
Brother Cap^ Harris, with other Indians to the number of 50, men,
women and children, who all intend to' stay about the Fort till
Teedyuscung comes himself, w**^ his Company, which probably will
be very soon.

It would be a yery great Ease to me, and, I believe, better for the
Indians & the province, if Orders were given for their immediate
March, as soon as Teedyuscung comes with his Company, thro'
Bethlehem to Philad\

Last week I was obliged to send to Philad^ Market for a little
Motton, not having seen any at Easton since the last Treaty;
neither have I any Person in my House that knows how to dress it
when it oomes to Hand. This week I propose to move into my new
House. I hope his Hon' will not command mo to attend the In-
dians to Philadelphia.

I am Sir,

your obedient,

humble Servant,

WM. PAHSONS.

Easton, April the 8d, 1757.

R*. Peters, Esq'.
Directed. — ^To Eichard Peters, Esquire, Secretary of the Province

of Pennsylvania.

* See it, Colon Rec. Vol. VII. p. 474.

PBMNSYLVANIA AECfflVES 1757. 105

Gav. Denny's order to Sheriff of Cumberland Countt,

175L

PennsylvaDia, m.

The Honourable William Denny, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor
& Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania and Coun-
ties of Newcastle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware. To the Sheriff of
Cumberland County Greeting. Whereas it having been represented
to me that two Great Guns or Cannon were in the Custody and
Possession of a Certain Benjamin Chambers at his Dwelling Honso
on the Western Frontier of this Province in the said County of
Cumberland, Where they did lie exposed to his Majesty's Enemies
who by taking Possession of them might thereby be the better
enabled to annoy and Distress his said Majesty's Subjects in this
Provincer, and to lay Seige to and reduce his Majesty's Forts.
Therein moved by my Duty to my Sovereign, and a regard & con-
cern for the safety of the People of this Province under mv Com-
mand, care and Protection. I issued my Order in writing bearing
date on or about the fourth day of February last past, directed to
Lieutenant Colonel John Armstrong, thereby Commanding him to
cause the said two Cannon, to be removed from the dwelling House
of the said Benjamin Chambers to Shippensburg or some other Fort
under his Command as a place of safety, where they might be secure
from falling into the hands of the Enemy. And Whereas it has
been proved to my satisfaction that the said John Armstrong did
•end a party of his Majesty's Forces under the Command of Thomas
Smallman, to remove the said Cannon accordingly, and that the said
Benjamin Chambers with an intent to disturb the King's peace him-
self did assemble with divers other Persons unknown armed with
Swords, Guns, and other Warlike weapons, and Riotously, Traitor-
onsly and Seditiously without any Lawful authority did oppose the
March of the said Thomas Smallman and the other Forces under
his Command, would not suffer them to 'execute my «aid order, and
did not only refuse to deliver up the said Cannon, but did threaten
to kill the said Thomas or any of the said Forces who should offer
to take Possession of the said Cannon, and I have reason to believo
that the said Benjamin Chambers is'disaffected to his Majesty and
hb Government. You are therefore hereby strictly charged and
commanded to take the Body of the said Benjamin Chambers, and
bring him under a stroug Guard before me the said William Denny,
Esquire, "^t the City of Philadelphia, to answer the Premises and be
dealt with according to Law, and all Officers Civil and Military, and
others his Majesty's Subjects in this Province are hereby ordered
and charged to be aiding and assisting to you thereiff. Hereof fail
not, as you^will answer the Contrary at your Peril, and for your so
doing this Shall be your Warrant, Given under my Hand and Seal

106 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1767.

at Arms at Philadelphia the fifth daj of April; & Thirtieth Tear of
his Majest/s Reign.

WILLIAM DENNY.

Gov Dbnny to William Pitt, 1757.

Philadelphia, 9 April, 1757.
Sir,

I am honoured with your Letters of the 4th Dec'.,* the 4th and
19th Feb., and beg leave to congratulate yon on his Majest/s hav-
ing been pleased to appoint you Secretary of State.

The two last Letters were laid before the Assembly with a Mes-
sage to desire them to pay obedience to his Majesty's orders therein
signified.

Their Conduct on this and all other occasions, during their long
Sessions, is amply set forth in my Letter to the Proprietaries, a
Copy of which is inolosed.

As the Assembly of this Province seem determined not to offer
such a Militia Bill, as can be passed, I hope the Parliament will
please to take it into Consideration, and lay such taxes on them as
woud be sufficient for their defence, either by the King's Troops,
Begiments in the pay of the province, or both.

An Act of Parliament for establishing a Militia here is also neces-
sary,, which would have a good effect in some parts even now, and
might be of general use hereafter.

It is true all means wou'd be attempted at present to render it
ineffectual, tho' the Country is in such imminent danger.

I am Sir,

your most obedient,

& most humble servant,

WILLIAM DENNY.

To the Right Honourable William Pitt, Esquire.

* See Col. Rec. Vol. VII, p. 412.

PENSSTLVANIA ARCHIVES 175T. lOT

From Gov, Denny to Proprietaries, 1757.

Sir, Philadelphia, 9th April, 1757.

I DOW sit down to nve Yon a regular Detail of what has passed
siooe my last, When I consider this was wrote so long aco as the
4th November, I am afraid You will think me negligent, hut roallj
I cou'd have no Satisfaction in writing till I knew the Result of the
Assembly in the several Articles laid before them, my Measures
depending thereon, and this was delayed, tho' every day impatiently
ezpeoted till the Embargo took Place, which deprived me of Oppor*
tonities.

I shall first begin with Indian Afikirs. The Conference at EastoUi
where I was preparing to go at the Time of writing my last Letter,
were carried on with all the Care and Dispatch possible, and Copies
of the Minutes put on board the Packet on the 24th November, Uien
ready to sail, bat detained by Lord Loudoun till the latter End of
December. These no doubt are long ago come to your Hands, and
will have afforded You Satisfaction in every Article, except that of
the Indian Complaints against the Proprietaries. It being frequently
surmised to me that the Delaware Indians were uneasy on account
of Injuries done them, both by this and the neighbouring Provinces
in their Transactions with them for Lands, and they never wou'd be
brought to make a firm and lasting Peace till these Uneasinesses
were removed, I conceived it my Duty to press them to open them-
selves to me with the utmost Freedom on this bead, promising
them a fair Hearing and my best Endeavours to obtain for them
a full Bedress, if their Complaints shou'd appear to be just, and
on doing it You see they have laid an heavy Charge on the Pro-
prietaries.

Lieutenant Colonel Weiscr, the Provincial Interpreter, declared,
in Council, the Commissioners being present, that the Indian , Pump-
shire, Teedyuscung's Interpreter, informed him some White People
in Town were perpetually putting Things into the Heads of the
Indians respecting their pretended Complaints. I had at first charged
M'. Weiser and him not to interpret anything that should be said to
the Indians without my Permission, and the Centries who were posted
to guard them had Orders not to suffer any white People to speak to
them. Yet, as almost all the Delawares speak English, and Teedy-
uscung We know does, he and some of the principal Indians went
frequently to People's Houses, and might converse with whom they
pleased. One morning in particular, the Delaware Chief, with One
of his Counsellors and the Interpreter Pumpshire, were observed by
M'. Weiser to go into the House where some of the principal Phila-
delphia Quakers lodged, and telling M'. Peters of it, he immediately
went there and found it to be true, of which he informed me, and
likewise made it public.

M'. Peters at .my Instance has given You a4)articular Relation of

108 PianrSTLVANIA ABCHCmM nsT.

what passed, and is in hopes to receive yonv Answer Time enoneh
for his X]!ondiict at the ensuing Treaty, where it is expected the
Indians will endeavour to prove their Charges. In the mean Time
a Committee of Council is appointed to examine the Indian Deeds,
Treaties, Minutes of Council and Minutes of Property, their Exami-
nation will be reported to me in Council, from whence a proper
Defence will be drawn against any Complaints that shall be made
by the Indians.*

Agreeable to your Request in One of your Letters to IVP". Peters,
that whatever passes between this Government and the Indians may
be instantly communicated to Sir William Johnson, either by me or
him, I did not fail at my first coming to write to that Gentleman,
informing him of my appointment to the Government of this Pro-
vince, desiring his Assistance and Advice as to my Conduct in
Indian Affairs, promising to give him particular Accounts of Intelli-
gence, or any other Matters as they should occur, and requesting
the same Favour on his Part. I had the honour of receiving a polite
Answer from him, wherein he is pleased to assure me of his Corres-
pondence, Assistance and Service. Since that Copies of the Indian
Conferences at Easton, which were referred to him for his Approba*
tion, were sent by me to Sir William Johnson, with a Letter on the
Subject, which he was so good as to answer, approving what was then
done, and recommending M^ Croghan to me as the Person deputed
by him, with the Approbation of Lord Loudoun, to negotiate Indian
Affairs within this Province and elsewhere. His Commission and
Instructions to M'. Croghan were laid before the Council and Assem-
bly, and Copies sent to You. In Pursuance of these Powers, M^
Croghan dispatched in my name a Message to the Delaware Chief,
Teedyuscung, pressing him to come here with all possible Expedi-
tion, that the Business with him might be finished Time enough to
^ admit the Indians to join his Majesty's Forces at the Beginning of
the Campaign. Other Messengers wero sent to the Ohio to sound
the Shawonese and Delawares in those Parts, and if fbdnd to be of
a good disposition, then they were instructed to hint to them that if
they would lay down the Hatchet and depute some -of their principal
Indians to the Treaty to be held in the Spring with Teedyuscung,
they would not meet with a disagreeable Reception, or something to
that Effect. Sir William, informed by M**. Croghan of these Steps,
& approving them, dispatched a Deputation to the Six Nations to
attend and assist at Ihe Treaty; tho' there were few at first setting
out, yet in their Journey they encreased to above one hundred and
fifty, and are now at Conestogoe under the Care of M'. Croghan
waiting for Teedyuscung. A Message is come from him infi>rming
me of his good Disposition and Intentions to treat, and bring with
him a large Number of Indians, and desiring a Supply of Provisions
on their Journey, which was complied with. He likewise gave me
Jntelligence that the French sent six of their People and four

* Colon. Rec.,Vol. YII., pp. 320, 354, 394, 399, 4C5, 681.

mnNSYLYANu AseBwvs nvr. io»

Mians to view the Fort at Sbamoktn/and that tbey were retura'd
with Two Scalps, which they said were Sealps of Two of the Out
Centinela of Fort Augusta. True it is that Two were killed and
aealpedy but by what lodiasa it was never diaooTered^ till tfaia
Acooant came from Teedyasoang.

Sinee my Arrival here I have met with varioaa Attempts to
impose npon me^ One very remarkable Push was made at me by
Friends at Easton, against which I was upon my Guard. Tho'
Bene of the Council, exeept the Secretary and M^ Logan, a Qoakeri
went with me to the Treaty, which was not right as I was a perfect
stranger.

You will see in the Minutes of the-Indian Conferences, that Tee*
dynseang was followed by a Namber of Indians from Biahogo, who
came withio Six or Seven Miles of Fort Allen, bat won'd come no
fartker. They had heard Stories as if the Government had bad
Designs against Teedynseung and the Indians with him, and it was
Uun^t staid behind waiting to see what Reception he should find.
These, Teedynscong after he saw how kindly the Governor behav'd
to him, desir'd mi^t be invited to proceed to £aston and join in
the TretAjf and proposed tho sending a Messenger to them witl^ a
String of Wampum from Each of Us. The Quakers, ^ shew their
Importance, wanted to send a third String in their own Name, and
Applicaliofn was made to me that such a String might be sent along
with those of mine and Teedyuscnng's. I resented this in a Body
of Men, who had no more Pretensions than any other religions
Society to concern themselves in a Matter of Government, and
positively refused it. It was then said Teedyuscung desired it, I
said I had Interest enough with Teedyuscung to get him to waive
it, and won'd take it upon me to make him perfectly easy. Finding
myself treated in this manner, and observing great Numbers of
Friends in Town, I sent lor M''. Wilson and Hant, the London
Friends, told them of this unprecedented Step in the Quakers, and
deelar'd they ongfat not nor shou'd be considered by me in a different
Light from Churchmen, Dissenters, Moravians, or any other religious
Society. None of these offered to meddle in this or any other
Treaty, and they had certainly as good Pretensions to do it as
Friends. This being a Matter of Government in which no private
Society had any Right to concern themselves. It was very observ-
able that great Numbers were in Town of their particular Society,
more than all the rest put together.

Having thrown together all that occurs on the Subject of IndianS|
I shall now go on to mention my Proceedings with the Assembly.
It gave me no small concern to think that the public Business was
interrupted by my Journey to Easton. I hoped however that upon
my Return the Assembly won'd not fail to dispatch the sundry
Things laid before them, and it looked as if they were really indin'd
to do it bv sending me a Message soon after my Return, requesting
me to ky before 'em what Instructions I might have relating to LawS;

no PENNSTLTANIA ARCHIYES 1T57;

tbat ttey might not lose Time in prefmrxng Bilb, wkich by uj
Instrnotions, I could not pass. Finding only the 44th Instruoiioii
to be of a pabUc Natnre, I forthwith sent them a Copy of it, with
an Assaranoe that I had no other which eon'd affect any of that
Deliberations. The first Business that came on was the A&ir of
Quarters. Lord Loadonn in a Letter of 22d September, whieh was
laid before the House at their first Meeting, demanded of this Prp-
vinoe to make Provision for Quarters and the Necessaries allowed ia
them ; and by a subsequent Letter of the 28th October, informed me
that he shou'd send One Battallion of the Royal Americans, and an
Independent Company,, to be quartered in this City, which coming
to my Hands at Easton, cou'd not be laid before the House till the
24th November. This, however, gave Time enough to have a Bill
passed and the Quarters settled before the March of the Troops, to
which the House was pressed, but in vain ; nor was any thing done
till the Forces had actually begun their March, and an Officer was
sent before to give Notice of it and to inspect the Quarters, imagin-
ing they were ready. The House, alarmed at their Approach, pre-
sented me a Bill extending the Sections relating to Quarters, in the
Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, &c. This Act of Parlisr
ment You know affects only Public Houses, and is indeed calculated
lor Times of Peace, even in England. Before I wou'd enter -open
the Consideration of the Bill, I sent to the Mayor, and ordered him
to cause an exact Account to be taken of the public Houses within
this City, and what Number of Quarters oou'd be furnished by them.
Upon which he issued his Precepts to the Constables of each Ward
to inspect every public House ; and on receiving their Beturn, I
examined it, the Mayor and Cap^ Tulliken being present. Finding
the Return not so exactly made as to be deponed on, I desired those
Gentlemen wouM visit every public House themselves in order to be
satisfied of the real State of the Quarters 5 and well it was I gave
this Order, for they discovered that the Constables Returns were
partial, jfalse, and made at the Instance of the Tavern-keepers, who
imagined they should be allowed a Shilling a day for every Soldier,
as they had been for every Reoruitr

On reading the twenty-fourth Section of the Act of Parliament at
large, the Conduct of the Assembly was detected, for by extending
the Beginning of this Section, the present Bill was seen to be the
•very same in Effect with the old Law repeided by the King, and
therefore the Bill was returned with a Negative, and a Message set-
ting forth this Imposition. The House, apprehensive of the bad
Consequences of any further Delay, left out the Part objected to.
Notwithstanding, I was satisfied that Quarters could not be provided
under this Act sufficient for the Number of Troops expected here,
yet the Bill was good as far as it would go, and besides established
quartering of Troops by Law throughout the Province. I therefore
passed it, and recommending at the same Time a further Provision
of Quarters to supply the Deficiency of the public Houses.

PiaWOTLVANIA ABCHIVEB 1767. Ill

la tbd mean time, liieatenant Oolonel Booqnet, bting inid«
aoqaamted by Oap^ Tnlliken with tlie DiffioulUes ooenrring abovH
the Soldiers Qoartera, hastened to Town, exeeedinglj displeased.
As fhere was a new ProTineial Hospital sufficient to hold Fiye
Hundred Hen, with Jbe Proportion of Officers, jast finished tho'
aot used ; at his pressing Instance I applied for it, as what woa'd
be]p Us at once ont of all cor Difficnlties, and had good Hopes
given me of snoceeding, tho' in the End I was refased. I then
made Application to the Major to desire the Corporation wou'd
assist in providing Qaarters by hiring empty Houses, or by any
oilier means to prevent if possible quartering on private Houses.
My Request was politely refused, the Corporation not having Funds
raffieient to be at so much Ezpence. During these Transactions, a
very deep Snow fell, succeeded by a sharp Frost In this severe
Weather the Troops marched into Town, the Small Poz raging in
every Part, and were cronded into public Houses, where they suffered
extreme Hardships and caught the Infection. The Surgeons declared
every House would be an Hospital, unless the sick were removed
into one Place, and those who were well less crouded and better
accommodated. After- all the P^ns taken by the Mayor and Magis-
trates, it appeared by the Return that Quarters were wanting for one
btmdred and twenty-four private Men. These distressed Cireum*
itanoes of the Troops I repeatedly laid before House, who never*
theless suffered the Men to lye in this miserable Condition.

Lieutenant Col. Bouquet having met with nothing but Disappoint*
raents, and more Men falling sick every day, demanded my Warrant*
On the Mayor's refusing to Act, I sent for the High Sheriff, acquaint*
isg him with Colonel Bouquet's Demand, and assured him a Warrant
to provide sufficient Quarters, for the King's Troops wou'd be de»>
livered to Col. Bouquet, directed to him, to which he was to yield
Obedience ', charging him to take particular Care that the Inhabit-
ants were distressed as little as possible in the manner of quartering.
Thn Measure was intended to hasten the Resolutions of the H6i|8e
on this important Affair, which would admit of no further Delay.
The Warrant was accordingly delivered, in the presence of the
Sheriff, to the Commanding Officer, with a Blank for the Number
of Men who wanted Quarters, and he was to send it to me to have
them inserted in case it was necessary to be executed. Early the
next day the Sheriff waited on Col. Bouquet, and desired he might
be trusted with the Writ for a short Time, in order to shew it to
some of his Friends, who had great Influence on the Assembly, and
might by their Petition prevent the Necessity of putting it into
Execution, which wou'd have been very agreeable to all Parties.
Instead of a Petition, the Writ itself was laid before the House in a
clandestine manner, and very improperly by the Sheriff's Consent,
which threw the House into a Ferment, and for the first Time since
the Charter they sat all Saturday Afternoon and Sunday Morning,
and drew up a long abusive Message, which they chose shou'd be

112 PENBTSTLVANIA AROHIVBS 17W.

delivered bj Two of the MembeffSi a« th« People were going to
Ghurcb, desiring withal a Conference for the final Settlement of the
Matter, to which I readily agreed and appointed the next morning.

On Pernaal of their Message I foand it contained a long Narra-
tive filled with Abases, which I answered briefly, telling them these
Proceedings shou'd be referred to the King's Ministers, and inform-
kig them that whilst they were ooneoming their Time in long Mes-
sages, sixty-two Beds were actually wanted for one hundred and
twenty-four Men, who lay upon Straw, and Quarters for the Eeoniitft
who arrived every Day.

At the Oonfereaoe, which was held in Conncil the Members of the
House behaved with great JEtudeness and Insolence, calling me a
Bashaw &o., using many other ei:pressions, not at all becoming them,
I only answered that if they found Fault with me for doing my Duty
in quartering the King's Troops in that very severe Season, they did
me a great deal of Honour, and that, whatever might be the conse-

Juenoe I was determined to do my Duty. Immediately after the
lonference, finding nothing was to be expected from the Assembly,
I dispatched an Express to Lord Loudoun, with an account of all^theae
Proceedings, who was pleased by the Return of the Messenger, to
thank me for my steady and proper Conduct, ofiering to send me
more Troops to enforce the Quarters, if the Assembly should still con-
tinue obstinate. The House having without my Privity or consent,
presumed to adjourn for the Christmas Hollidays, notj^ithstanding
the distressed condition and sickness of the soldiers who were raised
and paid to defend them ; His Lordship's Letter came to my Hands
during this Adjournment. This obstinate persisting in an open Ne-
glect of Humanity was the highest Instance I have ever met with of
the Depravity of Human Nature. I had however another Resource,
which was, to acquaint the Commissioners, that I had received a
Letter from his Lordship, which obliged me to know if Col. Bouquet's
Demand for Quarters &c.,'coud be complied with, and to insist on a
el^ar and precise answer before night, telling them that the Express
waited to carry it to his Lord&hip. On this Lstter the Commissioners
met, and sent an answer, subscribed by all, that they would oonq)ly
with Col. Boquets Demands, and provide Quarters and an Hospital,
and all other Things, to his satisfaction. Thus this troublesome afiair
was at last settled, which might with a great deal of Ease have been
done as well at first, and with a much better Grace.

The Assembly was Pleased immediately to print a partial Report
of the conference without my Leave, or even acquainting me of their
Intention, nor had they so much Decency and Regard to Justice as
to compare the minutes with the Clerk of the Council.

On the 13th January, after having sat three oompleat Calendar
Months, the House presented me three Bills one for binding out &
settling, &o., the French Neutrals. The Second for regulating the
Provincial Officers and Soldiers, that is, putting them on the same
Footing with the King's Troops, with a power given me to appoint

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a Conrl Martial. And tbe Third for continneiDg the Oity "Watch,
All which were passed without any Hesitation or Ohjection. Still f
heard nothing from them on the Article of Snpplies, or the Militia^
at lengthy on the 22d January, a Bill was sent to me for raising One
Hundred Thousand Pounds for the King's Use^ hy a Tax on all
Estates^ Real and Personal^ which on Perusal appeared to me as a
Stranger^ as well as to the Gentlemen of the Council, who hare been
80 long experienced in the affairs of this Country, to be not only con-
trary to your particular Instructions^ but, if there had been no In-
structions at ally to common Equity and Justice. Desirous to avoid
Disputes about the right of^imending Money Bills, which had ever
been allowed till lately, as appears by their own Minutes, instead of
amending the ^11, 1 sent a short Message to the House, wherein I
declared the Necessity I was under of refusing my assent to it, and
pressed them to prepare a new Bill free from the Objections which
so obviously lay against this } Instead of a Compliance, they thought
proper to return me the Bill with a Remonstrance, demanding it of
me as their Right, << to give mj assent to it (and as it was a Money
'' Bill without Alteration or Amendment) as I shoud answer to the
"Crown for all the Consequences of my Refusal^ at my peril/' To
this extreme Rudeness and Insolence I made no other Reply than
still to refuse my assent to the Bill, and to tell the House I would
have it copied in order to be laid before his Majesty with my Reasons
for not passing it ; and if the House desired an Exemplification under
the Great Seal, they might have it upon Application.
' Uader this Disappointment the House proceeded to consider other
Means of raising Supplies, and tho' many might have occurred to
them, which I could agree to consistent with Honour and a Regard
to Justice^ yet it was easy to foresee that in such a Humour tney
woud not offer me a proper Bill ; at length they fell upon making
a supplemental Bill on the Sixty Thousand Pounds Act already passed
by his Majesty, their Pretence for this was, that it had obtained the
Royal assent^ which agreeable to the Preamble of the Instruction
most probably woud not have been given, if the Proprietors had not
declined all Opposition on account of the Bills having issuedy and
the perillous Circumstances of the Province ; so that what was meant
by the Proprietaries, as a well timed instance of their Indulgence,
was artfully turned against them, and the Law, tho' unjust, as being
permitted to pftss sub Silentio, was set up for a Precedent. In order
to obviate this plausible Reason in Favour of the Bill, a Message
was Bent to set forth the gpevances which woud fall on particulars,
in case it was to pass into a Law. This had no other Effect than to
produce an abusive Report of a Committee of Assembly, which the
House adopted, and returned the Bill with a verbal Message, con-
ceived in their usual Strain, that " if I shoud continue to refuse my
" assent to the Bill as it then stood, they must refer it to me to pay
" the Forces or disband them, as I should judge I could best answer
" for my Conduct to his Majesty." .

114 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVBS 1757.

Afl Boon aa this tronblesom^ Affair was endod^ they presented to me
i^Bill to render the quartering Soldiers on the public Honses more
eqnal, in whiob they laid a further Ezciae of two Penoe ^ Gallon on
Liquors sold by public Houaekeepersj subject by Law to ba billeted
npon, which leaving out the Retailers of small Liquors did but make
bad worse. The Injustice of this Bill I set forth in a Message, to which
they paid no Regard ; and tho' I was by no means convinced it was
a good Bill, yet as it made some further Provisison for Quarters, and
was of a short Duration, I was advised to pass it, which I did unwil-
lingly, thinking it to be a partial BilL

Having received a Letter from the Lords of Trade in January last,
ordering Restraints to be laid on all Vessels bound to any other Port
than such as belonged to his Majesty, I laid it before the House with
a Message desiring a Bill might be prepared agreeably to the King's
Orders signified in this Letter, as if there was not already matter
enough of Debate, they presented me, a Bill confining the Restraint
and Prohibition to America only, leaving Vessels at Liberty to sail
to any Neutral Ports in Europe, and adhered to this partial Bill, in
Opposition to my just Amendments, and against the express Direo*
tions of the Lords of Trade, who were on this occasion treated with
Indecency in One of their Messages, which they likewise published
in the Gazette.

Another Bill was likewise offered at the same Time to continue the
Act now expired, for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Legacies
As to this, I was informed by Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Peters You
had made some just objections to it, as interfering with the Powers
of Chancery, yet this being not a Time to raise new Disputes, the
Council advised me to pass it, which I accordingly did.

On the Fourth of March an Express arrived in the Evening from
Lord Loudoun, with Letters to me and the Southern Governors, re-
quiring us to lay a general Embargo, and to take all imaginable care
that it should be strictly observed. Tb^ Collector was instantly seofe
for, and served with an order in Form under the Great Seal, not to
clear any Vessel, and desired forthwith to send a List of all the Ves-
sels in Port, particularly those who had got their Clearances. The
next Day I conferred with Col. Stanwix, and gave orders to the Offi-
cer who commanded at the Fort not to suffer any Vessels to pass. I
sent a Message to the House, acquainting them with what had been
done, and desiring such an Embargo might be hiid by Law as wood
answer my Lord's Purposes. To this they have not yet vouchsafed
to give me any answer.

In the Minutes of the Indian Conferences, You will find an Invi-
tation made to the Indians to come and settle at Shamokin, with a
Promise of having a Store of Goods to be sold to them at reasonable
Rates, under the care of a person for whom the Governmeot would
be answerable. To enable me to discharge this Promise, and to put
the Indian Trade, heretofore in the bands of Persons of no Character
who had abused and defrauded the Indians, Upon a good Footing, it

PENNSTLVANIA AECHIVBS 178T. Hi

viB peoesflary a good Law should be cajofullj framed, and anoh an ona
I mighl reasonably have expected ; instead. of this, the House seni •
BiU the like to which I will venture to say was never offered in any
Oovemment. The Power of naming, oommissionating and instrocting
the Agents to be employed in regulating the Trade, and even distri-
buting the Presents to the Indians, and almost every thiug else being
lodged solely in the House or Committees of Assembly, without anj
Partieipatioii of the Governors and Council Such a Bill I understood
bad been offered to the late Governor, whose amendments were read
in Council, and being again considered and approved as necessary^
reasonable and just, they were transcribed and sent with the Bill to
the House, who io8t%ntly retomed it with a Negative, and I as
quickly sent it agun with my peremptory Befusal.

Mr. Hockley no doubt has acquainted you with the ill Temper
the House was in on my Befusing a BiU for striking the sum of
£2840, the Remainder unpaid of your Gift of £5000. The Money
was indeed particularly wanted at that Time, and coud have been
employed to very great advantage, in enabling me to send Lieutenant
Col. Armstrong on a private Expedition, which could not be execu-
ted for want of such a sum.

One Bill more closes this tedious Account of the Proceedings of
the Asssmbly except what was c|one with, or by advice of Lord hovr
donn, which will be told more properly when I come to speak of my
Transactions with his Lordship ; Common Sense and fatal £xperienoe
shews that in such a country as this, with so extended a Frontier,
the proper Defence must be made by a well disciplined and well
regulated Militia } This tho the first in order and Consequence, was
put off to the close of the Sessions, without Regard to my warm Be-
commendations of it in my Speech at the Opening of the Sessions,
and to my repeated Applications during the Course of it. I proposed
to the Council to have a good and proper Militia Bill carefully drawn,
and to have sent it to the House early in their Sessions, but it was
signified to me by them,tbat many of the new Assembly on the late
change of members were well disposed, and might offer a better Bill of
themselves, than they would approve, if sent by the Governor, of whom
their Attachment to the People led them to entertain unreasonable
Jealousies. On this Consideration I dropped the Motion and waited for
the result of the Assembly's Deliberations on this important Subjeet|
which as I said, they did not chuse to send me, till the Members were
tired with their long Sessions, and impatient to go home, and notwith-
standing that I was encouraged to believe they would have drawn up
a good oue, yet they offered me one even more anticonstitutional than
their old Law repealed by the ELing. In short nothing could surpass
this Undutifulness to his Majesty, and their indecency in offering
such a Bill but my agreeing to pass it.

The several Messages that have passed between me and the Assem-
bly in this long Session, and the exemplifications of the Laws, as well

118 EENN8TLVANIA ABCHIVBS 1757.

i0 of the Biflfl tbat have been rejcoted, are ^ent in the Geatral Watt
Packet, which will sail Boon.

The State of the Froatien and the ForoeiB come next to be oonsU
dered. After Col. Armstrong'B saoeeaafal Expedition against the
Kittanning, and the Gonclnsion of the Peace at Easton, the bade
Inhabitants enjoyed Rest from the Inearsioni of the Sayagea, and tha
poor People who were drove from their Plantations, generall j re>
tnrned to them. Straggling Parties of Indiana may be always ezpeotei
to do Mischief, but none has been done in any Part of this ProTinea
daring the whole Winter that has come to my Knowledge, exoept
that whiUt Teedynscong and his People were loitering on the Borden
in his Retnrn an House was attacked nnder the Bine fiiUs in North*
ampton County, one Man killed, a Oirl of aboat eleven years carried
loff and a Woman missing ; a little after this a Boy was killed and
aealped on the Borders of Berks County, and another dangeronaly
wounded, who made, his escape, and declared he saw but Two Indiana.
Two of the Centries a^ Augusta were shot by foreign Indians in the
Winter, who made off instantly, and tho pursued were not ovetaken*
Of this last Party of Indians, Teedyuscung as I said above, gave an
account. In my last I mentioned that the Augusta Battalion were
employed in building and carrying on the works at that Fort, their
Duty and Labour very severe, even nnder these Circumstanow of the
Garrison, I ordered a strong Detachment under Col. Clapham towards
the Ohio, to act offensively, and if possible destroy an Indian Town ;
but Intelligence arriving before these orders could be carried into
Execution, that a large body of French and Indians was coming to
besiege the Fort, they were obliged to lay the Expedition aside.
This account proving false. Col. Clapham who was employed in finiah*
ing the Fort, sent out a Captain's Command to atteek an Indian
Town called Shingleclamouse, situate near the Head of the West
Branch of Susquehannah, where was supposed to be a great Resort
of Indians. Capt. Hambright entered the Town, found the Cabins ail
'standing, but deserted by the Indians. Agreeably to his Orders he
did not touch any thing, nor destroy the Town, in hopes the Indians
woud come to settle there again. Thb was the only Indian Town
ooud be attacked ; and We found by a second Expedition that they
had returned, set their Town on Fire and were retired to Venango,
situate where theBiver au Boef runs into the Ohio. Since the affair
of Kittanning the Indians on this side the Ohio have mostly retired
with their Wives and Children under the French Forts on tbat River.

The State of the Provincial Forces, a Subject the most disagree-
able of all, still remains to be mentioned. The Thirty Thousand
Pounds raised in September, were soon expended in discharging the
Arrears due to the Forces, and for other Articles, at the Time that
Bill passed ; No Money remaining for the future Pay of the Soldiers
and the supply Bill being kept back, another large Arrear was in-
curred, I suppose purposely to breed Discontent among the Forces,
prevent Recruiting, and every Way encrease the public Confusion,

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m order to oblige me to pass any Bill that ahonld be presented. The
Difficulties put upon me were, and still are, ineonceivable on aooonnt
of tbe Manner oaod here in enlisting into the service, which is in
some Instances, for three Months in others for six, and in almost all
only f<v a Year. This I wanted to alter from the yerj Beginning
and gave the Officers Orders to recruit for no less Term than Three
Tears, or during the War. I declared from Time to Time to tbe
Oommissioners the Neoessity of this Alteration, and their giving »
lar^ Bounty for every Recruit, but they still answered me, t£at they
had no money for recruiting, and besides they were sure the Soldiers
wcad be glad to stay in the Service, and reenlist. With this answer
I was foroed to acquiesce.

As in the Spring Parties of the Enemy Indians from the Ohio
were expected to renew their Incursicms, at the latter end of March
I oidered Lieutenant Col. Armstrong to encamp with a Detachment
consisting of Three Hundred Men near Ray's Town, a well chosen
Situation on this Side the Allegheny Hills, ^between Two Indian
Roadsy the only known Tract of the Indians to invade this Province.
He had further Directions to employ Spies, and send out ranging
Parties; by these Precautions the Inroads of the Indians might
have been prevented, or their Retreat cut off, whieh woud probably
have hinderd future Incursions. For this Service, a few Horses^
some Forage and a small Matter of Camp Equipage are vranting.
I cannot prevail on tbe Commissioners lo advance the necessary
Supplies, so that I doubt this Expedition will miscarry for want of a
trifling Expence.

Colonel Clapham gave me early Notice, that most of his Battal«
lion was only enlisted, for a year, which in several Instances is
already expired, and in most will expire either in this or the next
Month. That Gentleman, Ured with the Discouragements perpetu-
ally given to the Service by the Commissioners, and with their par-
ticular Treatment of him, has resigned his Commission; and there
never having been a Lieutenant Colonel appointed to that Battallion,
Major Burd has now the Command at Augusta. The Works there
eond not be finished before the severe Season came on, but they will
be soon compleated, if the Soldiers can be prevailed upon to con-
tinue in the Service, which I very much doubt. They have done a
great deal, and ought to have Encoumgement to do more, which it
is not in my Power to give.^

Philadelphia, 10 April, 1757.
Sir,

I chuse to put what was done v?ith Lord Loudoun into a separate
Letter. After settling the Operations of the ensuing Campaign,
with the Eastern Governments, my Lord came here on the 14th
March, and staid a Fortnight. He found the Governors of North
Carolina, Virginia and Maryland, who had waited a long Time, im-

118 PENNSYLVANIA AKCHIVES 1767.

patient to enter npon Bnshieas. Yon Mnll Bee by ilie Copiee of the
Minntes of the Gonferenoes held with the GovernotB, the BeBult of
the general Deliberations. These took np little Time -in eomparison
of what was oonsamed in the consideration of the affairs of this
infatuated Province; at which the Governors assisted. My Lord
took tme Pains to make himself Master of the Points in Contro-
versy. Besides pe/nsing the Bill and your Instractions, together
with the Messages on both sides, bis Lordship desired Mr. Din-
widdie, as having a long Experience in Business of this Nature, to
study the main articles, and report his Opinion of them, which fao
did. I was at the same Time requested to - put in writing all the
Remarks, which in the opinion of the CouncU woud lye against the
Bill, or the Assembly's long Defence of it, to which as yet no Reply
had been made, and likewise to set forth the utmost of what ooud
be conceded to^ the Assembly on my Part. These were read with
the answers made thereto on the Part of the Assembly, which were
drawn up by Mr. Franklin, and delivered to my Lord ; and then
the whole was considered by his Lordship and the Governors. Iq
the End, Mr. Franklin promised, that the Parts objected against,
viz*., the loose Method of taxing, and the Number and Nomination
of Assessors, should be rectified in another future Bill. These being
by all thought unjust and oppressive. On this Deo-laration, and
weighing the State of the Frontiers, together with the Necessity of
immediate Supplies for thie Preservation of the Province, his Lord-
ship was pleased to write a Letter upon the Subject, advising me,
rather than break up the Forces, to pass the Bill, tho' against my
Instructions : and this being approved by the other Governors, was
delivered to me to be laid before the Council for my Justification in
passing the Bill. Whilst this was under his Lordship's Considera-
tion, an Express arrived from Shamokin with an account of the
Arrival of a Number of Six Nation Indians from Sir William John-
son, our known and hearty Friends, who informed the commanding
officer, that a Body of French and Indians was making Canoes at
the head of the West Branch of Susquehannah, with an Intent to
oome and attack the Fort. This caused his Lordship to hasten his
•dvice, as well as myself to pass the Bill without any further Delay,
that the money might be forthwith sent to pay off the long arrears
due to the Soldiers, who might thereby be induced to reenlist, their
Times being out. The mode of enlisting in Practice Here has em-
barrassed alLour Military System beyond Conception, some of the
Soldiers being enlisted only for- three Months, some for six Months
and others for a year. The Times of the Garrison then expiring, or
near it, I told my Lord there woud not be a Soldier to defend the
Place, in case the News proved true. My Lord ordered the Papers
drawn up by Mr. Franklin to be copied, and gave them to me to
consider, and in Confidence I send you those Copies for your own
particular use.

After fimshlng this main point, I took his Lordship's opinion on

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757. 119

the Indian Trade BOl, and tbe Embargo Bill^ in botli which nijr
Lord was clear the Asfiembly was extremely wrong. In the first hts
Lordship observed with the other Governors, that thej had entirely
excluded the King, and, his Majesty's Representative, tbe Governor,
from having any Share in^Indian Affairs ; and in tho other, they
had disobeyed his Majesty's Gdinmands signified in clear Terms by
the Lords of Trade. I was in hopes they wood have presented me
the Militia Bill whilst my Lord was here, that I might have had his
Lordship's Assistance in making the proper Amendments ; but in
this I was disappointed, for, knowing what sort of a Bill they had
framed, it was, I am persuaded, detained on Purpose till my Lord
was gone. His Lordship however was fully made acquainted with
their Conduct and. Sentiments on this 0<M»»ion, and has I hope
represented it to the Ministry, and furnished them with a Copy of
the Bill which I sent to my Lord with a Letter on the Subject.

The Defence of the Province was then taken into Considera-
tion by his Lordship. After being made acquainted with the Face
and Extent of the Frontier Country, and the State of the Three
Battallions of the Provincial Forces, the following Disposition was
agreed to : Col. Clapham & Lieutenant Colonels Weiser and Arm-
strong present, Four Forte only were to remain over Sasqnehannab,
vis., Lyttleton, Loudoun, Shippensburg and Carlisle^ which were td
be garrisoned by the Eight Companies of Col. Armstrong's Battal-
lion, two in each Fort; This wou'd allow large Patrolls to be kept
constantly marching between Fort and Fort, who were frequently to
change their Rout, patrolling sometimes within and sometimes with-
out the Forts. My Lord was so good as to say he wou'd leave here
Col. Stanwix with one half of the first Battallion of Royal Ameri-
cans; and as he was to take Post in Cumberland County after the
Forces were embarked for South Carolina, Col. Armstrong with a
I)etachment of two or three hundred Men was to encamp at Ray's
Town, or Frank's Town; and from thence to order scouting and
ranging Parties, or otherwise act offensively against the Enemy, as
Circumstances shou'd make it proper.

The River Sasquehanafa by its Branches affording the French and
Indians an easy Entrance into the Province, it was agreed that Four
Hundred Men were necessary for the Defence of Fort Augusta, and
that the Works shou'd be forthwith compleated ; That to preserve
the Communication between the Inhabitants and this important
Place, and for the Conveniency of Escorts and Transportation of
Provisions and Ammunition, there shou'd be one hundred in Garri-
son at Fort Halifax, and for the present Fifty at Hunter's Mill.
These last were to be otherwise disposed of ^ when the Magaiine
shou'd be removed from Hunter's, which it was determined shon'd
be done as soon as possible, and the Fort there demolished.

The long Frontier between Sasquehannah and Delaware was to be
defended by Col. Weiser's Battallion, and all the Forts reduced to
thiee only. Forts Henry, Allen and Hamilton, in each of which

120 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1767.

was to be a Ganisoii of One Hundred Men, the Bemainder was to
employed in ranging or marching, where the Attacks of the Indiana
shou'd make it necessary.

You will observe the Manner in which the Forces are mentioned
in the supplemental Act, but notwithsta^iding this Alteration of the
disposition made by my Lord, it waa not thought proper to amend
the Bill agreeable thereto, these Forces being in all Times and
Circumstances subject to the Orders of his Majesty's General, or
Those who shou'd have the Command in this Province, and to men-
tion it, wou'd but have brought on a Dispute about the Bight of
amending Money Bills.

As the two hundred Men stipulated to be sent to South Carolina
were to be draughted out of the Provincial Forces, You can easily
perceive by the Account given of the State of those Forces that this
Stipulation was understood by my Lord to be made on a Supposition,
that all due Encouragement wou'd be given by the Commissioners,
as well to induce the Men whose Times were out to re-enlist, as
others to enter into the Service ;. in short, that all Methods wou'd
bo taken to get the full Complement of Fourteen Hundred, or other-
wise the Men cou'd not be spared. Under these Circumstances I
have repeatedly made very warm Applications to the Commissioners
to. allow the Omcers and Men the same as is given in the King's
Service, or by the neighbouring Province, but have not as yet been
able to prevail with them to do- any thing, and very much doubt if
I shall be able to perform my Engagements to send those Forces off
in Time.

Act fok forming and Regulating the Militia, 1757,

Be it carried to tb^ Governor. An Act for forming and Regulating

the Militia within this Province.

Whereas, in this Time of actual War with the French King and
his Subjects, and his Savage Indian Allies, it is absolutely necessary
for the Service of our most gracious Sovereign, the Defence and
Security of this Colony, and the preservation of the Righte and
Privileges of it's Inhabitante, that the Province be put into a proper
Posture of Defence, and the Inhabitants thereof duly reflated,
weU armed and expertly Disciplined in the Military Art, whereby they
may be enabled under the Favour and Assistance of Divine Provi-
dence to defend their Lives and Fortunes against the Hostile Inva-
sion of his Majesties perfidious Enemies, to quel and suppress (2) any
Intestine, Commotions, Rebellions, or Insurrections that may hap-
pen tjierein, and to preserve those invaluable Rights and Privileges
which they areenlituled to under the present Constitution and Form
of Government.

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Be it therefore enacted by the Honourable William Denny,
Eeqnire, Lieutenant-Goyemor, nnder the Honourable Thomas Penn
aad BkAuurd Penn, Esquires,^ true and absolute Proprietaries of the
ProTittce of Pennsylvania, and Counties of New Castle, Kent and
Sosaex, upon Delaware, by and with the Advioe and Consent of the
BepreaentatiTeB of the Freemen of said Proyinoe in General Assem-
bly met, and by the Authority of the same, That the Sheriff of
of each and every County of this Province by himself or his Deputy,
shall, and he is hereby empowered wtd (8) required under the Penalty
of Fifty Pounds within Fifteen Days after the Publication of this
Aet, to issue his Precept to the Constable of every Township, Bur-
rough or Ward in his County, ordering and directing him within
three Days after the Receipt of such Pi^ept, to give Notice by pub-
lick Advertisements to the Flreeholders of the Township, Burrough,
or Ward wherein he resides, to meet together, on a certain Day, not
less than Three nor more than Five Days, after such publick Notice
given, at some convenient Place by him to be appointed and named
ia said Advertisement, and then, and there, betwixt the Hours of
Ten in the Morning and four in the Afternoon, by Tickets in
Writing make choice of one discreet and reputable Freeholder
of the same Township, Burrough or Ward, to be an Assistant to him
the«atii(4) Constable in performiug the Duties required by this Act,
who together with the said Assistant shall take down in Writing the
Names and Surnames of every male person residing in the said
Townships, Burroughs or Wards (Servants and Apprentices except-
ed) above the age of Seventeen and under Fifty- Five Years, noting
against every Name to what Religions Society each Person belongs,
especially such as are Papists, or reputed Papists ; which said Lists
the said Constables and their Assistants respectivelv shall, under the
Penalty of Ten Pounds, make out and Betum to the Sheriff of the
said County, who issued the Precept to him directed, within five
Days after the said Assistant is chosen as* aforesaid, and shall, upon
Oftth or Affirmation, declare the same to be a just and true Account
to the best of their knatoledgey (5) which said Oath or Affirmation
the said Sheriff is hereby authorized and enjoined to administer.
And the Sheriff of every County within this Province, by himself,
or his Deputy, with such reputable Freeholders, as he shall call to
his Aaaistanoe shall, and he is hereby enjoined and required under
the Penalty of Fifty Pounds, within three Days after the said Lists
shall come to his Hands^ as aforsed, to divide his County into Dis-
tricts or Divisions, allottmg so many adjacent Townships, Burroughs
and Wards together, as they shall by the help of said Lists judge
will farnisb a Company of male persons cdpable of bearing Arms,
eonsbting of not less than Sixty, nor exceedinff an hundred men ;
exclofdve of such Persons as are noted in the said Lists to belong to,
or frequent those Religious Socities or Congregations, whose Tenets
and Principles (6) are against bearing arms, and all Papists, and re-
puted Papists ; whereupon the said Sheriff, by himself or his Deputys
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.sbalU immediately send his Order or Preoept to the Constable snd
Assistants of every each district or divisions so made in 4iis said
County, directing them to give at lea#t Two Days pnblick notice to
the Freeholders of each District that they meet together in some
conTenient Place within the same, on the Day by him, the said
SherifiP, to be warned and appointed, in the said Order or Precept,
te choose Militia Officers. And the said Assistants or Constables of
each District shall then and tbere attend, and be tho Judges of the
said Election, receive the Votes, appoint Clerks, if occasion be, and
proceed to elect, by majority of votes, in the way of Ballot, a Gap-
tain, (7) Lieutenant and Ensign, and shall, on the close of the said
Election, certify the same under their Hands and Seals to the Gover-
nor or Commander in Chief for the Time being for his approbatioo,
which Officers, so chosen, if approved and Commissioned by bim,
shall be the Captain, Lieutenant and Ensign of that District and
iJivisidn according to their Commissions, Provided always that no
Papist, or reputed Papist, shall be allowed or admitted to give bis
Vote for, or be chosen an Officer of the Militia, within any oNtbe
Districts, within this Province, and that no Person or Persons what-
soever shall be chosen, certified or Commissionated as Captain of a
Company unless he be possessed of a Freehold worth One Hundred
and Fifty Pounds, or be otherwise worth within the Province, the
Sum of Three hundred Pounds ; nor as a Lieutenant, unless he be
possessed of a Freehold worth One Hundred Pounds, or be other-
wise worth, within the Province, the (8) Sum of Two Hundred
Pounds ; nor as an Ensign, unless he be possessed of a Freehold
worth fifty Pounds, or otherwise worth, within the Province, the
sum of One Hundred Pounds lawful Money of this Province, clear
of all Incumbrances ; nor shall any Person or Persons, within the
several Counties of this Province, who shall have or keep any pub-
lick Inn, Tavern, Ale-House, Tippling House, Dram Shop, Victual-
ing House, or public House of Entertainment, be chosen, certified
or Commissionated as any of the Officers aforesaid, or as <!olone],
Lieutenant Colonel or Major of any Regiment within this Province,
but every such Person, in the said several Counties, are hereby de-
clared to be disabled from holding or exercising, any such Offices
during such their Business and Employment.

And (9) be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every
Captain within this Province^ who shall be commissionated by Vir-
tue of this Act, shall within Three Days afi«r Receipt of his said
Commission repair to the Sheriff of his County, and receive and
take from him the. List or Lists returned by the Constable or Consta-
bles of the Township, or Townships, Burroughs or Wards of hb
District or Division ; and from thence, forthwith, make out a Mus-
ter Roll of all the Male Person sin the said District, from Seventeen
to Fifty-five Years of Age snoh Persons noted in the said Lists,
whose Tenets and Religious Principles are against bearing Arms,
and all Papists and reputed Papists only excepted.

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[Rider.'] [^nef be it enacted by the Aathoritj aforesaid, That in GaM
of aDj Dispute concerning the age of any Person, the same shall
be determined before any Magistrate of the County in which such
Dispute shall arize, by the Oath or Affirmation of the Person whose
a£e is in Question, or any other legal Proof or credible Witnesp.^

Aud be it enacted, That eyery of the Persons so as aforesaid
enrolled, not eonsdentious^y (10) scrupling the use of An^s, shall
be safficiently armed with One good Musket, Fuzee or other Fire-
lock well fixed, a Cutlass, Bayonet or Tomhawk, a Cartouch Box
filled with Twelve or more Cartridges of Powder, Twelve or more
mseable Bullets, and Three good Flints, and shall appear and attend
in their proper Persons, with the Accoutrements, Arms and Ammu«
nition aforesaid, in good order, on the first Mondays in the Months
of June, August, November and March, at the place appointed by
their respective Captains, or superior Officers, for Mustering their
respective Companies; and on the second Monday in October, at the
Place to be appointed by the Colonel for the Mustering of the Begi-
meot, in Order to be taught and disciplined in the Military Exer-
cise, and shall continue under Arms any Time (11) not exceeding
Six Hours, on each of the Days aforesaid, and that every such Per-
son so attending, whilst at Mus er and on Duty, shall oxecute and
perform all their proper Services, and obey the just and reasonable
Commailds and Orders of their respective Officers, under the Penalty
of any Sum not exceeding Five Shillings, nor less than One
Shilling.

And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid. That every Person
so enrolled, that does not belong to suc^ Societies as conscientiously
scrapie the bearing of Arms, that shall not appear, at the Time, and
places aforesaid, compleatly armed and accoutred as aforesaid to
the satisfaction of his Superior Officers, who is hereby declared to
be Judge thereof^ shall forfeit and pay on Demand the Sum of Four
Shillings for every such (12) Offence, to be paid to the Clerk of
the Troop or Company to which he belongs, except in cases of Sick-
ness or Imprisonment. And that the Fines and Forfeitures of every
Young Man, above Seventeen and under Twenty One Years of Age,
liring with their Parents, incurred by Virtue of this Act, shall be
paid by their Parents and recovered in manner herein after directed,

[Rider.'] [And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid
That if the Captain, Lieutenant and Ensign, or any two of them
shall adjudge any Person or Persons enrolled as aforesaid, and ap-
pearing on the Days of Muster hereinbefore appointed, to be incapa-
ble of Providing and furnishing him or themselves with the Arms,
Ammunidon and Accoutrements required by this Act, every such
Person, so appearing, shall be exempt from the Fines and Forfeitures
imposed by Virtue of this Act, until such Arms, Ammunition and
Accoutrements shall be provided for and delivered to him.

And that if the Commissioners of any County shall adjudge any
«nch Person or Persons, who are exempted from attending on, or

124 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757.

performing, the Military Duties enjoined bj this Act, incapable of
paying tHe Sum of Twenty Shillings hereby ordered and directed to
DC paid by him or them, the said Commissioners are hereby enjoined
and required to acquit and discharge every such Person or Persons
from the same.]

And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Captain,
Lieutenant and Ensign of every Troop or Company of the severd
Counties within this Province shall, and they arc hereby empowered
and required to chuse a Clerk, Serjeant and Corporal, for the said
Company, which said Qerk shall give his Attendance with his
Sword by his Side on every of the Muster Days aforesaid, call over
the (18) Roll of the Company, and take Notice of the Persons
who are absent on each of the said Muster Days, and return upon
Oath a true List of the Absentees forthwith to his said Captain.
And shall also, before the Troop or Company shall proceed to their
Exercise, read distinctly, and with an audible Voice, at the Head
of the Troop or Company, the Clauses of this Act, relative to the
Duty of private men while under Arms, on the Days of Trainini;,
or in actual Service in Time of any Invasion.

And the said Clerks, Serjeants and Corporals so appointed shall,
at the Ti^cs aforesaid, also discharge and perform all the Duties
that respectively appertain to their Offices, and shall strictly obey
the legal and reasonable Commands of their Superior Officers, un-
der the (14) Penalfif of any sum not exceeding Ten Shillings, nor
less than Five Shillings.

And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the Captaip or
Commanding officer of every Troop or Company, shall deliver to the
Colonel or Commanding officer of the Regiment to which he be-
longs, herein after directed to be chosen and appointed, in two D<iys
after required so to do, a true and cdmpleat Roll or List of all Per-
sons belonging to his Troop or Company, under the Penalty of Five
Pounds, and every such Colonel or Commanding Officer, shall forth-
with, after the Receipt of such Roll or List, deliver or^end the same
^keeping a Copy thereof,) to the Governor or Commander in Chief
tor the Time being, under the Penalty of Twenty Pounds.

And be it enacted by the authority aforeiaid, (15) That all and
every of the officers and private men, being commissioned and en-
rolled as aforesaid, in the Militia of this Province, shall within Six
Days after they are so commissioned and enrolled, be formed and
divided into Regiments, in such manner as the Governor or Com-
mander in Cheiffor the Time being, shall order, direct, and appoint.
And the said officers, within Ten Days after they shall be so as afore-
said formed into Regiments, shall meet, at such Time and Place as
they or a Majority of them shall appoint, within the Limits of the
several Districts, out of which the Regiments are formed, and by a
Majority of Votes, by Way of Ballot, proceed to chuse their Field
officers, Viz^, a Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, and Major, for their
several Regiments, and by a certificate under the Hands and (16)

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757. 125

Seals of sncli Majority certify the Names of the Persons so chosen,
to the Governor or Commander in Chief for the Time being, which
Officers 80 chosen, if approved and Commissioned by the Governor
or Commander in Chief, shall be the Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel
and Major of that Regiment, according to their Commissions: Pro-
vided always, that every Colonel, so chosen, shall be possessed of a
real Estate in this Province worth Five Hundred Pounds : the Lieu-
tenant Colonel be possessed of a real Estate worth Four Hundred
Poands, and the Major be possessed of a real Estate worth Three
Handred Pounds, or double the Value in Personal Estate, and not
otherwise.

And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any Number
of men, not less than (17) Thirty, nor exceeding Sixty, including
Officers, belonging to any of the Regiments within this Province,
shall desire to form themselves into a Troop of Horse, it shall and
may be lawful for such Persons, by and with the Assent of the Co-
lonel of the Regiment, to form themselves into a Troop, and give a
List of their Names to the Colonel, and by Majority of Votes, by
Way of Ballot, in the Presence of the . said Colonel,' to proceed to'
chose a Captain, Lieutenant and Coronet; and the said Colonel shall,
forthwith, make Return of the same, under his Hand and Seal, to
the Governor or Commander in Chief for the Time being, which Of-
ficers, so chosen, if approved of and Commissioned by the Governor
or Commander in Chief for the Time being, shall be the Captain,
Lieutenant and Coronet of that Troop, according to their Commis-
sion. Arid (18) when the commanding Officers of the said Troop
are ready, and shall exercise the said Troop, and not before, the said
Persons so enrolled in the said Troop, shall be, and are exefbpted
from their Service in the Foot Companies.

And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid. That every Trooper,
while he shall be on Duty, shall be {Provided with a good serviceable
Horse, not less than Fourteen Hands high, with a good Bridle, Sad-
dle, Holsters, Housing, Breast-Plate and Crupper, a Case. of good
Pistols, a good Sword or Hanger, Twelve Cnarges of Powder,
Twelve sizeable Bullets, a pair of Boots with suitable Spurrs, and a
Carabine well fixed with a good Belt Swivel and Buckets^

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the
Colonel or other commandiftg (19) Officer for the Time being of
each respective Regiment, who shall fail to draw out, muster and
Exercise the same together once in every Year, shall forfeit, for
every such offence the Sum of Twenty Pounds, or every Captain of
a Troop or Company, who shall fail to appear as directed by this act,
or appearing, fail or neglect to exercise the Troop or Company under
bis Command, every such Captain so offending, shall for every such
offence or Neglect, forfeit and pay the Sum of Ten Pounds y and
every Lieutenant. Coronet or Ensign, who shall not appear, or ap-
pearing shall not perform his Duty, shall forfeit and pay the Sum of
Five Pounds'.

126 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757.

And be it farther enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the
Oovernor or Commander in Chief shall not grant his Commission to
any (20) of the Officers that shall be chosen and certified to him
according to the Directions of this act, within three Days after he
shall receive such Certificate, or if any such Officer being Commis-
sionated, shall die, be rendered incapable, or promoted to a superior
Office in the Militia, In every such Case two other Persons shall be
elected and certified in the Room and stead of such Person, to whom
such Commissions shall be refused, or omitted to be granted, or in
the Room of such Person dying, being rendered incapable, or pro-
moted to a superior Office as aforesaid, and presented to the Gover-
nor or Commander in Chief for the Time being, in the same manner
as is directed by this Act for the Election and certifying to him the
Person in the first Instance, whose place is' intended to be supplied :
One of which said two (2V) Persons so chosen and ccrtifyed, the Go-
vernor or Commander m Chief for the Time being, shall commis-
sionate, and the Person so commissionated shall be the Officer ac-
cording to his Commission : And if the Governor or Commander in
Chief for the Time being shall not commissionate any of .the Officers
last aforesaid, so chosen and certified within Three Days after the
Receipt l>f such Certificate, the highest in Votes, or first named in
. such Certificate, if equal in Votes shall be the Officer as aforesaid,
as fully to all Intents and Purposes, as if he had^been duly com-
missionated according to the Directions of this Act. And if any
Person that shall be chosen and certified to the Governor or Com-
mander in Chief for the Time being, shall refuse to accept of a Com-
mission agreeable to his Election, it shall and may be lawful for the
Goveilior or Commander in (22) Chief for the Time being, ia his
stead, to commissionate any such Person within that District as he
shall think proper, provided he be qualified as is in such Cases by
this Act ordered and directed. '

And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that if any Number
of Men, in or near the City of Philadelphia, not less than Sixty,
Dor exceeding One Hundred Men, to a Company, including Officers,
shall desire to form themselves into one or more Artillery Company
or Companies, not exceeding three Companies, for managing tho
Artillery belonging to the Province, itnd the Battery or Fort near the
said City, provided nothing herein contained shall be construed to af-
fect, alter, change or takeaway the right and title of the private owners
of the Soil ob which the said Battery or Fort is erected. It shall and
may be lawful for such Persons, (23) by and with the Assent of the
Governor or Conotnander in Chief for the Time being, to form them*
selves ioyto an Artillery Company or Companies as aforesaid, ^ve a
List or Lists of their Names to their Colonel, and. by Majority of
Votes, by Way of Ballot, in the Presence of the said Colonel, to
proceed to chuse a Captain, first and second Lieutenant, for each
Company; And the said Colonel shall forthwith make Return of the
samC; under his Hand and Seal^ to the Governor or Commander in

PENNSTLYAKIA ABOHITES 1757. 127

Cinef for the Thne being, wlicii officers so choeen, if approved of
tnd commiasioned by Him, shall be the Captain, first and second
Lieutenant of that Company, according to their Commissioos ; And
the Officers and |Nrivate Men of such Artillery Company shall at-
tend, with the Arms, Ammunition (24) and Accoutrements afore-
Baid, on the Artillery Exercise, on the Days and Time herein before
menUoned and appointed for the Mustering and Training of the
Militia, and have a Clerk to perform the same Duties as are herein
directed.

And for the more effectual Defence and Protection of the Inhabi-
tants of this Province, against actual Invasions, Rebellions and In- -
gQirections, Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in Case
of any actual Invasion, Rebellion or Insurrection, by such a number
of Men as may endanger the general Safety of the Province, all Offi*
cers of the Militia shall have full power and Authority, in their re*
specUve Stations and Divisions, and they are hereby enjomed, di-
rected and commanded, to raise forthwith the Militia under their
Command, and to dispatch immediate Intelligence to their Com-
manding (25) Officers, informing them in what Manner thev intend
to act & proceed. And the Commanding Officers of such Regi-
ment shall foirthwith dispatch an Express to the Governor or Com-
mander in Chief for the Time being with a full Account thereof,
and in what manner he or they intend to act or proceed ; And the
Officers aforesaid shall, in the mean Time, keep the Militia under
their Command under Arms. And the Commanding Officer of every
Begiment within this Province, with the Consent and Approbation
of the Grovernor or Commander in Chief for the Time being, hath
hereby fall Power and Authority, in Time of actual Invasion, In-
surrection or Rebellion, to draw together the Militia under his
Command, and march them to such Places within this Province as
he shall judge most convenient for. opposing the Enemy, or Quell-
ing (26) or suppressing any RelTellion or Insurrection, and to such
Place or Places within this P]:ovince as he shall be commanded or
directed by the Governor or Commander in Chief for the Time be-
ing. And every Field Officer who shall willfully neglect or refuse
to perform his Duty herein required, in the Time of actual Inva-
sion, Rebellion or Insurrection, shall forfeit the sum of One Hun-
dred Pounds Current lawful monev ; And every Captain or other
Commissioned Officer, for his Neglect or Refusal to perform his
Duty at such Time as aforesaid, shall forfeit Fifty Pounds like
money ; And every non-commissioned Officer and private Soldier of
the Militia, for his Neglect'or Refusal to perform bis Duty at such
Tiroes as aforesaid, shall forfeit Ten Pounds like money.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , (27) That
every Person belonging to the Militia of this Province, upon Notice
of such Invasion, Insurrection or Rebellion, in any manner what-
soever, shall immediately repair, with his proper Arms, Ammuni-
tion and Accoutrements herein before mentioned, and directed to be

128 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1767.

provided by him, to }iis Ooloars or Parade, tinder the Penalty of
Ten Pounds, which Parade shall be the Habitation of the Captain or
CommaQding Officer, unless he shall otherwise direct and appoint

And whereas in time of actual Service, in the Time of such In*
yasion as aforesaid, Ibsurrection or Rebellion, it is necessary that the
Private men be held to a more strict Discipline, than at other Times
mi^ht be expedient : Be it therefore enacted by the authority afore-
said. That (28) if any Officer or Private man of the Militia of this
Province, in time of actual Service, in the Time of Invasion, Ineur*
rection or Rebellion, shall wittingly of willingly excite, cause or join
in any Mutiny or Sedition, in any Regiment, Troop, Company,
Party, Quard, or Detachment of the Militia, or shall leave his Post
or Station without the Orders of his proper Officer, every Field Of-
ficer shall forfeit and pay the Sum of One Hundred Pounds ; And
every Captain and other Commissioned Officer the Sum of Fifty
Poands; and every non-commissioned Officer and private Man the
Sum of Teb Pounds current Money for every such Offence. And if
any Person or Persons shall wittingly hold any Correspondence with
any Rebel or Enemy, or give any Rebel or Enemy Advice or Intel-
ligence by Letter, Message, Sign (29) or Tokens, in any manner
whatsoever, every such Person so offending, being legally convicted
thereof, shall suffer Death, without Benefit of Clergy.

And if any Person whatsoever, in the Time of actual Invasion,
Insurrection or Rebellion aforesaid, shall strike or use any Violence
to his Superior Officer, or refuse or wilfully neglect to obey his
reasonable Orders, such Person so offending shall forfeit and pay any
Sum not exceeding Five Pounds like money.

And whereas there are in this Province a great numhier of Persons
of different religious Persuasions, who conscientiously scruple tb
bear Arms, and yet in Time of Invasion and Danger would freely
perform sundry Services equally necessary and advantageous to the
Public, Therefore be it provided and^ enacted by the authority afore-
iatd, (30) That all Quakers, Menonists, Moravians, and other con-
scientiously scrupulous of bearing Arms, who shall appear on any
Alarm with th% Militia, though without Arms, and be ready to obey
the Commands of the Officers in the following Particulars, that is to
say, In extinguishing Fires in any City or Township, whether kin-
dled by the En^my from without, or by traiterous Inhabitants with-
in } in suppressing Insurrections of Slaves or other evil minded Per-
sons during an attack; in carrying off and taking Care of the
Wounded } in conveying Intelligence as Expresses or Messengers ;
in carrying Refreshments to such as are on Duty, and in conveying
away to such Places of Safety as the Commanding Officer shall ap-
point, the Women and Children, aged, infirm and wounded, ¥pith
the Effects (31) that are in Danger of falling into the Hands of the
Enemy ; Such Persons so appearing on any Alarm, and performing
the Services aforesaid, when required^ shall, and they are hereby do

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elared to be free and exempt from the Penalties of this Act^ inflieted
00 Persons refusing to appear under Arms on such Occasions.

And whereas upon certain Emergencies in Time of sach general
Invasion, Insurrection or Rebellion, it may be necessary to keep
military Watch and Ward, Be it therefore enacted by the authority
aforesaid, that in such Time of Danger it shall and may be lawful
for the Governor or Commander in Chief for the Time being, to
order and direct a military Watch to be kept in such Place or Places
within this Province as he shall appoint And the Colonel or (32)
next C<mimanding Officer in each respective County, where such
Watch shall be appointed to be kept, to whom such Directions shall
he given, shall issue out his Orders to the several Captains under
his Command, to appoint so many men to appear with their Arms,
Ammanitions and Accoutrements aforesaid, at such Times and Places
as such Colonel or Commanding Officer shall appoint, which Watch
80 appointed shall from Time to Time be relieved by men equally
drafted from the several Regiments and Companies of the said Coun-
ties, as they were first enrolled by the Constable or his Assistant ;
Aod every Person or Persons, who shall be warned by his Com*
manding Officer, or by Order under his Hand upon, such Service,
shall serve on such Watch, or find a sufficient or well-armed man in
his Room, under the Penalty (38) of Ten Shilling for every such
Neglect or Refusal^ And if any Person shall leave or direct the
said Watch until he is relieved by some other Person appointed by
the Commanding Officer to watch in his Room, he shall forfeit the
Sam of Forty Shillings : Provided always, that no Person or Per-
sons whatsoever shall he obliged to continue longer on the said Watch
than Twenty four Hours at one Time^ any Thing in this Act con-
tained to the contrary notwithstanding.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every
Gentry upon Ward or Watch, who shall challenge any Person or
Persons Three Times, Audibly and Distinctly, and the Person or
Persons so challenged shall refnse to answer, or give an account of
him or Themselves, may lawfully fire upon such Person or Persons
so challenged, toiihout (84) being impeached or prosecuted for the
same, any Law, Usagoior Custom to the Contrary Notwithstanding;
And the Officer of such Watch, upon the approach of any Enemy,
shall make such Signals and give Alarms as shall be directed by the
Officer appointing him; And every Officer and Soldier, upon hear-
ing snch Alarms or seeing such Signals, shall immediately repair to
their Colours or Parade, and obey such Orders as shall in such Case
be given by his superior Officer, for calling together the Company,
Troop or Regiment to which he belongs, and for marching the same
to any Pbce (x Places against the Enemy, or to suppress any Inva-
sion, Insurrection or Rebellion, that may happen within this Pro-
viDoe.

Provided nevertheless, that the Descent or (85) Incursion of any
small Skulking Party or Parties of Indians and French, such as the

130 PENNSYLVANIA AKCHIVES 1767.

Frontier CoQnties haye been heretofore invested with, ehall not be
deemed, eonstmed or taken to be snob Time of General and Actual
Invasions, as shall subject the whole Militia of the Province to the
Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures herein imposed, on their Defaults,
Neglects or Offences in Time of a General and Actual Invasion, Re-
"bellion and Insurrection: Kor shall extend to give the Oaptain Ge-
neral any Power or Anithority to Baise the Jtlilitia of the Province,
or draw them out of their proper Counties. Provided always never-
theless. That it shall & may be lawful, and the Commanding Offie^
of each and every Begiment, Troop or Company within the Coun*
ties of Cumberland, York, Lancaster, Berks and Northampton, are
hereby (36) enjoined and commanded, in Case of any such Desoeat
or Incursion as aforesaid, upon, or into their respective Counties, to
raise the Militia under their Command, or so much thereof as they
shall think necessary, and to march them forthwith to such Place or
Haces as they shall judge most convenient and necessary for repel*
ling, pursuing, killing and destroying the said Enemies.

And that the Commanding Officers of each of the Begiments in
the respective Counties last aforesaid, in Ciise of real Bmergencies
happening in their said respective Counties, shall and are hereby em-
powered and required, as before directed, to appoint such Military
Watch to be kept in the Town, Borough, Township or Pkoe, be
shall think necessary, sending immediate Notice thereof to the Go-
vernor or Commander in Chief (^7) for the Time being, to the End
the same may be continued or not, as he shall think expedient, and
every Defaulter or Person who shall neglect to attend >on such
Watch, being duly warned, or not yield Obedience to his Superior
Officer, or ref^ise or neglect to do his Duty, shall be liable to the
same Penalties as in Case the said Watch was established by Order
of the Commander in Chief as aforesaid.

And whereas many of the Arms and Military Accoutrements,
which have been purchased at the Public Expence, and delivered to
the Inhabitants of this Province, are dispersed among the People,
or converted to Private Use : To the End therefore. That the said
Arms & military Accoutrements may be recovered and disposed of
in such manner as to render them of (38) Public Service, Be it en-
acted by the authority aforesaid. That the Captain of every Troop
or Company shall, within Ten Days after the Beceipt of his Commis^
sion, fix up Advertisements at the most Public Places within his
District, commanding every Person, to whom such Arms or Military
Accoutrements have been delivered, or in whose Custody, Possession
or Powerthey may or shall happen to be, to produce and doliver the
same on the first Muster Day for the Public Use ; And in Case of
Neglect .or Befnsal to produce and deliver the Arms and Military
Accoutrements as aforesaid, then the said Captain shall issue his
Warrants to his several Serjeants or Corporals, commanding them to
ask for, demand and receive, of all and every such Person or Fer-~
sons, all such Arms or MUUary (39) Aoooutrements belonging to

FESTNgYLTANIA ABCHTinES 1757. ISl

tkfl Proviaee aforeaaid, wbich aud Wanant the aatd Seijeaiits off
Corporals are hereby required aad eojoiDed; on Beeeipt Ibereof,
faithfally and carefully to execute, to the best of their Skill and
Knowle^e ; and if any such Person or Persons hariDg any Arms or
Military Aocontrements belonging to the Provinoe, after Demand
Made of them as aforesaidy shall willfully neglect or refuse to
dfiliYer the same. Them it shall and may be lawM for the Giq>tBiB
of any Troop or Company, or other superior Officer, as often as he
or they shall be informed or suspect that any of the Arms or Mili*
tary Acooatrements belonging to the Public shall be in the Gustodyi
Poasessiott or Power of, or be concealed by any such Person or Per*
sons, of whom the same have been demaodecl (40) as aforesaid, he
shall issoe his Warrant to his Seijeant or Corporal to seise and take
such Arms and Military Accoutrements, and bring them, together
with such such Person before the next Justice of the Peace, and if
it shall appear on a due & legal Trial & Ezaminatioo, that the same
do belong to the Pnblio, they shall remain seised, and the said Per«
son shall pay the Sum of Forty Shillings correat Money for each
Fbrelock, so as i^oresaid belonging to the Public, in which Trial and
Ezamkiation the Proof of the Properly shall lie on the Person in
whose Possession the same shall be. And if any Captain shall omit
or neglect to set up suoh Advertisements, or issue such Warrants
as aforesaid, he shall forfeit the Sum of Tea Pounds; And every
Seijeant or Corporal neglecting or refusing (41) to perform the Dn*
ties required of him or them by this Act, shall for every such of«
fence forfeit and pay the Sum of Twenty Shillings, to be recovered
by the Clerk of the Company as is herein directed.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every
Captain, by or to whom such Arms or Military Accoutrements shidl
be delivered or received, shall give Beceipts for the same, and forth*
with deliver them to such Person or Persons under his Command, as
he shall judge incapable of Purchasing or providing the same, tak-
ing a Beeeipt for the said Arms and Military Accoutrements, with
a Promise therein contained to return the said Arms & Military Ao-^
coutrements in good Order, unavoidable Accidents only excepted,'
whenever demanded ) of all which the mid (42) Captains shall keep
a true and just Account, to be lead before the Colonel of the Begi-
^ ment to which he belongs, as often as thereunto required by the
said Colonel, who shall forthwith make Report thereof to the Qo*
vemor or Commander in Chief for the Time being.

And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid. That all Arms, Mi-
litary Aecoutrements, Gun Powder and Ammunition, of what kind
soever, any Papist or reputed Papist within this Province, hath or
shaH have in his House or Houses, or elsewhere. One Month after
the publication of this Act, shall be taken from such Papist or re-
plied Papist, by Warrant, under the Hands and Seals of any two
Justices of the Peace, who are hereby empowered and required to
issue a Warrant for Sea«ih as often as they shall reccioe (4B) Infer

m PXNNSTLYANIA ABCHIVES 1757.

■latioiiy or have good Oanse to sospeet tbe CSoncealment of Anas
and AmmuDitioii in the Honsea of any Papist or reputed Papist;
And the said Arms, Military AocoutrementS; Onn Powder, and
Ammunition so taken, shall be delivered to the Colonel of the Re^*
ment within whose District the said Arms are fonnd, by him to be
safely kept for the Publio Use. And if any snch Papist or repated
Papist shall have any Arms, Military AocooArements, Onn Powda
or Ammunition, after the Time so as aforesaid limited, the same
being so seized, shall be forfeited ; And if any such Papist or re-
puted Papist shall attempt to conceal such Arms, Military Acooa*
trements, Gun Powder and Ammunition as aforesaid, or refuse to
declare or manifest the same to the said Justices of the Peace, or
to any other Person authorised by WarrafU (44) to search for,
seize and take the same, every such Person so offending shall be im-
prisoned by Warrant from the said Justices for the Space of Three
Months, without Bail or Mainprise.

And whereas all Papisteand reputed Papists are hereby exempted
from attending and performing the Military Duties enjoined by this
Acton the Days and Times appointed for the same. And never-
theless will partake of and enjoy the Benefit, Advantage add Pro-
ieetion thereof, Be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That every male Papist or reputed Papist, between the age of Seven-
teen and Fifty five Years, within the several Districts or Divisions bo
to be made by the Sheriff of each County within this Province, shall
and thoy are hereby (45) enjoined & required to pay on Demand to
the Captain of the Company of the District in which he resides, the
Sum of Twenty Shillings to be recovered of him, in case of his
Neglect or Befusal, in the same manner as the Fines and Forfeit-
turesof the Persons enrolled in the Militia, are hereby directed to
be recovered, *and applied to the same Purposes as the said Fines
and Forfeitures are directed by this Act to be, applied. And that
the Parente of every such Male reputed Papist, above Sevente<m
Years of Age, and under Twenty -one, shall pay the said sum of
Twenty Shillings for every such Minor under the Age last aforesaid.
', And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that no Innholder
or any other Person whatsover, shall presume to sell any strong
Liquor (46) to any of the Persons attending on Military Service,
on such Times as they aro directed to appear in Arms, at the place ^
of Mi:^tering or Training, or within two miles thereof, until after
they shall be dismissed for that Day, under the Penalty of Forty
Shillings, to be recovered before any Justice of the Peace in a Sum-
jtnary way as Debts under Forty Shillings are directed by Law to be
recovered; One half to the Person who shall sue for the same and
ihe other half to be paid into the Provincial Treasury for the Sup-
port of Government : Provided always that nothing herein contain-
ed shall be construed to extend to any Licensed Tavern or Or(finary
Keeperi who shall vend or sell any strong Liquor^ in his or her

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHTTBS 1767. 138

Hoose, it not lieing to any Person of the Militia, or lor the we of
8Qeh Persons. *

And (47) be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that all Fines,
Penalties and Forfeitures inenrred by Tirtoe of this Act, by any
Person whatsoeycr, that do not exceed Five Pounds, shall be paid
fm Demand by the Person or Persons from whom due, to the Cleric
of the Company to which he or they belong, and if any Person or
Psnons shall neglect or refuse to pay snch Fines, Forfeitores and
Penalties, the same shall be sued for and recovered by WarranI ec
Summons to be, issued by the Captain of the Distriot in which sueb
Person or Persons shall reside, under his Hand and Seal, directed to
the Clerk, Serjeant or Corporal of the Company of the said District;
And the said Captain having heard and determined the matter in a
Summary Way, the said Fines, Forfeitures and Penalties shall be
kvied (48) by Dbtress and Sale of the Offenders Goods & Chattels,
aod in case no such Goods and Chattels are to be found, by Imprison-
ment of the Body. And the said Fines and Forfeitures when
received by the Clerk of each respective Company, shall by him be
paid to the Captain of his Company, retaining Ten per Centum iot
m Trouble in Colfecting, levying and receiving the same and no
more; and by the said Captain l^ applied towards purchasing Arms
and Ammunition for such as are not capable of providing the same,
and Drums and Colours for his said Company.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that all
Fioes, F<Hrfeitures & Penalties inenrred by virtue of this Act by
any Person or Persons whatsoever, that do exceed the Sum (49) of
Five Pounds for Breach or neglect of his or their Duty snail be
paid on Demand of the Colonel of the Regiment to which such Per-
son doth belong, to be recovered, in Cose of Neglect or Refusal to
pay the same, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any
Court of Record within this Province, wherein no Essoin Protection
or Wager of Law, nor more than one Imparlance shall be allowed ;
One half port thereof to the said Colonel, or such Person who shsU
sue for the same, and the other Half part thereof to be paid into
the Provindal Treasury for the Support of Ooverlknent, and that
all Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures inflicted by this Act on the
Cobnel for Refusal or Neclect of his Duty, shall be paid by him '
^ to the Provincial Treasurer for the (50) Time being, and in Case of
his Neglect or Refusal, to be recovered by any Person or Persons
who will sue for the same, in Manner and Form last aforesaid ; one
half thereof to the Prosecutor; and the other Half to be paid into
the Provincial Treasury, for Support of Oovemment.

And be itrTurther enacted by 'the Authority aforesaid, that if any
Captain of the Militia within this Province, shall refuse or negleet
to issue hb Warrant, or otherwise prosecute with Effect, for the
several Fines, Pendties and Forfeitures hereby made recoverable bo>
fore or by him, he shall forfeit and pay for every such Offence the
Sum of Twenty Pounds current Money. And bo it eiiiacted by the

134 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 175T.

Authority Aforesaid, that every Captaifi of ^e Militia withiD ibis
Province Bhall yearly aooount %itb the Treasurer of bis Gompaoj for
the Time being for all sueb Fioesy Forfeitures and Penalties by him
veoovered or reoeived by Virtae of this Aot and pay the sarplnaage,
if any, to him ; and that the said Oounty Treasurer shall keep (51)
fiur and regular Aooounts of all Sums that shall be so paid to him,
and by whom, in a Book to be kept for that Purpose; And shall
also annually aoeonnt with the Provincial Treasurer, who shall
Mnder an Account thereof to the Assembly of this Province : Pro*
Tided always that no Clerk, Collector or other Officer hereby em-
powOTcd to serve Prooees, or to make Diatrsssos, shall do the same in
as exorbitant & unreasonable manner^ under the Penalty of Fi?e
Pounds ; but shall as near as may be take and levy, on such or so
much Gtoods and Chattels of the Offender, as shall be sufficient to
pay the Debt and Costs, if such Goods and Chattds there are to be
found, and that the same shall be done io the Presence of oae
veputable Freeholder at least; and, after Sale thereof the said
Clerk or other Officers shall pay the said Dobt and Forfeiture (52>
to the Officer before whom the same was recovered, and return the
Overpluss, to the Owner thereof^ after deducting the reasonable and
necessary charges that may arise by Virtue of this Aot on such sale :
Provided always that no such DistresiEi be made on any Arms, Mili*
tary Accoutrements, or Ammunition, ordered to be provided by
Persons enlisted under this Aot.

And for as much as the Parliament of Qreat Britain has thought
It to exempt the Church or Congregation cidled Unitas Fratrum or
United Brethren from bearing Arms, or personally serving in any
Military Capacity upon their paying a reasonable Equivalent or Com*
pensation for such Scnrice; And there are divers other religious
Sooaeties of Christians in this Province, whose Conscientious Persoa-
sions are against bearing Arms, who are neverikekti (53) wUling and
desirous to promote the Public Peaoe and Safety : Therefore be it
enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the Captain of the Com-
pany of each District in every County of this Province shall within
Six Months aftet he reoeives his Commission, cause his Clerk to
make out a fair Duplicate or true Copy of the Betura made by the
* Constable and his Assistant, of each Township of his District which
was delivered him by the Sheriff, i^arking thereon every Penoas
name that is on his Muscer-Roll, and ako distinguishing those who
belong to such religions Societies whose conscientious Principles are
against bearing Arms ; which said Duplicate or Copy of Constable's
j^turns, after so marked and distinguished, the said Captain shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Commissioners of his County,
chosen by Virtue of the Act (54) for raising County Bates and
Levies: And the said Commissioners of each County of this
Province, within Twenty Days after, the Beceipt of the Duplicates
aforesaid, shall meet together and cause their Clerks to make out fsir
Dupiicates of the Names and Sir Names of all and eyery Person and

PENNSYLVANIA AECHIYBS 1767. 185

PeanoDB in eaok Distriet or DhrisioD, marked and distinginsked «i
aforesaid to belong to such Religiooa Sociedea, whoae Prineiplea aitt
agaioit bearing Anna. And t^ and OommiBsioneia of the raapeo-
6?6 CoantieB are herebj aathoriaed and oommandedy iindi» the
Pcnallij of One Hundred Poonda Gnnent Money, to oharge everj
snok Person Uie ram'bf Twenty Shillings on the said DopUoate, and
appoint GoUeotcMrs for reemving the same, and oanse their Gierke ta
deUrer to the eaid Colleotora fiur Bnplioates of the Namea of the
PenoDB BO ehaxged, with a Wairant annexed thereto (&5) under tha
Hands and Seals of Two or more of the said Gommissioners, requiring
the said GoUeotorsr forthwith to Gollect woA BeceiTe the sefenS
Sdois in the said Duplieates respeotiTcly mentioned ; And if any
Piatson or Persons so charged by Virtue of thia Aot shall refuse or
negleet to pay the *me on demand. The said Golleotor w GolleDtora
by Virtue of their said Wamnt, ahall call to their asusfeance, if
oeeasion be, any Gonstable of his Gounty, and levy the Sum so
efaarged on the Ooods and Chattels of the Person so refusing, and
make Sale thereof, rendering the OTerpluss, if any be, to the Cfwneni
in the same manner as Gollectors are impowered and difeeted by the
said Aot ^or raising County Rates and Levies. And be it enaoted
by the Authority aforesaid, That the said Sum of Twenty Shillings
that shall be so charged to any young Man Mtider (56) the Age ot
Twenty-One and above Seventeen Years, who belongs to any of the
Societies afores* and shall reside with his Parent, shall be paid and
recovered as aforesaid of and from kis said Parent.

And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the said Gol-
lectors reepeotively shall within three Months after they receive the
said Duplicates and Warrants, as aforeartid, and they are hereby
directed and required to collect, receive and pay to the respective
County TreasureiB the several Sums they and each of theip ought to
eoUeot and receive by Virtue of this Act, retaining in their Hands
Sixpence per Pound for Collecting the same. And the several
Gountf Treasurers shall pay the same into the Hands of the Provincial
Treasurer, who shall keep an Account thereof distinct and separate
from his other Accounts, to be applied and laid out by (57) the
Committee for Indian Affairs to the Uses and purposes mentioned
and specified in an Act intituled, '< An Act for preventing abuses in
the Indian Trade, for supplying the Indians, Friends and Allies of
Great Britain with (ioods at more Rates, and for restoring and
confirming the peace and Friendship heretofore subnsting between
this Province and the Indians inhabiting the Frontiers of the said
Province.^' And the said Provincial Treasurer shall have one ^
Centum, and the County Treasurer one ^ Centum respectively, for
their Trouble in receiving and paying the same. And the Commis*
moners of the respective Counties shall be allowed the same Fees as
are allowed them for the like Services by the said Act for raising
County Bates and Levies. And their Clerks for drawing the said

186 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757. »

Daplioaies and (58) sending them out to the Collectors, so much as
the Commissioners shall think fit to allow.

And be it enacted bj the Anthoritj aforesaid, That nothing in
tiiis Act contained, shall be oonstnied to subject the €kntlemea of
the Governor's Council, or of the General Assembly not holding
any Military Oflice, or any Minister of the Gospel, or Preacher of
any Denomination of Keligion whatsoever, to appear on the Days and
Times appointed by this Act for Training and Mustering the Militia
of this Province, or to do the Duties at such Times hereby enjoined
and required.

And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid. That no Officer or
Soldier ordered and directed by this Act to appear and Muster as
(59) aforesaid, or that shall be appointed to Watch, shall be liable
to be taken or arrested by any Officer in any Civil Action or Pro-
cess whatsoever on the Day whereon such Person is directed to
appear or Watch, or in any reasonable Time either in going to, eon*
tinning at, or returning Home from, the Place or Places appointed
to Muster or Watch at : But every such Arrest is hereby dedared to
be ipso facto void and without Authorityj and all Officers. are here-
by enjoined and required to tak^ Notice therebf and Govern theni-
selves accordingly; any Law Usage or Custom to the contrary not-
withstanding.

And be it enacted by the Authority, That if any suit or
Action shall be brought against any Person whatsoever for doing
tlie (60) Duty requir^ of him by this Act, he may plead the general
Issue and give this Act in Evidence, which is hereby declared to be
a publick Act, and ail Courts, Judges and Justices are hereby re-
quired to take Notice of it accordingly : And if the Plantiff discon-
tinue his Action, be nonsuited, or a Judgment pass against him on a
Verdict or Demurrer, the Defendant shall recover Treble Costs.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid. That this
Act shall continue and be in force for One Year after the publication
hereof and from thence to the End of the next setting of Assembly
and no longer.

9«» April, 1756. Examined with the Original Bill and found to
be true.

B. PETERS.

Indorsed. *"

[Read the Third Time and passed the House, March 29, 1757.

Chas. Moobe,
Cl'k of Assembly.]

* See'CoL B«s. Vol. VU., p. 468, 464, 668.

PBNNSTLYANU ABOHIYBS 1767. 1S7

Lord Loudon to Gov. Denny, 175T.

New York April 18th, 1757.
Sir,

I have jost seen a Letter from Philadelphia, by which I find part
of the Transports have from 111 Judging or some other reason, appijed
to the Collector for a Glearence, on which he has insisted to bavo
the King's Transports Clear'd oat from the Custom House, and
Bonds given for the King's Provisions pnt on Board for the Trpo{»,
and Specifying the Parts to which they are carried, which is a point
the Masters Cannot acquaint them with, and I am informed both by
Sir Charles Hardy who understands those Affairs, and by Mr. Hilby,
who has been very Conversant in Embarkations, that all the Ships
that are taken up into the King's Service as Transports have nothing
to do with the Custom House, and that it is proper for me to apply
to You, and beg of You to interpose Your Authority as Governor,
and to give those Transports despatches, to Leave the Port of Phila-
delphia, and to follow such Orders as they have or may receive from
the Agents of the Transports for His Majesty's Service, in Conse-
qoence of the orders he has received from me.

I have ordered Mr. Shackerly to deposite in your Hands a Copy
of the Articles for agreement with the Transports Signed by me
which I hes yon will Communicate to any of the Gantlemen Con-
cern'd and have also given him directions to deliver you a Copy of
my Letter to him of this date and the assurance I have therein given
I beg you will acquaint them I shall Faithfully keep to.
I am with great Regard, Sir,

Your most Obedient

Humble Servant,

LOUDOUN.*

To Governor Denny.

LoBD Loudon to Mb. Shackbrlt, Agent, &o., 1757.

New York April 18th, 1767.
Sir:

As I find you are under some Embarrassment in Relation to the
Transports with the Collector of the Customs ; Yoa will let him know
that Ships taken into His Majesty's Pay, as Transports, cannot be
Subjected to the Examination of Officers of the Customs ; You will
therefore dispatch those under your care at Philadelphia, with all
possible diligence to Join Captain Kennedy at his present Station or
any other he may be directed to, and if you meet with any repeated

* See Colon, Reo VoL VIL, p. 482-601.

188 PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIVBB 1767-

interraption in ihisServioe, Yon will apply to the Goveraor^4o whom
I have writ on this Occasion.

As I have reason to helieve the owners of those Ships, let oat to
the King, are desirous that the Contract I have signed for the Seou-
ritj of their payment, and on which their Charter parties are formed,
should be laid in proper hands for their satisfaction ; You will on re-
eeipt hereof deposite an attested Copy in the Hands of the Qovemor
and assure the Several Masters, that the necessary Money shall be
paid to them on their arrival at this Port, where they will not be
subjected to the Payment of Powder Money or any other Duty daring
their Continuance in his Majesty's Service, and I desire you will
deliver a Copy of this Letter to the Governor.
I am
Sir,

Your most Obedt., Hble. Servant,

LOUDOUN.*
To Mr. Sbackerly, Agent of Transports.

Sir:

Lord Loudon TO Gov, Denny, 1757.

New York April 19th, 17i>7.

Mr. Gilbert Barkley, Merchant in Philadelphia, having proposed
to Hire and fitt out a Vessel, and to Load said Vessel with Wine,
Liquors, and other Necessaries for the use of the Troops under mj
Command, I must therefore desire You will suffer the aforesaid Mr.
Barkley to Clear out such a Vessel from Your Port, in the same
tnanner with the Transports, in Order to have the Benefit of the
Convoy to this Port.

I am with great Regard,
Sir,

Your most Obedient

Humble Servant,

LOUDON.
To The Hon"' William Denny, Esq'.

* See Col. Eeo., Vol. VH., p. 482-500

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757. 139

Capt. Yan Etten to Wm. Parsons, 1757.

Worthy friend,

I am Sorry to Inform you of What hapened Sins I Sa yon Last
oa the 20 Day of this Instant, after I Came to Fort Hammelton,
flkottt two a'Clock, & as I made all the hast I Conld to Fort Hynd-
shaw, ahout one a'Clock at Night an Ezpres Came to me that a men
Was Ciled and Scalped at Fort Hammelton, which I found to be
tm, ft had the men burried the 21 of this Instant; pray, Sir, Con-
sider my afairs as I am but Weake Now, & all the Neighbours about
the fort is mounted in the fort, Which I CompeVd to Stan Santriey^
Next the Soldiers tel forther orders; pray, Sir, Excuse 4ia8t.
Sir, I Remain your
friend & humble

Servant, Sir,

Capt. JOHN VAN ETTEN.
Fort Hammelton, 21 Apr. 1757.

Directed^
(On his Majesties Service.) To Wilem Parsons, at Easton.

DEPOSiTiojff OF John Willumson, 1757.

Northampton County,- as.

On the Twenty-Second Day of April, A». D». 1757, Personally
appeared before me, William Parsons, Esquire, one of hu Majesty's
Justices of the Peace, for the County of Northampton, John Wil-
liamson of lower Smithfield Township, in the said County, Yeoman,
aged 48 Years, And being duly Sworn on the holy Evangelists of
Almifhty God, did Depose and Declare, That on Wednesday last,
the 20th Instant, about Sun Sett, a certain Andreas Gundryman, a
Tonth about 17 Years of Age, went with two Horses and a Sleigh
to fetch some Fire Wood, that lay about 80 perches from Fort
Hamilton,, to his Father's House, ab^ 10 perches from the Fort.
That while the Young Man was out as aforesaid, He this Deponent
and Several other Persons, who all live about 10 perches from the
Port, heard two Guns fired; Whereupon, Henry Gundryman (Father
of the above named Andreas) and Conrad Freidenberg, one of the
Garrison at Fort Hamilton, ran immediately upon bearing the
Fircing towards the Place where Andreas was gone for the Fire^
Wood ; some of the Soldiers and other Persons hearing him cry
out, and seeing him run down the Hill towards the Fort And this
Bep*. further saith, that about 300 Yards from this Fort, they found

110 PENNSYLVANIA ABCmVES 1757.

the said Andreas Oundryman lying dead, and scalpM quite to tbe
Eyes. And this Deponent further saith, that he paw two Indians
ran up the Hill from the place where Andreas lay dead. Hiat the
Indians did not hitt him with their Shott/ but as soon as they
fired Andreas ran, and they pursued him with t^eir Tom hooks and
murdered him very barbarously, and as they went off sett up the
Indian War Hallow. And this Deponant further saith, that earlf
op the next Morning the Father of the Deceased, with James Gar-
lanhouse and one of the Soldier/, went and fetched the Corps, and
the Garrison and Neighbours buried it about 30 perches from the
Fori And this Deponant further saith, that a oertain Isaac Ban*
dolph, a Soldier, being sent the same Ey'ning the Murder was com-
mitted to acquaint Capt. Van Etten, at Fort Hyndshaw, of what had
happened, returned to Fort Hamilton and reported that in his Way
he had seen 6 Indians by a Fire at the Plantation pf Robert Ellis,
about 3 Miles from the Fort, & ab^ half way to Samuel Dupui's,
which made him afraid to proceed farther, and therefore he returned
and reported as above. And this Deponant further saith, that he
this Deponent that same Night went up to Fort Hyndshaw and I
acquainted Capt. Van Etten of what had happened, but saw no
Indians in his Journey. And this Dep^ farther saith, that the. said
Robert Ellis came to Fort Hamilson on Thursday Morning, and
reported that he had seen 3 Indians that same Morning by a Fire
on his Plantation, And when the Indians discovered him they left
the Fire and went up a Hill. And this Deponant further saith,
that Cap^ Van Etten came on Thursday Morning with as many
Soldiers as could be spared from Fort Hyndshaw to Fort Hamilton
and assbted at the Burial. And this Deponant further saith not

JOHN WILLIASON.*

Sworn, at Easton, in the County of Northampton, the Day and
Tear aboves'.

Before me,
WM. PARSONS.

Answer op Commissionbrs to Gov'rs Message, 1757.

The Commissi in Consequence of Commiss}" Young's Letter to
his Honour the Obvernor, presented to the Board by the Secretary,
came to the following resolve : — Taat they will despatch M'. Bard to
the Paymaster immediately w^ Five or Six Thousand Pounds, if so
much Money fs signed & returned to the Office, & direct him to dis-
charge the Arrears of the Battoe Men forthwith, & desire that the

* See Col. Roc., Vol VII., p. 494.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1767. 141

Goy. win be pleased to give Orden to Gommias. Toang to take snoli
a nnmber of Men again into pay as he may think neoessary for the
Battoe Servloe, to be discharged as soon as that Sendoe is over.
April 22, 1757.

From SPANGENBEEa to Gov. Denny, 1767.

May it please y' Honoar,

The inclosed is the hamble request* of the Brethren in Bethle-
hem to y Hn*', occasioned by the Hble the Commissioners refusing
to {Mty their Accounts of their Expences towards maintaining the
fiiendly Indians, who, nevertheless, have done the Goverment many
great Services, and never demanded any Thine from this Province,
as loDg as they were quietly left in their Settlement upon the Ma-
honiy on the Brethrens Lands.

Now as I hope, Y' Hn' will be pleased to consider, that at an-
other Time, many other Indians may. think " it is bettor fur Indians
'' to join the Enemies of the English, for then they will set Pre-
" sents and Rewards /' but if Indians join the English, ana behave
friendly, they will not only afterwards be left destitute, but will
also be left a Prey to their Enemies, after it comes to a Peace,
fwhich probably will be the case with those Indians who were ever
laithfull to this Government, and are now at Bethlehem,) hated
therefore by all the Indians of their Tribe, because they were not
with them against the English in the last war, and such Thoughts
will not turn out for the good of this Province.

However, I hope to y Goodness better Things.
Y'Hn«

most humble Serv^

SPANGENBERG.

BethL, Apr. 23, 1757.

LoED Loudon to Gov. Dbnnt, 1757.

New York, April 21% 1757.
Sir:

On the 22* I had the favour of Yours of the 19«» by M'. Rubor-
deau,f and have consulted with Sir Charles Hardy on this Subject,
and we both agree that the real Contractors for furnishing His lila-
jest/s Fleets and Garrisons oucht to be alowed to sail directly, giv-
ing the Proper Securitys and Loading the Ships for that purpose.
As to the Provisions going to Newfoundland, we are not so Clear on
that Subject, as we know they do not Consume them there, but that

« See Colon. Rec. Vol. VII. p. 494.
t See Col. Rec, Vol. VII, p. 482, 601.

148 PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIVES 1757.

Almost the whole that in sent there goes to Sapply die Enemy at
Lewisburg, if they realy mean to go there, they will baye the Gon«
voy of Ships of War that will soon Sail from benee Northward.

As to South Carolina there are no Ships of War there at present^
Captain Diggs being oome here in the * Kennington, and the Night-
ingale being gone to Halifax ; as to the West India Islands, this
Embargo that has been Laid on at my desire, I hope I shall soon be
able to write to you that I have no farther occasion for it, but by
all the Information I can get, when even the People in the West
Indies are supply'd, plentifully, they supply the Enemy.

Captain Arburthnot is to sail tomorrow or Tuesday, in order to take
.under his Convoy the Five Companys of the Royal American Regi-
ment, and the Two hundred men of your Provincial Troops, to South
Carolina. I hope yon have got over your difficulties with the As-
sembly, and that they are all ready to sett out, as that Service now
presses.

Captain Cummingfa, in the Blandford, arrived here from Antegua,
two days ago, with the men that came in the Transport there. lie
'proposes sailing tomorrow. - . *

I had the Favour of your Letter with the papers of the 18*^
which I shall answer in a few days.

Last night the Boston Post brought me Letters of the 18*^, with
an account of a Ship from Cadiz, being arrived, which had beea
taken by a French Letter of Mark man, and Ransom'd, who In-
formed him, that there was an English Fleet seen Steering West-
ward, of 25 Sail of ^Large Ships.

I have wrote to Colonel Stanwix about Peter Appy, I am very
much obliged to you for the Trouble you have taken about thb affair.
I am with great Regard,
Sir,

Your most obedient

• Humble Servant,

LOUDOUN.

To the Hon*»« William Denny, Esq'.

TxMorar Horsfibld to Wm. Parsons, 1757-

Bethlehem, April 27, 1757.
Dear Sir :

Just as M^ Fullert was siting ofF, Nichodemns oame, and informd
me that his Son, Zaoharias, told him, that the Indian man, ifamed
Isaack Nuttermer, had said, that he (Nuttermer) came horn a place
SO mile above Toaougo, 10 Days ago, where he saw 38 French !&•
dians & 2 French men, all Coming Down on the Frontiers of this
County, with Intent to Murder ; I enquired, and find there 40 is, be-
sides the 26, who, I doubt not, have done the Late Mischief. Nut-

PBNNSTLYANIA ABCHIVSS 1757. 148

lemer SodnTOored to pcnwado Zaebarian to go baok with him, ny-
ifig, it ia much better joa go» there will be great Wars here.

I saw them spoke with this same Nultemer yesterday, in Com-
pany with one of TudyoscaDgs Sons, named Emas, and another In-
dian named Isaack ; in a way of Qaering, I ask't them if tfaev
Could not Catch these Rogues, the French IndianSi they made Little
or DO answer, only smiled ; I tould them if they wonld go & kill
them, and bring me their Scalps, they should have 50 Dollars for every
French Indians Scalp they brought; this, you know, I had no authority
for, but leafy I dont know any better way if they could be brought
to it, then to set Indi^ against Indian } if I Come into any Trouble
with the Governor for my zealous forwardness, I believe you will
aaJst me.

I am, Dear Sir,

Your Very hum* Serv*.

TIMO. HORSFIELD.

P. S. If you think this Intelligence proper to send Express to
the Governor, I beg you will do it ; it will be taken much better,
from you than me, and besides I quite loath any think like over
officiousness.
Directed,

To William Ptfrsons, at Easton.

Indian Lettbe to Governor op Maryland, 1757.

. Fort Fredrick, Aprill 29% 1757.
Brother of Maryland : ^

I this Day Came into your Province with a Company of our Na-
tion on our Way to War acainst the French, Shawnees, and all their
Indians, hearing they kilT'd some of our Brothers ; not knowing
vhen we set of from Winchester but theMurder was Committed in
Virginia, but coming to this Fort found we ware in another Province,
and on being informed by Cap" Beall that our Brother, the Oovernour
of this Province, had a Rail Love for our Nation, and that he had
Provided Clothes for our Nation, tho unacquainted with us. I have
just now held a Councill with my Young Warriors, and has con-
dnded to write to you to acgnaint you, our Brother, our design of
Coming into this Country was hearing from our Good Brother, tho
Govemour of Virginia, that it was the Desire of Our Father, King
Qeorge, that we would Join the English in War against the French,
and there Indians. On hearing this News we Immediately took up
the Hatchett against the French and their Indians, and hold it fast
till we make hse of it, which I expect will be in a few Days. We
Intend to sett out Immediately from this Fort, and on our Return
expect to meet you, our Brother here, to make ourselves acquainted
with you ; if you cant come yourself, you will send one of your be-
loved men with your talk^ which we will look upon as from your

144 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757.

own month. I hope yon will let the Provinoe of PensilTania know
that we are Come this Length to War, and if they are in need 9f
onr aasistanoe I have Men plenty at home, and will not think it
tronblesome to come and Fight for onr Brothers. I set of from
home with one hundred and Fifty men, part of which is gone to
'Fort Cumberland, Forty more by this is come to Winchester; Oar
People will be so Frequent now amoungst you that I wish you may
not Think us Troublesome; onr heart akes to see our Brothers
Bones Scattered about the Country, but you will hear in a short time
we have got satisfiiction for our Brothers, and in Conformation of
what I have Spoke I have sent you these few White Beeds to con-
firm my Beguard to this Province ; likewise, I have sent you these
Black Beeds to convince you that I have taken up the Hatehett
against all the Englbh Euemys. We Intend to stay as long amongst
our Brothers as there is use for us, I hope our good Brother wont
be backward in providing necessarys for us. I have sent you a List
of what is useful! for us, and have got our good Friend, M*^. Boss,
to Carry this liCtter to you, which we shall allways acknowledge as
a particular friend to us, as we expect to see you soon. We will add
no more at Present, but Kemain your Loving Brothers.

his
WAHACHEY X OF KEEWEY.

mark
This is the Truth, taken from the head Warner.

RICH'D PEARIS.*

A List of all the Bom jn Catholickb in Pennsylvania,

1757-

(That is of all such as receive the Sacraments, beginning from twelve
years of age, or thereabouts.)

Under the Cars of Robert Harding.
In and about Philadelphia, b^ing all Irish, (or English) 72 78
In Chester county, . . . 18 22

Under the Care of Theodore Schneider.

In and about PhiladelphLj, being all Germans^
Philad^ county, but up the country,
Berks county,
Northampton county.

Ditto Irish,

Bucks county,
Chester county,

Ditto. Irish,

* See Col. Keo., Vol. VII., p. 828.

107

121

PENNSYLTANIA ABCHIVES 1757. 146

UlTDEB THE CaRH 07 FEaDINAND FaBMZS.

la Lancaster conntj, Gennans, . . 108
Irish, . . 22

Berks eoantj, Germans, .. 41
Irish, ... 5

Chester county, Irish, .23
Germans, . . 3

Cumberland county, Irish, 6

UiTDEa THS Cake of Mathias Manmebs.

Id York county, Germans, . . 54
Irish, . . 35

94
27
39
8
17

62
38

Total Sum, .
April 29, 1757.

692
: 1365

673

Lord Loudoun to Gov. Denny, 1757.

New York, April 30^*, 1757.
Sir:

I heafvitfa transmiCt my Publick letter to yon, Goppycs of wbioli
goes to Each Governor where the Embargo has been laid, the meeu-
ing of it is no more thiin that those Shipes, which realy wero
Loaded and Cleared Prior to Layeng the Embargo, should Imve li«
bertj to Depart, those that have loaded since have no Claim, and
when a Packet arrives I hope to be at liberty to advise the taking
it of entierly, but should Tbat be done sooner, tho I have by this
tioie got all the Shipes, I should not have a Sailor to man them, by
which the Service, the Expectations, and the Ezpence the Nation
has been at, would be all Disapointed and renderd useless.

As to the want of Provesions in the Fleet, the Cap* of tho Bar-
ford knowes nothing of those, from where I conclude that the real
foundation of the compleants from the merchants is only from being
detaind from making the Exorbitant Proffits they get by Suppleeng
the SSnemy.

Fresh meat, I do hear, is very scarce, but I hear no compleant of
the want of Flower, Beef or Pork.

As to the sending for a Vessel for tlie Protection of your Tread,
tia not in my Power to do that, forder than acquanting the Admiral,
when I meet him, whilst Cap^ Arbuthnot remains with you, he

• <' Delivered by Mr. Harden, April 29, 1757," indorsement. See Colon.
Bee. Vol. VII., p. 448, for the number of Roman Catholicks in Philadelt)liia
and Chester counties, March 21, 1767.
Vol. III.— 7 '

146 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757.

will keep up the Embargo by Your appleeing to him^ botlam afraid
after he is gon you will have deflfeculty to govern your People, if
you find that it will be absoley nessesary lett me know^ and I will
do all that is in my Power, bot my sittuation is this, I have hear
only one Shipe of 20 gun^ and a Sloope, to Convoy all those Tran-
ports from hence, for now that those are arived I can not jastifie
keeping the homed Vessel that was with you any longer, so have
Dismissed her from the Service^ and should I dctatch the Sloope for
that Service I run the risk of noc having her for the Convoy^ which
cannot Spair that diminution.

I hope your people will not detain Lt. Col. Bouquet, and am with
Sinceer regard,

Sir^

Your most obedient

humble Servant^

LOUDOUN.

I am told that there is a dffficulty made in your Port about allowing
the Vessels that carry the Contractors Provisions from Philadelphia
to this There, the Custom house make a mistake, for they have not
been detaind any where, nor can the Transports sail or the Troops,
be provided any where if these Provisions are detaind, therefore,
beg you will give orders to forward those Vessels directly.*

Col. John Armstronq to Gov. Denny, 1767.

Carlisle, May, 1767.
- Honoured Sir :

_ A List of what was thought most desir'd by the Cherokee In-
dians, I sent down with their Speeches to y' Hon', and wou'd beg
leave to alledge, that a Considerable part of the present ought to be
Wampum, with some Beads, and next to these an assortment of
Silver Trinkets, with three Laced Hatts, as it's probable that three
. Captains will be there — two, or three Coats with Tinsel Lace might
be very well, but those I think will be more expedient at a future
time, and nearer the approach of Cold weather. I have order'd my
Brother (who yesterday retum'd) to write y' Honour the several
sorts of goods givem by the Governor of Maryland, that yours may
have a convenient variation — that Province has given about 280
pounds in value, and tho' I shou'd be glad Pennsylvania wou'd a
little exceed it, yet am fully of opinion that a number of them In-
dians will actually a^ist us this Summer, and more of their Nation
come to these Ptovinces which will require future rewards, as from
time to time Prudence may direct. Your Hon' will no doubt rc-

* See Colon. Rec. Tol. YII., p. 495. This letter is enthrelj in Lord L's
hand writing.

PBNW8TLVANIA ABCHIVBS 1767. 1«

MflBneBdi OP order a Present f(Nr M^ Pftris, t^e Interpreter. I hear-
Governor Sharps Secretary^ who deliver'd his Speech and presenti
had oiders to offer Paris a Captaincy in the Pay of that Prorinoe,
and tbat he is inolin'd to acoept of it^ which I hope will he of Use
to tliis. I am sorry y Hon' cannot either come or send y Secre*
iuj to the Southern Indians, for however necessary M'. Croghaa
may be where he is acquainted, neither him nor die Indians it's
said he brings with him can be so, in the present case, and the Con«
Mquences in my opinion^are not very promising, but further is no6
becoming me to say.

Herewith I send y Hon' the intelligence of the Prisoners takea
by the Cherokees.

I am, with the utmost respect,
^ Your Honours most obedient

Humble Servt.

JOHN ARMSTRONG.
Governor Denny.

P. S. The present shou'd be here in two Weeks, or' less time.
Those Indians drink very Little Raw Rum, they drink Wine and
like Sugar, and have at i/". Fk. ail fresh Beef.

Examination op a Delaware Prisoner, 1757.

The Garrison at Fort Du Quesne consisted all last Winter of Two
Hundred, the Grreater part French; about this time three Hundred
are Expected up the Ohio to Strengthen the Garrison, and five Hun«
dred Indians. A Hundred & thirty-five Indians set off from Fort
Bu Quesne, not designed against any Particular Place, but divide
and fall Seperately on different Places of the Frontier ; the Party
divided at Lawelpanning, & the Greater Part he thinks is still near
this Frontier hunting and Preparing for War. The Shawnese,
instigated by the French, persuaded the Delewares to strike the
English; the Delewar^ finding the French have occasioned y
loosing many men in the war with the English, wpuld now Join the
English if a Sufficient foroe was to march out against Duquesne,
And their Usage from the French is ready to make them strike
them. Fort Du Quesne oould easily be carried if no Indians were
to Join the Garrison. In the front Part of the Fort, along the
Monongaheja, is a large Mine of Powder laid, which the French say
is intended to be Sprung, as the last resource of the Garrison.
There is no ditch, but two sides of the Fort, Vis*. : in the Front &
along the Monongahela, built strong. The Messengers from Phila-
delphia were in some Deleware Towns, and they Seem'd desirous of
Peacei and would not now have come to War, had not some Shaw-

149 PENKSTLVAlttA ASCfiWElS lUt

iiese ih a-Prunken fitylick at Beeyet Greek perri^v^ed feW df ftA
Tonng men. A Number of French wei^ at the Kittardnlng, bat rtin
off when it was AttacFd, only one Freneh Man' fought ; and the
Garrison at Fort Du Qaesno^ consisting of a Hnndt^^ were appr^
hensive of an" Attack. He was of the Party of Blanket Bill, wbioh
consisted of 4 Indians/ One of which were Killed^ ft three woiinded;
he run off towards the French Fort, bat met a Party in Pureait of
lis, Who followed as to the Allegany Hill, where they Kill'd Chfttt-
ben. As he returned he foand a Prisoner had been taken by the
Delcwaros, a small Young Man, dark Coloured, whc riBmains now at
Berer Creek. Att Ouscuskas and Shenango, are about two Hundred
warriors. The largest Body of Shawnese are at the Mouth of SiethO)
300 Men. The French Fort is supplied from up & Down ye River,
they have a large Stock of Proivissioas, & have Planted a large^field
of Corn. There is Planted at the Fort, 13 Guns, heavy Artillery,
& Six Swivels ; Four Centries keep Watch on the Bastions, & two
Gentries are Pbnted a Mile from the Fort.

Examination op a Chiobsaw Prisoner, 1757.

The Delewares and Shawaneee, but no Chiccsaws, often Council
with the French, who give them Wampum & Small Quantities of
Ammunition as they require it to carry on ye war w*^ the £oglish,
but trust them with no large Qaanty, ahd he left Fort Du Quesue
twenty days before he was taken -, that Fort is Supplied with Pro-
visions, & have Planted a large B^eld of Corn. There is Planted at
the Fort 13 Q-uns, Heavy Artillery, and Six Swivels ; Four Centries
keep watch on ye Bastions, & two Centries are plao'd a Mile from
the Fort.

Earl of Holdernbssb to Gov. Denny, 1767.

Whitehall, 2d May, 1757.
Sir,

The Crops of Com having from the Badness of the Season last
Year greatly failed in many Parts of Great Britain & Ireland, wbioh
makes a supply thereof very much wanted, for which Reason Orders
have been sent to purchase large quantities in America, and H, being
apprehended that the Ships loaded therewith may not be able to eail
on Account of the Embargo laid in several parts of America, by
Lord Loudoun's Desire, on all Ships in General, by which means
His Majesty's Dominions in Europe may be greatly distressed,* I am
commanded to signify to You the King's Pleasure, that You imme*-
diately upon the Receipt of this Letter, cause any Embargo that shall

'be4^ii sobaistiag wi^io Your Government, either in eoMequeiioe of
Lord JiOiidouBf's Apjplioetion to Yqu, or of %Qy Direotioos sent Yo^
by the Board of Trade, to be taken of from all Yesseb loaded with
Com or any other Species of Grain for Great Britain and Ireland ;
an.d that Yon do teJce particalar Care that no future Embargo, ^hich
it may be thought expedient to lay, do extend to Vessels so loaded,
bat on the Contrary You will give all proper encouragement and
Assistance to peisons who shall be employed in the puTchasiug -and
Shippiug Corn for the Supply of His Majesty's Dominions in
Earope, toking Care that ibey do give sufficient Security for land-
ing the Cargos at the place for which they shall be designed, agre-
able to an Act of Parliament passed this Session, Entitled An Act
to prohihii for a limited Time the Exportation of Corn, Grain.y
Meal, Malt, d:c,, <Scc., which Act has been transmitted to You by
the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantation.
I am, Sir,

Your most obedicDt,
humble Seivant,

HOLDERNESSE*
Deputy Gov*, of Pensilvania.

Wm. Trest to Gov. Denny, 1757.

Eethlehem, May 2d, 1757.
Jlay it please yonr Honour,

At the request of the Indians at .Lancaster and M'. George
Croghan, I came with two of the Chiefs of the Six Nations, oue
returned from Reading, the other came here in order to bring Tedy-
uscang and the rest of the Delawares if arrived, to Lancaster, if not
^o bring what was here or their Chiefs, and leave word for Tedyus-
cuDg to follow with the rest as soon as he arrived. Yesterday, the
Mohawk Sachem, who came here, delivered his Speech in the pre-
sence of M'. Horsfield & several other of the Inhabitants to the
Indians here, and they have agreed that a number of their Chiefs,'
with some Women, shall set off with us this morning for Lancaster,
and have left the Wampum with word for Tedyuscung to follow
with the rest as soon as he arrives.

The day before yesterday an Indian came down from Fort Allen
here, he says that all the Indians that were there; except Six or
Seven, are gone off.

I have heard two reasons given, one was that as Tedyuscung
stayed so long they would goe back and Plant their Corn and then
return again, unless they should meet him coming down, then they
would return with him ; but the Indians tell me the reason they

• "Boc'd by Express from Goyemor DeLanoey, 6 o'clock, & July, 1767,
ans'd 6th Deer., 1767." Kadoraed.

150 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757.

went off, was that they were affraid when they heard that there was
white People killed ; here is no late Accounts of Tedyuscung.
I am Your Honour's

Most hum* Serv*,

WILLIAM TRENT.

Lord Loudoun to Gov. Denny, 1757.

(Private.) New York, May 5, 1757.

Dear Sir,

I send this along with my Circular Letter which Accompanys one
from the Secretary of State, You will easily see that it was impos-
sible for me to wait the ariival of Orders, which I did not receive
till the 1st of May in the Evening, before I settled with the
Governors of the different Provinces; but as the Letters are plainly
framed to Stengthen my hands in case I thought it necessary to
carry on an Offensive War to the Southward ; but You would see I
was of a different Opinion, and did not think I 'had either Force or
dfficers sufficient to Attempt it: And Now you will see that I
leave tlie Secftetary's Letter in full for^e ; but as I do not in my own
Opinion expect that we shall be able at this Season of the Year
when I must take the Field at a distance, reap much additional
Assistance from it, therefore I have added that paragraph of the
Militia, that on any Emergency we may have their Assistance, and
this length I think the Governments will go that have a Militia.

As to the Postcript I have added to my Circular Letter to You, I
have done it for your Aid in managing with Your People ; first, to
shew them the bad Consequences that must attend their Obstinacy
in having no Militia Law ; and next, the Expence it naturally and
Justly draws on them ; And I do think' Your Province should raiso
an additional Number of Men in case of Need, who, if they do not
actually Join, should at least be ready to Join whenr occasion 'requires
it; And this I dare say You will manage as far as You can, and if
you cannot carry it to the extent You wish, will carry it as far as
You can.

As to the Article of Colonel Stanwix being to remain till the two
hundred Men are Embarked, that Article is put in as a Spur to
them, but his private Orders t^re to March, as I think it full time
be were in the back Country; but I hope this will Spur both the
Embarkation and the Levies of your other Men, and the Colonel
will concert and Co-operate with You in every thing.
I am with great Regard,
Dear Sir,

Your Most Obedient,

Humble Servant,

LOUDOUN.

The Hon*»« William Denny, Esq'.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757. 151

Gov. Belcher to Gov. Denny, 1757.

Sir:

I duly received your honours Favoar of the 28 of the last month,
and observe its contents.

Your honour has been misinformed as to Commissioners being ap-
pointed to meet at the Treaty with the Indians now on foot in your
GoyerDmenty neither has there been any Provision made by the
General Assembly to bear any Part of the Ezpence of the said
Treaty, no Application having been made to them for that purpose,
at their late meeting ; and it wou'd be altogether vain and imprac-
ticable to call the Qeu} Assembly in time for appointing Com mission-
eiSy to represent this Province at tho Trraty, yet as it may finally
turn oat for the Service and Interest of this with the other Colonies
for establishing Peace with the Indians, I shall lay the matter be*
fore the Assembly at their next Meeting, and wish they may do
and act upon it consistent with Justice and Equity.

I now write M'. Bradford again to deliver your Honour one of tho
Printed Laws, mentioned in mine of the 11 of April, & which he
writes mo he was now printing off.

I have wrotjB Judge Nevill and sent him M'. Peters" Letter, and
have no doubt of his doing in the Affair as to Law and Justice shall
appertain.

I am, with much Respect,

Sir, Your Honour's

most obedient and

wmt humble Servant,

J. BELCHER
Eliz« Town, (N. J.) May 7, 1757.
L. Governour Penny.

Petition feom Northampton County, 1757.

Northampton County, Lynn Township, May 4 Day, 1757.
To His Onner, the Governor and Commander in^ Cheaf of the

Provence of Pennsyelvania ;
Youre Most Humbly S'vant —

These is to Acquant youre Honner of the Difficultyes, Hardships
and Dangers Jthat youre Poore Pertitioners Ly Under at this Present
Time, Being the Frunteeairs, tind being yester Day A Coppy of an
Express Sent to us and others from Mr. Parsons, Major, Which He
Reseaved from Cornel Wiser, that the He Was Credebly Informed
by A frind Indian that A Grat Body of French and Indians Was
one there march from Ahio Fort, Desined Against Som Parts of

\Q!k PENNSYLYANIA ABCHIVBS 1757.

Pennsjlvania, Minesink, Potter Co., and som Murder Has Latlj
ben Don at the Minesinks in this County, and Like Wise at Scoolkil
in Barks County, and this is What wee Was Desired and Warned to
be one our Oards, and to associate oure Selves and others Immediately
into Companies, under Descreet offecers of oure one Choice, But as
youre Honner Vere well Knows the Natour and Mis Magegment of
the Generaty Part of the Peopel, when that these are at thaire
one freedom, without Some Parsens in Shap Athority to Compel
them, and further Wee Do Think it A Great Hard Ship that Wee
the Frontears, that is Almost Already Ruened By being Cep So
much out of oure Laboure, Being the Poorer Sort of Peopel at the
Beginning, and the Loer Inhabentance the mean time Lyes Quiat
and £aso and out of Danger, and Wee Desire and Humbly Beg
that youre Honner Will Take oure Case Into Consideration, and
Cause Us to be Better Garded by Soldiers, at the ezpence of the
Provence, while the Loer Inhabentance will be obliged to Baire
Part of the Burden as Well as wee, and wee Do think that if the
Garresens that is Now Lying over the Blue Mountaine in the Forts
Was all Removed to This side of the Mountaine and Laid 4, 6, 8 or
10 men in a Good Houce at Not a grate Distance apart, and a Road
Cut from one Plantation to the other, of About 3 or 4 Perches
Broad, as the Plantations- is Prete Neaire to Gether, one this Side
of the Mountaine. We do think that it would Cause the Indians
to be afraid to Com in Small Companies over the Road, as theaire
yousel Way is to Goo for faire of Being taken agoing Back, for When
Ever there is Murder Don Within the Road there must be A Good
Watch Cept one that* Rood to Take them as they Pas Back, and by
Larem Guns there Can be man^ People Cald to Gether in Short
Space of Time Besides the Soldiers, and further, tha People in
General is Removed from the other Sid of the Mountain and
Dayre Not Goo to Live one theaire Plantations til Better times
Excepting 2 or 3 famelyes Round Each Fort, and from the other
Settlers one this Side of the Moutaine to the Forts is Som 10
Som 16 Miles to Fort Franklen, is to Fort Allen 10, to Fort Norres
16, to Fort Ilambelton 16 Miles. So that in Case of Nesety the
Soldiers Can't Com to oure Assistance, nor Wee to Theairs Not in
any Resenable Time, Til the Eneme Wold Be Gono Againe, for
Wheaire they fal in They make No Long Stay, and Besides the Hills
and Hallows is so bad over the Mountaine that the Indians might
Destroy all the Wagons and Provishens Coming to the Fort, if they
take Care to Wayley them in Som Deep Hallows, and the Soldiers
as they are Scouting and marching from one Fort to the other, and
at Present Leftenent Wetherhols Lyes in our Township With about
40 men Against Fort Franklen, Which is Now Empty of Soldiers,
and he Expects Every Day to Receave order to Marcb. from us,
there Wil then Ly open Without any Sholders abot 28 M'lds that

* "Read in Coonoil 7 May,"— -no minute of thitt date.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757. 153

tbere will be no Soldiers, and yonre Potisaonners Do nmbl/ Beg
that youre Honncr Wold Take oure Case Into Consideration, and
Not Let these Sodiers be Removed, But Rather order more in these
Parts, as In Date Bound Wee shall Ever Pray.
[Signed by 41 persons; whose names appear chiefly in German.]

Indorsed.

Indians. Petition Inhabitants of Lyan. Town'p^ Northampton
Ce. Read in Coancil 7 May^ 1757.

Petition prom the Frontiers, 1757.*

To the Honourable William Denny, Esq^, Lieatenant-Govemer and
Commander-in-Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania^ and Coun-
ties of New Castle, Kent & Sussex, on Delaware, &c.

The Petition of George Gilbert, Adam Spittleman, Henry Hanpt-
man, Gasper Langeberger, Nicholas Kind, George Merte, Henry
Norbech, the Widow of Mark Grist Deceased, the Widow of
George Krammer Deceased, (which said Grist & Krammer hare
lost their Lives in the Defence of their Country last fall) William
Ball, Philip Annes, Jacob Leisser, Will" Weigand, Anthony
Krum, Philip Scholl, Jacob Keim, John Frist, Philip Kirsbaum,
William Q^bel, John Wissemer, George Wartman, Jacob Richards,
Christopher Spccher, John Scheeflfer & George Sprecher, all In-
habitants of Berks County, within four Miles of and about Fort
Franklin, over the Blue Mountains :
Most Humbly Sheweth —

That your Petitioners are informed that Fort Franklin aforesaid
is to be removed to this Side of the said Mountains and a consider-
able way into Albany Township ;

That if in Case the said Fort is to be Removed your Petitioners
will be Obliged to Desert their Plantation^, for their Lives and
Estates will then lye at Stake, and a great pi It of this Province will
lye waste and your Petioners will then*becomc\a Burden to the other
Inhabitants. That your Petitioners humbly conceives that it would be
the Safest way to have the said Fort continued & rebuilt, as it is
yery much out of order and Repair.

Therefore your Petitioners humbly prays your Honour to take
the Premises in Consideration and Issue such orders as will Prevent
the Removal of the said Fort & order a Suffi' Number of Men in it,
and to grant your Petitioners such other relief as to you in your Wia-

* «* Read in Oonnoil May 7,"— no minute of that date.

154 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757.

dom shall so^m Mete, And year Petitioners, as in Duty bonnd, wiU

Ever Pray for your Eternal welfair. •
Signed at tiie Bequest & in behalf of all the Petitioners.

GEORGE GILBERT,
ADAM SPITTLEMEYER.

Indorsed,

Indians. Petition Inhabitants about Fort Franklin, in Berks Co.
Read in Council Saturday, 7** May, 1757.

Proceedings against Christopher Wilsok, 1757.

The Proceedings against me, Christopher Wilson, on aceo^ of the

Militia Law in Newcastle County, some time in the fall of the

Year 1756.

William Bradshaw summon'd me to appear before David Bush,
Justice, to answer the complaint of Tho^. Ogle, Captain of the
Militia in Christiana hundred, accordingly I appeared & told the
said Justice Bush that the reason of my non-complyance with said
Law was that it was contrary to my Principle, &o.

On the 12«'» day of the !•* mo., 1757, Will- Bradshaw & Tho».
Elliot, Constables, came to me as I sat upon my Beast at the Door
of Sam^ Clenney ; I being on a Journey & just stopped to speak
with the People of the House. Wm. Bradshaw canae & laid his
hand on nly Marc's Neck & said he executed her for the Muster time.
I said if he did ho should not have her now, for I was on a Journey.
I further told him I was a Freeholder & had Effects enough at
Home & desired him not to detain me here, then Thomas Elliot &
Bradshaw stood & held my Mare by the Bridle for about an Hour,
discoursing upon the Premises, &.he desired me to rescue tho Mare
by Force. I told him I would not, but sat still upon her, & told
them if they would have my Mare to take her along for I would go
with her ; Then Bradshaw called John McKee for Evidence that he
executed this Mare, then I said, & me upon the back of her : Yes
said Bradshaw, Christopher Wilson, Mare, Saddle & Bridle, then
Bradshaw let go his hold of the Mare, Elliot having let go some time
before, & I went on my Journey, then I heard no more of the Affair
until the 29^^ of the month aforesaid, when John Souder, another
Constable, came for me with a King's Warrant to answer the Com-
plaint of Will™ Bradshaw, for rescuing my Mare from him. Where-
upon I went with him before David Bush, said Constable delivered
the Warrant to said Bush, &, he asked tho Constable whether he had
taken John Backus or not, the Constable said no, then he queried
who he had taken, the Constable said Christopher Wilson, upon
hearing my Name mentioned I stopped forward, the first Word said

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIYES 1757. 166

Bash spoke to me was by way of Query, whether I had any Security
or not, to which I said no, then he handed the Warrant to the' Con*
stable & told him to take me to Goal, & ask'd me no more Qnestions,
but the Constable took me away, & I went with him to NewoasUe, ft
when we gott there I gave Bail & returned home.

CHRISTOPHER WILSON.

N. B. I have been offered Twenty Pounds for the aboTesaid
Mare.

Jndorseill,

Proceedings against Christopher Wilson on aoco* of the Militia
Law of the Lower Counties. Read in Council 29*** March^ 1757.
Referred to be heard there.

Copies op Proclamations by Gov. Dinwiddib, 1757.

Copies of Proclamations by Governor Diowiddie, published in th«
Virginia Gazette.

Virginia ss :

By the Hon'ble Robert DinwiJdie, Esq'., his Majesty's Lieut. Gov-
ernor & Commander-in-chief of the said Colony & Dominion.

A PROCLAMATION

For better regulating the Proceedings with Indians.
Whereas, his Majesty has been pleased to appoint the Hon'ble
Edmond Atkin, Esq^, one of the Council in the Produce of South
Carolina, to be agent for and Superintendent of the Affairs of the
several Nations or Tribes of Indians upon the Frontiers of Virginia,
North & South Carolina and Georgia^ under the Direction of the
Right Hon'ble, the Earl of Loudoun :- And Whereas I am directed
to give him all proper Countenance and Support in the Execution of
a Commission of so great Importance to the Welfare and Security of
his Majesty's Colonies : And Whereas many persons have heretofore
made a Practice of going to the Indian Nations of their own Accord
and too much concerned themselves in their Affairs to the prejudice
of his Majesty's Service ; and many Disorders have been lately com-
mitted by parties of Indians, conducted by different persons thro^
the heart of the Settlements of this Dominion, to the great Disquiet
of the Inhabitants, as well as Expence of the Government ; And
also, I am informed, great Offence hath been given to some of his
Majesty's most faithful Allies among the Indians, by the indiscreet
Speeches and Behaviour of some of the Inhabitants, which may be
attended with di n jerous Consequences, at this time especiallyi when

* See Col. Rec. Vol. Vll., p. 462.

166 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1767.

the cliearfal AssistaDce of our Indian Friends is most waifeied : Asd
as it has been too customary to supply the Indians with spirituous
Liquors, and Ordinary Keepers in particular have been known to
purchase Things belonging to them with Liquor : I have therefore
thought fit; by and with the Advice of his Majesty^s Counoil, in his
Majesty's Name, to issue this Proclamation, to warn strictly all per-
sons whatsoever, not to presume to go to any of the Indian Frontier
Nations, nor to bring any parties of them within the settlements of this
Province, unless duly authorized so to do, nor to concern themselves
with any of the said Indians or their Affairs, or to interfere with his Ma-
jesty's said Agent in the Execution of his Commission, or in any part of
his Conduct and Management. And all Magistrates and Officers are
hereby enjoinpd not to permit any of the said Indians to come with-
in the Settlements of this Dominion, not having first obtained my
permission, or a Passport from the said Agent, or a License signed
by two Magistrates agreable to the Treaties subsisting between us,
signifying their Errand or the place of their Destination, or without"
having some white person in their Company duly impowered to con-
duct them. And to prevent Disorder or Mischiefs that may arise by
any Indians straggling from their Chiefs or otherwise, the officers, Civ^
and Military, in each respective County, are required to send a prop-
er Escort along with any Parties of Indians while travelling thro'
the same ; who are to take caro that they pass the shortest Way to
the place of Destination. And all persons are hereby forbid to sell
or give any spirituous Liquors to them, other than with the Appro-
bation of the person who shall conduct them, according to the Allow-
ance made them. And hereof all persons concerned are to take
Notice, as they will answer the contrary at their peril.

Given under my Hand at Williamsburg, this 13*'» Day of May,
in the SO** Y%ir of his Majesty's Reign, Annoque Domini, 1757.
Signed,

ROBT. DINWIDDIE.
God save the KINO. .

Virginia ss:
By the Hon'ble Robert Dinwiddle, Esq'., his Majesty's Lieutenant-
Govemour & Commander in chief of the ^aid Colony and Dominion.

A PROCLAMATION.
For supplying the Indians with Provisions.
Whereas, it is highly reasonable and necessary, that our Indian
Friends who come into this Colony to our Assistance against, the
Enemy, should be supplied by us with Provisions, while going to
or returning from War ; I have therefore thought fit by and with the
Advice of his Majesty's Council, in his Majesty's Name, to issue
this proclamation, hereby directing and requiring such Indians who
shall produce a Paesport conformable to the Directions in a pro-

PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIVBS 1751. 157

clamation Issaed by me the thirteenth of this months not to' take or
kill any thing beloDging to any of the People of this Dominion, with-
out their Leave, bat behave themselves ordeidy and peaceably like
Brethren in thefir Passage thro' the Country, both going & returning
and when they are in want of Provisions, they or their Conductor
to apply to the first Justice of Peace, Captain or other superiour
Officer, who shall happen to live on or nigh the road they pass thro^,
to furnish them therewith, and I do hereby strictly enjoin every 'such
Justice and Officer in their respective County, upon Application
made by any Indians as aforesaid, to supply them with sufficient
Provisions to serve them to the next Justice or Officer, and so on'
thro' the Country ; and to certify on the Back of their Passport,
the Time of their arriving, the said Indians behaving themselves as
is above expressed.

. Given under my hand at Williamsburg, the 27**^ Day of May in
the 30»* Year of his Majest/s Reign, Annoque Domini, 1757.
Signed,

ROBT. DINWIDDip.
God save the King.

Extract PROM Pkopribtaries' Letter to R. Pbtbrs, 1757.*

On the Question put by yon about the Right of the Commission-
ers to dispose of money under the £55,000, & the £30,000 Acts,
I say, the Governor ought not to suffer the Commissioners to pay
one Shilling at their discretion, or to receive Applications from Peo-
ple for money, which shoad be made to the Governor, otherwise,
this mode of appointing Commissioners will be the same thing as
leariag it to the Assembly. The money sboud not be paidVithout
the Governor signifies his assent to it on the back of the order ; nay,
it should never be consented to, bat for the purpose of some Deter-
mination of the Governors before hand, and not for any purpose of
theirs, that he has not before approved of. For if the Governor
k Conncil are not the Planners of Operations, to whom only the
Kings orders come, I think the Government is dissolved, and I have
often been told by the greatest persons. that there is no Government
at all in Pennsylvania. Certainly, the Commissioners have not the
least Right to give directions to persons employed by the Govern-
ment.

* "Read in Council at Easton, in July," indorsed. See Colon. Rec. Vol.
VIl.,p.669.

168 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHiyES 1757.

Pjbtition AaAiNsi> Indians, 1757.

Hano?er| May 15^ 1757.
Sir: .

We, in these partSy are at present in the utmost Confasion, the
Savage Enemy has again fallen on ns afresh. Yesterday momiDg
early they plundered the house of Alex' Martin, & carried his mo-
ther Captive, & this morning early they killed Thomas Bell, an hon-
est responsible Dweller on the Frontier^ within forty yards of bis
own house.

We expect nothiog but that 2, or S, or more, of us will be killed
every day, while one of us is alive.

We lost so many last year^ that the greatest part of the Inhabi-
tants nearest the mountain are fled long ago; our young men & ser-
vants are generally Inlisted^ and the Provincials in the two Forte
here are some way Emplo/d, that in our Extremity we can have no
assistance from them.

In these our distressed Circumstances, the- greater part of the re-
maining luhabitants are now flying with wives & Children to places
more remote from Danger, whereby above 15 miles in length, & 6 or
8 Breadth, in a few days will be altogether waste, & we who coDti-
nue must either fall a sacrifice to our Enemies Cruelty, or go with
our wives and Children to beg our Bread.

We beg the favour of you to represent our distressed case to his
Honour the Governour, if wo may obtain some assistance of men for
our defence, as the Provincials, now stationed here, are of no benefit
here.

We are. Sir,

Y' most humble Serv*".

Jas. Black, ' John Hill,

John Crawford, John Woods,

Mich. Wallace, Wil'm Wilson,

John MoClinn, Deainedan Danet,

Jas. French, Alexand. MoColome,

Rich'd Sankey, . Jas. Farrtl,

Jos. Dixon, Thomas MoCallkn,

Samuel Gamble, John Glen,

Hugh Ripeth, Jas. Rogers,

James Finey, ^ William Rogers,

Jacob Stober, Will. Watson,

•Jacob Stoerser, Thomas Robison,

John MoCown, Enos McGuire,

^Robert Bell, Sam. Robinson.
And many others.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757. 159

Pbtition from Derrt, 1757.

To the Honourable WILLIAM DENNY, Esq'., Governor and Com-
mander in CMef of Pennsylyania. and the three Dehiware Coon-
tj8, &o.

The Petition of the Subscribers; Inhabitants of Derry Township^ in
Lancaster County^

Hnmbly Sbeweth :

That the Dangerous Condition of onr Frontiers for about eighteen
months past; whereby this Township, in pity to the Frontiers, have
at our own proper espence maintained Guards in Hannover Town-
ship, whereby the Frontier Familys have been encouraged to tarry
at their places, has been vel'y Oppressive to us, not costing this
township less than three hundred pounds currency, besides the send-
ing up BodyB of j men at every Inroad of y* Encmys into Paxton
and Hannover. These things, together with the publick Taxes
have reduced us to this Determitfation, that we are not able to con-
tinue Gbiards upon the Frontiers as heretofore, and yet we are con-
vinced it is impossible to the Frontier People alone to make a stand ;
Wherefore, we humbly pray your Honour may order a number of
y Provincial Troops to range upon our Frontiers in Paxton and
Hannover this Summer, and that it may be done as speedily as pos-
sible ; its not to be coop'd up in forts we beg for Provincials, where
they can be of no Service to us. The present Inroad into Hanno-
ver of our Enemys, your Honour, we suppose, is informed of; Han-
nover is upon y« point of flying, and we cannot tarry if they fly,
and our flight will open a way into y* heart of y* Province. Jo".
Galbreath, Esq', can further inform y Honour. We pray for speedy
relief, and shall as in Duty bound ever pray.

Signed in the name and by the appointment of y* Township, by

Derry, May 16, 1757:
Patrick Campel, Jams Walker,

Moses Willson, James Wilson,

David Taylor, Archbald Walker,

Thomas Loqams, John Campbell,

John Chesnut, Andrew Roan,

John Roan, V. D. M., Hugh Hates,

RoBART BoTP, John Peddan.

WiLiJAM BoYED, And others.

* "Receired at Lancaster, May 17, and laid before Commissioners," In-
dorsed.

169 , PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVBS 1767.

Wm. Masters and Jos. Galloway to Gov. Denny, 1757.

Lancaster, May 16% 1757.
Sir:

Toa cannot be insensible, that tinder the present distressed Situ-
ation of this Province, nothing can be of greater importance than
to discover the true Causes of the War with the Indians, & why they
have, in a most mei^iless manner, committed their late Depreda-
tions and Murders on the Frontier Inhabitants ; that this Gover-
ment, which has severely felt the melancholy Efiects thereof, shond
the Cause be just, may make them such Compensation as the Laws
of Rectitude & Justice shall direct, by which means alone that
Peace can be secured between them, and this Province, which is so
absolutely necessary for tbe Security of its Inhabitants, and to esta-
blish y* Friendship w*^^ his ^lajesty's Service & the Interest of the
Colonies in general loudly call for. For these purposes did your
late Predecessor,. Governor Morris, first invite Teedyuscung, with
others of the Delawares & Shawaneese to a Treaty at EastdA ; And
to proceed in this good Work, your Honour met them at the same
Place, & by a dispassionate Enauiry, was so fortunate as to make a
Considerable progress in penetrating the True Causes (as is said)
of our late Calamities.

The same motives, we apprehend, prevaild on you to meet the Six
Nations at this Place, & the Assembly and Provincial Commission-
ers to agree to defray out of the public Fund, the heavy Expences
of this Treaty : They are determined not to be deficient in their As-
sistance, as they expect that every opportunity that presents will be
embraced by the Governor to find out, not only the Truth of Teed-
yuscung's Complaints against this Government, hut all other Gruc1i/e9
and Ueart'btwnings that miiay subsist in the Bosoms of any Inffxan
'nation whatsoever, wth whom we have had any Intercourse or Deal-
ings in Land, that if they shoud he justly founded, they 'may be
speedily redressed.

We beg leave to represent to the Governor, That we now expe-
rimentally find that the Persons concemd in former Treaties held
between this Government and the Indians, have been too negligent
in making the proper Enquiries into their Complaints, and search-
ing into the justice of them, & too ready to postpone making them
y* small Compensation, with which they might have been easily sa-
tisfied; which we conceive has not a little conduced to create the
present unhappy Differences between the Delawares & Shawaneese,
& this Government.

Wherefore in behalf of our selves & the bleeding Inhabitants of
this Province, whose Lives, Liberties and Fortunes are deeply con-
cemd in the Event of these Conferences, we entreat your Honour to
make a full Disquisition of the Indians now present who have plain-

FSSJUsiisYAmji Asuomnsa 1757. m

Jy intimatfid that they are acqttainted with the true Cau9e$ of our
Indian War, into the Complaints & Injuries pointed out bj Teed-
yuscung^ & into evert/ other piece of Injustice that may he suggeUed
agamt any Perton whatever concerned in this Government, that
this being done, satisfaction may be made to the Indians that have
been injared, their prejudices against the Oolonies in general, k this
Fronnce in particular removed, & its Inhabitants from the present
threatening prospect of Bloodshed & Destruction, saved & restored
to their former happj State of P^saoe and Tranquility.

WM. MASTERS,
JOS. GALLOWAY.
To the Honble William Denny, Esquire^ &c.

Provincial Commissioners to Gov. Dbnnt, 1757.

Lancaster, 18 May, 1757.
Sir:

We heartily concur with you in thinking, that '' as there was a
" Necessity to march three Companies of Col. Weisers Battalion
" into Fort Augusta for the Defence of that Place, as many of the
" neighbouring Inhabitants shou'd be taken into Pay for a certain
^' Time, till that Detachment can be spared to return to its Station/'
And we greatly approve of the Governor's Design of " ordering
" them into the Forts, that the greatest Part of the Garrisons may
" March against the Enemy.''

At the same time^ as it appears by the Return of the first Begi-
ment now before us, dated the 14*^ Inst., that there were not then,
and as we are informed as yet have not been any persons Employed
m the Becruiting Service, we beg Leave to request that the Gover*
Dor wou'd forwith issue his Orders to, and oblige the officers of the
Defective Battalions, many of whose men have been long since dis-
charged, to use their .utmost Endeavours in Becruiting and filling
their respective Companies.

If '' any of the Indians here can be prevailed on to act immedi-
" ately and join our men, we much approve of your Intention' to''
propose << it to them, and of obtaining their Assistance on this dis*
" tressiog occasion."

We are, Sir,

your most obed' Serv**.

Jos. Gallowat,
Ltnford Labdner,
John Baynton,
Wm. Masters.
I^trtded.
To the Honourable William Denny, Esq'.

162 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHITES 1757.

Earl of Holdernessb to Gov. Denny, 1757.

(Duplicate.) Whitehall, 20*>^ May, 1757.

Sir:

The inclosed Extract of a Letter from Vioe Adm^ Townshend, to
M^ Glevelandy together with the Affidavits thereunta annexed, will
inform you of the Pjratical Behavioar of several Privateers, fitted
out in North America, towards the Spaniards in the West Indies,
particularly of the Peggy, of New York, one Hadden, Master, & of
a Privateer from Halifax, commanded by one Snooker. It was with
the greatest Indignation that Ilis Mnjesty received this Account of
Proceedings on the part of Hi? Subjects, not only contrary to all
Humanity & good Faith, but to the general Instructions'given to
Privateers, & in direct breach of the Add^ one of the S*** of Oct**"
last, wich Kegard to Spanish Ships ; And the King being deter-
mined that the most rigorous justice shall bo put into Execution
against such notorious Acts of Violence, has directed the Governors
of New York & Nova Scotia to commence prosecution against the
Owners, Masters, & Securities of the Two Privateers abovemention-
ed ; And it is His Majesty's Pleasure, in case cither or both of them
shall put into any Port within your Government, that you do cause
them to be detained, giving immediate Notice to the Governor of
New York of the Arrival |& Detention of the Peggy, Hadden Master^
& of that from Halifax, commanded by Snooke, to Gov' Lawrence,
in order that they may send you such Directions thereupon as they
shall judge most expedient for the Execution of the King's Com-
mands, signified to them upon this occasion.

Tho' the Add* Instruction abovementioned, of the S*** Oct*', has
been transmitted to you from the Council office, T send you here-
with some Printed Copies thereof, and am to signify to you His Ma-
jestys pleasure, that you be particularly carefull, not only to deliver
the same to all persons who shall hereafter take out Commissions for
Privateers, but also. that whenever any Privateers come to the Ports
in your Government, you do make enquiry whether they have al-
ready received the s** Instruction, & in Case you have Reason to
think they have not^ you will cause a Copy thereof to be deliver'd
to the Comifaanders of such Privateers, & at the same time acquaint
them that the Ki{ig is determined to require the most exact obe-
dience thereto, &, that the several Prosecutions will be carried on
against those who shall, in any mancer isict contrary to the same, &
thereby endanger that Harmony which His Majesty is so desirous
to preserve with the Court of Spain.
I am, Sir,
' Your most obedient "

humble Servant,

HOLDERNESSB.

Deputy Gov' of Pensylvanla.

PEIfNgrLVANlA AB3DHITBB' 1787. 101

AqREEMBNT 0^ THB PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONERS, 1767.

Lancaster, May 21, 1757.
We agree to the Governors proposa.l of permitting Colonel Arm*
strong to provide Horses and other necessar/s for the said Ezpedi«
tioD, in case the same do not exceed Seven hundred & fifty Poands,
k if they sbou'd, he is then to communicate his Design to the Go-
Ternor immediately to be fiuthei: considered, agreeable to hiA Hoa-
oors recommendation.

Copy from the Minutes of the Provincial Commissioners.

CHAS. MOORE, Clk.

Wm. Parsons to Gov. Denny, 1757-

Sir:

Your Honour will pardon me for this Trouble, as my Duty obliges
me to acquaint, that the Garrisons between the West Branch and
Delaware River, all of them complain that they are almost without
Powder, Lead and Flints. They are the more uneasy by reason of.
the appearance of the Enemy, who, it is feared, will attack them in
this unprepared Situation. Flints are as much Wanted as the other
Stores.

Commissary Young came to Town last Sunday about tioon, and on
Tuesday about two, Afternoon, set out from hence for Fort Norris,
Fort Allen, &c*., escorted by Capt* Busse and Reynolds ; Lieut. En*
gell, who is going to take the Command of Fort^Norris, and Ensign
Biddle with about 50 men, all in good Spirits.

Teedyuscung is not come in, nor the Messengers that were sent to
him are not yet returned, but some other Indians lately come down
to Bethlehem, who met the Messengers going to Teedyuscung, say
tbcy may be expected at Fort Allen life later End of this week.

Tattamy has been hereabouts and at Fort Allen these two weeks
past. He keeps his Errand quite a Secret from me.
I am your Honours

most obedient

humble Servant;

WM. PARSONS.
Easton, May the 26*% 1767.

Flints for Coll* Weiser.
Directed,

On his Majesty's Service — To the Honble Colonel William Den-
Dj, Esquire, Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania.

iOI PENNSTLYASCLi iAJEtOHITliS 1787,

Pj&iition from Northampton^ 17&7.

To tlie Honourable William Denny, Esq'., Lieutenant Ooyemor
apd Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, and
Counties of New Castle^ Kent and Sussex, on Delaware, &c.

The Petition of Frederick Alltemoss and John Canady on B^alf
of the Inhabitance of the Townships of Lehigh and Alfenstown, in
the County of Northampton, Most humbly sheweth :

That the said Inhabitance are in the utmost Consternation ^H
Confusion, and expect daily to be murdered by the Indians.

That the said two Townships are now become the Frontiers of
that Part of the Province, The Inhabitance beyond them towards
the Mountains having all deserted their several Plantations.

That within this Week past divers small Parties of Indians have
been discovered ranging the Woods, which were supposed to be
Spies, and some of them assaulted a Man with an Intent to rob
him, two of said Indians were apprehended, but afterwards set to
iiiberty.

That the said Inhabitance apprehensive of Danger have agreed to
keep a Party of Rangers.

That twenty-five men out of the said Townships are daily xaoging
on the Frontiers of the said Townships.

That if the said Inhabitance don't get immediate Relief they are
obliged to desert their Plantations, having already had a Meeting
about the Matter, where they resolved to defend themselves wile
Ithey are able, and that if they get no Succours they would altogether
move in the more improved Parts of the Province.

That in Case the said Inhabitance desert their respective Planta-
tion, Bethlehem will then be the Frontier of that Part of the
Country.

May it therefore Please your Honour to take the Premises ia
Consideration, and grant your Petitioners a Company of Forces, or
such other Relief as will assist the said Inhabitants to defend them-
selves against the barbarious Cruiltiea of our Savage Enemies, And
your Petitioners as in duty bound will every pray.

FREDERICK ALLTEMOSS,

his
JOHN X KENNEDY,
mark.

Directed, — To his Honour Governor Denny, at Philadelphia.
* Original in Qerman, numerously signed.

The Cases op some oi the? CoMPLAlNAitrs againsi David'
SusH AHD HIS Adhbb^kts^ &c.^ 1757.

CdtiDiy of New Oastle, l0t,^6 mo.; 1757.

ThU Case of Joseph N^ckols.

Tbtt m or tibout tlie 22d day of 9th mo. last, I was snmmon'd
to appear before David Bush, one of the Justices of the Peace for
the GooBty of Newcastle, to shew my Reasons (as I understood it)
for not complyiDg with the Act of Assembly, by inlisting myself to
learn the art of War ; pursuant thereto I appeared, & informed the
said Justice that my not complying was not out of any Contempt td
the Law, but from a Scruple of Consciemee; Notwithstatiding on the
16th of the 4th mo., being then some small distance from my House^
my Wife came & told mo that the Constable was come to take my
Goods for not mustering ; I replied let him take what he pleases,
upon which she said it was not Bradshaw, & that he had another '
man with him for Assistance^ at which I went with her to the
Hoase & saw the Men, & ask'd for what they came there ; he (who
caird himself the Constable) said that he was one of the Constables^
of Cbrisieen Hundred, I told him that I never knew any more than
three Constables at a time in the Hundred, and them I knew very
veil ; he replied that Bradshaw had been put in since the Court, but
that he was the proper rcturn'd Constable ; I ask'd him at whoso
Sait be came, &c., he said Esq"^. Bush & Armstrong; I desir'd him
to shew me the Execution if he had one, which ho refus'd to shew ;
I told him that I thought it was very reasonable, for another might
eome after him & say he bad a Commission & take more Goods, &
that I thought it was not reasonable to stand & see my House rifled
before my Face by a man that had no Authority, upoq which he
laid be wou'd come again & bring more men, I told him not to do
Bo, for I woald not resist any Lawful Authority nor hurt one hair of
his bead, but he should have brought the Plaintiff with him to in-
demnify him for taking People's Goods without shewing Authority,
for.be might be brought to trouble by it, however if he wou'd shew
his Execution (if he had one) he might do as he pleas' d, (or words
to that purport,) but he went away without doing any thing ; but on
the 22d day of the month he return'd as he had said & three men with
him arm'd, & as soon as I saw him (I being going to the Mill with my
Team loaded with Malt,) ask'd him if he had any authority, he made
me no Beply, but stepp'd to the Fore horse, unloos'd one of hiff
Cbaios, but they travelling along he left the horse, jump'd out of
the Road into my Pasture, & said that he seiz'd that Cow, upon
vhicb I look'd about, saw them, & said come out of my Inclosurea
forthwith, for that they behav'd like Robbers, & if they did not
come oat I would have them indicted as such, & pursuing my Jt>ur-~

< IM PBNNBYIiTANlA ABCHIYSS ITSn

ney saw do more of tbem, nor beard no.more about the Affiur until
after the last Court of Quainter Sessions, at which I am inform'd he
preferred a Bill agiMoet me for a Risque, whioh was found, & I was
indicted, not suspecting any such thing was much surpriz'd, & went
to New Castle & appl/d to the Clerk of the Sessions for a Copy of
said Bill, which he refds'd me, & likewise would not suffer me to see
it nor hear it read, which surpris'd me still more seeming if all was
combined against me.

JACOB NICK0L8.

The Case op Joshua Bakeb, the SOth, 5th mo., 1757.

Because, for Conscience Sake, I could not take up Arms & muster
I was fin'd ten Shillings, for which there Was an Execution from
under the itand & Seal of David Bush, Esq'., by virtue of which
there was taken from me the 22d of 4tb mo. 1757, One Cow valued
to be worth Four PoundS; ten Shillings, this from under my Hand.

JOSHUA BAKER.

The Case ov Buth Mendenhall, the 22d of 4th mo., 1757.

Then there came four Men with Swords & Clubs to my Son,
Stephen Mendinhall, one of which said that he was a Constable of
the Hundred, & for a Fine demanded for my Son's not mustering
they seiz'd & took a Cow, altho' I told them she was mine. }ilf
Son coming home soon after, followed them & told them also that
the Cow was mine, nevertheless they drove her away & sold her to
pay the abovesaid Fine, which was ton Shillings, the Substance of
all this I can prove by Evidence. The abovesaid Cow is thought to
be reasonably worth Three Pounds, Five Shillings.

her
BUTH X MENDENHALL.
mark.
New Castle County, Christiana \
Hundred, the 1st of 6th mo., 1757. j •

The Son, ^Stephen Mei^denhall), was of full Age, master^of the
femily; & had Effects Sufficient.

The Case oe Thomas Nickolls.

Some time about the 22d day of April last came to my Shop,
Four Men with Swords & Staves, one of them bid me to give him
&oods for a Fine due to Tho*. Ogle, which he said he had Authority
from Squire Bush to take by Execution, I having Knowledge of the
Man requested to flee his Execution, but he absolutely refused, stept
in my Shop, took down my Saddle worth about £1. 10., which I
condluded to let him take without Objection; but a Child of mine

PSKNSYLYANIA ABCHIYES 1767> 167

came ovk of said Shop, toM me the Man was taking down all th«
Tools, upon which I went in & forbid him to take till he shew'd
Autboritj, & he then went away, but some Days after came again,
searcfaM my Pastures for Cattle, but they had broke out by Chance ;
the next time he came he desir'd me in a calm manner to shew him
Goods for the abovesaid Fine, I replied if he would please to tell
Ogle from me, if he would come with him I would neither hide nor
hinder him of any thing I was possess'd with ; before this I was in-
formed this man's name was Souders, a l^gal Constable of Christiana
Hundred. As to my Indictment or Proceedings at Court, it is in
the same manner as is described in Jos^. Nickels' Acco*.

THOMAS NICKOLS.
GiTen under my hand this 1st Day of the 6th mo., 1757.'*'

Cases of Complaints against D. Bush, 1757.

The following are some of the Cases, Referred to in the Address,
of which there are many others of the like kind which the Com-
plainants will be ready to produce when the Governor may be pleas'd
to hear them :

An Account of the Proceeding against me the Subscriber hereof
for not enlisting or pays my Fine imposed by a Militia Law of this
Government, viz :

I was Summoned to appear the 28"^ of the 10 mo. before David
Bashi_one of the Magistrates of the County of New Castle, to give
my Seasons why I did not comply with the said Law. I alleged I
could not for Conscience Sake comply therewith, & therefore have a
Right to be exempted by our Charter of Privileges granted to the
Province & Tetritories, which Reasons I concluded was not adhcar'd
to by what followed.

For on the 1»' of the 11 mo. following, William Bradshaw, Con-
stable, came to my House with an Execution which he levied on my
Gun, (contrary to an express Paragraph of the aforesaid Law)
which I valued at forty Shillinffs ; Abdtt Three Weeks after, on
the 23' of the Same Month, he Drought back the Gun & took with
him one of my Horses, Value Eight Pounds. On the 27** of the
s* 11 mo. the s* Horse was sold for thirty-two Shillings & Sixpence
to the Said Bradshaw, out of which he charges me two Shillings for
Evidence returning the Gun, at which Time there was no Person
with him Save a Boy, which I Suppose to be abo* Ten Years of Age,
and Seven Shillings for keeping the Horse before Sold, notwith-
standing the Tavern-keeper charged him no more than three Shil-

* Sec Colon. Rec, Vol. Vli., p. 669.

168 PENNSYLVANIA AfiOHIVES 17ST.

lings & fonrpence for four nights dtalleing. The above' being the
needful at pesent. '

^ JOSEPH NEWXIN.
Willmington, the 11*^ Imo:, 1757.

The Case of John Pjeb&y.

The 12^ Day of the 8** Mo., 1756. Thomas Elliott, the Con-
stable, came to me iieith an Execution from under th^ Hand of
David Bush, Esq'., by which he demanded the sum of Ids. for not
appearing at the Muster under Andrew Tranburg, Cap^^ & upon my
refusing to pay Said Sum, he executed my Body Sc So remained till
William Bradshaw, Oonstable^ a Creature, made So, as I Suppose
for that Purpose, came to me with a Summons from s^ Bash to ap-
pear & give my Reasons why I did not enlist myself & Appren-
tice according to the Militia Law, which I did in Respect to my Ap-
prentice, who, being of another Society, I said, he might if be
would, that is, if his Parents were willing also, & at the same time
obtain'd Leave of the Magistrate to give my Reasons for my^lf in
Writing, nevertheless Judgment was obtained against me, & as I un-
derstand an Execution was granted by said Bush & levied upon my
Goods by said Bradshaw the 11*^ of the 11 mo., in my Absence &
took away with him, viz : Three Hand-Saws, one Tenuent Saw, one
Sash Saw, one Panicl Saw belong* to Ed. Fatnall, and two Carpenter's
Adds^ worth a moderate compensation £5.13.

JOHN PERRY.

The Case of James Robinson.
An Aceonnt of the Proceedings ' of the Officers against me under
the Militia Law, on the 12<»» of 8mo., 1?56.

Thomas Elliot came with an Execution granted by Davfd Bush
against me, for a Fine of Kifteen Shillings, at the Sute of/ Andrew
Tranbergh, for not enlisting myself & apprentince, & took me
Prisoner, but let me have my Liberty upon Promise that I would be
ready when he should call upon me to take to Goal, So I contiaucd
under that Circumstance untill the 16% when s' Ellit came again
with the Same Execution & took one Saddle & Pair Boots, & kept
them untill the 20^^, when he returned s' Goods & told me he had
Orders from David Bush so to do. On the 21** 9mo. came William
Bradshaw with a Summons for me to appear on the 23' of s' mouth
in Order to give my Reasons why I did not enlist. I appeared &
gave my Reasons to said Mush & Tranberg, but they was not taken
as Satisfaction; but on or about the 12'*' llmo. came Said Bradshaw

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1767. 169

with two Ezeoations acunst me, one of them for not enlisting my
Apprentice Lad, though I was never called upon to give my Reasons
why I did not enUst him, & took from me for a Fine of Forty Shillings
each, one Hide of Seal Leather, 16} lb, & one Hide of upper lOi lb
worth one Pound^ fifteen Shillings & tcnpence, & sold them all at
Vendue.

f JA. ROBINSON,

A L'lst of the Fines & Cost npon the two Executions taken from
Bndshaw.

4 Jlfyoton.

Fine & Cost, £0.12.6

Execution, ...... 1

Qualify* Apprais"*, .... 16

Ditto's Fees, ... 4

Sale, 3

£0.18.4
The same Cost of that Relat« my Lad, 18.4

Totall, . . . £1.16.8

The Case of Richard Carsan.

Bj an Execution granted by David Bush against me, for fifteen
ShilUngs, at the Sute of Andrew Tranberg, for not cnlistiog & ap-
pearing under the present Militia Law, on the 12^^ 8mo., 1756,
Thomas EUitt, Constable, took me Prisoner & took my word to be
ready to go to Prison when he should call upon me, so I continued
under that Obligation untill the 16^ of the same month, when ho
cane with the same Execution & for the same Fine, & took from mo
three Pair of Shoes, Value Eighteen Shillings ; on the 20*'* returned
them & said he was ordered so to do. On the 21*^ Omo. William
Bracha (Bradshaw) came with a Summons for me to appear on the
23^ of s' month to give my Reasons why I did not inlist. When I
appeared & gave my Reasons they was not taken as Satisfaction by
b' Tranberg & Bush but on the 11*" of the llmo. came the aforcb^
Bracha (Bradshaw) with an Execution for 10s., being for the same
neglect as I was executed for at first, except ye appear^, & took from
me four P' Shoes, value twenty Seven Shillings, & Sold them at
Tendue.

RICHARD CARSAN.

Vol, ni.— 8

170 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1767- '

Thb Oabb of William Shipley, Jun'.

An Account of my Suffering for not complying with the Militia
Law.

On the 30^ llmo., 1756, I was Summoned to appear before
David Bush, Esq'., for not enlisting myself in Andrew ^ranbergfs
Company. I appeared & gave for Reasons that it was inconsistent
with my Principles to destroy my Fellow Creatures, therefore could
not enlist as a Soldier, but which I suppose was not taken as suffi-
cient, for Some Time after came one Bradshaw, a Constable, with
Paice, his Assistant ; notwithstano^pg there were other Goods enough
in my House, executed a Cradle in which lay my In&nt not 3
months old, near unto Death, which for some Days they left there,
but when they came to take it away for to sell my Infant was taken
out & died in a few Days. The Cradle was worth twenty ShiU'gs,
& they likewise took an Iron Pott worth nine Shillings, Three Chairs
worth nine Shillings & a Wheelbarrow worth two Shillings, all for a
a Fine of Ten Shillings.

WM. SHIPLEY, Jun^

The Case of Henry Troth.

An Account of the Proceedings against me for not enlisting
according to a Militia Law.

Having Summonedjne & two of my Apprentices to appear before
David Bush, Esq'., to give our Reasons for not enlisting. The 11^
of the llmo., 1756, William Bradshaw, Constable, came to my shop
& took a Case of Draws, value four Pounds, three & 4', & the same
Day he sold them, as I heard, for twenty-six Shillings& Sixpence. He
never shewed me the Execution nor told me whether he took it all
on my Account or for me & my Prentices.

HENRY TROTH.

Address of Representatives of N. J. to Gov. B., 1757.

To His Excellency, Jonathan Belcher, Esq., Captain General and
Governor in Chief in and over his Majesty's Province of New
Jersey, and Territories thereon depending in America, Chancellor
and Vice- Admiral in the same, &o.

The Humble Address of the Representatives of the said Province
in General Assembly met.

May it please your Excellency ;

We, His Majesty's dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Representatives
of the Colony of New Jersey; in General A^ssembly convened; beg

PBBTNSYLVANIA AKOmVES 1767. 171

Leire to obaerre, that we liave duly oonsid^red the eereral Letten
andPedtioQS referred to in joar Ezoellencj's Speech.

As to the Letters from the Secretary of State, we have already
anticipated the Necessity of the first of them, by granting the sup-
ply therein mentioned, before it came to Hand ; and as to the latter
of them, we acknowledge, with Gratitude, His Majesty's paternal
Care, in ordering a naval Assistance for our Protection, in Case the
same should be*needed : And, as faithful Subjects, we have already
exerted onrselves to the tltmost, for strengthening the offensive
Operations against the French, even as fully as our Sovereign, by
the Letter fii^ abovementioned, has requested^ without clogging the
iDiistment of the Men, though our Number might have been more
considerable, had not your Excellency insisted on restricting the
Time for sinking the Money struck on that, and the late similar
Occasions, to so short a Period, and in Case we had otherwise 8u<y
oeeded in our Application for a Paper Currency ; being truly con*
cerned, that our Zeal for the common Cause, should be unhappily
cramped through those Obstructions ; which, we promise ourselves,
will he removed ; observing with Pleasure and Gratitude, His Ma-
* jesty's kind Assurances, couched in His most Gracious Speech from
the Throne, signifying his paternal Regard for America; His
Willingness to remove any Ground of Disatisfaction ; and recom«
mending it to His faithful Commons, to lay the Burthens they might
jadge unavoidable, in such a Manner as would least distress and
exhaust His People : Glorious Maxims indeed ! well worthy the
Great King who has adopted them } and highly expedient to be
observed, amidst the Calamities and Confusion of War ; and we
fally depend they will take Place in our Relief, as extraordinary
and uncommon Events have rendered an Alleviation to our Burthen
absolutely necessary.

We are of Opinion this Colony has furnished the Carriages and
Stores requisite for the King's Service, when demanded, with as
great Chearfulness and Expedition as any Colony on the Continent;
and, at their own Expence, have transported the Baggage of two
Regiments, receiving the Thanks of the principal Officer for the
same; and have be^n Turther honoured with his Lordship's kind
Acknowledgement of their Civility and Heartiness : And it gives us
great Concern, to find his Lordship should now complain of any
Obstruction to the Service, which, we have Reason to suppose,
must be owing to some Misrepresentations that may have been made
him, as we have not heard of any real Cause of Complaint ; we hope
that on Enquiry, it will appear without Foundttion.

This House, truly sensible of the impending Danger brought up-
on his Majesty's Northern Colonies, by the ill Success of the War,
have thought it their indispensable Duty to provide, by every prac-
ticable Method, for the Security of this and the neighbouring
Colonies, by putting the Militia upon a good and serviceable Foot-
ing; and we havc; by a Bill now scut up to tho Council; put it in

172 PENNSYLVANIA AKOHIVBB 176T.

.the Power of your Bzoellencj and Ckmneili to march a great Body
of Militia to the Defence of our Neighbours, whenever they ahall be
atteoked ; in full Confidence, that your Ezeellency and the Oomieil,
will use this Power with a tender Regard to the Peopb of thia
Colony; and wiU be assured, from the Governments who require
our Assistance, that the Articles they are to supply, shall be ready
for the Aocommodation of our Troops, when they enter sueh Colony:
And this Provision will, we hope, fully answer the Purposes designed
by the Demand of the idilitia, on the Requisition of Major General
Webb.

Before his Lordship's Letters came to Hand, we complied with
His Majesty's just Expectations, so far as the same have been signi-
fied to us, and the Circumstances of the Colony would admit.

On reading Governor Denny's Letter, we observe, that the Oom-
jnissioners for Pennsylvania on Indian Affairs, have heard that
Commissioners on the Part of this Colony, were to be present at the
Treaty therein mentioned ; but on inspecting our own Journal, we
find that the Committee appointed for inquiring into Indian Afiairs
were confined to this Colony only ; beyond the Limits whereof, we
have never been conoemed in any Indian Treaty. '

We have taken the Situation of our distressed Frontiers into Con-
sideration, and provided for the Defence thereof; but as the Supplies
necessary for this Occasion, must derive from Bills of Credit to' be
issued, we hope to be relieved in sinking the same by some proper
Expedient ; without endeavouring for which, we should not demon-
strate our tender Regard for the People. And we have provided for
Payment of the^ Militia posted on the Frontiers, until relieved by
the Forces directed to be raised for that Purpose.

As North America has become the Seat of War, we have pot
hitherto been inattentive to the important Event, and hope we shall, at
all Times, discharge our Duty to our King and Country in this extra-
ordinary and dangerous Crisis.

We have given the greatest Dispatch to the publick Business, and
should willingly return to our domestick Affairs, in which wb have
greatly suffered for a long time past, through our frequent Attend-
ance on the publick Service ; and having now provided for every
Exigence in the best Manner we can, should be glad of a Recess, as
those frequent Sittings are not only expensive to the Publick, but
also very prejudicial and fatiguing to ourselves. And permit us to
observe, that should the Small-Pox spread in this Town, we shall
depend on your Excellency not to call us hither until it be over, as a
Number of us have never Uad that Infection.

By Order of the House,

ROBERT LAWRENCE, Speaker.

Assembly Chamber.
June 2d, 1757.

PEN^STXVANIA ARCHIVES 1767. 178

His Ezeellency was then pleased to give his Assent to the foUow-
ng Bills enacting the same, viz :

[1*^ An Act for raising and maintaining 120 effective roen^ for
the Defence of the Frontiers of the Colony of New Jersey.]

Col. John ARMSTRONa to Gov. Djbnny, 1757.

Carlisle, 2* June, 1757.

May it please Y' Hon' :

Tour favonr of the 21*' May was delivered me yesterday by
Colo*. Stanwix, who encamped here on the 30^^ Ultimo, all Well :

lo regard of an excursion to the Enemies Country, it will be ex*
pedient to know the Minds of the Cberokees, after the receit of their
present, and it's necessary that some person be empowered to
promise them rewards for future Services. Mr. Croghan says he
*hafl not that power, which is very strange, the other Governments
being so explicit on that point.

To-morow Cap*« Croghan sends an express to the Cberokees, to
come to meet him, and I believe designs to augment the Provindal
present.

Colonel Stanwix treats me with much civility. I do according
to y*^ Hono" Orders assist him in every thing I can, and shall obey
bis Orders.

We are at a great loss that the bounty Money for enlisting during
the War is not sent up, no promises will do. There is a particular
time for giving the Money, wherefore it should be alwais ready.
The Shamokin Officers have rec* Cash to defray the expence of re-
emiting, but ours have not, tho' we want about 60 Men. We hear
from Fort Frederick that Major Lewis, with a party of Cberokees,
has brought in five Scalps & Nineteen Prisoners. This matter I
believe to be fact, and that t^ey have surprized the Enemy on their
March this way, as did Cap^ Paris & his Company.
I am. Sir, your Honour's most Obedient

Humb* Serv*,

JON. ARMSTfiONO.
Governor Denny. .

Directed.
To The Hon'Me William Denny, Esq'.,

Governor & Commander-in-Chief of the

Province of Pennsylvania, &o.,

in Philadelphia.

174 PENNSYLVANIA AKCHIVBS 1757.

Lord Loudoun to Gov. Denny, 175T.

Sir,

As the Fleot is now ready to Sail; I take this Opportunity to ac-
quaint you, that in Conjunction of Sir Charles Hardy, we have
agreed that the Einhargo should not be any longer continued, on
account of tbe Service we are now going on, than Seven days after
we are Sailed from this Port; but we think it absolutely necessary
that it should be continued so long, in order to prevent the Enemy
from having Intelligence of our motion, from any Ship they may
take, and it will not be taken off here any sooner.

I shall leave my Letters with Lieutenant Governor De Lancey, to
be forwarded to you as soon as we sail.
I am^ with great Respect,
Sir,

Your most obedient

Humble Servant,

LOUDOUN.^
The Hon"* William Denny.^

Petition from Northampton, 1757.

To the Honourable WILLIAM DENNY, Esq'., Lieutenant Gover-
nor and Commander in Chief in and over the Province of Pen-
sylvania, and Counties of ^ew Castle, Kent and Sussex, upon
Delaware, and Captain General of the same.

The Petition of the few remaining Inhabitants of the Township of
LowerSmithfield, in the County of Northampton, and in the Pro-
vince of Pensylvania,

Most Humbly Shewcth :

That the scituation of the Petitioners being part of the Frontiers
of the Province, have for some time past suffered many and great
Difficulties by the Excursions of the Savages, nntill your Hon"
accession to this Province, and the Treaty held with the Indians at
Easton, which afforded the prospect of a Peace, and gave yonr Pe-
titioners encouragement to return to their Farms, in order to Plant
and to Support their Distressed Familys in a peaceable manner ;
But so it has happened, and please your Honour, to our inexpressible
surprize, those perfidious murderers have renewed their Barbarities

♦ See Col. Rec. VoL Vn., p. 669.

PENNSTLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757. 175

bj Killing, Scalping, and Captiyating the Inhabitants in a most
dreadful manner, which has oblidged your honours petitioners to
assemble wth their Familja together for their Better defence ; But
as the number of men now here will not be sufficient to defend
themselves and Familys any long time against the Enemy, they
must inevitably, either fall into their hands to be massacrey'd or de-
sert the post now at , Either of which must be attended with

fatal Consequences to the next Frontiers, and being well assured
(under those dismall apprehensions) that the next under Divine
Providence your Honour is our Protector, and therefore Desire that
oar Deplorable Circumstances may be taken into Consideration, and
that such relief therein may be Granted, as your Honour in your
Wisdom shall direct, and your Honours Petitioners as in duty bound
Shall ever Pray.*

Edmund Atkin to George Croghan, 1757.

Winchester, the 8*' June, 1757.
Sir,

\Vhen we parted at Philad», the 26** of March, I desired you not
to fail of sending after me an account of the result of the Confe-
rences you was then going to hold with the Susquehanna and other
Indians, at Lancaster, or Harris's Ferry, in Pennsjivania. On the
same Day, hearing the certainty of a large party of Cawtabas &
Cherokees being got so far as the Virginia Settlements, in order to
go against the Shawnesse, as the propriety of the making Peace orWar
between them, depended intirely on the result of those Conferences.
I acquainted you therewith by Letter, (which M'. Pemberton under- .
took to convey to you) and that I should not incline, when 1 reached
Williamsburgh, to turn my back whilst those Cawtabas or Chero-
kees should stay, nor untill I should here from you, and therefore I
prayed you to send me the earliest Intelligence you could for tho
determination of my conduct, wherefore, as I have not had the fa*
Tour of a Line from you evet since, it hath given me not a little
uneasiness.

When I reached this Colony I found it just on the Brink of Con-
fusion and distraction, by means of the very Indians that had been
drawn with great pains and exp^ce to its assistance. For no per-
son ptetended to much knowledge or acquaintance with them and
their affairs, the Persons employed as Conductors or Interpreters
(there being no regulation entred into) carried them chiefly through
the Heart of the Settlements, disorders were committed, and the
Inhabitants terrified every where. There had then gone up, & were
going to this Place and Fort Cumberland 124 Cawtabas, 148 Chero-

* Signed by 21 persons. Bead in Council, June 6, 1767.

176 PENNSYLVANIA ARC5HIVBS 1767.

kees, 57 Tusks and other Tributary Indians ; 128, part of tbe said
Cherokees, then on their way thro' Lonenberg County, not finding
what Presents they expected there at the Court House, & extorting
promisses, committed the most flagrant outrages and violence, frigh6-
ening, plundering, and even ravishing one poor Girl & killing a
Chickasaw in their Company for reproving them. In a word, as Col.
Head wrote to Governor Dinwiddie, they behaved like Free Bootera
in an Enemys Country. And though they received a Considerable
Present at Bedford Court House, yet they bullied with Insolent
Speeches the Commanding officer of Fort Loudon, at this Place,
when they got to it after, to such a degree, that he promised them
every thing they could want, and they made out accordingly tbe
most extravagant List of their Demands before they would Stirr a
Step to War; you must know that Wawhatchee, Chief of air the
Southern Cherokee Towns, And another Captain, commonly called
the Swallow, are the Leaders of all those Cherokees, except 13 over
Hillpcople, under Yatahnou, called tho Young Warrior of Tellasee }
those lower Cherokees are from five Towns, the worst behaved in tbe
Nation, and Wawhatchee, perhaps himself the greatest rogue among
them, most certainly of unbounded avarice, well and long known to
me in particular, & not having the least regard for the English, fur-
ther than he can get Presents from them. Hints are given, that on
failure of the Governor sending what they expected, they should turn
back, pay themselves, and porhaps Scalp some people.

The Governor & Council being greatly alarmed, & dreading tbe
Consequences, when so many different Indians were got together, re-
quested me unanimously (while I was waiting for Lord Loudouns Di-
rections) to come up hither, as being indispensably necessary for tbe
Service in General. Just as I was ready to start out, the Cawtabas
came all down to Williamsburgh, on their way homeward, the 11^
of last month, except a small party of 11, who have gone home since
greatly dissatisfied, & for Different reasons resolved to go home. I
prevailed on them twice to consent to send back one or two parties,
but it was as oft frustrated officious Interposition of others, who ei-
ther affronted them or ridiculously coaxed them ; So that at last tbey
left tho Town in sueh an ill humour that it has gave infinite uneasi-
ness, and the Government gave me unlimited power to Satisfy tbem.
I went after them to James Town Ferry, by a private agreement I
made, where, after adjusting matters satisfactory in Behalf of tbe
Virginia Government that sent for them, without Five pounds £x-
' ponce, or any promise given of a farthing Value ; I spoke to tbcm
in the name of the King, which produeed all the good effect I could
possibly desire, and I think I may venture to say they will be at
my devotion. They have offered to send relieving Parties, to enter
Virginia only bj^ my Passports, with proper Conducters up hither,
the direct Way by the old War path, the number limited and the
reward to be ascertained and paid in proportion to the Service, &
the time of Serving. This Government is resolved to strengthen m j

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fianJfl, and enable-me ho bring tbeir IndUn A&in und^r a proper
regaktion, beiog convinced they have no other way to pat a stop to
k reduce their present vast Ezpence, to render themselves quiet
in their Settlements, & obtain a more Effectual assistance from the
Indians. They have put their Presents in my sole disposal, & de-
sired me to appoint a Commissary to take Charge of and deliver
them, & Conductors or Interpreters, &o. And Proclamations hav^
iog been issued in Support of my Commission^ particularly warning
all persons not to go unless authorized by me to any of the Indian
Coontrys, or to bring any.Indians into the Settlements, nor to come
themselves with them, nor to interfere with me in ahy part of mj
maDsgement.

I got to this place the S** Ins*., where I found Wawhatchee with
46 of his people, (besides one -woman) &| Tatahnou, with his
13, waiting for me, after their return from Maryland & Pennsylva-
nia, where Capt" Paris, not pursuing the Orders he went out with,
and baulking a particularly Service intended had carried them to
offer their Services. This Governor Binwiddie thought wrong, as tho
Indians were brought to the assistance of this Colony, & supported
with great Expence to it, & Captain Paris was in its pay and Ser-
vice by his Commission. Tho' had he not taken, as he did, another
Commission from Governor Sharpc, I was im powered by Governor
Dinwiddle to- discharge, him in his name, on account of the many
Complaints he had received against him in other Kespccts. In my
way to the Town, I' was informed by an half Breed Cawtaba, that
Wawhatchee's Party had formed a Resolution of going into all the
White Peoples Houses in their way homeward and of taking what-
ever they liked, and that they even advised him to do the same.
At my arrival, I was told they resolved to set off the next Day, a little
while after I was in the House Wawbatchee came with most of his
people to see me, I seem'd to take but little notice of him, & in a fe^
minutes he said he wanted to hear what I had to say. I told him when
I was ready to speak to him, I would let him know it. When would
that be? I said I had given an answer already. Would it be to
morrow ? Then I told him itwou'd be whenever I pleased; where-
apon, he started up as the rest did after him, and bolting out of the
Koom, he went to his Quarters & gave orders to his people to get
every thing together to set off immediately. Yahtanou, who had not
been present, being sent for by him, came and asked me what had
offended him, & being told ridiculed it. He undertook, voluntarily,
to diswado hun from going off directly, & did so. In the mean time
every one else seemed frightened ; But I knew of how much impor-
tance it was to the Honour of this Government, the security of the
Settlement The Kings service in every thing else to come after &
to my own Credit, that I should not be hurried as others have been.
In the Evening I had YatanoQ with me, in order to throw out some
Things for him to work upon Wawbatchee, at Second Hand. Whilo
he was with me, WawtLatchee sent for him to Council; & soon after

178 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 176T,

■sent word to him to tell me, that if I did not talk to him that vetj
night he would set off in the morning early. I bid Yatawnau
to tell him I would not, and he might go if he pleased. Bat he had
best take care what he was about, for that if he would not stay
and hear the Kings talk from me, I would follow him to his Coun-
try and make him hear me in presence of all the Nations. This had
effect, for as he owned to others that he knew me at first sight ; ha
was, in truth, afraid of me, knowing how near he was by my means
to be put to Death in his own Town of Kuwee, for the protection
he gave to the murders of M'. George Haig, and he no doubt ima>
gined I was cbme to call him to an account for what he and his
people had committed in this Colony. The next morning, after wait-
ing patiently, he took care to let me know at Second Hand, that if
I had a mind to talk Cross, he could talk Cross too. But if I would
talk good 80 would he ; upon this overture I sent for him, Yatah-
nau & their Seconds, to a private Conference, in which I let him
know the nature and design of my Commission.

^' That I was sent by the King to manage every thing with them
*^ and the other Southern Indians, and all the King's Children in
f' these four Southern Colonies, That I was his mouth between them
'^ all, and henceforth they were to regard nothing but what came
'^ from* my Mouth, or they saw under my Seal, That they could
^'.receive no more presents but from me, and that they had no more
<^ to do with the Governors, who were only to mind the affairs of
*^ the white people,'' (agreeable whereto I delivered a Letter under
the Hand and Seal of the Governor of Virginia, expressing ihat he
had left everything to me,) ''That I should visit the Indians my-
'' self, and see into every thing that was amiss for their and our
'' mutual Good. " That I knew many wrong things had been done
'' on both sides ; but I was not come to look back, for that the King
*^ had only sent me to join with their head men in wiping of the
'' Kust from the Chain between them, & in keeping it bright for
'' ever after. That the King had appointed another beloved Man,
'' Sir W". Johnson to be his Mouth with the Six Nations and other
'' Northward Indians, between you and all his other Children near
'' them, and to act in like manner, He and I were now Brothers, &
'' should let each other know everything. That I had a Belt and
'' Strings of Wampum from the Six Nations," &c., &c. During this
Conference their Countenances visibly cleared up and grew Chearf ul.
Wawbatcbee declared he did not expect at first to hear any thing
good from mo for that he had been used to hear a great many ^iif-
ferent kinds of Talks. He might have hearkened to me, but shoad
not have regarded me, let me come from what Province soever,
especially Carolina, That he had not slept the night before, but that
now he was easy and quite satisfied, being convinced I came directly
from the King. He made Excuses for his Behaviour which he
own'd was wrong, & owing to the Prejudice and ill Opinion he bad
conceived of.mc; but woud make amends by his Behaviour here-

•tBSNSYLTANIA ARCHIVES 1757. 17§

after* and if I won'd let bim know in Time of mj doming to hH
CoQDtrej, he wou'd Collect all the Head Men and Warriors of the
Nation, k come about 100 or 150 miles to meet me, and carry me
into tbcir Towns, where they would hold me fast, & mind whatever
I should say. I then told them that they were Strangers in these

ertS; and the People unacquainted with them. That from some
tiogs I had heard in my Way to the Southward, I fear'd some
Mischief wou'd happen which made me come out of the Way so far
to talk with them. Upon which Wawhatchees second got up, and
faking me by the Hand thanked me most heartily, for he said it was
true there wou'd have been a great deal of Mischief which 'I had
now prevented. Wawhatchee confirmed it, thanked me in like
manner, as did the others. In the Evening I had another private
Conference with them wherein I enquired into the Occasion of their
eoming here ; told them that I wou d see the Engagements of this
Government fulfilled according to the Treaty made last Year with
them & the Cawtabaws, & that for the future when this Service was
wanted I would agree with them for their Reward before they came
and wou'd perform my premisses. There should be no Disputes or
nncertainties about tbcir reward, Wawhatchee said he was glad to
find they had now such a Friend, it did not signify to say much now
here, their Towns being the most proper place. He was in haste
before to go with the good News of the Kindness they received in
Maryland, but now he was in more baste.

The next Morning being the 5th, just as I was going to deliver
the Presents of this Government, and to cancel their Engagements,
k then to hint to the Chcrokees the Regulation intended by me, as
I had done to the Catawbaw's, Capt" Paris ahew'd me a Letter from
you to him dated at Carlisle the 8d with a String of white wampum
to invite the Cherokees under his Command to meet you with him
at Port Loudoun " in Pennsylvania to receive a present provided by
'' that Government, which had been before mention'd to them by
''Colonel Armstrong, and to tell them the Mohawks bad sent one
"of their Chief men along with you to brighten the Chain of Friend-
'^ship between them and the Cherokee Nation, but not to deliver
'4hat Message until the Business transacting between them and
" this Government should be finished." * Without Doubt you had
no notice of my being hereabouts. But you will be Sensible from
what I said before, that Capt* Paris had no command here, having
discharged himself by accepting of a Commission in another Govern-
ment. He nor any other person could negotiate any matter with
the Indians in my department without my Jjeave. ^By the way he
is a man whom I shall by no means ever Intrust with the Conduct
of Indian concerns, tho' I believe be is a fit man to head a party in
the Woods, & I have been obliged to make use of bis Tongue, on
this Occasion upon oath as Interpreter.) Tho' I gave all the Cau-
tion possible not to let the Cherokees know the Message, yet they

IS9 PENNSYLVANIA AB0HIVE8 176T.

were sooa made acqaainted witb it by more ihaa ono far differaAt
Beasons and purposes.

The alteration was visible. Tho' they had not once before touched
upon Presents with me, & were disposed to receive thankfully what^
ever I should have given them, yet when I came after to produce
the presents of the Oovernor (more than sufficient to perform hia
Engagements, & by no means contemptible,) to be divided between
the Cherokees now here, and those still out at War with the Swal-
low. Wawhatchee looked on them with disdain, said they were not
worth dividing, wou'd rather leave them all for the Swallow & go up
to go away. As this Government had it nearest Heart to get them
away well satisfied, to prevent Mischief, I told him if he bad th«
Conscience to take all and leave none for the Swallow and his
People, be might, and he did so without Remorse, Tbi$ will be an
additional Expence to Virginia. Then I told him in a proper man-
ner of the Letter & String of Wampum from you which I shou'd,
and said if they were willing to stay and go out again to War, I
wou'd send for you for that I would not promise them any Thing
till I knew what I cou'd do from your own mouth. To this Waw-
hatchee & Yatanore seemed indifferent, not at all inclined to receive
:the String, but pretended afterwards they would this morning .say
something to me, But neither came, Instead thereof Yahtanore hav-
iog got drunk set out early with his 13 overhill men Homeward.
And all Wawhatchee's People (except seven or eight that staid with
■him, & the other prisoner a young Delaware,) pushed of towards
Fort Fredrick without anj men of Consequence among them, and
without my Knowledge in their way, no Doubt to Fort Loudoun,
That is Wawhatchee hath sent them to levy Contributions there, as
he hath done all the Course of their Journey, and then post off
homeward with the same before the Swallow & his people, (98 men)
who I have sent for and are most likely to Stay & do Service can
come and take part. For Wawhatchce's People go meerly to get
the Presents, & walk of with the whole. At tbe same time they are
to make me a Liar, after haviDg first told thorn they are now only to
talk with me, and can have no presents but from my Hands.

It was on purpose to prevent all partial & local Regard and the
many ill Consequences arising by different Ways of talking, treating
and acting with Indians that his Majesty was pleased for the Good
of all his American Subjects without distinction, to appoint two
Superintendants for the management of all the Indian Affairs divided
into two Districts, free from any particular provincial Influence.
Sir William Johnson and myself you know were to correspond with
other, but neither of us meant to treat with or to give Presents to
the Indians in the others District, which' would tend to distroy en-
tirely the proper Weight & Influence of each in his own Department,
much less should any Colony Treat with or give Presents to them,
and by outbidding each other lose the Benefit of the very Service
they want, Enhance each others Expence as well as the Kings of

PBNNSYLTANIA ABOHIVES 175T. Ml

GoBseqveDoey & distract hb Majesties Meutures tbal b tlie Qeneral

Service of the whole. The Giving Presents is so Essential a part
of my office that without that Power in my Hands, it is impossible
for me to do his Majesty any Service at all, & any interfereing w^
me therein, as well as in talkiAg, is strilcing directly at the Boot of
my Commission.

I know it is in my Power to serve effeotnally both Maryland and
Pennsylvania, by the same measures I take for Virginia, if they will
eoDtribute their parts towards the Ezpenoe (on a Footing that may
be done to their own intire satisfaction,) and I can do it at a vastly
cheaper Sate, than they can possibly proeure it themselves. It is
my Desire to give them all the assistance in my power. Bat they
will put it out of my power to give them any if they intermeddle
with the Indians under my Direction, and will not be able to pro-
cure it themselves. On the Contrary tho' they do not see it, yet
they are taking the only way to Tax themselves without -Bounds,
upon the whole in my opinion, it is absolutely necessary for his Ma-
jesty's Service, that you stop and send baok to me the Oherokees
DOW gone from hence to you, referring matters to me seeing I am
here, and that you came over here as the Distance is but little, to
consult and Confer with me on this Occasion, f(H* I think every
thing is at Stake in this District. It will give me great Pleasure to
see you here as soon as possible, for which purpose I shall wait your
answer, tho' much wanted to the Southward, hoping by that means
to establish some Bule of proceeding at this Juncture, eoually
Beneficial to all the neighbouring Colonies, For it's impossible to
transact a thing of this nature by writing only. I expect to see here
daily Richard Smith, (an Excellent Interpreter,) with at least the
Chiefs of the Cherokees now out at War between Fort Pleasant and
Fort Cumberland : and that will be a good Opportunity for yon to
be here, with the Mohawk in your Company.
I am Sir,

Your very bile Serv*.,

EDM'D ATKIN.

9th P. S. I have warned Duning your Express (whom I have de-
tain'd in the Elurry I am in till I could give you this detail,) not to
carry over Powtomack Wawhatchee's people, who I understand are
waiting for him or I^ris, or both, untill he shall hear from you.

As I am informed by Duning, Col. Stanwix is at Carlisle, a copy
of thiij for hfs Information, ( too late to be sent to Lord Loudoun,)
will be very proper (with my Compliments) and I wish you would
send another to Sir W"*. Johnston, to whom I shall write soon my-
self.

George Croghan, Esq'.
Indorted.
Letter of Edmund Atkiu; Esquire, Superintendent of Indian

182 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757.

Affairs in the Southern District, to Mr. Croghan. Inclosed in Col.
Stanwix's Letter of 13th June. Laid before the Council, 23d
June.*

List of Justices of Bucks County, 1757.

Bucks County.

List of Justices of the Peace who have taken the QualificatioDs bj
Virtue of the last Comission of the Peace, Dated the 9th Day of
June, Anno Domini, 1752.

Affirmed, Abraham Chapman, Dead.
Sworn, Mathew Hughes, very old and Infirm.
Sworn, Simon Butler.

Affirmed, Ennion Williams, scarce ever Comes to Court and refasefl
to give an oath.

Affirmed, Richard Mitchell.

Sworn, John Abraham Denormandie, In the Assembly.

Sworn, Alexander Graydon.

Affirmed, Thomas Jannej.

Sworn, Richard Walker.

Sworn, John Jamison.

Affirmed, William Buckley, refuses to give an oath.

Sworn, John Hart, old, Impaired by apoplexy.

Affirmed, John Chapman.

Sworn, John Willson.

Affirmed, William Rodman, refuses to give the oath, &c.

Affirmed, Gilbert Hicks.

More named in the same Comission who have not taken the
Qualification, viz^.

Mahlon Kirkbride, refuses.
Langhorne Biles, refuses.
Septimus Robinson.
John Watson, Jun'., refuses.
William Paxson, refuses.*}"

* Referred to, Col. Reo. Vol. VII. p. 598.

t Sec Colon. Rec. Vol. VII. p. 437, also Vol. VI. p. 388, 578.

PBNNSTLVANU ARCHIVES 1767- , 18»

Edmund Atkin to Gov. Sharpb, 1757.

Winchester, June 12th, 1757.
Sir,

I am very much obliged to your Excellency for your Favour of
the 1st Instant, which came to my hand last Sunday, giving me a
Copy of the Message or Letter sent to you from the Party of Chero-
kees, carried by Cap^ Pearis into Maryland the 29th of April last,
and of the Transactions that passed afterwards at Fort Frederick on
jour Frontier, between them and the two Gentlemen whom you sent
to hold a Treaty with them ; imagining I was returned to South
Carolina. It gave me much satisfaction, because it furnished me
timely with the necessary Information that I wanted for my conduct,
and put it in my power at the same time to send you some proper
Bemarks, which may be useful Hints for your own hereafter.

Permit me first to rectify an Error which yon seem to be under,
by saying you heard I was expected here in a few Days to hold a
Trtaty with the Indians that came to Virginia by Gov'. Dinwiddie's
Invitation ; and to make them a present. My Business is to make
a new Treaty in his Majesty's Name, in Behalf of all his Subjects
without Distinction in North America, with every Nation of Indians
in my Department, that are willing to be in Friendship with them ;
as the only Basis of the future Quiet & Security of the whole. This
I was bending my Course to the Indian Countries to do in their
Towns. The Impropriety of any particular Colony entering into a
Treaty with Indians, for itself separately, will appear from hence at
first view. But nothing can deserve the Name of a Treaty, that
hath not certain Articles and Conditions stipulated to be performed
on both Sides, by those who have a power to do it. Now his Ma-
jesty bath put a Stop to the Exercise of such a Power by the several
Colonies, each for themselves, which could not but clash frequently
with each other's Good ; and taken it into his own Hands as his
Prerogative, by appointing two Agents and Superintendents, to
manage and transact all affairs with the Indians, divided into two
Districts or Departments. And with Respect to the Indians, what-
ever particular Parties or Numbers of them may be brought, by
BiDt of Presents to say or promise for their Nation, when in our
Settlements; yet their greatest men having no Power to do so when
from Home, it hath in their own Sense of Things, no Validity fur-
ther than their present Convenience, because according to Indian
Polity, the Consent of their whole people is necessary before any
thing can take Place effectually. — There is in your answer to that
part of the Message you received from the Cherokees before men-
tioned, taking Notice, that upon coming to Fort Frederick, they
found themselves no longer in Virginia but in another Government

m PENNSYLVANIA ARCHITES VIST.

a very just and proper Remark made to them ; ^' that the Yirgiaiaaa
'^ and jour people were nevertheless one people; that the Inhabi-
^Uants of all the Colonies were Brethren, Suhjeets of the same Great
''King; and that they who are Friends to some of them must be
'<F)riends to all/' The same Sentiment pursued a little further,
might have pointed out the Propriety of Que common Purse for 4be
Good of all. Nothing is more easy than to make Indians sensible,
that they ought not to expect to be paid by different Colonies for
the same Service; But they have Sense enough also not to refuse it.
And if their Assistance is put entirely on the Footing of prcseats,
& not at all upon Friendship founded in a mutual Interest, and tbey
have different Markets to go to for selling it, they will moat cer-
tainly flock to the highest Bidder. One particular Colony may in
such Case serve itself for a present purpose, hut the King will be
disabled from assistidg his other Subjects; the Royal Purse itself
being unequal at this Juncture to the copying the Example, in a
Dbtrict where there above 10,000 Indians that bear Arms. Whereas
if the Indians therein can receive Presents only from one hand, in
the Name of the King, and in Behalf of all his Subjects without
Distinction, they must and will be content with what shall be given
to as many as shall be wanted for Service ; and will go where thej
are desired : and all the Colonies will reap equal Benefit. — ^There
cannot be a better Instance given of the ill consequences arising by
two Colonies treating or negotiating with the same Indians, or inter-
fering with the King's Measures, with which they are unacquainted,
than in the present case ; whereof you will receive a sufficient Idea
or Proof, by reading the inclosed Copy of a Letter which I wrote to
Mr. Croghan, Sir William Johnson's Deputy in the Northern Dis-
trict, by way of answer to a Letter Cap*. Pearls received from him
by the same Express that brought your Packet, inviting the before
mentioned Party of Cherokees to Fort Loudoun in Pennsylvania, to
receive a present provided (or them by that Government, ix^ Conse-
quence of the Message they had sent to Gov' Denny, offering their
assistance to him also. In that Letter you will find all that is need-
ful to be said further upon this Subject in general ; together with a
true State of the Indian Affairs in this Colony when I came into it,
an account of my Transactions with the Catawbas, as well as with
the said Cherokees, and my sincere Disposition to do any Thing in
my Power consistent with my Duty, for the Service both of Mary-
land & Pennsylvania. You will see how fortunate my being at
Williamsburg was, to prevent a Convulsion which must h^ve o^her-
ways happened in this Colony, and shaken all the'Colonies in its
Consequences. How terrible that to Us I and how favourable for
the French just as Lord Loudoun embarked ! and you cannot help
seeing also, how unfortunately the Message of Invitation came from
Pennsylvania, to put a Stop to my further Negotiations for the
King's Service.
I consider Pearls as the Spring of this Mischief, who being then

PENNSYLVANIA AKCHIVES 1757. 18&

io the Pay ft Service of this GoTernfhenty and in Breaob of his
Orders, torning his Back upon & baulking a Matter of Importance,
(being certainly canscioas of his iatended Discharge for Misbe-
bavionr,) carried Wawbatchee's said Party over Potowmaok, in order
to make a Merit with the Governments of Maryland and Pennsyl-
yaoia, by offering their Assistance. And tho' they seem to bave
entertained a very grateful Sense of that Service, yet in Fact, be
led them into a Difficulty, from whicb they cannot extricate them-
BeWea without my Help. There are many Strokes in Wawbatchee's
Message to you, and in the Transactions at Fort Frederick, of his
Impudenoe, Selfishness abd avaricious views supported by an artful
Way of bullying. He sent you even a List of what he wanted, (bs
be had done before here to Gov^ Dinwiddle,) which be knows lie
nerer presumed to do to the Southward ; promising to stay as long
as there should bQ Use for him and bis people, tbo^ be intended
nothing less. He slighted the Present of £100, tho' he would not
have lef^ a less one behind him. He refused to give up the Scalps
« for the large Reward of £50 each, on pretence of a point of Honor,
bat in Truth, that he might receive the Virginia Reward also. This
money might bave been saved ; because Paris knew that being tben
in the Pay & Service of this Colony, they were obliged to deliver
those Scalps here, for £10 each. (In a few Days more the Reward
will be, I bear, £40 for a Scalp, & £45 for a Prisoner,) And tho' I
observe it is said in the Copy of the Transactions, that Wawhatchee
did at last deliver the Scalps, yet be bath brought tbem here, and
would, no Doubt have got Payment for tbem again, bad I not been
here. In his Reply to your answer to his Message after receiving
the Present, he discovers fully his real Intention ; for he labours to
let you know bow large be intended to make the Path to you ; that
he would hold up your Belt to bis young Men to fresben the Track,
and would send for them to go to War with him (tho' he was really
going home) and to receive Presents as he and his had done. That
it was a small Present, being for a few be had killed, but when bo
should come again, he would kill more, and hoped to receive a larger
Present; and that as long as King George would furnish them with-
Cloathsj he would continue to destroy his and their Enemies. This
is not, according to Wawbatchee's views, consistent with the Chero-
kee Treaty made by their Deputies in England, 1730 j whereby they
were promised to be furnished with all Manner of Goods that they
wmted, by tbe Carolina Traders; and one of the Conditions on their
part was, that they should be always ready to fight against any white
men or Indians whatever, that should molest or hurt the English ;
yet they ougbt undoubtedly to receive a reasonable Reward for their
Time and Trouble, while taken from their Hunts to assist us.

On tho 8th, most of Wawbatchee's Party stole away in tbe Mom--
ing privately, to get the Present intended at Fort Loudoun in Penn-
sylvania. But Mr. Croghan who was to have delivered it, on a few
lines of Notification I sent by Express at tbeir Heels; just to put

186 PENNSYLVANIA AHCHIVES 1757.

him on his Guard, resolved, before my other Letter at large reached
him, not to transact any thing whatever with them. Peatis wbo
the same Day asked Leave of me most earnestly, to go to his new
Boty in Maryland, but promised solemnly he would not go, until
Smith whom I had sent for should come to me, followed them the
next Morning without saying a Word to me more ; leaving me with-
out an Interpreter to speak to those that remained in this Town.

I doubt not you will be sensible that the Regulation under my
Passports and Directions only, which I established with the Cataw-
bas, and purpose to establish also with the Cherokees, is the only
Means of obtaining an effectual Assistance from them, on reasonable
Terms and with the Quiet & Satisfaction of our Colonies. And if
Maryland and Pennsylvania are so desirous as they appear to be, to
partake of the Benefit arising by the Assistance of those Indians,
they will surely think it but just to contribute their Part towards
the Expence of it. And unless they do so, inasmuch as the Num-
ber of Indians that I shall send up this Way, will depeud entirely
upon my Stock of presents, to discharge my Eugagemenfe)^ they
ought not to wonder ^if, contrary to my Inclination, I confine the
Services of those I do send^ to this Side of Potowmack River; within
my own District.
I am Sir,

Your Excellency's very humble

and most obedient Servant,
(Signed) EDM'D. ATKIN.

To His Excellency, Horatio Sharpe, E8q^

Admiral Thomas Cotbs to Gov. Denny, 1767.

Marlborough, in Port Royal Harbour,

12*»' June, 1757.
Sir:

The Contractors for Victualling His Majesty's Ships on this Sta-
tion, relying on the Supplys of Bread they have Ordered from Phi-
ladelphia, have omitted sending a Supply from England, by which
means We are reduced to great Straits for want of Bread, and it
will be impossible for me to Execute His Majesty's Orders, if the
Yessells freighted with Bread for His Majesty's Ships here, are not
permitted to Sail from your Ports ; I must therefore. Sir, desire in
the most pressing manner, that you will allow the Bread to be sent
by the Contraetors Agent, to enable me to keep the Sea with His
Majesty's Ships, for the Protection of the Trade of this Island. My
Squadron contains near 5000 Men, who are allowed one pound of
Bread a Day for each man, So that our Demands are very great^ and

PENWSTLVANIA ABOHIYBS 175T. 1«7

oan only be Svpplyed from your Colony ; And if we are disappoint-
ed by the Embargo being oontinaed, His Majesty's Ships on thifi
Station most lay Idle in Port, and the Enemy will be Masters at Sea
and Destroy all oor Trade.

The Reproach and Loss that will be to the Nation, I need not
mention to your Ezoellenoy.
I am, Sir,

Tour most obedient Serv*.

THOS. COTES.

Col. John Armstrong to Gov. Dbnnt, 1757.

Carlisle, 19<* June, 1757.
May it Please yoTir1B[on',"

On the seventh Ins*., "^ advice of Col* Stonwix, I set out with -
M'. Croghan for Fort Loudon, carrying the Provincial Present for
the Cherokees, under an Escort of Eighty Men, expecting, after the
delivery of the Present, to have been join'd by Capt" Parris & a
party of the Indians, and to have reconoitred the Country towards
the Alleghany "Hill, as far as was possible with what Provision the
Men cou'd carry on their Backs. On going to Loudon, Cap*. Cro-
ghan rec' a long Letter from M'. Atkins,"*" (the Surperintendant for
the Southern district, then at Winchester) letting him know that
thirty three Cberokees had Stole away towards Pennsylvania without
his knowledge, and without a Chief, for which he also blamed Paris,
m first fetching them over Potomack, forbidding M'. Croghan to
send for, speak to, or give any thing to them, but immediately to
come to him at Winchester, aledging that the Provinces were charg-
able with indiscretion, in not doing what they did thro' him, who ^
was the Sole Agent over those Tribes. M'. Croghan shew'd me the '
Letter and desir'd I would go with him, to which I readily agreed,
thinking it the best Opportunity of Vindicating the Govern m* so far
as it had been conccm'd. Doctor Koss, from Fort Frederick, at
the. same time representing the Province of Maryland. The Gen-
tleman (tho' perhaps rather too nice in the conduct of his affairs at
80 critical a eonjuncter) treated us politely, and was soon convinc'4
that those Colonies had no design of neglecting his authority, knew .
nothing of his being at Winchester, nor had done any thing to or
for the Indians, but what was very natural; only that future Pre-
sents must be put under his direction, which we presum'd was right,
and wou'd be controverted by none. The Indians before mention'd
having retum'd to Winchester, and their Chief Wahatohy being
dispos'd to go home, M'. Atkins gave them something on ace* of
the Pennsylvania Present, which M'. Croghan is to refund him out
of it, keeping the residue for a part of the Eighty Indiana who, with

«See Upage 176.

188 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757.

the Swallow Warrior, have been on dnfcy betwixt Port Gnmberland
& Fort Da Qaisne, and were go within Twenty five Miles of Win-
chester on their retnm to see M'. Atkins. Fourteen of those, nnder
the immediate condact of the Swallow, a few Miles from F. D— e,
fell in with three or four Frcneh Subaltern Officers, and a few pri-
yate men, who had been at the Head of a Party of Soldiers k In-
dians; whome, when returned near the Fort, they had sent a Hunt-
ing. The Swallow fir'd first; knocked down an Officer, and on
springing up to Soalp him, was unfortunately Shot thro' the head ;
the party loosing their Chief was some what confounded, but kiil'd
and scalp'd two or three of the Officers, and has brought in an En-
sign, prisoner. *One Capt" Spotswood, who went out with an other
Party of Cherokees is thought to be kill'd, two of his Men are fallen
in at Fort Lyttleton, who say he desir'd them to do for themsehee.
Before this Time, y Honour may have heard that Lieut* Hollidaj,
on the 8*^ Ins*., with 25 Men, went into the Great Cove about Ten
Miles from Fort Loudoun, where he and about Ten of the Men went
into a Deserted house, the others at some small distance were drink-
ing at a Spring, in which possition they were Surrounded & Sur-
prized by a Party of Indians, who soon dispersed them, kill'd the
Lieu^ and three of the Men, taking three others prisoners, with a
number of Blankets and Arms. This is an unfortunate affair, the
Men say, that the Lieu^ finding himself surrounded & some of hia
Men scattered, desired the others to escape the best way they conld,
however some oi the Men are to be punished, & five aquitted. More
might be said on this affair, but is now needless. On Riding from
Winchester to Shippensburg, with only Cap*. Mercer & Cap*. Arm-
• strong in Compy, M'. Croghan having waited the coming of the In-
dians with the French Officer, I was Informed that Indians were
seen in Sundry parts of this County, and in waiting an Hour at
Shippensburgh for a fresh Horse, receiv'd two Expresses from differ-
ent parts of the neighbourhood, the latter said that some Men were
at work in a Corn field, four Miles from that place, that a party of
Indians Sprang out of a Field of Winter Corn, shot down one of the
Men, the others escap'd to a House, from whence they were defend-
ing themselves ; on both occasions I detach'd parties immediately;
but have not heard further.

This Day Colonel Stanwix is to write your Honour of his prepa-
ration to March im mediately ^from this place, having receiv'd Intelli-
gence from Capt" Dagwortby, at Fort Cumberland, that Six Chero-
kees that staid to view the situation of Duquesne, observed the
French hurrying greatly and making preparation, as they thought,
to March oat an Army ; accordingly, the Indians watched their mo-
tions, until, on the Tenth Inst., they saw a large Body cross the
Monongehcia, near the place where Gen^ Braddock was defeated,
with wheel'd Carriages and Guns larger than any at Fort Cumber-
land; and McD; as the Indians phrase it, that cou'd not be counted.
♦ See Colon. Rec. Vol. VII, p. 598-601.

JrSTNffYLVANLi ABCH1TE8 1787. 189

Cspl* Dagiforthj thinks thej are ooming against that place, (which
indeed is most probable) where they have but 180 MeU; raw troops
from Marjiiokd. Col^ Washington toM me, if he came without
EreotiDg something by the way, that it was not in his power to be
early enough to assist the Garrison, nor wou'd ail his men be more
than a Breakfast to the Freneh & their Indians.

I have order'd Spys from Fort Lyttleton to the Alleghany HillS|
least the whole, or any part shou'd be Destin'd to this Province.
Colonel Stanwiz has ordered me to join him with at least 250 men,
his first object is Winchester, except future intelligence prevent or
alter his Rout. He has allowM us two Waggons, we have but little
Ba^age, haying but a few Tents, and not enough of Kettles, Blan-
kets, nor Arms. I have frequently mentioned the number of Arms,
and Blankets that were wanted, now they are more of course. Our
Flints are very bad, no person is yet appointed to make the neces-
sary Contracts, nor Money given to defray Contingent ezpenceSi
Buch as the Carriage of Stores from Harris's to this Place, tran-
sporting of Amunition and Provisions from one Garrison to another,
scDding Expresses on Sundrie occasions, &o., which services require
ready pay, or they will not be done. The Provisions of this Gar-
rison was so roten that the Men lived at their own expence f tr meat,
the space of Ten Days, and throV necessity eat Frequently when the
Meat was unsound ; after sundry applications being made to no pur-
pose, I was obliged (the Men being ready to Mutiny) to apply to
CoP Stanwix, who sent his Doctor to inspect the Meat, which he
entirely condemned, upon which the Colonel gave orders that it
should be imcdiately hove out, carry'd away and buried, which was
perform'd with great difficulty on ace' of the smell. M'. Hoops
then being in Town, gave us some fresh Meat, Mr. Buchanan does
not give himself any trouble in supplying the defects, or replacing
the Meat. . Hoops, yesterday, was unwilling to give any more until
he had your Hon" or the Commissioners orders, upon which I was
again obligM to apply to Col' Stanwix, who immediately order'd M'.
Hoops to supply us. The Meat is generally safe at the other Garri^
SODS but very salt, we have some dry'd Meat here which is kept for
the Woods. I suppose M'. Hoops, or M'. Buchanan, will write on
the subject of Provisions.

I am, Honoured Sir,

Your most obed*

Humbl. Serv*.

JOHN ARMSTRONG.

190 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757-

Extract of a Lxttbr from Gaptain Moroait, dated

June r 24% 1757.

On Wednesday last we were alarm'd by one of the neighbonrs
that came to the Fort; and acqaakrted ns that one Jn* Basby had
seen an Indian at his house, (which was about 3 Miles from Fort
Lebanon) I immediately went out with a party of men to the place
where we found the tracts of three, but could not see any of them.

Yesterday morning, about 8 of the Clock, the son of one Adam
Brum, (whom the Indians had killed the night before in Allemin-
gle, and took the Son Captive) found an opportunity to make his
Escape, and came to the Fort ; he informed me that the Indians,
(8 in number) had got a Quantity of Liquor out of his Fathers
House, and' came to a Hill about 7 miles from the Fort, where they
got a dancing, and had made themselves drunk, he took the oppor-
tunity and escaped to the Fort, the Indian followed him near a
mile and half whom our men afterwards tractd ; so as soon as the
younge man came, I sent out a party to the place where the man
left them, but when they came there they only found an old pair
of Mogasins, and a Deer Skin whom they had left, but the Indians
were fled ; they tractM them as far as they could, but night comingy
oblidged them to return home. I have this Day sent out a party
to intercept them in the way, to the Gap of the second MountaiD|
(where Schuylkill comes through)^ being the place which I have
often found where they retreat back ; the men will range about there
2 Days *

Commission of Captain John Sibbald, of Pennsylvania
Frigate, 1757.

By the Honoble WILLIAM DENNY, Esquire, Lieutenant Gover-
nor and Comtbander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania,
and Counties of Newcastle, Kent and SusseZ; upon Delaware.

To Captain John Sibbald, of Philadelphia City, Greeting :

Reposing special Trust and^ Confidence in your Loyalty Courage,
Fitness and Ability, I have nominated, constituted and appointed,
and do, in vertue of the Powers and Authorities unto me given,
hereby nominate, constitute and appoint you, the s^ Sibbald, to be
Captain and Commander of the Ship called the Pennsylvania Fri-
gate, imployed in the Service of the said Province as a Guard Ship,
for the Defence and Protection of the Trade & Navigation thereof;

* 8ee Colon. Bee. Vol. VII., p. 681,

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVIS 1767. 191

You are therefore, to take the said Ship into yonr Charge and Care,
and as the Officers and Men belonging to the said Ship are required
to obey joa as their Oaptain and Comander, so are you likewise to
observe and follow such Orders and Directions, from time to time,
as you shall receive from me or the Commander in Chief for the
Time being ; And you are in all Things to do, execute and perform
what the Duty of your office afores^ requires, in pursuance of the
Trost repoeed in you. And for your so doing, this shall be your
Commission.

Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms, at Philadelphia, the
eighth day of Jane, in the thirty first year of his Majesty's EeigUi
A^noq. Dom.; 1757.

Security to Mariners* on Board Pennsylvanu Frigatk
AGAINST Impressment, 1757.

By the Hono'ble William Penny, Esquire, Lieutenant Crovernor
and Comander in Chief of the Province of Pensilvania, and Coun-
ties of Newcastle, Kent and Sussex, upon Delaware.

To all whom it may concern, Greeting :

These are to Certify that Captain John Sibbald has my Comission
(with a Letter of Marque) to command the Ship called the Pennsil-
vania Frigate, now at New York ; and as she is intended to be em-
ployed as a Guard Ship for the Defence of the Trade and Navigation
of this Province, all Mariners and others who shall enter on board
her are hereby made assured that they will not be impressed into
any of His Majesty's Ships or Vessels of War, so long as they con-
tinue in the said Service on board the s"* Frigate.

Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms, at Philadelphia, the
twenty-eighth day of June, in the Thirty-first Year of His Majesty's
Beign, Anno Domi, 1757.

Col. John Armstrong to , 1757.

Carlisle, 30th June, 1757.
Dear Sir,

I'm favour'd with yours ^ return of Colo^ Stanwizes express. I
have wrote the Ooverner my reasons for not immediately acknow-
ledging y« receit of the Minute made at Lancaster, which in fact
^8 oDly a permission to lead myself into inextricable difficulties,
however Colonel Stanwix wou'd not admit my doing it, and is much

* See a list of officers— postea.

193 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVBS 1757.

displeased tkat any thing of the Sort shon'd be offered without depo-
Btting t^e Gash in some persons hand or other, tobereadj on every
immergenoy, and said he wou'd write the Governor on that Sabject.
I'm sorry M'. Allen shon'd be nneasy on the soore of a person so
troublesome & perverse as Chambers is known to be; the reoogni-
sance was not taken for his appearance before any person but the
Governor who issu'd the Writ; it's thought Chambers now designs
ft lawsuit, and he has Said the Action will be brought against me,
where I think it cannot ly. If it's found that be designs trouble, (as
he has the Brass & Malice of the Bevil), I think the Governor shou'd
jmJbd to ColoK Stanwix, in the mean time I will Open the Matter to
the Colonel, who may think it necessary to Siez the Guns himself.
I'm conscious he was on that Occasion treated not only with justice,
but also with lenity. I have in a proper manner wrote to the Offi-
cers at Loudon concerning their resignation, but has not received an
Answer ; the Task of fixing the New Majcstrates is a very hard One,
for Carlisle, Messui*. Smith, West & Buchanan, the later says he
will by no means Serve ; M*^. West says you have long ago promised
to excuse him ; M'. Smith, I think, will Serve if appointed, and all
things oonsider'd I think will make the best Majestrate of the three.
West certainly knows more of the Common law than any man here,
but I must leave this matter to you, two wou'd be wanted in Town.
In the upper pyt of the County in case of peace, Joseph Armstrong,
John Potter anl W"». Smith; at Shippensburgh, Cap*. Hugh Mercer,
he is a very proper person, may have some intervals from Military
duty, and there's no One Else there except Campbell the Tavern-
keeper. South of Carlisle, John McNaught; West of it, John
Byards, living near your Meadow bought of McCallister, those two
are honest Country Men. Tho*. Wilson is very unwilling to Serve
again, yet I believe will not refuse if his name comes in the dedimas.
In East Pennsburrow, David Wilson, near Yellow Breeches; on
Canadogwinct, James Carrathers.

Being almost dead writing to Sundry quarters, I must leave yon to
make the list of those names, and range them just as you please. I
have many things to write as time will permit, and now a Post being
fix'd hope to be a better Correspondent.

The Old Majestrates had no Other reason for resigning than least
they shou'd be left Out, except justice Wilson, who did it on acct of
his private affairs, tho' some of them I have lately heard Say it was
Owing to the Governor's Treatment of Ben Chambers in regard of
his Guns, but this is finnes ; Miller had not Acted this two years
past. I shou'd be glad to have the Opinion of M". Chew, whether
the Whiper in cases of Petty Larceny is to be provided by the Sherif
of the County, as I think Parker (I suppose by advice) has act^
very unbecomingly in an Instance of that Sort. To-morrow we
begin to haul the Stones for ye building of a Meeting House on the
North S^e of the Square, there was no Other convenient place ; I
have avoided the place you Once pitch'd for a Church. The Stones

PENNSYLVANU ARCHIVES 1757. 108

are rau'd Oai of Golo^ Stanwizes entrenobment; we will WAnt help
to this Political as well as Religious work.
I am, ^ir,

with the atmoet regard and Esteem,

your most affectionate Humb^ ServS

JOHN ARMSTRONG.

Gov. Denny to Propeietaries, 1757.

Philadelphia, 30th June, 1757. .
Sir,

Mj last Letters were of the 9 & 10 April,* since which I have a
Letter from the Proprietaries of the 11th, and one from You of the
12th March, with a Duplicate of yours of the 12th February.

I mentiou'd in mine of the 9 April, that a large Number of Six
Nation Indians was come from Sir William Johnson to attend Tecdy-
uscang's Treaty. When they heard nothing from him, nor that he
was return'd from the Seneca Country, where they were told he was
^gone, as they passed thro' the Diahogo Town where he lived, in
their Way from Sir William Johnson's to this JProvincc, they began
to repine at their long Stay, and to be much out of Humour. Tho
Season for planting Indian Corn approaching, they sent Two of their
Chiefs to tell me they oou'd stay no longer, and to- request I wou'd
come and take them by the Hand, having many Things to say to me.
It was very disagreeable to me to leave the Seat of Government,
where every Day brought on some necessary Business, in order to
attend Indians with whom I had nothing to do; for their Errand
hero was only to attend Tecdyuscung's Treaty and to assist in it.
Nevertheless, at the Importunity of the Speaker and Commissioners,
with the Advice of Council, I sent, tho' unwillingly, to Lancaster.
I had there the Mortification to hear from their own Mouths, that
these very Delawares, who were lately treated as Women, thrown
out of the Council, and order'd to live on Sasquehannah, by their
Uacles the Six Nations, as unworthy to live among their Brethren
the English, had now put the Six Nations to Defiance, and were so
BtroQgly supported by the Senecas, that their other Uncles cou'd not
terminate the Differences between them and this Government. Sen«
sible of this, and honest at the same time, they set it forth in their
public Speeches, and advised me to write to the Senecas, and to
sollicit their Favour, as the only Means to bring about a firm and
lasting Peace with Teedyuscung and the Delawares. The Minutes
of the Conferences went in the i&eneral Wall Packet, which will
sufficiently evince this. With the Minutes, I sent the Copies of all

* See pages 107-120. .
Vol. in.—9

194 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVBS 1767.

the Messages between me and the Assembly^ and the exempKfied
Copies of the Acts passed by me at the Inst Sessions.

I had the further Mortification to hear of the Enemy Indians coming
within Thirty Miles of the Place of Treaty, desolating a long Tract of
Coantry, and killing and scalping many of the Inhabitants. Fonr dead
Bodies, one of which was a Woman with Child, were brought to Lan-
caster from the neighbouring Frontiers, scalped and butchered in a
most horrid Manner, and laid before the Door of the Court Honse
for a Spectacle ^ Reproach to every one there, as it must give the
Indians a sovereign Contempt for the Province. They were how-
ever removed by my Order, and the Treaty with an Intermission of
a Day went on in its ordinary Course. The poor luhabitants where
these daring Murders were committed, being without Militia or Aaao-
ciation, and living among Menonists, a numerous Sett of German
Quakers, came supplicating me for Protection, and immediately with
the Approbation of the Commissioners, who attended at the Treaty, I
gave Lieutenant Col. Weiser a Warrant to raise Three Companies,
of Fifty-Three Men each, for their Relief, and to enlist them for
three Months ; not doubting but in that Time, with proper Encour-
agements, the Forces wou'd bo recruited to their full Number.

It will be proper to acquaint Fou, that the Six Nation Indian?,
as they passed by Shamokin in their Way to Harris's Ferry, inforta'd
the Commanding Officer that a large Body of French & Indians wa^
making Canoes at the Head of the West Branch, and intended to
come and attack that Fort. Unfortunately at that Juncture the
Terms of the Soldiers of that Regiment were expired, and no Persua-
sions cou'd induce more than Forty of them ta re-enlbt, which laid
,me under the Necessity of sending Three Companies of Lieutenant
Col. Weiser's Battallion to reinforce the Garrison. These Levees
therefore were a good Expedient, as it would not only give Time to
recruit the Regiments, but afford a speedy Relief.

I hastened therefore from Lancaster into the Couitty of Berks to
encourage the raising these one hundred and fifty-nine Men. When
I came there, tho^'thcre were Men enough, I met with an unexpected
Obstacle. The Country People, supported by the Magistrates, and
the leading Men of the County, wou'd not serve under Provincial
Officers, but insisted on chusing their own; this I was well informed
was put into their Heads at Lancaster by some of the Commissioners
and Assembly Men, who spare no Pains to cry thb up as a most
valuable Privilege, and it is generally deemed s^, and obstinately
persisted in.

Intending to go to Port Henry, the only Garrison my Time wou'd
allow me to visit, I desired Col. Weiser to acquaint the Leaders of
these infatuated People, that I shou'd be glad they would come and
speak with me at the Fort. Accordingly, above Fifty substantial
Frceholdrs, well mounted and armed, joined the Escort, & attended
me to Fort Henry, where I had an Opportunity of undeceiving them.
Convinced qf their Error, they presented me a very respectful Ad-

PENNSTLVANIA ABOHITES 1757. 1S&

dreaB, aflsnriog me of their Desire to haye-a proper Militia Tiaw^ and
that they were determined under such a Law to serye and do their
dn^ to their King and Country. Forty instantly were inlisted by
Cdonel Weiser oat of this Neighboorhood, and a Magistrate abont
twenty Miles o£P wrote me he had inlisted forty more.

I shoa'd haye mentioned before, as I was going to Lancaster, I
reeeiVd a Letter from the Secretary of State, signifying his Mi^esty's
Pleasure, that in eyery Colony an additional Nnmber of Men shou'd
be rais'd, to be ready in case of an Accident happening to the King's
Forces in any general Actions or Expedition, accompanied with a
Letter from Lord I/ondoun, wherein he recommends it to this Pro-
Tince, that as they are without a Militia, they shou'd in compliance
with the Secretary of State's Letter, raise at least Five Hundred addi-
tional Mmi. His Lordship was likewise pleased to write me an Answer
to a Letter I had wrote, at the Instance of the Commissioners, to desire
to know what Share of the Indian Charges accruing in this JProvince,
his Lordship wou'd think reasonable shou'd be assigned to be paid
by his Majesty. The Conduct of the People of this Province is
censured by his Lordship, in this Answer, and an absolute Negative
given to the 'Application. Copies of these Letters went in one of .
the Packets.

The Commissioners at Lancaster likewise informed me that the
£45,000 was expended, and said, without the Aid of the Assembly,
no more Money cou'd be got either to pay the Troops or carry
on the necessary Business of the Province. These several Matters
obliging me to call the Assembly, I had no time to visit the other
Parts of the Frontiers. The House by the Summons was directed
to meet on the 30 May, but Sickness and the Business of the Season
detaining the Members, a Quorum did not then iSieet, and at the
Application of the Speaker I consented to an Adjournment of a
Week.

A Bill for striking ^55,000, the Remainder of the £100,000 was
instantly offered by the Assembly, as I foresaw it would be, & there-
fore in my Bemarks given to Lord Loudoun I urged it by Way of
Objection against the Bill, but it was then denied by the Assembly
as well aa by M'. Franklin to me in his Lordship's Presence. The
same Reasons which induced me to pass the Act for £100,000 still
subsisted, and made it necessary for me, having received so full an
Advice from Lord Loudoun, to give my Assent, tho' unwillingly, to
this most unreasonable and oppressive Encrease of Paper Money.
I expected the Merchants who were made acquainted with the sup-
plemental Bill before it pasaed wou'd haye petitioned against it, and
thereby have furnished me with further Reasons to reject it ; but
sadi is the Influence of the Assembly, that no such Petition cou'd
he ngne<l^ and not a Man in the Country gave himself any Concern
about this or the large Taxes imposed by the Bill.

I need not make any Observations on what has passed at this Sea*
aoDS; it ended last Saturday, and this Week's Qaaette, with the next^

196 PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIYES 1757.

will contain the Messages that hare passed between Us, tho' ihey
were inserted withoat my Privity or Consent, and the Publicatioa
is very unseasonable; as these Papers are known to go to Canada,
and falling into the Enemy's Hands, by a Capture of one or other
of onr Vessels, will discover our Distractions and Weakness. The
Gazette is in M^ Peters's Box, and Copies of all necessary Papers.

On 4he 20 Instnnt, Lord Loudoun sail'd for Halifax from Sandj
Hook with Eighty-Five Transports, having on board the Troops
under his Command, convoy'd by Sir Charles Hardy in a Fifty Guii
Ship, two Twenty Gun Ships, and two Sloops; the Embargo was
taken off seven DajS after his Jjordship's Sailings jn consequence of
his Orders.

On the 23d an Express arrived from Col. Stanwix, with Advices,
that some of our friendly Indians of the Cherokee Nation had
brought into Fort Cumberland some Scalps and a French Officer,
taken Prisoner near Fort Du Quesne, and reporting that an Army
of French and Indians, with Waggons and a Train of Artillery, had
begun their March towards our Frontiers. Col. Washington, who
had the Comand of Fort Loudoun, at Winchester, had held a Coan-
cil of War, and seat the Result of it to Col. Stanwix, who was pre-
paring to march with the Five Companies of the Rojal Americans,
and Two hundred and Fifty of the Provincials, under Lieutenant
Col. Armstrong, towards Patowroac. These Advices were instantly
laid before the Assembly, with a Request not to separate till it con'd
be known for certain where the Blow wou'd fall. The House had
then under Consideration a Reply to my long Message, which they
did not finish till Saturday Afternoon, and then they delivered it
with a verbal Message, importing their Determination to adjourn to
the 8th August. Not knowing what might be the Consequence of
Col. Stanwix's Intelligence, I desired them by a Message, which was
ready prepared, to enable me to furnish Provisions, Ammunition and
other Things necessary for marching and encamping, in case it shou'd
be found necessary to raise Volunteers, or apply for the Lower
County or Jersey Militia. On this they came to a Sett of extra*
ordinary Resolves, with which they concluded their Sessions. CoL
Stanwiz'a Intelligence was immediately dispatched by Express to
Qovernors Belcher and Delancey, and General Webb.

By later Advices from Cumberland County, the French and
Indians have no Carriages or Artillery, marched to the Mountains,
and then were separated into small scalping Parties, and that GoL
Stanwix remains in his Camp at Carlisle, and Lieut. Col. Armstrong
IS advanced with his two hundred and fifty Men to Fort Loudoon to
watch the Motions of the Enemy.

Li case the Quakers shou'd again apply for Liberty to give Pre-
aents and attend the Treaty, I have prepared an Answer agreeable
to the Proprietari^ Letter of the 12 March, which I shall give them
in writing, Considering how fully and openly I had censured their
Numbers & Behaviour at Baston, I did not expect suoh a Body of

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Friends wou'd have attended at LaBcaster^ wbere the Secretary
eoanted above one hundred in the Court House at one of the Con-
ferenoes, and some told me there were one hundred and forty; ally
as I am credibly informed, deputed by the several Meetings for that

Foar Members of the Quaker Meeting applied to me before I went
to Lancaster for Leave to join their Presents as usual to the Pro-
viDcial Presents. I consented it shou*d be done exactly as it was
agreed on by Grovemor Morris. On this Answer, they have given
out that I oonsented to their going, which I did no otherwise than
as I have related.

Epmund Atkins to Gov. Shabpe, 1757.

Winchester 30** June, 1757.
Sir: ^

Before I could send away the foregoing Mr. Croghan arrived here
the 18^ from Pensilvania, with Col. Armstrong, Cap*. Armstrong &
Cap*. French; as did also from Maryland, Mr. Koss your Commis-
saiy, Cap*. Mercer & Lieutenant Shelby ; And in the Evening, those
Cherokees of Wauhatohee's Party who had stolen away in order to
get Possession of the intended Present at Fort Loudoun, returned
diagrined, being referred back to me. I was exceeding glad to see
those Gentlemen present here at the same time with Mr. Croghan,
because it gave them an Opportunity of seeing the good Effects
thereof. Wauhatchee came t6 me privately the next Day, acknowl*
edged his Error, asked my Pardon, & even asked Leave in form to
go home, declaring he should be well satisfied with whatever I
should give him more, and give up his Pretensions to any part of
what was coming from Pennsylv*. The Day following, when I gave
him & his people a Speech at parting, in presence of the above Gen*
tlemen & many others in publick, he behaved with all the submis-
sion imaginable, and gave the strongest Assurances of standing
by the English in the War, & of sending up fresh parties & strong
ones, as soon as ever he should receive my Passports, which he
urged the sending of speedily.

In the Course of this- Transaction, Wauhat«hce asked whether
Cap*. Paris had, or was to have the Command of 100 Men at some
Fort? which Mr. Ross explained to me by saying, it was intended he
believed by you to post him at Fort Cumberland, with a view to his
being of Service there with the Cherokee Indians. Wauhatchee
said something farther of a very extraordinary Nature, vis : '^ that
^'Capt. Paris had told him he had the Management of Indian
Affieurs.'' And Wauhatchee desired to know whether he was to
have any Employ therein ? upon my answering in the Negative, ho

198 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIYES 1T5T.

said, ^'it was the deaire of him & his people one & all, that they
^< might have DothiDg to do with him, for that neither I or thejoould
trast him/' By an Inquiry he made also after some Belt of Mary«
land, that was miasing, I have Reason to saspect that Paris sent it
with some Message by Yatanou to the Overhill Cherokees. If ao^
(the certainty whereof I shall soon know) it will regoire severe
Notice. I am loth to say any thing to hurt him, bat I thinb my*
self obliged in Justice to the King's Service, as well as to myself,
to desire of you, not to permit him po concern himself on any pre-
text whatever, with any of the Southern Indians, with whom I par-
pose to send always proper Interpreters & GonducteiSy under my
own Instructions. ^

The same Prohibition ought to extend to all persons within yotur
Oovernm* if I am desired to send any of those Indians into Mary*
land, not to concern themselves with any of them or their Affaira,
nor to interfere with me in the Execution of my Commission, or in
any part of my Conduct and Management. Governor Binwiddie iaaa-
ed a proclamation in this Colony for that & other purposes relative to
the. said Indians; a Copy whereof I inclose for your perusal and In-
formation.

All the above Gentlemen, except Mr. Groghan & Gap*. Trent,
left this Place again the 16^, upon the Indian Intelligence trana-
mitted from Fort Cumberland^ of a Body of French and Indians
coming out of Fort Du Quesne, with Waggons and Artillery, and
however defective that proved, yet it is most certain, as well from
the Examination I took the 20^ of a French Ensign taken by a
Party of Cherokees, as other Ways since, that the French will em-
ploy a considerable Number of their own people & Indians broo^ht
from far off; in scouting parties, to harrass these three neighbouring
Colonies the rest of the season till Winter. If therefore Maryland
& Pennsylvania are desirous of having & pacing for the Assistandb
of some Cherokees or Catawbas, Application should be made to
me for the same. Sir Wm. Johnson's Deputy, Mr. Croghap, hath a
particular Account from me, of the Reward which I propose to
promise & give for the future, to such Parties of Indians as I shall
engage to come & go to War; and which ought therefore to be provi*
ded in Time.

I find you have given Orders hitherto for supplying Provisions
only to such Indians in our Alliance, as shall come to Fort Frederick,
aoGording to some Resolution of your Assembly. This will by no
means be sufficient, seeing those Indians may have Occasion to be
in other parts of Maryland, and do now, & always will make a short
stop or resting at Fort Cumberland. As they come to oui^ Assis-
tance, they look upon themselves entitled to Provisions wherever
they happen to be ; and if it is not given them voluntarily, they
will take it by Force ; for Men with Arms in their hands will not
starve when Provisions are in sight. Therefore it is the Duty of
every Government to prevent such Acts of Violenoei and private

PENNSYLVANIA. ARCHIVES 1767. 199

MsivesB to lodividoals, arising from NeoesBity and tha first Law oi
Nature. For my own part I liavc no Money iu my bands for pay-
ing for such Provisions at the Charge of the Crown. On the con-
trary the King does expect that his Meaeures will be aided by the
soTml Colonies, and what less Aid can they give than Provisions
to those that fight for them ? Virginia hath & must in the very
Nature of the Case bear infinitely the greatest share of the Burden
in that Bespect. Provisions are found for the Indians everywhere
in this Colony at the Ezpence of the Government. Enclosed is a
Copy of Gov Dinwiddle's Proclamation enjoining the same. And
Ur. Croghan hath a Copy of my Regulation of the allow** to be ap-
plied for by my Conductors of Indian Parties; wherever they happen
to be. /

It remains only for me to say something concerning Scalps. I find
sevoral of onr Colonies are become fond of giving large Rewards for
them. If these Rewards were confined to their own people, it would,
be a very laudable thing, inasmuch as it would be the means of
animating many poor white Men, who have been used to the Woods,
to go in Quest. of the Enemy Indians, and it would afford that sup-
port to some of them in particular, who have been driven from their
own Habitations in the back settlements, by the War, which they
ars oertainly the best entitled to. But as those Rewards are intend-
ed k offered chiefly to Indians, the Case is very different. For
besides that this is truly & literally interfering (which I have Rea^
8on to believe the several Governors have been cautioned not to do)
with the Management of the King's two Superintendants, through
vhoBC hands all Presents & Rewapis whatever to the Indians in his
Alliance ought to pass, it is encouraging to the utmost private
&4xlpingj hereby the most innocent & helpless Persons, even
Women k Children, are properly murdered, without the least Bene-
fit accruing by it ; Actimis only becoming the greatest Savages, &
unworthy of any Christian People to reward. I am well assured
Lord Loudoun detests that practice, and that the French (General
Honcalm in Canada does the .same. Sir Wm. Johnson gives no
Beward at all in particular for Scalps by name. The Warriours
fitted out by him to War, deliver to him at their Return all that they
bring back ; and he afterwards presents them to the Relations of
nieh as lose their Lives in Battle. I should be ashamed not to fol-
low such good Examples. But to speak upon this Subject on the
footing of Interest, large publick Rewards for Scalps given by Pro-
vinoial Iaws to Indians, are attended with very pernicious Conso-
qaences to his Majesty's Service ; for they are so many Temptations to
some Indians to kill others that are our Friends ; that is when they
think they have a good Opportunity to kill such single Indians that are
found alone. Two fresh Instances of this have presented themselves
to me. A single Chicasaw (one of our best friends) who was coming
Bp this Way with the Cherokees, was killed by them when asleep;
and a single Creek in their Company had like to have shared^ the

200 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757.

same fate. As no Cause of Quarrel is pretended the Motive oouM
only be in their Scalps. Those Cherokees carried the Chicasaw's
Scalp with them out to War towards Fort Du Quesne, & brought it
back again ; and it is now hanging exposed in pnblick before raj
Eyes, made into two Scalps, among the Scalps of their Enemies ;
tho' they know not that I know it. The Wife of the Chica.saw wko
made her Escape was sent by Water from Williamsburg to Cb&rles-
town, to be kept there till my arrival, in order to prevent the ill
Consequences of the Revenge she was bent upon exciting, not only
among the Chic^saws, but among their Friends theCatawbas And
I detain the Oitek in this Country by Art, to prevent the like ill
Consequences of the Revenge he might excite in the Creek Nation.
From so slight a Foundation a War might be kindled between 4
Nations of Indians at present in Friendship with us, which it is our
greatest Interest to preserve in Friendship also with each other.
The other Instance is this : A Meherrin Indian, a very clever Fel-
low, who lives in the Tuskcrora Town in North Carolina, is now
here } I have discovered that the Cherokees have fixed their Eyes on
him, and determined to kill him for his Scalp. So that I am obliged
to take Measures to have him guarded sitfe home. Should be be
killed, there would be another National Quarrel with the Tuskeroras.
I think what I have said sufficiently proves the pernicious Oonsc*
quenccs to his Majesty's Service (wherein the general Interest of the
Colonies is included) flowing from large Rewards for Scalps, given
by Provincial Laws to the Indians. And further, those Rewards
open a Door to great Fraud & Imposition upon the Colonies or the
Donors themselves. For the Cherokees in particular have got the
Art of making 4 Scalps out of one man killed. Here are noi¥ 20
Scalps hanging out to publick View, which are well known to have
been made out of 5 Frenchmen killed. What a Sum (at i£50 each)
would they produce if carried to Maryland^here the Artifice would
not probably be discovered. For these Reasons I huve declared to
the Indians I have met here, that I do not buy Scalps. They may
keep them according to their 0¥m Custom as Marks of Honour ; and
that I purpose always to reward those I employ in proportion to
their Services, (whereof I am to be the judge) without Regard to
the Number of Scalps ; for that many an Indian may deserve a
Reward, witho\it killing any Enemy, or if he does kill any, he may
not be able to produce the Scalps, which is often the Case. The
principal Cherokee Warrionr now in these parts said, ^'thia was
** right, it was the best way of acting, and he was much pleaded
«< with it." Mr. Ross told me there is a Fund of about £3000 in
Maryland for paying for Scalps. If your Assembly will not give
Money for Presents to Indians, cannot a part at least of that sum
be invested in Goods ^say Wampum & Silver- Ware) to be lodged in
my hands here, and given to such only as kill any of the Enemy in
fight, or otherwise distinguish themselves in the Service.

When I reflect how long it is since I wrote my first Letter intend-

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 17&7. 201

ed fbr yoa, dated the 12^^, it gives mo infinite concern thai I did
not send it forward, by Mr. Ross, without staying & watching an Op«
portunity to make this addition to it ; because it carries the Appearance
of Neglect, which is really yery far from being the Case. You can
hftrdly conceive the Trouble & Fatigue I have undergone here, even
since I first came, having been but 3 hours and seldom more than
4 bonn at a time in Bed at this present Time. My stay here now
will I believe be not long. When I proceed to the Southward, I
shall appoint some person to act for me in this Colony according to
my Instructions during my Absence, who I believe will be Capt.
Gist, who resigns his Post in the Virginia Regiment. He is so
well recommended to me, and does J believe understand the Indian
Affiurs so much better than any Man else I can find or hear of in
this Colony, that I hope he will give satisfaction to all .that will be
interested in his Behaviour.

I am, with Respect,
Sir,
Your Excellency's most obedient,
and very humble Servant,
- Signed,

BDM'DATKIN.
Dtrecied.
To His Excellency, Horatio Sharpe, Esq^

* Col. John Aemstrono to Gov. Dbhny, 1757.

Carlisle, 30*'' June, 1757.
May it please your Hon',

Your Favour of the 29«* Instant, by Colonel Stanwix's Express,
is come to Hand. Before this Time I shou'd have wrote your Hon'
the Reasons why the Colonel did not march, but expeeted every
Hour to have received fresh Intelligence of the approach of a Body
of the Enemy in this Province, which, by the last Report of the
Cherokees, was much more likely than their coming i^gainst Fort
Cumberland. Tis now said that the First party of those Indians,
who brought Cap*. Dagwortby the Intelligence of the £nem/a march
with Artillery, was not rightly nnderstooid for want of a -proper In-
terpreter, and that a party later from Duquesne thad they, and who
had been nearer that Fort, say there was no great Quns nor wheel'd
Carriages with the Enemy, but that a large Number, consisting of
French and Indians, with Baggage Horses, did actually leave Fort
Duquesne about the 9^ Inst^, bending their Course by the old Allo-
ghenny Path, which leads from that place towards Reas Town, on
the Departure of which Detachment the French fir'd their Cannon.
This later and surer Intelligence put a stop to Colonel Stanwix's

* So indorsed.
9*

202 PENNSTLANIA ARCBIBS 1757.

inarcli to Wincbester, he then thinking it more necessary to make a
stand in this Province, and as there was a probability of the En^
mies separating into small parties, ho con'd not, without farther In-
telligence leave this place having no particnlar object. But least
Loudon or Lyttleton shou'd be attack'd, he allow'd me to send all
I could from this Battalion as far as Lyttleton, and as mnch far-
ther as I might think requisite, not to exceed three Days march from
the Inhabitants, but oblig'd me to stay with him, least he sfaou'd
be suddenly called to take some Rout which he, being a stranger,
might not understand. Gap^ Hamilton therefore commands the
party, consisting of 200 private men, and a sufficicient number of
officers. They have the best general Orders I oou'd give them, but
in this Service much must be left to the Commanding officers. They
are now encamp'd some where near Reas Town, and Nothing yet
heard from them, save that one of our Spies had discovered some
Tracks, and saw two Indians Fishing in Juniata. Every third or
fourth Day furnishes us with fre^h alarms of Indians being seen on
our Frontier, and some young people captivated this week. Tester-
' day, two persons riding in Sharemans Valley, about fourteen miles
from this Town, three Indians sprang up by the path side, fir^d upon
the men, shot one of them thro' the Coat and Shirt across hi& belly,
without touching the Skin ; this man is come here, but believes hb
Partner was kill'd. Spies are almost constantly kept out, sometimes
to the distance of thirty or forty miles.

On Rec*of your Hon" from Lancaster, inclosing me a Permission
to contract for Horses and other Necessarys for an Expedition, I
observed briefly in one of mine that it was expedient first to sonnd
the Cherokees, a Number of them being then expected, otherwise
I shou'd have wrote more fully. I waited on Colonel Stanwiz on
that occasion and produc'd him the paper ; He seem'd a good deal
disnleas'd, & said it was a bad way of doing Business ^and an nn-
reasonable Burthen upon me ^ That the money shou'd first be de-
posited, and if no Body here cou'd be intrusted with it Nothing
should be contracted, but added, that matter he would settle by
writing to your Hon' himself. Every Week brings us some con-
tingent Expence or other, and I have been and constantly out of
Pocket for small Sums, as well as teiz'd for Debts long since con-
tracted, that either are not paid, or great Trouble arising to Poor
people going after and waiting at Expence for their money.
. 1 have forwarded your Hon'* Letter to Gap^ Croghan, who canoe
as I hear, two or three Days agoe to Fort Lowdon, with Fifty Bve
Cherokees, and no doubt will soon be down. Cap^ Young has left
in my Hands ^400 Bounty money for Recruiting, and £200 for
each Company, towards Pay of the Officers and Men. He ooa'd '
not go any farther back, nor muster the men at this time.
I am^

Tour Honors most obedient

Humble Servant •

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES HST.

P. S. Coloael Stanwix bas began and eontiniMS bis lotreaeb-
meot on the North East part of this Town, and juat adjoining to it.
Directed, \ ->

To the Hon'ble William Denny, Esq**., Governor and Commander
in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania^ &e^i in Philadelphia.

"List of. Killed, Wounded, &o, op a Party sent

TOWABDS TlC^DBROGA, 1767."

DsAB & MissiNQ Belonging to Coll. Jno. Pabkx&'s Company.

Mabaltey,

Straight,

Tinele,

Andress,

Taylor,

Williams,

Sharpe,

Joabfl,

Alder,
James Boyd,

Johnston,

Morgin,
Tho^. Connor,
Bryan Connor,

Mealy,

Qaill,

Wilton,
James Tinister,
James Bouse,
Dennis Croghan,
Qeorge Anderson,

Roberts,

McCoyn,

Warrin,

Bear,

Stansberry,
Jn*. Harley, retomed.

W-. Crips,
W-. Jackson,
John Crips,

Osbam,

Mackleheary,

Loyd,

Drake,

Hadley,

Craf,

Hagean,

Chambers,

Tead,

Hnghs,

Handerwood,
Jonathan Ogdan,
John Willian,

Mead,

Halkett,

Poakt,

Baxter,

Carry,

Shane,

Griffis,

Francis,

McAUey,

Bea^in,

Stevm,

McLaughlin,

Offigebs belonging to the New Jersey Regt., Vizt.

Cap*. Hunt, Lieut. Solomons, \

Lieut McDaniel, Ensign Webb. 3

The above is the two Eldest Compy* Belonging to y* New Jersey
Regiment, Pesides what is Killed of Cap*. Mays, Cap*. Hunts, and
Cap<. Sbaws Comp^.

Killed.

204 PENNSYLVANIA AfiCfllVBS 1757.

IhSAD Ain> MI88INQ BELONGINQ TO CaPT. WoODWABB COBtPT.

Cap*. Woodward, Barne Carter,

Serj* Irish, Mathew^CanniDgham,

Serj* Smith, Jerimah Fury,

Corporal Essex, Emanuel Cracy,

Tho». Crego, Edward De Vol,

W«. Morrell, Ozbom Blackford,

Brjin Malloon, Paniel Gartej,

Patrick McMahan, ^ David Kimber,

John Mosgrove, Ckorge Boyd,

Daniel Sutten, Michael MoDaniel,

George Guyrose, - W-. Green,

Tho». Conner, Joseph Hapworth,

Daniel McDanicI, Hugh D. Lancy,

Sam* Evans, Peter Howell,

Andrew Porter, Hugh Brown,

James Keglin, W". Griffin,

George Church, James Carney,

Jacob Shever, Hamilton Campell,

W". Knepton, John Dagley,

Alexander Moore, Tho*. Adams,

Alexander Loag, Joseph Horseleg,

W-. Gates, John Mitchell.

Retiitned, Serg* ^all, out of Cap*. Woodward Comp^.

Cap*. Ogden, of the New York Reg*., slightly wounded.
Cap*. McGinnis & Lieut. Cole, of said Reg*., Killed.
A Volunteer, belonging to General Ottways Reg*., Killed.
Lieut. Campell, of y* York forces, killed.
Several Private men of the Yorkers Killed.
Indorsed — *< July 1757, List of men killed, wounded, and missing,
of a party sent towards Tioonderoga."*

Speech to Indians, 1757.

Brethren :

You very well know that it is Customary with all Nations, when
they have ben at Warr with one another, and •Peace is made, to
release all prisoners on both sides, among the Indians. The pri-
soners are released when they first meet to treat for peace, which
Custom you your self observed. When yon first Came down to
Easton and Kindled this Council fire, by bringing sotue of the pri'-
Boners down, in order to show your Sincerity for peace.

* Xhi« paper is unconnected with any other, and no place being desig-
nated where these deaths occurred, we have no means of ascertaining the
action.

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1767,

I must now desire and insist, by this Belt of Wampum, in behalf
of the King of Great Britton,.wboes Children you now are, imme-
diately to set at Liberty the prisoners as yet remaining among yoa,
and yon will be so good as to Convey them down by some of yoor
yoDg men, who will be well rewarded for their trouble.

Give the Belt *

Names of the Persons present at the dbuyerinq the
Presents from the Quakers to' the Indians, 1757.

At Easton.

Israel Pemberton,
James Pemberton,
Abd James,
Kiohard Wistar,

Indoned. — << 6th Angust, 1757, Quakers present at delivering the
goods on Saturday, to ye Indians."!

Joe. Galloway,
Jos. Fox,
Jeremiah Warder.

Quakers at Easton, 1757.

Is. Pemberton,
John Pemberton,
James Pemberton,
Isaac Zane,
Daniel Stanton,
Hogh RobtrtfiT,
Francis Richardson,
John Morris,
Charles Jones,
William Fisher^
AViel James,
A&th^^ Benezet,
Peter Reeves,
Sam* Oarrigues,
Daniel Ofley,
Jacob Shoemaker,
William Brown,
Tho-. Wharton,

Francis Rawle,
Charles Moor,
Doctor Jos. Lownesy
Cap" John liownesy
Rich* Wister,
Solomon Fnsael,
Sam> Halford,
John Churchman,
Peter Worrel,
Jer" Warder,
Jn* Hunt,

Holland,

Jo. Morris,
Jn". Jones,
Benjamin Lightfoot,
Aaron Ashbridge,
James Bady,
Samuel Morris. |

* In Conrad Weiser's hand writing, and indorsed, ** Draft of GoVrs speech
concerning release of prisoners, July, 1757.'^

t See Colon. Rec. Vol. VII., p. 707.

t Indorsement, «* July, 1767, Quakers in Easton." See Colon, Rec., VoL
VU.-^84d648.

206 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1767.

Samuel Nsyill to Bichabd Petebs, 1757*

Perth Aml)oy, July 2, 1757.
8':

Agreeable to jour Bequest, in your Letter of the 28*^ of AprH,
I have made Enquiry about the Horse which was given to Pomp-
shirOy at the Desire of Teedyuscung, and find the faot as followeth.

Pompshire was indebted to one Isaac Yandom, of Freeboldi in
the County of Monmouth, a certain Sum of Money, how much I
cannot say : for the Payment of which Pompshire sold him the Horse
as his own Property, and Yandom sold him again to one Matthias
Isilstine, in our Neighbourhood,, in whose custody he was, when Jo-
seph Beaks's Wife and Son laid claim to him. John Beaks, the
Son, swore positive before me that the Horse was stolen. I seemed
to scruple his knowledge to the Felony, alledging, that the, Horae
might be stray'd away ; but he asserted, that you declared, that the
Horse was stolen, Bridle and Saddle, upon which I could do no len
than issue my Warrants, first against Isilstine, in whose Custody
the Horse was, who made Oath, Ihat he had him -from Isaac Yan-
dom ; then against Yandom, who, rather than have any further
Trouble about it, made Bestitntion to Isilstinei and delivered the
Horse to Beakes.

After my Hurry of Business and Betura from the Sitting of As-
sembly was over, I sent for Isilstine, and procured him to go to
Isaac Yandorn with a Letter, and Yandorn's Answer I now enclose
to you, by wl^ch yon will see, That Yandora's Demand for his Da-
mages is Sixteen Pounds Proclamation money, and Isilstine's De-
mand for his Trouble and Ezpences is One Pound Ten Shillings like
money. All which Damages and Costs ought, in my opinion, to be
made good by this John Beakes, for taking so rash an Oath ; and
well for him he comes off so.

However, your Answer and Besolution in this Affair is now waited
for by Yandorn and Isilstine ; and if I can be of any further Ser-
vice to you in it, be pleased to signify your Will, and I shall with
Pleasure comply with the same to the best of my Power.
I am. Sir, with great Bospect,

^Your most Humble Servant,

SAMUEL NEYILL.*
Directedy

To the Bev. M'. Bichard Peters, in Philadelphia.
* See letter of Conrad Weiser, on page 86.

PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIVES 1767. 2OT

Capt. Jacob Okndt to Conrad Wbisbr, 1757.

To ibe honourable Colonel Weismr :
Sir,

These are to inform yon thai Detinsenne is arriT'd here Yes-
terday EY'ning, and there be at present about 200 Indians with
him, with yonng and old. Detiuscung is intended to stay here about
five or six days, and in this Time he ezpeets one hundred of the Se«
neka Indians here, and then he is intended to go to Easton, in hopes
to meet with his Honour the Oovcmor.

I am mform'd that Lieut. M'*''*'* is run away with another man's
wife, and hope you will inform his Honour the Goyemor how ne-
oessary it is that I might have another Lieutenant. If you would be
pleas'd to reoommend Ensign Conrad in his stead, who, I think, will
be a man very fit for a Lieutenant. I send with these the Muster
and Pay HoU of my Company. I hope you will excuse me, as I
have not sent my Journal, for I had n6t time to draw a Copy of it.

I am. Sir, &c.

JACOB ORNDT.
Fort Allen, July 5, 1757.

(Copy.)
With Submission, I think Ensign Conrad worthy of a Ueutenants
Commission.

CONRAD WEISER.

Timothy Horsfield to Gov. Denny, 1757.

, Beth", July 6, 1757.
May it Please your Honour :

Sir,

Last night arrived an Express from Cap^ Omdt, at Fort Allen,
advising of Teedyuseungs being come. The following is what Cap^

Omdt writes me.

•

" This is to Inform you that Teedyusoung is arrived here Tester"
'^ day, in the Evening, with the Indians that at present be about
" 200 here at the Fort, with young & old, and Teedyuscuug is In-
" tent to stay here about 5 or 6 Days, and then there Comes about
" 100 of the Senaoas Indians, of which we will wait, & then he
'^ will go from here to Easton, in hopes that his Honour the Oover«
<' nor will meet him there ; and I D^ire you will be pleased to send

208 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757.

« an Extract of this to His Honour the Governor, & to Major Par-
sons. ' .
I am your Hononrs most

Obed' Hamble Serv*.

^. , TIMO. HORSPIELD*

Directed,

On His Majestys Service— The Honourable William Denny. Es-
quire, Governor of the Province of Pensylvania.

Instructions to Issachar Davis, 1757.
Hr. Issachar Davies,

The Governor intends to live in Mr. Parson's house whilst at
Easton, which is now empty, Mr. Parsons being indisposed & on a
Journy to the sea side for the Recovery of his health.

The Governor desires you will look at the House, see what Beds,
Bedding, Sheets, Table Linnen, & other Linnen necessary for the
use of a Family, are left in the house, what Kitchin Furniture,
wood, and water there may be, and what Servants.

By what means, Butcher's meat & Butter, Bread, Fowls, & other
sorts of Provisions can be laid in every day, without giving the
Governor's Family unnecessary Trouble.

Perhaps Nicholas Scull will undertake to do all or ^ part of w* is
necessary, & to supply Provisions & Beer. Pray ask him & consult
w^^ him upon every particular article.

On your Return w^ must be as quick as you can make it, you
are to wait on the Governor and make your Report, that every thing
may be provided before hand & taken up along w*^ him.

I suppose dean Beds can be got for Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Chew,
Mr. Logan, and two other Members of Council, in good & respect-
able Houses. Engage six Beds besides the Governors & mine, who
shall be at Mr. Parsons.

Pray do not omit any thing, tho' in my haste I may have done it,
relative to the Lodging, Diet, & other accomodations of the Qovemor
at Easton.

lam,

yqpr humble servant,

RICHARD PETERS.

7th July, 1757.

Dtrectedj
To Mr. Issachar Davies.

♦ See Col. Rcc, Vol. VII., p. 034.

PENNSTLVAIHA ARCHIVES 1767. 2W

To Mb. Peters.

Sir,

As to freas ProvisioDB on Every Day Shall be Duly Provided, for
yoo k your CompaDy such as fowls; Beeff^ Motton^ Veali Bread
k Batter, from me,

Nathaniel Vernon.

Att Mr. Parson's honse there Can be gott 2 Beds & Bedding for
to Change at any time, Table Iinnens, Plenty for 12 pepple, no ser-
veDts nor Coock, bat as for kitchen furniture, pleanty of all Sorts.

Nicholas Scull undertakes to provide Servents what shall be ne*
sessary for ye Oovernour, and what Gentleman that shall Come with
him, whilst at Mr. Parsons, No Coock Can be Gott at East TowD|
but Good water Plenty.*

Captain Jacob Orndt to Gov. Dennt, 1757.

May it Piece yonr honner,
Sir,

According as Titiuskong arrifed att fort Allin the 4th of these In-
Btend July, with abend 150 Indins with young and old, and aboud
fivety was there allredey with young and old, and according as Titi-
uskong hath Informd me that above one hounderd of the Sinekera
Indins would Come after him, that he was Intented to waid fore
tbem att fort Allin six or Beven Days, but as I fal wery shord with
Provisions I was obligd to march with the Indins yesterday finom
fort Allin, there number was 150 that went with me to Easton, and
the Bemainder Stayd att fort Allin, * * sum went back with a litle
Provision fore * * * * there famly Down, and yeasderday I Came so
fare with them as to John Haysis, and there Wee Stayd all night
aod these Day, wee set o£F from there and arrifed Safe at Easton,
with all the Indins except one, William Dattame, an Indin, went
withond my Knowledge, and against my orders to Bathloham, and
it hapind on his Boad Wen he had Tumid o£F that a foolish wite boy
aboad 15 years of cage, folowed him, and Shot him in the Bight
Thigh of the out sid bone, but not morterly, and Just when I Came
with the Indins and Ten men of my Company to escord the Indins
to Easton, William Hays Came after me exepress with these Infor-^
matioQ, that William Dattamyf was Shot, and according as mayor
Parsons is absand from Easton, I Considered that it was wery nesso*

* See letter of Conrad Weiser, July 16, p. 217.
t See Dr. Otto's reports of his oondiUon, postea.

210 I^BNNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1767.

eery to Stay with my men att Easton, fore to Protackt the lodtos and
to hinder all Scrobcl and * * * which might fall out between Witer
Peoble and the Indins, until I shall Receve your houners fourter
orders.

I am sir,

With all Due Respeet

your humble servind att Command,

JACOB ORNDT.
Easton, July 3th, 1757.
Directed,

To the hounereble William Danny, Esq'., Governor of Pensyl-
TftDia.

Report of the Indians that camb to Easton ^ way op
Fort Allen, 1767.

Is as follows.

July the 8th, 1757, No. 133 or there about.
Do. 10th, 11 from Bethlehem.

Do. John Bumshire came with several more from Phila-
delphia.
Do. the 11th, 8.

Do. I compted the Indians in Easton,
Men, 51, Women, 35, Children, 64, in all 150.
Do. ye 12th, from Bethlehem, 7 Men, 2 Women, 9 in all.
Do. ye 18th, Men, 45, Women, 25, Children, 39, in all, 109,

these was chiefly Sinaea^s.
Do. ye 26th, there came 6 Men from Port Allen.
Do. ye 28th, Men, 3, Women, 5, Children, 3, in all, 11.
The whole accompt is 112 Men, 67 Women, 106 Children, Total,
285.
The above % me,

JACOB ORNDT.
P. S. Sum of these Indians hath leaft Easton and went to Fort
Allin, but I Do not no how meny.

The feirst Day of August in the Time as the Conference was
arrifed at Easton, 16 men, 2 lads, 10 women & Children, 11 of them
came from Fort Allin.

• , During the Conference arrived 16 Indian Men, 2 Lads, 10 Women
and Children.

CHRISTIAN BUS8E.
Aug. 1, 1757.

PENNSTLVAKU ABOHIVES 1767. 211

Lt, Jacob WETHEEnoLD to William Parsons, 1757.

Northampton County^ Lynn Township, Jaly 9, 1757.
Honered Sir :

These are to Acqnant yon of A Murder Hapened this Day at the
Houce of Adam Olauce, in said Township of Lynn, Whaire three
or fore Nabors Was Cutting said man's Corn; as they Was Eating
theaire Dinner they Waire fell one By A Perty of Saviges, Indians,
and Five of the Whits Took to there Heals, two jnen, two Women,
and. one Oerl, and Oot saf out of theire hands. Was Killed and
Scolped, Martin Yagjsr and his Wife, and John Croushores, Wife
and one Child, and the Wife of Abrahan Secies, and one Child of one
Adam' Clouce, and the Wife of John Concchero« and the Wife of
Abram Secies Was Sculpt and is yet Alive, But Badly Wounded,
one Shot Thro' the Sid and the other in the Thy, and two Children
Kiid Belonging to said Crousbere, and one to said Secler, and one
Belonging to Philip Antoi9 Not Sculpt, and 'this Was Don at Least
three Miles Within the out side Settlers, and 4 miles from John
Ererett's, and Philip Antone's Wife Was one that Took her Tilit
and came horn and Acquanted her husband, and he came and
Aequanted me, and I went Emeaditly to the Place With Seven men
Besides my Self and Saw the Murder, But the Indians was Oon and
I Derectly Purs'ed them About 4 Milds and Came Up with them in
the thick Groves Weairo Wee met with Nine Indians, and one
Sprang Behind a Tree and took Sit at me and I Run Direct at him,
and Another one the sid Flast at me, and then Both took to there
Heals, and I shot one as I Goge Thro' the Body, as he fell on his
£!oe, But I Loded and after another that was Leding A maire, and
ye meane time he Got np and Run away and I fired one the other,
and I think I shot him in ye Buttuz, and my Soldiers had opper-
tanety to shot three times, and then they Got out of pure Sit in the
thick Groves, and Wee Cold Not find them No more, But I Got
from theni one maire and two Saddels, one Bridel and Holter, & one
Bag With a Gag of Stil Lioker in it, and Cloths and one Brace
Cittel and fore Indians Caks Baked in the ashes of Wheat meal
and to Aquat you further, that I have Several New Soldiers that has
No Guns, and Were Littel Powder and Led, and I have sent this
Express to you Hoping that you Wold Help me with Arms and
Ammenishan, and so I Remaine youre frind and Umble Servent,

JACOB WETHERHOLD.

DireeUd.

To Mr. Maigor Parsons, Esq'.; Living in Easton, in Northampton
County.

212 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757-

Captain Jacob Orndt to Gov. Denny, 175Y,

May it Piece yonr houner.
Sir,

Just now I Bcceveid tbese Inclosed letter from leiretenind Wetter-
hold, Deriotid to Mayor Parsons, and as he is ott Present absend I
under Took to openid thcs letter, and I thought Proper to forewartid
emmetiatly to his houner the Govornor, and according as I have Iq-
formd in my letter Dated of the 8th* of these Instend, that I am
arrifed att Easton with Didiuskong and the Indins, and as I have
but a Small guard with me Consisting only of 9 men, and I am
wery much Troubld to Prevent Confussion between the Indin and
the Wite People, especial of the Jearcy People, therefore I was
obliged to Stay here in these Down, there fore I Desier if it Please
your houner to order more and sufficient guard att these Down fora
the Indins.

I am sir, '^

Your wery most humbly
and obedient Scrvend,

JACOB ORNDT.
Easton, July 10th, 1757.
Directed^
To the Honourable William Denny, Govomor of Pensylvania.

Col. John Abmstrong to Gov. Dbnnt, 1757.

Carlisle, 11th July, 1757.
Honoured Sir,

Yonr favour of the 7th Inst, is come to hand, 'tis very Satisfac-
tory to mo, that the dispossition of these Western Troops when
threatn'd with the approach of a large body of the Enemy, has been
agreeable to your Honour.

Our People are return'd from Reas Town without making any
other discoveries than the Tracks of very small parties at a consider-
able distance, tho' our spys were thirty miles on all hands from the
Camp, so that I take the party from Duquesne only to have Patrol'd
a Certain distance & returned, or to have marchd up the Kiver
towards Winango. Cap* Dagworthy's Spys from Fort Cumberland
have also returned without making any discovcrys.

I have rec* a Letter from Mr. Peters advising of your Honours 2d
paragraph, in regard of giving every officer half a pistole, for each

* See p. 209.

PBNNSTLVANU ABCHIYES 1757. 218

lecrait enlisted after the 20th of June, I nnderataiid that to be given

to defray recruiting ezpences, and not -as boanty money to the Sol*
dier, having already ree* Orders to give a Pistole boanty for three
years or daring the war, but will wait your Honr* farther advice on
that sabject least mj conception of the use of the half Pistole shou'd
be wrong.

I will observe your Horn* Orders with regard to retams of ammu-
nition, and how' us'd, as frequently as the distant situation of those
Garrisons will admit, we frequently Shute at Marks, but have not
been able to perform some other parts of Indian Exercise which I
have bad in view, as it would have wasted more Powder than we had
to spare, and \>artly on acc^ of the extraordinary fatigue we have had
for these six weeks past, in pursuing small parties of the Enemy,
from wbomc we receive Alarms and some mischiefs almost every
day. This moment I'm informed that four people are kill'd near
Tobias Hendricks's, one at Fort Frederick, ana two boys Captivated
io the upper part of this County. On Wednesday last Lieut. Arm-
stroDg March'd with Forty Soldiers, accompany'd by Mr. Smith the
Indiaa Interpreter, and Ten Indians into Share Mans Valley, where
some of the Enemy had been disoover'd. They were join'd by 80
of the Country people who wanted to bi;ing over their Cattle from
that place. On Thursday they found the tracts of Eight of the
Enemy, and followed them with Spirit enough untiU evening, when
the tracts made towards this Valley. Next Momning the Cherokees
discoTcr'd some tracts bearing off to the westward) upon which they
said they were discover'd, and that those bearing to the Westward
were going to inform a Body of the Enemy which they said was not
£ir off, upon which the Lieu' told the Interpreter that his Orders
particularly led him, to make discovery of the Enemies encampment
(if any such there was) and to know whether any Cattle were drove
off for their support. But two or three of the bravest of the Indians
freely told the Interpreter, that their young men were afraid, that
the.Enemy had discover'd them, and therefore no advantage oou'd
at that time be got, nor oou'd the Interpreter prevail on them to
stay any longer out, the Lieu' reconoitred the Country towards Ju-
niata, and return'd last night without any disco very s of a lurking
party of the Enemy behind us. On Friday we had the news of a
boy's being fired at by two Indians, about Seven Miles from this
Town, upon which Colonel Stanwix sent out a Picket, the Cherokees
vith a few wearied Soldiers who were here again turn'd out, found
the Enemies footing, and followed it some miles but cou'd not make
it oat We have had great Rain, and the Creeks very high, which
has added much to the fatigue of our People. The Harvest is now
become the great Object. This day I'm fixing a Plan for gaarding
as well as we can the Inhabitants thro' that Important Season, of
which I shall advise y hon' in my next. Colonel Stanwix gtreB

214 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVBS 1757.

ammunition to eTttry ooUoeted body of the InhabiUmts reeommended
bjrme to him.
N lam,

Tour Honours most Obed*
Humbl Servt,

JOHN ARMSTRONG.

P. S. I'm much horry'd and have not time to write fair.

Governor Denny.

Joseph Galloway, &c. to Gov. Denny, ,1757.

Philad% July 14% 1757.
Sir :

As the Provincial Officers do not receive so much Pay as the Offi-
cers of the Kings Troops,^we have agreed to provide them w*^ the
Tents & Camp Equipages required by your Honour, this will be
done immediately.

We are truly surprized at the information given us by the Gover-
nor, that << the Proprietaries have directed him not to suffer Pre-
<< sents from any particular Society to be given to the Indians, or to
<< be joined with the public Present at any Treaty."

We know of no Presents that have been given by any particuhir
Society to Xhe Indians. The Presents heretofore paade was from a
voluntary Subscription of some of the inhabitants, & were not given
immediately to the Indians by them, but immediately through the
Governor as the Representative of the Crown, with the other Pre-
sents of the Government : But was the Case otherwise. It is, in
our opinion, the first instance of persons holding the Powers of Go-
vernment, under the Crown, refusing to receive Donations from any
of the King's Subjects towards the safety of the people, & recon-
ciling the Natives to the English interest. The Present of the Qua-
kers, made in the Time of the late Rebellion, was kindly received
by the Governm* of our Mother Country, and we doubt not woud
be so again on any other like occasion. What then can be the Mo-
tive of the Proprietaries to this extraordinary Refusal^of a Sum of
Money given to the King's use? But this Refusal will appear
more extraordinary when it is considered. That the first Proprietor
by the most solemn Contract with the original Purchasers, cove-
nanted with them that they should hold their Lands free from all
Indian claims or incumbrances, in consideration of their paying an
annual Quit Rent ; Notwithstanding which, the Indians now claim

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757. 215

large Titets of Land sold by tbe Proprietors to the People, and
complain that part of them have never been paid for, and that other
Parts haTB been taken from them by fraud. To accommodate these
Claims & Complaints between the Proprietors & the Indians, and
to Conciliate the Minds of the Natives to his Majesty's Interest,
which have been alienated (as they assert) by these Means from the
British Interest,' & forced to join with our perfidious Enemies, is,
as we conceive, the whole Design of this Treaty. As this then is a
Dispate entirely between the Proprietors & the Indians, a regard to
the Contracts of their worthy Father, & Justice to the People they
Govern, denyind that they shoud bear the whole Ezpence thereof outi
of their own private Purses. How then can they or the Governor
think them justifyable in not only refusing to Contribute any thing
towards Settling Affairs of such high Importance to the Lives £
Properties of the People, but even in rejecting the kind offers of
his Majesty's Subjects, who are desirous to contribute in a generous
manner towards restoring Peace to the Province, & procuring a con-
siderable accession of Strength to the British Interest in America.
If the Proprietors have no Regard for the Solemn Contract of their
worthy Predecessor equally obligatory on them, nor for the People
thev govern, nor for his Majesty's Interest in general, we hope they
will not think themselves justifiable in rejecting the Presents geno-
roosly given by his Majesty's loyal Subjects in this Province for
these good & necessary purposes, and at thd same time call on us to
make up the Sum of Money out of the Public fund, which the
Public is deprived of by these extraordinary directions of the Pro-
prietors. And shoud the Indians be disgusted, & their minds con-
tinue alienated from his Majesty's Interest, for want of the Presents
which the Quakers & others have offered, & are now ready to put into
the hands of the Government, and tho People discouraged from
such like Contributions hereafter when wanted, the Proprietaries,
who have unreasonably refused them, must be answerable for the
Consequences.

As to the '' Provincial Provisions directed to be buried by Colonel
Stanwix/' they were inspected by order of the Commissioners by
three Persons, one of them appointed by the Commissi", one by the
Officers, & the third by the Contractors. The Report made to the
Commissioners thereupon was, That the Provisions were good ,&
sound, save a small Matter which was then returnd to the Contract-
ors. How this affair iS; we cannot determine, until we hear from
the Contractors.

We have agreed to defray the Expenoes of sending the Mohawks
& Monacototha's Wife & Family to New York, & to make her a
Present; and have drawn an Order for an Hundred Pounds payable
to your Secretary, to bear the Expences of your Journey to Easton,
which Order you have inclosed. M'. Baynton will pay any Person

216 PENNSYLVANIA ARCfflVES 1767.

y' Honour may appoint for condueting the Indians to New Tork,
the Slim Necessary.

We are, Sir,

Your humble Servants;

Jos. GALIiOWAY.

Jon. HugheS;
John Baynton,
Jos. Fox.

Dirfic(ed,

. To the bon**« William Denny, Esquire.

Conrad Wbiser's Memorandum of Conference at
Easton, 1757.

July 14, 1757.

King Teedyuscung being mot in Council, with John Pumpshire
and Moses Tedeemy, Interpreters, and Seven or Eight Elderly men.

After Conrad Wciser bid Teedyuscung and his People Wellcome
in the name of the Governor, and Shook Hands with him, &c.

King Teedyuscung took out a Belt of Wampum, and thanked
the Governor for his Kindness, and all his People, as well as him<
self, signify 'd a great Deal of Satisfaction to hear from the Gover-
nor. And the King said : It pleased the Hand of Providence to
bring mo once more to the Place where our Council Fire was kin-
dled. It is a great Pleasure to me to hear from my Brother the
Governor, and hope I shall See him Soon here at our Council Fire,
where we will Smoak the best Tobaccoe with one another that can
be found, and the best Understanding restored that ever was. By
this Belt of Wampum I take you by the Hand and lead you up to
our Council Fire^ and desire you will not listen to the singing of
Birds in tho Woods. But come with Pleasure, and be as expe-
ditious this Time as ever you can. Gave the Belt.

M^ Pumpshire, 'in delivering the Belt, observed to me that, as
there was a great deal of Black Wampum in the Belt, It was to dis-
tinguish the Ten white Spots, signyfying ten Nations that came with
Teedyuscung, and desired I might explain it so to his Honour the
Governor.

CONRAD WEISER.

VmUBYhYAtilA AibCHXYSS 1757. 217

GoURAld WSIStt 10 UjXfRAXb PATStlB, 1737.

EastoD; Jaly the 15, 17&7.
M^Rioh' Peters:
Sir,

I received your favonni of tlie 15^ per EzpresS; part of it I have
ftD£wered in my letter to the Governor this day as to rooqaa and
bediDff. I have ben ont to looke and send others out^ and find that
good beds and clean rooms are either scarce or taken up. M'. Par-
sons, yon know, is moved to his new house, and there are several
Clever rooms in that house, that is designed for the Governor. I
bespoke the two room in M'. Parsons old house^ where yourself and
the Governor lodged last year.* It will suit two of the Gentlemen
you named very well, if not three ; the rooms are Clean, the beds
I call ^od, but perhaps them Gentlemen will differ with me in
opinion. Let them peradvent' send beds in a Wagon, tho I think
there is not much occasion for it, several Tolerable good rooms may
be bad here, but beding is wanted. I bespoke a room at Kiohlein,
and I would part with mine for the Gentlemen, but a public house
would perhaps not suit so well ', but let the Gentlemen th^ you
named come, I dont doubt at all they will be pleased.

In the letter to the Governor I gave an account of the murder
Comited last Saturday, and of the gard I Expect in this town in a
few days.

The Indians seem to be in very good temper, and signified great
Satisfaction on my coming, and I have strong hopes that some thing
effeetualy will be done, or may be done with &em, if there wont
be too many Cooks, and if Buisy Body would stay at home. I wish
yoa health and happiness, hoping to see you all soon ; who am, .
Dear Sir,

Your very humble Servant,

Lirtied.

To Bkhard Peters, Esquire, Secretary to the Government, in
Philadelphia — p^ James Anis, Junior.

* See page 208, 216. f Autograpli oat off.

Vw. III.— 10

218 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1767.

Conrad Wbisjbe to Gov. PssfNT, 175T,

Easton, July the 16% 1757.
Honoured Sir :

• Last Night I arrived in this Towft. The extreme hot Weather,
and Showers of Rain prevented mv coming sooner. This MoraiDg
I went to see Teedjudcung and bid him & his People Welcome,
and of what else past Your Honour has a Copy here enclosed. The
Indians seemed exceedingly pleased. There is one Cappaoh POon,
an old acquaintance of mine among them, who never was down jet
as long as I can remember. He is a sincere, honest old Man.

In coming along thro' the Maxitawny, I heard a melancholly Ac-
count of Ten People being killed by the Enemy Indians. They
passed by two or three Plantations on this side the mountain before
they attacked. A certain Woman ran off towards her Place and told
her Husband of the attack, who cut the OeM*s off his Horses then in
the Plow, and rid as fast as he could to Lieut^ Wetherholts, about
three miles off. Lieut. Wetherholt, with a small Detachment, I am
told Seven in number, came away immediatelv, and came to the
Place where the murder was committed, where, by that time, a num-
ber of People had gathered. Wetherholts proposed to pursue the
Enemy but none would go with him, so he took his Seven men ft
pursued the Enemy a few miles from the House, & found the Place
where they rested themselves, and in ab' three miles He overtook
them in thick Bushes, at a very little Distance. It seems they saw
one another at once. One of the Indians was before hand with
Wetherholts & aimed at him, but his Gun flashed. Wetherholt, a
moment after, fired at the Indians, and thinks he hit him, but is not
sure. Several Guns were fired by our People but did no Execution,
an4 the Indians Guns missing Fire they ran off & left two Horses
behind them, one belonging to the Man they killed, laden with the
beet of his Household Goods.

I expect a Guard in Town of 110 men, but cannot say for posi-
tive whether they will arrive to morrow or the next Day. The Men
that oomes are from Swatara, IFort Henry, Fort Lebanon^ and firom
AHcmangle, with Capt" Bussie. I believe they will come to mor-
row, or the Day following. Those from Fort Norris & Hamilton I
have sent for to Day in all the Bain, by two of Oapt" Omdt's men.
Capt" Omdt will set off this Day for Fort Allen, if the Bain holds
up.

Here are 169 Indians, including Women and Children ; that is to
say, 68 Men, 87 Women, 64 Children. There are some of the Se-
nekas arrived at Fort Allen since Capt* Omdt left it. I wish your
Honour health and happiness, and remain,
Sir,

Your moat obedient &

very humble servant,

CONBAD WEISEE.

PENNi3TLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757. fil»

P. S. The Murder oommrtted in Anemangle, wliioh I have meiH
tioned above, was dme on Saturday last. M'.. Abram Mhohely the
Bearer, will deliver with this a Belt of Wampum*

On his Majesties Service — To the Houourable William Denuj,
E6q^, LieuteD* governor k Command*^ in Chief of the Province of
Pennsylvania, In Philadelphia.

Pr favor of M'. Abm. Mitchell, with a Belt of Wampum.

Commission to Thomas M'Kbb with Indians, 1757.

The Honourable William Denny, Esquire, Lieutenant-Goveruor and
Commander-in-Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, and Coun*
ties of Newcastle, Kent and Sussez, on Delaware^
To Mr. Thomas McKee, Greeting :

You will be pleased to take into vour care four Six Nation Indians
Ogaghradarisha, Satagaroyes, and the two Mohocks, wbo came from
Sir William Johnson, and conduct them safe to Easton, where they
request to go in order to attend the Treaty to be held there with
Teedyuscung. Tou will call upon the Commissioners before you go,
or at Easton, for the expenses attending the Journey. You will be
fmgal, keep an exact account, and take Vouches for whatever Sums
you shall pay. All Officers, Civil and Military, are hereby required
to be aiding to you in anything you may have occasion for, and all
other the inhabitants are desired to treat the Indians with kii^dness,
they being our very good Friends, and two of them having been
employed in public Business by this Government. Given under my
Hand and Seal at Arms, at Philadelphia, this Sixteenth day of July,
Anno Domini 1757.

WILLIAM DENNY, [L. s.]

A LxBT op Killed, k MissiNa at John Cisnby's Fisld,

1757.

A List of those killed ft missing at John Cisney's Field, about 7
miles from Shippensburg, on July 18th, 1767.

Killed. John Kirkpatrick, Dennis O'Neidon.

Hissiuff. John Cisney ft three small Boys, two Sons of Cisney,
& one a Son of John Kirkpatrick.

These People refused to Join with their neighbours who had a
Guard appointed them, because they couldn't have their Fielda
reaped the first.

^0 PENNSTLVANU ABCHIYBS 1757.

A List of flibse killd & otptWatad afc Joseph Stoeiuon'0 Field!, ahmt
10 miles from Shippenberg, on Jaly 20di, 1757.

Killed. Joeeph Mitchel, James Mitcbel, William Mitcbel, Jobn
Finley, Robert Steenson, Andrew EnsloW; John Wilej, Allen Hen-
dersoni William Gibson.

Gaptivitted. Jane McCammoiii Mary Minoi; J«nnet Harperi t i
son of John Finley's.

One Indian killed, said to be a Captain over 20.

The Reason of these People being without a Ooard we have not
yet heard, but 'tis probable that being above 20 armed men they
thot themselves strong enough to reap separate from the Company,
who had a Guard appointed them in that neighbourhood, & after
having dond reaping & resting themselves in the Field, at about 40
Perches Distance from their Arms, & without any proper Watch,
were taken in surprise & fired on from different Quarters. Joseph
Mitchel called on them to betake themselves to their Arms ft fight,
but the chief Part immediately fled. As two Indians were hawling
away a young woman, one Mitchel^a breve young Man, fired upon
them &, killed one, the young woman escaped, but he himself was
killed by a Shot as he was loading his Gutf a second Time.

The number of the Indians is said by some to have been above
20, but not more that 5 or 6 were seen at the Field. They carried
off with them about 20 good Horses, which the Reapers had enclosed
at a small distance. The Soldiers beios dispersed in small Parties
along the Frontier could not be collected to follow them.

Col. Jno, Sxanwix xo Gov. Dbnnt, 1767.

C$mp near Carlisle, July 18th, 1757.
Dear Sir :

Since my last letter nothing worth mentioning to you except the
Inclosed letter, and information from Fort Cumberland should prove
so, give it you just as I rece* it, without any of my Observations.

What enemy Indians may remain about this border I can't ssy,
but do every thing in my power to make their situation uneasy to
'em. Two days ago Cap^ Munster & two officers of the Five Comp.
ft 70 menwith one Officer and eight Provincials, (all the zest of
these last being either open Harvest Partys or on small Scouts) re-
turned from a Scout but w^^out seeing any of the Enemy. Tbev
were out three Days marching between the Creek ft the North
Mountain as far as the Susquehanna, then crossed over the North
Mountain ft returned thro' Sherman's Yaley, scarce the T^et of an
Indians, propose to make another good Scout very soon, but for all
I can do have no doubt but sculking Indians may do mischief; bat

PENNSTLVANIA ABCHITES 1757. »1

Tei7 little hann these can do, if the 'people would a small naat^
ier defend^themBelveSy & i think upon these parts they rather gather
eovrage.

The Indians here are ttpon the move, with their presents, to Fort
Londoan to jojn their Brothers, w" a distrihution will he made hy
the person deputed hy Mr. Croghao, but they are very much out of
bumour at hearing of Col. Washington's pnting some of their
Brethem Prieaners at Winchester. The Cause not directly known,
have been obliged to send Mr. Smith with a Guard to Col. Wash->
ington to see how this affront stands, & he is to return & meet them
at Fort Loudoun. This they insisted on. The Chief of- these
Indians tel me they can bring down 500 Warriors, but if ever send-
ing for them should ever be thought a proper measdre, a Commissary
with provisions should be first settled fo^them & the presents ready
to be delivered them on their service performed agreeable to the
numbers employed. Believe me with great truth,
D' Sir, Your most

obed* humble Serv*.,

JOHN SrANWIX.

Conrad Weisbr to Gov. Denny, 1757.

Easton, July 18, 1757.
Honoured Sir :

I thought it necessary to inform your Honour that last night the
Goard intended to protect the ensuing Treaty arrived in this Town
from the several Forts between Sasqhebannah & Delaware, consisting
in the whole of 105 Men, including Officers, who are as follows.
Viz*: Captain ^usse, Lieut* Wetherholt & Hyndshaw, Ensigns
Snyder & Biddle, the Bearer hereof and Ensign Kern*

The Indians are altogether good humoured, and Teedyuscung,*"
considering how much he loves strong Liquor, behaves very well,
M I have not seen him quite drunk since 1 came to this Town.
I find that they are rery desirous to come to a lasting Peace with

Yesterday about Sunset we were alarmed by a Woman who cam^
TQDning into Town as if distracted, and reported that her Husbind
and some of her Children were killed by the Indians, and soon after
8ome of her Children came with the same Report. I ordered ten
teen on Horseback to go to the Place with all possible Speed (The
Place being but two miles from this Town) who returned and said
that the Alarm was false. They found the man alive and undisturl>-
ed, no Indians having been there. To relate the Particulars here,
would be too tedious. In the mean time the Indians took the alarm
and came to me greatly ooneerned. ^he cry of the commoa Peopl%

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of whieh tbe Town was full, was Yerj great against the Indiansy &
the poor People did not know what to do or what to say, finding til
the People so enraged & using such Language However, I had the
good Look to pacify both the white People and the Indians. Teedy-
uscung ordered his young men to get ready to pursue the Murderers,
k some of 'them actually came up to my Lod^ngs with their Arms
to receive Orders from me. I told them I expected to have a Mes-
senger immediately from the Officer I sent, and then I would give
the proper Orders. When they returned I wrote a few lines to
Teedyuscung, letting him know that the alarm was false, of f hich
himself and the rest of the Indians was very glad..

The common People behave very ill, in asking the Indians nnbe-
eeming Questions, and using ill Language. I have been obliged to
put one of the Jersey People under an Arrest, and another into
Prison, but at the Instance of Teedyuscung I discharged them
again, with a Caution to behave better for the future. The Indians
long with Impatience to see your Honour here and desired me to
write to you with the strongest Words I could think of to hasten
yo^ coming. I heartily agree with them and promise myself to have
the satisfaction of seeing your Honour soon.
I am,

Honoured Sir,

Your obedient & most

humble Servant,
. CONRAD WEISER*
Directed.

On his Majesties Service.
To the Honourable William Denny, Esq'.,
Lieutenant-Governor & Commander-in-Chief
Of the Province of Pennsylvania,
« In Philadelphia.

^ Ensign Bidle,
Express,

JOUENAL KBPT BY CaPTAIN JoHN VaN EtTBN, 1767. f

Of all proceedings and Circumstance of Affairs, to gether with all
Busnis and Scouting Done by said Company, from the I** Day of
Deoember^ 1756.

December y* !•*, 1756.

1. I went on Scont with tke oldest Ser*., to see if there ware In-
dians on the' Cost, but discovr' none 3 we Hetumed safe to the
fort.

2. After Releaving Guard Imploy** the men in hallind firewood.

* The seal of this letter has been ont off, evidently after the indorsement
was written. * f At Fert Hyndsln^w and Port HamiUdn.

PBHNSTLVANIA ARCHIVES 176T. 228

3. Reliev' Guard and kept tbo men about tbe Garrison.

4. and 5. Paid some of the men, and for some provissions.

6. Kept the men in their posts about the Garrison.

7. I went on Scout with 2 men and made no Discovery; Re-
tarn' Safe to the Fort at Night and found all in Good order.

8 and 9. The men Divided, one part standing on Sentery while
the other Cut and Hall** firewood.

10. I went out on Scout with one man and made no Discovery, and
Betum' safe to the fort.

11. The Leu^ went on his Journey to Philadelphia, in order to
get the^ pay for my men for 3 months ; the same Day, about 11 o'^
I wont out on Scout with 6 men and Traviled four milds out making
no Discovery, Return' to the fort.

12. Sunday and Rainey, we all staid at tbe Garrison.

13. In the morning, after Guard Relv', I went out with six men
<m Seout and one Neighbour, and Traviled about eight milds out
and made no Discovery, and Return' to the Garrison all safe.

14. After Guard Reliev' I went out with four men on Scout, and
sent two men with Jacob Swortwood to Guarde him in fetching his
Grane, where it might be thrash'.

15. I went with five men on S6out, and s' Jacob Swortwood went
a gain to his place with s' Guard, it being about four milds from the
fort. At night, when I retumd, told me, that before ho and s*
Guard came to tfie field they saw a small Stack of Rye-set out in a
Large Shock of 30 Shoves on a side, and places Left in the midle to
Soot out at, and a bee hive set on tbe top.

16. After the Guard Reliev', I went with six men to the placci
and order' two men with the Wagons to come sometime after when
1 bad surrounded the field, then to come and take their Loads which
was Done, but no Discovery made of the Enemy. I wend then with
two men through th6 woods and tho rest of the men Guarded the
Waggon, and we all returnd safe to tbe fort.

17. It snow^ ; I made a pair of Mokesons for my self to Scout in.

18. After the Guard Reliev* I went on Scout with six men, and
went about Six milds from the fort and found the Snow in many
places half Leg deep y we Desoovering no £nemy, all Retumd sa^
to tbe fort

19. It was Sunday, one of the Corporals with 4 men went on Scoui
but made no Discovery, and all Retumd safe to the Fort

20. It Sdow', therefore wo a|] Kept the fort.

21. The Corporal with 5 men hall' firewood to the Fort, and I
went witb 3 men on Scout, and four milds out finding the Snow
Knee deep, but made no Discovery, and Returnd to the fort after
dark.

22. After the Guard Releiv' we cleard of the Snow round the
Fort, in order to go to work to build a blockhouae.

23. We all kept the fort

24. And to the End of the month^ the Snow Rendering it unfit

224 PEKirSTLVAlrtA ARCSIVKS 1757.

for Work o? Scouting, we oleard the Parade and kept the mea to
their Ezercise twice a Day, in which time I paid of the men.

January y* !•*, 1757.

I. Releiv' Gaard and Exercia' the men, and kept the fort
2« Sunday, kept the fort.

8. Stormy weather.

4. Kept the men to their Exercifie.

5. The same.

6. Hall^ firewood for the Fort.

7. Exerois^ the men twice.

8. Halld fire wood, having the adviintage of the Snow.

9. Sunday, all kept the fort.

10. I went on Scont with Six men^ and Night on na we lodg* at
Daniel Shoemakers.

II. Returned home to the fort.

12. I went on Scout with 4 men^ made no diecovery, and all Be-
turnd to the fort

15. Hall'' fire wood for the fort.

17. I went on Scout with 5 men, Discovering notbing, Retom* t»
the fort.

19. I, with the Leu^ went on Scout with 6 men, and ^raviled 3
milds out, and Returned to the Fort, Discovering nothing.

20. I went out on Scout with two men and made no Discoveiy;
Betnm' safe to the fort.

21. Rcliev^ Guard and Kept the fort.

22. I went out with one man on Scout about 7 milda from the fort^
Discover* nothing, and Retumd safe to the fort

23. Receiv* order from Hon^^ Cor<|, Dated 16 Instant, that u
soon as the Season would admit to Dissipline the men in the Engliflb
Exercise, and to teach them the Indian method of war^ the whioh
was immediately observ* and daily practis*.

SO. Beceiv* Orders from the Hon^^ Cor" to Inlist men to fill up
mj Company, to consist of fifty men^ Endoding 2 Seij% 2 Corpo-
rals and a Drummer.

Febravrary y 4«*.

Then writ to Maj' W". Persons, Discovering the necessity we ware
in of Ammonission.'

6. Receiv* an answer with 29Ib of Leed.

7. Kcept the men to their Exercise as usual.
9. Excessive bad weather.

11. After Guard Reliev* hall* firewood.

12. Snow, which maid it unfit for Exercise.
14. Kept the men to their Exercise,

16. Hall* firewood for the fort.

17. The men Exerois* twice.
18 and 19. The same.

20. Sunday, Kept the Fort.

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21. Went out on Scout with 4 men, tut finfling it so uncomfort-
able Traviling, and making no Discovery, Return' to the Fort.
22 and 28. The men kept to their Exercise.

24. After Guard Reliev' halH fire wood.

25. Kept the men to their Exercise, and to the End of the
ihontfa.

March the I-*, 1757.
At Eight 0'^ Reliev^ Guard and Exercis' the men twice.
4. After Goarde Eeliey'^ orderd the old Guard to H^U firewood
for the fort.

6. Sunday, Reliev' Guard at 8 0'° and then Exerois' the men.

7. After Guard Believ*^ went out on Scout with ten men, Trayil*
about Six milds, made no Disooyery, and Ketum' to the fort.

9. Exercis' the men twice.

10. Exercis' the men twice.

11. After Guard Reliev* at 8 0'% Hall« fire wood for the fort.

12. After Guarde Reliev' I went with Six men on Scout, and tr»-
viled about Six milds and made no Discovery, and all Return' safe
to the fort.

18. Sunday, Reliev' Guard at 8 0'% and all Kept the Garrison.
14. After Guard Reliev' went on Scout with 8 men, Discovering
notbmg Return' to the fort.

16. After Guard Reliev', hall' firo wood for the fort.

17. Dissiplind the men twice.

18. After Guard Reliev' I went on Scout with 5 men, mado no
Discovery, and Return'd to the fort.

19. Reliev' Guard, Dissipliod the men, and hall' fire wood.

20. Reliev' Guarde at 8 0'% and all kept the fort.

21. Went on my Journey for Easton in order to attend Court,
Leaving the Charge of the Company w^ the Leu^, and being Detaind
by Reson of Bad weather I attended the whole term.

28. I Return' Safe to my Company at Fort Hyndshaw, finding all
tlung in good order and my men in health.

29. Reliev' Guarde and Dissiplind the men twice.

30. After Guarde Reliev' went on Scout with 4 men, and others
imploy' in hailing fire wood for the fort.

April !■*.
After Guard Reliev' I wisnt on Scout with 4 men, add went about
4 milds; making no Discovery Retdriid to the fbrt.
2. Reliev* Guard and Disciplind the men.
8: Sunday, Reliev* Guatd* and Kept the Fort.

4. Dissiplin' the men twice. ' f

5. Reliev* Guard, then imploy the men in hailing fire woodi

6. Dissiplind the mon.

7. Reo' an Order, dated March 28«, from the H014" Cor<» Wizer,
commanding me immediately to Send an Atachment of men, 16 in
number, to Relieve the Company station' at Fort Hambleton.

10*

22* PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIYB8 1757;

8. Took pofisesrion of 8^ fort aooording to my ordeiBy md ibe

then

^ ! open*

the same, and found it to be a Coppy from the ori^at, sent by Jacob
Snyder, Insign, being then Commander at fort Norris, with which I
could not content my self; but went of immediately to Easton to see
the Maj'.

10. Then spoke with the Maj' at his own House, who order* that
the Leu*., with 25 men of my Company, should immediately march
to Riddin, to the Cor"», there to Rec* further orders.

11. Return* home to fort Hyndshaw, Receiving the Original of
' the Maj'* order by the way, and acquainted the Leu*, with the affiur.

12. Got the men Ready for a m^rch.

13. Convey* the Leu*, with s* Company as far as fort Hambletoo.

14. The Lieu*, march* with said Company about Bight O'Clock
in the morning i&om Fort Hambleton, and 1 Returned to fort Hynd-
shaw.

1^ Dissiplind the men.
16* Went to see the Maj^

20. Return* to Fort Hyndshaw, visiting Fort Hambleton on my
way, and found all things in good order at both Forts. The Night
following an Express came from fort Hambleton to me at fort Hynd*
ahaw, with an acoomp* of a murder Committed about Sun set.

21. Went to Fort Hambleton with 7 men, and found it to be one
Cuntryman, a Lad of about 17 years of age. Kill* and Scalp* by
the Indians, about 100 Rods from the fort Hambleton, which I took
up and Buried the same day ; Return* safe with my men to fort
Hyndshaw.

' 22. Dissiplind the men twice.

23. Imploy* the men in hailing firewood to the fort.
, 24. Sunday, all Keept the fort.

26. My Serj^ Leonard Den, with 2 men of for subsistance to
Sam^ Depues, having got within aboat 2 milds of s* Depues, s* Seij*.
was shot, the 2 men Return* and inform* me of it,. where upon an
allarm was beat, and the neighbours all gather* to the fort; my self
with 7 men went of immedifitely and found him Kill* and Scalp*,
and intirely Strips and shamefully cut, that his bowls was Spred on
the Ground, I immediately sent oi 3 men to a* Depues for a Wagon,
which being come we carried him to a* Depues, where we kept
guarde that night.

26. Early in the morning we Buried him in a Christian manner,
& all Return* to Fort Hyndshaw.

27. Dissiplind the men, increasing our Sentinels as far as our
week circumstance would allow.

28. Disiplind the men, giving them such Cauqion as I thought
needful!. •

PBNNSTLVANIA ABOHIVBB HW, 22T.

29 aad 30. Oatrded the, neigboors in their neeenary Buonesi
with all that oould poaaibly Leav^ the fort.

May !•*.

Sanday, all Kept the fori

2. Diuipliad the men at 8 O*** in the momingi then imploy^. the
men in hailing firewood for the Gtirriaon.

3. Disaiplin*^ the men at 8 0'*> in the morning, then I went on
Soottt with 5 men, and traviled aboat 5 mildd and Diaoovered noth*
i|ig, and all Betom'' safe to the ffirt.

4. Dissiplin' the men at 8 O'* in the raoming, then I went oa
Scout with 5 men, & traviled abont 6 mild8, Disoovering nothing ;
all Return^ safe to the fort.

5. Abont Eight in the morning, word came to me that an Indian
was aeen abont 3 qnarters of a mild from the fort ; I went out im-
mediately in persuit of them with Eight men & one neighbour, and
found it trae by seeing his track, but conld not come up with him^
but my men from the fourt saw him Rnning from us at a Consider-
able distance from us, as they Likewise at the same time Conld see
some of my Company, as the few I left to Keep the fort affirm^ to
me at my Retdm, bat I seeing nothing of him Betura* with my
men safe to the fort.

The same day one of my men, coming from a field whero I sent
a guard to Gaard the neighbours at there work, saw three Indians
Goming down a mountain near s* field, he gave me notice, I imme-
diately went out with s' man and 2 others in persnit of them, not
thioking it proper to go very far, the Garison bsing left very weak.
I stood on guard with 2 men, while one went to allarm the Guard
that was in the field, then Retumd to the fort, Disoorering nothing.

7. At Eight of the Clock Dissiplind the men, after which some of
my men, who had observ' the night before as they were on Sentury,
th^ the Djgs Keept an annsual barking and running to a particular
plaoe, went to see what the ooasioo should be, and founl that an In*
dian had stood behind a tree about 25 yards from the fort ; being
told I want to see and found it true, his tracks being vissible enough
to be seen ; in the afternoon I went on Scout with 4 men and a
ueighbDur, but made no Discovery, anl all Roturnd safe to the fort?*

7. The men ciU to their Elercise at the u^ual time, after which
I went w^ 4 men to a Smiths shop whare we made an Instrument
to take a Ballit out of my Horse, who was shot when Ser^. l)jn was
Kill*', and all Betum' safe to the fort.

8. Sunday, assisted some of the neighbours with their Goods and
families to the fort.

9. Disaoplind the men, aftor which Gnardad two of the neigh-
b3ur3 in their necessary Bassines, which what men could be Spaird,
and continued the same to the

15. Sunday, we all Kept the fourt.

. l^v '^ho' Weak bataded, I Went on Scout with 4 men, travited
aboat 4 milds, made no Discovery, aind^ Return' safe to the fort.*

17« Dissiplind the men at 8 0'*" in the mornings then guarded
the neighbors with all I could Spair from the fort.

18. Ezerciad the men twice, and all kept the fort.

191 After Exerolsding the men, Guarded the neighbourB with all
that could be Spaird from the fort.

20. The Cor|5ora1, with S men^ Wetat oil SMut by my order, tra-
Tiled about 3 milde, mad no Discovery, and Return' to the fort.

21. Att 4 0'*, afternoon, Receiv* a letter from Cap^ Busfle toaend^ \
% Coiriif^S with 5 men^ to meat him at Lest on the 22 day, to Guard
him to fort AlliUi which men I Dispach' in half an hbUr,

22. Sunday, we few which Remaind all kept the fort.

23. About 10 O'Olodc inf th«^ ihbrtiing I Receiv' a Letter from
Mtijr Parsott) wherein he Besir' me to come to Easton to Reo^ my
pay, with the pay for my men; I having then but It) mien Left me
to keep the Fort, I toot the Case togather with my men into oonsi-
deration^ who all Beg" of me not to leave the fort, where upon I
wrote to the Maj' and Beg' of him to Gonsider^our Gii^iMnstaxloe;
atid Excuse me untill the men Return*.

24. Dissoplind the Men at Eight in the morning, and all kept the
fort, being week handed.

25. I went on Scout with '8 men, and traviled about 3 milds in
the mountains and Discover' nothing ; Return' to the fort.

26. Dissiplind the men, and all staid about the fbtt.

27. Dissiplind the men twice.

28; At 2 O*'', afternoon, the men. Who* with Comisary Young,
from Easton to fort Allen, Returnd all in Helth.

29. Erercis' the men, and all kept' the fort.

30. I went on Scout with 3 men, and traviled about 4 milds; dis-
oOver' nothing and Returnd to the foit.

31. Dissiplind the men at 8 .0'*' in the morning, afternoon went
on Scout with 4 men, went about 3 mildb from the fdrt, Discover'
nothing, and Returnd to the fort.

June y« !••.

The Corporal, with 3 men^ went on Scout^ and gave account of no
discovery on their Return.

2. Five men sent to Sam" Depues for subsistance, in the afternoon
the fbrt allarm' by hearing several Guns fird, I immediately, with 3
men, went to find out the Reason, & found it to be some who un-
wittingly shot at fowie in the River. Oiir men all Return' safo
about Sunsett.

3. I sett of on my Journey for Philadelphia, about 4 O'Clock in
the after noon, with 6 men as a Guarde, and came all safe to Fort
Hambleton, and found every thing in good order there.

4. At 8 O'*" in the morning Disdiplind the m:n;,and gave strict

HBNNSYLVAMA ARCffiVBS 1757. i2fr'

drders to Che Sergaat to keep tlie men Exact to theM duty, d^ alxAit
4 C* afternoon I persned my Jonrney.

5. I lay sick by the way -within five milds of Eaaton.

6. Came to Easton and paid my Respects to Maj' Pearsons.

T. Not withstanding the HI Sarcomstance of Body I ww in I pe^-
flitted my Jortiey.

8. Abont 4 in the afternoon I came to Philadelphia, and Ddlirei**
die Express sent to Maj^ Persons, just as it was sent to him to hiff
fion' the Governor, who Desii* me to wait on him at 12^ CK" tlie
next Day. * ,

9: I waited on his Honour a^ was requested,, the answer f^m'
H'. Pctters was that my Bosines shonld b^ done the next day at 9^
0** in the morning.

10, 11 and 12. I waited, but it was not done aiooordlng to Expeo-
fation;

13; About 3 0'« in the afternoon I left the Town.

14. About two in th« afternoon I came to Easton, I directly paid'
inj Respects to Maj* Persons, who told me that I shonld take i^
Sopply of Ammonicion, where upon I provided Backs and took
1001b of powder, lOOib of Lead, and a 100 of Flints, and also
Rec* a Goppy from his Honour, the Oovemors orders to Remove to^
ft>rt Hambleton, and left Easton about 6 0'* and went about fiv#
milds.

15. Came safe to fort Hhmbleton with the AmmonicioU) about 6
0'* afternoon, and found all things in good order.

16. At Eight 0'' in the morning' Displ* the men and orderd'them
all to^hoot at a mark at Armes End, and some of them did Exceed-
ing well then ; taking a Scort of men with me I went to Fott'
where we all arrived safe. I immediatly call' the men to Arms, and
Ordred every one to get their Cloaths, and what ever they had, to-
gether as quick as possible, and be Redy to march to fort Hiamble-
too.

17 and 18. Afltei' Bissoplining the men as usual, we made every
AingHedy for our march.

19. About 9 O'* in the morning we all march' from fort Hynd-
shsw, with all the Baggage, and all arrived safe at fort Hambleton,
and met with no opposition, and found all things in good order
there.

.20. At' Eight in the morning call' the men' under Artnes, and
after Exerbissing the men, order* out Six men on' Samueb Dupueif
Request, to Guard him in taking his wife to the Doct', at- Bethle-
hem, who tarrid all night at s* Depues ; the same day I Went on!
Scout with 4 men and one neighbour to git acquliinted with thd
woods, as also to See if any Discovery could be made of the Enemy,
but made no Discovery and Return' 'to the fort.

21. At 8 O'* Exercis' the men, about 12 0'« the Gnardj with 8«
Depue & wife, came to the fort } then order' a Guar* of ten men>
who went of under the Care of a Corporal with s' Depue with or-

2»0, PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVB8 1787.

den, that after they had Qaarded s' Bepae As &r ae waa needful, te. '
Garry ^a Message from me to the Mfg% at EastoOi and to Return ai
soon as Dispatch could be made. «

22. Exercia' the men that Remand at the fort as Usual ; nothing
Eztreordinary hapned, so all kept the fort.

23. In the morning, near Eleven O'**, the fort waa allann' by
some of the neighbours who had made their escape from the Enemji
five of them in Company near Brawdheads house, seeking their
horses in order to go to mill, was fir^ upon by the Enemy, and said
that one of them, JohA Tidd by name, was Kill'; where upon I
immediately Draughted out 9 men, myself making the tents, in as
private a manner as possible, and as privately went hack into the
mountains in order to make a Discovery, giving Strict orders to
those left to fire the wall peace to allarm us, if any attact should be
attempted on the fort in my absence there, but Six men left at the
fort, and coming in sight of s* house, on the back side Perceiv* a
small smoke arise at s* House, then traviling about a Quarter of a
mild in order to surround them, we heard four Guns, the first of
which being much Louder than the rest. Expected the fort was at-
tacted, where upon we Retreeted back about a Quarter of a mild,
and hering no more Guns, my Councel was to go to the House, bat
9iy pilot, who was well acquainted with the woodS; thought it best
to place our selves in ambush, for they would come that way, he
said ; and as we ascended the mountain in order to place our selves
we saw the house in a blaze, and the pilot thought best to Retire a
little nearer between the house and the fort, where we might have a
better view, and in the Retreet we heard 14 Ouns fir' as Quick after
each other aa one could count, then we plac' our selves in two Com-
panics, the better to waylay them; the party that was nearest be-
tween the house and'the fort soon saw 27 Endeavouring to git be^
twen them and the fort, £, with the other party saw 5 more oomeing
on the other side, we found that we were discovr^ and like to be
surrounded by a vast number, wherefore we all Retreted and got
between them and the fort, then haulting they came in view. I
then Galinged them to come, and fir^ at them, and altho at a Gonsi*
derable distance, it was Generally thought one of them was
kill% by ther Sqootting and making off, then we all Retir^ to the
fort; Immediatly upon our Return, a Scout of 13 men from the
Jarsey, who were in search of Edw^ Marshals wife, who was kiird
some time ago, came to the fort, being brought there by seeing the
smoke and hearing the Guns fir^, who all seem^ forward to go after
them, where I, with my nine men, went out with them, but having
got some distance out they would go to the house to see whether the
8" man was kill<^. Being come, we found him KUl^ and Scalp**, his
Body and face Cut in an inhuman manner, Cattle also lying dead on
ike Ground, where upon they all went of and left me with my small
number to take care of the Dead man ; whereupon, we took him up

PHNK8YLVANIA ABCHIVBS 176T. 281

aod Befomed to the fort, in whioh time my men that went to Biuh
^a Return^ to the fort.

24. Att about nine in the morning, having made Tedy, I went
with 18 men and bnried the man, then went from the grave in
search and found 15 Oattle, Horses and hogs dead, besides two thai
vas shot, one with 5 bulits, the other with one, and yet there are
many missing, out of whioh the Enemy took, as we Judg, the value
of two Beaves and almost one Swine*— in the Evening sent an Sz«
pieas by two men to the Maj^.

25. Disciplined the men, nothing^Extraordinary hapned, all Kepi
the fort that night; the two men that went with the Express to
Eastoii Retarnd in safety to the Fort.

26. Early in the morning Eeo' the Maj" Letter, wherein he
show' himself very nnesey that the men from Fort Norris had not
Joynd me, and Desir* me to send to fort Norris to know the Rea-
son; and thinking it might be oeasion' for want of Gariages to
bring their Stores, Desir* me to indeavour to send a Wagon theatber,
aoeordin^y, as I was indeavouring all I eould in complianoe of the
Maj** D^re, about 3 0'°in the afternoon, Lieu^ Hyndshaw oame
to the fort with [ten men from Gap^ Weatherhold, and Six from
Fort Norris, showing his order from Gor*^ Weiser, for him to Gom«
mand Fort Hamilton, and for me to abide with a small number of
men at Fort Hyndshaw.

27. At Eight in the morning oaU* my men nnder Armes as
usual, and Draughted out Eleven men and^ sent them under the care
of a Corp", with 8 neighbours, in search of some Cattle, whioh they
feat' ware taken or Kill^ by the Enemy, at whioh time the Lieu^
undertook to talk with, me, and propos* to me that if I would Let
him have Six out of the men I had with me, to Joyn the men he
had from Gap^ Weatherhold, he would go to Fort Hyndshaw and
stay there untill further orders, and Leave the Six men he broughi
from fort Norris with me, which I could not Gomply with, as not
being in my power, having mov' to Fort Hamilton by bis Honours,
the Governors order, there to be reinforc' by a Detachment from
Fort Norris, their to stay untill further orders, at whioh the Lieu^
went off with a Seij*, and a waiting man he brought w^ him from
fort Augnston, and left the 16 men he brought under no bodies
care; the Scout whioh went out all Return' safe to the fort, finding
what they went in search of, all well.

28. After Exercissing my men as Usual, I sent out a Scont of 12
men under the care of Serj^, who traviled about Six milds out, and
all Return' safe to the fort, making no Discovery. I being not fully
satisfied on the ace* of the men Left with me, whome I could do no
less to then feed and Give them their proper allowance of Rum,
wherefore I wrote to the Maj', laying the Circumstance of the mat-
ter as plain as possible before him. Desiring his advice what to do
in the Case, the whioh I sent of in the Evening by the SeijS and
one man with him.

2fe5? PENNStLVANLi itaoArVES 1767.-

- 2d. After Ezeroisdfag thd men' I seiit of Six men, tinder tlie Can
of the Corporal, with Six of those men which the Lieu^ left, who'
▼olotitArily #ent to ad^ist and* to Oiiard one Peter Snyder, in taking
6f dome Cattle whome he had, fled of and Left some time ago, least
liiey ^buld be l^ilH by the Enemy ; in the Night this SerjS w^ the
ifiian that went w' him Reftnrn' safe from Easton, with a letter from the
Maj% w'herain he advis' me to put the s' men Od daty which was
left W* me, and where as he Expected Coi* Weiser to be hare in a
few days, to keep the fort untill he eame, also DesiH me to Endea-^
▼onr to hasten Lien*. Engles march to fort Hiambleton.

30. I jfnt the men left n^* me on dntv in the after noon, the men'
that Guarded Peter Snyder allBetttrnd safe to the fbrt

JnlyL
In the morning Cdl' my men' nndei' Armds, Draughted ontten
men whom I sent under the Care of the SerjS^th nine of those
men the Lien*. Left at the fort, whome I ordred' where and how far
they fifhonid travil on Scout,- the which they perform* and Betum*
about one, after noon. About one 0'«, after noon, the Lieu*, came
past the fort, stoping at John McMaekillff, soon after Came to the
fort and show* an Order from Cor^^ Weiser, that I should Resign the
Command of Fort Hamilton to htm, upon which I Call' my men
under armes, and as I was sending for the Lieu*, to Ghitre up the
Command td liim; the Centnnal bearing musick, acquainted me with
it ; I Expecting it was the Cor" coming, delaid untiil the Cor** eame,
who weighing the Cutmmstatioes of things, continued me in pos-
session of s* Fort

A Trur Joubnal op all Transaotions in Captain John
Van Ettbn's Company prom tbb second day of July.

July ye 2d, 1767.
At Eight in the morning the men called to armes, at wbich time
tftie Cor*^ to6k a view of the men and their arms, and finding all ia
good Order, after Giving Orders for the Regulation of the Company
about 12 o'clock', the Coi^ with his attendance marchd off, -after
which we all kept the fort.

3. All Kept the Fort it being Sunday.

4. After Disciplining the men a party of twelve men under the
Command of a Serj* sent to Sam" Depues with a Team for Necesaty
Subsistance, and all Retumd safe tothe fort in the evening acoordiog
to orders.

5. Very Rainy Weather unfit for Scouting or Exercise, all keept
the fbrt.

6. At Eight in the Morning calld the men to their Exercise, and
Gave the men necosary Council how to behave according to the

PENNSYLVANIA ASOHIVES 1757. 288

Orde» (Mtgii to me by the Cor*^, at wbiob Ume Gemplaint was
made to me by some of the men that some of the Neigbboiird whieh
Kesided in the fort ware Lonsey, by which means the whole Garrf«
son would soon be in the same oondition. I then Orderd the Gorp"
mih 8 men to asrist him to make a search, and found that one
Benety Countryman and his family, and one John Hillman and his
fiimily ware Lonsey, I oidred them ont of the fort to their own
honse, it being but abont 8 or 9 Rods from the fort, then Imployd
the men to Glean the fort wilhin Doors and without, which was
icoordingly done, also sent out a scout of four men with 8 neighboura
vbo Yokintarily went in hopes to find some Gattle they had missing
to Return the same Day, which they did in the Evening all safe to
the fort, making no DiscoYory of any Enemy.

7. At Eight in the morning I oalld the men to their Exeroise,
then Devided the men into two Guards, Each Ouarde to stand their
Day, those that ware not on Guarde to be implead in Scouting,
Gnarding the Neighbours and in things necessary to be done about
the fort,. and gave strict orders to tho e that ware en guarde that
they should not Leare their post nor go from the fort, and that
Eiery Seatonal should behave well od his post^ about one o'clock
after noon having ooasion to go to John McMickles, saw John Jougk
Coming oat of Uie woods with hooppoUa on hie Sholder, who was
one of the Guarde, Immediately the Gorp*^ came to sd house, I theft
went home, and finding the Glass ran out I exemined the matter and
foand that the Sentunal had stood his proper time out and ought to
be Believ'd. I therefore ealld the next man on^ the List and see to
his Relieff myself, the men that ware not on Guarde I imployd in
banking up the Earth against the Stoekaders to prevent the watere
Settling and runing into the well which I found to be the Ocasion
that tl^ water was so bad in the well.

8. At Eight in the morning Relievd Guard, after which I imployd
the old Guard in clearing out the well.

9. After Guard Relievd, a scout cff ten men with the Serj* wen*
w^ some of the Neighbours to Mr. Broadhead's plaoe, who went on
Necesary Busines and met with no opposition, and all Retnm'd sals
to the fort.

10. Sunday, a sQOUt of 6 men went to Sam>^ Depues on Necessfr
Busines, on their Return said they heard a person whistle, whieb
they sopposed to be an Indian, but see nothing, all Returnd#safe to»
the fort

11. After Guarde Relievd, The Serj< with the old Guarde ten
men Sent out on Scout to travil South-EaM, and as for as to ReCuni'
by night whioh was performd. Meeting no Opposition nor Discover-
ing any Signs of the Enemy all returnd safe to the fort.

12. At Eight in the morning ealld the men to their Exercise and
Relievd Guarde, after whioh upon John McMiokels Impertunity
ordre4 ten men as a Guarde, where he was Gutting his harvest
some Distance from the fort) with whomo I went my Self and plaoed

284 PENNSTLVAlfIA ARCHIVES 17«7.

them to the beat advantage I could ordering nono to fire liBOim
Except at an Enemy, and that 3 Guns should be an Allarni, th^
meeting no opposition all returned safe to the fort.

13. After the men ezercisd and Guard Relievdy it was my intent
to Guard John MoMickle as the Day before but his Sod in Law
Coming from a Long Jorney or Voiage Detained him from Labonr,
wherefore I then took the Old Guard consisting of ten men and
three Neighbours, with whome I went on Soout Directing my course
South about 5 miles from the fort, and from thence^west 2 miles,
thence by Judgment northerly so as to come to the fort in which
way we came by the Sepperates Meeting house, where we found the
Enemy had liodgd not long since, they Leaving a Bed of Fern even
in the pulpit, But meeting no opposition all returnd safe to the fort

14. At Seven in the Morning oalld the men to their Ex^vise &
Belie vd Guard, I then went with John McMickle and ten of my men as
a Guard, to Guard said MacMickle and men Imployd at his harvest,
posting five men a Small Distance from the field, which I tbought
best to discover the Enemy if any Should attempt to fall upon the
people at work, the other five I posted in the field, about 3 o'clock
lifter noon I went w^ the Corporal Bound to the out^Sentanals as pri-
vately as we could and found them all on their gnard.

15. It being very Bainey unfit to be oat with arms we all kept
the Fdrt.

16. The Bain Continueing until near 12 o'clock I then went to
John MacMickle aad.askd him wheather he was Beady to go to his
harvest^ But I saw no preparation or Liclination for it, wherefore I
went to the fort intending to go on scout with a part of the men
after Dinner, but before we ware redy four men came to the fort
with an order from Cor" Weiser, dated June 14th, 1757, the Con<
tents ware as foUoweth, that he had Sent Orders to Lieu* Hyndshaw
to attend the Treaty with the ten men of Cap^ WeatherhoHs Com-
pany with him who ware then at Fort Hyndshaw, and Orderd me
therefore without &il to send ten men from fort Hamilton to replace
those Ordered away, where upon I immediately draughted out nine
nen, the Corp" making the tenth whome I Sent off to the Lieu^ the
same day, as soon as possably they could make them Selves Body
which was in about half an hour after Receiving the Cor"« Orders,
Under the Cair of the Corp" with Orders to the Lieu*, to station
them as he thought fit, the which he posted at Sam" Depues.

1 7. Sunday, seven of my small party of men left with me with
four neighbours went on scout under the Command of the Serj% who
Traviled South-westerly about six miles, then taking a Compass
northerly all returned safe to the fort making no Discovery of any
Enemy. ^<

18. At eight in the morning I went with five men and guarded
John MoMickle at his harvest, placing 3 Sentunals a small Dbtanoe
from the field, and two in the field with the men at work, they
meeting no Opposition all returned safe to the fort.

PBBfNSYLVANIA AB0HIVB8 176T. SS5

19* Barly ia the moroiDg one Garrit Bradhetd tpolied to me ibr
a goard, to which I told him I woald do for him wW Lay in mj
pover with the few men I had, I then ordred five men oo^er thie
Gair of the Serj^ & went my Self with one man to aeoompany me to
the fort, and placed the Sentunals in the best manner I oonld for
Safty, Leaviag orders with the Seij^ that fireing B gana abonid be an
allarm, and then returned to the fort, and tended guard nnti' ye
Second Double Sentury.

20. Guarded sd Bradhead as the day before, and all leturad lafe
to the fort.

21. In Compliance with the Cor^ order early in the morning I
Sent to Sam*^ Depues for the he 'had in keeping in order to send my
message to the Cor" at Easton, who returnd with sd Mare safe in
the Evening, ako 4 men Guarded John Drake at his harvest with
orders to give an account of what hapnd, which was all was well, but
as to their behaviour after their coming to the fort, I shall aequainl
the Cor** of the matter.

Got. Denny to y 1757.*

Easton, 2l8t July, 1757.
Gentlemen,

Mr. Barton comes Express, with an Application from the Inhabi-^
tants of York County, for a further Protection of their Frontier
daring the Harvest. • They olFer to raise a Company of Fifty Men,
if they may be allowed the same pay as the Provincial Troops. I
strongly recommend this to your serious and immediate Considera-
t^n, as that Gentleman waits only for an Answer, and is very much
wanted at home. I am.

Gentlemen,

Your most humble Serv*,

W. D.

CoPT OF Memorandums takbn ths Jult 23, 1757, at

Easton.

Capt> Chfist" Buss6 informed, that last Night, when He was in
Company with Capf* Orndt, King Teedynscong, John Pumpshire &
Moses Tatamy, & others, Indians, at the House of Adam Yoe, a
Messenger was twice sent up Stairs to John Pumpshire, desiring him
to Qome down, there being a Gent, below who wanted to see him.
{ampshire did not go down,, and then a Gent., whose name CaptP

* See Letter of the Commissioners, on p. 2d6.

&8e PEHrNSTLVAIHA ARCHIVES 1757.

BwrnS does not know, oame up Stairs just into the Door. What lie
Mid to the Indians is unknown to Oapt" Bnss^, but the Indians fol-
lowed him, and in ab^ half an Hour the Indians returned to the same
Plaee. And in the mean time Colonel Weiser o^me into the Room,
Mid after some time Teedjasoung spoke to him by Pumpshire, and
uade a pretty long Speech, The. Substance of which was, That He
would have his own Clerk, and would by no means be led by tbe
Nose ; Pumpshire at the same lading hand to his Nose & shaking it,
and said that it was his Right to have a Clerk, as he was a King.
And to the above Capt" Bus&6 is willing to be sworn.

CHRISTIAN BDSSE.

Capt* Jacob Omdt, above-named, declared the same as aforesaid,
with the addition, -That the above-mentioned Gent, who came op
Stairs to Pumpshire, was Israel Pemberton. He does not remember
tho' of Pumpshire taking hold of & shaking his Nose. And to this
He is willing to be sworn.

JACOB ORNDT.

CoMMiesioNBRS TO Gov. Denny, 1757.

Easton, July 21-*, 1757.
Sir,

Wer have considered your Letter respecting fiie raising & paying
a Company of Fifty Men for tbe protection of the Frontier In-
habitants of York County during there Harvest, & are desirous that
e9ery Thing may be done for them that can be consistent with the
Law. Your Honour must be sensible it is not in our Power to pay
more Men than the Law directs, and therefore we know of no Method
of Relieving those Frontiers from their threatened Distress, but
sending some of tbe Provincial Troops already raised, or to be raised,
to their Assistance ; Or, if the Battalions are defective, & you should
think proper to raise the Company proposed, we shall have no Ob-
jection to paying them, provided this Company does not make the
Number of tbe Provincials exceed 1400 Men.
We are, Sir,

Your Obed* humble Servanta,

Wm. Ma8TIR£^

Jos. Ffox.
Jos. Gallowat,
Jon. Hughes,

LiNFORD LA&DNSa,

John Mivvlin. ^

Directed,
To the Hon*>ir William Denny, Esq'.

FSNNSTLVANIA ABCHIVBB 1757. 28T

Br, &;C.| A pROCIiAMATION AGAIlfflT SSLUKa BUM TO IN-
DIANS, 1757.

Whereas oonstant Ezperieaod from the finrt Settlem* of ye IVo-
Tioces, shows that je aelling or giving strong Liquors to je indiansi
is attended with great Mischief and Inconveniencies ; And, notwith*
standing je wise & good Laws provided against it, we still find upon
every Indian Treaty, that many Persons at ye Places where such
Treaties are held, as well Tavern-keepers and Betailers as private
Persons, do presume in contempt of such Laws, to sell or indiscreetly
give Rum & other strong Liquor^ to ye Indians, to the great Dis*
tnrhanoe, Offence and Danger of the Inhahitants, and manifest Pre-
judice & Hindrance of the Business to be transacted at such Treaties.
Wherefore, for the preventing these Mischiefs and Disorders, more
especially at this time» when so great a Number of the Indians are
coQYened here & on this so important Occasion, I have thought fit, with
the Advice of the Council, to issue this Proclamation, hereby in His
Majest/s Name, strictly forbidding all Persons, those only excepted
to whom ye care and Subsistence of the Indians are committed, upon
any pretence whatsoever, to sell or give them any strong Beer, Uyder,
Ram or other spirituous or atrong Liquors, on pain of being prose-
cuted with the utmost rigour that mi^y be by Law ; And I do hereby
earnestly reoommend it in a more especial manner to the Magistrates
and all other Officers w^ose more immediate Duty it is, that they
take all proper measures to detect and bring to condign Punishment
all OSenders herein, and give all due Encouragement to Persons to
discover and give Information against such Offenders ; And to take
Care y* ye Moiety of yc Penalty of Twenty Potinds Forfeiture, by
the fi^ Laws for each Offence, be recovered and paid to such la-
formers; And in case of the Inability of the Offender to pay ye same
upon their Conviction, y^ then ye Justices do give the informer or
Prosecutor a Certificate or order upon ye Provincial Treasurer for ye
Five Pounds, which, upon sight of such Certificate, he is by th^ s'
Laws required to pay. And hereof all Persons concerned are to take
Notice & not to fail in their Obedience, as they will answer ye con-
trary at their Peril.

Given under my Hand & ye G^ Seal of the s' Province at Easton
this 22d day of July, in ye Thirty- first Year of ye reign of our
Sovereign Lord George ye Second, King of G*. Britain, France
& Ireland, &c., And in ye Year of Our Lord, 1757.

By His Honour's Command, }
E. P. Seo'r^ J

S2a PBNirSTLVANIA ABCSIVfiS 175T.

OOMMISSIOH TO AEtlX THE GrEAT SeAL, 1T57.

Bj the Honourable William Denny, Esq', Lieutenant GovernoT and
Commander-in-Chief of the Provinoe of Pennsilyania & Counties
of Newoastle, Kent & Sussex, upon Delaware.

To Eichard Hockley, Esq'^ Keeper of the Great Seal of the sud
Province :

These are to require you to affix the said Seal to my Proclamation
of this date against Persons selling Rum and other strong liquors
to the Indians oonvened at the Treaty now holden here; For which
this shall be your Warrant

Given under my Hand and the Lesser Seal, at Easton, the twenty-
second day of July, Anno Domini, 1757.

WILLIAM DENNY.

Petition of Inhabitants of Northampton County, 1767.

Easton, July 25, 1757.
To the Honourable William Denny, Esq**., Lieutenant Governor and
Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, &e.

The Petition of sundry Persons, formerly Inhabitants beyond the
Mountains, humbly sheweth :

That we, your Petitioners, having made Settlements beyond the
Mountains, have been obliged to leave them ] that we last fall sowed
some grain, which is now ^lly ripe and should be cut down, but for
fear oi being way laid and murdered by our Enemies, we dare not
go to reap it, and without it we and our families must be exposed to
want and become a burthen to our Country.

We therefore humblv pray that the Governor will be pleased to
order us a guard of Soldiers to protect us, till we can reap and
remove our grai^ to this Side the Mountains ; and your Petitioners
as in duty bound shall ever pray.

FiLIB POSSVRT,
^MeLOHER STEOHSBy

his
George C. M MsNiNOiBy

mark.
Johannes Birdenbenber,
E^Roa Hadlieb,

his
Michael M Raupp,
mark.

& others.

PENNSYLVANIA AKCHIVES 1767- S8»

Col. Stanwix to R. Pbtbes, 1757.

Camp near Carlialei Jalj 25th, 1757.
Dear Sir,

I sball begin with giving you joy of our Kiug of Prusia's Victory,
very, very interestiDg att his time, & I hope afore runner of wt good
tidings we bo much wish for from Lord Loudoun, & I think no room
to doubt of a Frontiet between him and Admiral Helbourn. God
send 'em good Luck.

In spite of Our Blood the Indians still do us Mischief, but the
last Affairs do's realy proceed from both Obstanacy and Oarlesues,
of w*"^ Col. Armstrong will give the Governor a particular Acco', as
he has it from Shipensburg.

Am at Work at my fetrenchm<% but as I send out such large &
frequent partys, with other necessary dutys, can only spare about
Seventy working men aday, & these have been very Often inter-
rupted by frequent & Violent Gusts, so that we make but a small
figure yet, & the first month was entirely taken up in clearing the
ground, which was all full of Monstrous Stumps, ke.

Have built a Hut in Camp, where the Capts & I live together, &
as you have promised to come this way about August, shall be glad
you would see how we make it out. Cockrcm says the rule at
Whist is at present only Shillings, but that is to be changed into
dollars when you and M'. Allen come here ; he & Capt. Stewart are
both on the Scout for some days, the first towards Shipenberg, the
latter towards the Susquehana, & am sorry all this won't do, but
Bcolking Indians will hover about ns. AdleU; & believe me^ with
the rest of our Gen*,

D' Sir,

Your most Obed*,

humble Serv*,

JOHN STANWIX.

Directed. — Mr. Peters. <

Coil. John Armstrong to Gov. Denny, 1757.

Carlisle, 25th, July, 1757.
May it please Your Hon',

For the Seeurity of the Inhabitants in the Harvest, I huve strenu-
OQsly recommended the people's working together in partys as Large
as posable, and have from Will*. Maxwel's, near the Temporary
line, to John MoCormick's, near Sasquehanab, plac'd Out about
Twenty Guards, altering and Changing the Station as well as the
Namberof Each guard, according to the necessity and Conveiyency

S49 PJEfflNSYLYANIA AiOHIVBS 175T.

of tbe people. Where a Number of Women and Children happen
to be in any Fort; the gaard Stays with them, by which Heana all
the Men belonging to such Garrison are enabled to Labour ; but where
Women and Children are not w*^ the party, then the Soldiers are
Sfcation'd with the Reapers, keeping Centry around the field, wherebj
some of the Sculking Enemy have been discover'd & repu^d j bat
such is the iDfatuation of a Number of the people that they can't be
prevairci on to convene in nroper partys for their Own Safety, in
consequence whereof the following Melancholy accidents have hap-
pcn'd ; please to Read the list.

Colonel Stanwiz Sends Out his Picket Guards as Often as they
appear to be of Service, and has two Out at this time; they are to
Patrole for three days, and are alwais accompany'd by an Officer
and as many Men from this Battalion as at the time can be Spar'd.

Your Honour may remember that Sundry detachments from Colo*.
Weiser's Battalion being here last Winter, and were fed on Our pro-
visions, which together with unavoidable wastes, & what was actually
rotten, has for some days past brought to an end all the Meat laid
into those Garrisons by the Yictualers. Since I wrote jour Hon'
last upon the Subject of Provisions, (and some person with Money
in their hands being fi&'d to defray incidental expences,) Colonel
Stanwix has Order'd Adam Hoops to Supply at this Town, and last
Week, Learning from Fort Loudon that Twelve of their Men had
the Flux, and not One pound of Meat in Garrison, and that Lvttle-
ton had been Oblig'd to purchase their present Subsistence of Meat
from a Country Man who lives at that Fort, I wa3 again Obliged to
apply to Colonel Stanwix, without who's Order no person wou'd
venture to Send any thing to those Forts^ Tbe Colonel Order'd
M*". Hoops to Provide CatUe, Salt, Pork, and a little Rice for the
Sick Men, which I immediately Sent off under the best escort we
oou'd Collect, with Orders how to divide the provisions among the
Garrisons.

Docter Blair is returned from Loudon, and reports that only Six of
the Men were bad of the disorder, that they are somewhat reoover'd,
that 'tis very hard performing any Cure without Change of Diet
Med'oines are left in tbe Care of Lieu^ Lyon, while the Surgeon at
this Town attends a Soldier who was lately wounded by his Own
Fuzee's going off by accident.

The Surgeon complains, and requests me to write your Hon' that
he is not paid the dayjy allowance for which he agreed with the
Commissioners, viz., 78. L 6d. ^ day. I have Ordered him to write'
the Commissioners.

In Answer to M^ Groghan's, dated at Pbilad^, I write him the
Indian Newa.

I have made known the allowance of half a Pistole for each
recruit, to serve three Years or during the War; the Old Arms shall
be Collected to this place, and Sent down as soon as possible. As
Hay,,. Oats, &o., continue on hand, I must give the people what

rBKN6¥LVANU ABCSHIYBS 17S7. 241

assigUnee oan be Spar'di nntill I have your Horn* or Colo*. Stanwix'0
Orders to Call them in. I hope the Next post will bring Orders for
SappordDg the Men.

I am Your Honour's Most Obed^
and Most Humb>« Serrant,

• JOHN AEMSTBONG.

Directed. — Governor Dennj.

Col. Stanwh to Gov. Dbnny, 1757.

Gamp near Carlisle; July 25thy 1757.
Dear Sir,

As Col. Armstrong will giye yon a particular ac^ of the Misfor-
tune of some obstinate People, who were thro' that and their care-
lessnes surpriz'd and Murther^d by the Indians towards Shippens-
berg, at their Harvest ; I shall add nothing to this relation. I have
had two Captains Piquets out this three days, one soowring the
Country up as far as Sbippensberg, the other up as far as the 8us-
qaehana, but expect them both in to-morrow or next day. Col. Arm-
strong has 80 few men here that I oould only get six of them to
each Piquet, by way of Quides at present, they being much better
aoquaint'd with this Portion of Wood ; wish you joy of the good
news of the King of Prusia's Complete Victory, which must be
Very interesting at this Critical time.

Here trouble you with some lone letters from M'. Atkins, as they
appear to me to be a Systim of Indian Afiieiirs, & 1 Teaij tlunk well
wrote, possibly you may think worth your perusal & Copying, w*^
last I haye neither leasure or Clark to do, & if you do, please after-
wards to return me by the post, who am,
D' Sir,

Your most Obd%
humble Scrv*^

JOHN STANWIX-
Directed. — ^Gov. Denny.

Vol. IIL— 11

242

PBFNSTXVANU ABOHIVBS 17«7.

Alterations m the Return of the TJnited Brethesh
RESIDING IN Bethlehem,'*' 1757*

Behlehem; Jolj 26th, 1757.
Alterations in the Betum of the United Brethren resUing in
Bethlehem 0inoe it was delivered to the Constable in !

Married Men in Bethlehem.

Frederick Schl2igel,

Removed into Tork County,

Bernard Miller,

Departed this Life,

George Pitsohman,

' Remoyed into Lancaster County,

William Thorne,

Do to Philadelphia,

Jacob Till,

Do }hto Lancaster County,

Joaohim Sensematti .

Do into York Government,

John Brandmiller,

Do Lancaster County,

Paul Dan* Bryselius,

Do Lower Counties,

Andreas Schaat,

Gone to Emsland.

John Jordo; from Christian's Bmn, Removed into Lancaster county

Single Men in Bethlehem.

Nath> Seidel,

Gone to Europe,

Christian Wetsed,

Departed this Life,

Jacob Heidecker,

Charles Frederick;

Gone to North Carolina,

Gottfried Bessler,

Removed to York County,

Benjamin Garrisson,

Do into York Government.

Andreas Holder,

John Garrison,
Christian Christiaason,

Do into Lancaster County.

David EuntS;

Jost Jansen,

(JoBe to E«rope.

George Meisser,.

Married;

John Schweisshaupt, \

Rich* Popplewell,
Samuel Johannes.

Philip Wesa,

John Henry Merk,

Abraham Steiner,

Martin Hirt,

Jacob Rublci

Single Men in ChriiHan^B Brun.

Gkorge Huber, ' Married,

John^ Michael Pitsman^ Removed to North^ Carolina, '

Clans KoUeUi Do into Lancaster County.

* See CeL Reo., Vol. VIL, p. 868, and Arohives, Tol. lU.. p. 70, fte.

VBtntSTLVASJA AROHITSS V&% Sffi

The Widow Bendiet, dnee the kal Tax, has sold ber hro five
hundnd acre Tracts of Land, adjoining Bethlehem, to the Brethren
for a £1000, and has taken a Mortgage on the same for the whole Gon-
sidemtion Monej, they paying her yearly 6 ^ oent. Interest, &o., as
may he seen in the Publiok Reoords. This the Brethren were in-
dnoed io do that they might have a convenient Plaoe^ near Bethle-
hem, to place the Indians npon next jSpring.

In these Times of Trouble and Danger, being become the Fron-
tier, the Brethren, for the Defence of themselves and neighbonrs,
have, nnder the wvemor's Commission for that Purpose, established
Military Watches in all their Places, and been at a very great Ez-
penoe in providing themselves with Arms and Ammunition, and in
strengthening and securing all their Houses and Plantations against
any sudden Attack and Surprise from the Enemy.

In Bethlehem there are 5 Persons, namely 2 Married, and 3 Single-
men constantly kept as a Night Watch, and thereby
rendered wholly unfit for any Labour in the. Day
Time.

Besides the above there are 44 Singlemen and 25
married, who have Arms, and ate always ready by
night or Day in case of any Alarm.
In Nazareth there are 3 Persons who are kept as a constant Night
Watch, Beudes whom all the Inhabitants, mentioned
in the Return, except, 7 Persons, are provided with
Arms and Ammunition, and are always in Readiness
for the Defence of themselves and neighbours.
In Gnadenthal there are 2 People employed as a Night Watch.

All the Inhabitants, except 5, have Arms and are
kept in Readiness as aforesaid.
In Christian's Brun^ there is 1 Singleman kept as a Night Watch,
and 18 of the Singlemen have Arms as afore-
said, and frequently go out with some of the
Indians, who are paid for that Purpose, in
ranging Parties, for several miles round the
neighbourhood and in the Barrens, to see that
no Indians are lurking about, if possible to pre-
vent their coming upon them by Siirprise.
In Friedensthal-Mill, They have all Arms, are constantly on their
Guard and Wateh by Turns.

Besides the above, the Brethren, for the Summer Season, have for
the most Part thirteen of their Indians in Pay, whose Business it is
with seme of the white Brethren to range from Place to Place and
bea Ouard to their People in their Harvest and other work, where
th^ might otherwise be exposed to the Incursions of the Enemy.

Now, considering the above and the present helpless and exposed
condition our poor Country has been and still is in, it may with
modesty and Justice be sajd^ that it is owing, in great measure, to

OnB wre and pradeat OfarcwaspedtioB <tf ibe Brethi^o, tluil the
whole Vott hiui not loag ngo l|)een over ran by the Zndians; tud
therefore it k presuoied a BeUxation of Tax {Hroportioaed to the
Trouble and great Ezpenoe they ha?e been at, oaottot.be^contrarj to
.the Sense of the Law, which ezpreasly direete the nakisgNJlUDir-
j^QCes in extroordinary Gor«M.

Added to this, the extraordinary Exsenoe the Brethren are aad
jnost •still be at^ in maintainiog %h» lodiaas, who fled to then from
Gnaden-Hutten (now wholly thrown npon their Hands and kft un-
provided for by the Qoverament) for whose Sabeistaiioe ahme, this
.year, thev ha?e been obliged to let them have upwards of 50 Aeiea
.of their best Land, (oleared and fenced for them at the Bflethrea's
own Expence) to plant their Indian Com, &e. Moreover the fiel-
BOSS of the* Times and almost total Stagnation of Business, an
Hardships^ which constrain the Brethren to declare, that they fiod
themselves utterly unable to bear the Weight of the Tax as they
have hitherto been rated, and therefore humbly beg the Hon'ble,
the Oommissioners and Assessors, will please to consider them ae-
cordingly, in laying the Tax not yet raised.

Alterations since the 26*'' July, vi^ :

Christian Thomas Bentzien, departed this Life,

John Valentine Hide, gone to New York,

Paul Dan^ Bryeslius, returned from the Lower Counties,

cilSii^k,^**'™"''} Singlemen, returned from N. Carolina.

MATTH. SCHROPP.
Bethlehem; August 22\ 1757.

Certificate of D. Broadhead & Ed. Biddlb, 1757.

Eaayton, July 27, 1757.

We do hereby certify that We heard Wiilian Marshall say the
following Words, or Words to the same Efiect, \i^ :— Thai the
Proprietors had wrong'd the Indians out of their Lands ; and that
.He would prove it^ k that in that. respect he abided by the Indiiins.

DAN. BROABHEADi,
HDWAUDBIDDLBL

SEKBTSTLYANIA ABOHirBS 1757. »&

Jambs Read to R. Peters, 175T.

I iuiT0 seat herewith a Letter from GoU. Stanwix. The Rev. Mr.
Barton, who did me the pleasure to oall opon me last Sonday, in*
jformed me yon woro at Eaaton.

Mr* Bart0D wae certainly in great Danger on hia Journey from na
to Linoaater; Vor an Indian was seen the very day he left ns, okaa
hy the Road he must go, a littie beyond Sinking Spring.

The Bearer will take Gare to deliver me any Letter yon may direol
te Carlisle, and Fll deliver it to the Poet, who will pass through tliia
Town next Saturday Morning.

I soppoae the Gommiaeioners will pay the Messenger; For I think
it bird to be oblig'd to be in Advanoe when so litUe money is
oomiag in. I owe thirty-five Shillings to the Estate of one Joseph
Etsbb, who rode Express from this Town last November, with a
Letter from His Honour the Qovemour to Colonel Armstrong. It
was very cheap, if the common Pay of Express Riders be considered.
Evans rode it in a remarkably short Time, upon being told the Oooa-
Bioa was urgent.

I am. Sir,

with great Esteem,

Your obliged humble Serv*.

JAMES READ.
Beading, July 27, 1757.

DirecUd. *

To Richard Peters, Esquire,

Secretary of Pennsylvania,

at Easton.

James Read to Gov, Denft, 1757.

Sir:

The Poet having informed me that L« Golonel Armstrong desired
his Letter to your Honour should be dispatoh'd from this Town to
Easton, I have sent the Bearer, John Smith, with it, with whom I
have agreed for Thirty Shillings the Journey.

I dm not send Colonel Stanwix's Letter to your Honour, as I
know not but you may have directed some (Gentlemen of the Gouncil
at Philadelphia to receive and open -what comes from him on the
Pabliok Service; Bat I have^ventured to send the Goloners Letter
to the Secretary to Easton.

If your Honour has Occasion to write to Carlisle; the Messengec

24e PKNNSTLVANIA AECHIVES 1767.

being dispatoh'd early enoagh to reach this Place bj Satarda j Mom-
ing at ten o'cldck, I can forward the Letter by the Post, who will
be here; In hia way td Carlisle at that very Hour.

It is with great Uneasiness I must inform your Hononr that the
Day before yesterday foar White Men took away, from a Plantation

in Bern Township, about thirteen Miles from this Town, one

Good, (I think that is the Surname,) a Lad about Sixteen years old,
and oarry'd him to four Indians about Eight Miles from the Place
where he was taken. The White Men and Indians got all very
drunk, and the Lad happily made his Escape in the Night. Of his.
being taken I heard the Evening it happen'd ; Of the Res^J was
informed by Bobert Smith, a Sergeant who came yesterday from
Fort William, and on his Road was told it by one Peter Rodermel,
a Farmer of very good Credit, who had seen and conversed with ^e
Lad. Monday, in the Afternoon, an Indian was seen near Sinking
Spring, five Miles from the Town, by Peter Rood, a Person of as
good Credit as is in the County. Some of the Inhabitants went
immediately in Pursuit of the Indian, but returned without havings
overtaken him.

I have taken Care, ever sinee the 9th of this Month, to keep a
Patrol of Ten of the Inhabitants every Night about this Town ; And,
as our People are very uneasy upon hearing that White Men are
among the Indians, we purpose to have a Guard to Niebt of Twenty-
One } seven at either End of the Town and seven in the Centre, who
will keep out a Patrol all Night. In this Service I am ohearfully
assisted by Mr. Seely and Mr. Biddle. We hope our very dangerous
Condition will be considered, and some Measures will be taken for
our Security. We are very fully persuaded of your Ht>nour's great
Solicitude for the Safety and Happiness of the whole Province, no
Part of which, we are well assured, will be'Ieft unprotected, if it is
in your Honour's Power to give us Protection. I am sorry to have
occasion to assure you. Sir, that if our Defence be committed to the
Soldiers now in these Parts, our People will be still as uneasy as
they are now. I shall not at present assign the Reasons, as I should
detain the Express too long, if I should do it; But, when I wait
upon your Honour, as I purpose to do, if possible, some time next
Week, I shall acquaint you with the principal Grounds of their Ob-
jection to such a Protection, if it would be any.
I am,

May it please your Honour,
Your Honour's

most obedient &

most humble Serv*.

JAMES READ.

Reading, July 27th, 1757.

P. S.— I shall take Care to get the Affidavits of Petor Rood and
the Lad ; and, if your Honour shou'd think proper to send over one
of the Soldiers^ or other Messenger, to receive those Affidavits^ I

PBMKSILVANIA AKCHIYB8 1T97. 347

have tbem ready by Saturday Evening, and will send tliem, with
Boch other Advices as I may have received before he goes from
henoe.
Directed,
To The Honw« Governor Denny, Esq'.

John ML Otto to Timothy Horspibi.d, 1767.

Bethlehem, 27th July, 1757.
Mr. Horsfield, Sir,

I yesterday attended Wm. Tatamy twice ; His Wound looks well,
18 without inflammation, & discharges its Pas regularly. The
swelling is also gone. To Day he tum'd himself alone, which he
has not been able to do before. So that I believe, with good nursing
& attendance, if nothing unforseen happen, he may, by God's Help
recover. The violent Pain he complains of, at times, I apprehend
proceeds from some of the Bones in his Groin being shot thro', or at
least the tendinose Parts being much lacerated, i ou may depend
upon it» I shall do all in my Power to perfect a Cure.
I am, Sir,

Your most humble ServS

JOHN MATTHEW OTTO.*
BiteeUd.
To Timothty Horsfield, Esq%

at Bethlehem.

GuoRGE Croghan TO Gov. Dbnnt,' 1757.

Easton, July 30th, 1757.
Sir,

Agreeably to your desire to me in your Letter of yesterday, I have
this Morning called a Meeting of Tedyuscung, and Eight of his
Council, with his Interpreter, and desired he would consult them,
and explain the Speeches he made your Honour two days ago, which
explanation you have inclosed, with the Agreement I proposed to
him about Fort Augusta and his answer.
I am
, Tour Honour's

most Obedient, humble Servant,

GEO. CROGHAN.
Directed,
To the Honourable William Denny, Esq'.

Governor of (be Province of Pennsylvania.

* See page 209, 261.

248 PENNSTLVANIA AROHIVliB 1757.

George CaoGHAir to Gov. DBNiinr,.1757.

Jdy 30th, 1757.
Sir,

Agreeable to your desire t called a Meeting of Indians at balf
after 9 o'Clock this Morning, Kin^ Teedyusoung with Tepiscahunck,
Essoweyowallund, Penawaghwolhnd, Lapaghpetand, Kuklamaka,
Tangekapawey, Weneywakika, his Oonnaellors, and J. Pdmshire,
his Interpreter, came to me and explained the Speeches he made to
your honour the day before Yesterday, in the Manner following: :

The Complaints I made last fall, I yet continae. I think Some .
Lands hare been bought by the Proprietor or his Agents from
Indians who had not a right to Sell, and to whom the Lands did
liot belong. I think also when some lands haye been sold to the
Proprietor by Indians, who had a right to sell to a eertain place,
whether that purchase was to be measured by miles or hour^s walk,
that the Proprietaries have contrary to agreement or Bargain taken
* in more Lands than they ought to have donC) and Lands that be-
lon^d to others. I therefore now desire that yon will produce the
writings and Deeds by which you hold the Land, and let them be
read in publick and examined, that it may be fully known from what
Indians you have bought the Lands you hold, and how far your pur-
chases extend, that copies of the whole may be laid before King
George, and published to all the Provinces under* his GoTemmeiit.
What is fairly bought and paid for, I make no further demands
about. But if any Lands have been bought of Indians to whom
these Lands did not belong, and who had no right to sell them, I
expect a Satisfaction for these Lands. And u the Proprietaries
have taken in more Lands than they bought of true' Owners, I
expect likewise to be paid for that. But as the Persons to whom
the Proprietaries may have sold these Lands, which of right belong
to me, have made some Settlements, I don't want to disturb them
or to force them to leave them, but I expect a full Satisfaction shall
be made to the true Owners for these Lands, tho' the Proprietaries
as I said before might have bought them from Persons that had no
right to sell them.

With respect to our Settlement We intend to settle at Wyoming,
and we want to have certain boundaries fixed between you and us,
and a certain tract of Lands fixed which it shall not be lawful for
ua or our Children ever to sell, nor for you or anv of our Children
ever to buy. We would have the Boundaries fixed all around agree-
able to ye draught we give you, that we may not be pressed on any
side, but have a certain Country fixed for our use and the use of our
Children for ever.

And as we intend to make a Settlement at Wyoming, & to build
different houses from what we have done heretofore, such as maj
last not only for a little time, but for our Children ^ter us; We

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1751 U9

desife yon will asnirt na in maling our SetdementB; wbi send ntf
persons to instruct os in building faoases & in making snoh neoeasa-
ries as shall be needful ; and that persons be sent to instruct us in
the Christian Beligion whieh may be for our future welfare, and te
jDStraet our Children in reading and writings and that a fair trade
be established, between us. And such persons appointed to conduol
k manage these Affairs as shall be agreeable to us.

I then asked him, as Fort Augusta was within the Lands he de-
nied to be assigned to them, whether he would acknowledge thai
Fortress to belong to the King of Great ^tain foi^ the use of hie
Subjcets in Pennsylyania, & all his other Subjects, & whether he
woidd not be willing it should continue as a trading house, not only
for the eood of us ye English & the Nations he represents, but of
ill the Nations that now are or may be hereafter in alliance with us.
And whether he will not engage in cotjunction with ye English to
defend it against any of his Majesty's Enemies yt may come a^^ it
To which the King in behalf of the Nations he represents, replied^
that he agrees tfilat that Fort shall belong to the English, that it
shall continue as a trading house, and he and his people in conjnno*
tion with their Brethren the English, engage to defend it against
any of his Britannic Majesty's Enemies that shall come to attack it
I am Y' Honour's Most

Humble Servant^

GEO. CROQHAN.

Directed, — ^To Governor Denny.

t)BPOSITTON, B. SnOEMAKBE AND JOHN DkAKB, 1757.*

Northampton County, ss.

Personally came before me, Benjamin Shoemaker ft John Vnkef
Who on their Oaths according to Law Doth declare and say, that on
the Conclusion of the last conference with the Indians att the Booth
on Thursday Evening last, they staid to see the Indians out of the
Booth, that their desire of knowing how things att the Gonference
went they kept near to Tediescunk, the Indian Chief; And the said
John Drake Doth declare, that while he was by the s* Tediescunk,
and immediately after the Treaty was as above finished, that a Gen-
tleman whome he Uikes to be M'. Israel Pemberton, oome up to the
8* Tediescunk ft abraided him with being drunk and unfitt for Busie-
ness, ft told him if he did not behave better I will go home to-Mor-^
row and many more and leave you. On which Tediescunck told him
if Ton can't wait who came so short a distance, I am content ft will
letam too leaving things as they now are, (or Words to that purport)

* See page 254, 268, 264.
II*

JW PENNSYLVANIA ABOmVBS 175T.

Md that another (Gentleman immediately following M'. Pemberton^
(as he takes him the man who preached last on Testerdaj,) nsed
mnoh the same language; and this Deponent further declares, that
att this Oonversasion Tediescunk seemed to be much disatisfjed A
went down to his Lodgings att M'. Vernon's^ that immediately after
he see some person^ to him unknown, come & call Tediescunk away
as on busieness, & that some little time after this Deponant did seo
Tediescunk & a Man, whome he took to be Pemberton, in the path
talking as he believes to him; And the said Benj*. Shoemakw Doth
declare that Jt>hn Drake was near to Tediescunk when M'. Israel
Pemberton Did Gome up^to him, & that seeing him he drew near in
expectation of hearing something relateing to the treaty, that as
he drew near he heard M\ Pemberton, as ap* very warm & say,
you Were drunk k unfitt for busieness, & that unless he beheaved
better he would go home & many more with him, & that he heard
another Gentleman Whome he takes to be the Man that preaefaed
last on Yesterday Morning, (& takes him by name to be John Hunt,)
say to the B^ Tediescuuk, much to the same purport, and that he
made to them much the same Answer as is above declared by John
Drake, and that att the time of Doing itt he seemed much dissatis-
fyed with their Conduct, and came down to M'. Vernon's; that ha
had not been there long before a Messenger came to him & callefi
him away, ft that soon After he see M'. Israel Pemberton & Tedies-
cunk walking in a path together, and going from Vernon's talking
very olosei, or seemed so to be, which this deponant can't say the
Conversation, as he was in another path Bome distance from them ;
And the John Drake & benjamin Shoemaker, Do Both severaly de-
clare they heard M*". Pemberton (meaniug Israel) tell the Interpreter
Pumpcheir to ask Tediescunk to come to his (Pemb^rton's) Lodg-
ings, which as ithey understood he did, but that he chose to so first
to Vernon's were he lodged, & as is before exprest, was called by
some person or persons to them unknown immediataly away; And
these iUeponants further say not.
Witf our hands this Saturd^Ti Jaly 80, 1757.

JOHN DRAKE,
BENJAMIN SHOEMAKER.

Sworn, before me, the Day & Tear above, •

WM. PLUMSTED.*

* See deposition before Gov. Denny, on page 263, 264.

FESINSTLTASIA ABCHIVIS 175T. t&t

Eey'd John Elder to K Peters, 1757.

Paxton, 30th July, 1757.
Sir,

Ab we of thifl Township have Petition'd the Gov', for % removal
of the Garrifloii from Halifax to Hanter'a, I bea the favour of yon
to 086 your interest with hia Hon' on our behaff. The Defenoe of
Halifax is of no advantage, hut a Garrison at Hunter's, under the
Command of an active (%&oer, will be of great Service ; it will ren*
der the carriage of Provisions & Ammunition for the use of Augusta
more easy & less expensive, and by encouraging the Inhabitants tp
eoDtinae in their Places, will prevent the weakening of the frontier
Settlements ; we have only hinted at these things in the Petition,
which you'll please to enlarge on in Conversation with the Gov'., &
Drge in Such a manner as you think proper. It's well known that
Representations from the back Inhabitants have but little^ weight
with the Gentian" in power, they looking on us either as uncapable
of forming just notions of things, or as biass'd by Selfish Views ;
however, Tm Satiafy'd that you, Sir, have more favourable concep*
tioDB of us ; and tha^ from the knowledge you have of the Situation
of the Places mention'd in our Petition, you'll readily agree with usp
& use your best Offices with the Gov', to prevail with him to grani
it; and you'll very much oblige,
Sir,

y most obed*

& hu« Ser*

JOHN ELDER.

Directed,— To Richard Peters, Esq'., in Phikd*.

Dr, JKo. M. Otto* to Gov. Denny, 1757.

Betihiehem, 81st Jul., 1757.
May it please your Honour,

By the Letter I sent last Thursday, the 28th* Jul., I gave your
Honour an Account how it was with W*. Tatamy, & the Circum-
stances of his Wound that Morning. The ssme Evening I found
biffl in great Pains, the Wound did not look so well as l^fore, and
discharg'd very little of its Pus, & thai mixt with Blood, and he
hftd a very bad Night.

Jul. 2&h. In the Morning came nothing from the Wound but
a little Blood, mix'd with Water. In the Evening he felt some
Saae from his great Pains, but was Weaker than ever before, and

* See page 209, 247.

Mi PSSSSYLYAmk AECmVUS 1757;

his Puis WM very low, in which Circamstonces D'. Moore has seea
him, who promisM me to aoquaint your Hon<mr therewith. In tbe
Night thereapon he slept pretty maoh, hat mostly out of Weaknen.
Testerday he coutinued to sleep now & then, & his Puis was some-
thing hetteir; be slept also last Night better than before.

This Morning, it being Sunday, Jul. Slst, I openM his TMgh <m
the lower part, where for several Days I had obserr'd a gathering,
ft the opening discharged half a pint of eztravasated Blood, with
some stinking Matter. As soon as I had made the Incision, th«
Indian said he did feel himself much eased, and I hope it will hafs
a good Effect. His Hand & Feet who have been almost oonthiualy
eold, I have found to-day in a natural Warmth.

I shall further aoquaint your Honour how I find him from Bay
to Day.

I am,

Your Honour's

Most obedient humble Servant^

JOHN MATTHEW OTTO.

P. S. — Aug. 1st. As the Messenger by whom I intended to
send this Letter was stopt yesterday by the Indians who were to go
with him, I can acquaint your Honour that a piece of Tendon, near
2 Inches long, came out of the Incision I have made last Night,
and this Morning the Wound where the Ballet has enter'd, dis-
charged a piece of the Bone, and I suspect some more.

Dirsdedy

To tbe Honourable W". Denny, Esq'., Governor of the Province
of Pensilvania, ftc, at East-Town.

Monthly Journal for July, per Jacob Morgan, 1757.

July the 1'^ Sent a Corporall with II men on a Scout to Glinga-
man Hansabonghs, at Allemingle, who staid all Night, ft sent Seg^
Mathews with severall men to Reading, to be Qualifyed ft be sup-
plied with necessaries.

2*. The^Scout return^ from Allemingle, and reported they had
made no disoorery of the Enemy.

8<^. Sent a party to range to Alletningle, same da.y came a Soont
firom Northkilln Fort, ft retura'd again the same d!sy, bringing no
news.

4^. Our men returned from Allemingle, and reported, that some
of the inhabitants that were afraid, near the mountain, were remov-
ing downwards ; Seij* Matthews retumd with the men from Read*
ing, the rest guarding at tbe Fort.

FSRKSTLTAMA ABOHIVBS 17S7. itt

5^, 6^, 7*^. Was exeeediDg heavy run, k the waton very high.

8*\ Bdng a day of finmiliatioB we app*^* our aelvee thereto.

9<^. Bainy weather, we oould not Seoul

10^. I Bent out a party to range to AUemingle ; this Day Soijf*
Matthews retnm'd from Colonel Weiaers, with orders tot me to ata-
tioD 10 men in Windeor Township, & to keep 10 men in readiness to
go to Easton.

11^. Hie Soont retam'd baek, I prepared the men in readiness
aecordiDg to orders, & sent some men to goard the Farmers in their
Harvsat.

I2f^. -J went with the 10 men to Windsor Township & stationd
them there, where I found the most proper, In the Evening was
very heavy rain & thnoder, oblidged me to stay all night; we sent
some partys from the Fort to goard the fiirmera.

13^. I retornd in the morning to the fort, & reoeived a Letter
from Lien*. Colonel Weiser, to send 10 men to Easton to Guard at
the Treaty ; partys went to Onard the Fartnera, & this Day, in my
fetnm, I met the Scout whidi I had posted in Windsor township,
ranging about the farmers houses.

14^. I sent Seij« Matthews with 9 men to Easton to the Treaty
to Gnatd, ft sent out some partys to range and Guard the Farmers,
who did xetam in the Evening by reason of the heavy rain and
thunder, which fell in tfie Evening.

16<^. Being all Day very heavy rain, b the Creeks so high that
SchuylkiU rose perpendicular fifteen feet in about nine hoars time^
being considerable higher than ever was known in these parts | the
Gaanb eonld not return, and we remained in the Fort ^with only 8
men to Goard.

16^. The rain continued but more moderate, our partvs could
not return, we staid in the Fort and Guarded as usual ; the party
rangiog up Long Run among the vacant houses, they found old
tracts but none new.

17*^. ^Some of our Guards retumd, being relieved by others in
their lieu — the Creeks fell very much this Day.

18^. I sent a party to Guard the farmers at their Harvest, and
left some at the neighbouring houses, the rest on Guard at the
Fort.

19^. I likewise sent a party to guard who returned in the Even-
ing, the residue guarding at the Fort.

20^. I sent out two 'partys to range and Guard the Farmers, who
both returned in the Evening.

21*<. I likewise sent out a party to Guard, we were advertised by
Jacob Shefer that an Indian was seen near his house, we having 2
men guarding there they saw nothing of their tracts, & believe it^
was a mistake.

22*. gent out a party to range to the Fort, at Northkill, with
Ensign Harry for Ammunition, who staid all night, the rest guard-
ing at the Fort and farmers.

9M FEErNSTLYARIA ASCHIYBS 1757.

23'. The party from North Kill retara'd with a Commnid of
GoP Weiaen men, with Lieut Weiser himself, who staid here all
Night; sent out a party to Guard the Farmen, who letum^d in the
Bvening to the Fort.

24^. lien^ Weieer retumM with hie Company, sent a party of
ten men to relieve the party in Windaor townah^ ; the reat on
Guard.

25*''. The party retumM from Windaor townahip to the fort, when
a party of them enlisted for three years.

26*^. Sent Serg< Bobert Smith with a Company of men to Read*
iB|^ to be Qualifjf ed, and being but a few at the f<vt oould not range }
have two Commands at the Farmers.

27^. I went doi^n to Windsor among the men to see whether they
kept good orders ; I found every thing very well, and enlisted naore
men and staid there all Night, the Command remaining at the far-
mers.

28^. I letumd baok to the fort and found every thing vrell ;
Seij* Bobert Smith, with his party, retnmd frgm Reading, the Gmard
remaining still with the farmers.

29*^. Ensign Harry went out with a party to range among the
farmera, and sent out two partys to Guard the Neighbours at their
Harvest; they retum'd without any discovery or sigQs of the
Enemy.

80*^. I went over the Hill to Windaor township, in order to send
some men to Beadiug to be Qualified, I sent a Corporal! with Six*
teen men ; I retum'd in the Eveniog to the fort

31*^ The party retum'd from fading; we had partya at the
neighbouring houses, who remain'd there on Guard.

Pepositiok ot/B. Shoemaker and J. Drake, 175T.

On the second day of August, Anno Domini, One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Fifty Seven, appieared John Drake and Benjamin Shoe-
makety 5o£/i of the County of Northampton, Yeomen, &nd severally
make Oath on the Holy Evangelists, as follows : And first, b<ah the
B* Depon*' say that on Thursday last, the twenty eighth day of July,
in the Afternoon, they attended at the Booth, in Easton, to hear
the Conference then held between tbe Governor, with the King's
Deputy Aeent, M'. Croghan, and Teedyuscung, the Indian Chief,
with several other Indians, and at the Close of the Cooference these
Depon^, intending to stay till all was over,[and being desirous to see
the Indians out of the Booth they kept near Teedyuscung, and, im-
mediately upon his coming out of the Booth they observed two
Persons coming towards him, who these Depon*' then believed, and
are since satisfied were Israel Pemberton, of the City of Philadel-
phia, Merchant, and of Joseph Galloway, of the said City, Esq*-.
And the said John Drake saith that the s* M^ Pemberton, on his

PESINBTLYANIA .&JtOHITEB Ym. 2BS

oomiDg up to the s*- TeedyiuoiiDg, did, Id an hasty and seemingly
angry manner upbraid him with being drunk and unfit for Buai-
neu, and tfareatned him that if he did not behave better, he, the 8*.
M^ Pemberton, would^go Home the next Day, with ('as he believed)
many more Friends, and leave him, or Woids to tnat Effeot : To
wiiich the s* TeedyoBonng, by his Interpreter, Pompshire, answered,
that if you, who come so short a way, cannot wait, I will return
too, leaving Things as they now are, (or Words to that Effeot.) And
Ibrther, that the s* Jos. Galloway, coming up to the s* Teedym-
cnng, directly after the s* M'. Pemberton, did in the like manner,
and almost in the same language, upbraid the s* Teedynscung with
king drunk and unfit for Business, and threatned also, that if he
did not behave better he would go away and leave him ; And the a*
Benjamin Shoemaker saith, that he was not near enough to M'.
Pemberton, to hear distinctly the Beginning of what he said to
Teedynscung, but drawing nearer heard the latter Part thereof, to
wit, that if he, meaning the s"^ Teedynscung, did not behave better,
be and several other Friends would return Home and leave him,
and that he heard the said Teedynscung, by his s* Interpreter, make
bim the same answer as above expressed ; and saith that he, this
Deponent, also distinctly heard the said Jos Galloway upbraid the
8* Teedynscung with being drunk and unfit for Business, and also
say to him that if he did not behave better, he would go away and
leave him ; And both the said Deponents further say, that there*
npon the said Teedynscung appearing to be much displeased with
what the said M'. Pemberton and M'. Galloway had said to him,
went down immediately to his Lodgings, at Vernon's, a Tavern /in
Easton ; And these Deponents further say, that their Curiosity be-
ing raised by the odd & extraordinary Behaviour and Conversation
which they had seen and heard betiieen the said M'. Pemberton and
M'. Galloway, and the s' Teedynscung as aforesaid, they, some
short Time after, followed the said Teedynscung down to his Lodg-
ings, at Vernon's, and in their way thither saw the s^ Mr. Pember-
ton, (as they took the Person to be) and Teedvuscung, with his In-
terpreter, coming up from thence, and seemingly in close and Earn-
est Discourse together, but not being near enough could not hear
what they said, but say, they believe they were goiuff to M'. Pem-
berton's Lodgings, because they heard the said M'. Pemberton, on
his going away from Teedynscung at the Booth as aforesaid, desire

his Interpreter, Pnmpshire, to tell him to come to him, the s* M'.
Pemberton, to his Lodgings.

JOHN DRAKE,
BENJAMIN SH0EMAEJ:B.
Sworn the 2* August, 1757.
Before me,

William Denny.

* See page 249 for depositions before Mr. Plumstead, on the 80tli July,
■ubatantiaily gimilor, and 249, 263, 264.

256 PENNSYLVANIA ARGHIVBB 17BT.

Chablbs Thompson to Gov. Dbnnt, 1757.

May it please jour Honor :

I think it my duty to inform voQ^ that before I knew of any in-
tention of my being nominated by Teedyseungi to take the Min*
ntee of the Treaty with him & the Indians now in this Town, I spent
some time in reading some of the former Indian Treaties & made
Sztraets from sev^ai of them, & observed, that in the Treaty of
1728, there is entered a deed from the Indians, dated in 1718,'*' re-
oiting the several former deeds & bargains of Sale of Lands made
by the Indiaos; that in the said Treaty of 1728, this Deed was
aoknowledged & ratifyed by the Indians, & the Boondariea ascer-
tained more particularly than before^ And on Examining, this
morning, the several deeds delivered by yonr Honour Orders to be
read to the Indians, & entered on the Minutes of the present Treaty,
I find the said Deed of 1718 is not among them, & having a printed
Oopy of the said Deed & Treaty in my Custody, I could not, eon-
sistent with my Duty under my present Oiroumstanees, not the con-
oem I have for the Honour of his Majesty, King George, & the real
interest of tbis Province, omit thus submitting the PremiscB to jour
HonoUr^s Consideration.
I am,

May it please your Honour, '

Tour most oV Servant,

CHAS. THOiMPSON.

Easton, 4 August, 1757.

Directed. v

To the Hon" W-. Denny, Es^*., at Easton.

Dbposition of C. Weisbr and T. McKbe respectinq Cok-
fbbbncb at Easton, 1757«

On the Sixth Day of August, in the year of our Lord One Thoa-
sand seven Hundred and Fifty-Seven, appeal'ed before me William
Denny, Esquiro, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Penasjl-
vauia, &o., Conrad Weiser, Esq** and Thomas McKee, Merchant,
and respectively made Oath on the holy Evangelists, that being
employed as Indian Interpreters in the present Treaty ; they attended
as such at the Publick Conference held at Easton- o^ the Governor
of Pennsylvania with Teedyuscung the Delaware Chief, and the In-
dians, in the Morning of the third Day of this Instant, August; that

* See page 262 for a memoraadam by B. Peters, res^oeting tiiis deed.
Also, Col. Eec., Vol. VII., p. 702-3, 724.

FBNNSniVANU ASCHIVSS lUl. 257

tbe Oorernor made a Speech to the Indians in Answer to one
delivered by them on tbe first Day of this Instant; that as soon as
the Governor had done speaking, Teedjusoang, by hb Interpreter!
Joiin Pampshire, acquainted the Governor that he did not understand
hb Speech, and then sat down again ; That Teedjnsonng appeared
to be much dissatisfied, and whilst the Governor and Mr. Croghan,
Sir William Johnston's Deputy Agent, were endeavouring to find
oat whence the DissatisfacUon arose, there was some Discourse and
Marmar among the Chiefs of the Delawares ; This Deponent, Conrad
Weiaer, says, that observing this Uneasiness among the Delaware
Chiefs, he not understanding their Language, asked one of the Sis
Nations who sat near him & understood Delaware, to tell him what
was said by the Indians, who, he observed, were in Council together :
And tbe Six Nation Indian in Answer said, they were angry with
Teedyoacung for dwelling so long upon the Land Affair ; That the
Dekware Indian, Lapachpeton, whom this Deponent knows to be of
great Reputation among the Indians, interrupted Tcedyusoung whilst
he was speaking to the Governor, and in an angry Way asked him,
Why did you bring us down ? We thought we came down to make
Peace with our Brethren the English, but you continue to quarrel
about the Land affair, which is Dirt, a Dispute we did not hear of
till DOW. I desire you to enter upon the Business we came down for,
which is for Peace. And further said, that thereupon all or most of
the Indians, gave Sounds of Approbation. This Deponent, Conrad
Weiser, further says, that he instantly wrote down these Words as
they were spoke to him by the said Six Nation Indian, and gave
the Writing to the Governor, just as TeedyuscuDg took the two
Belts and was beginninff to speak to the Governor. This Deponent,
Thomas McKee, says, that he heard and well understood what waa
said by Lappacbpeton and the other Delaware Indians^; and that* it
was the same in substance as is above set forth to be related to Con-
rad Weiser by the Six Nation Indian, and that as soon as the Sounds
of Approbation, in which almost all the Indians joined, were uttered,
Teedyuscung called for the Peace Belts, and holding them in his
Hands, made such a Speech as is entered in Mr. Croghan's Minntea
of the third of August This Deponent, Thomas McKee, further
says, that he repeated to Mr. Jacob Duch^ Assistant Clerk to Mr.
Trent, tbe same Words in Substance as are above set down as spoke
by lAppaehpeton, the Instant he was done speaking, and that they
are strictly true to the best of his Knowledge and Belief.

. CONRAD WEISER.

Sworn before me this 6th Day of
August, 1757.

William Denny.

THOMS. MoKEE.*

* Sm Col. Bee., Vol. Til. p. <98, te.

26« PBNNSYLVANIA ABCHIVBS 1757.

The Commissioners to Gov. Denny, 1767.

EafitoD, Augpai 7th, 1757.
Sir,

We are sensible there was a Proclamation formerly issued by this
Goyemment, promising a Reward for Prisoners and Scalps taken
within the Limits of this Province, but this was done by your
predecessor, and the then Provincial Commissioners who were
appointed to dispose of a snm of, ihoney granted to the King^s
Use, not Appropriated to any Particular Purpose, which sum is
long since expended, and the Power of those Commissioners be^
come void. We are since constituted by the Law to dispose of a
sum of money to pertain uses and Purposes therein particularly
specified. And therefore we are in great doubt, whether that Pro-
clamation can be deemed in Force, or whether we can, from any
Authority derived from the Law, consent to Tediuscung's Proposal,
was it prudent and necessary, without an Act of Assembly to em-
power us. But we think the mischief you mention in Your Letter,
with many others, that may attend your Compliance with this re-
quest, shou'd make the Government very cautions how they consent
to such a measure.

We therefore recommend it to your Honour, in answer to the
King's Proposal, to inform him, That you cannot, without Consulting
the Assembly, and their Consent, enter into the measure proposed ;
That the Indians who have been in Alliance with us, and have done
the Province any service in Protecting its Inhabitants or Distressing
our Enemies, have ever been generously rewarded, and that the
King and his Warriors, or any other Indians whatever in Alliance
with us, may depend on Justice and full satis&ction for the like
Services whenever they shall be done.

As to taking a number of the Indians into pay in any other man-
ner, we apprehend it will be neither agreeable to them, nor Serviceable
to the Province.*

We are Sir,

Tour most humble Servt%

Wm. Masters,

Directedf

To the Hnble. William Denny, EBq^

Jos. Ffox,

Jos. GALTiOWAY,

JoN. Hughes.

* See another Letter from tbem, August 1, Colon. Reo. Vol. YII. p. 694,
and various proceedings respeoting the landa.

PBinrSTLVANIA ABOHIVSS 1757. aW

Deposition of Capt. Christian Bussb and Jacob O&nbt,

1757.

Captain Christian Basse being Sworn on the holj Evangelist of
Almighty God, Deposeth, that on the Night of the Twenty-Second
Day of July last past, when he was in Company with Captain Jacob
Oradt, King Teeoyascung, John Pnmpshire and Moses Tatamy, and
other Indians, at the House of Adam Yoe, in EastoQ, a Messsenger
was twice sent np Stairs to John Pumpshire, desiring him to^come
down, there being a Gentleman below who wanted to see him.
Pampshire did not go dowD, and then a Gentleman, whose name
Cap* Basse does not know, came np Stairs just into the Door. What
he said to the Indians is unknown to Cap* Basse, but the Indians
followed the Gentleman. And in about half an Hour the Indians
returned to the same place. And in the mean Time Colonel Weiser
came into the Room. And after some Time Teedyusoung spoke to
him, by Pampshire, and made a pretty long Speech. The Substance
of which was. That he would haye his own Clerk, and would by no
means be led by the Nose, Pnmpshire af the same time laying his
Eiad to his Nose and shaking it, and said that it was his Right to
have a Clerk^ as he was a King. And further this Deponent saith
not.

CHRISTIAN BUSSB.

Sworn at Easion, in the County of Northampton, "^
the Eighth Day of August, 1757, Before me, V

Jab. Martin. }

Captain Jacob Orndt, above-Qamed, being likewise duly sworn on
the holy Evangelist of Almighty God, Deposeth and deelareth the
same as above said, with this Addition, That the above-mentioned
Gentleman who came up Stairs to Pnmpshire, was Israel Pemberton.
Bat be does not remember of Pumpshire's taking hold of and shaking
his Nose.

JACOB ORNDT.

Sworn at Easton above-s' the Eighth Day
of August, 1757; Before me,

Jas. Martin

)ay|
• i

PENHSTLVAOTA ARCHIVES 1767.

A List or the Names of the Officers, Seamen and Lakds-

MEN, 1757,

Belonging to the Province Ship Ptn^/loaniay Frigate, mounted tnd
Two Carriage GunSy Twelve pounders, Six ditto Nine pounden,
Twelve ditto Six pounderty Six ditto Four pounders. Two Swivek
and Four Cohoms.

Officers.

John Sibbald, Captaioi
Hens' Allen MoDoagall, 1'* Lieut*,
ThomaB Leech^ Jun' 2' do.
Peter Hunter, Master,
Greorge Abivon, Surgeon,
John Chftbaud, Gunner,
Robert Power, Boatswain,
Henry Bragg, Carpenter, *
Jobn Bulklej, Master's-Mate,
Jobn Freeston, Mate,
Robert Henry, Mate,
ThoP Bead, Midshipman,
James Jamely, Midshipman,
Thomas Green, Midshipman,
Nathan Foot, Master's-Man,
Henry Miller, Cobper,
Tho^ Groves, Mast^ of Arms,
Charles Chisholm, Quarter Mast**,
John Goggin, Gunner^s Mate,
JohnTodman, Gunner's Teoman^
Isaac Pike, Boatswain's Mate,
John Parker, Quarter Master,
Geo. Atkinson, Quarter Master,
Henry Carty, Quarter Master,
Tho* Cunningham, Qurf Mast',
John Clare, Mathematician,
John Camock, Carpenf* Mate,
John Hitchcock, Carp" Yeoman,
Joseph Mitchell, Linguister,
Will" Boon Midshipmaui
John Campbell, Armourer,
John Beales, Musician,
Thomas Robinson, Steward,
Joseph Andover, Quarter Mas'.

Seamen.

Thomas Mackarall,
James Dugan,
Thomas Morel 1,
Daniel Madin,
Jo» Walton,
William Mackay,
John Jones,
Sampson Drummer,
Josiah Shepherd,
Robert Crawford,
Henry Patterson,
Edward Phillips,
John Gilles,
Thomas Boyer,
John Studham,
John Poor,
Dan> McDugald,
Patrick Lanagan,
John O'Hara,
Robert Phillips,
Robert Frazier,
Robert Smith,
John Reed,
Bartho"" Sutton,
James Kelley,
Lorenzo Dalmaster,
Joan Clos,
William Miller,
William Lowrie,
Nicholas Gale,
Cuff, a Negro,
Innocent Babe,
John Cooper,
Adam Stoler,

fmmgtvYAmA abcditsb iw.

Landimem.

6«orge.Biowiiy
Cheney Clow,
TbomasHoodi
John BwuM,
Andrew Dawcn,
£lias fiUwell,
Patrick McCowen^
Leontrd Laciter,
Edward Bealj,
WiUkuD RobioBODi
John LcHig,
Hugh AikeO| <
Edward Cook^
Isaac Smithji
Anthony Boon,
William Hynea^
George Morton,
Art Mclntee,
John Rabor^
Nicholas FiiQill,
John Mclntire,
Nicho» Welsh,
Tho> WilliamsoD,
John Smitt,
John Danlap,
Mathcw PeterSi
William Mahany,
John McDael,
Andrew Wickley,
Joseph Oray,
John Yeatesy
John Innisy
Neal Dougharty,
WiUiam Miller,
Andrew McNoarthj
Thomas^ Phillips,
John Scott,
Thomas Kennedy,
Henry Nutter,
John Kelley,
Alex' Butherfaidi
John Dixon,
James Oamell,
James Ryan,

Ind<fned.—26 Ang^
CQ bwd the Proyincial

Thomas Lorigley,

William Drysdale,

John Donghertyi

Joseph Best,

William Halms,

Michael Tharp,

James Thompson,

William Marshall,

Thomas DuffksSi

Oharles Kichelary

Patrick Holton,

Isaac Towers,

Samuel Sprogell|

John Greer,

Thomas Daly,

Joshua Ardis,

Samuel Powell,

Benj* January,

Thomas Downs,

Nicholas Wayor,

William Bams,

Yangal Becker,

Thomas Miller,

James Black,

James Hunter,

Adam Falsted/

Jeremiah Ingelman,

Daniel Flackhardie,

John Raddly,

James Mortin,

Thomas Sergon,

Barnabas Bams,

Alex' Frait,

Thomas McClakran,

John Clegg,

Jacob Waltar, .

William Kimbol,

James Garter,

John Brown,

James MoClowley,

Charles Avery,

Edward Roarty,

John Roarty,

Thomas Morgan,

Hunt,

Joshua David. 90

1757. List of Officers, Seamen, & hands then
Ship*

* See page 190.

FBNinSTiyANIA AfiCHI7S!B 1787.

QUESTIQKS TO BB PUT TO Mr. BbOCEDEN^ 175T.

1st. Setroh for all deeds or mstrnm^ relateing to-. Indian Affiiin
yt are on record^ & whether any Orig'* or Copys of j"* are lefi in his
Office.

2d. Whether he knows ye Handwriting of ye Copy of ye Deed
in 1686, or ye Endorsem^

3d. Whether he thinks ye Body of ye Copy is in ye Handwriting
of Philip Th. Lehmnan, & ye Endorsem** of Thos. Holmes.

4th. Whether he knows when Th. Lehmnan oame into ye Gonntiy,
w* offices he held; & when he dy'd^ & ye like favour as to ThoB.
Holmes.

5th. Whether he can direct R. P. how to" prove ye HandwritiDg
of Laase Cook or any other of ye Witn* to ye sev* Deeds.

Meantime to make out Com" to C. Brockden to be Mr. of BoDs
before his giving ye exemplifyd Copys of ye Ind" Deeds.

80th Aug. 175T, Deliverd ye Indian Deed of 7 7ber, 1718, to
Mr. Brockdon. B. Peters."*"

A List of Quakers at Easton Treaty, August, 1757.

Issreal Pemberton, Able James,

John Pemberton, Jacob Shoemaker,

Jas. Pemberton, Biohard Wister,

William Brown, Francis Richardson,

John Hunt, Samuel Harford,

William Fisher, Francis Bawle,

John Joans, Benjeman Lightfoot,

John Morris, Eron Asbridge,

J. Morris, Jas. Eady,

Thomas Wharton, Joseph Stretch,

J. Zeens, . Capt. Lowance,

Jeremiah Warder, Samuel Morris of White Manh.

Jndorted.

" W. Fs. list of Quakers at Easton, July, 1757.''

* The last paragraph is in tbe handwriting of R. Peters, and signed by
him, it refers to the deed of 1718^ whioh C. Thompson says on page 266 was
not found with the pther deeds.

PESNNSTLYANIA. ARCHIVES 1767. 268

Deposition of Jambs Hyndshaw, 1757.

On the Thirty First Day of Angnst in the Year of onr Lord One
ThooBand Seven Hundred and Fifty Seven, before me, William
AIleD, Esquire, Chief Jnstice of the Provinoe of Pennsylrania, Per-
sooaUy appeared James Hyndshaw, of the County of Northampton,
and a Lieutenant in the First Battallion of the Pennsylvania Kegi-
ment, and made Oath on the Holy Evangelists, that he being One
of the Officers in the Company or Detachment which was draughted
out of the said Battallion to attend his Honour the Governor of the
said Province, at the Treaty held with the Indians at Easton, in the
Months of July last and August Instant, he this Deponent did
accordingly attend and continue at Easton during all the said Treaty,
and saw thexfi a great Number of the People, called Quakers, of the
said Province, but chiefly from Philadelphia, amongst whom were
several of their publick Preachers and others of the most consider-
able Persons of that Society; and this Deponent saith, that during;
the said Treaty, he very often saw Teedyuscung the Indian Cbiei^
and Pampshire his Interpreter in Company and close Conference,
(as they appeared to this Deponent to be,) with Israel Pemberton of
the City of Philadelphia, Merchant, a noted Person amongst the
Quakers, who lodged during the said Treaty in a Back Room or
Boiiding behind the House of Paul Miller, the next House to Adam
Toe's a l^vem where this Deponent chiefly resided during the said
Treaty; And this Deponent saith, that he observed that sometimes
the said Teedyuscung in his said Conferences with tbe said Israel
Pemberton at the said Treaty, had his said Interpreter with him,
and sometimes not, as he, the said Teedyuscung, speaks the English
Tongue pretty well ; and that Mr. Richard Wistar, a Merchant, and
Mr. Joseph Galloway, a Lawyer, two other noted Quakers who came
from Philadelphia to the said Treaty were also (sometimes together
and often separately) along with and in close and earnest Conference
and Conversation with the said Mr. Pemberton and Teedyuscung,
sometimes at his Lodgings at Vernon's and sometimes in other
Places; And that he this Deponent also saw the said Teedyuscung,
Bometimes with and sometimes without his Interpreter, very often
daring the said Treaty, in Company and close Conversation with
divers other Persons who appeared to this Deponent to be Quakers,
but whose Names he did not know or does not qow remember, but
many of them were very active and busy amongst the Indians at the
said Treaty ; And that he also saw the said Teedyuscung during the
said Treaty go, sometimes with and sometimes without his Inter-
preter, to the House of Mr. Rinker in Easton^ where Isaac Norris,
Esquire, the Speaker and some other Members of the House of As-
sembly, and several of the Commissioners lodged; and this Deponent
farther saith, that towards the close of the said Treaty, and on the
I^y before the Quakers distributed their Present amongst the In-

dians at Easton aforesud, he heiird the said Israel PemBertOD aoqaainft
the said Teedyascung and his Interpieter, that they (meaning the
Society of Qaakers as this Deponent understood it and Delieyes; hid
« very rich Present to ^ve tfaemi the Indiaqsj the next morning ;
and that accordingly the next morning this Deponent saw the M
Mr. Pembertoni with several others of the People called Qoaken,
dividing and giving a considerable Quantity of Goods to the said
Teedyuscang and othw Indians.

JAMBS HTNDSHAW.

Sworn before me this Slst Day of Angnst, 1767,

Will. Allen, Gheif Jostice.

Deposition ov Benjamin Shobmakbr, 1757.*

On the Thirty First Day of Angnst in the Tear of onr Lord One
Thousand, Seven Hundred and, Fifty-Seven, before me, William
Allen, Esquire, Chief Justice of the Province of Pennsylvania, ap-
peared Benjamin Shoemaker of the County of Northampton, Yeo-
man, and made Oath on the Holy Evangelists, that he, the said De-
ponent) in the latter End of the Month of July last went to Easton,
m the said County, to see and hear the Treaty then held there be-
tween Governor Denny with His Majesty's Deputy ^gent, Mr.
Croghan, and Teedyuftcung, the Indian Chief, with several other
Indians ; and this Deponent also seen a great Number of the People
called Quakers attending at t^e said Treaty, particularly several
whom this Deponent was told were Preachers, and others of Note,
from Philadelphia, and many of whom this Deponent observed to
be very active and busy amongst the Indians at the said Treaty;
That on the Twenty-Eighth Day of July aforesaid, in the afternoon,
this Deponent was present at the publick Conference then held with
the said Indians at the Booth in Easton, and towards the close there-
of, this Deponent intending to stay till all was over, and to see the
Indians go out of the Booth, he kept near to the Indian King, and
immediately on Teedyuscung's coming out of the Booth, this Depo-
nent observed Two Persons advancing hastily towards Teedyuscnng,
which Two Persons this Deponent then apprehended and is since
well satisfied on seeing them again, were Israel Pemberton, a Mer-
chant at Philadelphia, and Joseph Oalloway, a Lawyer there, & bodi
Quakers, as this Deponent has been informed and believes ; That on
the said Mr. Pemberton and Mr. Galloway's coming up to Teedy-
nscang, the said Mr. Pemberton, in an apgry manner, began to up-
braid the said Teedyascung with his behaving ill at the said Confer-
ence that Afternoon, but this Deponent saith, he not beiufl; near
enough, did not hear fully the Beginning of what Mr. Pemberton
* See page 249, 264.

PENNSYLVANIA AW3HIVBS 1757. 265

mid to TeedyiiQCOogy but, drawing nearer, disiinoily heard the latter
Part thereof, io wit, that if he (meaniDg the said Teedyasoung) did
not behave better, he Tthe eaia Mr. Pemberton) and many other
Friends would return nome and Jeave him ; To which the said
Teedynscnng made an answer, which, as his Interpreter Pompshire
explained it, was that '^ if you who came so short a way cannot
<' wait, I will retnm too, leayiD^ Things as they now are ;" or Words
to that Effect; and then the said Mr. Galloway, in this Deponent's
Hearing, in an angry manner, also spoke to and upbraided the said
Teedynscung with being drunk and unfit for Business, and threatened
him, that if he did not behave better he would also go away and
leave him ; whereupon the said Teedynscung appearing to be much
displeased with what the said Mr. Pemberton and Mr. Galloway had
eaid to him, went away from them towards his Lodgings at Vernon's,
a Tavern in Easton ; And this Deponent further saith, that his Curi-
osity being raised by the odd and extraordinary Behaviour and Con-
versation which he had seen and heard between the said Mr. Pem-
berton and M'. Galloway and the said Teedynscung as aforesaid, he in
a short Time after determined to follow the said Teedynscung to
Ycmon's ; but in his way thither this Deponent saw the said Mr.
Pemberton and Teedynscung with his Interpreter coming up from
thence, seemingly in close and earnest Discourse together ; and this
Deponent saith, that as he apprehended and believes they were all
then going to Mr. Pemberton's Lodgiogs at Paul Miller's, because
the said Mr.. Pemberton, on Teedyuscung's parting from him at tho
Booth as aforesaid, did, in thb Deponent's Hearing, desire the Inter-
preter, Pnmpshire, to tell Teedyuscung to come to him, the said Mr.
Pemberton^ at his Lodgings.

BENJAMIN SHOEMAKEK.

Sworn before me thi3 81** Day of August, 1757.

Will. Ali«en, Chief Justice.

Col. Hjenry Bouquet to Gov. Djenny, 1757.

Sir:

In case an Express sent on Ace* of Mr. McLean, Sureeon to the
Division under my Command here, should not arrive at Philadelphia
before the day limited for his Appearance there, I shall take it as a
particular favour if you will stop any proceedings against his Bail
in order to levy the Forfeiture of his Recognizance (which I under-
stand you have a power to do) as Mr. McLean has been detained by
me, the Servi^ of His Majesty absolutely requiring his attendance

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266 PENNSYLVAIICIiL ABCHIYBS 1757.

hgate at ifais Bemm, wbick is beoome yerj nnhealthj ; aad he ahill
haye leave to attend at the next Supreme Court.
I aiD^

Sir; with the utmost Consideration^

Your most obedient

humble Seryanti

^ HENRY BOUQUET.

South Carolina,

Oharlestown; 8^ Sept% 1767.
(Duplicate.)

• Sir John St. Clair to Gov. Denny, 1757,

New York, Septem' 4«»', 1757.
Sir: ^

I am directed bj the Earl of Loudoun to acquaint your Honour
that in a few days his Lo'p will write to you relating to Pablick
Affairs, in the mean time His Lo'p sends to-morrow morning the 2*
Battalion of the Royal American Reg^ to reinforce Colonel Stanwix
at Carlisle. Since I left Philadelphia I have been ignorant of what
has been doing in your Province, which makes me not know whether
it will be necessary to detach a couple of hundred men to Reading
when the Battallion arrives at Lancaster, therefore I have made no
such application to His Lo'p, but as that Battalion will be under
Colo. Stanwix the moment they enter the Province of Pennsylvania
lie will have time enough to send them Orders before they can reach
Lancaster.

I herewith send you on the other side their Route in your Prov-
ince. His Lo'p desires that the^ may be provided with Straw and
Wood,, and Sixteen Waggons with four horses each, the ktter of
which they are to pay for as the Law directs. Be so good as to for-
ward the Inclosed to Colonel Stanwix.
I am, with the greatest Regard,

^Your BoBoni'a

Most Obedf and

Most hum. Servant,

JOHN ST. CLAIB.

JENNBTLYASIA. ASOBIVSS 1767. 987

Koate of March for the Bojal American Begiment in th«
PiOTmce of Pennsylvania.

Septem. 10<*.
11.
12.
13.
14.
16.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.

Trenton, Ferrj, ....

12 Miles.

Nesaminy, Ferry, ^

Frankford,

Over Soholl ferry, .

Reet.

At Mr. Asbton's the sign of Adm* Warren, 19

At the sign of the Waggon, .

At the sign of the Hat, . , .

At LancBBter, ....

12J

Rest.

Harris's Ferry, two Marches,
About, ...

Carlile,

148i MUes.

Lord Loudoun to Gov. Dbnny, 1767.

New York, 7th September, 1757.
Sir,

I have been so harried sroce my return here, that I hare not had
it in my power to write to Yon ; but that has not prevented roe
from having the necessary Attention to Yonr Province, for which
purpose I have Order'd Colonel Bnsseanz, with the Second Battalion
of the Royal Americans, to March directly to Carlisle, to Join Colonel
Stanwix, in order to cover yonr back Settlements.

And as it was not conrcnicnt for me, at present, to send any of
ibe Field Train along with them, I must beff Yon will lend them
two of Your light brass Cannon; the necessity of which Yon are
too good a Judge of for me to enter into any Argument upon.

& I have had no Account of what Your Province have done ill
ndsrog of Men, in. consequence of the Agreement I made with You
at Philadelphia m March last, or how those raised have been dis-
posed of; I must beg Yon will inform me of both those things, and
likewise what number it may be expected they will keep up during
this Winter for their own Protection and Security.

I am at present moving all the other Troops un the Hudson's
Biver, the greatest part of which are already Sailed; and as sooa
as I have fixed where the Troops are to Quarter in the Winter, I

SS8 PENNSYLVANIA AEOHIVBS 1767. ^

shall Acquaint Ton wiUi ibe number of BegimentB that shall be in
Peosilyania.

I am with great regard, Sir,

Your Most Obedient^

Humble Serranti

L0UDOUN.
The Hon**" W-. Denny, Esq'., Governor of Pensilvania.

Edmttnd Atkins to Gov. Denny, 1757.

Greenwaj Court, 15th September, 1757.
Sir,

In May last, Gap^ Rich'. Pearis (whom Got'. Dinwiddie purposed
to discharge on Account of the many Complaints against him,) did,
in order as I imagine to make himself some Merit elsewhere, in
Breach of his Orders, lead a Party of 60 Cberokees under Wauhat-
chee, that were employed in the particular Service, and at the Ex-
pense^f this Colouy according to Treaty, over Potowmack River, to
scout aftec the Euemy Indians through Maryland & Pensylv*. By
doing which, having met with the Success of killing four and taking
two prisoners, he obtained a Captain's Commission in Maryland, and
your Acknowledgments and Offers of Service, And those Indians
received from Maryland a Present of £200 Value, and the promise
of another from vou, and of all the Encouragement in your Power.
Two days after I arrived in Winchester, the beginning of June, he
received a String of Wampum from Sir W". Johnson's Deputy, M^
Croghan, to invite them over again into Pensylv*. to receive that
Present at Fort Loudoun. This put an entire Stop to my Negotia-
tions that were of great Importance, & at a very critical Juncture, ^
being then in the most favourable Way, and besides ocoasioniog an
Augmentation of the Present intended for tbem, carried away that
Party of Indians to Pensylv*. to ^et your Present, just after I had
told them the Nature of my Commission from bis Majesty; that the
Indians in my District were for the future to talk about Business
only with me, and could- receive no Presents but from my hands.
Thereupon, I sent immediately to M^ Croghan a proper Caution by
Letter,* wherein I gave him a full and particular Account of the
ticklish State of the Indian Affitirs here, together with my Tranaao-
tions, and pointed out the pernicious Consequences of that way of
proceeding to the King's Measures^ and the particular Intereata of
the different Colonies, (a Copy whereof is here inclosed). He tamed
those Indians back to me and came himself, having made his Excuse
for the Part he acted therein, by pleading the Desire of the Pensylv*.
♦ See pnge 176.

FEtrNBTLYANIA ABCDITEB ITSf. Se»

Oorermiient that he would deliver the PreseDt, an Order of Col*.

StaDwix to do it, his Reluctance to cbmply therewith for the Bev
0OD8 he gave, and his Ignoiance of where I might be. And he pro*
posed to send the Present over to me by horse, it being his own
Opinion that jonr Acknowledgment should be sent to me, k de-
livered by me. This put it in my Power again to bring Matters to a
happy Conclnsion with those Indians, seeing themselves really de«
peodoDt on me. But it was with an additional Ezpence to Virginia,
ioasiBQch as I found it still necessary to give an Extra Present to
that Party then going home, being a considerable Part of the Yalne
of your said Present. Enclosed is a Copy of a Letter I wrote on
the 12th & 30th June"*" to Gov'. Sharpe of Maryland, who sent me a
Copy of the Transactions there between him & those Indians. As
it contains my Sentiments fully on this Subject with Regard to his
Majesty's Measures & the general Service of our Colonies, equally
applicable to you, with the subsequent Transactions here; I beg
leave, both for Brevity and yonr further Information, to refer you
thereto; and desire yon will consider it so far, as if addressed to
yourself.

While M'. Croghan was at Winchester, there was an Alarm of a
Body of French and Indians marching from Fort Du Quesne towards
one or other of our Settlements. I was willing to let yonr Present,
wherein there were some things that I had not, rest where it was;
that it might incline another Party of Cherokeei> under the Mankiller
of Estatoe, then with me, to go Uie more readily over to Col"". Stan*
wiz in Pensylv*., whom I resolved to assist in his intended March
with, the King's Troops, with all the Indians in my Power. And
M^ Croghan engaged to deliver the same to them in my Name &
Behalf, according to the List he gave me, (a Copy whereof is
enclosed,) being he said in Value about £2jt0, your Currency.
This, together with what they had already received from me, or in
this Cofny, he was of Opinion with myself and M'. Richard Smith
also, who brought them first from their Nation, would be sufficient
foil all their past Service. I sent 47 Men, (3 Women accompanied
them,) bebg all that I had in the Colony, except such as were sick
or unable to go, & 6 Outscouts ; the Gooutry, then in Arms under
the Alarm, & some Persons parried off the same Morning by the
£nemy's Indians within 12 Miles of Winchester. M'. Croghan
returned in Company with them. But I committed the Conduct of
them to M'. Smith, whom I had appointed a Cherokee Interpreter
& Conductor on Behalf of his Majesty, and to whom I gave Orders
« to assist Col*. Stanwiz, & take his Directions, in case of his march'
'' ing with wny Troops; and if the said. Party should stay any time
'' to auiu those Troops, and do any further real Service, to apply for
" a proper Reward for them. But if Col". Stanwiz should not march
" with the King's Troops, or should give over his March, then to
'^ proceed with the said Party to scout near Ray's Town, up & down
'< between that. Fort CumbeHand, & the South Branch of Potow-
..♦ See pp. 183, 197.

S7a VEtlSSILVAmiL ABOQIYEB 1757.

{* mack;" wfaieh eoald be in iVuA of bo more Benefit afe tlwt Juno-
tare to Virgmia, in whose Paj_& Service those Indians were engaged,
than to Maryland and Pensyiv*. aleo. Before their Arrival at Fort
Loudonn in Pensjlvania, Co^. Sttnwiz had given over hia Dengn
of marching; And M**. Oroghan the day before wrote back to me
fcr Leave to confer with and direct them on any Service in the
Absence of Ool". Stanwiz, which wag so contrary to what he knew
to be my sole Design in Sending tliem into Pen8ylv\y that I eoold
not jnstify the sending them at that Juncture out of this Colonj on
any other Pretence than that of assisting the Sling's Troops in thdr
March. The second Day after theip Arrival at Fort Loudoun, your
Present was delivered to them, (according to the List inclosed, taken
from H'. Smith's Journal) ; and at the same time M'. Crogfaan,
without Regard to any Answer that he might have" from me, pro-
posied to them to stay k scour the Woods in Pensylv*., for which he
assured them he would recommend their being satisfied. Where*
upon it was formally agreed that they should stay 20 Days ; and
upon Col"*. Stanwiz's Recommendation, (which was founded on the
Representation of M'. Croghan, touching their Displeasure and Com-
plaints against the Government of Virginia, and on the Application
also of M'. Smith for Goods to send them away well pleased, who
was rendered nnable to pursue my Instructions,) the Pensylv*.
€k>vemment gave them another Present afterwards, of no less than
as M'. Croghan wrote, about £400 value, your Money. (The List
is inclosed of what they received, as taken from M'. Smith's Journal,
in it are 80 Bridles with which they caught Horses on their Retam
through Maiyland and Virginia.) I am not ignorant how mnch
M'. Croghan had it really at heart to set those Indians to himself
in Pensylvani, (tho' he told me he oomd have 100 or 150 Sasqfne-
hanna Indians at any time for sending for,) nor of the Arts em-
ployed to accomplish it, or the Use made of it. It is not my
Intention to enter at all into those things with you. They are such
nn&ir ones as I think fit to make his Principal, Sir W"*. Johnson,
acquainted with. If those Indians were really in bad Temper when
in Pensylvania, M'. Croghan knows how it came to pass. It is
most certain that they went from Winchester most chearfnlly, with
the Ezpectation of receiving only the Present that was then lying
for them at Fort Loudoun. And their Chief did also in Form
declare himself to me to be content & satisfied with that, together
with what I had before given. Therefore, there was not the least
ill Consequence to be apprehended to the Colonies from the Temper
they were then in, as he represented afterwards to Col«. Stanviz,
but the contrary. There needed nothing to be done to keep them
in the same Temper, but to ezchange as I recommended some of the
Articles in his List of your Present, whereof they had enough here
for others, in particular more Strowds ; whereof if they had received
more on their Arrival at Fort Loudoun, Mr. Smith still affirms
Uiere ^rould not have been the least Occasion for any thing further

PHOrfflTLYUnA ABOHIVEB 1767. 271

(anles for fiirther Ber?ioB,) and if there hftd beeo^ H did not lie
npon the Deputy (^ Sir Wm. JohnsoD, or upon FeniuylT^y to Mod
tbem home veil satiafted. Bat if at their Retom from thence I had
pereeiyed any Duwatisfietion, it was my proper Boainess to do that.
And I would haye done it, as I oould ; for Mr. Orogban was not
iflmnrnt thai an offer had heen mi^e mo of atippljiog me from
Maryland with aome pieoea of Strowd Cloth, the Want whereof at
the first oomlng of the Gherokeea into thia Colony, waa the ehief
Oaoae of their Diaaatia&ction, whioh be waa acquainted with. If
the iadiana were diaaadafied before with Yiiginia, what Reaaon is
there now to expect, that fcnr the future they will be aatiafied with
the pay of that or any other Colony 7 For the Expenee of £400
Yalne in Gooda to pay 47 Indiana, for aconting only 20 Baya, by '
expreaa Stipulation, ia an Expenee which neither PenaylT* itaelf, nor
any other person, I will add, nor the R5yal Purse itaelf ia able to
support in the Course of thia War. And therefore the ahewing
that Example* waa aurely wrong; and with Regard to ita Effecta
among the Indiana, will I fear prove of infinite BiaaerTiee. Aa that
party left Pennaylv* precisely at the End of the 20 Baya bargained
for, it 13 worth while to consider what waa the real Service done by
them. It appeara from Mr. Smith's Journal, that 28 of thoae In-
diana went out from Fort Loudoun the 2d July with Gapt. Potter^
in order to acour the Wooda near Ray'a Town ; b^t returned the
very next Bay to that Fort^ from whence they never atirred after*
waida until they came away. For it aeema they were diaappointed
of catching 80 horaea that Mr. Croghan promised them, Cap* Rich*
Pearia whom he aent for to go with them, k ahew the aame to them,
fiuling to meet them the first Evening at the place appointed called
the Oove. On the 0th, 12 othera went from Carliate with Mr.
Smith, to scout in Sheerman's Yalley, in Company with a party of
Men under Lieutenant Armstrong; 9 of whom returned to that
pkee the 10th, & the other 8 the 18th, without having done more
than following aome Tracka of Indiana; the whole being impatient
to return homeward, and no other of them were employed in aconting
partiea, while they atayed in PensylvS Thia waa all the Benefit
that accrued to that Colony at the Price of about j£400 in Oooda
only (heeidea the first present) for 20 Baya Betention of them from
the Service of thia Colony ; which waa left open & exposed to the
iDcuraiona of the Enem/a Indians, and many persona carried off by
them in the mean while. So that the real Service of those Chero-
keea which I intended, was lost to both ; and an Injary done to
Virginia, while no Good accrued to Pennsylvania. Can it be thought
to consist with his Majoaty'a Service, or with the Intereata of parti-
onlar Coloniea, that hia Indian Allies should be drawn from one
Colony to another, by outbidding for their Aaaiatanoe ? Or ia it
possible for me to carry on the King^s general Service in my Bia-
triet, while auch Obstruction ia thrown in my Way ?
As one hundred Catawba Indiana are daily expected on the Fron-

272 PENKSYLVAKIA ABCrHIVSS 1767.

tiers oi ibis Oolonj) wbom I sent fbr to soooeed Hie OherokeeB wbo
ate gone home, this Goverament hamg provided l^reaents for ma to
perform my Stipulation for their Reward; I have thooght fit, pre-
vioDS to my leaving these parte, to set those Transaetions in their
true Light before yoa ; not at all doubting that you will on doe
Oonsideratioui shun every Method or Means of drawing them, or any
other of the Indians in the Southern Distriet| into Penney Iv* ; and
if they should ramble thither of themseTves, as it is not improbable
they may, in quest of sueh presents as they have heard of, that you
will in such Case disoonntenanee them, so that they may retnn to
their Duty, and the Service they are engaged in ; and in general,
that you will not shew Countenance to any of the Southern Indians,
^noi having my Passport, or special Leave, with a white Man em-
ployed by me in their Company. For you cannot but be sensible
from what hath past, that any attempts or practices to the contrary,
are not only a particular Injury to this Colony but tend manifestly
to fender the Indians of my own District independent of me, and
consequently to distract bis Majesty's Measures, which are calculaied
for the Good of all bis American Subjects equally.

As the Colonies of Pensylv* and Maryland may be protected
equally with Virginia to the Westward, by the very same Indian
Parties augmented ; I think a Junction of their Interests in purau-
ing that Measure, a natural and very desirable thing. And as I am
certain I can send a sufficient Number of Indians, so I am as ready
and willing to do it as you can wish, if those Colonies will oontribute
their Part towards the Ezpence, and enable me to discharge my
own Engagements myself, in which case they shall have the full
Benefit of my scouting orders. Inclosed is an account (the same as
I have sent to Gov. Sharpe,) of the Reward which I propose to pro-
mise and give for the future, to such parties of Indians as I shall
engage to come and go to War; together with the Emulation of the
Allowance of Provisions, to be made them wherever they come.
Those Parties to serve each at least 3 Months in Succession; and to
be led by proper Interpreters and Conductors, under my own In-
structions. If this Measure is embraced, the Goods should be
secured as soon as possible, & myself made aoquaiuted with it
immediately, as soon as they are deposited; that I may then enter
into Engagements accordingly. And all persons within your Gro-
vernment should be prohibited, when any of those Southern Indians
come there, from concerning themselves with any of them or their
Affiurs, or from interfering with me in the Execution of my Com*
mission, or in any part of my Conduct or Management. Inclosed is
a Copy of a Proclamation, for your perusal or Information, which
Governour Dinwiddle issued in this Colony, for that ^ other Pur-
poses relative to the Indians : and also the Copy of another procla-
mation he issued for supplying them with provisions. But that is
insufficient for my purpose, i^'or the Injuries to the King's Service,
which occur too frequently, and inevitably, in Spite of every Pre-

FBSSrSYLTAMIA ABCHIVB8 1757, 278

etatioOy by IndinB ooming among the Settlemento of the while
people, hath made me fix a Eeiolatioay never to permit any of the
Indians under my Direction, to oome again for the future within the
Settlements of any of the Colonies (exeept in Cases of Necessity) ;
bat to employ them constantly on the Frontiers from established
posts ; which will save much Ezpenoe of provisions, and many In-
coDvenienoes to the Inhabitants, as well as to myself in the manage-
ment of the Indian Affairs.

I have appointed Christopher Gist, Esq., my Deputy in this
Colony, being well recommended for his fair Character; and he is
the best acquainted here with the Indians. With Respect to the
Presents that may be deposited, a just aoooaiU will be kept of their
Delivery, always open to Inspection. I can only add, that I am
very certain, these three Colonies will be infested more than ever by
the Enemy's Indians next Spring, unless very strong Parties ar^
provided to keep them out» And they will certainly make the
greatest Push, where they meet with the least Besistanoe.

Tou will be pleased to understand, that it is my true Intent and
Meaning, that whatever may be resolved on by the Governments of
Penir^lv* & Maryland, in regard to getting the Assistance of the
Southern Indians, I would not have any thing so concluded on, as
to be carried into Execution, without first consulting Sir Wm. John-
son and receiving his approbation, who is the best judge of the Con-
sequences in his own District, and consequently of the propriety of
any Measures that affect-ihe same.
I am Sir,

Tour Honour's most Obedient

and very humble Servant,

EDM'D ATKIN.

Gov. Denny.

CiBOTTLAB OP Gov. Dbnnt RBSPBOTiNa Irok Workb, 1767.

Philadelphia, 19th September, 1757.

Sir,

I am desired by the Lords of Trade, as you will observe by the
Copy of their Lordships Letter on the other side, to transmit to
them as soon jib possible a just and true aooount of. the Quantity o£
Iron made in this Province from Christmas, 1749, to 5th January,
1756. You will th^efore be pleased to order a particular account
to be. taken of the exact Quantities of what Iron in Pigg^t Bar or
Castings made at your Furnace and Forge in each of the years
within the above space of time. As it may be necessary the account
should when delivered b^ attested upon a legal Qualification, I do

12*

274 PENNSYLVAJriA ABCHIVM 1781;

Hot doabt but jon will be o&refiil tbst it be ditiniel, Ml mi ine.
Pray lose no Time in complying with this Request, the Season being
far advanced, that it may arrive Time enoagh to answer the Par*
poses proposed by their Lordships.
I am Sir^

year humble Servant,*

STATBMfiNT OF Wm. PbTERS AND J. DUCHB, 175T.

We, ye subscribers, accompanying Gk>V Denny to y* Indian Trea^
ty, at Easton, in July & Ang^ last, were not a little surpria'd to see
a great Concourse of y* people called Quakers there, & amongst
them many of their noted Preachers, & a great number of y* most
considerable & substantial men of that Sooiety from Philad*& other
parts of y Province, a9 we had been well informed y* it had been
' signify'd to some of y' Heads of them at Philad% by y* Gkyv% sotaie
days before he set out for Easton, y* it was very disagreeable to His
Majesty and His Ministry, y* those People shon'd medle in or ap*
pear in such numbers, as they had lately done, at Indian Treatya.

This seeming Contempt of y* G^V* Caution to them, indueed us
ft several others to suspect y^ their coming there in such Crowds
must be w*^ some other view than Curiosity, or to deliver y* Pre-
sent y* Quakers intended to make y* Indians at y* T*)^, w^ we ap-
prehended might have been done as well by a few. ' And we having
been previously told by y* Gov" Secretary, y' y* Gov' ft he had
been inform'd by M'.jTaylor, y Ironmaster at Durham, (at whose
House they lay in their way to Easton) y* at y« former TV in Nov',
17*56, he Imd seen y' Q" very busy amongst y« Indians, & had heard
them tell y Indians y* y Prop" had cheated them of some of their
Lands, ft urge them very warmly to complain of it, we therefore
determined to take more than ordinary Notice of their Behaviour,
w** (as y* Subscriber, Lardner, was one of y» Gov* Council, ft all
of us generally, dined ft supped w^ y* Gov', ft were very much at
his Lodgings during all y' Tr% and we all lodged at M'. Rinker's,
y Shrifb, where y ♦Prov^ Commies'* & Ass^ men, ft s:v' Q~, who
attended y« T^' lodg'd) we had a good opportunity to do.

From y« best Observations y' we cou'4 make of y« numbers of y*
Q" at y* B* T*^, we lookt upon them to be at' least 5 or 6 for one of
any other Society, eiclusive of y* Gov* Council ft Clerks, y* Prov*
Comiss" ft Assr men, y« Interpreters. & y" Detaohm" of Soldiers
ft their Officers attending on y* Gov, ft excepting y^ at y« Opeaing
ft Close of y<> public Conferences, ft some few extraordinary Days
when many People came out of y« Country, from Curiosity, we
supposed.

That most of y* Preachers ft Prindpal men of the Q" came to
See Vol. II., p. 62^-65.

P»fNfiTIiTAMIA ABGHnnS 17S7; M

SMton alnosfe as moq a§ y €k)f % ft we a&w toiV early sevenl of
Uiem io oIom Conferenees w^ Teedjnseiuig ft hw Interff , Pnm]^
shhre, (who oou'd both speak tokrable good BDglish) before j* Pab*
lie Confer^ began between y Got' ft y« Ind», ft we obeorr'd y*
Ted : ft hk s* Int^ eame very often to oar Lod^* at y" Shiffesy ft went
up stairs to consnlt (as we nndersiood) ft hold Conferenees with
M'. Norris, Speaker, ft some other Assi^ men, ft with j* H^s of
J* Q", ft some of y Comiss'*, for j* Sabseriberi LEurdncr, ft M'. Mif«
flin, tho' Comiss'" yet being of y Qov" Conneil were seldom or
ever ealled by their Brethren to, nor wore present at their meet-
iDgSy ft never when y« Indians were with them. And it was observe
able y^ Is^ Pemberton ft Jos. Gralloway^ one of y« Ass^men^ were
remarkably bosy, ft in frequent close Confor<>** w*^ Teedynscuog ft
his Si* Interpreter, jast before ft at y time when Teedynsoung ft y*
Comiss'* for him, insisted on y« Gov* allowing him to have a Clerk
of bis own, [In oonsequenoe whereof M'. Thompson, y« Master of
the Public Q*" School at Philad", was fixtupon by him ft his Advisers
for his Clerk :] And so in like manner upon most other extraordi-
nary Occasions daring y« Course of y* Conferences.

That vetj early of y* Treaty, & after we had observed y* Q" so
very busy amongst j« Indians, ft y^ iJuany new Shirts, ft a great deal
of Silver ft other Trinkets had been distributed to the King ft his
Queen, ft many others, of y* Indians, by y« Q" ft Comiss'*, [for y*
Gov" or any body else, but y« Q" ft ye Junto of Assi'men ft Co-
miss'*, who were not of the Gov* Council, were permitted to have
any thing to do w*^ y* Goods intended for y* Presents,] we per-
ceived a very remarkable Distinction made by y" Indians between
Or* and y* Gent* of y* Gov" Council, ft others who appeared in his
Keiinne, or whom they understood not to be of y« Q' Pty : For
when we usM to meet Indians any where in y* Streets, or in our
Evening Walks after Business, they woud generally accost us w^
this Qi^tion in their broken English — Are you a Quaker, a Qua-
ker— and if we answered No, they wou'd frown ft look very stern
ft illoalur'd upon us, and say we were bad Man — bad Man— Gov"
Man I But If we answer'd in y* Affirmative, (as we did some times
to try them) y^ we were Q" they woud smile ft carress us, ft call as
Bro", ft say we were good Men — Quaker good Men— Gov" Men
baA^ Men — good for ttothiue ; And on y« that matter

was carry'd so far, y* y* Indiaus having taken amiss y* Gov* not
speaking to them that Afternoon, tho' he was ready to meet them,
bat was prevented by y* King's Interp**, coming purposely to ac-
quaint him y* y* K'g was drunk and not fit to be spoke to that
day, yet some of y« Young lodians blackt themselves as for War
and loaded their Guns, w^ alarming y* W*hite People, many of them|
went to y* riotous Indians and endeavour'd to quel ft disarm them,
but they wou'd suffer nobody to do it till y* Q" came, ft to them
they immediately submitted, ft delivered up their Arms as readily
ft submissively as common Soldiers wou'd to their Officers. And

«8 PENNSTLVANU AROHITBS 17W-

M'. Hamilton & M'. Ohew, two of y (Jov~ CouncB, happening to
be at or near y« plaoe where y b*^ Tamnlt arose, a Tonng Indian,
who was blackt, was seen to follow them & to present his Gun at M^
Hamilton, as he was returning baek into y Town, but before he had
fired some person, interposed, sciz'd him & wrested his Gun from
him, w*^^, on examination, was fonnd loaded w*^ Powder & a chaw'd
Bullet — ^Tho' this Toung Indian was j* K'g Teedyuscung's Son,
yet it was not judg'd proper to take any other Notice of y' AfiiEur
than to double y« Sentrys.

It wou'd be endless to enumerate the particular Times of our see-
ing y« Q" in these close Conferences w^ y** Indians, & we can only
say in general y* for once y* y« Indians eame to consult or speak to
ye Qoyor^ except in public, & when he invited them to dine w*^ him,
we saw them at least 20 times w^ y« Q" Ay* s' Junto of Ass^men &
Comiss".

But y« Q^ seem'd always so industriously careful to guard ag*
our discovering what passed between them & y« Indians, y* we cou'd
never learn any thing they sayd to them, only what we cou'd in
general gather ft'Om whatwe heard sayd, over and over by M'. Cro-
ffhan, His Maties Deputy Agent, and M'. Weiser, & y* other Eog-
lish Interpreters, who had occasion frequently to go amongst k con-
verse with y« Indians, to wit, y* if y« Q» had stay'd at home & not
intermeddled in y Treaty, enflamed the Indians, & puKled & per-
plexed matters as they did, a Peace wou'd have been settled w^ y*
Indians, & y« Treaty happily concluded w*^ them in 3 or 4 days at
least afiber it began. And upon y« whole, it dearly appeared to us
yt yc Qrf iigd gain'd ye entire possession of y« Indians, & y' they
were, during y whole Treaty, solely under y« Influence, Direction
& Management of y« Q" & y« s* Junto of Assymen & Comisa", and
not to have y* least Confidence in or regard for y» Gtov", as they
show'd on many occasions in j* Course of y? Treaty.

WM. PETEfftS,
JACOB DUCHE, Jun'.

Note.— We, W-. Peters & Jacob Dnch6, in one of our Walks
meeting an Indian dressed in a remarkable plain manner, w*^ a broad
fiat Hat, like a Q', we askt him if he was a (^, & he smiling, answered
Yes, Yes, I a Quaker now — but when I go away I — ^Indian agafb —
or to y effect.

W. P.
J. D.
Note. — I W". Peters, on y* , saw Teedyuscung & his s*

Interp', conducted by a Q' into a back Room, detacht from y Ta-
I vem, where we were told Israel Pemberton (who appear'd to us to l>e
y« most busy & active of all y« Q") lodg'd, & was soon after fol-
lowed by 5 or 6 of y* Heads of y« Q**, and they stay'd there to-
gether for a considerable time. W. P.

VEmStLYAXUL ABOHIVBB 1767. S77

Conrad Weisee to Gov. Denny, 1757.

Beadiog, October ih^ first, 1757.
Hononred Sir :

I arrived this morning at this place^ and the inclosed letter was
presented to me; as I am m a hurry to go home I^end it as it is. Cap-
tun Oswald upon hearing the Distress the people abont Nord Kill wer6
ID sent Imediatlj two Lieuten^' with 40 private men, to their assistance,
vbich gained him the Esteem and love of his town's people. «I can
not describe the Consternation the people are in, in these parts. I
bumble intreat jour Honour to pity our Cause and give orders that
tbe men belonging to thr first Battalion of Pennsil** Regiment, now
at Fort Augusta, may all return to their proper or former Stations.
When this present trouble is over I will very gladly send a rein-
forcement again either to Fort Augusta or wherever your Honour
please is. It is certain that the eniray is numerous on our Fron-
tiers, and tbe people are coming away very fast, so that the Forts are
left to themselves with the men in them, but no mdre neighbours
about them. I hope your Honour will pity our Cause.
I am,
Honanred Sir,

Your very obedient &

Most humble Servant,

CONRAD WETSER.

Directed,
To the Honourable William Denny, Esquire,

Governor of Pennsylvania,

Philadelpbia.

Extract of a Letter from Mr. Bartrbm Galbrbaxh,

1767.

Extract of a Letter from Mr. Bartrem Galbreatb at Hunter's Fort,
dated 1« Octob', 1757 :

<' Notwithstauding the happy Situation .we thought this place was
''io on Captain Bussee's being stationed here, wc nave had a man
''killed & scalped this Evening, within twenty rods of Hunter's
'' Bam. We all turned out, but nigCt coming on so soon we could
" make no purauit. We have advice from Fort Henry by Express
''to Cap^ Boflsee that the Indians are seen in large Bodies, 60
"together."

278 PBSrNBTLYAini ABDEOTEB ITST.

Lord Loudoun to Qov. Denny, 1767,

New "York, October 2*, 1757.

Sir:

At yoar dosire, I have sent this by Lieutenaiit Meyer, who will
receive yoar Commands in relation to any works yon purpose Carry*
ine on, and give what other assistance Yon may require.

I had a letter from Lieutenant Colpnel Haldiman, who is a very
ffood ^udge of Barracks ; he has thrown out a thought to me which
1 think will be proper to mention to you, altho' I know very well
the difficulty you have with the people you have to do with, and
from thence it may possibly be of no use.

In the first place, he thinks you might have a better plan for yoar
Barracks ; in the second, he disapproves of the place where they are
to be situated; the only reason he gives ip^ that he thinks tbej
should be so situated, that in case of need, there might be a possi-
bility of throwing up an Entrenchment round them ; from whenot
it occurs to me, that in case you should have any thought^ of makiog
a Fort hereafter by the Town you ought to benefit of those Barracks
so as to build them where you propose to have the Fort, by which
you will have so much of your Work ready done, without creatiog
an additional Ezpence.

The thought can do you no harm, altho' I foresee, that probably,
in the first place, all the Ground near the Town is granted away, and
in the second, the Province will build those Barracks, with a view to
turn them after the War is over, either to Storehouses or a Manu-
factory.

As the season is so far advanced I do suppose you will not be able
to finish your Barracks this Season, and it will be of the less Conse-
quence, as by my present plan for Quartering, I do propose, in ease
some Motion of the Enemy do not a|ter my disposition, to have the
greatest part'of the Troops I send into your Province quartered in
the back Settlements, in Reading, Lancaster and York, in order to
Cover them from any inroads of the Enemy or Indiana, which I
think will be an essential Service to your Province; so that I
imagine one Battalion will be as much as I shall send to the Town
of Philadelphia; but as to this, I shall give you an account of my
final resolution as soon as I get to Albany.

In the meantime I must beg you will give Orders to have the
Beads repaired, as there is no carrying on Operations in any Country
without them, and let the necessity be what it will the Country can-
not be relieved till that is done, nor can any ofiensive measure be car-
ried on till they are repaired, which when delayed till the measures
are to be Executed, must give the Enemy notice of your Designs;
therefore I must beg you will sett about them this foil.

I am afraid the Rutts in tl^e Road from Philadelphia to Lancaster

FKHHSTLTAiriA ABCHIVIS ITKT. B79

an r$Fj ioep, so that th^ afe bat dly to be repaired witbovt entling
aiwirBoad.

And that theie is twelyea miles ob the other aide the sign of the
WaggoD, whidi leads oyer the Moimtaiii8| whieh waats a great deal
of repair.

The Croai Bead from Lanoaater to Beading wants a great deal of
lepair.

There are three Boada leading from Oarliale, the middle one in
partieolar wants repair thro' the Mountains.

There is no Bead that leads from Harris's Ferry to Fort Angnsta,
this is a material point to be Considered, for were it attacked by the
Eaemy, till yon have a Boad to i^ neither the King's Troope nor
any other Body of Men eonld mareh to it's Belief, and were the
Soemy in possession of that place it wonld be a temble thorn in
your Sides that eonld not be removed till a Bead was out to it.

I ha?e here mentioned a great many Beads,' bat they lye in dtf>
fereDt parts of the country, and so will Employ different Setts of
People, and as they are necessary for the security of the Province,
I must beg you will give such Orders about them as you see neces-
sary for keeping up a Communication/and to ena^e'me to support the
different Poets, that are or may be placed for the defence of His
Majesty's Dominions, and the protection of His Subjects; And like-
wise, to enable me to attack the Enemy when occasion requires it.
I am^ with great Begard,
Sir,

Your most obedient

Humble Servant, ^

LOUDOUN.

Chrktiin BtTssB TO Gov. Denny, 1767.

Hunter's Fort, the 8< Ootober, 1767.

Hay it Please your Honcmr,

In my Coming Back from Bainging allong the Fmntears on
Saturday the first Instant, I Heard that the Day Before, Twelve
Indians ware seen not fare off from hear, as it was Leat, and not
kiowing their Further Strenght, I thought Te Oto at Day Bradc
niKt morning; With as many Soldiers and Battowemen as I eonld
get. But In a Short Time we Heard A Onn fire oiF, and Bunning
Deireetly To the spot, fonnd the Dead Boddey of one William
Martin, Who Went into the Woods To pick up Chestnuts wbene
the Indians was Lying in ambush. I ordered all tbe men to Run
into the Woods, and we Baingedtill it Qrew Quite Darkj the Con-

'SSD .rmvsnjYAmA abuhiv^bs i75r

iinval Rain that Has Been Sins, Has Hinclfed my followwg ikes;
there wass a Number of the Inhabitants Came Here To assiik is ,
following them, Bat the Wether prevented. There Ware onLey 3
Indians on ley Beea By Soma people. Who Waie sitting Before titt
Dore of Mister Hunter, and they say, that all Was Don In Len
than four minutes ; that same night, I warned the Inhabitaato to
Be Upon their Gaards, and In the morning, I Bainged on this side
ibe mounton the Nixt Bay. But my men Bemg few in Number,
By Rason of their Being fonrteea of them sick, I Coold Not Be
Long from the Garrison ; and It seems yet probable To me, tbafc
there Js Great Numbers of the Enimy Indians on this Eiver. The
Townships of Pazton and Derry, Have Agreed to Keep a Guard for
Some Time in the frunteer Houses, from Monaday to Susquahanah,
and Expects that your Honour will Be pleased to Reinforse this
Detachment. If thease Townships should Braek up the Gommani*
eation Between Fort Augusta and the Inhabitants would Be
Greatley Endaingred.

I am, With the Greatest Respect,
Your Honours
Most Obedient Humble Servant,

CHRISTIAN BUSSE.

Directed,

To The Honourable William Dcney, Esq'., Govrnour and Com-
mander In Chief of the Provance of Pennsylvania.

Provincial Commissionbhs to Gov. Denny, 1767.

Philad*., Octob' 3', 1757.

Sir,

In answer to Yours of the 23' Ultim**, We beg leave to inform
yon, that we have ordered the Proposals made to this Board, for
serving the Western Battalion with Provisions to be hud before yon,
& that they have not as yet been considered by us. Upon eon-
eidering the reasonable Expenses of building Fort Loudoun, & that
it was done by your OrderS| we have agreed to allow the Aoco** now
before us, whenever the proper Persons shall attend the Board for
that Purpose. With Regard ^< to the Aeoo** of Expences inonrred
^< in Consequence of the Offer of Assistance made to this Provinee
'< by the Cherokees," we cannot help remarking on Colonel Arm-
strotags Conduct, in presuming to add to the Present agreed on by
this Board with your Approbation, to be sent to the Cherokeea.
The Goods sent, were at that Time thought Ky your Honour, the

PMOfSTLVANIA ABOHIVEB 176T. 281

Commisaiooers & M'. Croghan, a very generous Present for the
Services they had done, & sufficient to encourage them to prooeed
in their Design of assisting us. And we cannot see any Reason to
give up our Judgments after so solemn a Determination to every
Person who shall venture to assume to themselves the Authority ot
the Govemcff & Commissioners in Contradiction to their preceding
Deterniination, without Consulting either of them. Therefore, as
the indulgiog M'. Armstrong in this Affair may be an Example to
indace others to act in the like manner^.we cannot allow his
Acoounts.

Colonel Stanwiz's Account for furnishing Ammunition & other
Necessaries to the Provincials, will be allowed by the Board as soon
as kid before us.

We much approve of your Honours '^ Instructions to M'. Young
^ to inspect the Ammunition & Stores in every Gari ison/' and to
give you an Account thereof, together with the manner in which
they are expended,'' and we should be glad to have them laid before
DS, as without this we cannot know how the Ammunition is ex-
pended, nor in what Quantities to supply the Forts.

As the Troops have been furnished with Blankets at different
Times, all the Blankets cannot be yet worn out. As soon as we
receive a state of thein, we shall supply such as may stand in need
thereof. In the mean Time we shall send up a Quantity to supply
their immediate Necessities.

With respect to your Letter of the 28<*> ult«., and the Matters
therein contained, they are of so much importance to the Com-
munity, that we shall be glad to confer with your Honour about
them at any Time or Place you poiay be pleased to appoint, which
we doubt not, when we consider the advanced season of t)ie Year,
will be as soon as possible.

We are, Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servants,

JOS. GALLOWAY,
WM. MASTERS,
JOHN BAYNTON,
JON. HUGHES.

IXrected.
To The Hon*»« William Denny, Esquire.

2«2 PBNKStLVANIA ARCHIVES 1767.

Col. John ARMSTRONa to Grov. Denny, 1757.

Carlisle, 4** October, 1757.

M^y it please y Hon' :

Pui^aaiit to your Honours Orders, I have among the Sundry
Capi* in this Battalion, distributed the Tow hundred pounds Sent
by the Commissioners, in part for recruiting and filling up of the
Several Companies, with -able bod/d Men for the Spaoe of three
Tears or during the War ; and according to Orders, have given to
each Soldier, so enlisted, the Sum of One Pistole, and to the Officers
fbr each Recruit, the sum of half a Pistole.

By the Muster Roles but now taken by the paymaster, your
Honour will See, that the four hundred pounds, and some more is
expended in the Recruiting Service, to which, that no let nor hin-
derance may happen, I have sent Captain Hugh Mercer, who will
wait of your honour and the Gentlemen Commissioners, with a
Draft for the residue of the money, giving Credit for the Sum put
into my hands for the purposes above-mentioned. I hope this Cash
will be sent by Cap*. Mercer, otherwise the scrvise must certainly
be retarded.

Cap*. Mercer ^ill Open to your Honour the affair of Ensign
Hays, & sundry other things too tedious now to mention.
I am, Sir, your

Honours Most Obed*,

Humb». Serv*,
JOHN ARMSTRONG.

Directed.

To the Honourable William Denny, Esq'., Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania.

By favour of Cap*. Mercer.

Philadelphia.

John Bell to Gov. Denny, 1757.

To the Honourable WILLIAM DENNY, Esquire, Governor and
Commander-in-Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, &c.

May it please your Honour :

The French Prisoners sent in here in July last, belonging to a
Privateer called the Swallow, of Cape Francois, are still in Jail, and
unless they are relieved by the Government, or some other Charity,
they must soon be in a Starving condition for want of Cloaths, con-
sidering the inclemency of the approaching season. The Jail keeper

PBIfNSTLTANlA AECHIVBS 178T. aW

ezpeeifl Ae Captors will jMy bim their snbBistanoe, wbich they tbiak
Tery hard, k the Prise the? retook was of small yalae, being a little
Sloop with Indian Com only, of which they shared one third^ and
is not Twenty Shillings a man to the Brave fellows that are haxard-
ing their Lives on board the ship that retook her. Year Honour will
permit me to observe, that there is a bounty or headmoney in other
Goremments for bringing in Prisoners belonging to the Enemy's
Privateersy which if allowed here will defray their expenoes. All
wbieh are Hambly sabmitted to your Honour^ and I beg leave to
Bubsorihe myself what I really am,

Your Honour's

most ebed* Serv*.

JOHNT BELL.
Ootobcr 4**, 1757.

Conrad Wbisbr to R. Pbtbrs, 1767.

Heidleberg, in Berks, Oct' 4, 1757.
Sir:

I did not think on the Post till he entered my doors, else I would
have wrote particularly to the Governor, tho I have ben very Buisy
with writing to the Comandin^ offioers of the several forte under
my Oare. It is now Come so urr that murder is Comited allmost
every day; there never was such a Consternation among the peo'
pie, they must now leave their houses again, with their Bams full
of Qrain ; five Children have ben Carried of last Fryday, some days
before a rick man, killed upon his bed, begged of the Enemy t#
shoot him through his heart, whioh the Indian answered, I will,
and did so. A girl, that had hid herself under a Bedsted, in the
next room, heard all this, two more fhmilies were about that time
destroyed. Inclosed is the Journal of last month of my Enrign at
North Kill, Capt. Bussey lies dangerously sick at John Harris. I
hear he is tired of every thing; I have neither men nor a sufficient
D'br of officers to defend the Country. If his Honour would be
pleased to send orders for to recall all the men belonging to my
Jkttalion^ from fort Augusta, he would justly bring upon him the
blegsing of the most high. I can not say no more. I think me-
eelfe unhappy, to fly with my family in this time of danger I eant
do. ' I must stay, if they all go. I am now preparing to go to fort
Henry, where I shall meet some officers to consult with, what may
be best to be done. I have ordered ten men, with the Govemore
last orders, to fort Augusta ; I shall overtal^ them this Evening at
fort Henry, and give them proper instruction. For Oods sake, dear
Sire, beg of the Governor, press it upon him in my behalf, and in
behalf of tbis distrest inhabitants^ to order my men back from fort

28i PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1757-

Angasta I will give my reason afterwards, that I am in the righl
I Gonolude with mj hamble respeots to his Hoooar,
And remain, Kind Sir,

Your most humble Servant,

CONRAD WEISEE.
Excuse my hurry.

Indorsed,

On his Majestys Service-«-To Richard Peters, Esquire, Secretary
to the Government; in Philadelphia.

Pktition op Inhabitants of Northampton County, 1767,

To the Honourable the Governor and General Assembly, &c.

The Petition of the back Inhabitants, viz*., of the Township of Le-
high, situate between Allenstown, and the Blue mountains; in the
county of Northampton,

Most humbly Sheweth :

That the said Township for a few years past has been^ to your
knowledge, ruined and distroyed by the murdering Indians.

That since the late Peace the said inhabitants returned to their
several and r^pective Plaoes of abode, and some of them have re-
built their Houses and Outhouses, which were burnt.

That since the new murders were oommitted some of thesaid in-
habitants diserted their Plantations, and fled in the more improved
Part^ of this Province, where they remain.

That unless your Petitioners get Assistance from you, your Peti-
tioners will be reduced to Poverty.

That the District in which your petitioners dwell contains 20 miles
in Length and eight miles in Breadth, which is too eztenaive for
your Petitioners to defend, without you assist with some Foroes.

That your Petitioners apprehend it to be necessary for their De-
fence that a Boad be cut along the Blue mountains, through the
Township afores^ and that several Guard Houses be built along this
said Road, which may be accomplished with very little Cpst.

That there are many inhabitants in the said Township who have
neither Arms nor Ammunition, and who are too poor to provide
themselves therewith.

That several Indians keep lureking about the Blue mountains who
pretend to be Freinds, and as several People have late^ been capti-
vated thereabouts, we presume it must be by them.

May it, therefore^ Please your Honours to take our deploreable
Condition in Consideration, and grant us Men and Ammunition,
that we may thereby be enabled to defend our selvesj-our Proper-

PXHNSTLVAMIA AR0BIVB8 HST.

28&

iiM^ aoi ibo LiTes of o«r Wif60 aod OkiMren, Or grant euoh other
Relief in the Premises as to you shall seem meet» and yonr Peti*
tioneiBi as in Duty bound, will ever pray.

' Forks of Delaware, Oct' 5% 1757.

Peter Barber,
Jftoob Bnchman,
Jacob All man, sen'.
Jacob Aliman, j'.
Adam Freisbach,
Jacob Bricker,
Mickael Keppel, • -
Peter Dell,
Joha Kannady,
William Kannady,
William Boyd,
Jacob MnsselmaD, '
Jaoob lietheraoh,
Henry Frederick,
Schobety,
William Best,
Jaeob Haag,
Geo: Haag,
William Detter,
l^ioh* Schneider,
Geo: Acker,
Jacob Fry,
Martin Siegel,
Christ'arb Andreas,
Bath^ Rivel,
George Altmar,
Jacob Altmar,
Bernard Knots,
Bernard Rciss,
Samuel Pern,
Jean Pier,

George Wanneroacher,
Valentine Waldman,
John Fried,
Joat Treisbach,
Fred: Altimus,
Philip Tromm,
John Schlegel,
Henry Schubp,

Fred: Nagel,
Christian Miller,
Christian Laffer,
Henry Beck,
Nich* Schneider,
Peter Schopffell,
William Beck,
Henry Diehl,
John Bethold,
John Remberry,
John Dorn,
Fred: Eissen,
James Hatchinson,
James Rankin,
Paul Flick,
Peter Walcker,
Nich- Fall,
Adam Kramler,
Henry Latter,
Nicholas Roth,
Nich* Heil,
Simon Trumm,
Henry Licnd,
John Detter,
Adam Marsh,
Peter Eissenman,
Peter Anton,
Oeorge Mover,
John Scheier,
John Gross,
Christopher Feuchtnei,
Conrad Geisly,
Jacob Rropff,
Jacob Roth,
Jacob Death or Rodt,
Henry Flach,
Henry Creutz,
Michael Rieb,
Bimon Triesbach. .

These are to certify, thai we have impowered Frederick Eissen to
l^ve in this, our Petition, to the Honour*^ the Governor and the
AsaemWy.

28ft PHNNSYLYANIA ARCHIVES 1Y67,

The fortgohiff and within wridog wm iraadated ftom tbe Qmtm
Paper WritiDff oereto annexed, by me.

P£TER MILLBR

Timothy Horsbfibld to Gov. Dbnnt, 1757.

Maj it Please your Honour^
Sir,

At my Return home I waited on Teedyusctr^ with yoar Hononr^s
Complements and Inform'd him that in a very short time the Go-
vernor would write and give him an answer to the several matters
he expected, he made me but little answer but scem'd satisfied.
Untill yesterday he came and Inform'd me he Intended to take
another Indian with him and go to Phila% I endeavoured as also
Mr. Edmonds did all we could to Disswade him from going, but it
vain, he was Determine to go, which I am very for, being senoeable
he will not only be a troublesome Guest Jbut bring Charge on the
Province.

The Brethren have been so kind to send Mr. Edmonds (who is
much wanted in his buisenness) to Conduct him downe. Mr. Ed-
monds Informd me that when I was in Philada, Teedyuscung had
been iiith him several times, and talkt about what he had sent to
the Governor, as Mr. Edmonds will be present, I beg Leave to refer
you to him for the particulars of what Teedyuscung said.
I am with all Due Respect,

Your Honours most obedient

HuQible Servant,

TIMO. HORSFIELD.

Bethlehem, Oof 6, 1757-

Directed:

(On His Majesty's Service,) To the Honourable William Denny,
Esquire^ Governor of the Province of Pensylvania.

Obdbrs found on a Fbbnch Cadet, 1757.

Coppy of Orders that were found in the Pocket of a French Cadei
who was killed near Fort Cumberland the 7th Octob', 1757.

De Ligneris, Chevalier de L'ordre Rbyal & Militaire de Si Ijow
Capitaine d'une Compagnie de Troupes detaches de la Marine Com-
mandant du fort Duquesne & le Dep^ndances.

fKfNBXIiVAMU ABOBIT»B 176T. 887

n est ordonne au Gbevigny Cadet dans les Troupes d^ Partis in-
eessamment de oe Fort avec le Detachment dont sons loi avons
doDoe le Commandement poor aller frapper snr le Enemis & exami-
ner aveo Attention si le Anglais ne font point de Movemens soit
poorvener snr le Bords de la Belle Riviere soit pour faire quel<).ii^
Eotrepris ponr la Campagne proohaine. £t suppose qa'il fasse de
Prisoniera il impecbera que le Sauvages de son Detachement n'exer-
cent a lenr Egard Aucune Croaute Fait ; au Fort Duquesne le 24 th
Sept. 1757.

DELIGNERIS.

Pkovincial Commissionbbs to Gov. Denny, 1757.

Philada, October 7th, 1757.

Sir,

As jon have not been pleased to fevoar us with a Conference on
Hatters of the utmost Importance we think it our Duty to offer your
EoQDur to draw an Order on the Trustees payable to some Person
for purchasing of Indian Goods, to be stationed at Augusta in order
to supply the Indians with Goods and Necessaries, until you can
agree with the Assembly to put the Indian Trade on a better
Footing.

John Carson, a Person well acquainted with the Trade and the
Indians, has offered his Service ; if agreeable to you, the Goods may
be immediately purchased and transported thithor, the Trade carried
on, & the Indians supplied & satisfied.
We are Sir,

Your most humble Servants,

Job. Galloway,
Wm. Masters,
JoBN Batnton,
Jon. Hughes.

Directed.
To The Hon"' William Denny, Esquire.

388 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVBS 1767.

Richard Peters to John Hughes, 1757.

Philadelphia, 10th October, 1757.
Sir,

After yon had perused the Draught of the Commission appointing
yourself, Mr. Shippen and Mr. Oalbreath, Commissioners to con-
struct a Fort and convenient Houses at Wiomink, for the protection
and Habitation of the Indians agreable to their request in the Tiestj
at Easton; and after his Honour had agreed on your recommenda-
tion of Mr. Charles Beaty to insert his Name in the said Commission,
you desired me to acquaint the &oyemor that yon still continued to
itisist on the Terms mentioned to him, vizt, that the Forces ordered
to escort the Commissioners and to assist in carrying on the Works,
as well as all other Persons employed therein, shoud be put under
your sole Command independent of any other Person.

I have accordingly acquainted the Governor with this and have
received his directions to return you for answer that he oond not
have believed when you came to consider seriously of the unreason-
ableness as well as absurdity of this Demand, you woud have con-
tinued to insist upon it in so peremptory a manner, and that he will
not consent to put the Forces or any of the Persons employed ia
those Works under any other than the joint Command of the Gen-
Uemon to be commissioned with you for that Service.
I am Sir, _

Your humble Servant,

RICHARD PETERS *

Directed, — Mr. John Hughes.'

- Col. Stanwix to R. Peters, 1757.

Camp near Carlisle, Oct' 10**, 1757.
Good Sir :

Your obliging letter on the hon' done me by thb Country is very
acceptable ; wish it may be in my power to be of any use as I am
sure my inclinations is very warm for their servica. What time we
shall finish this campaign Lord Loudoun can only tell, & believe I
shall here from him soon, and probably may then have his distribu-
tion of the Winter quarter for the Troops. As to ^the Copy of At-
kins's long Pieces, pray hurry not yourself, they will keep cold.
My compliments attend the Governor, k Believe, very sincerely,

Yours,

JOHN STANWIX.

* Referred to Colon. Rec. Vol. VII. p. 764. See answer.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1T57. . 289

Johh'Hughbss to Rioh*d Pbtbrs, 1757.

Sir:

I Rec* your Favour of Yesterday,* and miut obserre that I never
made bnt Tiro Reqneets of his Honour, vis : I first desired if his
HoDoar Pleased that the Reverend Mr. Charles Beaty might be
joJDed in the Commiseion with us, Because the other Gentlemen
were Intire Strangers to me; And Secondly, I Let his Honour
Know that Unless he Thought Proper to give me the Command of
the Provincial Troops appointed for that Service I would not go in-
to the Enemy's Country ; But I did not Expect nor Request that
all others Imployed on that Service should be under my Command,
Neither Do I believe the Governor has Power to put the freemen of
the Province under Military Command, but by an Act of Assembly,
And therefore I Request the favour of You to Let his Honour know
that without the Command of the Soldiers on that Service I cannot,
Dor irill not, Go to Wioming. And I cannot Agree that it is Either
Unreasonable or Absurd to have such a Command, there being in
mj Opinion no Instance of four Officers in the same Troop or Com-
panj of Soldiers without any Degree of Superiority, Because if they
were all of the same Rank, Yet the Date of their Commissions
would Give the Command to some one or other of them, jpd if it
were not so the whole would be anarchy & Confusion.
I am. Sit,

Your Humble Ser^^

JON. HUGHES.

Philadelphia, Octob' ye 11% 1767.

Directed,
To Mr. Richard Peters.

CoL. John ABMsmoNa to Gov. Dbnny, 1757.

CarUsle, OotoV 11% 1757.
Honoured Sir :

Your fevour of the 7«* Inst, is come to hand. Pm Obliged to
to your hon' for making out the Commissions necessary to this Bat-
talioD, and doubt not in some accidental Conversation but I might
have ^p'd something of Mr. Lyon's resignation, 'Which must have
been owing to my Own Objections to his personal appearance, and
nothing else, but I find upon tryal some Officers prove better and
some worse than expectation.

« See page 288.
Vol. m.— 13

290 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1767.

The men being now paid, and there acc^ Settled, I am at the in-
stance of the people, and by Oolo^ Stanwix's approbation, Scatte^
ing the Men in Small parties along the Frontiers, in order to Cover
and assist (such of the Inhabitants as inclines thereto) in Sowing
some Winter Com, and in taking in a late part of their Spring
Crop, viz : Indian Com & Bnck-wheat, and am this day agping to
Shippensburgh to make the distributions Westward.

I shall immediately put in execution your honor's Orders in
regard of the new Company in York County, which can oonTeniently
be done by an express from Fort Morris.
I am. Sir, Your Honour's

Most obed^ and most

Humble Serv*,
^ JOHN ARMSTRONG.

Governor Denny.

Directed, '

To the Honourable William Denny, Esq"*.,

Grovernor and Commander in Chief of the

Province of Pennsylvania,

Philad\

James Hyndshaw to Gov, Denny, 1757.

May it please Your Honour :

I beg leave to Acquaint your Honour I have now in my Company
Seventy-two Men, Several of which is yet on the one Ytor's Enlist-
ment, and of the Company of the late Cap^ Van Etten, and many
of them has had no pay this Ten Months, and Several of them not
fit for the three Years' Enlistment, and to discharge them without
paying them off seemeth hard.

I have, and please your Honour, but four Guns fit for Service
belonging to the Province, and have but Eight Blankets that is
good.

I beg your Honour would be pleased to Consider me, and Grant
me a Supply of Arms and Blankets as soon as possible, and if your
Honour thinks proper, I think it highly necessary that every Man
should have a good CuUash and Cartridge Box ; it would be also
necessary to have four good Watch Coats for the Centinels \p put
on when they stand their Posts, as the Season of the year is growing
Cold.

I beg leave to Acquaint your Honour, that We are Dayly Alarmed
'here by our Savage Enemy, the Indians, who are Continual a Haris-
ing us, by Killing and Carrying off Horses and Cattle, and I am

PMfNSTLYANIA ABCHIYBS 1767- f»l

but very poorly provided to foUoir them fkr inko tbo Woods ; Prtyt
Idenre yoor Honour's Speedy AssistaDoe, and Wishing your Hoaour
good H^ih, I beg leave to Sttbsoribe my Self

Your Hononr's most Obedient and

Moat Humble Servant

JAMES HYNDSHAW.

October the lltb, 1757.

Directed^
To the Honourable William Denny, Esq',
Govemour and Commander-in-Chief of the Provine of Penn-
sylvania and the Countys of New Castle, Kent; and Sussex^ on
Delaware; and Captain General of the Same.

Major James Robebtson to Gov, Denny, 1757.

New York, Oct. 12th, 1757.

Sir:

Having layd a letter of Lieut. Brigatocks before the Earl of Lou-
doan, by which it appears that Magnus Watson, Master of the
Darsley (jalley, and Abercrombie, Master of the Peggy^ are

endeavouring to defraud the publick, and this in a way His Lordship
thinks contemptuous to himself and those he has appointed to take
eare of the branch relating to transports, has commanded me to
acquaint your Excellency with the case, and in his name to beg the
assistance of your authority to prevent and punish the intended
fraud.

The Masters of. the several transport Ships haveing represented
that tbcy could not purchase utensils, such as bowls, platters, &c.,
for the Soldiers to be put on board their several transports, Unless
they were allowed necessary money, which i& a halfpenny English a
day for every man victualled by them. His Lordship was pleas'd to
order four months' necessary to be advanced to each Ship Master, for
the namber of men according to the full tunnage of his Ship he might
be supposed to take on board. When the Ships were discharged,
each Master received a Certificate from the Commanding Officer of
the number of men that had been Victualled, and the number of
days they had been Victualled for ; And all the Masters either re-
ceived from or payd to me the ballance of this acco^ excepting the
two above-men tion'd The Dursley galley was overpay 'd 18 10 11,

202 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVHS 1757.

NewTork Ourrenoy, and the Peggy 26 12 9. I told these Haaten
that I wou'd aUow them foartoen daya neeeaaary money for the men
they were to carry to Philadelphia ; and settled with them that tfaej
were to pay the remainder of the above ballances to the person
appointed by me to receive it. They were several times apply'd to
for the performance of their promises, which they always renew'd,
bat slnnk away without paying the money. I s^nt their acco** to
Lieut. Brigstook, and desired him to apply for the ballances, and
in case this should be refused, desired be might acquaint you, and
beg that you might not grant a certificate of the time of their arrival,
till the money was payd.

The Earl of Loudon has, therefore. Commanded me, with His
Compliments to your Excellency, to beg that you will give these
Masters no Certificate, till they have taken the trouble to pay the
ballances of necessary money here to me ; and in case you have
already given Certificates, that you will use your authority to induce
these Masters to do Justice to the publick ; and in Case they refuse,
take the necessary measures to compel them by law, at Hia Lord-
ship's Ezpence.

Wages are due by Henry Ash, Master of the Concord transport,
to two pressed sailors, Valentine & Martin Mancills, whichr Lord
Loudon took the trouble to write to the Master to pay, threatening to
write to the Navy office to atop the payment of the bills that had
been granted on that board. His Lordship beggs you will, by your
authority, or if necessary by law, compel Ash to do these men Justice;
Do me the honour to acquaint me, If the Masters continue to have
the insolenfce to deny doing Justice to the publick after your inter-
position, that I may send an acco* of the proceeding to the Navy
Office, and Stop the payment of their bills.

I have the honour of being, Sir,

Yonr Excellency's Most OV Serv*

JAMES KOBERTSON,

Acting Deputy<J' M' OeneraL

To his Excellency Goremor Denny,
' Philadelphia.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1767.

Account ov Jamks Burd aoairst Tbctuscuno, 1757.

Capt* John Tedyonskonk to James Bard,

for Neoesatrys fi»

niiih'd bim.

1767.

Dr.

Oct. 15. To one Begementall Coat, . .
one Odd laced hf tt & Cockaid;

. jE3

15 —

1 p' Shoes,

. — 76

r Check Shirt,

— 12 ~

1 Raffled Shirt,

. 1 15 —

1 plain do. for his Wife,

— 15 —

1 Cotten handk' .

. — 16

1 p' britches.

— 16 —

1 p' linnen do. .

. — 6 —

1 Riffle Gun,

1 y* Scarlett Shallown for Coll™

. — 4 —

IJ y" half thicks for leggings.

— 6 6

1 English pipe Tomahawk,

. — 12 —

1 p' buckles,

— 1 6

15 2 —

CoKKAB Wkisbr TO GoT. Dbnnt, 1757.

Honoured Sir :

According to my last* I went up to John Harris's Ferry to visit
Captain Buss^^ where I foulTd him in a very poor Condition, but be
told me he was much better than he had been the day before; and
after about two Hours Conversation; he went to Hunter's Fort by
Water, though against my Advice^ as he had Lieut* Philip Marsloff
with him, and Ensign Kern by my Order (not knowing that Mars*
loff was there) was come up to wait on the Captain^ &o. Kern had
^ but an half an hour to stay when he was order'd by me to follow the
Captain by Land, with an Escort of four men of the Battalion under
mj Command. Before he sat off he informed me that on the 12th
Instant, a French Deserter or Spy eame down the Hill near Fort
Henry, and made towards Deitrick Six's house, which the Gentry
of the Fort observing, acquainted the Commanding Officer of the
Fort thereof, who sent an Officer and two Soldiers to seize and bring
him into the Fort, which was accordingly done. I order'd, by Ex-
press, my Son Samuel, who commanded at the Fort on Sweetara, to
march with a ranging party with all possible Speed and Care, and
take the said Prisoner and convey him safe down to my House in
Heidelbergj where he arrived safe with the prisoner about noon yes-

• See page 288.

294 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757.

terday. I ezamin'd the Prisoner bj suoh an Interpreter as I oould

fet, but thought fit to bring him down hither to hare a more fall
izamination by the Assistance of Capt^ Oswald and Mr. James Read,
«nd accordingly came here with him last night. _ The paper enclosed
and a Fusee were found in his Possession. The Examination I left
to Captain Oswald and Mr. Read, who will transmit a fair Copy to
your Honour. As I've no Men to spare in this dangerous Time,
and Cap* Oswald hath been so kind as to offer a Party of the Regu-
lars Under his Command here to guard the Prisoner to Philadelphia,
I have accepted of his Offer, and accordingly put him into Custody
of the Ouanl appointed by the Captain^ which I hope will not be
disagreeable to your Honour.
I am,

Honoured Sir,

Your most humble Servant.

CONRAD WEISER.
Reading, October the 16, 1757.

Directed^

To the Honourable William Denny, Esq',

li^ Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania,

and Territories, at Philadelphia.

EXAMIKATIOK UPON INTERROGATORIES OF MiCHASL La

Chauvignbbib, Junior, 1757,

Bom in Canada, aged about eighteen Years, before L^ Colonel
Conrad Weiser, and James Read, Esquire, Two of His Majesty's
Justices of the Peace of the County of Berks, in the Province of
Pennsylvania; and Thomas Oswald, Esquire, Captain of a Company
in the Royal American Regiment, commanding at the Camp in
Reading, aforesaid, the Sixteenth Day of October, in the Year of
Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-Seven.

Present also. Lieutenant Brigstock, Ensign Shaw & Ensign Hart|
of the said Regiment.

The Questions put by Colonel Weiser, and together with the
Answers interpreted by Capt. Oswald, M'. Read, and M'. Shaw.

* This is meant of his last Expedition, it not being known at the Time of
putting this Question that th^ Ezaminant had been on any Other, as it after-
wards, in his Answer to the 10th Question, appears he had been. There are
several other Questions which seem to be abruptly introduced, but as seTend
other Pieces of Intelligence will attend this Examination, whleh will shew
the Reasons of them and render them intelligible, it is not thought proper to
detain the Examinant, who is not in a good State of Health, long on Lis
Examination.

PENNSTLTANIA ARCHIVES 1757. 296

Qoestion Ist — ^What PriBonera did yon meet on your Expedition
into this Conn trey J

Anawer. — ^One man and two Women, the Eldest Woman abont
twenty Years old, and the Other a little Younger, whom I took to
be Sisters. I believe they were all English.

Qaestion 2d.' — Where did yon meet them, and how long after you
left Fort Machanlt?

Answer. — I cannot say where; bill I left Fort Machanlt the 11th
September last, and met them about eighteen Days after^ and before
I pasfl'd the River Snsquebannab.

.. Qaest. 3. — How long after you met the Prisoners did you pass
Snsquehannah T

Ans. — I cannot remember.

Qnest 4. — ^In how many Days after your passing Susquehantoa
did you make any Prisoners ?

Ana. — Three Days after passing Susquehanna we took five
Children. ^

Qaest. 5. — How many Days after your making these Prisoners
did You continue with your Party ?

Ans. — Five Days/ and then I lost them.

Quest. 6. — How long did you remain alone in the Woods after-
wards?

Ans. — Sevexi, Days. But I may have forgot a Day, as I was in
great Distress.*

Quest. 7. — ^What was the Name o'f the other French man who .
was of your Party ?

Ans. — Le Jardin. I don't know his Christian Name.

Quest. 8. — What Indian Chief, besides Maconse, was with You?

Ans. — La Grande Terrc, who was the Indian Commander, Ma«
conse being a Guide for Us. Maconse has a Brother in this Part
of the Countrey.

Quest 9. — Who commanded the Party which you met with
Prisoners as you came down ?

Ans — I don't know.

Quest. 10. — Was you ever on another Expedition into this Pro-
vince ?

Ans. — About four Months ago I came with Seven Indians under
my Command on this Side Susquehanna, and having pass'd two
Mountains, they kill'd and Scalp'd a Man, by his Dress I took him
to be a German ; and soon after I was coming again into the samo
Part of the Countrey with five Indians, but being lamed they con-
concealed me on the Way at a small Indian Town on Susquehanna,
lest I should be taken. They continued their Journey, and five
Bays after return'd to me with two German Children, Prisoners, a
Boy and Girl, about Twelve or Thirteen Years of Age.

Quest. 11. — How many Captives has your Father at his Fort,
who are Servants to him ?

* See his letter to his father in French, p. 829.

286 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 175T.

Ads. — ^Three. Two were presented to him bj, and one he boogbt
of, the Indians. He had two others, One of whom he bought, and
the other was presented to him. These two he has sent to Mont Real
The Indians have a yery great Number of Prisoners, But they can
scarce be prevailed with to part with any of them.

Quest 12.— What Sort of Fort is Machault ?

Ans.— It is a Fort of Wood, fili'd up with Earth. It has Bas-
tions and Six Wall-Pieces, or Swivel Guns; and the whole Works
take up about two Acres of Qreund.

Quest. 13. — What Namber of Begular Soldiers, Canadians, and
Indians, is there at that Fort ?

Ans. — Fifty Regulars, k forty Canadians. No Indians are there,
but pass & repass to and from a little Town thay have about Seven
Leagues West from Fort Maohault, eall'd Ticastoroga ; They are of
the Tribe of the Wplf.

Quest. 14. — How many Men are at Niagara?

Ans. — Two Battalions.

Done at Reading, the 16th Day of October, Anno Domini, 1757.
Before Us,

CONRAD WEISER,
JAMES READ,
THOS. OSWALD.

We, the Subscribers, were present at the foregoing Examination.*

ROBT. BRIGSTOOK,
ALEXR. SHAW,
ABRAM HART.

Indorsed. — "Examination of Michael Chauvignerie, Junior, a
French Officer, who surrendered himself near Fort Henry."

. Col. John Abmstronq to Gov. Dbnny, 1757.

Carlisle, 17th Octob', 1757.
May it please Tour Hon',

At the Instance of the Frontier Inhabitsnts of this County, & by
approbation of Colo*. Stanwix, I have dispersed the Major part of
the three Eastermost Garrisons of this Battalion among the people
for their Assistance in Sowing their Winter Com, bringing in of
Grain from deserted places, &o., and herewith Send your Hon' a
Copy of the Orders given the Comn^ander of each party or Guard.

Inclos'd is also a Copy of the Orders of the Commanding Officer
at Fort Duquesne to a Cadet, lately Kill'd & Scalp'd by a party of
Cherokee Indians.f

* See farther examination, page 805. f Not found.

PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIVES 1757. 2»7

Cq)^ Hamilton is now at Ljttleton Setling with and paying off
his GojnpaDj at that place; he has Orders to repair with all expe-
dition to Marsh Greek, in Tork Conntj, in Order to discharge the
New Company there Station'd, which I shon'd have done in his
Abflenoe, only to eive him (as he's acquainted) an Opportunity of
Eolisting some of them for three Years^ which it's probable he
may do.

I am, Honoured Sir,

your Most Obed^

HumbV ServS

JOHN ARMSTRONG.

P. S.— Before Sealing on Tuesday, 18th, at half after Two
O'clock, Ennis, with the Indians, Arrived here, & Are to Set Out
to-Morrow Morning, According to your Honour's Orders, Escorted
to Virginia.

Directed^

To the Hon'ble W-. Denny, Esq'., Governor k Commander in
Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia.

llicHARD Peters to Bev'b Charles Bsattt, 1757.

Bear Sir,

The Government having given Assurances to the friendly Indians
to build them a small Fort and some commodious Houses for their
Protection & habitation, a Commission is issuing to M'. John Hughes,
M^ Edw^. Shippen, M'. James Galbreath, and Your Selfe, to super-
intend, direct, and finish that important Work.'

It is taken for granted that your Zeal for the publick Good and
the Re-establishment of Peace with our Indian Allies, will induce
you^to accept of this Commission, & to 'accompany the other Gen-
tlemen immediately to Wvomink ; the tools. Provisions and Neces-
saries being already provided, and an Escort for the Protection of
joar Persons and Attendants.

The matter has been a long time in suspense, and this has occa^
fiioned a failure in giving you more timely notice. Be assured it
iras not owing to want of a sincere Esteem k regard for you, but to
Accidents of w*"** you shall be acquainted when L have the pleasure
to see jou hero. The Bearer waits your Answer, W* is impatiently

13*

fe98 PENNSTLVANIX XRCfHtVES 1^61^.

expected by the other CommisBioners. I am WiUi a pariicalar
affectioD;

D'Sir,

Your most hamble Servant,

RICHARD PETERS.

Philad*., 17th 8ber. 1757.

Directed^
To the Reverend M^ Charles Beat j. Bj Express.

Thomas Oswald to Gov. Denny, 1757.

Dear Sir,

I Send this by Lienten* Pointon who Conducts a French prisoner,
that I Received this day, from the Magistrats ; Col. Weiser desired
that the King's Officers might Be at the Examination, as he did not
^understand the French Language, I Refer ^om to the pa|)er aod
Letter inclosed, and be assured what ever assistance the officers Caa
give it will never Be wanting, I hope this will find your Famelj
quite Recov'dj Believe me Dr oir your most obedient,
Humble Servant,

THOS. OSWALD.

Reading Camp, 18th Oct., 1757.

What ever directions you have to give me depend on their Being
Exactly Followed, its now verry Cold in Tents for the men, and I
am affiraid there will Be disputes about Billets.*

Gov. Denny to Admiral Cotes, 1T5T.

Philadelphia, 18th October, 1757.

Sir,

I have the Honour of yours of the 12thf June with a Duplicate.
The Vessels loaded by the Contraotoris for the stfpply of the navy
were permitted towards the close of the last Embargo to sail, and all
care shall be taken for the future that the Supply of Bread shall be
forwarded to the utmost of my Power, Lidosed are Copies of two
Papers found on Board a small Flag of Truce taken by a Privateer

* See page 294. f See page 186.

PimSTLVAmA ABO&ITliB ITSTs

mkd hirtm^ kito tM« Port^ rektin ; to the Somdhigs and Balmide
of the Mississippi and the Mobile, and the £x»iniiialion of the Cap-
tm and Sailors.

1 am sir^

Your most obedient

and most hnmble senraat,

WILLIAM DBNNY.

Admiral Ooates.

Wm, Peters to Kichard Petsrs, 1757.

Belmont, 28d Octob', 1767.
Dear Bro^

I was to wait on Mr. Hauiltoo on Friday, but he beiBg to go to
Town pnt me off to jeeterday w4ien I went again.

He }>egan his Observations w*^ a good £al of warmth, y* any
report of ye Oonneil was improper; y* ye Ooancil had no nsnner of
basioess w*^ ye Affair, k y^ their report on it woud not be read at
any of ye Boards : To w**' I answered y as y* heavy Charge & Com*
l^int of ye Indians ag| ye Ftdf^ was made to ye Gov* at a Pub.
T^, I thought it waa his Duty to inqnire strictly into it, k y* it oood
not be so properly done in any other way as by a Committee of hia
CouQcil [he reply'd it might be by a report of his Sec^ more pro-
perly] and then if he found on their report of ye Matter y^ ye Charge
ag* ye Prop" was well founded, it was his Duty to represent it to
Uis Ma'ty or his Ministers, k if false to ye Prop" themselyes to
ioform & put thenT on tbeir guard ag* such a vilaiDOus Design to
rniD their Interest w*^ ye King k Ministry, &o., k 1 told him I must
beg leave to Dissent from him in thinking y* when ye Boards read
erery letter from a Gov' on oemmoB Ooourrenoes, they snrely woud
lead k pay g* regard to his w^ this report in an Affair of such great
lAportanoe as this, to w^, if Une, might be imputed all ye late
Mischiefs done ns by ye Indians in revenge for y^ iniquitous Treatm*
of them in ye Land purchases ; & it being ye grand Object of y*
Q' Scheme to establish a Belief of it both here k at home.

On going over ye Report w*^ him he say'd it was so full of words
ia'yeteasoning on ye D^a k Walk y* he Oou'd not nndemtand it
[I have since gone over it w^ Mr. Scull purposely to shorten &
nnke ye vaasoniDg on ye Deeds clearer if we ceu'd, but he saya he
ooMt see how it can be made dearer or shorter k seems to like yio
irhole ef it ezoeedingly.]
And I find Mr. H'«" dislikes all f part w°^ hints at ye I&dian

see PBNNSTLYANU ABGHZYK8 1787:

BaTBges being oocasioii'd by ye Assembly's Doi enablai^^ or Oh
^xmrageiQg ye Oov^ to give ye Hatchet to ye lodians & proteeiiog
them when they so often sollicited us to do it & so forcing then to
seek it from ye French| w*"^ I take to be ye principal Gist of ye In-
quiry & report, whether ye Odium of y^ fatal Faux Pas shall fall on
ye Assembly or ye Prop" & Qov\ perhaps this might be well
enough if ye Com*** of Assembly wou'd but be as complaisant to ye
Gent* of ye Council. In short ye Truth is (as indeed he himself
say'd but this inter nos) yet he does not see w^ business he has to
make himself obnoxious to or to disoblige such s considerable body
of people ; & so I fancy some others of ye Council will say & adopt
his reasoning, & so this s^ attempt of getting ye report finished, tbo'
BO much desired by ye Prop" will come to nothing, I hinted to Mr.
Allen w* Mr. H***'* Sentim^ ab* ye Reports are, he shrug'd up his
Shoulders, w*** Concern & Surprize & say'd if he had acted such a
dastardly part, Things bad as they are, wou'd not have been so well,
or some such ambiguous Expression, w*^ I did not well understand,
but gave me no advice how to act. I am therefore at a Stand k
send ye Bearer on purpose to desire you'l get y^ point eetUed v^
Mr. Chew whether to go on w**^ ye report or no, & if we are then to
€x ye form of it in such manner as y^ other GentF^ will sign it, for I
think you sbou'd not say any more to Mr. H'** ab^ his signing, as
it is so disagreeable to him ', & you'l either come up yourself or re-
turn it w*^ full Biteetions w^ is to be done in ye Affair as soon as
possible. Mr. H*** says he expects every day his Ser^ to go, but
has heard no more ab< ye Pacq** sailing since you went. Gomplim*
to Mr. Chew & Mr. Till & Family. •
I am I> Bro',
Yc* m* aff**''',

WM. PETERS.

Directed,

To Richard Peters, Esq'., at Newcastld.

Col. Gborgb Washington to Gov. Dbnnt, 1767.

Fort Loudoun, Oct' 23d, 1757.

Sir,

Your favour Inclosing Sir William Johnson's Letter, I had the
•Honour to receive Yesterday between four & five P. M., at which
time the Indians therein spoke of arrivd here. About the same
hour to day they depart ; Eworted by an officer whom I have diaigd
with the care of condnoting them to the first Garrison in Carolina.

I have bought^ of the bearer, Mr. James Innis, the Horses which
conveyd them hither, and which he tells me he was Instructed to

nSNKSTLYANIA &OHIVBS 1767. 801

ttll. All other Ddcessary Expenoes arising in their march through
fthifl Colon J, I shall pay in behalf of this Government.
I am ^r, wilh great respect^

Y' most Obed* H"« Serr*, '

GEO. WASHINGTON.

Directed.
The Hon"* Gov'. Denny.

Col, John Stanwix to Gov, Dbnnt, 1757.

Camp near Garlisloi Oct' 24^^, 1757.
Dear Sur :

On acquainting L^ Colonel Armstrong of your oppinion that
three Companies of his Battalion should' be order'd to Wyomink, to
build a Fort and Town for the Indians } his objections to this mea^
sure of sending three Gomp* from this are raany^ and, I think, well
fouud'd, and he sends them to you after having communioat'd them to
me, and I think with him, that one Company from each of the three
Provincial Battalions would be the most equal and equitable, and even
then the Company that go's from this side the Susquehanna, at this
time of the year, would have the greatest share of the Fatigue, but
as Oapt. Mereer go's, I propose his to be the Company for this ser^
vice, besides all the reason's Colonel Armstrong gives you I shall
only add, that as certain intelligence is come from Sir W"*. John-
Bton, that the French and their Indians intend to make an attempt
this fall upon Fort Cumberland, I think it prudent, and for his Ma-
jestys service, to strengthen my self, or at least not weaken my self
more than I can well justifie. Col. Armstrong will tell you that
his Battalion are not above half complete of men that are for any
time, & that three Comp., if they were sent 150 miles to build
this Fort, not a man would list again, if the whole of this fatigue-
iog huisnes was to be doiio alone by them, whilest the other two
Battalions upon the spot in comand, were tho' stionger Battalions be
excused from doing any part of it, there is not a man of the two
Companys properly stationd here but what are upon safe guard
partys, to protect the Plantations during seed time, according to a
dispossition made for this purpose, w""^ Col. Armstrong told me he
should send you } tis the same with the Companys at Shippensburg,
however, have orderd Capt. Mercer's Company to march here as
soon as they can be called in, and shall as soon as possible send one
of the Comp^, either the L^ Col^ or Capt. Kallenders to replace
them } and as I have sent you, by express, this dispossition as soon
as I could, it will give you time to order a Company of each of the
Battalions on the east side of the Susquehanna to join in thig

802 PENNSYLVANIA AEOHIVES 175T.

Bailding party for Wiomink. Capt. Meroer shall march with lis
Company as soon as they arrive here, trader the instraotioii yoi
send, w"^ are very proper and full-^-as theCommis" for Building the
Barracks at Philadelphia spnm at Lord Loadoans ord% they would
treat mine worse, except agave them with my Battalion at my
back ; your proposing to reform your three Battalions into two, with
a proper staff, must be better than three without it, as the expeia
watesj I shall only add, that I am with very great truth,
I> Sir,*

Your most humble &

most obd< Serv^

JOHN STANWIX.
Gover' Denny.

PBTmoHT oy David Dewar, 1767.

To the Honourable WILLIAM DENNY, Esq*., Lieutenant Govcr-

^ nor and Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvanii^,

and Counties of New Castle, Kent and Sussex, on Dekware.

The Humble' Petition of David Dewar, Commandco* of the Sobooirar
Recovery, now at Anch<ff before the Town of New Gastlo, on tte
River Delaware,

Most Humbly Sheweth :

Thait the said Schooner is Chartered by his Honour the Governor
of Providence, to bring Provisions from Phikdelphia, for the Gar-
rison Qt Providence. That Daniel Beloon, his best Seaman, hath
this Day been preas'd on board the Wager Man of War, which hath
■render'd it impi^acticable for your Hcmours Petitioner to proceed on
ibk intended Vqyage, by reason whereof his Majesties Service may be
injured. Your Petitioner, therefore, most Humbly prays, that by
your Honours application to the Captain of s' Man of War, the s*
Daniel Beloon may be cestor'd to y Petitioner, who in Duty bound
will Pray, &0.

DAVID DEWAR.

New Castle, October 24*»', 1757.

PBRNSTLVANIA AROHITES 1757. I08

Col. John Armstrong to Gov. Denny, 1757,

Carliale, Ootob' 24% 1757.
HoDOored Sir :

Pnnnant to j' Hont« Letter to Colo* Stanwiz, be has been pleas'd
to inform me that three Gompanjs are required firom mj BattaKon
to carry on the works at Wioming, which number in a very short
space shon'd have Maroh'd, were it not Colo* Stanwizes Opinion, as
well as mine, that so large a Dranght from this Side of. Sasquehan-
nah will Manifestly expose the Frontier, as well as greatly interrupt
the eompleating of this Battalion for the War.

For, in Consequence of frequent applications made to Colonel
Stanwiz, he has Ordered me to disperse a large majority of the Pro-
Tincials from the three Eastenriost Garrisons to guard the Inhabi-
tants dtirine their Seed time, and untill the approach oF Cold Wea*
ther; and shou'd a Considerable nuteber be taken off from this duty^
in proportion such part of the Frontier as they guarded will be eva-
coated, as the principal motive the Settlers have to remain another
year, is their being provided with Grain for their support.

And in regard to the detriment such Draught will probably be to
the Battalion, dve me leave to inform your Hon' that it is not com-
pleated for the War, but a little above One-half, the greater part of
which being put upon hard duty at this Season of the Year, will
naturally discourage many whome we yet expect to engage, so that
whatever Servise (in Conjunction with other -troops) may be expect-
ed from this BattaKon in the Spring, will greatly, I fear, be frus-
trated by such a dispossitiou, under the influence of which I cou'd
not be Compleat by the first of May next. It is evident, likewise,
that three Gompanys composed of drafts from the sundry Garrisons
in this County, will have much faYther to March than any other Pro-
vincials, and Consequently retard Business.

From the kte> as well as frequent Attacks on this part of the
Frontier, it appears we are at least equally Lyable to incursions from
tfaiB Enemy with the East side of Sasquehannah, and from the low-
neas of the water at this Season, as well as from experience, Fort
- Avgttsta is in less danger than either, therefore I humbly Coneeive
ihftt Garrison may spare one Company, Colonel Weisera one, and on^
made up of Draughts fit for that Service, will, without delay, march
from this Battalion, which will make the duty equal, and remove all
ground of grumblings & fear. '^

Before I had an Opportunity of seeing Colonel Stanwix, after his
reoeit of your letter he had the same view of this matter he noW
has, and was pleas'd to tell me he wou'd write y Hon' frankly his
Sentiments, in the mean time giving Orders that a Company shou'd
be) forthwith i^epar^d to march to Wioming, and that L shou'd,
provide an express to your honour that no time might be lost. If
this representation contribute any thing toy' Honf altering the first

804 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1767.

Orders, it will, I hope^ so far serve the Common interest, and there-
fore much oblige,

Honoured Sir,

Yonr most obed*

and most HamV Serv^

JOHN ABMSTBONa.
GotemoT Dennj.

Edward Shippkn to Gov. Denny, 1757.

Lancaster, 26*^ October, 1757.
Honoured Sir :

At the instance of the Commissioners appointed for the Wjoming
Service, I am to acquaint Your Honour, uiat on our Way to Har-
ris's Ferry, this morning, we received a Letter dated Yesterday tt
Carlisle, from Capt. Mercer, informing us that Colonel Stanwiz will
by no means consent to the sending more than one Company from
Co^. Armstrong's Battalion, which prevents our prooeediog further
on our Journey, till we know Your Honour's Determination in re^
gard to what other two Companies You intend to order with ua. I

We shall wait here for an Answer till the Betum of Col*. Stan*
wix's Express, which we hope will be in a few days.
I am your Honour's

most Obedient

Humble Servant,

ED WD SHIPPEN.
The Hon"* William Denny, Esq'., Governor,

CfliBF Justice Allen to Gov. Denny, 1757.

Phila. Octc 26«», 1757-
Sir:

According to your Honocfs directions I have taken the examina-
tion of the French Prisoner, who appears to me to be a sensible, in-
telligent young fellow, and gives pertinent answers to the queatioBS
J put to him. I herewith transmit the same, together with the pa-
pers you was pleased to inclose to me. If you should think any hu-
ther examination necessary, I will put any other interogatory to him
that you may judge proper. I beg leave to subscribe myself
Your Honor's

Most obedient &

Humble Servant,

WIIiL. ALLEN.
To Governor Denny.

PENNSTLVAOTA ABCHIVES 1767, 805

FURTHSS EXAMINATIOl?'^ OF MiCHAEL La GflATjyiOKB&IB^

Jun'r, 1757,

PeDnsjlvania 8S :
The further EsaminatioD of Michael La Chanvignerie, Jan% aged

Seventeen, a French Prisoner, lately brought from Fort Henry,

taken before Me, William Allen, Esquire, Chief Justice of the

Provmce of Pennsylvania^ 26 October, 1757 :
Who saith :

That it is about Fourteen Months since he left Montreal ;

That his Father is a Lieutenant of Marines and« Commandant of
Fort Machault, built lately at Winango and now a finishing ;

That there are about Fifty Regulars and Forty Labourers at said
Fort; that they expect soon a considerable Ecinforcement from
Montreal ; that they drop there almost daily some of the Detatch-
meats as they pass from Montreal to Fort Du Quesne ;

That the next Fort to Machault is the Fort on the Kiver 0 Boeufs
which is said to be forty Leagues above Machault, but having travel-
led it oflten believes it is not so much, being only two Days and an
half Journey by Land and five or Six Days by Water ; that the
Eiver is very shallow there, and the Country flat and pleasant ; that
the Fort there is very strong, pallisaded round, has a Glacis with a
dry Ditch three Foot deep ; that he knows not the number of Can-
DOD, says they are Swivels and under a Dozen^ is commanded by his
Uncle Mens' Du Yirge, who is an Ensign of Foot ; that there is no
Captain or other officer above an Ensign there, and the Reason of
DO higher officer being there is that the Commandant of those Forts
purchases a Commission for it and undertakes and has the Benefit of
transporting the Provisions and other necessaries ; That the Provis-
ions are chiefly sent from Niagara to Presq' Isle, and so from thence
down the Ohio to Fort Du Quesne. Says Provisions in great Quan-
tities are sometimes brought from the Southward to Fort Du Quesne,
particularly this and last year.

Says there are from Eight to Nine Hundr<)d, and somelim^s a
Thousand, Men between the said Forts Presq' Isle and the Fort at
Kiver O'Boeuf, of which about one hundred and Fifty are Regulars
and the rest Canadians, and chiefly Labourers who work at the Forts
and are imployed in building of Boats and transporting the Provis-
ions sent from Canada.

Says there are great numbers of Battees carrying about Sixty
Bags of Flour, and that the Battoes carry when laden three or four
men, when without a Loading Twelve or more.

Says there are no Settlements or Improvements near the said For^,
and that the French pTant considerable Pieces of Indian ,Corn about
the Forts for the Indians, whose Wives and Children do come to the
Forts for it, and they are there furnished with Cloathes at the Bang's

* See page 294.

806 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757.

Bzpeuee, bot that there are Traders in the Forte who, purchase the
Peltry from the IndiaDs.

That there are several Houses, but the People don't care to in-
habi^them at present, as thej would be more liable to be sealpedj
and keep ohieflj in the Forts.

Says 'tis Forty Leagues fronf Presq' Isle to Niagara, along the
Lake ; That there are Two Thousand Men at least in Niagara, one
half Regulars, which is commanded by a Captain called MonaF
Pauchot, a Knight of S^ Louis, who is esteemed a verj good En-
gineer, and has much improved that Fort and made it very strong,
and for that Reason had the Command of it given him, the? usually
conferred on a Otnadian ; that it has deep Ditches full of Water
round it, a great many Cannon and some Mortars, but the number of
either knows not; there are no Settlements or Improvements near
it; a great many Labourers are imployed constantly in the Fortifica-
tions ; says there was about the said number when he passed by
there, but now supposes there are more.

That last J une he was at Fort Du Quesne, which is Seventy-two
Leagues Distance from Fort Machault ; that they are three Days in
going thither with the Battoes down the Stream ; that there were
then about Fifteen Hundred Men at Fort Du Quesne, of which Fire
Hundred are Regulars, and the rest ate imployed in the carrying
Provisions and going to and fro, which requires great numbers ; that
there are about Twenty Cannon at Fort Du Qaesue, some Mortars,
Four Bastions and a dry Ditch ; Says there were then a great num-
ber of English Prisoners at Fort Du QaesnC; but they are constant-
ly sending them away to Montreal; That they are not used as
Slaves but as Prisoners of War when they arrive there, and are fed
as the Soldiers are; but that the Indians keep many of the Prison-
ers amongst ^hem, chieflv young People whom they adopt and bring
up in their own way, and says that those Prisoners whom the Indians
keep with them become so well satisfied and pleased with the Way
of Living that they don't care to leave them, and are often more
brutish, boisterous in their Behaviour and loose in their Manners
than the Indians, and thinks they affect that kind of Behaviour thro'
Fear of and to recommend themselves to the Indians, and says the
French who are mixed with the Indians seem also to behave in the
like manner.

That he leffc Fort Machault the Eleventh September last with a
Party of Thirty three Indians, the Command whereof was given
bim to go on an Expedition against the English ; that after travel-
ling about Fourteen Days over a very Mountainous Country, they
met another Party of Indians returning from War, with three Pris-
oners, viz' : twojoung Women and one Man^ who he believes were
all the Prisoners, and had taken One Scalp which was with the ad-
vanced Part of them and he did not see it; That they gave the
Man Prisoner to the Indians of his Party ; and that all his Party
returned save twelve who came with him ; That they passed over

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757. 807

Sasqaehannab about two Days Journey below Port Augusta, as the
IndiaDS told him, at a Place where he saw some Peach Trees and the
Ruins of a House with some clear Land about it on this Side
Saaquehannah, and that in three Days after they came among^ the
Inhabitants ; that they kept going on till they found an opportunity
to strike the English ; that they made no Fires in the night except
at some of the many deserted Houses which they saw, especially
amongst the Hills ; that they buried the Fires when they went away
and took great care to make no noise ; That the first House they
came to was inhabited by Germans, where they took Five Prisoners,
all Children, viz., Four Girls and One Boy ; knows nothing of the
Father or Mother of the children, and believes they might be at
some neighbour's' House and saw none but the children ; took some
Cloathes for the Children and some Provisions and several other
things for themselves, stayed but about half an hour there; after-
wards took some Horses at another Place about three Leagues off
and put the Children on them ; passed a great many Houses which
appeared to be deserted, saw Geese and Fowls about them; That
about Five Days after they had taken the said Prisoners (having
passed Sasqnehannah three Days before) he having dropped a Pieee
of Bread, stopped to look for it and in the time he was searching for
it hia Party of Indians gob-so far ahead of him that he could not
overtake or make them bear him, and finding himself lost and being
afraid of starving, bo, after spending in vain two Days in Search of
his Party, repassed Sasquehannah and delivered himself up at Fort
Henry the Seventh Day after he lost himself as aforesaid, which ha
chose to do rather than starve in the Woods, as he found he must if
he did not surrender himself up to the English.

That the Indians who live near Fort MaoLault are chiefly Dela-
t^ares of the Tribe of the Wolfs, many of whom, who before lived
on Belle Rivere, moved away from thence soon after the attack made
by the English on some of those Indians at Kittanin for Fear of the
English, and chosing rather to live near and under the Protection of
the Forts, and saith that one or two of the Chiefs and many of those
Indians were killed at Eittannin.

That by the reports of the Indians ^nd English Prisoners Aat
were brought in, they learned that there were English Regulars near
the Frontiers; that they fully expected the English would have at-
tacked them this Summer at Fort Du Quesne and Fort Maohault,
more especially the latter, and therefore they with the more assiduity
worked at the Fortifications there, that they might make the better
Defence; and that the Reason why he and his Party were ordered
to view the nearest English Forts to Machault was that they might
observe what they were doing there; and that if they saw any Pre-
parations or any Forces moving that Way, that they should immedi-
ately return and give them Intelligence of it at Machault ; and that
he does not know or has beard of the French having a design to make
any attempts or Expeditions against the English this Year, save

808 PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVES 1757.

what he has heard amongst the Indians, who entertain great Besent*
ment and are frequently talking of the Havock made amongst them
at Kittannin, and Parties of them are often going oat against the
EngNlh^ and sometimes without any French.

LA CHAUVIGNEBIE,Ji^

Taken before me,

Will. Allsn, Chief Jostioe.

Petition of Margery Mitchel, 1757.

Sir,

I was some time agoe in Phi1ad% in Expectation of reC a reward
from the Com** for an Indian Scalp, but was quite disappointed ; it
ill suited me at the time to take so fatiguing & expensive a Journey,
one might think Common humanity wou'd induce the (rentlemea
to allow me some small matter on that occasion, Especially as I lost
my Husband & Son, which has so sensibly affected me in every
respect that I am rendered unable of providing the common neoes^
saries of life. Y' Honour gave me some hopes, when in town, that
you wouM use y interest in Endeavouring to prevail w^ the Com**
to Consider me, which I doubt not you will do, as it is part of y
character to relieve the distressed. Y' Endeavours to this purpose
I hope will not only heape Blessings on y self, but in a great i
sure relieve the pinching necessity of one who is
Y' most h'ble Serv*.

MAKGERY MITCHELL

Shippensburg, 26*>' Oct', 1757.

P. S. I left the affidavit in y hands.
Directed,

To Rich'' Peters, Esquire, Philadelphia.

An Address from the Assembly op the Lower CoimnBS

TO THE GOVJ5RN0R, 1757.

May it please your Honour,

We, the Representatives of the Freemen of this Q-ovemment, beg
Leave to return your Honour our hearty Thanks for your kind
Speech, at the opening of this Sessions. The good opinion you en-
tertain of us, of our Attachment to his present Majesty, and Zeal
for the publiok Service, gives us the greatest pleasure We are truty

PENNSTLTANU ARCHIVES 1757. SOD

seDsiblo of the great Obligations we are under to our most gracious
Sovereign, for the manifold Blessings we enjoy under his wise and
just administration. His unlimited Goodness, & tender Care of his
Sobjeots, however distant and remote from his Rojal Person, are
hWj eyinced by the powerful Succours sent over by him, for the
Ftrolection & Defence of these Colonies, in this time of publick Dan-
ger & Distress. We flatter ourselves that we hitherto have, and on
all occasions shall continue to give the strongest Proofs of our Grati-
tude and Loyalty.

We canH help expressing the deepest concern, that the late As-
sembly of the Province of Pennsylvania should charge your Honour
with being partial to the People of this Government, and arrogate
to themselves a right to arraign our Conduct, & proclaim to the
World in the public Gazettes, that we have been deficient In our
duty to His Majesty, in not granting a proportionable Share towards
our own Defence, or the Support of the War. We are equally sur-
prized to find that Assembly assume a further Right to prescribe
Kales to us, and with a dictatorial Air fixing our Proportion of pub-
lick Taxes, to a tenth part of those of the Province. They have
also been pleased to assert, that we have given no more than two
thousand pounds to His Majesties Use. What those Gentlemen
ooald have in View, by a Conduct so unprecedented and extraor-
dioary, we will not take upon us to determine. Common Charity
induces us to hope, that they did not intend to amuse the World,
and cast a Vail over their own Misconduct by throwing Dirt upon
their Neighbours,' & misrepresenting us. We are independent of
them, (which we esteem no small part of our Happiness) and will
ever assert & support that Indepenaency. Should We take the like
Liberty & Freedom with them, we might perhaps, find an ample
Field for Censure ; but we do not think ourselves justifiable in fol-
lowing the Example. As a free People, we have a right of judging
& acting for ourselves, and shall not be complaisant enough to sur-
render that Right to any Man or Set of Men, who may vainly ima-
gine themselves capable of directing us in our Measures. Your
Honour has done the late Assembly strict justice, in assigning the
true Reasons which prevented them from sitting on the Dispatch of
Business, at the times of their first meeting in October, and their
Adjournment in March last, for which we make you our publick
Acknowledgments.

As your Honour is a stranger among us, and is pleased to inform
us, that you are little acquainteif with the publick Transactions of
this Government heretofore, we beg leave, in Order to Obviate ft
confute the highi Charges made against the preceding Assemblies,
to layl)efore you a State of their public Proceedings, since the
eommenoement ef Hostilities by the French, in America. In Oc-
tober, 1754, before the declaration of War, the Assembly of this
Government, being made acquainted with his Majesties express
Comnuinds to GKivcmor Morris, that he should not only act with

810 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVBS 1757-

vigour, in defence of the OoverDmenU under big Cac«| bat
bis Majesties other Colonies, to repel any Hostile attempts made
against theniy immediately gave the Sum of one thousand pounds
to His Majesties Use, which was chiefly laid out in purchasing Pro-
visions for the Forces, then under the Command of General Brad-
dock ; This Supply arrived very critically, just after the Battle of
Monongahela, and was of great Use to the sick & wounded ; for
which Governor Morris informed the succeeding Assembly, many
Officers of Note & Distinction returned their thanks to this Govern-
ment. In October, 1755, the Assembly granted the further Sum
of two thousand pounds to His Majesty, and in March following,
framed a Law for establishing and regulating a Militia within this
Government, which has subsisjred to this time. The necessary Ex-
pence the People were put to under this Law, in furnishing them-
selves with Arms and Accoutrements, and learning the military Dis-
cipline, was a very heavy Tax upon them. We have made a rea-
sonable Estimate of this Expence, which we beg Leave to lay before
you, whereby it appearg that this Tax amounts to upwards of nine-
teen thousand pounds. We conceive, that this Sum has also been
given by us to his Majesties Use, and expended in his Service, one
of the Principal Ends of His Majesties requiring Supplies of his
People here, being for the Protection of his Colonies, & defenoe of
his Subjects against his Enemies. We apprehend this End is better
answered by a proper Militia Law, putting Arms into the Hands of
those who have their Lives, Families, Fortunes, & every thing that
is dear & valuable at Stake, and teaching them how to Use them,
than by hiring Mercenaries for that purpose. This is attended too,
with much less Expence to the People, for by this means this little
Government has near four thousand Militia ready to oppose the En-
emy, when a neighbouring Province, for want of a Militia Law, is
at the annual Charge of between seventy and eighty thousand
pounds, in maintaining fourteen hundred Mercenaries only. With
what Face then can it be said this Government has given but two
thousand pounds to His Majesty, and hath not contributed its due
proportion of Taxes. It is a poor Excuse to allege, they had not
heard of our giving moro than that Sum. If they charged us with-
out taking proper pains to inform themselves, they are greatly cul-
pable, when they had means of being easily informed ; If thej cri-
minate us, knowing the Charge to be unjust, they are still mors
culpable. We find it also asserted, in a Message published in the
Pennsylvania Gazette, the thirtieth day of June last, that the Mi*
litia Law is generally condemned, and has occasioned much Distress
& Persecution among the People, and insinuated, that the inhabi*
tants are enslaved by a Clause in that Law, in which the " Gover-
nor is impowercd to make & establish, such Rules k Articles for the
regulation of the Militia as be may judge expedient, by which
means the Liberties & Properties of the People are subject to his
Order, & dependant on his Pleasure. That the Law is not gene-

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757. 811

rally coDdemned, bni on the tibntrary esteemed equal & jast, both in
the Colonies & at Home, is a known Truth. Had it occasioned
Distress & Persecution among the, People, they, who are the best
Judges, after so long an Experience -^of it, would certainly have
complained of the Burden ; but this is so far from being the Case,
that they desiro the continuance of it. To confute the last charge,
ve need not only insert at large the clause referred to in the Law,

vbieh has been tortured, & maide to speak by a partial Quota-

tioD of it, a meaning that the Legislature never intended. The
Clause is as foll6ws, to wit : <' And be it enacted by the Authority
" aforesaid, that the Commander in Chief of this. Government for
<< the time being, may, & shall make & establish, such Articles &
'^ Rales for the regulating and better governing the Militia of this
^^ Government, while under Arms, or in actual Service, as he shall
<< judge meet & expedient : Provided, that no punishment U> be in-
'^ flicted by the said Rules or Articles, for the Breach thereof shall
" be otherwise, than by Fine, n|| exceeding five pounds, or impris-
'^ onment, not exceeding ten days.'' The Governor's Power is lim-
ited & confined to narrow Bounds; without military Regulations, a
Law of this kind would have been, in a great measure, useless. The
Rules to be made by the Governor are general, and are to be en-
forced by the military Officers, as occasion requires, and no oppor«
tunity is given him to gratify his Resentment (if he bad any) against
particular persons. If the Officers should abuse this Trust, and in-
flict penalties on individuals wrongfully, they, as English Subjects,
are entitled to the Benefit of the common law, & may obtain Relief
by habeas corpus, or other legal Process.

With what justice then can it be said, that the Liberties & Properties
of the People are subject to the Governor's Orders, & dependant on
his Pleasure ? We can't help observing, that by the late Pennsyl-
vania Militia Act, which was repealed by his Majesty, the Gover-
nor, with the Field Officers, had Power to make Articles of War
for the better government of .the Forces, and to erect Courts mar-
tial to try & determine any offences by such Articles, and inflict Pe-
nalties by Sentence or Judgment, without any kind of Limitation,
under which they might have punished with death ; And in a late
Militia Bill, presented to the Governor by the Assembly of that
Province, pecuniary Penalties are very high, and some offences there-
in made capital.

Thus, we hope we have vindicated the good People of this Gov-
ernment from the Calumnies attempted to be thrown upon them,
and shewn, that they have not been wanting, either in their duty to
His Majesty, themselves or their neighbours, and doubt not but
they will stand justified in the opinion of every impartial judge.

We have taken into Consideration the several matters recommend-
ed to us by your Honour, and shall, with the greatest cheerfulness,
grant snch Supplies to ^is Majesty as the present Circumstances of
om Constituents will admit o^ Our first Care & Attention should

312 , PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1767.

be fixed on onr own defence, and -the Secnrity of the Governm' in
particular. We have a Frontier to guard, as well for ourselves as
onr good Friends in the Province, of above one handred miles ia
Extent, against the attack of our Enemies by Sea. What can be
spared, after the discharge of this necessary Service, will bo applied
to the Support of the common interest of the Colonies.

We thank your Honour for the Assurances you are pleased to gire
ns of your Readiness, consistent with your Power & Duty to pass
such Bills, as are necessary to promote the particular Good & Hap-
piness of our Constituents.

Signed by Order of the House,

BENJAMIN CHEW, Speaker.

October y 26, 1757.

Indorsed. — Address of the Assembly of the Lower Counties, de-
livered by the Speaker, 26th Oct., 1757.

Conrad Wbiser to W. Pbtbrs, 1757.

Dear Sir,

The inclosed is directed to no Body, I should perhaps have direct^jd
it to your Brother or Mr. Will™ Smith but I must leave it to you
and them to judge for mo as my friends. I had no^time to make
my remarks on several other paragraphs, but there is too much to
be said to them, and I dont choose to be too deeply Concerned in
a paper warr, besides Mr. Eich** Peters as Secretary has the records,
and Can ans' for the Conduct of the Governors, Especially that of
Mr. Morrises about his declaration of warr against the Shawanese k
Delewares by the advise of the Indian Chiefs then in Fbilad^. See
what our Messengers Scaruiady and Andrew Montour said on their
return, Compare it to what Lancaster treaty says page 12, and the
said Chiefes advised a declaration of warr against those villans, the
meetings at Israel Pemberton's is a nise point and Cost money, hat
how to escape the resentment of those revengfull people is another
point, the post waits and I. must Conclude. What is wanted more
from me I should be glad to have it in questions, I hear of nothing
new here, of which I am glad, my health is as yet unsettled.
I am dear sir,

your most humble servant,

CONRAD WEISER.

Heidlebefg in Bercks, Oct' the 27th, 1757.

Directed,
To William Peters, Esquire, in Philadelphia.

PBNNSYLVA]^ AECHIVES 1757. 818

Conrad Wbisee to Gov. Denny, 1757.

A few Weieks BiDce, a Copy of the Address of the Friendly Asso-
ciation, signed by Abel James, dated Philad* the 14th of the Seventh
Month,* presented to the Oovemor, in Easton, came to my Hands ',
I was not a little surprised to see my Name made Use of in a very
uDJnst Way, and cannot help taking notice of it, with my Remarks
on Some_ Paragraphs therein. First. The Author of that Paper
says '■ Some of us haring the Opportunity of a free Conference with
<< Conrad Weisef, who, as Provincial Interpreter has been long con*
^'ceroed in publick Transactions with the Indians ; We were thereby
" confirmed in our Apprehensions that some Bissatisfiiction respect*
'Mng their Lands had tended to the alienating their Friendship
" from us, &o.''

I wish the Author had set forth when, and where that Conference
wss, and who were present ? Perhaps I could then call to mind
what past further; for what is said above is not the whole Truth.
My Words, it seems, are brought in, to countenance an unjust De-
sign ; that is to father a great Part of the Mischeef done by the
Indians on the Prop^etors of Pennsylvania. Whatever I did eay,
1 never said that the Proprietors of Pennsylvania had wronged the
Indians out of any Land ; wliich, if I had, would bo notoriously
Mae, for tho' long concerned in publick Transactions with the
Indians (as the Author of the Paper says,) I never heard of a regu-
lar Complaint made by an Indian Councel against the Proprietors of
Pennsylvania, of being wronged out of Land. It is true some of
the Straglers among 'em when they wanted more Rum, would fre-
quently complain and say they had been cheated ; which will be tho
Case dlways as Ions as there are any Indians, and as long as they
can get Rum. If tne Delaware Indians have been wronged out of
any Land^ they themselves know very well by whom they are so
wronged. And it is known to others also, that had the ffriendly
Association asked a certain Person about this affair, they might havo
been truly informed, and in their Proceedings would have found the
Truth; and it would have been in their Power (as they have wealth
k Credit) to satisfy the Complainants, and, under the Countenance
of the Governor, as Peace might have been made last Year, and a
great Deal of Bloodshed prevented } and I dare say, a Better Peace
than we now have, could then have been made. I say if the friendly
AsBodation had gone on, according to their first Innocent Project, of
which some of 'em very early made me acquainted at the House of
Thomas Lightfoot, in Philadelphia. I promised them all the assist-
ance I was capable of, provided the Governor should be made
acquainted therewith, and I have his Leave. But Things, on a
sudden, took another Turn. The Association was (as I think) im-

* See Colon. Reo. Vol. VIL p. 688-648.
Vol. III.— 14

3U PENNSYLVANIA AlftsHIVES 1757.

posed upon by aome desigDing men of theirs. The Proprietors of
Pennsylvania mast be fi»t charged with wronging the Indians oat
of some of their Lands. C. W. must be brought in as a Witness.
We must range his Words so that those who do not know better,
must understand 'em so. But I say, Gro afar off Satan ; notwith-
standing thy flattery, I will never Countenance falsehoods, much less
promote Lies. I will only trouble you at present with one more
remark of mine on the Paragraph, page 4, where the Author of the
Address says, that from that Time it was generally known that ooe
Cause of the Alienation of their friendship was some Injustice they
had received, or supposed to be done them in the Purchase and nu>-
ning out of their Lands. It will appear in a clear^Light to all im-
partial men by a little inquiry that these Indians when they first
came down to the Treaty at Easton, came without Complaints about
Land; nor did the three Messengers who were sent up to them ioto
- their own Country bring any such Beport to the Governor, but soon
after the Treaty, I read words in the German News Paper, That
Teedyuscung should have said, which I never heard of before, and
Teedyuscung made Use of in the following Treaty, and at that in
November-following. Some Persons appeared so eager to bring the
Cause of the War, or a great Part thereof on the Proprietors Back,
that they forgot all reasonable Discretion. One in particular ; when
the Governor came out of the House, &ne evening, near night, where
the Conferenoe was held, accompanied by the Chiefs of the Indian?,
came and gave a certain Indian a Wink, not observing me. The
Indian followed him behind the House ; another that walked on my
^ side took notice of it. See there, says he, Mr. J. P. is still busy.
The Indian came back to his Bank again. Well says P. what did
our friend P. say to you ? Not much says M'. No, but let us know
it. Why says M% P. told me that now was our Time to speak
boldly, and not to spare or fear any Body. At this Treaty the In-
dians learned our Weakness, by being Informed of our Divisions.
Here Prudence bids me to go no further. But I am surprised that
at the Treaty in Lancaster the two Chiefs Abraham and Thomas
behaved so steady considering how long they were there, and what
temptations of Corruption they lay exposed to.

W|^ I have more Leisure and more Convenient Time, I shall
^^iHquioR you whom the Delaware Indian Charges with having
wroDged them. This present Time will not admit to Speak of with-
out Danger. If those eonoerned in Government would take the
Thing in hand, and that privately, Some Good might still be done.
I am sir,

your most bumble servant,

CONRAD WEISER.

Heidleberg in Bercks^ October the 27, 1757. y

PSNNSYLVANU ^OHiyES 1757. 816

Gov. Wji. Hknky Lyttlbtojt to Gov. Dbuny, 1767.

Charles Town, Oof 27th, 1757.

Sir,

The Assembly of this Proyince haviiig impower'd mo to oanse a
quntity of Cannon Shot & other Warlike Stores to the amonnt of
one thousand pounds sterling, to be procnrd for the Publiek Service,
I hare direct^ Mess" Benjamin Smith, Christopher Gadsden, and
Henry Laurens, very eminent Merchants of this Town, to apply to
Mr. Chief Justice Allen, who I am informd is a very proper Person
to oiQse the same to be furnished & sent hither by tho first conve-
nient Opportunity, & Mr. Allen will receive a Letter upon the Sub-
ject by the Vessel which carries this. Should there be any man of
var under whose Convoy they might be sent or the Captain of which
being destind for this Port might be induc'd to take them on board,
I would beg the fkvour of your assistance therein, in recommending
sach a Service to him as the safe arrival of the different articles
which will be expressed in the JiCtter to Mr. Allen will be of much
importance for the defense of this Province. If any of them cannot
be bad in Pennsylvania, we shall be much oblig'd to Mr. Allen if
be will negotiate the matter with any of ffis Correspondents at New
York or any other Northern Colony, where they may be got.
I am with great regard sir,

Your most obedient,

humble servant,
WILLIAM HENRY LYTTLETON.

Cebtificatb op Indian Isaac, 1757.

I, Indian Isaac, do hereby Certify that Serjeant Falconer was
with UB in the Battle Fought at Sideling Hill, in April, 1756. Be-
tween a Party of Cap* Hance Hamilton's Men in Compaoj^witll
some of the Militia and the Indians, and that the said Falconer was
One of the Men that Covered me While I Scalp'd the Indian, and
James Willson, Corporal, was the other. Witness my hand the Slat
day of October, 1757.

# his

ISAAC M INDLiN.
mark.
. [TisT.] Wm. Barek,

- RoBT. McPherson.

81)5 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES' 1757.

LoED Loudoun to Gov. Denny, 1757.

Albany, Oct' 31st, 1757.
Sir,

In my last letter to yon from New Yorki I aoqaunted yoa tbat I
proposed to quarter part of the Troops in the back part of year Pro-
vince. ' Since which I have given Col*" Stanwiz a Quartering Rout
to quarter the 15 Companies with him at Laneaster, York and Bead-
ing, and Places adjacent.

As I am now settling the Winter Quarters for the Troops, I have
ordered the 35th Regiment, commanded by Lieut. Gen. Otway to
embark and proceed to Philadelphia, as it will be more convenie&t
to march them in Detachments, they will come to you in that Shape,
and I must beg you will be so good as to order the proper Magia*
trates to prepare Quarters f^r them.

/ By my present Plan those are all the Troops I propose to put into
your Province this Winter, except Recruiting Parties.

I must beg the Favour of you to send me a State of your Pro-
vincial Troops this last Season, the Numbers they consisted of at
different Periods, and an Account of wliat Preparations they have
made for supporting them this Winter, for the Defence of jour ex-
tensive Frontier.
I am,

with great Regard, Sir, .

Your most ob^ humble Servant,

LOUDOUN.

Directed,

To Gov^ Denny.

Jno. Hughes, &c., to Gov. Denny, 1757.

Fort at Hunters, 3d November, 1757.
Honoured Sir :

We have, the pleasure to acknowledge the Receipt of your Favour
of the 28th ult% inclosing Letters to Colonel Weiser & 5lajor Burd;
the former we immediately dispatched by Express, and tho' tbe
Company from his Battalion is not come, we have agreed to sett off
this Day with Cap* Mercer's Company ISii; a Party of fifty Men, who
came down with the Battoes from Augusta, having left Directions
for that Company to follow us immediately, which will occasion do
Delay to us on our March, as we shall be obliged to halt at Fort
Augusta a day or two to give a little Rest to the Battoemen, &c

Mr. Pawling finding that Col'' Stanwix could not agree to the

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1767. 817

sending three Companies from Col* Armstrong's Battalion, returned
home from Lancaster.

We are Your Honour's

Most Obedient Humble Servants^

Jon. Hughes,
** Edwd. Shippkn,

Jas. Galbosath.
Directed,
To the Hon*'* William Denny, Esq', Governor, &e.

Earl of Loudoun to Gov. Dbnky, 1757.

Albany, 4th November, 1757.

Sir,

Having oocasign to write to Governor Sharpe of Maryland, and
beiog willing to make use of the same Opportunity, to convey some
directions to Colonel Stanwiz, at Carlisle, I must beg the favor of
Yoa to forward by Express, immediately upon the arrival of my
Coarier, the Packet addressed to the Colonel. I should not have
given you this trouble, but for the distance of the one place from the
other, which would' greatly retard the Execution of my Instructions,
vhicb require all the dispatch possible. You will be pleased to
Charge me with the Ezpence, which I shall defray in the manner
jou will direct.
I am,

with the greatest regard, Sir,

Your most Obedient

Humble Servant,

LOUDOUN.

Directed,
To the hon"' William Denny, Esquire.

Order to Pat Workmen at Battery at New Castle,

1767.

6entl>:

Pay the several Labourers & workmen that now are, or hereafter
Bbll be employ'd for erecting a Battery at the Town of Newcastle,
by Order, their Wages, respectively, out of the Eight Hun-

dred Pounds put into your hands, being part of Two thousand
Pounds given for His Majesties Use^ and the several Sums by you

818 PENNSYLVANIA ARCfilVES 1757.

80 applj'd shall be allowed you at seUling your Aoco^ with the
GommissioDers.

Newcastle 5th November, 1757.

To the Trustees of the General Loan \
Offioe for Newcastle Couuty. J

Indorsedy

5 Nov, 1757. An Order upon the Trustees of the L. Office for
Newcastle Couoty, to pay the workmen employed in ereoting a Bat-
tery at f<^ewcastle.

Order to Affix the Great Seal, 1757. •

The Honourable William Denny, Esquire, Lieutenant Goyeraqr
and Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, and
Counties of Newcastle, Kent and Sussex, on Delaware.

To Richard Mc William, Esquire, Keeper of the Great Seal of the
said Counties :

Tbese are to authorize and require you to Affix the said Seal to
the Exemplified Copies of two Acts of Assembly, one entitnled, an
Act for striking four thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit and grant-
ing the same to his Majesty's Use, and to Provide a fund for sinking
the same ; the other, entituled an Act for establishing a Milida in
the Government of the s** Counties, and for so doing this shall be
your sufficient Warrant.

Given under m^ Hand and Seal at Arms, at Philadelphia, the
Twenty-third day of November, Anno Domini, one thousand seven
hundred and fifty-seven.

WILLIAM DENNY. [Sbal.]

Wyoming Commissioners to Gov. Denny, 1757.

Honoured Sir,

A few miles on this side of Wyomink, Teedeuscung with Some of
his Friends met us, & Shewed the way to the Spot he had pitched
upon for the Town, and Said he desired us not to erect a Fort, but
only Some Houses; and accordingly we set the men to work, and
when we had covered in two & set up Six more, he let us know he
was Satisfied, as he intended to go to Bethlemen immediately, and
live there all Winter, in which time he thought it not improbable
but Some Straggling ill affected Indian might burn them 4own ;

PENN8TLVAOTA AROmYES 17fl7. 81t

however, be that m it might, he designed to return in the Spring
and Settle there, when he would have the business compleated. We
are with due regards,

Your Honour's

Most obed* Humb. Serv*»,

JON. HUGHES,
EDWD. SHIPPEN,
JAS GALBREATH.

At Barnabas Haghes, Lancaster )
County, 23d Novemb', 1757. j

To The Hon*»« William Denny, Esq'., Gov'.

D'S',

George Croqhan to , 1767.

Fort Johnson, De»'. 18th, 1757.

Some Time ago I was feavor* with y» of the 17th of No*', By
which I See the Com" had Nott given ye Governor an Answer, or
Lett him know how Much Money they gave Aron & Daniel to pay
for Makeing thire Fences. IncloiBed you have ye Man's Account
who Made the fence, and he has Creadetted yt Account w^^ £80,
which is all Daniel & Aron brought, the Ballance is £83, which the
Indians Expect will be paid by y' Goverment, if Nott', I fair they
will Roproch y' Goverment w^* A breach of promis on that Account,
Batt I hope you will be able to gett the Commiss" to pay itt.

The Draft of ye Land which you Wrote Me was in S' William's
Packett, is Nott Comia to hand. So I Supose ye packett is Miscar-
ried, So Must Requst y Sending A Nother Draft as soon as posable.

I find by^y Leter that the Quakers Still Continue to Sett up
Teadyuscung Against y« Governor, this I allways Expected. Shure
those people Must be Mad, for in My opinion they are Seting up ye
Indians to Claime ye Whole province, and Indeed if we Should be
nnanccessfuU in this Warr, they May Say all ye British Coloneys
belongs to them ; how Long ye Goverment att home will Suffer ye
Qoakers to Actt ye part they have hitherto Don, I Cant Say, Butt if ,
Long permited, I fear thire Conduct in the End will Nott be found
for ye Good of his Majesty's Subjects in Amerrica.

I Make no Doubt Butt M'. Femberton will Write agreat Dail
home, in which I am Shure he wont Miss Strikeing att Me, how-
ever I am Conshioss in My Self that I have acted to ye Best of My
Judgment, without parceality to any party in ye Conferances I was

820 PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIVES 1757.

Iinployed id, and I b'live Might have Don More Service to ye
General Cause had Nott je Quakers Interfer'. Batt they persist in
acting Now as they Did before ye Warr in Indien Affairs, which you
are well Aqaainted with as well as My Self, and I am Share the Con-
duct of ye Asembly before ye Warr was A Greatt Mains of Driveing
ye Several Westren Nations of Indians out of the British Intrest.

I am Glad to hear ye Dalaways behave Well att Fort Augusta. I
am att a Loss about the Tread, as you Did Nott Write Me whether
ye Governor had past a Tread bill or Nott.

We have no News hear ; you See by ye papers that ye Governor's
fflats was Cutt of to our Gxeatt Shame, butt So it is that all our Gar-
risons is left two Weak, and No Regard paid to Indian Intilagance.
Tis True ye Six Nations Dont Chuse to fight our Betles, in which
they act as True politiones, for this they are bleam'd by ye armej.
Butt I B'live Wear we to attempt any thing we Sould find them oar
fast frauds.

There is a Talk of a Winter Expedition, Butt as there is Little
preperation Made for itt, I fear there will be Nothing in itt; British
Soldiers will Certeanly fight. Butt I think British Offisers are to
Delicatt to undertake a Winter Expedition, and those who are Cape-
ble and willing to Do itt will Not be permited, as Nothing Must be
Don Butt by Regulers; Indeed, I wish they would Do Every thing
themselves, as itt is A Soldier's province to fight.

Sir William has been Very 111 this two Months past, which has
prevented My Going y Way; he is Now prity Well Reoover'd, and
I hope will be Soon able to go Abroad ; he Desires Me to Make his
Complements Exoeptable to you. Inclosed I Send vou £21, York
Mony, which is About Eaqual to £20, your's, which I ought to ha?e
Sent you before, and Did, but ye offiser I Send itt by Beturn'd from
York and brought itt Back.

I am, S',

with Greatt Esteem,

your Most obedient and

Humble Servant,

GEO. CROGHAN.

j7u?o;«€j.— Rcc'd. at New York, 19th Fcbry. 1758.

PEltNSTLVANIA ARCHIVES 1767. 821

EXTBACT OF A LETTER FROM Mr. SECRETARY PiTT TO

Major General Aberorombie, 1757,

Commander in CLief of all bis Msjest/s forces in North Americ8|
Bearing date; Whitehall, December ye 80th, 1757.

I am further to signify to you his Majesty's Pleasure^ that Yoa
do appoint Colonel Forbes (who will by this Conveyance receive a
Gommifision of Brigadier General in America^) to Command such
lorces as yon shall judge Proper to leave in the Southern Provinces ]
and that Brigadier Forbes do proceed, without Loss of Time, to
Pensylvania, or Sach other of the Southern Provinces as Shall bo
thought most proper, in order the Better to concert any Operations
to be undertaken by the Said Troops, who in Conjunction with the
forces directed by my Letter (of which the inclosed is a Copy) to the
Southern Governors to be raised in those Provinces, are to be em-
ployed under the Command of the Said Brigadier Forbes, on any
such offensive Operadons as may be judged by him most expedient
for annoying the Enemy, and most efficacious Towards removing
and repelling the Dangers that tbreaten the Frontiers of any the
Southern Colonies on the Continent of America.

Indorsed.^^Enolosei. in Gen'l. Abercrombie's L're of the 29th
March, 1758.

Petition froji Northampton County.

To bis Honour William Denny, Esq., Governor of Pennsylvania :

* The bumble Petition of Divers of the Inhabitants of Mount Bethel,
Plaiofield and Forks of Delaware, and Places Adjabent, Humbly
Shewetb :

That Whereas your Destres'd Petitioners, many of us having suf-
fered much by a most barbarous and Savage Enemy, and we hearing
tbat the Company which has been stationed above us is going to be
Removed over the Blew Mountain, which has put us to the utmost
Confdsion, we Being Sensible by Experience that the Company has
been of Little or no Benefitt unto us while over the Mountain, and
sltbo' we would by no means be understood to Dictate unto Your
Honour, we hope that it will not be counted presumption humbly to

* Inform your honour, That a 8tati6n for a Number of Men, some-
wbeie near the Wind Gapp, under the Blew Mountain on the East
side thereof, might have the best Tendency to Secure the Inhabitants
of Tbese parts. Therefore, We, your honour's Destresed Petitione s,
humbly Implores you to take it into Consideration as your honour's

14*

823 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1757.

ifetj of your hombl
ROBERT CAMPBELL, 4c

Goodness thinks proper, for the safety of your humble petitkmeTg,
i?ho are in Duty bound to pray.'*'

CONPBSSION OP W-: — M ESQ., 1757.

The Honest Confession of W M , Esq'., on going into

Banbhment from the Proyince of Pennsylvania.

Fiat Justitia. \

Let Justice be done. J

I am now, by the Voice of the People and by their Representa-
tives, Judg'd a person not fit to be Employed in any Post under the
Government; time was that I had an Opportunity of making my
Character appear Less Odious, and Indeed had it not been for my
Conscious Misbehaviour, I should have appear'd, but who can face
Truth without Conscious Innooence and integrity of mind.

I Confess that my applying to the Assembly for the Coppyff of
the several Petitions, was a Tacit Confession that I Intended to ap-
pear in my own Vindication ; and when summoned so to Do, I acted
Inconsistent not to Obey it.

I Confess as to my Character, since I put up for any Post of
honour or Profit, That I om^ made myself believe I oould act the
PatHot, and accordingly made Interest to be Choose for a Repre-
sentative; Then I opposed Loudly all Proprietary Innovations, and
was warm for the Liberty of my Country, but getting nothing bat
the honour of serving my Country, I found that a post of Profit
might, with my skill, be more Advantageous. Therefore I Lay'd
down the Patriot Scheme and Took a Commission of the Peace.

I Confess this Commission (as Avarice was my Governing^ Pas-
sion) was very profitable, and to secure myself in my station, as I
Improved my own so I help'd others to Pocket also; This you All
know.

I Confess that the Judgment of the Assembly (In the nature of
my case) oould be no otherwise than as they have given it.

I Confess that my Vindication (so called) is Only my say so, and
therefore no Vindication, and as it was Published and handed about
to abuse and prejudice my Judges in the Eyes of the people, it must
Appear as the weak Efforts of my Vindictive Temper.

I Confess the Assembly does not yet know all my Oppressive
Practices.

I Confess that my pride is such, that I would have it Thought, I
give Advice and sway in the Cabinet Council.

* There is no date, but being of the same tenor of some heretofore pristed,
St probably belongs to this period. The signers are numerous, many appear
to be Germans.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1767. 828

I Confett, that as to my Loyalty^ I begin to sofpeet it, as I do
that of my ForefatherSi but of this you'd say that some parents Pro-
pagate their Vices as well as their Diseases. This is a severe Twinge
in my Consdence, and my toe put me in mind of it the Other Bay.

I Confess that every Corrupt Majesttate should be Lop'd off, and
hope ray Banishment will be a Warning to all such.

I Confess my Judges in the Bight, and pray that they may always
keep Open the Door to hear the Complaints of the people against
InJQstiee and Oppression. «

May my unhappy Case be a Warning to all men in Power, from
the Supream to the Inferiour Majestrate. *

May I have the honesty to make Bestitution, as I have it in my
power, and may I have the Grace to amend my future Life and Con*
dact. To assist me in this work of Beformation, and I Desire the
prayers of all Good Christians.'*'

Indorsed,

21 Dec, 1757. " Paper given me by George Asler. Confession
of Wm. Moore, Esq', said to be wrote in Town.''

Lord Loudoun to Gov. Denny, 1757.

Sir,

New York, January 6th, 1756.

Afl^rVishing you Sincerely the Compliments of the Season, I
must acknowledge the Becept of your letters of the 6th, 9th & 27th
of Dee^, which come by last Post, and again return you my thanks
for the assiduity you have used in getting Quarters for the King's
Troops, which I hope the People will be wise enough to despute no
more; and likewise, to Beturn you my thanks for the Kind and
obliging offer you make me of being in your house, but you little
know what a troublesome Guest I should be, f(v you will find that
from early in the Morning, wherever I am, the House must be filed
with People about Bussiness, which mus^ be very troublous in your
family, and knowing that must give me uneasiness, therefore I must
beg you will allow me to be in some other house in town.

As to the Indian Affairs, I must beg leave to Pospone them till I
have the pleasure of meeting you in Philadelphia, as at this Season
of the year they are not so Pressing, and as I soon expect fresh in-
siroctions from London about them.

* This is probably satirioal, and is inserted to show the state of fbellDg
on the subject ; see Moore's acquittal and flattering address by the Ooveinor,
August 26, 1768, Col. Rec. Vol. VIII. p. 102.* See various proceedings in
the case to which this refers in Col. Rec. Vol. VIT. p. 764, (Mr.Moore's State-
ment,) 776—788 ; Vol. VIII. pp. 1—22, 162 ; also, Gordon's Hist. Pennsa.
pp. 852—867.

ADdpoiteainthisToL

S24 PENNBYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1767.

Besides, hi Preaent I am called on by another Affair that ia vary
Pressing, as the original of it happened some time before yon in*
tended to oome to America, I imagine it was not oommunicated to
yon.

'Tis three Intersepted letters from America, directed to the Dnke
Be Menepoa, Contaning very treasonable Practises, here, tbe first
of which letters came over in the Nighingal : when she went home
last Spring, this letter was sent back along with Mr. Webb, who had
Particular directions to Inquire after the Author, and Prosseed
against htm ; and Sir Charles Hardy and Mr. Webb made all the
Inquiery they could Privately, but nothing came to light. I brought
with me the two letters that were afterwards Interseptedi froin the
Same Person, but had as little success, till now that there has hap-
pened an insident that may Possibly bring the whole to light.

The Case is this, the first Intersepted letter desired the answara
might be sent to New York, directed to the Pere Fidel, and leffc at
the Coffee-house till called for; it has lay en there ever since, and has
been advertised amdng many others, as letters Remaning at the
Post office, but never has been called for.

We have this Day had Information from one Samuel Yanhom, a
Merchant in this towu, who is just returned from Philadelphia, that
when in the Coffee-house several Aquantances were desiring him to
forward a.ny letters he might fiud bear for them ; a mau, whom he
takes to be a Stranger followed him to the Doore, and enquired about
the above letter, and sade be should be glade to have it^ as the Per-
son for whom it was directed was now on the Fronteers.

Mr. Webb was to have sett out for Philadelphia before this, but
has been ill, which prevents his goiog ; he had decided to have
Communicated all we know of this affair to you, and to take your
Advice and assistance in following it out. But on this fresh Infor-
mation I have sent Colonel Stanwix and the Merchant who made
the discovery, to point out the Man that made the Euquirj, Col:
Stanwix will Communicate the whole to you, and take your Advice
and assistance in bringing this Plan to light.

I dare say you will agree with me, that it will be more for the
Kinge's Service and for the Interest of tbe Publick, to Sease this
person in a Military manner, as we can be sure of keeping him, than
to wait the Slow Prosseding the Civil Magestrat in this Gonntry, by
which he would Probably escape, and not be safe after he waa in
Custody.

I am sure I need say nothing to you to insit yon to exert your
Self on this occasion; where the safety of the whole ia so Deeply
interested.

Col. Stanwix will Inform you of furd6r ItifOTmations I have had
ef transactions in your Province, which happened last Spring, whioh,
from the method I am informed they were managed, I dare say, have
never eome to your knowledge^ which I hope the shortness of the

WlNNSTLVANIA ABOHIVES 1758. ^25

time I bate to writ at Present, will ezcase me to joa for not writing
at length. I ever am most faithfuUj and wilh great regard.
Sir,
Your most Obedient,

bumble Servant,

LOUDOUN.*

PositioN OF Troops in Northampton County, 1758.

Capt. Vanetten at MiDissinks, a Lieni and . . SO Men.

Capt Craig, at Fort Hamilton, 41

Lieat. Wetberbold, at Broadhead's, . . . . 26

Ensign Sterling, at Wind Gap, Teet's Honse, . . 11 ^

Capt. Orndt, at Fort Norris, 60 '

Capt. Wayne, at Fort Allen, 50

A Sergeant at Uplinger's, and 5

An Ensign of Wetterhold's, at Doneker's Mill, & . 15

A Lient in Allen Township, & .... 15
Capt. Foulk at the new Fort not named, between Fort

Allen & Fort Lebanon, 68

Capt. Trexler (has posted himself contrary to orders

within the Moantain,) 53

Capt. Martin, (in the Settlem* above Easton,) . . 80

889

Capt. Trump's Company, 50 "\

Aston's, 50 [^ reduced.

Parson's, Guard at Easton, 24 )

Col. Clapham will wait on your Hon' immediately, and aoquaint
yoa with further particulars of the State of the Forces in Northamp-

ton Cbunty.f %

To the Goy.

* As Lord Loudoun did not arriye at NewTork till 28d of July, 1766, (see
Arch. Tol. 11. p. 718,) the date of this letter should have been 1767, as the in-
donement has it-^its appropriate place, therefore, in this Tolume woald haye
been at page 90 instead of here — Lord Loudoun having sailed from New York
June 20, 1767, (see Col. Rec. Vol. VII. p. 596.) We hare seen no farther ex-
planation of the "plan" to which it relates.

t There was no date to this paper, it was fonnd among the papers of thia
year.

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Petition Samuel Lightfoot, 1758.

To the Honourable William Denny, Esq., Lieut Governor of the
ProYinoe of Pennsylvaniai and the Counties of Newcaatle, Kent,
& Sussex^ &c.

And to the Bepresentativea of the Freemen of y 8* ProyineO; in
General Assemblj met.

The Petition of Samuel Lightfoot, of the County of Chester, in ye
said Province, Humbly Sheweth, That as your Petitioner hath for
several Tears past, been Concerned ^o Act under a Commission of
the Peace, and as a part of the Service of those who so Act, is to
hear and Determine complaints for Debts and Demands under forty
Shillings. Your Petitioner hath suffered much Trouble, Shame and
Disgrace, in the Discharge of this part of his duty. By the Pro-
ceedings and through the Practice of William Moore, of the said
County, Esq., who Hath frequently taken Causes under his Consi-
deration, and acted in them as he pleased, after the same Causes had
been Heard & Determined as your Petitioner adjudged according to
Law, by & before him, to the Damage of the Publick, as also to ye
Scandal of your Petitioner.

One instance of the said Practice appears to the World, in the
Memorial of the said William Moore, in Answer to the (Petition
No. 9,) of Adam Ramsour, where he asserts that there appeared to
him a just Debt of fifteen Shillings, due to John Stone, from said
Ramsour, after your Petitioner had adjudged between the said Par-
ties, and that the Judgment of your Petitioner could be no Barr to
the subsequent Judgment of Him the said William Moore.

The Particulars of the said case may be laid before you.

Now, although this Law for Determining Demands under forty
Shillings, hath been long in ilse,yet it seems there is some ambiguity
in it, or otherwise a misunderstanding in those whose Office it is to
Execute the same; For your Petitioner is of opinion. That the
Tenure of the said Law, and the Tenure of the Memorial above-
mentioned, are Contradictory, the one to the other. He therefore
Humbly Prays, That you may be pleased to Revise the said Law,
and supply or explain the same ; Or otherwise to ease your Peti-
tioner, and Secure the Publick from repeated and excessive Costs, as
you in your Wisdom shall see Cause. And your Petitioner shall as
in Duty bound ever Pray, &c.

SAM. LIGHTFOOT.

1758, 1- 7**.

We, the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the above mentioned Pl;t>-
vince, Believing that the Contents of the above Petition is of General
Concernment, inasmuch as it may be the case of any Person con-
cerned in Dealing^ to have occasion to sue for Small Demandai, or

PIEINSTLVANIA AROfflVBS 1758. 820

be Ijable to be sued for snob ; We tberefore Hambty desire it may

be duly Considered.

Moses Coates, Jun., , Jonat^n Coatxs,

Thos. YalentinB; * Adam Ramsoweb^

David Da vies, John Bourbd,

Joseph Rogers^ Noble Butler,

Moses Goates, John Jacobs, Jun.,

John Milhous, Thos. Milhous, Jun.,

John Edwards, John MoCord,

AmoSb Davibs, David Owen,

Jonathan YalbntinE; Joshua Baldwin,

Enoch Butler. David Cadwaladsr.

Indonedf
Petition fiam. Ligbtfoot ag* Justice Moore, 7 Jan'y, 1758.*

Letter From MoNsmnR Chauvignerib to his Parents,

1758.

Mod bes cber Pere,

An commencement de cette nouTelle Ann^ apres Yons avoir d^
mendea yotre Benediction qne je vous pris de m aecorder.

Permettez anssy que je tous donne aVis de mon arrive en Pein-
silTanie, Nous primmes cinq Enfants Prisonniers, Je suivis le Partis
pendant cinq Jours, Le 5, J'eus le Malleur de perdre une Galette
qne J'avois dans le Pond de ma Lemise qui m'auroit servis de
Noorriture, Toyant que Je n'avois qne 9a poor soutenir Je me mis
en devoir de la Retrouyez.

Je fus long Terns ^ cbercber soudain 14 Nuit me prit en cbemin,
ponr lors me voyant Eloign^ du Partis, Je tirai deux coups de Fusils,
mais Je n'eus point de Reponsee, ce qui me fait croire qu'ils auront
pris la Fuite, Croyant que setoient rennemioy qui faisirent une Pour^
Suite, J'ai manque de Prudence en efet.

En fin Je me suis r^soud a Youlloir Rattrapper le Partis, an Bout
de trois Jours de Marcbes Yoyant qu'il m'etoit impossible de poui'oir
les Retrouver, et que s'y J^eusse entrepris de me rendre chea vous, U
m'auroit fallut perdre la vie par le Jeune.

J'ai oonsiderez alors que la vie m'etoit cber et qu'il falloit pour
me la eonservez aller d'ou Je devenois.

J'ai arrivee le 12 8bre, 1757, apres avoir Jeunnes sept Jours
consecutiye, a un fort, Je ne puis vous dire le nom, vous pouvez
vous imaginez cber Pere la Situation on J'etois.

Je suis entre les mains d'un bon Gouverneur qui, a en Considera-

* See note on p. 828,

880 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

tioa de rous beaoeoap D'egards a moy, lis me comblent de see
PolitesseSy ils me procurent toas mes Bessoios* Je Buia tree bien
noarrisy U m'a donn&e la Libert^ dans une petite ville nomm^ Ger-
mantoann qoi est a deax Lieuz de Philadelphie oa J'ai rest^ deax
mois en Prison.

Je ne doute pas cher Pere qae vous ne traittiez bien les Prison-
niers que vona aves et que yous pourrez avoir, selon leors Condition,
toutte les Peinnes les plus grandes que J'ai aisnj^ ne me sont Bien
en Comparaison de celie que yous avez eu de me^ parce que Je crois
que yous n'avez en auounne Nouvelle de ma Situation et que m'ayez
cm mort dans les Bois, mais non, J'espere de yotis Revotr Bientot
^parce que L'on fera un Echangement pour des Anglois PriaonnierB,
a Dieu mon tres eher Pere ct cbere mere Je vous embrasse de tout
mon Cceur dans I'Esperanee de vous Embrasser d'une tendre nniti^
dont Je vous donnerez de marques tput le Temp de Ma vie soyez en
persuadez Je vous pris d'avoir le Bontez d'assurer de mes tres hum-
bles Respects a nos plus proehe Parents.

Je suis mon tres cher Pere et chore mere aveo nn tree profond
respect,

Votres tres humble et tres

obeissant soumis Fils,

LA CHAUVIQNERIE FILS.

Fait k Germantounny oo 8 Janvier, 1758.
A Mr. La Chauvionbrib.*

SBo'r Pitt to Gov. Dbkny, 1758.

Whitehall, 7* Jan'ry, 1758.
Sir:

It is with great Concern that I am to acquaint you with the death
of Her Royal Highness, the Princess Caroline, which happened on
Wednesday, the 28<* past, about Eleven o'Clock in the Morning,
have, however, the satisfaction to inform you that the King enjoys
perfect good Health, tho' His Majesty has been much affected with
this Melancholy Event.
I am,

Sir,

Your most obedient

humble Servant,

W. PITT.
Vep^ Gov of Pennsylvania.

* See his Examinations, p. 294, 805.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758. ttl

Journal Jambs Pattbrson at Fort Huntbr, 1758.

The second Journal from tlie fifth of December, 1757 :

I took with 19 men & ranged from this Fort as far as Robinson's
Forty where I lodged, keeping a guard of six men & one Corporal
on Gentry that night. The sixth day I marched towards Hunter's
Fort, ranging along the mountain foot very diligently till I came to
the Fort that eveninff, my men being so afflicted with sickness I
could not send oat till the eighth day, Lien^ Allen, with 14 men,
went to Range for three days. On the 12^ day Lien^ Allen, with
Eighteen men & one Serjeant ranged along the mountain abont 14
miles from this Fort, where he met Cap'. Lieu^ Weiser with his
party & returned back towards this Fort the next day & came to it that
night The fifteenth Lien^ Allen, with 18 men, kept along the
Frontier till the 25 ^, & came to this Fort that night. Hearing of
Indians harbouring about Juniatta, on the 28th of December I took
15 men with me up the Creek, and about 14 miles from the month
of it I found fresh tracks of Indians on both sides of the Creek &
followed the tracks about four miles up thjS said Creek, where
I lost the tracks; But I still kept up the Creek Hill I gott
up about twenty-five miles from the mouth of said Creek^ where I
encamped that night. The Indians I found were round me all (he
night, for m^ Dogg made several attacks towards the Woods as if ho
saw the Enemy and still run back to the Centry. On the 3' of
January I returned down the Creek in some Canoes that I found on
said Creek, and when I came about nine miles down I espied about
20 Indians on the opposite side of the Creek to where I was. They
Beemed to gett themselves in order to fire upon the men that were in
Canoes. I immediately ordered them all out but two men that let
the Canoes float close under the shore, and kept the Land in readi-
ness to fire upon the Enemy, as soon as they moved out of the place
where they lay in Ambush, but I could see no more of them. On
the 5^ day of January I came to this Fort. On the sixth day I
sent a Serjeant & Corporal with 15 men along the Frontiers of Pax-
ton and Mannadysy about fourteen miles from this Fort, and on the
seventh day they returned back to said Fort On their march one
of the Soldiers espied two Indians Just by one of the Frontier j^an-
tations ; the Soldiers gave the Serjeant notice, and the Serjeant kept
on his course, as if he had not known anything of the Indians, till
he gott some Bushes between the party & the Indians ^nd then gott
round the place where the Indians were seen, but they hap-
pening to see the party run off, when our party came to the
place they saw the Tracks of the Indians plain^ where they run off.
As I am recruiting to fill up my Comp* again, and my recruits are
not all qualified as yet, it is not in my power to send y Hon' a Roll
of my Comp*; but expect in a fiew days to be in Capacity of doing

332 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

it. As I am inseosible there are Enemy Indians upon the Goast^ I
thoaght it fitting to send j' Hon' this Journal, & remain

Y' Honour's Most obedient

humble Servant,

JAMES PATTERSON.
Fort Hunter^
Jan'ry ye 10«', 1758.

Directed.
To The Hon"« William Benny, Esq'.,

Lieu^ Oov. & Commander of the

Province of Pennsilvania.

Commitment of Wm. Moorb, J, P., 1758.

Pensylv* ss :

To* James Coultas, Esq'., Sheriff of the County of Philadelphia >-

The House of Assembly of this Province hath this day adjudged
William Moore for writing, Signing and publishing a false, Scandal-
ous. Virulent & seditious Libel against the last House of Assembly
of this Province, and Highly derogatory, to & Subversive of the
Rights & privileges of this present House, and also for a Contempt
Committed against this House in refusing to anwser Certain Petitions
exhibited against him Complaining of Misdemeanours & Corrupt
Practices in his Office as a Justice of the Peace for the County of
Chester. These are therefore in Behalf & by order of the said
last mentioned House of Assembly to require & Charge you to re-
ceive the said William Moore into your Custody within the Comon
Ooal of your County, under youf Charge, & him therein safely to
keep & detain untiH you shall receive further orders from this House.
Hereof Fail not as you shall answer the Contrary at your peril.

Given under my Hand this Eleventh day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand seven Hundred & fifty Eight.*

THOS. LEECH, Speaker.
♦ See farther proceedings CoL Reo., VoL VIL, p. 777.

PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVES 1758. 83S

Joseph Shippen to Maj. James Burd, 1758.

Fort Augusta^ 20** January, 1758.
Bear Brother:

I had the pleasure to write you the 2' Inst. ^ Mr. Bard, when I
inclosed you the Returns, &c.y for the 1'* January, 1758, since which
several small Parties of Delaware Indians have arrived here with
Skins to trade at the Store ; among the rest came old King Neuti-
ttosy Joseph & all their Family : And we have now 43 present in-
ckding Women & Children. Jol[> Chilloway, (Bro'r to Bill Chil-
lowayj came here t'other day from the Munsey Country at the
Heads of the Cayuga Branch, above Diahoga; he was bom & bred
at Egg-Harbour, is a very sensible fellow, & speaks the English Lan-
gnage perfectly well. fVom all the Circumstances of his Conversa-
tion k Bchavionr he appears to be a strict Friend to the English In-
terest; his releasing Armstrong's Wife from the Enemy Indians last
Sammer, & the prudent precautions he used in sending her here, is a
Confirmation of my good opinion of him. He assures me that the
only Indians on the Susquehanna who are our Enemies are those of
the Munsey Nation ; & they 'are determined to^continue the War
against the English ; he says he understood from some of th«
Indians when he came away, that a small Party of French were ex-
pected next month from Niagara to join a Muncy Captain & some of
bis Warriours ; & their Intention is to go towards the Settlements
near Delaware, and to take an English Fort, situated at a place call-
ed by the Indians the Bending Hill,' which we suppose to be Fort
Allen. He further informs me that last March he carried a parcel
of Skins to the French at Niagara to purchase Clothing for his
Family, which meer Necessity obliged him to do, much contrary to
his Inclination, observing that the unhappy Indian War had put an
End to English Trade ; that while he was at that Fort, there were
bnt five officers, & he computed the Number of Soldiers not to ex-
eeed 150, who^by his descnption of their appearance & dress, are Regu-
lars ; that they mounted in the Fort 45 pieces of Cannon, some of
which were the Brass Field Pieces taken from General Braddook,
which they intended in the Summer to send to Fo^t Frontenac ; that
the Fort was strong & pretty large, having in it a great Stone House
3 Stories high, where the Officers lived.

' He intends to return to the Munsey Country in a few days in
order to bring away his things, & in the Spring is determined to live
among his Brethren, the English, with whom he has alwAys enjoyed
peace & Friendship.

. I have the pleasure to inform you that Cap*' Jameson & Lieu^
(xarraway arrived here yesterday with 12 Battoes containing 6000 lb.
flour, 2 hogsheads of Whiskey, 3 Barrels of Salt & 20 Bushels of

834 PENN8TLVANU ARCHIVES 1768.

Indian C!orn for tlie Garrison^ besides a Qaantity for Mr. Carson's
Store.

In the morning I shall dispatch off Cap*. Lien^ Davis & Ensigii
McKee with a Party of 50 Men in the Battoes to make another^
trip if possible while the River .is open & favonrable.

I haTO restricted the Garrison to an allowance of one pound of
floar ^ man since the 1'^ January, & shall think it Necessary to con-
tinue the same till Gap^ Davis^s return with an additional supply.

We have now in Store 17390 lb. flour & 91481 lb. Beef.

Inclosed yon have a list of Prisoners here for desertion.

I hope to have the pleasure of a Letter from you soon with an
agreeable acco* of success in all your Affairs.

I am very sincerely,

' D'. Sir,

Your very Affectionate

Brother, &c.,

JOSEPH SHIPPEN, JJL

My Compliments to his His Honour, the Governor^ Mr. AUen,
Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Peters, & all Friends.

Directed,
To Major James Burd.

Major Burd to Adjutant Kern, 1758.

Reading, 21*' January, 1758.

(Copia.)
Sir,

Tou'l proceed directly to Visit all the Comp^" of the Provincial
Troops that are Stationed on the East Side of the River Susqna-
hanAa, from Hunters Fort to the River Delaware ; you'l muster each
Comp)" on their Station, Examine their Arms & Ammunition, like-
wise the Ammunition & Provisions, &c., at each Fort & Station,
make strickt Inquiry how they are Supplyed with Provisions, & take
a memorandum of the persons names that supply the Troops, &
make return of the whole to me at Lancaster, with all Convenient
haste.

I have delivered you the Present Regulation by his Honour the
Governor, a Copy of which you'l^give to the Command* Officer, at

PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVE8 17S8. 385

each Station ; by the Regulation you'l obserye, that some Gent" thafc
lately served & are now doing duty are struck off,* you'l please to
acquaint those Gent" that the Goy' has no further Service for them.

You have herewith fourteen Commissions, which you'l deliver to
the Respective Qenf to whom they belong, those whose Commis-
sioQS are only renewed have nothing to pay, but those that are ad-
yaoced you must receive from them, agreeably to the Acc\ herewith
given you, & bring the money to me, being M'. Peters fees as Mili-
tary Secrecy.

You'l acquaint the Command' Officer, at each place, that it
is my Orders that he be careful to keep the Troops Continually
Scouting in the best manner he can, to Cover the Inhabitants & dis-
tress the Enemy, & that he send as large partys as he can on this
Service, from time to time, that he keeps me advised of any Occur-
rence Regularly.

I desire that you may make your own Remarks in your Journal
of any thing that presents itself to you in the Course of this Visit,
that you may imagine for the good of the Service, and return the
same to me.

You will apply to the Commanding Officer, at each Station, for
your necessary Escorte, who is ordered to supply you. I wish you a
Good Journey, & I am,
Sir,

Your most humble Serv*.
(Signed) JAMES BDRD.

To Adjutant Eern.

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Lord Loudoun to Gov. Dknnt, 1758.

New York, January 21-*, 1758.
Sir:

Bj a Letter from Sir William Johnson, I am informed that there
have been Negotiations canying on by some People in your ProTinoe
with the Indians. His Words are :

<< I find by the Sennecaa, that the Government of Pennlvania, on
*^ some Branoh of their Legislature, have taken on them to send out
^< Belts of invitation at different times^ and that lately to the Sonne-
'< cas and Cayongas, earnestly desiring that they would meet them
'^ early next Spring at Weaming or Shamokin, or the Sosquehaana,
"with as many of their Warriors as they could Possibly Prevail upon.

" And at the same time tell the Sennecas and Cayougas, that they
" will not call or invite the Onondagos, Oneidas, Tuscaroras, Mow-
" hawks, &c.| as they loak on them to be under my direction/'

Sir William complains loudly on this, as being a direct interfering
in the Office he has the Honour to serve in by the Kings Commis-
sion to him ; and as those Irregular Proceedings, whilst they are
Permitted to be carried on, Put it out of His Power to Execute his
Office with the same Advantage to the Publick he otherwise could.

As I have had the Pleasure of talking with you on this Subject,
I know I need use few Arguments to convince you of the bad con-
sequences such Proceeding have in our Indian Affairs, and how di-
rectly contrary they are to the Kings Intention, which are signified
not only by his Commission to Sir William Johnson, but likeways by
His Instructions to the Commander in Chief in this Country, all
which I have explained to you in my former Letters.

And I must now desire you will use your utmost endeayouis to
put a stope to this method of Proceeding of some of your People,
which is so very destructive to His Majesty's Indian interest, and I
am sure you will see as well as I do that if Particular Provinces,
and much more Private Societies, who are in no shape aoqusinted
with the Kings Plans for carrying on the War, are at Liberty to
draw off, and carry to what Part of the Continent they Please, Part
of the Indian Nations in Alliance with them, it cannot fail of hav-
ing the Effect of Weakening the Force that ought to be applied to
distress the Eo^my and carry the War into the Heart of their Coun-
try, and must be greatly detrimental to the Common Cause of His
Majesty's Subjects in North America.
I am with great Regard, Sir,

Your most Obedient

Humble Servant,

LOUDOUN.

To the Hon"* Governor Denny.

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The Number of Forces in jhb Pay or the Provhicb, 1758,

Where Statioo'd/and on what Duty. Y:%. aa p^ bat Retaraa.

At Fort Augusta, Eight Gompanj's containing 362

At Fort Littljton, two Comp^ 110

At Fort Loudoun, two Comp* 109

At Fort Morris, Shippcnsburg, two Comp^ 112

At Carlisle, two Gomp* 111

At the Fort at Hunter's Mill, one Compv 54

At the Fort on Swatara, one Oompi^ 46

At Fort Henry, Tolbea, two Comp* 105

At Fort Will-, Forks of Schuylkil, one Comp>^ 53

At Fort Allen, one and a half Comp^ 78

Id Allemingle Township, half a Compr 28

In Northampton County, at Trisback's Mill, Cheia* ' ^.

nut Hill, the Wind Gapp^ and Dcpucs, are two :■' •

Companies \ " 106

Total, i ^ i2H men/Cxl

Employed in Garrisoning the Forts and Ba%itig^ v^ ^^/(j

Gommis^ i
Philad-, 9th FeV, 1758.

Conferences with Indians in K J., 1758.

At a Conference held in the great MeetiDg-Honse at Crosswicks, be-
tween the Government of New Jersey, and the Indians inhabifiog
within the same, on the 21st^ 22dy 28d and 24th Days of Febru-
ary, 1758.

TUESDAY, the 2Ui Felrmry, 1758.

FBK8BNT,

The Honourable Andrew Johnston and Bichard SaItar,'E8qr8.»
Charles Read, John Stevens and William Forster, EBqra.^ Commis-
Bioners for New Jersey, by Act of General Assembly.

Teedyescank, King of the Delawares.
George Hopayock, from the Susquehanah.
Indiana from Cranherrif. CroumcJa Indiam,

Thomas Store, Andrew Wooley,

Stephen CaivM; George Wheelwright,

842 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

John Pompshiroy * Peepj,

Benjamin Claus^ Joseph <3uisb,

Joseph Wooley, William Loulax,

Josiah Store, Gabriel Mitop,

IsaAo Still, Zeb. Gonohee,

James Calvin, Bill News,

Peter Calvin, John Pembolufl,
Dirick Quaquay,

Ebenezer Wooley, Mouniain Indtam.
Sarah Store, Widow of Qua- Moses Totamy,

qaahelah. Philip.

Southern Indtatu. Raritan Indian.

Abraham Loques, Tom Evans.

Isaac Swanelae,

AncocvA Indiana.

Robert Kekott,
Jacob Mai lis,
Sam. Gosling.

John Pompshire, Interpreter.

The Commissioners appointed Charles Read, Esq., to inform the
Indians of the Caase of calling them togethQ|r } who, by their Direc-
tions, spoke to them aa follows :

'Brethren,

' In January last was a Twelvemonth we called yoa together, to
' satisfy you, that the Disorders committed in the Back Parts of
' Pennsylvania and this Colony, by the Indians, had not lessened
' the Affection which this Colony had for their Friends and Brethren
' the Indians, who lived peaceably and quietly among us, and to
' assure you of the Protection of this Government.

' At that Time, you were desired to open your Hearts, and to lay
'before them any Burthen you had on your Minds; and you then
' mentioned to them, some Abuses you were subject to, by the pri-
'^vate Sales made by some of your own People, and the Inconyeni-
' ences you suffered from the Setting of Traps, and by being cheated
' of your Goods when in drink, and which you requested might be
' prevented : You then told them, that you thought you had still a
' Kight to some Pieces of Land which you apprehended you had
' never sold. '

< They then assured you,, that they would make a Report of all
' those Matters, and fall upon Measures to prevent for the future
' the Abuses you complained of; and a Law has passed for that
5 Purpose ; which, if well executed, must be an effectual Remedy ;
' and every Expectation the Commissioners then gave you, is com-
' plied with by that Law.

< We, the Commissioners who are present, are impowered to meet

PENNSTLVANIA ARCHIVES 1768. 348

'jon, and to hear what Claims joa h%ye to Lands within this

< Colony, and are to report the same to the Legislature. In Duty
'to onrselve^ and Regard to yon, we mtist desire you to lay before
' us, all such Demands as any of you may havOi with a Description
'where the Lands lie, and what Englishmen are possessed of, or

< pretend Claim to them ; and as Notice has been sent to all the
' Towns of Indians, we expect to have all your Claims laid before us
' at this Time, that no more Pretences may be hereafter made. In
' doing this, as yon have Traditions among you of the Transactions
' of your AnceslorSy we hope you will be so equitable, as not to give
' as the Trouble of seeking for the Deeds for I^inds you know to

< have been sold : And we esteem it right to inform you, that wo
' shall not pretend to dispute the Titles you have among yourselves,
' but shall and must deem an Indian Deed sufficient to convey the
'Lands within it : And that we are not at this Time authorised to
* do any Thing more than to hear your Claims^ and to make a Re-
' port thereof to the Government ; and it is rqsolved to do you the
' strictest Justice/ %

Then the Indians, after considering what the Commissioners had
said to them, and of which they had a Copy delivered them, toge-
ther with the late Treaty at Crosswicks, and the Act of Assembly
passed agreeable thereto, iDformed the Commissioners, that they
would deliver their Answer To-morrow Morning at Ten o^clock.

Wednetday, 22d of February, 1758.
FBE8ENT, as Yesterday.

Teedyescunk acquainted the Commissioners, that they had settled
the Claims of the Indians, which he was ready to deliver.

The Commissioners then informed the Indians, that the ealling
them all together was expensive to the Colony, and inconvenient to
themselves, and requested them to think of some other Method of
transacting their general Affairs with this Colony.

Then the Conference broke up.

Wednaday AfUmoon.

The Commissioners and the Indians met

Teedyescunk informed the Commissioners, that they had agreed
to impower five Persons, or the major Part of them, to transact all
fature necessary Business^ and that as they had Writers among
themselves, they would set forth their Intentions, and give full
Powers, and would have it ready in the Morning.

844 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1758.

Thurtday, February 28d, 1758.

The Commisuonen and Indians, as Yesterday.

The Indians informed the Commissioners, that the Lands they
claim'd eould not be by them described by Lines very intelligible to
Persons not on the Spot, as they went to Hollows and small Brooks
which had no certain Names assigned them, bat that they had men-
tioned them in the most certain Manner they ooold to fix their Sta-
tions, ani hoped it would be satisfactory. And then

The Indians delivered the following Papers, respecting die Lands
they esteemed unpurchased* . Totamy delivered

No. 1. A Power of Attorney from Oapoose and Talaman, to
Moses Totamy, dated the 30th of January, 1748-4, for Lands on
the South and South-West Side of the South Branch of Rariton,
joining thereto, as explained by the said Power.

No. 2. A Paper declaring^ the Lands from the Salf-Way from the
Mouth of Metetcunk to Tom's River^ from the Sea to the Heads of
the Rivers, bclons to Capt. John, Totamy Willockwis^ and from
John Eistels to Hockanetcunk on Crosswioks, then on a strait Course
to Mount Holly, and so up Ranchocas Creek to the Head, and from
thence to the Heads of Wisteconk Creek, and along the said Creek
to Jarvis Farrow's Mill, and so to the Sea. Pompahire and Stephen
Calvin, say they are concerned in this Tract.

No. 8. A Power of Attorney to Totamy and Capt John, dated
the 21st February, 1742, from Tawleynemun Jobokenum Gooteleck,
to sell Lands on Egg Harbour, between Mount Holly and Cross-
wicks.

They have a T^ct of Land beginning at the Old Ford by John
Fowlers, then on a line to Doctor's Creek, above, but in Sight of
Allentown, then up the Creek to the lower End of Imlaj's Town,
then on a Line to Crosswicks Creek by Duke Horseman^ then
along the said Creek to the Place of Beginning. Teedyescunk and
Totamv are concerned in the above Lands. Then they said, that
from the Mouth of Squan to No. 2, belongs to Sarah Store, to whom
it was given by her Husband, to the Heads of the Branches, and so
across &om one Branch to the other. •

Tom Store and Andrew Wooley claim a Tract between Cranberry
and Devil's Brook, possess'd by Josiah Davison's Sons, that has two
new Houses built thereon, in which is included the whole Tract of
the late President Hamilton, and also Mr. Alexander's Survey?,
where Thomas Sowden lives; he has sold part of this Tract to Hoi-
linshead, where M'Gree lives; also, has sold some to Josiah Davison,
to Doore Marlat, John Wetherill, and James Willson : He claims
Lands from Cranberry Brook to the cross Roads lying on the Right
hand of the Road, and is claim'd by William Pidgeon ; James Wall
and John Story lives upon one Corner of it : Also, a Piece upon

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758. 845

Poiiq>ton River, the Livers upon it he knows not ; it lies in one
Piece, and is the ^me that Mr. Woodruff and Company were ahout
purchasing of him.

They also claim from the Month of Sqnan to the Mouth of Shrews-
berry River, up the Streams of each to their HeadS| and across from
ooe Head to the other.

Also, Vanot's Place, on the West Side of Sqoan River.

Also, a Pieoe at Topanemus Bridge: In this Piece Ben Clans is
concerned.

Tom Store and Andrew Wooley, also claim a Pieoe on the North
Side of South River, Polly Ritchie's Place.

Also, a Pieoe between Allentown and Millstone Brook, where
Hockan Grapee used to live, joining on the East Side of the Post
Road to Anaboy ; Part of Dnnstar's Trict.

Also, Vanse's Place, joining to Millstone Brook, on Amboy Bead,
Part of Follerton's Tract.

Also, a Swamp near Oawen Watson's Plaoci belon^g to the
Johnston's Pamily, and the Furmans.

Isaac Still claims from the Month of Oreat Egg Harbour River to
the Head Branches thereof on the East Side, so to the Road that
leads to Great Egg Harbour, so along the Road to the Sea Side|
except Tuckahoe, and the Sammers, Steelman and Skull's Places.

Robert Kecott datms in Pile's Grove, the Places whereon John
Mayhne's Sons live.

Also, the Township of Deerfield, in the County of Cnmberland,
where the Presbyterian Meeting- House stands.

Also, the Tracts of James Wasse, Joseph Peck and Stephen
Chesup.

Jacob Mullis claims the Pine Lands on Edge Pillock Branch, and
Goshen Neck Branch, where Bei^amin Sprinser and George Mar-
pole's Milb stand, and all the Land between the Head Branches of
those Creeks to where their Waters join or meet.

Abraham Loqnes claims the Cedar Swamp, on the East Side of
Tuckahoe Branch, which John Campaion and Peter Campbell have
or had in Possession.

Also^ Staypson's Island, near Delaware River.

Tom Store claims 80 Acres adjoining Richard Parks, Wheel-
wright, in Middlesex County.

Teedyescunk claims a Tract in Hunterdon, called Neshannock,
beginning at Philip Ringoe's House, which stands near a Corner of
it, and so along the Road that leads from thence to Brunswick, as
far as Ncshannock Creek, thence up the same to George Hatten's,
thence on a strait Course to Petit's Place, and so on to a Hill caird
Paatquacktung ; thence in a strait Line to the Place of Beginning ;
which Tract was reserved at the Sale, and marked out by Washa-
way, who is alive.

The Indians in general claim their Settlements near Cranberry,

15»

346 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

on Menolapon River, in Falkoner'a Traot^ whereon many of the
Indians now live.

And also, a few Acres below the Plantation of Robert Pearson's^
on the North Side of Crosswick's Creek.

The Indians present then execated a Power of Attorney, appoint-
ing Tom Store, Moses Totami, Stephen Calvin, Isaac Still, and John
Pompshire, or the major. Part of them, to transact -all fatare Bosi-
ness with this Government respecting Lands, and releasing all
Claims, for themselves and their Heirs, to the Proprietors of the
respective Divisions, and the Parchasers under them, to all the
Lands in this Colony not included in the List of the Lands which
they this Day delivered in, and all such within the List as Deeds
from any Indian Inhabitant of thi3 Colony, shall appear to contain ;
except the Claims of the Minisink and Pompton Indians, on the
Northern Parts of this Province; which Power was acknowledged
by all the Parties to it, before John Imlay, Esq., in order to be first
recorded| and then delivered to the Indian Attomies.

Friday y 24^ Day of February^ 1758.

PRESENT,

The Commissioners and Indians aforesaid.

The Indians delivered in a Petition, complaining of unjust Mea-
. sures pursued by John Williams, of Monmouth, in defrauding them
of their Lands ; and desiring Relief.

The Commissioners promised to lay the same before the L^s-
lature.

Teedyescunk then told the Commissioners, that he was very well
pleased with what was done, and esteemed the Methods concluded
op to be just and and equitable. To this all the Indians assented.

Then the Minutes were read, examined, and agreed to by

Teedyescunk § King of the Andrew Johnston,

Delawares. Richard Saltar,

Thomas ) Store, Charles Read,

Moses Motami, M. T., ' John Stevens,

Stephen Calvin, William Foster.
Isaac Still,
John Pompshire.

After which the Commissioners and Indians took Leave of each
other, and the Conference broke up.'*'

* From the printed Minutes of the Conference.

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVBS 1T58. 847

PSTITION FBOM NORTHAMPTON COUNTT, 1768.

To the HoDoonible William Deneji Esq.; Goyemor of the PrOTinoe *

of Pennfljlyamai &c.
Sir,

We, your Humble Petitioners, the Dietressed and agneved inha-
bitants of the .Frontier parts of Northamton County, Humbly pre-
Bameth to once more aply to your Honour by way of Petition, as we
see that your Honour has been carefuU upon all oecasions to shew
jour Willingness to asist and help the Distressed, by ordering your
troops to the best advantage, according to the best Information that
Toar Honour has Received from our situations. We don't at all
rresmne to direct your Honour in what manner to post your troops,
bot we would Humbly offer that we think that as there is some of
the troops has been brought over the Mountains and placed in the
frontiers which has been great Encouragement to the Frontiers, it
being a closer Quard, and we would Humbly move it to your Honour
that it would be a great satisfaction to us that the other Ghurisons
over the Mountains might be removed and Posted in a range with
them that is already posted amongst us, as it would Greatly strengthen
the Guard, and as they are stationed now so far from the Inhabit-
ants, we cannot see as it is safe for them nor us, that seeing the
Provisions and amunition may be Intercepted, and all communica-
tion out off between them and us, until they cut them off, and so
leave the Country open to .the Enemy. Whereas, if they were
posted nearer, we might be the more helpfuU to one another, and
Safe for the Inhabitants and Frontiers of the Province. We hope
your Honour will be pleased to take this our Humble petition into
jour consideration, and Grant us Whatsoever protection your Honour
may see best and most agreeable to the Situation of times and
afiiuis, and your Humble Petitioners shall ever Pray.

GEORGE REX,
JOHN EVERETT,
and others.
Northamtown County,

March 1, 1758.

Bbturn op Provisions, CiiOATHiiira, AMuirnioN, Tools,

&c., IN Storb at Fort Augusta, the 1st Day op
March, 1758.

75 J86 pounds of Beef^ 5 Dra^ Chains*

3694 pounds of Flour. 4 Ordinary Cross cut Saws.

7 Sheep. 4 Ordinary Whip Saws.

2 Bushells of Salt. 1 New, Ditto.

40 Gallons of Rum. 3 Ordinary Hand Saws.

848

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVK8 1768.

23 ponudfl of Mfttofa Rope.

12 Old Great CoatSy entirely worn

out.
178 pairs of coarse jam Stockiogs.
23 Brass Kettles.
5 Ditto, not worth mending.

14 Frying Pans.

15 Beams of Cartridge Paper.

4 Horse Bells.

8 Pairs of Steelyards.

9 Old Lanthorn Frames, useless.
1 Set of old Cooper's Tools.

1 Set of old Carpenter's, do.

82 old Carrying SaddloS| useless.
i Piece Osenbrigs.
18 Tarda of Flannel.
12 Horse Collars.

10 Pitching Axes, good.

56 Do.y worn oat, not worth Steel-
ing.
10 Ordinary Broad Axea.

7 Do., Drawing Knives.

5 Do., Adzes.
70 Tomahawks.

8 Hammers.

22 Spades, mostly worn out.
21 Shovels, Do.
15 Maul Rings.

2 Hand Screws.

0 Pair of Traioes.

2 Do., Diiteh Saw&
28 Pick Axes.
18 Grubbing Hoes.
18 Broad, Ditto.
8 Frows.
& Crow Bars.

6 Iron Wedges.

7 Calking Irons.

298 New Blankets, Distributed

amongst the Soldiers.
282 Old do., worn out, pistn*

buted amongst the Soldiers.
14 Batteaus, patch'd up for ye

pres^ use.

8 pieces of Cannon.
2 Swivels.

7 Blunderbusses.

818 Small arms, good.

114 Do., Out of Order.

104 Cannon Bull.

1801 Grape Shot, made up fax

Cannon.
46 Hand Granadoes.
1600 Flints, very ordinary.
i Cask of Nails.
2 Grind Stones, almost worn

out.
} Faggot of Steel.
4501b. wt. of Bar Iron.

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In the Soldiers horns & pouches,

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in teaching them to shoot at marks, and keep their Arms in Order.

JOSEPH SHIPPEN,
Capt. in Augusta Reg'.

PSNNSTLVANIA AROHIYES 17»6. fttf

Capt. Lloyd to Gov. D., 1758,

Banter's Fort» March 6th, 1758.
Sir,

I have the Honor to inform jon, that on Saturday the 4th instant,
the Batteanx left this place for Aognsta, laden with 11,200 wl. of
Flour, one Hogshead of Rum, & a Hogshead of Indian Com, and
this day I had the pleasure to bear hy a Messenger from Augusta,
that they encamp'd the 5th instant, above Berry's Falls, all well, &
the River navigable. I expect their return in a few days, and have
already collected thirty-nine Barrels, and six thousand weight of
Floor, which I shall dispatch with all possible expedition ; 'twas my
misfortune not to meet Gol. Bard on my way here» agreeable to your
Honor's orders, being deceived by the intelligence of a Person who
told me he was at Lancaster, at a time when he was far remote on
the Eastern Frontier. I left your Honor Letter to Col. Bard, in
the care of M'. Shippen, at Lancaster, and am, with all possible
Respect,
Sir,
Your honors most ob* & very humble

Servant,

T. LLOTD.

John Bulkley to Gov. Denny, 1758.

May it please your Honour,

The profound. Respect which your Honour's station and character
demand from me, have not been able to restrain my humble Grati-
tude for the Favour of your Honour's Recommendation of me the
last year, to Capt. Sibbald, in consequence of which I was made first
Hate to the Master of tH9' Province Ship, and 1 hope that the en-
dosed Certificate will shew that my Behaviour on board, has done
no Diiihonour to your Honour's recommendation, notwithstanding
that it might seem from^e Discharge of the Master, myself and
his other two Mate/i, when the Vessel was laid up, and the placing
Mr. Read, 'till then a Midshipman, as Master, who has been borne
in pay in that station, ever since that the former Master and his
Mates were some way or other deficient in their Duties. But not-
withstanding this seeming Imputation, I am persuaded that I ought
not to dispense with myself for neglect of the Duty that I owe to
my King- and Country, for any supposed injurious Treatment re-
ceived by me from particular persons among my fellow Subjects,
and therefore I thought myself obliged, after presenting your Honour

860 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1768.

with the poor Tribute of my humble and grateful ackiiowIedgmeii)B
for your former ooDdeBcension, to inform your Honour that I am
ready to render to my King and Country, all the Servioes in vaj
power, whenever your Honour shall again be pleased to demand it,
m any Station suited to my abilities. I depend upon the known
Candour and Humanity of your Honour for a pardon, for thus boldly
presuming to throw a hindranoe in the way of the important aflEun
that are under your Honour's Consideration and Direction.
I am, may it please your Honour,

Your Honour's most obliged, most obedient

^ and devoted humble Servant,

JOHN BULKELBY.

These are to certify, the Honourable the Governor and the Com-
missioners of the Province Ship Pennsylvania, That Mr. Joha
Bulkeley served in Quality of Master's Mate under my Command,
on board the said Ship, from the 22d day of August, 1757, to the
date hereof, during which time he behaved himself with the utmost
Sobriety, Care and Diligence, being always obedient to Command,
therefore recommend him worthy of employ.

Given under my hand, this 9th Day of December, 1767.

JNO. SIBBALD.

Directed.
To the Honourable William Denny, Esq.

Capt. Jacob Orndt to Timothy Horsbfield, 1758.

Dear Sur,

The bearer whereof, escordis five Indians to Bethlaham, tbey
arrifed here yesderday, in 45 Days from Tioko, and from fort Ausosta
they have a Pertikuler meassige to Titit^kon, but I can not karn
what it might bee, they shoad me their w^amboms, which are four
Great bealts. I hope yon will bee so Kind to let me no whot news
they will bring to Ditiuskon.
I am; Sir,

Your most humble Servid,

JACOB ORNDT.
. Fort Allan,

^iarch 7th, 1753.

Directed. — Mr. Timothy Horsficld, Esq., att Bathlaham.

PKNNSTLVAHIA ABOHIVES 1768. 861

Col. Burd to Capt. Jacob Okndt, 1768.

Philadelphia, March 70 8th, 1768.

I'm Commanded bj his Honour the Governor to Acquaint Tou
that there is Ten Delaware Indians at Present at Fort AugustSi
who intend to come to Philadelphia by the way of Fort Allen, upon
basineas of great Importance with the Governour. Tou'l there*
fore be very earefuU to receive these Indians kindly, & to send an
Escort of two Soldiers with them from Fort Allen to Philad*., let
these Soldiers be Men of Prudence, & give them Your Positive
Orders to do Every thing in their Power to make the Journey
agreeable to the Indians, and to inform the Country as they come .
Along that the Indians are on their way to the Governour with
good News; in this You will tiot fail.

lam.

Send by William Cairns, who Sets Out to-Morrow Morning at
Seven O'Clock.

To Cap^ Jacob Omdt.

Timothy Horsfield to Gov. Denny, 1768.

Beth-, March 9, 1758.
May it Please Your Honour,

Sir,

At my Betum home last night I found the Inclosed Letter from
Cap^ Omdt I have not Learnt what the Message of these Indians
to Teedyuscung is. Only in the General am Informed they say they
bring good News.

This Morning Teedyuscung Demanded a Man & Horses to go to
Philad*., to Speak with your Honour; the Brethren have sent th«
Bearer, Paul Christian Stouber, to Conduct them.
I am your Honour's Most

Obed* Humble Serv*,

TIMO. HOBSFIBLD.

Directedf

(On his Majesty's Service.)— To the Honourable William Dcnny^
Esquire, Governor of the Province of Pensylvania.

Indorsed.-^" By Teedyuscung, Read in Council, 13th March."

SSa PENNSrLVANIA ABCHIYES 1758.

Journal of James Burd, 1758.

Thursday, 16** February, 1758.

This morning, Sett out from Lancaster to Visitt the Troops from
Sosquahanna, to Delaware, took Cap*. Hanbright* along with me.

This evening, gott to Barny Hughes's," where I stay all night;
Be?ere weather & bad roads.

17% Friday.
This morning, GaptP Hanbrigfat taken very bad, which obli^
me to stay here all this day ; Sent an Espress to Lanoasfeer fiir
Doctr Thomson ; the Docf arrived here at 7 P. M.

18* Saturday.
Obliged to leave Capt» Hanbright here, I sett off this morning at
9 A.. M. for Hunters Fort, at 2 P. M. arrived at Harris's, found
Lieu** Broadhead & Patterson & Commissary Oalbraitb here, & 20
men, at } after 3 P. M. sett off for Hunter's Fort, arrived at dark,
found the Capt"* Patterson & Davis here with 80 men, the Gapt"*
informs me that they have not above 3 loads of Ammunition A
man, ordered M'. Barny Hughes to send up here a Barrel of powder
& lead, answerable in the mean time, borrowed of Thomas Galloher
40 pound of poudder & 100 pound of lead ; Ordered a Beview of
the Garrison to morrow morning at 9 A. M.

19% Sunday.

Had a Beview this morning of Oapt* Patterson's O. and fonnd
them Compleat 53 men, 44 Province arms,~& 44 Oartouoh boxes, no
pawder, nor lead, divided i pint of poudder & lead in Proportion »
man, found in this Fort 4 months Provision for the Garrison.

Capt* Davis wiCh his party of 55 men was out of Ammunition
divided } pint of poudder & lead in proportion to them. Capt*
Davis has gott 12 Thousand weight of flour foit the Battoes, Sundry
of the Battoes are leekey, that they can't swim and must be kft
behind.

Capt* Patterson can't Scout at present for want of Officers,
Ordered him to apply to the Oooatry to Assist him to Stockade the
Fort aggreablfi to their promise to His Hon'' the Gove^l^ 3 men
sick here.

This day at 11 A. M. march'd for Fort Swettarrow, got to Craw-
ford's, 14 miles from Hunter's, here I stay all night, it luin'd
hard.

Had a Number of applications from the Country for ProtectioQ|
otherwise they would be immediately obliged to fly from their Set-
tlements, appointed to meet them to hear their Complaints, and
proposalls, on Tuesday at 10 A. M. at Fort Swettarrow ; the Conn-
try is thick settled this march along tho blue mountains & very fioe
Plantations.

FENNSfLYANU ARGHIVSS 1768. 858

20**, Munday.

Ifsreh'd this morning at 11 A. M., tnett a Serg* ft 12 men here,
vfao laafch'd with me Imek to Swettarrow, Ibis daj it ndii'd maeb^
gotfc to Swettarrow Fori at 4 P. M.^ tbe roads extream bad, tbe
soldierB marcb witb great difficulty, found Capt* Lieu* Allen k 3$
Ben here per report; this is 11 miles from Crawford's.

21*', Tuesday.

Reviewed tbe Garrison this Morning at 10 A. M. ft found 88 men.
Vis'., 21 belonging to Gapt. Leu*. Allen, ft 17 detaebed from Gapt*
Weisers G*. ; of Gaptn. Aliens 18 men for 8 years, no province arms
fitt for use, no Kettles, nor blankets, 12 lb. of poudder ft 25 lb. of
lead, no poudder Horns, pouches, nor Cartouoh boxes, no Tomahawks
nor ProYiDce tools of any kind, 2 months provision.

Some Soldiers Absent ft others hyr'd in their place which has
1)een a Custom here, the soldiers under no Dissipline. Ordered a
Serg* ft 12 men to be always out upon the Scout from hence to
Crawford's, keeping along the blue mouDtain, altering their routs, ft
a targett to be erected 6 Inches tbick^^ in order to practice the
Soldiers in Shouting.

This day 12 M. D. the Country People came here, I promise them
to station an officer ft 25 men at Robertson's mill, this mill is situate
in the Center between the Forts, Swattarrow ft Hunter^ this gave
the People Content *

March'd at 1 P. M. for Fort Henry, at 3 P. M. gott to Soudder's
7 miles, left Lieu*. Broadhead to march the party 4 miles to SneevlyS|
there to hault ail niffht ft to march to Fort Henry in the morning,
6 miles, the roads being very bad, marohM my self with Adjutant
Thorn and 8 men on horse book arrived at Fort Henry at 5 P. H.,
found here Capt^ Wieser, Adjutant Kern, ft tbe Ensigns Biddle ft
Craighcd, doing duty with 90 men. Ordered a Review of the Oar-
riaon to morrow at 9 A. M.

22*, Wednesday.

Had a Review this morning at 9 A. M., found 90 soldiers under
good Command, ft fine fellows. Examined the stores ft found about
2 months Provision in Store, ft am inform'd by the Comd' Officer
there is 2 rao*. more ab' 6 miles from hence at Jacob Myers Mill ;
no poudder^ 224 lb. of lead^no flints, ab 80 Province arms belonging
to these two Comp^*, ffood for nothing.

Ordered Ensigne Craighead with 18 men of this Garrison to
march tomorrow morning to Fort Swettarrowj and there to apply to ,
Capt* Allen and to Receive from him 7 men, ft with this party of
25 men to march from thence to Robertson's mill, there to take
Post, to order from thence a Serg^ Corporall ft 8 men to tbe house
of Adam Read, %q'., ft to Employ his whole party in Gontinuall
ranging to Cover these Fronteers; ThisI found myself under a

564 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 17M»

Necessity of doing, otherwise severall Townships here would be
Evacuated in a few days.

Ordered Ensigne Holler to march back my Escort to Hmter's
Fort tomorrow morning, & Oapt" Wieser to Oontinoe to range frau
thb to Fort NorthkiU & Swettarrow, to Employ all his Jvdgm^
to waylay the Enemy ft protect the Inhabitants. This is a wvj
good Stockaded Fort^ & every thing in good order, & duty done
pritty well.

March'd to-day at 11 A. M. A; arrived at Conrad Wieser, Esq**,
at 3 P. M., 14 miles, where I found 4 Quarter Casks 'of poudder
belonging to the Province, 8 of which I ordered to Fort Henry, and

1 To Fort SwettaraoW; no lead here, very bad roads & cold weatheri
stayed all night.

23*, Thursday.
- March'd this morning and arrived at Beading at 8 P. M. found
Capt» Morgan here, this is 14 miles from M^ Wieser's. Ezamin'd
the stores here and found 77 blanketts, 8 pound of poudder, 300 Ik
of lead, and half a Cask of flints. Ordered 56 blankets to be sent
to Capt- Patterson's C^, and 11 to Capt- Lieu^ Allen's, 200 pound
of lead to Fort Henry, & 100 pound to Swettarow, gave the 8 pound
of poudder to Capf" Morgan, & 400 flints to each Comp^.

Before I came to Reading, the Adjutant Kern had sent by I^eu^
Ingle, blanketts for 4 Comp)«, VIsk* : Capt» Orndt, Weatherholt,
Davis, & Qarraway, 224, & one Quarter Cask of poudder, 300 bam
of lead, and 1600 flints.

• 24% Friday.

This morning sett out for Fort William, arrived at Peter Rodenoils
at 2 P. M., 15 miles from Reading, it snowed and blowed so pro-
digeousely I stayed here all night.

25», Saturday.
March'd this morning, the snow deep, for Fort William, arrived
at Fort William at 12 M. D., here was Lieu^ Humphrys & Ensigne
Hary, ordered a Review of the Garrison at 2 P. M. ; at 2 P. M.
Reviewed the Gan*ison & found 58 good men, but difficient in Dissi-
pline, stores, 3 Quarter Casks of poudder, 150 lb. of lead, 400 flints,
& 56 blanketts, no arms fitt for use, no Kettles, nor tools, nor drum^

2 months Provision.

Here I found a targett erected, ordered the Company to shout at
the mark, sett them the Example myself by wheeling round & fire-
ing by the word of Command. I shott a bullott into the Centre of
the mark the size of a Dollar, distance 100 yards. Some of them
shott tolarable bad, most of their Arms are very bad.

Ordered Cap^ Morgan to Continue to pattroQ' to Northkill &
Alemingle.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1T68. 865

26th, Sunday.
Marched from hence at 10 A. M., went over the Mountains to
Mr. Everitt's where Captain Weatherholt is stationed, the snow ex-
eeedi&g deep ooaid'make little way, at 3 P. M., arrived at Valentine
Pluleprot'a, 20 mileS; here I stay all Dight.

27th, Monday,

Marched this morning at 8 A. M. for Mr. Everitt's, arrived at 9
A. M., 4 miles, ordered a Review of that part of the Company that
is here, found Cap^. Weatherholt, Lieu*. Gieger & 24 men, 3 being
riek A absent, d-months' Prorvisions, 5 pounds powder, no lead, each
man has a pound of powder in his Cartonoh box & lead in propor-
tion, no kettles, nor blankets, 25 Province Arms.

Ordered to Cap*. Weatherholt 56 blanketts, 25 lb. of powder &
bO barrs of lead & 400 flints, Cap*. Weatherholt to Scout to the
Westward 10 miles, & to the eastward 10 miles, Lieu*. Oeiger from
henoe to his post in Coll. Armstrong's Battallion.

Marched from hence to Fort Allen at 11 A. M., gott to the top of
the Blue Mountain at 2 P. M., from hence saw AUamingle, it is a
fine Country, but the Country on the North side of the Mountain is
an intire barren Wilderness, not capable of Improvements.

Arrived at Fort Allen at i after 2 P. M. a prodigious Hilly plaooi
and poor land, 15 miles from Mr. Everitt's, ordered a review ef this
Garrison to-morrow at 8 A. M.

28, Tuesday.

At 8 A. M. revipred this Ghirrison ; doing duty. Cap*. Omdt,
Lien**. Hays & Laughery, Ensigne Quixell & 75 men, this is a very
good Garrison, Stores, 2 months' Provisions, 225 pounds powder,
300 lb. lead, 500 flints, 2 Sweevell Guns, 26 Province Arms bad, no
Drum, kittles, nor blanketts, 1 spade, 1 shoYel], 1 Grubing how, Su
14 bad axes.

This is a very poor Stockade, surrounded with Hills, situated on a
barren plain, through which the River Lecky runs, distance ab* 70
yards from the Fort, there is scarce room here for 40 men,
, Ordered Cap*. Orndt to Regulate his Ranging by his Intelligence
from time to time, as he informed me that 5 Indians from Bethla-
hem has promised faithfully to Cap*. Orndt to come here & recon-
noitre the woods constantly round & to furnish him with Intelligence
likewise to put up a Targett 6 Inches thick to learn the Soldiers to
Shoat.

Sett off from hence at 10 A. M. for Lieu*. Ingle's post, arrived at
Lien*. Ingle's at 4 P. M., ordered a Review Immediately, & found
here Lieu*. Ingle jind 30 good men in a very good Stockade, which
he is just finishing, 15 miles ftx)m Fort Allen Stores, 10 lb. powder,
10 lb. lead, 12 Province Arms bad, no blankitte, 4 spades, 3 shovell»
2 Grubing hows & 4 iazefl, arrived at Lieu*. Snyder's Station at 7

ffS6 PENNSYLVANIA AKCHIVBS U68;

P. M.^ 8 milcs^ ordered a review k^morrow momingi here! stay d
night.

March !•', Wednesday.

BoYiewed ihia morning & found hero Lieu^ Sn jder k 23 men vn-
dissiplined, 15 lb. powder, 30 lb. lead, no blankd^ts, 8 ProTinee
Arms bad.

Lieu^ Hamphreys relieved Lient. Soyder this morning, ordered
Lidut. Snyder to his post over Susqaefaanna.

I am informed by the officers here, Lieut*. Ingte A Snyder, that
Willson, Esq'., a Majestrate in this County, has aoquaintod the
Farmers that they should not assist the Troops unless the offioen
Immediately pay, & that said Willson has likewise informed ye sol-
diers they should not take their Regimeatalls^ as it only putts aionej
in their offieer? pocketts. I found a Sergt. Confined here on aooo^
of Mutiny, and have ordered a Regementall Court MartiaU this
morning, at this Station there is two barricks, no stockade.

Marched from hence to Lieut. Hyndshaw's Station at 10 A. V.,
arrived at Nasereth at 1 P. M., here dined, 8 miles. Sett off again
at 2 P. M , arrived at Tead's at 3 P, M., 6 miles. Here I fouod
Eusigne Kennedy with 16 men, who informed me that Lieut. Hjad-
shaw & Ensigne Hughes would be here one hour hence, at i after 5
P. M. Mess*^ Hyndsbaw & Hughes arrived frith 14 men.

Ordered a Bevew & found here 80 good men» stares, 50 ponsds
of powder & 100 pound of lead, no flints, one Wall piece, 1 sbovell,
13 axcflgood for nothing, & 28 Tomhawks, 56 blanketts, 46 Gaos^
46 Cartouch boxes, little Provision here and no Conveniency to lay
up A Store } this is very bad Quarters, the Houaeip built in a Swaiip,
bad water.

2*, Thursday.

Marched from hence at 9 A. M. for Mr. Samuell I>epew8, went
by the way of Fort Hamilton to Vew that place, arrived at Fort
Hamilton at 2 P. M., vew^ it & found it a very poor Stockade, with
one large house in the middle of it & some familys living in it This
is 15 miles from Teads's.

Arrived at Mr. Depews at 4 P. M., 6 miles, snowed mack &
prodigeous cold, ordered a Bevew to-morrow morning at 9 A. M.

This is a very fine Plantation, Situate upon the Kiver Delaware,
21 miles from Teads's & 100 miles from Pbila'a., they go in Boats
from hence to Pbila«. by the River Delaware, which carrys ibont 22
Ton. This place is 35 miles from Easton & 38 from Bethhhem.
There is a pritty good Stockade here & 4 Sweevells mounted & good
accommodation for soldiers.

8*, Friday.
Revewed this Oarrison and found here 22 good men, 50 lb. of
powder, 125 lb. of lead, no flints, a great Quantity of BealF, 1 sup-
pose 8 mo^ ProvisiQiis for a Compel but ao flour, plenty of floor at

FSKJEBTLTAMU ABCHITBB 1T98. 8S

ike MIO, about 800 juds from the Fort My hones being Igrred
I'm obliged to hsiilt here to-daj. Extream cold. The Coantry vp-
ply for » Company to be stationed here. Ordered Snaigne fioghea
to his Post at Swettamiw.

4th, Saturday.
Sett oiOr this morning for Easton, extream cold, anived at Teada's,
21 miles, at 1 P. M., here dined, at 2 P. M. sett off from hence, ar-
rived at Easton at 7 P. M., 12 miles, here stayed all night, no Pro;
vinoe Stores in this Town, only 10 lb. powder in the care of John
DrinkeTi Sheriff.

5th, Snnday.

At 1 P. M. sett ont from hence for Bethlahem, anived at 4 P.
M., 12 miles, no Province stores here. Tydyonsknng, Samnell
Evens & a great many Indians, came to see me, they sop with me &
desire their Compliments to His Honr., the Governor, Commissi* &
Assembly, ft desire to assure them they remain firm friends.

This Evening I sent for William Edmonds and Thomas Pean, the
Principle men here, ft acquainted them that as tho Government had
taken the Indian trade into their own hands it was expected that they
nor no other Person or Persons in this Province would attempt to
Deal with the Indians, ft they assured me they wonid not for the
future.

Here I stay all night.

6th, Munday. «*

This morning sett off from hence to Philad*., arrived at 6 P. M.
at George Goer's Tavern, 32 miles, here stay all night, bad roads
bnt good weather.

7tb, Tuesday. '
This morning sett oat for Philad*., arrive at 8 P. M., 22 miles.

JAMES, BVBD.
Philad*., 10th March, 1758.

PwiTiON FROM Northampton County, 1768.

To the Hononrable William Bcnoy, Esq'., Lieutenant Governor
and Commander-in-Chief of the Province of Pensylvania, and Coun-
tiee of New Castle, Eient and Sossex, upon Delaware, and Captain
General of the Same.

The Petition of the Distressed Inhabitants of Lower Smithfield
Township, in the County of Northampton, most Humbly Sheweth :

That your Honemr's petitioners are under some appreheiwions
tlmi the Company of Soldiers, Commakkd by Jamee Hyndahaw, are

S58 PENH8TLVANIA. ABCHIVXS 1768.

to be removed from iheir present Stfttion, and of our bmg bft n t
Defenceless postare; That year Petitioners have had Inte^g^wof
a Body of upwards of Three Hundred French and Xndians that an
coming Down to Distress the Frontiers of this provinoe, and aatiiuB
part at present seems the most Defenceless, it is very probable that
we shall be the first attacked ; That your petitioners have at present
but 12 men allowed by the province, which we Humbly apprehend
Can afford us but little assistance; and further^ we Humbly CoBceiTe
that in case we were attacked by so 1/irge a party we must ineTitahly
fall an easy prey to our Cruel Savage Enemy, unless your Honour is
pleased to afford us a Reinforcement, which we flatter ourselves ve
are assured of, your Honour Having Hitherto since your Soccession
to this province, exercised a very Fatherly Care over us, for which
we Beturn our Most Hearty thanks; and further, we being well
assured that next to Divine Providence your Honour is our pro-
tector, we Submit our Circumstances to your Superior Knowledge
to act for us, who as Loyall Subjects are Determined with joar
Honour's assistances to stand against any Enemy that may attempt
to invade us, and your Honour's petitioners as in Duty Bound Shail
ever pray.

Aaron Dupui, William McNab,

John McMichael, Edward Connor,

Daniel Shoemaker, Robert Hanah,

William Clark, Daniel Mcintosh,

Samuel Dupui, Michael Shouer,

Daniel Brpdhead, John Williamson,

Abraham Miillux, James Garlinghousing,
Nicolas Mickle, • John Higgios,

Lenord Weeser, Isaack Fack,

John Cambden, Enoch Freeland,

Frederick Yanderliss, John Drake,

James Hilman, Jeremiah Flemmen^

John Hilman, Adam Snail,

William Smith, Frances Delong.
John McDoull,

Pbtition prom Northampton Coxtnty, 1758.

To his honour William Denny, Esq'., Qovemour of Pennsylvania

The humble Petition of Divers of The Inhabitants of Mount
Bethel, Plainfield and Forks of Delaware, and places Ajacent,
Humbly Sheweth : — That Whereas, your Destress'd Petitioners,
many of us haveisg Sufiwed mueh by a Most Barbarous & Savage
Bnenj; and we heariog that tike oompany which has been station'd

PKJNSTLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758. 859

above vs that meana is naeing to Bemove em above tbe Blew morm-
laio, which has put qs to the uttmost GoDfasioD, we being Sensible
by Sxpemnae that tbe Company has been of Little or no Benefitt
iiDto 08 while oyer tbe Mountains^ & altho' we would by no means
be ondefBtood to Dictate onto your honour^ we hope that it will not
be coQDted presumption, humbly to Inform your honour that a
Station for a Number of men somewhere near the wind Gapp under
the Blew Mountain, on the East side thereof, might have tbe best
Tendency to Secure tbe Inhabitants of these parts. Therefore, we
Your honour's Destress'd Petitioners, humbly Implores You to take
it into Consideration as Your honour's Goodness thinks proper for
the Safety of your humble Petitioners, who are in duty bound to
pray.

Jn*. Lindsey, Geo. Tlddford,

Joseph Leigh^ RoV. Lylo,

John Crawford, Alex'. Colebrith^

Adam Moody, Myer Hart,

Alexander Miller, . Thomas Sillyman,

David Allen, Ludwig Snowitz,

Archibald Laird, Henry Rincker,

Robison Mathiwson, Jon". Parker,,

Hanery Boot, Peter Hacklin,

Fergus Mann, J"*. Wever,

James Bowman, Peter Best,

Ja*. Martin, Samuel Miller,

Jonathan Neilson, and others.

Petxtion from Northampton County, &c., 1758.

To the Honourable William Denny, Esq'., Governor of the Pro-
vince of Pennsylvania, New Castle, Kent and Sussex, on Delia-
ware, &c.

The Humble Petition of the Inhabitants of the Other Side and
tbis Side the Blue Mountain, on the West Brench, in Towamensing
and Lehigh Townships, Humbly Shewet :

Wee, tbe Poor Inhabitants of the said Said Townships, Come to
Lay this Humble Petition before your Honour, to Lat you Know
that we are informed that Fort Allen Shall be taken away from tbe
Place where the Fort Stationed at present, and Shall be Build an other
this Side tbe mountains, which would be verry JIart for us them
that Leaves Behind and this Side the Mountain on the Frontiers, if
tbe Said Fort Allen Should be moved from the Place; and if it
Should be So, Wee Pray your Honour might be plised to Order
that said Fort might be Build of tbe Other Side the mountain, on

aOO PBNNSrLVANU ABCHIVBS 176«.

the Plaoo Called tbe Gkx>d Spring oc well, whieh ia a very OoiiTiinnt
Place ; But if the Fort Should be Build this Side tha moaotMoa, dl
the Inhabitants this and the Other Side near the Monntain will be
obliged to inore off from their Plantations, and the Ennemiea wtfl
get the Mountains in to Do more mistchief, and will be more Danger
for the Inhabitants ; Wee Pray your Hon' will be plised to take all
this in Consideration, and your Wisdom will order the Beefc fior vs,
and We Shall Ever pray.

Yonr Honour,

We are yonr most humble

and obedient Servants.*
March the 9the, 1758.

Directed^

To the Honourable William Denny, Bflq' , Governor of the Pro-
vince of Pennsilvania, New Castle, Kent, and Sussex, on Dellawaie.

Capt. Thos. Lloyd to Gov. Denny, 1758.

Sir,

The Batteaux being almost worn out, the Difficulty of repairing
or replacing them will be very considerable. Several Persons here
have offered to build Canoes at their own JJiZpence susceptible of 8 or
9 Barrels of Flour, on Condition of being employ'd as Batteauz>men
in the Service, and an allowance of Provisions during 5 or 6 Days'
Labor in making them. Mr. Harris and the People best acquainted
w*^ this River, assert that Canoes are in every llespect preferrable
to Batteauz ; that they may be as capacious, or more so ) are more
durable ; that they don't require the same repairs, nor above balf
the number of Hands ; that they are not so subject to Leaks, and
being more buoyant can pass the River & the Falls when the Bat-
teauz cannot, for these Reasons I have consented that two or three
should be made for a Tryal, and they are now almost finished.. If
it is thought proper to encourage this Proposal, L -believe the Pro-
vince will be quite as well serv'd, the Dispatch greater, and the
Ezpence less. This Day the Batteauz left Hunter's with above Six-
teen Thousand weight of Flour and some Indian Goods. I have
not had Pleasure since I left Philad* of seeing Colonel Burd, to
whom I wou'd have wrote on the Subject of these Canoes, but was
not certain of his being at Philad*. I shall wait his Arrival and

* This petition and most of the signatures, (which are numerous,) are in
German.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758. 861

fortbor Qrdera, which^I expoot every minate at Lancasteri being
vith (he greatest respect & Gratitude^
Sir,

Tour Honor's most ob*

& very humble Servant,

T. LLOYD.
Harris's; March 15th. 1758.

Petition from Berks County, 1768.

March, 15, 1758.
To the Honourable William Denny, Esq', Lieutenant Governor and

Commander-in-Chief in and over the Province of Pennsylvania, &o.

The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of the Township of Bern
and parts adjacent in the County of Berks in the said Province^

That from the beginning of the Indian Incnndons into this Pro-
TiDce, the Neighbourhood wherein your Petit" live hath been fre-
quently harrasy'd by the Enemy, and numbers of their Neigbboura
cruelly murdered, others captivated, and many of your PetitF** oblig'd
to fly from their Dwellings to avoid the same Unhappy fate, to their
unspeakable Terror and Distress. That during this Winter the
Severity of Weather hath prevented those Barbarians from com-
DiitdDg their wonted Cruelties; but as the Snow is now melting, and
the Weather is growing fair, your Petitioners are every moment
dreading an attack from the Enemy, and find themselves less secure
than heretofore, from their attempts, as the Blockhouse at North-
kHl is destroyed and no Garrison kept in those parts.

Your Petitioners, in the deepest Distress, implore your Honour's
Protoetioii, and most earnestly beg that they may not be left a Prey
to the Savage Enemy, protesting that without Assistance from the
Pablick, they are utterly unable to defend themselves, and must on
the first Attack, abandon their Habitations, and rather embrace the
most extreme poverty than remain subject to the merciless Rage of
(bose bloody Murderers 3 And that they have the greatest Reason
to expect an Attack is obvious from the many former successfuU
attempts of the Enemy, three or lour Indian Paths leading into their
Neighbourhood.

Your Petit" therefore most humbly beg your Honour to compaa-
sionate their miserable Circumstances, and order Soldiers to be
stationed for their Defence in some of the most exposed Farm-
Houses^ or take such other effectual Measures for their Security and
Protection as to your Honour's Wisdom shall seem meet.

And as in duty bound they will ever pray, &c.*

* Signatures in Qerman.

Vol. IIL— 16

802 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1768.

I have perused the foregoing petition, and well know 8itQatio& of
the Signers to he such as set forth, do therefore m^e Bold to re-
eomend that people to be Considered as such by his Honour the
Governor, with submission.

I am, Sir,

jrour very humble Servant,

CONRAD WBISER.

RECOMMENDATION OP A CHAPLAIN, 1758.

Hon* Sir:

We take the Freedom to recommend the Rev* Mr. Frederick
Cosemer Miller as a Chaplain to our Battalion, he being a very good
Minister in the German Language, & very capable of enoouraging
^e Soldiers in their duty, upon whysh Account we reoommend him,
& tmat your Honour will not be displeasM at us for so doing.
We are with the highest Respect,

Your Honour's most Obedient,

h'ble ServantB.

Signed in the Name of the several Officers, by

CHRISTIAN BUSSE, Capt
Reading, March 17th, 1758.

Directed,
To the Honourable William Denny, Esq'.,

Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania, Ao. fte. Ae.
Philadelphia.

^ Favour of Col. Weiser.

William Shankland to Richard Peters, 1758.

Worthy Sir :

Y" of the 5th of November I received, and as a Reason for mj
Not discharging the Caveat, I have an old Grant in my possessioa to
John Rhodes, which I am pretty well Convinced is the same Spotty
this being the Case, I am Apprehensive a Return ought not to be
made for Mr. Newbold till a full Hearing.

FSNNSTLYANIA ABGHIVB8 lTfi8. 881

I am of opinion thai a former Grant To a Certain Andrew Depm
Ukewise Interferes with part of Mr. Newbold's New Pretentions.

8', y Humble Serv*, ^

WILLIAM SHANKLAND.

March 20th, 1758.

Directed,
To Richard Peters, Esq'.,

In Philadelphia. These.

Examination of Francois Fetre, 1758,

Natife of Paris, who came into Canada a little Boy, taken by R. P.
20th March, 1758.

This Ezaminant sajs that he was a Soldier in Fort Dnqneane, &
narchd from thence in February last, with a Party consisting of
Eight Indians, Twelve Canadians, Six Cadets, Two Officers & Five
Soldiers, & that they took the great Road for Fort Cumberland, and
arriving near that Fort they lay in Ambush, the Indians & the
Canadians having their several places assigned them. That whilst
they were in this posture he deserted and informed the Garrison at
Fort Cumberland, who pursued the French Party and took one of
the Cadets Prisoners. He says that the Garrison at Fort Duquesne
iraa two hundred and thirty. That there are great numbers of In-
diana in the Villages all about Fort Duquesne who can be collected
together in a short time. That there is a small weak Fort at We-
nango called Machaull, in w<^ are seventy men. Three hundred
being the Number assigned for the Two Forti Duquesne & MaohauU
& there are in each fcvt sometimes more & sometimes less. That
they are now working at Fort Machaull in great numbers & propose
to make it as strong as Fort Duquesne. That the Pork was tainted,
and the Bread black, but good Wheat Bread. That the Indiana
brought in great Quantities of fresh meat, Venison, Bear & Buffalo.
That the officers & all the -people said they expected a great Rein-
foroement in the Month of May.

aB4 PBNNBTLYANIA.ABCHIVBS 17&&

Qbn- Jambs Abercrombt to Gov. Denny, 1758.

New York, March 22d, 1758.
Sir,

As there are a large Number of Men to be raised in this Conatrji
pursuant to His Majesty's Commands, signified to me by Mr. Secre*
tary Pitt's Letter of the 30th of December last, which will require
a much larger Quantity of Provisions, (than was before apprehended
to be necessery) for the Effectual Supply of this additional Number
of Troops ; which will render it requisite to empress all Kinds of
Provisions for this Service, I must therefore desire you. Sir, that
you will take the proper Measures, that all such Provisions as the
Army under my Command may want, shou'd be impressed, secared,
and delivered to the Contractors, or their Agents, they paying a
Beasonable Price for the same. And I desire that you will appoint
proper Persons to settle^ and fix an equal Price between the Owners
and Contractors, that there may be no Ground or Beason of Com-
plaint on either side.

And as by my Letter of the 15th* Instant I have applied to you,
pursuant to His Majesty's Commands, to lay an Embargo on til
vessels within the Ports of your Government, whioh may possibly
prevent them from coming to New York with Provisions for the
Army under my Command, I must desire (in order that the Difi-
oulties your Trade is laid under by the Embargo may he the sooner
removed,) that you will give Permission to such Vessels to come
hither; and that there may be no Room for Fraud or Deceit, I wou'd
desire, that the Masters may be obliged to enter into Bond, with
sufficient Sureties, in such a sum as you shall thiuk proper, that
they shall land the Provisions in this Port, aud Return a Certificate!
within a Beasonable Time, of their having so done.
I am, with great regard, sir,
Your most obedient,

Humble Servant,

JAMES ABERCROMBr.
Directed.
The Honorable Gov*. Denny.

* See Colon. Reo. YoL Till. p. 87.

PENNSIXYANIA AROBnCVEB 1768- SAS

Counterfeit Bills of Credit, 1758.

Whereas his Exoellenoj Horatio Sharpe, Esquire, .Oovemor of
Mtrylaad, has this day sent to us the Commissioners of the Pap«r
Curreooj office of this Provinoe, six hundred and aizty six unsigned
Bills of Ten Shillings, and one hundred and sixty two of the same
species signed, all which are counterfeited, which Bills we are in-
formed were sent to his Excellency by Richard Peters, Esq', Score-
tarj of the Province of Pensilvania by the hands of James Ennis.

C. HAMMOND.

GEO. STEWART.

JNO. BULLEN.
Haroh 27, 175a.

Col. John Armstrong to Gov. Drnnt, 1758.

Carlisle, 29th March, 1758.
Honoured Sir,

This Opportunity is Embrac'd with much Alacrity to acknovlodgfi
the reoeit of your Hours Orders of the 23d Inst., to hold in readi-
ness the first Battalion of the Pennsylvania Regiment for Offensive
Duty by the first of May.

The Vigorous efforts determined by his Majssty thro' the ensuing
Campaign, must greatly animate every British Soul, and indeed
every true Protestant ; may Heaven Youchsofe to assume the Sc^-
preame Command both by Land and Sea. As I Doubt not your
Hon'rs care & Vigilenoe in furnishing the Battalion with necessaries
for the Campaign, permit me to assure you Sir, that not only the
above Orders, but also the Orders of the Officers set over us by his
Majesty (so far as in our Power) shall be punctually & Cheerfully
obe/d, as well by every officer of this Battalion, as by Sir, your
Honours

Most Obedient,

and most Humbl Servant, «

JOHN ARMSTRONG.

P. S. On Munday I returned from Patroling behinde the North
Mountains for the space of seven days, no Tracts of the Enemy then
appeared on Juniata or else where in our Course. Exercise and
Absence from Opportunities of DrdDkenness & other debaucheries is
life for the Soldiery. Some arms, Tents & Blankets, will be the
principal things wanted, no Blankets, Drums, nor Ammunition is
yet come here. Ammiinitio& we shall very soon want, as the small

866 PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVES 1768.

Qaantitj now in store cannot be spar'd without manifest prejadiee
to the Servise.

J. A.

To the Hononrable William Denny, Esq', Governor and Com*
aiaoder in Chief of the Provinoe of Pennsylvania.
By favour of Fra». West, Esq', Philad*.

Gkn. James Abbrcromby to Gov. Denny, 1758.

Sir,

As by the Enclosed Extract of M'. Secretary Pitt's Letter to me,
dated from Whitehall, December 30% 1757,* I am directed to ap-

Soint Colonel Forbes (who by the same conveyance has received His
lajesty's Commission of Brigadier General in America,) to command
Buch forces as I shall judge proper to leave in the Southern Pro-
vinces. I have, in consequence of the said Directions, appointed
Brigadier General Forbes to that Command ; and in order to enable
him the better to carry on this Service, pursuant to His Majesty's
Instructions, I have furnished him with a copy of the above Eztnct,
as likewise with that of M'. Secretary Pitt's Circular Letter to you
of the same date, by which you are acquainted that such troops, as
in obedience thereto shall be raised, are to be under the said Briga-
dier General Forbes' Supreme Command. In order therefore, that
he may meet with no delay in the Execution of these His Majesty's
Commands, which must be the case, where he obliged to have re-
course to, and wait f($r answers from me, upon every matter that
may occur and reauire an immediate decision, which, from the dis-
tance that may be between him and me, might retord, if not intirely
disappoint the best of measures ; I must therefore, I say, enjoin &
request you, solely to correspond with him, and beg that you will
eive him all the aid & assistance recommended to you in the said
last mentioned Letter, and that you will look upon whatever he shall
require of you, pursuant thereto, in the same light as if it oame
from me.
«J am, with great Begard,
Sir,
your most obedient

Humble Servant,

JAMES ABERCROMBY.

To the Hon'ble William Denny, Esq'.,
Governor of Pennsylvania.

.« See Cor. Reo. Vol. Till. p. 27.

PHBrNSTLTANIA AECHIVBS 1768. 867

Capt. Jacob Obnbt to Col. Jambs Bubd, 1758,

IFort AUen, 29^ March, 1758.
Sir,

I received your favoar of the 8 th Curr*, informiDg me of the In-
dians com log in, but thej were past before the Letter came to my
hand, t sent a Soldier with them as far as Bethlehem^they are
not jet returned.

The 25<^ Corr* arrived here twenty Indians from Diahoga, with
seyeral Strings of White Wampam, assuring the English that they
wonld keep their Young men at home, & would do no more harm to
the Inhabitants ; they informed us, that as soon as these men re-
tamed, there would be a great number of Indians in to hold a Treaty
with Pennsylvania, these are Muncys and Mohiokons. Sir, I have
almost finished the Trench about the Fort, and intends setting up
Saplina to hinder the Enemy from breaking over the Trench. 1 ^
inclose my Muster Roll for the month of March, to y Hon'. There
is nothing more worth communicating, but I remain.

Your Honour's

most humble servant,

JACOB ORNDT.
To Ool. James Burd.

Thb Proobbdings oif A GouNoiL OF Offiobrs, hbld at Fort
Loudoun, in Virginia, 1758,

March the 30th, 1758.

Galled by Cap^. Thos. BuUett, to consider whether a proposal of
Peace (ofiered by King Teedyuscung & several Indian Chiefs, to the
Hon'ble William Denny, Esq., Oov of Pensylvania, and by tham
imparted to the Commanding Officer of the Virginia Forces at Fort
Loudoun, requesting him to communicate it to the Cherokeea,) can
be proposed to the Southern Indians, without great danger of dis-
gusting them & incurring their displeasure, in such a manner as may
be prejudicial to the Interest of the British Colonies in America.

868 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 175S.

/ Present in Coanoil :

Capt. Thomas BalliU^ President
Members :

Lieu^ Campbell, Lieu^ Bockner,

Liea^ Thompson, Liea^ Smith,

Ensign £07. ^

!•*. We consider that,

The Cherokees are now firmly engaged by onr means in a War
against the French and their Indians^ and having received some
small looses, have freqaently begcd of ns not to think of making
peace, till they, as well as we are satisfied.

2^, They are a jealous people, and may probably say when th^
bear a peace is proposed, that they are aboat to do what they have
often told ns they were afraid of, namely, that as soon as they had
firmly engaged for us, & incensed many Nations by their Friendship
for the English, we should make peace and leave them to be dii-
troyed.

%*^. We believe that such a proposal would be equally as dis-
agreeable to the Catawbas, Creeks, Tuscaroras, & other Southern
Nations, (who are now our sincere Friends, & many of them deeply
engaged in the present War,) as to the Cherokees.

4*^17. As a disgust given to these Nations, (& we have great reason
to believe from all their discourse, that such a proposal ?rill be very
offensive), may be productive of Consequences as fatal to the pros-
perity of the Southern Colonies, as a peace with those Indians would
be serviceable to the Northern, (even were we well assured, that they
would become as faithful Allies as the Southern Indians now are,
tho' that is a great uncertainty), we think that we ought not to ma
so great a Risque as we believe we should, were we to communicate
to them the proposal of peace, from Nations who have always been
odious to them, & who they believe would not keep a peace w«ra it
made.

b*^^. We think that we ought not to afiront those that have
always been our Friends, to oblige those who revolted from oar
Friendship, & have been our professed enemys. A; perhaps after a
peace made & the Southern Indians affronted, may immediately
prove as Treacherous as they have been, & (by their Harrassing our
Frontiers with Scalping parties, while they pretend in another Oolooy
to be desirous of and concluding a peace,) we have reason to believe
now are.

PBNNBYLVANfA ARCHIVES 1768. 869

6<^. We had Capt. Gist, the Depntj Superintendent of Indian
Affiiin in this District, sent for and brought in Council, who assured
08 that such a proposal he believed, could not with safety, nor with-
^ oat the greatest danger of the Indians displeasure, be communicated
to them, & that if it should^ there is no Interpreter here capable of
doing it.

T"', We are unwilling to let the Ohio Indians, as is desired.
how the designs of the Southern Indians, because the liyes and
safety of them, as well as many^ of our own Officers and men, may
in some measure perhaps depend on secrecy, and it is very probable
that if they knew when and where these Indians were going» the
French would at least have one Friend among them, who would not
fail to give Intelligence, which might render our Schemes abortive.

S^. As many of the Chiefs of each Nation are not here, and nd
Gommissionero appointed by ihm Council to make a peaee, they
oonld Dot do it without returning Home, which would be a very
great expenoe for nothing on this CoioBy, and the Loss of at leaal
one Campaign's service fromi them.

9^^. The Officers present conceive that they are invested with no
power to conduct an affair of such Delicacy and of such Importance)
nor that they have a right of making or even treating of War or
Peace with any Nation.

The Officers in Council for the above reasons, are unanimously
of the opinion that we ought not to acquaint the Cherokees with the
propoaal, but that it be speedily communicated to the President of
Virginia.

Thob. Bitllitt,
John Campbell,
mobd. buokneb,
Natha. Thompson. '
Chas. Smith,
Jamss Bot.
To Gov Denny.

16*

870 PENNSYLVANIA ABCfflVBS 1768.

Captn. Thomas Bullitt to Gov. Dennt, 1758.

Hon"' Sir:

On Receipt of yours of the 25th Inst.^ I held a Coancill, Copy
whereof I have Inclos'd, hy which you'l see the Reasons for Bot at-
tempting a Negotiation of Peace between the Northern and Soathern
Indians, or without consulting Higher Powers on the Occasion.

I have Dispatched an^ Express to Williamsburg with your Letters,
where Col" Washington is, and can Immediately have the ResolTo
of the Couucill on the Affair; As to my attempting, In the Intrim,
such Negotiations as Teedyuskying proposes, by the resolve of my
Council], cannot Justifiably do it, and for The Reasons by them
Offered, also divers others I could innumerate; yon will see the
Daingen at Present, of such a Thing, and provided we was, there
oonld be Little done, as the Chiefs of their Nations is not yet Ar-
rived ; neither have we here an Interpreter that can be nndcistood,
& our attempting to Speak on the Subject to those Young Men, sent-
from the Nations to Revenge the Injuries done ustmd them, by oar
Enemies, might be misunderstood, and be a means of Galling in all
those Partys we have sent out, this would be much to our prejadioe,
— ^as the Enemy are on Our Frontiers commiting the most Crnelest
off Hostilitys, I must also think such a Step at this juncture would
raise a Jilousy amonst them, as they are dbpleas'd at our not having
proper Necessarys here to furnish diem on their Arrival, which was
their Expectation, (and I believe promised them;) I say, in all Pro-
bability, such a proposal to those Indians at this time, might be
attended with the Consequences of confirming them in an Opinion,
That we had made Peace with their Enemys, have no further Ser-
vice for them, k in Consequence thereof did not git the SuppljB
promised them, for Carrying on the War we Ingag'd them in ; for
B^ Reasons must think it too Nice an Affair at Present to attempt.

The Number of Indians here is about four Hundred, also Con-
siderable Partys on their way and Expected from the Southern Na-
tions; Numbers uncertain, tho' Imagined not less than One Thousand ;
above Twelve days since, three Hundred of the Cherokees have bin
Aoquipt and sent out against the Enemy ; the Lasts Aceo^ I bad
from them they had discovered a Party of them • . . and in-
tend as Soon as they had assembled a Sufficient Body to Attack
them, and make no Doubt The/l shortly give us a good Aoo^ thereof
as to any further Decents they may make cannot inform you.

As the success of-Our Arms on this Quarter will in a Grreat measore
depend on the Supporting & Spiriting up Our Friend Indians, have
taken this Opertunity^to Acquaint you of the present and Great want

♦ See page 190.

PENNSTLVANIA ABOHITBB 1T68. Wl

hers of some Light Fire ArmB, Suitable for Indiane, tbo Match*
CoatSy there being no snoh thing here, nor can Conveniently be got^
80 that the late Partys, To the am* of about one Hundred Indians,
eaanot be Aquipt, and appear very uneasy at our having not Sup*
plys to give them, especially the Particulars Mention'dr This I
Acquaint you Off, making no doubt if your Province have these
things in Store, (as a Speedy Supply will Greatly Redound to the
Oood of the Service,) they will send them, which will be Enahling
the Agent to Keep them in Obedience to us. I conclude with doing
myself the Honour to Subscribe,

Tour Most Obed*,

Humble Serv*,

THOS. BULLITT.
Fort Loudoun, March ye 31, 175S.

Directed. . >
To Gov' Denny.

Gen. James Abbrcromby to Gov. Dbkny, 1768,

New Tork; April 1st, 1758.
Sir,

Brigadier Stanwiz, who arrived here last Night, delivered me
your Favor of the 24th, and tho' it is not in my Power to answer it
so folly as I cou'd wish, yet I cannot let Slip the Opportunity of
Mr. Willing, who returns to Philadelphia this Evening, without
acknowledging the Receipt of it.

As I am but lately enter'd on the Command His Majesty has
honored me with, I cannot be so thoroughly versed in Indian Affairs
as to gCve any Directions upon this Occason, without consulting with
8' WUIiaA Johnson, who, by His Majesty's Commission, is appointed
Sole Agent and Superintendent of the Northern Indians, in Conse-
quence of which, I have,-by Express, transmitted to him the Minutes
enclosed in yours, and have pressed him to detain the Messenger no
longer than is necessary to frame his Answer, which so soon as it
comes to my Hands, I shall forward to you without Belay; mean-
while as it is very important to encourage these Indians to pursue
their Proposal of joining with Us against his Majest/s Enemies, I
wou'd have you to use your utmost to continue them in that favorable
Disposition, without, nevertheless, coming to any determined Reso-

S7f TENSSTLYimX ABSmTBB I78ft

lotion untlll we bear with more certainty from S** "William JoboMa;
whether or no these People may be rriied on.

I am sorry your Hands are so tied as to give yon no Room to e;^
peet the Advantages one might hope for, mm the Resolves of yeas
Assembly for ratsing 2,700 Men^ You see the present urgent
Bzigency, and yon are too Bsalons for the Good of the Serviee nok
to Use all your Abilities to make them 'sensible of what they
owe to the best of MasterSi their Oonntry and themaelveSy to
indaoe them to exert themselves npon this Occasion so as to be
able not only to oppose every Insnlt of the Bnemy, but to have
it in their Power to go and attack them in their own Poeaes-
sions, by which vigorous Effort^ they may at once give Peace and
Quiet to the whole Continent, and peaceably enjoy their own Pro-
perties; Motives too strong for any British Subject to neglect,
especially when there is so much prospect of Success from the- great
aid k assistance the Mother Country affords, which ought greatly to
weigh with them, as they will benefit from it as much as any <^ tiieir
Fellow Subjects.

With Regard to the Embargo, mentioned in your Letter of the
28th, likewise delivered to me yesterday, by Mr. Willing & Mr.
Meredith, I am to acquaint you, that the Steps Mr. Atkins has
taken, pursuant to Commodore DurelFs Directions to enforce the
same, are very right; For had he permitted any of those Vessels
on mention to proceed on their respective Destinations, and they
ad unfortunately fell into the Hands of the Enemy, they wou'd not
only have supplied them with what at this present Crisis it is most
important to deprive them of^ but likewise have informed them of
our present Measures, which must prove very detrimental ; I musty
therefore, desire that you will abide, in the strictest Manner, to the
Seoce of my first Letter on that Head.

As to the Embargo's not extending here to Vessels under 50 Tons,
that- is true ; but then these Vessels are not permitted to go to Sea.
If you have any under the Same Circumstances, you may grant the
like Latitude.

Respecting the Seamen yon require Protection for, I must refer
you to the above two Geotlemen, who, this afternoon, have had a
Meeting with Commodore Dnrell, who has settled that ^bir, and
they wOl acquaint yon with what was agreed to thereupon.
I am with great Regard, Sir,

Your most obedient Humble Servant,

JAMBS ABERCROMBT.

Sunday, April 2d..-^Mr Willing being gone before this Letter
eon'd be got ready, I detained it tilT this Morning, when Mr. Ellbj
presented me with a Memorial, of which the enclosed is a Copj;
from the Contents of which you will see the Absolute Necessity there

I^ffimSTLVANlA ARCHIVES 1758. I7«

u to oomply with thd samie ; Toa will, thefrefore, penbit tbe four
New Eofland Vessels, engaged by Joshua Howell, of Philadelphia^
to euryltOW Barrels of Floar, for Use. of the Troops that are to em-
bark at Boston, to depart f^m Philadelphia for New York only,
obsernng to tkke the proper- and Usual Seoarities for their Com-
plianee with the above Permission ; all which yon will be pleased to
signify to the Commanding Officer of the Navy, that he may not
impede them m their Coarse with their dae Compliment of Hands.

I am YonrS; &o.

J. A.

Direetedj
To the Honorable Gov^ Denny.

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Gbn. James Abbrorombt to Gov. Denny, 1768,

New York, April 10th, 1768.
Sir,

Yesterday I was favored with joars of the 7th, together with
sandrj Enclosures relative to Indian affairs ; among others the oopy
of your Letter to the Commanding Officer at Winebester, In which
I must own with Pleasure, you have expressed your^if with great
Precaution ; and as it is an a&ir of the utmost Consequence, (|is
you very justly observe) I have, punsuant to your desire made 8'
William Johnson acquainted with it ; and have desired his Opinion
of what is proper to be done, Which I am in Hopes we shall soon
Beceive ; meanwhile I shou'd think it wou'd be right to avoid enter-
ing into any Treaties, either with TeedyusQung or any other Indians,
observing nevertheless by no Means to discourage any Expeotations
they may have of our accepting their alliance, which, when once we
are Certain of the Sincerity of their Professions in our Behalf, must
prove of too great an advantage to us, for us to neglect on any
account; and as from your Experience in Treating with these
People, you know best how to temper with them, it wou'd be un-
timely for me ^ eive any Directions on that Head, to you that are
on the spot, and who, I dare flatter myself you will be able to keep
them in their present seeming Humour untill such Tinie as we hear
from 8' William.

As I see by your Letter of the 4th, that your Assembly is to meet
again this Day, I shall not enter into any Detail of the disagreeable
Circumstances you are under from the Framing of the Bill for
granting £100,000 to His Majest/s Use, as I am in Hopes, since
you selected only two out of the many material objections which
may be made to this Bill, that you will succeed in getting them
raised, as otherwise there must be a total stop to the raising the
2700 men they have voted for the Operations of the ensuing Cam-
paiffn, the &tal Consequences and bad Effects of which, they can be
no Strangers to, as they themselves will feel them before any other.
I am, with great regard sir.

Your most obedient,

Humble Servant,

JAMES ABERCROMBY.
Directed.

The Hon"' Gov. Denny.

PIWNBYLVANIA AHCHIVBS 1768. Vfl

Rev. Thos. Baeton to Rev. R. Petbrs^ 1758.

Bev. dear Sir,

I have the misfortune to acquaint yon that we are all Confunon.
Within 12 miles of my House, two Families consisting of 11 Pec-
sons were murder'd k taken. And in the Counties of Lancaster &
Cumberland, the People are daily alarm'd with fresh Ravages and
Murders. The poor Inhabitants are flying in numbers into the
interior Parts. I prevailed yesterday upon the Inhabitants of Cana-
wago & Bermudian to assemble themselves together, & forming
themselves into Companies, to guard *the Frontiers of this County,
till we see what will be done by the Troops, who are going upon the
Western Expedition. And I hope by this means we shall be able
to keep these Settlements from breaking up.

Mr. Alrioks tells me that he is determin'd (provided he can ob-
tain the Governor's Permission) to go out to the Ohio a Volunteer
in Defence of his King k Country. As he is certainly a Man of
Resolution & Valour; a man who can undergo Hardships & Fa*
tigues ; and moreover, a man who has an Interest with, & an. Infla-
enoe upon the Country People, & is as likely to raise a number of
them as any man I know. I think he stands well intitled to a Conv-
mission. And as I make no Doubt but his Honour the Governor
will have these Qualifications in View in the Disposition of the Comr
missions now to be given out, I hope this Gentleman will not be
forgot I well know that the least Representation from you in his
Favor, will do the Bussiness for him : and he and his Friends will
ever gratefully acknowledge your Friendship upon this Occasion.
I am, worthy Sir,

Your futhful and affectionate

Friend and Servant,

THO. BARTON.

Huntington, April 11th, 1758.
Directed,

Rev. Mr. Peters.

Spbsch of Gov. Dbnnt to the Assembly at Newcastle,

1758.

Gentlemen,

You are called together in obedience to his Majesty's Commands
aigoified to >me by a Letter from the Right Honourable William
Pitt, Esquire, one of his principal Secretaries of State now laid
before you, that I should forthwith use my utmost Endeavours and
Influence with you to induce you to raise with all possible dispatch
as large a Body of Men within this Government as the number of
itfl Inbibitants may allow to march as early as may be^ to such place

«T8 PBHrNSYLVANIA ARCHIVBS^ 1788.

M shall be directed by Brigadier General Forbes who is appointed
to oommand. His Majesty's Forces in these parts, in order to pro-
ceed from thence in Conjuoction with a Body of His Majesty's
Forces under the Brigadiers supreme Command^ so as to be in a
Situation to begin as soon as it shall be any way practicable sooli
offensive operations as shall be judged most expedient for annoying
the Enemy, and most effecacious towards removing and repelling the
Dangers that threaten the Frontiers of these Southern Colonies.
His Majesty is further pleased to furnish all the men so raised with
Arms, Ammunition and Tents to order Provisions for them in the
same Proportion and manner us is done for the rest of His Forces,
«nd to provide a sufficient Train of Artillery for the operations of
the Campaign. The whole therefore that the King expects and re-
quires from the several Provinces is the Levying, Cloathing and
Pay of the men and that no Encouragement may be wanting to the
fullest Exertion of the Force of these Colonies, the King is further
most graciously pleased to permit his Secretary of State to acquaint
me, that strong recommendations will be made to Parliament in
their Session next year, to grant a proper Compensation for such
Expences as the Provinces respectively shall be put to on this occa-
sion, according as the active Vigour and Strenuous Efforts of each of
them shall justly appear to merit, which there is no room to doubt
the Parliament will chearfuUy comply wiCh. Similar Orders are
sent to Maryland, Virginia and North and South Carolina; The
Northern Governments are also directed to raise men in the same
manner to be employed in such offensive operations as the Circnm-
Utances and Situation of the Enemy's Possessions in those parts may
point out.

Gentlemen, that no time might be lost, The Commissioners to
whose disposition the Sums granted by this Government, for his
Majesty's Use are made subject lately met together at my Instance,
and on taking into Consideration the Secretary of States Letter which
I laid before them unanimously agreed with my approbetion that the
Sum of Fifteen hundred pounds remaining unappropriated of the
Four thousand Pounds, and the Sum of Eight hundi^ Pounds the
residue of the Two thousand Pounds also unappropriated, which
were granted by two several acts, one passed in October last, and the
other in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty-six, should
be applied towards Raising, Cloathing and Paying for the ensniog
Campaign only one hundred effective men, Officers included, to be
employed in conjunction with his Majesty's regular Forces. Also
that a Bounty of Five pounds shou'd be given to every Volunteer,
Md Twenty Shillings be allowed the recruiting Officers, and that the
Officers and men should be paid at the same rates as are given to
the Forces in the Pay of the Province. The Commissioners are
much to be commended for their ready Concurrence in enabling me
speedily to raise this Company, which I hope will be soon completed.
Had a greater Sum been at the Disposal of the Commissioners, I am

FENNSTLYAKIA ASCHIYBEI ITBB* 879

frnmied tbey woa'd ha^ ohearfiilly agreed to raise an addiij«iial
lumber of men, and I should not have done Jostioo to that Zeal
and Spirit of Loyalty whieh yon have always manifested, whenever
Ei» Majesty's Service hath demanded aids from yon, had I not
ealied you together to give yon an opportunity of granting Svpf^ies
for the raisiDg as many more as the Oircumstanoes of these Gonntiee
will allow.

On this interesting oeoasion I cannot [without doing Yiolenoe to
yonr Charaoters] doubt that a just sense of the Duty you owe to
Toor gracious Sovereign, to your Country, and to yourselves, will
lead you to do all in your Power., The immense Expence the
Ciown is at in supporting these Colonies, and the vast Force sent to
UQoy the £nemy as the best means of speedily effecting their Pr»-
Ber?atlon merit the most grateful Returns from us. A Glorious
Opportunity now presents itself for his Majesty's Subjects in these
GolonieB, to repair the Losses they have sustained, to recover the
Coontnes they have lost, and by a well timed and vigorous Effort to
zoBtofe at once Peace and Quiet to the whole Continent, motives too
strong for British Subjects to neglect especially when there is so
much prospect of success from the great aid and assistance thn
Mother Countiy generously affords.

The Season for action is now near at hand, but I am perswadei
when you have granted the necessary Supplies there will not be
wanting a sufficient number of brave men in this Government ready
to enter chearfully into the Service of this Expedition, on the suc-
ceaa of which depends our own immediate Safety, as well as the
future Security of their Properties, and all their dvil and reli^ous
Liberties.

I have been under the disagreeable necessity of laying an Embargo
on all Vessels in the Ports of this, and my other Government, by
the IMreotion of General Aberoromby, who succeeds Lord Loudoun
as Commander in Chief in North America. His Excellency's Letter
now laid before you, sets forth the many strong Reasons, which
jnade this step necessary, and tho' it is a very heavy burthen on a
Country, which subsists by Commerce, yet I have the pleasure to
aMjpiaint yon that it will be taken off as soon as the Troops shaU
mbtixk to Halifax**

A MssSAOS TO Gov. Dbnhy from thb Assbmblt, 175&

Kay it please your Honour : ^

We, the Representatives of the Freemen of the Counties of New
Castle, Kent and Sussex, upon Delaware, in General Assembly me^
beg Leave to Return your Honour odr hearty thanks for your speech,
and for the good Opinion you are pleased to express of our Conduct
heretofore. The low Circumstances of our Constituents, and the
* See Colon. Bee. Vd. Vin. p. 88.

no PENNBYLTAKIA AKCHIVES 1758.

keftTj Tazet they bow labour under, will render ns nnable to hs
Bish Boeh a Nnmber of Troops as we are most heartily and siDcerelj
iBoimed to raise. But to shew our warmest Zeal for his Majesljv
Service, and the good of the eommon Cause, at this critical Cod-
junoture, we will without Delay make sneh effectual Provision for
the levying, eloathing and paying, such a Number of Men as the
Gircumstftnces of this Government will in anywise admit of, exda-
aire of those Troops agreed to be levied by the Commissioners men-
tioned is your Honour's Speech.

With the most unfeigneMl Oratitude we acknowledge the unlimit-
ed Ghxydness and Bounty of our most gracions Sovereign aod^hifl
Parliament, in supplying Provisions, Arms and Tents, for theTroopi
to be raised in the Colonies. The Assurance his Majesty is pleased
to give us of strongly recommending to the Parliament in their
Sessions the next year, to grant a proper Compensation for such Ez-
penoes as the Colonies respectively shall be put to on tbis Occasioo,
according to the active vigour and strenuous Efforts of each of them,
is a fresh Proof of his tender Concern for the heavy Burthen bii
People labour under in these Colonies, and merit our most grateful
Betnm.

We are convinced that we have no time to loose, therefore in out
Deliberatioas we will use all the Dispatch in our Power.
Signed by Order of the House,

JACOB KOLLOCK, Speaker.

Apra 12* 1758.

Gbn. Jambb Abbrcromby to Gov, Dbnnt, 1758,

New York, 20<* April, 1758.
Sir,

As I am in daily Expectations of hearing from Sr William John-
aon, either by Mr. Crochan, or such other persons conveirsant in In-
dian Affairs, as Sir William shall have been able to spare at this
time, which I have pressed him in my several letters, by no mean
to delay sending, I again find myself under y* disagreeable necessitj
of deferring till then my answer to your last favor of the 16^ ; and
as I find, by your Postscript of the 17^, that Sir John 8K Clair baa
wivatelj sent off Arms and Matchcoats to the OherokeeSi (in whidi
he did very right,) I should hope those will induce them to staj,
and free you from y* apprehensions you are under of their taking
offence, which I am sensible might be attended with bad Conae-
quences ; but yet I do not see how, without the advice and assist-
ance of Sir William Johnson, it is in my power to remedy it^ unless
you have been able to prevail on your Assembly to send up Anns k
an assortment of €k)ods for their immediate use, to which purpose, I
am convinced, no endeavours of yours will have been wanting.

PSKNSTLVANIA AECHIVB8 1758. 881

' I eookl inah yon were as exempt from diffiealtiefl at Philaddpkiik
asjoa have been at New Castle, where I find they have behaved to
joar satififaotion, on which I sinoerely oongratnlate yon, & hqpe
tfaej will not disappoint yon in your ezpections of their speedy leyy-
ing & Equip|>ing the three Companies they have agreed to raise. ,

Brigad' Forbes set ont from hence last Saturday, I must again
beg, that yon will give him all the aid & assistance he may stand in
need of, in the prosecution of the high & Important Command he is
oharged with ; as he on his part, is gone with the design of aiding
jott to the utmost of his power with his advice for reconciling mat-
ters between you & the Assembly, and endeavoring to convince them
how Qscessary it is for their own Wei being, to exert themselves at
this Critical Crisis to the extent of their abilities, in which I hops
joa will both succeed.

I am; with great Regard,
Sir,

Your most obedient

humble Servant,

JAMES ABERCROMBY.
The Hon«« Gov Denny.

A Messaob to the Goysbnob fbom the Assembly, 1758.

May it please your Honour :

"We have just received a Petition from the distressed Inhabitants
of the Town of Reading; Their unhappy situation seems to be more
easily conceived than described, occasioned by the want ef a due Ex-
ertion of the military force in that Quarter. We therefore think it
oar indispensable Duty to lay the Petition before yoa, & earnestly
intreat that you woud give Orders that some of the Provincial Forces
be sent to their immediate Relief, & that of the neighbouring county
of Lancaster.*

April 27% 1758.

Jno. MoKinlbt to Rbv. R. Petbbs, 1758.

Wilmington, 27*" April, 1758.
Bev. Sir:

The Bearer hereof is Mr. McMechen, who I made bold to recom-
mend to his Honour the Governor, as Surgeon to the Companies
raising here. Every one concerned seems highly pleased at his jgo-
ipg in that Station, but he not being commissioned as y«t, & having
Uke enough Time to provide himself, I tliought proper he shou'd

* Colon. Beo., Vol. VIII., p. 99.

9eA PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVIB ITfiS:

wait on bis Honour for Uiat porpOBe^ & do eunestily begg your good
Offices on bis Behalf.

Bj him I have sent the Letter you desired to be snbsoribedbytlM
Goyernor^ but which I don't well apprehend, as yon say the Armi
are to be collected together for mending, seeing that iRm'd pat it
out of the Power of ^he People to comply with the Militia Act.

There are two hundred Muskets & Bayonets, & one hundred Gtr-
touch Boxes, now in the possession of the Capt* of the Militia in this
County, (Ten with each) that are in good Order & belong to the
Publiok ; there are also one hundred muskets & Bayonets at Lieat
Coll. Patterson's, bought on the New Castle Lottery Ac<^, which he
is desirous to sell to the Publick. There are likewise one hundred
Muskets So Bayonete at Mr. Thomas Montgomery's, that he informs
me the Commissioners have agreed for. The Number of the other
Arms may be known from the Capt* Betum, as each Man of the Mi-
litia have fire Arms, but of very unequal Sizes & Bores. Please
inform me whether such a Return as this may do. I have not jet
got the Constables Returns about Carriages & horses^ bat ezpeet
them aocomplished soon.

As to the Success of Recruiting the Bearer can inform yoa.
I am with due Regard,
Rev* Sir,

Yr most obed* humb^ Serv*.

JNO. McKINLT.

To Richard Peters, Esq'.

Minutes of Meeting of the Oommitteb of Ikdiah
Affairs, 1758.

28 April, 1758.
Present: — Benj". Shoemaker, W". Logan, Richard Peters.

Agreed to wait on the General, and to recommend to him.

We waited on the General & acquainted him that we were ap-
, pointed by the Governor & Council to be a Committee for Indian
Affairs, & as such waited upon him in order to receive any Informa-
tion or Advice he wou'd be pleased to favour us w^; he received us
kindly, & assured us that if we wou'd draw up a Plan of ye present
Situation of Indian Affairs, and what measure shou'd be thought
necessary to be taken, he wou'd consider it & give his Sentiments.

It was proposed that Conrad Weiser shou'd be immediately sent
for as a person well acquainted w^ Indian Affairs, & accordingly aa
Express went off at half an hour past 10 Clock for him.
^ The Letters, No. 1, 2, 3, 4, were read, & sundry matters oocnr-
ring, they were deliberated upon.

Teedyuscung coming to Town, M'. Logan is dosir'd to inform

PBNNSTLYANIA ABGHIYBS 1758. 888

bimselfe of je reasons of his Coming, & if be has any new Intelli-
gence ; being inform'd that W". Jack, a Oonestogo Indian, had been
at Shamokin & in the Indian Country aboat Saaquebanna, & was
now at ConestogO; it was agreed to send for him bj M'. Edward
Shippen.*

Gen. Forbes to Gov, Dennt, 1T58.

Sir,

Acoident presented a 'particular thing to mj view this day that
bad really escaped me, and therefore beg your Advice.

As your troops are immediately under my direction, and as the
different demands of money from them is perhaps what neither you
nor I can either determine or forsee, And as there may be severall
Contingent expenoes accruing dayly that I can not have your advice
iu, I must therefore represent to you that it will be necessary that
you have a provincial] treasurer or paymaster to attend me. In order
to issue such snmms of money for the provinciall service as I shall
judge necessary to give orders for. It is needless to explain or to
enter into the detail of what those demands may be, because every
person must easily forsee a number of trifling demands, that at pre-
sent I can not ascertain, but hope you will fall upon a method to
give me such powers that no stop may be putt to the service, as I
shall think myself accountable to you and the province for any
moneys that may by my orders be laid out.
I am. Sir,

with great regard,

Y' most ob* & most

humble Servant,

JO. FFORBSS.
Philadelphia, Aprile 28th.t

To the Honb*« Gov'. Denny, &c.

♦ See Col. Reo., Vol. VIIT., p. 90.

t See Col. Eeo., Vol. VUL, p. 100. ^

d84 PSNNSYLyANIA ABCHIYES 1758.

Vbubal Message of Assembly, 1758.

That the House have Compl/d with all the Demands of the
Crown, made of them bj the Seoret^^ of State's Letter/ and appoint-
ed Comm" to dispose of the Money granted for these Purposes with
the Govemor^s Approbation. That as the payment of the Troops
was part of what was requested by His Majesty of this Proyinoe,
they doubt not but the Comm'* will therefore take Care that a Pay-
master attend on the Forces under the General's Command, and that
they will in all other Eespeots think it their Duty to comply with
the Law for the Rule of their Conduct.

The House being informed by three of their Members, that the
General had mentioned to them that it woUld be of particular Ser-
vice in the Military Operations to the Westward to be furniiih'd
with the Additional Number of Fifty light Horse, have recom-
mended it to the Comm" to comply with the General's Request, so
that they do not increase the Number of Men granted by the Law,
And will before their Adjournment appoint ^ Barrack Master.*

Ojbo. Stbvbn^on to Bioh'b Petebs, 1758.

P' S',

The Bearer, Archibald McGrew, has signified to mo his Indina^
tion to serve his King & Country in the Station of a Captain of a
Company of Rangefs in the pay of this Province for the ensuing
Campaign ; I therefore beg leave to say that since I have been a
Residenter here, I have known him in his Private Character ^a a
Neighbour, as a Jury Man in Court, & a Coroner ; he also -com-
manded one of the Company's in the pay of this County last Fall,
in all which Stations be has behaved to the Satisfaction of the
People as well as my self. I am veryly persuaded that he can rstse
a Company who will go with him in Defence of our good Cause, as
much from Principle as the Love of Reward.

I am well assur'd of y Disposition to encourage the virtuous &
Deserving, & therefore beg leave to ask y*^ Interest in his Favour on
this Occasion.

I think four or five good Companies could be rais'd in a very
short Time here if proper Offioers are chosen, k that in a Short
Time. If the Governor & Council should think my Services neoes-
sary, I mean in recommending Officers k raising Men, &o., Ac, all
Fatigues of that kind will be a Pleasure to me.

I have labour'd last Week, (tho' in Court Time,) and I think to
good Purpose, and have brought about a Resolve of the Justioes,

* See CoL Eec, VoL VIIL, p. 100.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1768. 886

Commissionera, &o., that 45 Men be immediately rais'd^ paid &
maiotain'd at the Ezpence of this County, to range along the Fron-
tiers for the Defence of the Inhabit*"; but what is most remarkable,
foar leading Quakers (John Wright the first) have sign'd our Re-
solvcsy and We have spent but 4 Hours in our Deliberations^ there-
fore I conclude our very Little Government here have outdone the
lower County little Government, if not in unanimity surely in
Dispatch. ******

If Publick Business will any way admit of it, you would much
oblige me by answering my two last Letters, one about the Ferry,
the other inclosing the Governor's Acc^

As I have the honour of a small Acquaintance with S' John,
Please to give my Compliments to him, and oommunicate what of
this you think prudent.

I am, D' S',

y most obedient,

H"«Serv*,

GEO, STEVENSON.
York, 30th Ap», 1758.

Directed,

To Richard Peters, Esq'., Secretary of the Province of Pennsyl-
vania. ^ M'. McGrew.*

Request op Tbbdyuscung, 1758,

2d May, 1758.

Tecdyuscung requested of the Governor in Council that the Com-
missioners appointed to build the Indian Houses at Wyomink,f
might be directed to proceed there immediately, as the Indians
expected it wou'd now be done, were waiting for it, and wou'd
remove there as soon as the houses shouM be finished, ff this
work shou'd be delayed, the Indians wou'd blame this Government,
and lay the fault on Teedyuscung. He further urged dispatch,
because the Summer was coming on, & it wou'd soon be time to
plant their Corn.

Governor's Answer.

That he wou'd take this Bequest forthwith into Consideration,
and return an Answer to it.

He acquainted Teedyuscung that His Majesty had formed an
Expedition against the Enemy, which wi# to be executed without

* He was appointed, see answer, p. 886.
t See Col. Rec, Vol. VIII., p. 101, 111.

Vol. m.— 17

88« PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

delay, and the -King's General was already in the City, & it woa'd
be necessary to acquaint him with this Request, and likewise that
he should lay it before the Assembly, who were now sitting.

The Escort that attended the Commissioners last Fall, consisted
of three of the Provincial Companies, and the Soldiers were em-
plo/d in erecting the Houses. Teedyuscung being reminded of
this, was asked how long time it wou'd take with the same number
of men; reply'd that it wou'd take three Weeks.

R. Peters to Geo. Stevbnsok, 1758,

• Philadelphia, 3* May, 1758.

Dear Sir,

In compliance with the Recommendations of the Gentlemen who
have wrote in Favour of Mr. M'Grew,* the Governor has granted
him a^ Captain's Commission ; his Lieutenant is Alexander M'Cain,
and his Ensign, James Armstrong.

You write that four or five Companies can be easily raised in York
County, and offer your Service in raising them.

Col. Armstrong and I were considering, before your Letter came,
with great care, what persons might .be the likeliest to raise Com-
panies fit for the service and most acceptable to the people, and
Deing asked our Opinion by Governor and Council, we menlioned
Thomas Armour, Robert Stevenson, Joseph Armstrong, David
M'Conoway, & Thomas Minshall. As all cannot bexommissionated,
there is a Difficulty with us, which can only be removed on the spot
Joseph Armstrong always declared, he entered into the Service in
hopes there would be an Expedition against the Ohio, and was told
when he resigned, that if there should be one, he would be recom-
mended. This is the real matter of Fact. What Interest he has in
York County, or if he can raise a Company, I cannot tell ; but it is
said Mr. M'Conaway can very soon. Do you therefore settle this
anatter between them and the others recommended, and do your best
upon the occasion. Thomas Minshall was nominated, thinking Mr.
James and John Wright would be obliged by it, and assist him in
raising his Company, but if this should not prove so, you have a
Liberty with regard to him, that may ease you in other Respects.
Mr. Armor, your Brother, and Mr. Minshall, if they accept, mast
each, or two of them, have at least one German Subaltern Officer, to
engage the German Inhabitants.

Mr. Robert Stevensonjnust have Mr. Benjamin Smith, of Slatcf
Ridge, either for his l%utenant or Ensign. Sheriff Hamilton's
Commission is so far made out, as to have his name inserted; leaving
* See page 385.

PENNSYLVANIA AB0HIVE8 1768. 887

it to him to be appointed under the Captain that may be in Marsh
Creek, provided it be either Mr. David McConaway, or Mr. Joseph
Armstrong.

In filling np the Commissions, take oare that the date of the Lieu-
tenants and Ensigns be the same with the Captains, as the Bank is
settled here and cannot be altered, and that Sheri£F Hamilton be
the first of the Lieutenants ; and if any of the Oentlemen mentioned
should refuse, and a good German Captain cannot be obtained for
the benefit of the Service, then in that case Mr. Hamilton is to have
a Company. But if one full set of Officers of Oerman Farmers and
Freeholders can be had, and it is judged the best for the good of the
whole, pray let it be brought about.

The Goyernor entreats there may be no delay. Time will not
admit of it. The Ministers should be desired, indifferent and proper
parts of the Country, and at proper Distances, as their Congrega-
tions may be seated, to appoint Meetings, and animate the Feople
to raise Levees with all possible Dispatch, as they are designed by
one vigorous effort to dispossess the Enemy, regain the Lidians, and
establish a durable and advantageous Peace.

The good of the Service is solely intended, and no private Con-
sideration ought to take place; so pray let this business which is en-
trusted to you, be judiciously and faithfully executed.

The great regard for the Inhabitants of tbe County of York, has
induced the Governor and Council to reserve these Commissions,
tho' there are many persons applying of good interest and proper for
the Service.

Six Hundred Pounds are sent with Mr. M'Grew, to be deliveredi
after taking his share, to you, and by you to the Captains, who shall
be named in the Commissions.

A Weekly Return will be made to the Governor of all Recruits^
according to the Form which Captain M'Grew brings with him.

When the Place and Person are appointed for mustering the Re-
cruits, you shall be made acquainted with it.

The Officers are to qualify before you, or any other Person, whose
name is inserted in the general Dedimus.

All Subalterns, except what are filled up, are to ba recommended
by Persons of Interest, and care must be taken that the sets of Offi-
cers be agreeable to one another, and such as are most likely to raise
their men the soonest.

You will have frequent opportunities of sending advices how the
Officers go on ; and when more money is wanted, application must
he made to the Paymaster, Mr. Commissary Young, in whose hands
the recruiting money is lodged by the Governor and Commmia-
sioners.

lam,

Dear Sir,

Your most humble Servant,

RICHARD PETERS.

988

PENNSYLVANIA AltCHIVES 1768.

Ammunition and Stores Wantbd at Fort Augusta, 1768.

16 Pieces of Cannon, 4 of which
12 or 9 P'rs, the rest 6.

50 Rounds of Shot for each Gun,
of Ball reckoning, those already
there.

8 Rounds of Grape Shot for do.

24 Barrels of Powder for Cannon.

10 Do. for Muskets.

25,600 Musket Ball.

1600 Flints.

600 Muskets complcat, with Car-
touch Boxes, Brushes and
priming wires.

16 Ream of Cartridge Paper.

13 Do. of Cannon do.

The Guns to he compleated with
Ladles, Hand Spikes, Spnnges,
Rammers and Screws, and to
be mounted on Garrison Car-
riages 2} Ft. high from the
Platform to the Bottom of the
Embrasure or to raise the
Metal 2 J Ft on the Platform.

500wt. of Buck Shot of eights.

Intrenching Tools.

100 Spades. .

100 Shovels. '

60 Pickaxes.

150 Felling Axes.

100 Hatchets.

Carpenters Tools.

8 Sett compleat.

15 Broad Axes.
20 Adzes of Sorts.
20 Augurs of do.
4 Gouges.

6 Drawing Knifes.

4 Frows.

6 Hand Saws.

6 Cross Cut Saws.

6 Whip do.

4 Doz. of Saw Files.

2 Hand Screws.

1 Set of Coopers Tools.

2 Set of Smith's do.

16 Hammers, of sorts.
8 of which Carpenters.
1 Coil of 3 inch Rope.
1 do. of 4 do., do.
200wt. of Match do.

3 Dark Lan thorns.

6 Crow Bars, of sorts.

Sheep Skins and Laboratorj
Tools.

Do. Turners for Grape Shot Bot-
toms, &c.

100 Spikes of 6 inch.

1 Cask of 24*y, 28^, 12*^, and
6*y Nails.

6 Grind Stones, 8 of which fine.

500wt. of Iron.

100 do. of Steel.

N. — A Magazine ought to be built in the South Bastion, 12 hj
20 Foot in the clear, also a Laboratory of the same dimcnsious in
the East Bastion. The Wall of the Magazine to be 2 J Foot thick,
with three Buttresses, 2 Foot thick at the bottom, bevelling to 9
inches at Top, in eaeh side. The breadth of Buttresses, 3} Ft. The
Magazine to have an arch of 2} Brick thick, and to be under ground
within li Foot of the Top of the Arch.* The Walls seven foot high
from the Level of the Floor, and to have a Foundation 2 Foot below
the Floor ; great care taken to lay the Joists, and to fill up between
with Ruble Stone and Gravel, rammed ; the Joists to be covered
with Plank 2J inch thick. An Air Hole 1 foot Square to be prao-
tised in the Gavel end^ opposite the Door. The Passage to the JVIaga-

PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVES 1758. 88»

nne to haye a lig-zag, and over the Arch some Fine Plaister laid^
tiien oovered with Fine Gravel and 4 foot of Earth a Top.

The Laboratory likewise to be arched^ but with 1} Briek, and
without Battresses.

A Fraise ought to be compleated round the Fort, to be introduced
upon the Horizontal Line^ at 20 Degrees of Elevation, or as much
as will be sufficient to discover it underneath from the Flanks. This
Fraiae to be 2} feet in the Ground, and 8} without, not to exceed 6
inohee in Thickness, the Breadth from 4 to 7 ; a number of these
Fraises ought, before set in the Wall, to be trunnelled on a Piece of
Slab or Plank, of 5 inches broad, within 6 inches of the ends, which
gives an inch at the end clear of the Slab ; the distance from one
another, 21 inches. After made fast to this Slab, to be introduced
in the Wall, and the Earth ramm'd well between. When the Earth
is well fixed and the whole set round, or a considerable way, another
Piece of 3 inches broad and 2 thick, should be nailed al along close
to the wall, whish will bind the whole very fast together.

HARRY GORDON,

Engineer & Captain.

May 6th; 1758.

R. Peters to J. Shippbn, 1758.

\ Philadelphia, 5 May, 1758.

Sir,

On the recommendation of the Justices, M^ Hugh Hall is
mad^ Ensign to Capt° Adam Read. The Governor has reserved
Commissions for a set of German officers to raise a German Com-
pany about Lancaster. It is proposed that the Officers be of the
best men among them, & it is left to you. Justice Kuhn & others,
to convene the Germans & to set a recommendation from them of
the Officers for this Company, & at the same time they recommend
the Officers they are to engage to assist in raising the men. Much
time is already spent, it is therefore strongly hoped that in a weeks
time this German Company will be raised. Beating Orders are
sent with the blank Commissions, and great care must be taken
that the Cloathing & other necessaries specified in the inclosed List
be bought with the advance money for the use of every Recruit.

The Governor & Council, to shew their further regard for the
County of Lancaster, have reserved Commissions for a Company of
Irish, to be raised between Lancaster and Harris's Ferry, out of the
Inhabitants of the Townships of Donegal, Derry & Pextang, and
you are instructed to offer the Commission of Captain to Mr. John
Nagel, one of the County Commissioners, and in case he does not
accept, then the very next best man who can raise a Company the
soonest.

890 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

Your recommendations of Shearer, Fuller & Wallaoe, are reoeiTed.
Wallaoo is not mucb thought of, and as to the Subalterns, the Cap-
tains are to be consulted with, &, will undoubtedly choose such
as they are ac({uainted with, & have the greatest interest in the r
neighbourhood. Pray lose no time in the tilliDg up the Commis-
sions of these two Companies, and send the Captains down for idqk
ney, which the Paymaster, Mr. Young, has in his hands to give
them.

The Governor desires you may use the utmost dispatch, & hopes
to see the Captains, at least; on Tuesday night or Wednesday next.
Time is very precious.

I am; Dr Sir,

Your most humble Servant,

RICHARf) PETERS.*

George Stevenson to R. Peters, 1758.

Dear Sir :

Yesterday, about 10 o'Clock, I receiv'd y Pavonrs of the 3*t
Inst., with Commissions for the Officers of 3 Companys, three beat-
ing Orders & ^480, having left in the hands of Capt- MoGrew£120y
or one fifth Part of the whole ^600.

I immediately inform'd Mr. Armor & my Brother, that they were
of tho Catalogue of Officers for the Expedition, they gratefully ac-
knowledge the Favour of the Oovemor & Council in reposing such
special Trust & Confidence in them, but beg to be excused accept-
ing, because neither of 'em think themselves sufficiently qualified
for the Task, being unacquainted with military Discipline, and very
little used to handle ArmS; with sundrie other Reasons not neces-
sary to mention.

' In the room of my Brother I have appointed David Hunter, an
able bodied Man, a Gunner, and a Man of Influence & Interest in
the same Part of the County where my Brother lives ; Benjamin
Smith is to be one of the Subalterns, the other I shall (by the advice
of the Principal Inhabitants who conveen on Thursday to meet Sir
John S^ Clair, on other Business) appoint next Thursday.

I have applied to the leading Germans, told them it will look ill
if they do not exert themselves, and desired them to spirit up their
People & name Officers to me, who can get men, & that I will re-
commend them to the Governor jj by this means I shall probly raise
a German Company in the room of Mr. Armor's.

I have sent to Tho". Minshall to come to Town ; I do not know
his sentiments, I fear he will not get Men.

* See answer, May 11, p. 894. f See page 886.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1768. 891

I have written to thd Clergy-men & others of Influence in the
County to exert themselves, & 1 hope thej will.

Riohard Beard, who was Captivated last Month from Marsh creek
is retumM, having made his Escape some where about the Allegheny
Hills. He was not got so far as his Father's, near Marsh Creeky
kst Thursday eveniug; he has been so much beat & abused by Ted-
jiscuDg's friend Indians that his Life is dispair'd of, some of them
told bim they had been lately at Philad*, that they would Treat with
the English as loog as they could get Presents, & Scalp & Captivate
as long as the French would reward 'em for 'em, that they lov'd their
white Brethren so well that they wanted a few of 'em to hoe Corn for
them, &c*, &c*.

I have sent up to have his Examination taken, or lo have him
brought down to Sr John, on Thursday, if it be possible.

My Complim** to the Governor & Council, they may depend
nothing in my Power shall be wanting to forward & push the Expe-
dition.

Your shall hear from me as oft as I can.
I am, Dr Sr,

Yr most obed*

H"« Serv*.

GEO. STEVENSON.
York, 7^^ May, 1758.
Mr. Peters.

Directed,

To Richard Peters, Esq'., Secretary of the Province of Pennsyl-
vania.

By the Favour of Mr. Benezet.

Gborob Stevenson to R. Petbes, 1758.

Dear Sir:

In yonr Letter of the S^ lost., you say, ^^ in filling up the Com-
'^ misdons, take Care ^t the Dat€ of the Lieu^ and Ensigns be the
'' same with the Cap^, as the Bank is settled and cannot bd alter-
'^ ed, and that Sheriff Hamilton be the first Lieutenant.'^ I see
Cap> McGrews Commission is dated the 15^ Inst. Please to inform
me how the Rank is settled, and what Date shall be put in each
Commisaon, if SherijBf Hamilton be the oldest Lieu^, and his Com-
mission must bear even Date with his Captains, then hia Cap^ must
be the oldest He chuses to go with David McConnanghy rather
thaQ with Joseph Armstrong. I wrote to Joseph (by Mr. Hamilton)
yesterday, and told .Mr. Hamilton that if Mr. Armstrong refused,
he should have his Commission.

892 PENNSYLVANIA AKCHIVBS 1758.

^f nst the men bny green Gloathing ? I fear tbis will hurt ns
much. I think linnen Stockings, *red below the Knee, Petticoat
Trowsers, reaching to the thick of the Leg, made of strong Linnen,
and a Sailor^s Frock made of the same, would be best*

Young men that have Cloathing^ (especially Dutch) will not like
to lay out their Money for more.

Objections are made because there is no time mentioned in the
Proclamation, but during the Campaign the People say they don't
know what that means. I tell them it means, untill they go into
winter Quarters ; but they choose it should be a certain number of
Months, and because I am become a Recruiting officer, and there hath
been such villainous Impositions by the royal American and other
Officers, I can scarce gain Credit.

There is, I presume, a Settled Form of the Attestations. I should
be glad to have one, the Officers have asked the form of me.
I am, Dr. Sr,

Your most obedient

H"« Serv*,

GEO. STEVENSON.

York, 8"» May, 1758.
Mr. Peters.

Directed,

To Eichard Peters, Esqr., Secretary of the Province of Pennsyl-
vania. ^ Post

Gen. Jambs Aberoromby, 1758.

New York, May 8th, 1758.
Sir:

Having by my letter of the 15th* of March last, acquainted you
that it was absolutely necessary for his Majesty's Service that an
Immediate Embargo should be laid on all Ships in the different
Ports of the Eespective Provinces in Nort^^merica, and accord-
ingly did desire you forthwith to publish the same, and to continue
it untill such time as you received notice from me to take it off,
which notice I then promised should be transmitted to you as soon
His Majesty's Service would allow of it. I am, therefore, now, pur-
suant to the above promise to acquaint you that The Fleet being
sailed for Halifax I have fixed on Monday, the 22'' Instant, for the
said Embargo to be taken off, and you will accordingly publish the
same within all the Respective Ports of your Government. I have
differred it till then in order that it might take place at one and io ih^

* See Col. Rec. Vol. VIIL, p. 37.

PEMNSTLYANIA ABGHIVB8 1768. 8M

fame time in all His Majesty's other Governmeiits, on this Continent,
Wherefore I must desire that you will strictly observe & Continue
the aald Embargo untill'that day.
I am^ with great Regardj
Sir,

Tour most obed* humble Serv*.,

JAMES ABERCROMBT.
To The Hon"* Got. Denny, Philadelphia.

John McClughan to R. Pbtbrs, 1758.

Rev* Sir :

As my first Lieut lived at so great a distance 'twas a considerable
while before he got his Commission, & consequently I was deprived
80 long of his Assistance in Recruiting. I have been likewise very
carefuil not to take any but strong, hearty, likely men, every way
answering my beating Orders, that rejecting many who have offered
themselves I have got no more attestations than are named in the
Roll herewith sent up by Doctor MoMeehen, but there are so many
inlisted & engaged, as I'm informed by my parties who are scatter*
ed op & down the Country^ that I believe I may say safely the Corn-
pan j is complete.

1 Have therefore to request that you'd please to let me know what
his Honor, the Governor's, further pleasure is that I should do. I
make further bold to request that you would please to make my
most humble & sincere acknowledgements to the Governor for the
Honor be did me in appointing me Captain, be pleased likewise to
accept of my most hearty thauks for your kindness therein & Beggs
jouUl please to excuse this Treble from,
Rev* Sir,

Your most Obliged & very

humble Serv*.,

JOHN McCLUGHAN.

New Castle, May 10th, 1758.

Directed.
To Richard Peters, Esquire, in Philadelphia.

17*

m PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

Edw'd Shippbn to Gov. Dbnny, 1768.

Lanoaster, 11th May, 1758.
Honoured Sir :

Ad soon as I receired Mr. Peters' Letter of the 5th* Instant I
convened several of the Principal men of the Borongh to consider
of a proper German for a Captain of the German Company, (the
Justices Kyhn & Thompson heing from home) and it was unani-
mously agreed that Ludwick Stone, of this town, was the fittest per-
son in the County, and altho' he was eight & twenty miles off yet as
we all were of opinion he would accept of the Commission & could
raise his Company in a very short time, I thought it worth while
to write to him, and his Son carried the Letter yesterday, and prom-
ised to be back again last night, but I expect him in this morning by
nine o'clock. Here is another clever fellow, a German, in this town,
a Stocking weaver, who has formerly been in the Prussian Service,
but he does not seem very willing to leave his Employment ; but if
Mr. Stone should refuse us we shall press ye other to go ; his name,
Lawrence Marquadanct. Mr. James Galbreath came home yesterday
morning at my request, which was very well, as Col. Armstrong
happened to leave at the same time. Mr. Galbreath approved much
of the appointment of Mr. Hayes, but absolutely refused to accept
of the Commission which the CoL said was reserved in Philad^ for
him, neither could he think of one very proper, either in Deny
Donegal or Pextang, for the Commission if Mr. Hayes (he to whom
I had written) should refuse it. In the Evening I received the in-
closed Letter from Mr. Hayes, excusing himself from entering into
the Service ; however, I here recommend to your Honour one Mr.
John Clarke, of Mill Creek, as a very suitable person to bear a Cap-
tain's Commission, and it is thought he can raise a Company very
soon. He is a man of a good character and well esteemed, and I
hope will meet with your Honour's approbation. I did not fill up
ihe Commission, because Mr. Peters said he ought to bo of one of
the Townships last mentioned. Inclosed is the blank Commission
and a beating Order for him. I must do the best I can to-day with
ye Commission designed for the German Captain, because I think it
absolutely necessary for me to sett off for Hunter's to-morrow morn-
ing, to see that the Tools are sent off to Wioming, that Mr. Hughes'
journey may not be in vain.

I am, great regard,

Your Honour's most obed*

Humble ServS

EDW'D SHIPPEN.
To the Hon'We Wm. Denny, Esq'., Gov'.

* J3ee page 889.

PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVES 1758.
Geo. Stevenson to R- Pbtebs^ 1768.

Last Thursday S' John S* Clair was here ; a great Number of the
Principal Inhabitants came together to meet him. Upwards of 70
Wagons are engaged for the Campaign.

'Becruitine goes on as well as can be expected. Captain McOrew
had near half his men last Friday, Capt. Hunter had above 20 last
Night. Joseph Armstrong does not accept David McConughy
accepts, & set out to recruit on Friday. We are not yet fixed on his
Subalterans. Sh'ff Hamilton is recruiting, he aceepts in the Room
of Mr. Armor, his Subalterans are Victor King, & one McDowell
who was at Kittanin, a Serg' with Capt Hanoe Hamilton recom-
mended by him k other reputable Persons of the West End of this
County. I think they will soen have their Company. Tho* Min-
ahal's accepting a Commission is very disagreeable to Mr. Jno Wright,
who is doing all he can against him, raising up one Ludwig Myer,
a low-lived, worthless fellow, an Inhabitant of Conedoughela holds
under Maryland & never p' one Shill'g Tax, neither to support the
War nor for any . other publick use whatsover ; he has not Sense
enough even to be a Serffeant. Mr. Wright solicited me warmly to
give him a Commission, & when he could not succeed himself he ap«
plied by S' John. I answered S' John that I would pay ereat Re-
gard to his Recommendation were I not certain that he Knew not
the man, & that Jno. Wright's Application was calculated to carry
ft Point, viz : to keep Minshall at home & thereby oblige the Women
of Sasquahannah, Quakers, who were against his going into the Ser-
vice, & not at all because it was for the good of the Service. Mr.
Wright insisted Myer could raise the Men, I then offered him (on
that Condition) a Lieutenancy, under Capt. McConaugby. Mr.
Wright answered (without consultiog Myer) that he would not ac-
cept of less than Captain. I then told him I thought his intentions
were not for the good of the Service, but some other End. S' John
replied they should both go, (Minshall & Myer meaning) I then said
I am pleased how many go, but as I am not Governor I can't give
Commissions, those committed to my care I had disposed of agree-
able to my Instructions, and perhaps they were the last that was even
in the Governor's Power, & not already disposed off that Mr. Wright
& S' John were at Liberty to use their Int. at Philad* as they pleased
& that I hoped the Reasons given by me were satis&ctory to S'
John, he agreed they were. Myer, notwithstanding, is busy prevent-
ing Men from inlisting with any other Officer & assuring them he
will go Capt. & they must go with him.

John Pope, I fully expected, would have accepted, but I believe the
infiuonce of the meetings has over ballanced mine. J did not receive
his final answer till Thursday evening, which was that he could not

896 PENNSYLVANIA AJRCHIVES 1768.

iocept. I am very sorry for it, the chief Reason he gave me was he
thought the time too short to raise the Men.

The Money is almost out, more will be wanted before it can oome
np. I hope Care will be taken to send more by the first safe Hand.
The officers want Drams, Colours & the other Common Instraments
of War, Drnns they need much. Are they not to be at the Ez-
penoe of the Proyince, or the Crown f

S' John set out on Friday, about 4 o'clock P. H., for Winchester.
Fours of the 12th, with the Attestations, is just oome to hand| shall
answer it as soon as I can consult with the offioerS| and am^
Dr. Sr.,

Tour moat obed^

H'ble ScrvS

GEO. STEVENSON.
York, 15th May, 1758.

P. S. Inclosed^ you haye a Copy of Rioh^ Beard's Affirmation.*
Mr. Peters.

Richard Baird's Deposition, 1758.

York County, ss.

The Affirmation of Richard Beard, of Hamilton's Bane Township,
aged twenty-two years, who saith, that his Habitation being at the
Foot of the South Mountain, on the South-East side thereof, on
Thursday the thirteenth day of April last, about 7 o'clock in the
morning, He, this Deponent, was in his house with Katharine his
Wife, John his child, about seven months old, Thomas Potter, son
of the late Captaiu John Potter, Esq., Deceased, Frederick Ferrick,
his Servant, about fourteen Years of age, Hannah McBride, aged
about Eleven Years, William White, about niue Years old ; in bis
Field were Samuel Hunter and Daniel McMenomy, Labourers, when
a party consisting of nineteen Indians^ came and Captivated Samael
Hunter and Daniel McMenomy in the Field, and afterwards came
to the dwelling house of this Deponent, and about six of them sud-
denly rushed into the house, and were immediately driven -out by
this Deponent and Thomas Potter; the Door of the house was thrown
down by our pressing to keep the Indians out, and their pressing to
come in, they shot in the house at us, and shot away Thomas Pot-
ter's little finger. We then had time to know their Numbers, and
in a little time surrender'd, on the promise of the Indians not to kill
any of uS; they tied uS; & took us about Sixty Bods up the Moon-

* 8eo below.

PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIVBS 1768. WT

kin^ where their Watch Coats lay, for they were naked exoept the
Britch Clouts, Legins, Mocaains and Caps; then they brought the
two men that had been at Work in the Field, and in about half an
hour^ they order'd us to March, seting me foremost of the Prisoners.
We marched one after another at some Distance; at about seven
miles they kill'd my Child, which I discovered by seeing its Scalp,
about twelve o'clock I saw another Scalp, which I knew to ne ThO'-
mas Potters. I have since been informed that they killed him at the
Place where their Match Coats lay. Fryday the 14 th, about twelve
o'clock, they murder'd Samuel Hunter on the North Mountain, they
drove us over the Allegheny Mountain a day and an half, and on
Monday Night about ten o'clock, I escap'd, they having sent me
several Times about three Rods from the fire to bring Water. In
nine Nights and Days I got to Fort Lyttlcton, having had no food
other than four Snakes, which I had kill'd and eat, and some Buds
and Roots, and the like; three Cherokee Indians found me about
two miles from Fort Lyttleton, cut me a Staff, and Piloted me to
the Fort.

In conversation with the Indians during my Captivity, they in-
formed me that they were all Delawares, for they mostly all Spake
English, one spake as good Eiiglish as I can. The Captain said he
had been at Philadelphia last Winter, and another said ne had been
at Philadelphia about a year ago ; I ask'd them if they were not
going to make Peace with the English ? The Captain answered, and
said they were talking about it when he was in Philadelphia last
Winter, but he went away and left them.

RICHARD BAIRD.
Affirmed & Subscribed at York, )

the 12th May, 1758, )

Col. Geo. Stevenson.

B. Chew to R. Peters, 1758.

Dear Sir,

The Bearer, Captain Wells, comes up to town to let the Qovemor
know that he has raised his Company, and to receive his and the
Oenerars Commands. I have view'd his men, and think them the
finest set of fellows I ever saw, most of them from their size being
fit for Grenadiers. You may rememl)er thafc when he was recom-
mended, I informed the Gov' that the principal motive that induced
Wells to enter into the Service, was from the expectations that he
had of being eldest Captain, and having the rank and Title of Major
of the 3 Companies rais'd in this Government. His Age, figure and
Circumstances, make him abundantly better qualified for it, than
either Nixon or McCluckan. The first is a very young man^ & the

898 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1768.

last, (wkateyer Charaoter may have been giwQ him,) beii^ a low
lived Oreatnre, & an obscure PersoD previous to his late PromolMm.
It is to be Qonsidered also, that Wells has rais'd his Gompanjin leas
time than the others, who had their Commissions & were recraiting
long before him. He has also the honour of being a Justice of the
Peace for Kent, so that I think the Preference is due to him from
every consideration. I have been most horribly paid off with the
Fever and Ague, which has given ray Countenance a most Ghoslly
appearance. I am, however, much better this morning than I have
been for a week past, & am in hopes of escaping my fit to day ; if it
returns, I will certainly come to Town to-morrow, otherwise I shall
be obliged to deny myself that happiness till towards the last of the
week. I am, B' Peters,

Tour affection* h'ble Serv*,

B. CHEW.
N. Castle, May, 16, 1758.

Directed^
To Richard Peters, Esquire, Philadelphia, by Capt Wells.

Commissioners to Gen. Forbes, 1758.

Philadelphia, May 19th, 1758.
The Commissioners Compliments to General Forbes. They agree
to allow an addition of Two Shillings & sixpence per Diem to the
Pay of the Captain of Horse, over & above a Cap*, of foots Pay.
One Shilling & sixpence to the Cornets, & four Pence to each pri-
vate mans. They also agree that one more Post Horse be allowed
to each of the Stages formerly fixed for them, & whenever they can
hear of Persons fit to be recommended for Indian Interpreters, they
will acquaint the General therewith.

Commission op Gen. Forbes to Mordeoai Thompson, 1758.

By His Excellency General Forbes :

I do hereby appoint Mordecai Thompson, of the County of Chester,
Deputy Waggon Master, under the Direction of Robert Irwin. And
do hereby impower the said Mordecai Thompson, to contract w**^tbe
owners of such Waggons in the said County, as shall enter into hu
Majesty's Service for the Campaign, agreeable to the Advertisement
printed by my Orders^ in the Pennsylvania Gazette.* And I do
* Of May 11, 1758.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1768. 8M

hefeby promise and engage, that the several Artieles therein men-
tioned, shall, on the behalf of his Majesty, be punotually oomply'd
withy as far as the nature of things will allow.

Given under mj hand and Seal at Anns, Philadelphia,
the 20th day of May, 1768.

Gov. Wm. Hbnby Lyttleton to Gov. Dbnnt, 1758.

Charles Town, May 20% 1758.
(Secret.)

Sir;

I have received a Letter from Mr. Secretary Pitt, dated the 27*^
day of January last, wherein he is ploased to say, '^ It is the King's
Pleasure that you do forthwith use your best endeavours to procure,
with as much Secrecy & Dispatch as possib.e, experienced Pilots that
can be depended upon, & who are knowing in the navigation of the
Rivers of Mobile & Mississippi, & you will cause such Pilots to re*
pair in the most expeditious manner to Halifax, in order to be em-
ployM in such attempts as Admiral Boscawen may think proper to
direct, and Care will be taken to reward the said Pilots for their
Services.

I am inform'd that such Pilots as abovemention'd may be prooa«
red at Philadelphia, & I beg leave to apply to you, Sir, to procure
& sgnd them to Halifax. Kyou should incur any expence thereby,
& you will please to acquaint me therewith, I will take the necessary
means for your reimbursement.

The Bearer of this, Captain Isaac Calcock, is going to Halifax on
this Service, & I be^ you will give him any such assistance to for-
ward him thither as he shall desire.

It is needless for me to recommend to yon to observe the greatest
Secrecy possible concerning all the subject matters of this Letter.
I am, with much esteem & regard.
Sir,

Your most obedient

humble Servant,

WILLIAM HENJf Y LYTTLETON.
Gov Denny.

409 PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIVBS 1768.

George Stevenson to Rev. Mr. Peters, 1758.

D'S':

Last Thursday the 18^^ Inst, about 8 o'Clock, A. M., otme David
HoCouaugby^ & returned the beating Order & £50, w** he bad re-
oedof ine the 12^>^ Inst., & refus'd to qualify & take his Commis-
BiOD, for w^'* Conduct he gave me the following Reasons, viz.

1*^ That I had not given him Notice that there was a Coromission
for him as soon as I might have done, viz., not till Friday the 12<'
Inst., and till all the other Officers had reoed their Orders.

Note, This was as good a Reason the 12^ as it was the IS*'^. In
my next I shall shew y* it is not Fact

2^, That the Beating Order was not sign'd by the Governor, nor
under the lesser Seal of this Province. Note, I put an ink Sc^l to
it, the Governor's Name, & the Secretary's, in their proper Places,
directed it to him, dated and certified it to be a true Copy ; tbis was
all I could do^ having then in my Hands no Original. Mem., that
was no Objection the 12^.

8'. That it was reported, (particularly by a certain Tho". McKean,
in public Company, some where about Marsh Creek or Conewago,)
that He (David McConaughy) had no Commission, or would get none,
& that any Men He might or could raise would be put under some
other Officer, or words to the same Effect. Several other trifling
Things he said not worth repeating; but the foregoing Reasons I
wrote immediately, followed him to the Tavern & shew'd him the
writing, which he acknowledged to be fairly stated & Truth, in the
Presence of two Credible Witnesses. Can any Man believe that
these^re his Reasons ? I'm inform'd he had enlisted several Men,
& that when he resolv'd to resign he took back the enlisting money,
& discharged them ; but this I do not assert to be Truth, as I have
no Evidence to prove it as yet.

Capt. Minshal has resign'd, much against his Inclination ; he
blames his Sasquahannah Friends, says they have so far infiuenc'd his
Wife that he cannot withstand her Tears & Cries, he will neverthe-
less forward the Expedition to the utmost of his Power. By the
advice of Mr. Bay, Mr. Armor, Mr. Barton, & others, Robert
McPherson,'(a very worthy young Man) takes Minshal's Commission,
his Lieut, is James Ewing, who has been in the Service, is recruit-
ing in Donegal & other Places where he is acquainted, the Ensign is
Peter Meem, he recruits amongst the Germans in & about this Town.
Pm persuaded that Company would have been compleat 'ere now,
if it had not been hurt by the opposition of Jn<>. Wright, by bis
Tool, Ludwig Myer ,* I have no doubt of its being full in a week,
notwithstanding all that has happen'd.

And^ Finley, (Capt. Hunter's Lieut.) brought 14 recruits to Town
last Night, which, he says, compleats that Company. I prevailed
with Capt. Hunter to take Hadden, his Ensign^ to w^^ C. Hunter

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758. 401

had no objection^ other than y' he has not been nor could not be of
any Service in recruiting. Hadden return'd to Carlisle yesterday
Morning, & is to enter on Duty in four Days.

By the last Acc^ I had from Capt. T. Hamilton^ he had about 20
Men last Thursday.

Upon the whole, you may depend on four Companies from this
County, viz., the Captains Hunter, McPhersop, McGrew & Ha«
uilton,

And as they all have their Snbalterans there is no Vacancy in
them four Company's, for y* German Cadets.

Mess" J. Armstrong & D. McConaughy, have only fail'd, k I
can find no one here, who will now undertake in the Room of D.
McConaughy, therefore the 5^ Company, (which I'm confident he
could have raised) must drop; if he had at first refus'd; I could
have found' another very readily.

The Rev' Mr. Craddock gave me the Pleasure of a Visit, &
preaeh'd an excellent War Sermon from Mr. Listr/s Pulpit, on Fri-
day last, in the hearing of Messrs. Barton, Bay, & Listry } he went
with Mr. Barton yesterday, is to deliver another Sermon to the sama
Purpose to day from Mr. Barton's Pulpit.

Could you find as much Time as to answer my Letter of the 27^
March, about Nelson's Ferry, by the next Opportunity, you would
do me a singular Piece of Service.
I am, D' S',

Your moat obedient

H"' ServS

GEO. STEVENSON.

York, 21** May, 1758.
Mr. Peters.

G0HMI88IONBBS OF THB Lower Counties to Gov. Denny,

1768.

May it Please your Honour,

We have received your Honours Commands by Major Shippeui
k have consulted him on the Sundry matters directed by your
Honour.

We have reauested Mr. Chew to procure the Drums ft Colours,
ftc». necessary for our three Companies ; they are already provided
with Cloathing, ft most of the other necessaries for their March,
when your Honour pleases to Command.

As there is no provision by our Act of Assembly for any other
Officers than those alrtody Commissioned by your iionour^ nor any
power given the Commissioners, further than to apply the sundry
Sums already rais'd to his Majesties use, all which is already appro-

402 PENNSYLVANU ABCHIVES 1758.

priated : however, We are very desirous that nothing should be wtnt>
iDg on our part to assist the Service, & shall Use our Int** with oor
next Assembly to have a suitable allowance for Major Shippen, for
his Services in the Expedition. Your Honour was pleased to meo-
tion, when at New Castle, that the Captains of each Company should
be appointed to pay their own men. We have, pursuant to y Hon-
ours opinion, drawn largely in their favor for s' purpose, & there
now remains but little Cash in our Office, Therefore suppose it un-
necessary to have any particular Officer appointed for that parpose.
Ooe of the Lieuten^ or Ensigns, (which your Houour will please to
nominate) will undertake the Offices of Quarter Master & Adjutant
for a very small additional Sum. And as our money will be far
short to Answer every requisite, We doubt not but your Honour
will order matters accordingly, which will lay this little Governm^
under particular Obligations to y Honour.
We are your Honours

Most obedient h**« Serv*»,

JNO. FINNEY.

THO. COOCK.
New Castle, May 28*, 1758.

Directed.

To The Honourable William Denny, Esquire, Lieutenant Qover-
nour & Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, &
Counties of New Castle, Kent & Sussex, on Delaware.

John Blackwood to R. Petbbs, 1758.

On Saturday Evening, 27 Instant, I arrived here; my march that
day 26 mile, 10 of which was at thire own request, I thinck are
now so well satisfied with me that I have Reason, every Reasonable
Duty from them with the greatest Cheerfulness ; at Germintown 2
of Skulked from me, but my Lieutenant, with the assistance of the
people there, took them and Brought Prisoners to me at Robins;
I marked them so the next day, so discharged next morning. I had
good Reason to Believe this fault Reather the Effect of liquor than
any form'd designe to leave me. Sr, I observe in my Orders that I
am to be verey Spareing of my Ammunition, I hope ybul Inform
me the first opportunity, whether my Useing a few Rounds of it,
bring the men to be marksmen is forbid or imply'd therein ; our Can-
teens are so leaky that they are worse than none, and Bleam my self
for not trying them, my verey great hurry was the Reason of the
Ommissiou. Napsacks are much wanted, if the Commissioner would

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1768. 408

•llow a few Axes, I think they would be very Serviceable. There
18 not any news here that I can hear, shall endeavor to, as offten as
I have any thing worth your notice. I hope I shall beheave so as
not to bring dishonor on myself or friends ; this moment I hear, that
one of the men whom I left last night ten mile from this place, who
ware more tired then the rest, (under the Care of a Sargant and
Corporal) attempted to Desert, when he was pursued he fired on the
party, is ndw Prisoner. I beg Direction in this affair. Please to
lett his honours Direction in this affair.
I am, and remain to be, Sr,

Your most obliged &

Verey humble Serv*,

JNO. BLACKWOOD.
Beading, 12 o'Clock, at noon^
May y 29, 1768.

Levi Trtimp to Gov. Denny, 1758.

Fort Augusta, May 30, 1758^
May it Please your Honour :

Permit me to acquaint your Honour of the arrival this Day of Mr.
Montgomery, a Cadet, & 2 Indians, dispatched from this on the first
Current, in Company with Hembus, their Captain, & Mr. Dunlap, a
Cadet, whom they lost on the west of the Allegany Mountain, & as
they were unacquainted with the Path, concluded to return ; & on
the 27th met an Indian, who informed them he was of a Party of
Forty that were there about, & jud'ing them Enemies, they threw
away their Blankets, &c., & have made a severe .march these two
Days past. Col. Burd, by his Instruction, ordered them to Carlisle
for his Examination. I filave used my endeavour to persuade them
to go to him, but they will not till the arrival of the rest of their
Company, therefore have dispatched Mr. Montgomery, above-men-
tioned to him, & doubtless, he will be more particular to your
Honour.

I am with due respect.

Tour Honour's most Humble Servant,

LEVI TRUMP.
Directed. — (On his Majesty's Service.)

For the Honourable William Denny, Esq'., Lieutenant Governor
and Commander-in-Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania*

Jno. Blackwood to R. Peters, 1758.

This Attends You with my Compliments, &c., also praying that
ou would acquaint his Honor the Governor, that I hope he will
so good as to Recommend it to the Commissioners that some pro-

.401

PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIVBS 1768.

vision be made in Relation to a Doctor for the men that are Sick in
mj Company. I applj'd to a Gentleman here for to Assist me ia
two or three Cases, but he insists that I mast become his pay master;
I told him that I could not doubt but he would be paid a Reasonable
and Modarate Charge for any Service He rendered the ProviDdal
forces ; if Something is not done in this Case, I am perswadcd the
Men mast Suffer, and Consequently be Rendered unfitt for Publiek
Service. I have no News to Write ; my men Behave well & are in
great Esteem here.

I am, D' S',

Your very hum"* Serv*,

JNO. BLACKWOOD.
Reading, May 31, 1758.

Directed.
To Richard Peters, Esq', in Philadelphia.

A List op the Number op Waggons, Dkaught and Pack
Horses, 1758,-

From the Several Townships of the County of Northampton^ Re-
turned to me hy tJie Constables for his Honour the Governor, as
follows, vizt. :

Kaston Township,
Forcks Township,
Allen Township,
Upper Millford Township,
Whitehall Township,
Sallesbury Township,
Upper Sacon Township,
Wiliiamton Township,
Lower Sacon Township,
Mount Bethel Township,
Bothlaham Township,
Macungy Township, .
Weisenberg Township,
Heidlelbarg l^ownship,
Linn Township, .

June ye 10th, 1758.

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. 18

. 42

102

. 12

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. 6

201

671

183

JOHN RINKER, Sheriff*

* a detailed report of the number possessed by each person by name, is
attached to this summary.

I
PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758. 406

John McMichabl to Gov. Dbnnt, 1758.

To the Honble William Denny, Esq', Lieutenant Governor & Com-
mander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, &o.

The Humble Petition of John McMichacl in behalf of himself
snd Divers Inhabitants of the Township of Lower Smithfield in the
Coanty of Northampton, Humbly Sheweth :

Thai your Petitioner and the rest of the Inhabitants of said Town-
ship lived near Fort Hamilton until about the time that the Provin-
cial Soldiers were ordered away, at which time they were obliged to
move to Aron Depuys, Samuel Depuys, and Benjamin Shoemaker's
houses for fear of the Enemy Indians.

That by means of many of the Inhabitants of the said Township
haveing gone away, and others inlisted in the Province servicoi
there is not a sufficient number left to keep guard, whilst others are
cutting the Grain, so that unless some of the Provincial Soldiers are
ordered to protect the Inhabitants whilst rapeing the Harvest will
be lost.

May it therefore Please your Honour to order that a Sufficient
Namber of the Provincial Soldiers may be sent to Protect the Inha-
bitants of the said Township during the harvest, & as in Duty bound^
Yo' Pet' will pray,

his
JOHN Xj MoMICHELL.
mark.

Copy of Passport for Cherokee Indians to N. Y., 1758.

By the Honourable William Denny, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor
and Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania and
Counties of Newcastle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware.
To all to whom these Presents shall come. Greeting.
These are to certify that the Bearer is employed by this Govern-
ment in conducting to New York Thirteen Indian men, sevcfb Indian
Women, and Three Indian Boys. As all these Indians are our good
Friends and allies, of the Cherokee nation, chiefly with a few Mo-
hocks, and are going to Sir William Johnson on Business of Conse-
quence, they are in an especial manner recommended to all Officers^
Civil and Military, in the Places thro' which they are to pass, for
Protection, and all kinds of assistance they may stand in need of.
Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms at Philadelphia, this
Day of June; in the year of our Lord; 1758.*

WILLIAM DENNY.

See Colon. Rec. Vol. VIII., p. 124.

406 PBNNSTLVANLi AECHIVE8 1768.

John Bmrs to R. Peters, 1758.

Sir,

I Beg Leave to Inform jou that in Pursuance of the orders
granted me by his Hon' je Governer, have in two weeks recruited
47 men, 42 of which has past Master Roll; ye other five ludisputA-
ble, Cap* McNigbt has recruited 34 men.

As the Defence of mj Country was ye only motive that excited
me to accept a Comission of that sort, I beg that as soon as possible
my company may be furnished w* arms & other acouterments fitting
for a Campaign, that I may enter imediately upon Duty, as I expect
soon to have them complete. Colon' Armstrong desired me this
Day to give you an account of ye taxes of our County, upon which
I imediatly went to Mr. West's, who is one of ye Com", who told
me so soon as he acquainted ye other Com", he would either allow
me ye Liberty to do it; or do it himself; which I am willing to &erye
you in.

I am Sir,

Your very Humble Serv*,

JNO. BYEBS.

Carlisle; the Ist of JunC; 1758.

Directed,

To Bichard PeterS; Esq'; Secretary in Philadelphia.

A Report op the Provisions at Fort Augusta, 1758.

Fort Augusta; June the Ist; 1758.
Cloathing, Ammunition; Tools; &c.; now in Store here.

82113 Pounds of Flour, 15 Pick Axes,

16306 pounds of Dry'd Beef, 8 Calking Irons,

80 Qalh of Whiskey, 16 Brass Kettles mostly worn oat^

23 pounds of match rope, 12 Grubing HoeS;

12 Old watch coats intirely worn 18 Broad do.,

out; 3 Crow Bars,

173 pr Course Yarn Stockings, 4 Cross Cut SawS; ordinary,

13 Reams Cartridge paper, 4 Whip do. do.,
8 pr. Steelyards, 1 do. New,

I Sett of Coopers Tools, old, 2 Dutch Saws, ordinary,

1 Sett of Carpenters, do., 10 Iron Wedges,

24 Old Carrying Saddles, 91 Old Blankets,

2 Hogsheads of Salt, 8 Frying Panns,

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

407

3 Barrels, do.^ .

2 do. of Mackrell,

} Pcice of Ozenbrigs,

10 yds. of Fl^Dnle;

10 Horse Collars,

10 Pitching azes tolerable good^

26 do. almost worn oat^

10 do. Broad ordinary,

4 Drawing EniveS; do.,
4 Adzes, do.,

6 Spades Tolerable good,

8 do. worn out,

18 Shovels ordinary,

14 Mawl Rings,

2 Hand Screws,

4 pr. Traces,

2 Drag Chains,

12 Battoes patch'd up for present

use,
8 Peices of Cannon,
2 Swivels,
7 Blunderbusses,
114 Small Arms?,
112 do. out of order,
104 Cannon Ball,
1301 Grape Shot made up for.

Cannon,
46 Hand Grannades,
400 Flints very ordinary,
i Cask do. not very good,
i Cask of Nails,
1 Grinding Stone,
110 W* Lead.

IbkofPowdsr. BalfBarrak. Bnlleli. fioek and Svrsa SboU

In Store,

Made into Cartridges '
for Cannon & Swivels, ,

Iq the Soldiers horns '
and Pouches,

1664

600

2 •

150

140

1954

640

Expended this Month, 2 Barrels of Powder in teaching the Sol-
diers to shoot at Marks, and keeping their Arms in order, and what
the Battalion took when they marched.

LEVI TRUMP.

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Edward Shippen to R. Peters, 1758.

LaDoaster^ June 3d, 1758.

Sir,

I am Sorry to tell joa tbat of the eighteen Waggons which were
ordered to be pressed to make np the 60 demanded by Col. Bonqnet, *
there were only three brought in, however the Commanding Officer
here is immediately to be applied to. But I should be glad to See
oar late Act of Assembly respecting waggons and horses, or I would
rather desire to have particular Directions how the. Justices are to
proceed in order to oblige an unthinking People, to Say no worse of
them, to do their Duty, especially considering the goodness of their
Pay.

I am, Sir,

Your most Obedient,

Humble Servant,

EDW'D SHIPPEN.
Directed. — ^Richard Peters, Esq'.

Joseph Shippen to Capt. R. Walker, 1758.

Philadelphia, 6th June, 1758.

Sir,

It is General Forbes Orders that you immediately get your Com-
pany armed and accoutred here, and then to march without Loss of
Tioie to Lancaster, where you will wait to receive further Orders.
I make no Doubt you will make the greatest Dispatch possible.
I am, Sir,

Your most hum. Serv^,

JOSEPH SHIPPEN,
Brigade Major.
Directed,
To Cap^ Richard Walker, in Buc^s County.

Vol. III.— 18

410 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

Joseph Shippbn to Thomas January, 1758.

Sir,

It is His Honour Governor Denn/s Orders that you immediately
send ap Two handredand Sixty-five Musquets, with Bayonets & Car-
touofa Boxes, &o., to Lancaster, which are to be delivered to tbe
Care of Edward Shippen, Esq'., for the Use of Five of the new
Levied Provincial Companies. And also, to send Four hundred &
twenty-four Musquets, with Bayonets & Cartouoh Boxes, &e., to
Carlisle, which are to be delivered to the Care of Francis West,
Esq'., for the Use of Eight other new Levied Provincial Companies.
By order of Governor Denny,

JOSEPH SHIPPEN, Jr.,
Brigade Major.
Philadelphia, 5th June^ 1758.

Directcffj
To M'. Thomas January, Provincial Armourer^ in Philad*.

EeTURN QF OFFICERfi, 1758.

York, 6th June, 1758.
D'S',

Yesterday, Capt". Hunter's Men were reviewed by M'. Jameson
at York, & 34 Wagons were contracted for with the People. Re-
turns will be made to the Governor, agreeable to his Desire, as soon
as the Men shall be collected together, & pass Muster.

The Names of the Officers are as follows, viz. :

Sw S^fSne.' I Co.'i.iona be„ Date the 25th
W-. Hadden, Ensign. j ^^- "^^•

^^L'KlntT^u^'^*"' i Com'ifflions bear Date the 10th

Victor KS.lLieuV*"" I Com'issions bear Date the 16th

Will-. McDowell, Ensign, j May, 1758.

The Gom'issions for the Captains were dated when I rece'd them.
Tbe Officers are all sworn. Hunter's & McPherson's Companies
are full, & if they had Gloathing & Aoooutrementa, are ready for
Action.

PENNSYLVANIA AltCHIVES 1758. 411

I go with M'. Jameson to the Review, 22 Miles West of Tork,
on Thureday next, there to contract for Wagons, id pursuance of a
Power from Colonel Boqaet for that Purpose. 35 Contracts were
signM here yesterday.

The Bearer, AK Lieut. Ewing, goes to buy Cloathing for Capt.
MePherson's Company. As you have always been good to the Offi-
oers, I make no doubt you will aid the Bearer with y good Council,
when 'tis necessary. I hope you have^^rec'd the Money for M'.
fiopkinsbn by Capt". Hunter. I shall be glad to hear from you
when you have Time. My Family are Well ; my Wife sends her
Complim**. I have kept a War Office near 5 Weeks, without Fee^
Beward, or hope thereof; thank Qod the Expedition looks better
than it did; the Store Ships I hope have brought the Arms, &c., &o.
I am, !> 8',

y most obed*,

H"« Serv*,

GEO. STEVENSON.
Directed.— 'M'. Peters.

Capt, John Mountgomery oco Major Thos. Llotd, 1758*

June 6th, 1758.

I Rece^ yours bearing Date the 3d of this Instant, Agreeable to your
Letter you wrote, which is Desireing that I shou'd march my Com-
pany to Lancaster on Friday Next, there to be Reviewed. I was so
late in getting my Commission, that Most of the Men were Enlisted
hy Otheres that has been Earlier Commissioned, which Makes the
Hen Scarcer to be had. I am still getting some, but it is Meerly
Impossible for Me to Raise My Company as Speedy as I am Besire-
OQs,^ut I am Making all the Heast in My power. I am Not Ex-
pecting My Company to be the Last in Reviewing. I have between
Lieutenant, Ensign & Myself, Enlisted About 40 Men ', and as for
the Bemaining part of My Company, I shall do all that Possiably I
can do to Oet them Made Up. I Cannot March to Lancaster on
Eriday Next as you have wrote to Me; I have officers out on all
hands helping to Raise Men, as also Myself Does all I Can to Oet
up My Company with Speed.

S', Your Most Hum"« Servant,

JOHN MOUNTGOMERY, Capt.
Directed,

To M'. Thomas Loyd, Major of the 2d of the Pensilvania Batt
Kegim^. These.

4U PENNSTLVANIA ABGHIVES 17S8.

David Jamieson to Gov. Denny, 1758.

York Town, y 6th June, 1758.
Sir,

Agreeable to the Orders I received fnmi Coll. Bouquet^ I aitiTed
in this Town lAt Saturday ; I jesterdaj examined and paaaed forty*
four of Oap^ Hunter's Recruits, there is more of them to be in Towt
this day, than will com pleat his Company; Captain MoPhearaon's
Company, he informs me, is full } Cap^. Hamilton & Capt. M'Giev'B
Company's, I am informed, is aot yet near full ; The recruits are bo
scattered throughout the Country, that I believe it will be the latter
end of the Week before they will all arive in Town. I find it ex-
tremely difficult to keep the recruits in order, for want of Sergeants
that understand duty, & have not so much as a single Drum ; None
of the Recruits are furnished with Cloathing, or any necessaries for
marching.

I was desired by Coll. Boquet to try if possible, to gett the Re-
cruits to find their own Arms, but I find this impracticable ; of the
44 that passed yesterday, not one-third of them had arms, or could
be prevailed on to gett them, therefore I shall find it extremely diffi-
cult to gett as many arms as is* necessary for the men that are to
escort the Waggons this Week to Fort Loudon ; of this I have in-
formed Coll. Bouquet by a letter this morning.
I am, Sir,

Your most obedient and most

Humble Serv*.,

DAVID JAMESON.

Directed^

On his Majesty's Service, to William Denny, Esquire, Gk)vemour
&c. of the Province of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, per Lieut. Ewins.

BfiPOET OF Chas. Thomson and F. Post, of.Joubney

1758.

To the Honourable Will" Denny, Esq., Governor & Commander in
Chief of the Province of Penusilvania, & to the Honourable BrigBr
dier General Forbes.

The Report of Charles Thomson & Christian Frederic Post.

On Wednesday, June the 7th, 1758, having received the Bfes-
sages for the Indians, & Instructions from the Governor, we set out
for Wyoming. Next day we reached Bethlehem, having engaged

FBNNBTLYANIA AAGHITBS ITSR 4U

OD the road Mosea Tetamy & Isaac Still, to aooompany us.' From
Bethlehem we took three other Indians^ & on Friday arrived at Fort
Allen. As we had heen informed on the Boad of some bad news
sent to the Grovemor by the Captain at Fort Allen, we enquired the
partienlars, and were informed that on Tuesday last, two Indians,
Aqnelin & John Philips, oame to the Fort express from Teedyuscnng,
at Wyoming, to let them know that on Sanday last were seen a
party of Enemy Indians, about 78 in number, directing their ooarse
towards the Miniainks. This discouraged our Indian oompanionSy
and as they had been all along against our going into the IndiaD
Coontry, this made them much more averse to it.

Whereupon we called them together next morning, & made them
acquainted with tiie purport of our Messages, & the necessity of our
going. With this they were satisfyed, & it was concluded we should
go. And having Settled every thing with regard to the way & manner
ve should travel, we left Fort Allen about 12 o'clock, & crossing
the Neshamewatchual & Qaekeek Mountains, we lodged all together
about 12 miles from the Fort

On Sunday Morning we set forwards pretty early, & by 12 o'clock
reached the N^lscopeknn Mountain, within 14 or 15 miles of Wyom-
ing. Here we met 9 Indians travelling down to* Bethlehem. They
had left Wyoming the day before, & had been six days from Gh^n'
ango, a Town of the Nanticokes, on Susquehanna, about half way
between Owegey & Ossewingo. There was one Nanticoke, a Son of
Captain White, one Munsey Captain, one Delaware, four Mawhiccons,
& two Squas. Upon meeting them, we stopped and enquired the
news, & from several questions asked, we learned that Teedyusonng
was well and at Wyoming, that all was quiet among the Nanticokes,
that their principal men were at the Council at Onondaga, which
was not yet broke up ; That Backsinosa was at Seekaughknnt, but
that he was preparing to go somewhere, he said to his own Country ;
that they had heard of no body of Indians going Southward.

Being informed of our going to Wvoming with good news to all
the Indians, they told us they thougnt it was by no means safe for
as to proceed ; that strange Indians were thick in the woods about
Wyoming; that a party was seen but four days ago, whose Lan-
goage none of the Delawares there understood, nor did they know of
what Nation they were. This ^rming our Indians, they pressed
US to turn back with this Company, & make all haste to Fort Allen,
k two of them would go & invite Teedyuscung to come to us there.
This we objected against, on the account of losing time, & proposed
followiog what had been at first agreed upon, that was to go forward
to the Wyoming Hills, k there wait %ill two of our Company went
forward k informed Teedyuscung of our coming, & knew of him
whether it would be safe to go to the Town. The Indians we met
thought it dangerous to proceed any farther, as they had seen fresh
Tracks crossing the Path in two or three places between this &
Wyoming, & at one place not half a mile from where we then were.

414 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758*

Upon tfiis it was proposed and agreed apon, to go baok to the eiat
side of the Hills, and there lodge to night, till two of our Inditas
went & invited Teedjnscung to come to us. And the friendly In-
dians we met, agreed to stay with us till he came up.

From farther conversation with one of the Company, after we had
been some time together^ we were informed that two hundred of the
Six Nations had set out with a Resolution to go to war against the
English ; that he & his Company had seen 60 of them, & that six
of his Company were discouraged and turned back. None of his
Company, he said, understood their Language, but they made signs
that they were going against the Minisinks. Next day, between 11
& 12 o'clock, Teedyoscung, Tepiscakung, Captain Augustus, Sam
Evans & David, came to us. At first we expostulated with Teedyos-
cung about the Road being shut, & told him that we were come with
good Word to all the Indians, we could not go to liis Town to de«
liver them. He said it was not his fault. We put him in mind
that the Road had been opened by a Belt of Wampum from Wyom-
ing to us, & that it was his business to keep it open firom his Town
to Fort Allen, as we keep it open from Fort Allen to Easton or
Philadelphia. We farther took notice, that it was th# Custom of all
Nations to suffer Messengers of Peace to go backwards and forwards,
safp and unmolested ; tha,^ unless this was practised, two Nations
once at War, conld never be at Peace again. To this Teedyuscong
replied, that what we said was right, but that the Six Nations, not
him, had blocked up this Road ; that two hundred of them had gone
to war in different Parties; that they had passed thro' several Towns
on the Susquehanna; tKat in these Towns the Delawares endeavored
as much as in them lay to dissuade Ihem from going to war against
the English, but they would not hear them ; that these 200 were
chiefly of the Seneka N,ation, & from three Towns that lay near the
French ; that the Reason they assigned for their going to war with
the English, was, that about three years ago a party of their War-
riors went against the Catawbas, and upon their return, entered the
settled parts of Virginia, where a White Man in a friendly manner
invited them to his house, & having got them there, sent in the
night & collected a number of his neighbours, & fell upon the party
and killed them all exce^ one Man, who escaped ; for this they had
cot yet taken a full revenge ; they said they had heard the words
Teedyuscung had sent them, but they were now out & would not
turn bade, but would strike the English this one time more, & after
they bad given them this one blow, then, if they found the English
still of the same disposition Teedyuscung represented them, they
would never strike them morf ; but if they made peace with them,
it was not they themselves might be quiet; for then they would torn
their Hatehet against the French.

. The Delawares then told them if they were resolved to go to war
against the English, & would not turn back, they must take some
other way, for that ail the People down the Susquehanna were at

PENNSYLVANIA ARGHIVBS 1768. 416

PMoe with them. The [war party theo agreed not to proceed on
that Path, nor willingly to hart the People of Pensilvania. . But as
tbey might miss their way, & contrary to their Inclination fall in
with them, they insisted that some of them should shew them an-
other way. Whereupon, a Munsey Captain, named Yachkaposay,
(the same that headed the party that lay above Fort Allen, at the
Elaston Treaty, in 1756,) undertook to shew them the way, & having
pot them in the Path to the Minisinks, he returned home again.
From one of these parties, a few Shawanese hearing that the Kng-
lish were building a Fort at Wyoming, went down to see whether it
was 80, & these were they t)iat killed the yonog man, wiien the
workmen were there.

Teedyuscung further told us, that a Report had prevailed among
the Indians up the Susquehanna, & thro^ the Seneka Country, £
along the Allegheny, that the English were building a Fort at
Wyoming, with 800 men ; that this was confirmed by the Shawancy
Party that had been down ; that upon this they immediately held a
Ooancil, to consult what should be done. At this it was proposed
that some one should go and know for certain whether it was really
80, & boldly ask the English what they meant. Tho' this seemed
daogerons, yet one Wellameghikink, (George Elayes,) a Wanami,
who lives in a Town of the Senekas, near the French Fort at Nia^
gara, & is a Captain on the Ohio under Tessawhenand, the Chief of
all the Belawares on the Allegheny, offered to go, tho' it should cost
him his life. Not many days after the English left Wyoming, he
came there & was informed of the true state of Affairs, and three
dsys ago left that in order to return and inform the Indians thereof.
He it was that brought down the aforegoing Intelligence, which was
confirmed by these Indians from Chenango.

Teedyuscung said that Welameghikink further informed him, that
the French at Niagara were in great want of Provisions ; that they
had applied to the Senakas to supply them, telling them that the
English had stopped the Mouth of their River, so that no Provisions
eoiidd be brought up to them, & that therefore they were obliged to
to apply to their Children the Indians for some ; that therefore the
Indian Squas from the Seneka Towns near the Fort ware employed
in carrying them Indian Corn, which they- sold at a great Price, and
so eager were the French to get it, that the officers, when they heard
the Squas were coming, used to go and meet them, & in order to
encourage them to bring more, would pull off their Cloaths, & even
their Shirts, and give them to the Indians; that the Soldiers used to
paroh the Indian Corn & then pound it, & mixing it with a little
water drink it, & this was all they had to live upon.

After Dinner we told Teedyuscung our orders were to deliver our
Messages at Wyoming; that being dissuaded from going further, we
had stopped here & sent to desire him to come to us ; & now he was .
come, we desired to know what we should do. He said he was glad
we did not come to him , that he had seen fresh Tracts as he came

416 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVBS 1768.

along, & he thought it best to deliver the Messages here. Where-
upon we .sat down, & taking out the Belts & Strings, delivered the
Messages distinctly. After they had been read & int&preted onosi
in order to impress them deeper in his Mind, we gave him the suU
stance of each Belt & String in other words, & then entered into a
Conversation on every Part. By this Means every thing being re-
peated again, he seemed fully to comprehend every Part, & to be
much pleased with the whole. With respect to the Cherokees, he
said, if the Messenger should recover & inclined to see him, he might
come by the way of Bethlehem, & and from thence some Indians
would conduct him & his Company safe up to Wyoming. On the
Belt to remove the uneasiness respecting the Settlement at Wyo-
ming, he said he hoped that was already removed, or would be upon
the ilstum of Wilameghikink & bis Company, which consisted of SO
Men from seveml Towns of the 6 Nations.

The Senaka Belt & that to all the Nations, he was much pleased
with, & said he did not doubt but the first would bring many down
& the latter give general satisfaction. As to calling together the
Parties about Wyoming, & knowing their Busine»>, he did not know
how that could be done, as neither he nor any of his People under-
stood the Language of some of the Parties, but that he would do
what he could in that Matter, & what Litelligence he could gain, he
would send down by Sam Evans.

Of Easoweyowallund or Daniel, he said he had not yet heard any
thing } but the other Messenger, Willemighihink or James, he heard
was on his way down, as he expected him at Wyoming in three Bays.
We then told him, that as the Government & the General had these
things much at heart, & sincerely desired to see a Peace with the
Indians established on a sure & lasting Foundation, we were sent up
with these Messages both to convince the Indians of the Sincerity of
the English, that they might be well & fully explained to them, ft
that our Orders were, after we had delivered them to him & his Peo-
ple at Wyoming, to proceed farther with the Messengers Teedyus*
ouug should send along, & carry these Belts to the other Nations.
He said it had been often asked by the Senekfts, why none of the
English accompanied the Messages sent to them. We told him there
would be hereafter no Occasion for such a Question ; we were now
ready to go & would set out with those he sent along as soon as he
pleased. On this he was silent We then told him if he had any
doubts, he might take time to consider it, & that we would proceed
with him to Wyoming & lodge there to Night, & this we were the
rather inclined to do as his Messenger was so soon expected, by
whom we hoped to hear some agreeable news, which we would trans-
mit to the Governor. After musing some Time, he said he thought
we could by no means proceed to Uie Seneka Country that wsj, as
many Parties were out, that he imagined the safer way would have
been by Albany to Onondaga. We mentioned to him what the Six
Nation Chiefs had said at the Treaty at Lancaster last Summer, by

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758. 417

wlicli it appeared to us^ that that way was not proper, inasmiioh im
the Senekas were the Door of the Six Nations to the Westward, aa
the Mohawks were to the Eastward, & we told him their Advice to
OS then was to apply immediatelj to the Senekas, & by a Belt to
invite them down, which we now wanted to do.

He said, before we could go with safety, a Road should be opened
at least for Messengers, & he thought it would be well if that was
done at the ensuing Treaty. We again mentioned our going up to
Wyomingft staying there till his Messenger came in, or at least this
Night. Whereupon after consulting his Council, he took out some
Strings of Wampum & by two forbid us to go farther, for fear of
some Mischief befalling us; by two more, he expressed his Uneasi-
ness least some of the White People, in pursuing the Enemy Indians
that were on our Frontiers, should come as far as where he lived ft
fall upon him & his People. By three other Strings, he requested
of the Government some Provisions, & especially Indian Com, by
the way of Shamokin, from which Place his young Men could easily
bring it up in Canoes. He likewise desired to be supplied with somo
Ammunition. As we found we must return from thence, we en-
deavoured to gain some more Intelligence, & asked him if he bad
any News from the Westward. He said he was further informed by
Wellameghihink, that Hans Jacob, his (Tcedyuscung's) Son & one
Hamels, another Indian, had been out on a Scout to fort Duquesne ;
that tbey had Surprised two French Men, & shot them at a small
Distance from the Fort ; that the one was killed dead on the Spot,
bat the other escaped on Horseback to the Fort^ where he no sooner
entered than he fell down & died.

Upon this the Commander of the Fort called the Senekas together
k told them the Catabaws had struck him. Soon after another In-
dian from fort Augusta, being out on a Scout near the French Fort,
killed another French Man. The Commander again called the Chiefii
of the Senekas together & told them the Catabaws had struck him
again. Hereupon the Scneka said. Why do you say the Catabawa
have struck you ? It is not the Catabaws that have done this, but
yoar Children the Delawares. At hearing this the Commander was
Tery angry, & sent for the ttrd Chiefs of the Delawares, Tessawhe-
nand & Cutkassanecamcn, k complained of them in harsh Terms.
When the Dispute grew warm, Tessawhenand told the Commander
he behaved like an old Woman, to make so nmch noise about three
Men, & not.io consider how many he had made him lose. But tho'
thq^Bones of so many of his Men lay scattered up & down in the
Woods, & all thro' his Means, yet he made no Noise about it. The
French Man never heard him complain. When the French Com-
mander still went on complaining, Tessawhenand told him, if he had
any thing on his Mind to speak out & not scold any more like a
Woman. The Commander, who was now very angry, told him, if
he did not punish* the Delawares he should die. At this Tessawhe-
nand started up & taking the Commander by the Hand said^ now

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41ft PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVBS 1768.

yoa speak like a Man. Ton say I shall die. Bat I now tell yoo, I
will not die alone. You shall die also. The English are od&iing up
& as soon as they stjcike you on one side, I will strike yon on the
other. Willameghihink said he imagined that before this tbey had
come to Blows. The two Chiefs had, before he came away, ordered
their People to separate from the French, & consulted together hov
to be revenged. They proposed two Schemes, one of which they
agreed to follow. One was to wait till the English came up, & then
&U on the French ; the other was to pretend a Reconciliation, k
having a Party of Men i^ady, to take an Opportunity & rash into
the Fort & drive the French out & then burn the Fort, & this they
think tlfey can easily do. But before they took any Step of that
Sort, they thought it necessary to know the Truth of the Reports
' respecting the English ; what their Designs was in building at Wyo-
ming; whether it was for themselves or for the Indianf, & whether
they were willing to make a Peace with all the Indians, as they had
been informed. And in order to know this Wellamighihink was
dispatched away.

We next enquired how the Chief Man of the Senekas was affect-
ed to the English. He said the Chief Man was our Friend. We
then asked how it came to pass that his young men came down to
War agaiust the English ? Ho said these Warriors came from some
Towns near the French, that they were therefore in the^French Inter-
est & the chief man had little influence over them. We were
farther informed that when these 200 came out to War the chief
man of the Senekas, Tageghshata, called! a Council & complained
that the young men did not regard him ; that he was no more than
an old Woman among them ; that he saw a great number of his
young men going past^is door with Hatchets in their Hands, bat
that he did not know where they were going & he feared this would
be the Cause of Mischief. The Munsay Captain we met & who
came with us down to Bethlehem, said he was afr the Council & heard
Tageghshata make his speech.

From farther Enquiry among the Indians we had some intimation
that the Seneka Nation were in general dissatigfied with this Govern-
ment from something that happened in a Treaty with Sir WiU'm
Johnson. Soon after Sir Wm. received the Commission to negotiate
Indian Affairs he called a Council of all the Nations. To this a
great number came. He then told them that the King had at sev-
eral Times sent out large presents to the Indians of which they had
been cheated by the Governments to which they were sent, but that
it should not be so any more, that he was the only Man who fad
Power to treat with the Indians & that he would see them righted.
This, as it awakened the jealousy of the Indians, raised in them a
Disrespect for the other Governments, as they imagined they had no aa-
thority to treat & that Councils or Treaties held with them were of
no significancy. Besides, a Report was very generally propagated
among the 8eneka8|y but by whom uncertain, that the King had seat

PBHN8TLYANIA. ABGHIYBS 1788. 41»

lirg» Pretente for the Indians to Pensilvania, which tbo Qoven^
ment of PennsilTania had appropriated to their own use, and as the
Road of Communication between this Oovemment & the Senektf
has been for some time shut & no free intercourse between them &
fu, no means were used to remove thia groundless Report till it be*
oame nnirersally believed, & the nation in general exasperated againsi
the Pensilvanians, & thj^ was thought to be one Reason tbst the
Chief Man tho' more inclined to the English than the French & tho'
he has kept himself & his Town quiet jet has used little Care to re-
strain those who bad~anj inclination to go to war with ns.

We next enquired of Teedyusoung what he had heard of the
Prisoners; whether we might hope to see them soon returned. He
told OS that a few days -ago one Nenacheehunt, a Chief of one of
the Towns on the Allegheny, had come to him at Wyoming to know
whether the English were willing to include him in the Peace, &
whether Teedyuacung desired the Prisoners should be returned^ &
being assured of the Truth of both these articles, he said there were
a good many Prisoners in his Town & he would take Care thev
ahoold be all restored & that he & his People would come down &
settle with Teedyuscung at Wyoming.

Bat from what we learned from the Indians the Case of the
Prisoners is this: All that are taken are looked upon by the Indiana
as the Private property of the Captors & a^e either given away to
those families who have lost any Men in the War, or. are sold to
others as we do Slaves, and many of those who have been taken, we
aie informed, have been sold & bought several times. Now, as the
Indians have no public Fund to redeem them out of the Hands of-
private Persons, & as we have none of their People Prisoners to ex-
ohange for them, it will be next to impossible to procure the Return
of the Captives without offering a price for them & redeeming them
ounelves.

We also asked if he had heard any thing more of the 800 North*
era Indians that were said to be going to fight the Cherokees. He
said he thought, nay was assured, that the Report was altogether
groundless, for he had enquired both of 'Welameghihink & Nona-
eheehant & of those who came down from Chenango & none of them
had heard any thing of that & had there been any truth in it
Welameghihink or Nenacheehunt must have met them as they came
up the Allegheny the very road the party must have taken.

As it now grew late & it was concluded we could not go forward,
we thought it best to return back part of the way, especially as our
Provisions began to grow scarce & there was no Pasture for the
horses in the Place we now were. As we were preparing to set out
Teedyuf>cung came to us and asked whether Mr. Hughes had deliver*
ed to the Governor the French Colours which he (Teedyusoung) had
taken from Bill Sock. We told him we did not know. He then
desired us to ask the Governor whether he had received them, &
whether he had given Bill Sock those Colours or whether he kept

FENN8YLVANIA ABCHIVBS 1798.

two sorts of Oolonrs. He said if the Oorenior had two sorU of
Goloars & gave one sort to one Indian & another sort to another it
would breed Confusion.

As we are just ready to takft Horse Gkbriel Loquus, an Indian k
his family, whom we had left at Fort Allen, eame up. As some «f
Mir Company, whioh was now enoreased to fourteen, were gone b^are,
we took leave & set forward, leaving three oc. four to follow at a smsU
distanee behind us. When we stopt at night we found two of our
Company missing & upon Euquiry found that Gabriel Loquns bad
brought up with him some Spirituous Liquor, & Isaao Still, who wis
•ne of those behind, said he heard the King proposing to drink be-
fore they went any farther, & that seeing them go to drink he hast-
ened away A, this he supposed had detained our two Companies.

Tuesday in the afternoon we arrived at Fort Allen, the Prospeet
of whioh was hid from us till we came just upon it by Bushes grow*
iag on the Bank of the River. Here we enquired where Gabriel
Loquus was supplied wifh Liquor & were informed that he had been
down at one Bowman's, who lives about 5 miles on this side the
Fort and had got it there* In our way down one of us called at
Hans Fetter Bowman's & was then informed by Evan Bowan, a
soldier of Captain Bull's Company, that this Bowman had on Satu^
day last let Gabriel Loquus have about five Gallons of Whiskey.
Bowman himself acknowledged his having supplied him with be-
tween three & four Gallons. When the ill Consequences of seliing
tiie Indians strong Liquor & the Breach of the Law were represent-
ed to him, he said he had made a Present of it & that he would do
the same again, & that nobody could prevent his doing what he
pleased with his own. The ill Consequences that will, we apprehendy
attend this man's supplying Loquus with Liquor at this time, are,
that with these four or five Gallons of Whiskey Teedyuscung & his
People will be made drunk, & consequently incapable of calling to-
gether the scattered Parties about Wyoming, & should Messengers
arrive from the other Indian Towns, as was daily expected « he will
be incapable of receiving the news they bring & dispatching Messen*
gers to this Government as he promised. We would further observe
that it was this same Gabriel Loquus who made the Messengers
drunk, who were not long ago dispatched from this Government to
the Allegheny, & that he is often employed in carrying the Indians
spirituous Liquors, whioh the neighbours say he is supplied with by
this Bowman.

On our way down to Bethlehem the Munsay Captain, named
Kelhapugh or Isaao, told us he had a Complaint to send by ns to
Philadelphia about ^ome Lands in the Minisinks, of which he said he
had been defrauded & about which he had been complaining for
about twenty years without reoeiving any Redress.

As he told ns his Land lay on the West side of the Delaware we
let him know that at the last Treaty Teedyuscung had in the i

PSNNSTLYAMA AROHIVBS 1758. 4fil

of ill the Indians oonplained about the Lands in this ProTinee^ ft
•had agreed that this matter should be left to the Determination of
the King & his Council. We therefore desired him to wait a little
laager till the King's determination was known, & he might depend
Dpon having justice done him. He said that several of the Munsays,
k meationed in particular some of his own Relations, had been dis*
possessed of large Tracts of lands in the Jerseys, without even reoeiv-
iog any Consideration for them. We told him that we had now car-
ried op Belts to the Indians, & as he himself had heard, had invited
all who were willing to be at Peace with us to a seneral Treaty ;
that his Nation was invited as well as others, & we therefore desired
him to press his great man to come down k then if any one thought
himself wronged in any thing or had any thing on his mind, he
should then make it known & by that means all uneasiness would
be removed, everything adjusted to satisfaction & Peace and Friend-
ship between the English and Indians established on a sure ft last-
iog foundation. With this he seemed well pleased.

At Fort Allen we acquainted' Captain Bull, of the party that was
going against the Minisinks, that he might send ft give notice there*
of^ and as soon as we arrived at Bethlehem a Letter was dispatched
to Mr. Swaine with the same Intelligence, that he might inform the
People of the Jerseys.

At Mr. Horsefield's we met one Captain Neilson of the ProviU'*
dais, who after expressing himself with great Bitterness against
Teedyusoung, declared that if he met Teedyusoung or any of his
People in any ef the Courses he should be ordered to take, let them
come on what occasion or with what pretence soever, he would kill
them without asking any Questions. He was also inquisitive to
know in how many days a Party of stout, active men could go to
Wyoming, ft expressed himself as if he had a desire to send out a
Party to destroy that Town. When we remonstrated against such
a step being taken against friendly Indians, who had the faith of the
Qovemment plighted to them for their Security ft a Town built by
the G-ovemment, he wished that the Indians had Scalped, but not
killed all those who went up with Mr. Hughes, that thereby they ft
others might be convinced that we had no friends among the
Lidiana.

Having paid the Indians who went up with us we left Bethlehem
on Thursday ft that Evening returned to Philadelphia. We have
only to add that all the Indians are removed from Diabogo ft Owegey,
that Backfiinosa, with about 100 Men, lives yet at Leekaughhunt,
that the Nanticoke Tribe has but about 50 fighting men ft that they
live chie% at Chenango. The short stay we made in tbe Indian
Country made it impossible for us to know as much of the state of
the Indian Tribes as we could have wished. However, we neglected
no opportunity of informing ourselves as far as we could & have en«
deavoured to give you a full account of all the Intelligence gained
by us, who are, &c.

422 PENNSYLVANIA ABGHIVBS 1768."

A Copy from (he Original by Oha*. Thomaon.

■

Indorsed,
IndiaDB. Report Charles Thomson & Frederick Post of their Jonrny
in June^ 1758. Presented the day of the fast 16th June, 1758.

Charlbs THO])fSON TO RicHARD Pbtbrs, 1758.

Extract from Charles Thomson's Letter dated Fort AUen^ June
10th, 1758.

Gabriel Looquies wife accidentally coming over to the Fork infoms
that the two Indian Messengers (who oame last week with the Intel-
ligence) from Wyoming lodg'd at their House and acquainted them
that the Party (about 78 in Number) intended only to go to the
Minnesinks, and that the Uneasiness of the Mohocks arising from
their apprehensions of building a Fort there, were partly remoTed)
Thirty having come down just before they came away, and fully
informed themselves of the true state of a&irs. The two men told
Lacquies it was a party of Shawnese that kili'd Joseph Croker, and
that they were afterwards seen.

As we have five Indians wit£ us we shall send two to go before as
fast as they can, and we shall proceed leisurely with the other three;
if those before meet any thing amiss, one is to return and inform us
of it, if nothing they are to proceed with all bast, and inform Teedy«
uscung of our coming.

Please to acq* the Secretary of this, but I think its of importanoe
suffix for me to write to the Governor.

Directed,
To Richard Peters, Esq'.

Indorsed,

Indians, 10th June, 1758. Intelligence, Charles Thompson, Fort
Allen. Delivered by Israel Pemberton, 14th June, 1758.

Captain John Bull to R. Pbters, 1758.

June ye 12th, 1758, at Fort Allen.
Sir,

X With Satisfaction I Received yours, and you may depend upon
my Service as far as Strength and Knowledge will Permit, in giving
Cap^ Nealson Notice and In assisting my self to the Safety of the
Inhabitants, and I shall be Infinately obligd to you if you can give

* See Col. Rec., Vol. VIII., pp. 132, 137-189.

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVIiS 1768. 4&S

me in some measure notioe wben we shall maroh^ or whether I shall
march shortly or not.
Ibese from your ever willing to serve in mj Country's causoi

JOHN BULL.

N. B. Please to send a line by the Barer.

IHrected,

To Mr. Peters^ Secretary.

Captain John Bull to Samuel Dbpuy, 1758.

June ye 14th^ 1758^ at Fort Allen.
Mr. Samuel Depugh,

Thb is to let you know that there is this evening come to Fort
Allen too white men from Wioming, one named Frederick Post,
and one Thomson, who have been there with messages from the
Government, who informs that thero pas^d by Wioming a party of
Indians, in number 25, Being part of too hundred French Indians,
00 their way to the frontiers or Minisin^s, these in hast from yours
to Serve,

JOHN BULL, Capt.

N. B. Please to send a line by the Barer leting me know what
News.

Captain John Bull to R. Petees, 1758.

June ye 14th, 1758, at Fort Allen.
Sir,

These is to let you know that there is dayly Indians Passing and
RepasFiDg, and they want Suplys from us, I have taken care that
they have had what want in Bcason on the account of Province,
and as I havo-had no order in this affair be pleasd to send me a line
leting me know whether I must. see them Suply'd or not. Sir bo
pleased to except these from yours to serve,

JOHN BULL.

Directed.
To Mr. Peters, Secretary.

4B4 PENKSTLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

SAMtTBL DtJPUI TO SWAIN, 1758*

Smithfield; June 15th, 1758, at night

Dear Sir,

Inclosed I send yon, Capt. Bull's letter to me from Fort Allen,
with an ace* of Indians supposed to be on their way to this part of
the Frontiers or Minisinks, which is much to be feared, will prove
most fatal to this part, as it is at present the most Defenceless, the
Bearer of Mr. Bull's letter informs me that he saw 11 Indiiins
between this and Fort Allen, but he Luckily made his escape, io
this he says he is willing to be qualified, I hope D' Sir yon will be
kind enough to take his qualification, and Transmitt it t-o his Honour
our Governor with a state of oar present Defenceless Ciroumstancea,
interceding for us by imploring his hon** to aid and assist us as much
as in his power, as your influence I humbly apprehend is Great and
yourself well acquainted with our Defenceless Situation, much mis-
chief has been done in the Minisinks sometime ago of which I be-
lieve you are by this time informed, last Thirsday the Indian, began
to renew their Barbarities by killing and scalping 2 men, and slightly
wounding another in the Minisinks, and this morning we beared the
Disagreeable news of a Fort being taken at the upper end of the
Minisinks, by a party of Indians supposed to be 40 in number, the
white men its said belonging to that Garrison were Farmers, and
were out in their plantations when the Indians fired on them and
killed them, whereupon the Indians marched up to the Fort and
took all the women and children Captive and carryed them away,
and last night the Indians stole a ferry Boat at a place called Wall-
pack; and brought from the Jersy shore to this side a large number
of Indians, as appeared by their Tracks on the sand banks, so that
we are in continual fear of their approach, I wish we may be able to
Defend ourselves against them fill it be in his honour's power to
assist us under God, he being our protector, and I make no Doubt
from the Fatherly care his honour has been pleased to exercise over
us since his succession to this province. But he will be willing to
acquiesce with your reasonable and just sentiments upon the whole,
which believe me Dear Sir will always meet a gratefull and adequate
acknowledgment from your most Humble Servant,

SAMUEL DUPUL

P. S. Should his Honour think proper to send men, he need not
provide any farther than their arrival here, I have provisions for
them.

Directed. »

For Swain, Esq'., at Easton.

PBNNSTLTANIA ARCHIVES 1768. 48ft

Captain Lbvi Trump to Gov. Dbnny, 1768.

Fort Augnstfti Jane 17th| 1758.
May it Please your Honour^

Permit me to acquaint you of the Arrival last night, of Mr. Dun-
lop and Captain Hembas, mentioned in my last of their not being
come in from the Allegany, to Morrow morning, I shall Dispatch,
Mr. Dunlop to Liev* Colonal James Bnrd, for bis Examination, I
Coald not Prevail with Hembas to go with him, as he had a message
^m a Indian that he parted with above the Allegany mountainsi
to King Teedyuscung, to morrow he is to set out from here for
Wyoming, in order to deliver his message to the King, as to what
loteligence they bring I cannot be Perticular to your Honour no
Farther then that they ware in a Delawar Town twelve miles above
YaDiDgo Fort, where they StayM three days, and was kindly enter-
taia'd by all the Indians there, they left the Town on thii third
iDstant, and on the thirteenth there was a number of the men Be^
longing to the Town, to leave it and come down to the North Branch
of SuBquahana to settle.

As Colonal Burd has the examining of Mr. Dunlop, Doubtless he
will be Particular to your Honour.

The two Indians that came in with Mr. Mongomery; left this
place the fifteenth instant, in order to go to Bethleham.
I am with due respect,

Your Honour's most obedient,

and most Humble Servant|

LEVI TRUMP.

Directed.

(On His Majest/s Service,) For The Honourable William Dennyi
Esq'., Captain General and Governor of the Provanoe of Pennsyl-
?ania.

Cdristiak Busse to Conrad Weiser, 1758.

Dear Sir,

At noon I received news that this morning about 8 o'Clo'k, the
Indians took and carried away the Wife of John Frants, with 3
Children, 6 miles from here, deep in the Country. I sent momently
Lieut. Johnston whit a party of 9 Men to go along the Mountains,
and to Slay at the Hole fto intercept them. Them being gone, a
Farmer who was following on Horsebak, came bak and told that he
Saw 3 Indians near the Fort at the phice of Six. Being not able

426 PBNNSTLYANIA ABCHIVBS 17G8.

to Spare move men, as jast a Detacfaement was oat to meet ihe
Wagon whit provision, I Bend Seijt. Christ. Mowrer only whit tvo
men to look for their Tracts. It is a cruel fate where wee are
brought to that, wee shall fight whitout Powder or Led. If some
is there, be pleased to send it to us. I hope you will be so kind as
to give Capt. Blakwood Notice hereof, whit my Compliments.
I am. Dear Sir,

Tour very humble Servant,

CHRISTIAN BUSSE.

Fort Henry, June 19, 1758, )
at two o'Clok in the Afternoon, j

Just now I receive news that the Son of Jacob Snabele, not far
from Dubs, is Killed and Scalped, having 5 Shots in his Body. As
this hSS happened at the Same Time, there must be undoubtly a
good number of them Indians. It is probable that they are still in
the Coantry, all the Tracts of them going in and none out. I sap-
pose, according to Tracts, that there are about 20 of them in the
Country. I believe that our very good Allies at Wioming have
done this Service to uS; as all the Tracts over the Mountains come
from the Bast.

The Farmers of Tolpehooan have brought up Some men towards
the Hole, and desired mee to join them whit a part of the Garrison,
whereupon I hwe Sent them a Serjeant whit 8 men.

At five o'Clok.

Directed,

To Col. Conrad Weiser, Esqr., by Mr. Predr. Weiser, at Beading.

Adam Reed to Joseph SHippEsr^ 1758.

s-,

This Acquant you that about 5 of the Clock this Afternoon, as
Lenard Long was Riding along the Waggan Road, about a Mill from
My house, was Kill'd and Scalped by the Indians; As the gnna
was heard at My house, as Many of My Company as Could be fited
out with Ammunition, (of which we are Scarce,) Run out Imedetlj,
and Came to the Corps Lying on the Road Bleeding, but All we
Cold doe Cold not find any tracks, only their Beeds Behind an old
log wheir they had Layn watching ; I Sent parties along the Moast
Suspected places, but As Night was So Near w^ Cold doe Litel, bat
give the few Inhabitents Notice that is Living in a Seat'red, dea-
tress' Condition; the morow morning I Intend to Send parties out
along ye fiiunteerS; that if possable I can prevent the few bthabiteats

FBtnrSTLVANIA AKGHIVES 179% 427

finom fljing from their HabiUiions, And will So Continne nntill
farihei^ orders, as it is Expected that I will march mj Company in
a few days to Carlisle. I dont Expect any Inhabitents to Stay in
theae parts without Some Assistance.

S', I am yours lo Serve,

ADAM REED.
HanoTer, June ye 18th, 1758.

Directed^
For Joseph Shippen, Briga' Maj'. .These.

EdWard Shippbn to Gov. Denny, 1758.

Lancaster, June 19th, 1758.
Honoared Sir,

Testerday I was favoured with a Letter from M'. Secretary Peters,
of the 15th Instant, informing that the Arms and Accoutrements
and other necessarys were Sent up to me for Captain Reed's Com-
pftQy, which I shall take care to forward as Soon as the waggon
arrives. Inclosed is a Copy of necessarys wanted the 12 Instant
for the new Levies, which Ma'. Shippen sent to General Forbes last
week ^ one Doctor Canson, by which will be Seen a State of what
was wanted for the five Companys of Captain Stone's, Capt. Boyd's,
Capt Clarke, Capt. Montgomery, and Captain Reed, as well as
what was wanted for the Seven Companys over Sasquebannah ; But
aa to the manner of all the Companys marching through Lancaster,
k how the Officers behaved, I can only Say I saw nothing amiss in
any of them, save that Captain Boyd's men refused to march away
for want of Arms and Blankets, &c., until compelled by Ma'» Ship-
pen, their Own Captain being Absent
I am with Respect,

Your Honour's Affectionate Fr',

& Most Obed< Humble ServS

EDW'D SHIPPEN.
Directed,

To the Hon"« Gov'. Denny.

4» PSNNSTLYANIA ABGHIVEB 17S8.

Conrad Weiser to R. Peters, 1758.

Reading, June the 21, 17^.
Sir,

The Second division of Waggons from the Connty of Bercls, are
now going off for Philadelphia, in order to load Stores of M'. Joso^
Howel's for the use of the Army, Commanded by his Ezcellency
General Forbes ; this division Consists of 26 Waggons, four more
are fiting out here, so that there will 56 good Strong Waggons from
this County in this Service ; Each Waggon is Complcatly furnish'
with four Able Horses, and an Expert driver, according to the direc-
tion of the Oen'l or Coll. Bouquet, all (but four) Contracted vohn-
tarily with me. I appointed over Each division a deputy Waggon
master, to Serve as Such till it Shall be otherwise ordered by the
proper officer or^ officers, both understand Smith and Wheelwright
work, their names are John Esher & Jacob Weaver, freeholders of
Beroks County; have the English & the German tolerable well; I
furnished them with money of my own, but have Since received by
order of Coll. Bouquet, thro' means of M'. Adam Hoops, my own
again, and what Else was wanting. May the most high prosper onr
Ux>ur with Success, is the hearty wish of,.
iJear Sir,

Your Most Obedient &

humble Servant,

CONRAD WEISER.

The township of Tulpohockin .famished 10 Waggons, and paid
Bounty money to Some. My Son, Fredrick^ and one of hb neigh-
bour, furnished one between themselves.
Directedy

To Richard Peters, Esq'.^ Secretary to the Government, in Phila-
delphia.

List of Names of Oheroeees and theik SiaNiFiCATioirs,

1758.

Weyesoug, or the Cold.

Heneley, or the Common-on-Instnunent to play with.
Hunnegurwisky, or the Bitter.
Sky Huga, or Travelar.
Nethsthouwewa, or Strieker.
Turturwiskey, or the Forsaken.
Necourragqua, or the Killer.
Kinnathshia, or the Company Keeper.
Keththakisky, or the Messengar.
Gugkonnosky, or the Drunker.
Hannechcharor the Comer Inn.
June 21, 1759.

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIYXS 1758: 43t

Lieut. Samuel Price to Gov. Denny, 1758.

Fort Allen^ Jane 29, 1758.
To the Honourable WILLIAM DENNY, E8q^, Commander in

Chief of the Province of Pensilyania, Kent & Sussex, on Delaware.
Honoured Sir :

This is Tinfinrm jon that King Teadeysonnk is arrived here with
Three Nations of Indians, and Tis a Comming to hold a Treaty with
Toar honour and Connci), and expects to be there in five days, and
bestres your Honour to meet him at Qearmantown, and the Rest of
the Gentlemen of the City, and to deatain the Chireykees Nation if
they be not gon, and hopes to Smoak some of that good Tobaoo
with yonr honour, that the Kings, the Fri^ds used to Smoak la
Former Says. Brother take Notice, when I come you will find my
feet bloody ; some body has staned our good Road with blood, but
I cannot tell who has done it. Brother, set and Smoak that good
Tobaeoo, and fix your Eyes on that good Road Till I Come. The
EingB Speech.

P. S. I have to Inform your Honour, that Captian Bull and
Ensign Qiiicksell set out on a Scout with 40 men towards the Mi-
mes nks and up the Mountains, and has not Returned as yet. This
is all at Present I have to Inform your honour of) but Remian your
hnmbie l^ervant to Serve.

SAMUEL PRICE, Lieutenant.
Directed, To the Honorable William Denney, Esq'. These, in Haste.

George Croghan to W. Denny, 1758.

Fort Johnson, 30 June, 1758.
Sir,

This day News came here, with a Belt of Wamptfm from the 6
Nations, that 20 Onondaga Indians were either taken or killed by a
Party of Englishmen, to the Southward.

I am inclined to beleive this story is an Invention of the French
to hurt our Interest with the Indians at this Crisis, but if it should
he true, I am earnestly desired by the Indians now here to write
yon & bee your Interposition, that the above Indians, if Prisoners,
may not be put to D^th, & that you will please to acquaint Sir
William Johnson with the truth of this affair as soon as you may
he informed of it ; he marcht yesterday to join Oen. Abercromby,
k I follow him to morrow with the other Division of the Indians.
I expect, in the whole, there will be near 400, amongst whom there
are some of all the 5 Nations.

I am, Sir, Most respectfully,"

Your most obed^ hum. Servant^

GEO. CROGHAN.

To the Honourable William Denny, Esq'.

480 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVBe 1768.

Levi Trump to Gov. Denny, 1758.

Fort Augusta, July y« !•*, 1758.
May it please your Honour :

I was favoured with your's of the 23' Ult% and agreeable to your
orders to me, I have begun to dig the Cellar for the 8tore bouse for
Indian Goods, but there is not Carpenters Tools here sufficient to
Com pleat the Building of the House. I have sent to the Commis-
Bioners a Copy of the inclosed List, which is of Tools wanting here. I
also inclose the return of this Garrison to your Honour. Cap^ Rob^
Eastburn & Cap^ Jackson arrived here the 20*^ Ult% with part of
their Companies. Thirty of their men, accord ng to orders, thej
left at Hunter's Fort, under the Command of Ensign Price Ihave
no Occasion to mention much about them, the return will shew tlie
State of their Companies.

We are in a great necessity for a Doctor, as We have a number of
Soldiers in Garrison now lying Sick.

I received a Letter from Lieu^ Colonel James Burd, dated 12^'
Ult<'., informing me that he had an account of a body of Freneii
that are Erecting a Fort at Shingladamush, and 'tis thought thej
design to attack this place ; and also, Colonel Burd ordered me t)
confine all the French Deserters that were inlisted as Soldiers, and
send them down under a Guard to Lancaster God, and instantly to
acquaint his Excellency General Forbes of the same, which I have
done. There are several Soldiers here whose times are expired and
have applied to me for Discharges, whom I have prevailed with to
continue doing Duty, untill I know your pleasure in regard to them.
Our Colours is entirely worn out, and shou'd be extreemly glad of
a New one, the Staff is 70 feet.

You mentioned in your last to me of six Lycenoes for Suttlan
being inclos'd^ which did not come to hand.
I am, with due respect.

Your Honour's most

Obed* Humble Serv*,

LEVI TRUMP.

P. S. Since I wrote the above, arrived here Nine Indians fron
W^yoming, sent down by Teedyuscung, with an Order from the Com-
missioners to get Indian Corn, but as there is none here at present
I've supplied them with Flour.

Directed,

On his Majesty'^s Service — To the Honourable William Denny,
Esq'., Captain General & Governour of the Province of Pennsjl-
vania.

Indorsedy — " Opened by me at Harris's Ferry, July 4th, 1758.
Jo. Fforbes."

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Colonel the Governor,
Liea^ Colonel James Bard, .
Major Thomas Lloyd,
Major Brigade Jos. Shippen,
' r Patrick Work,

David Jemeson, .
S John Hambright,
3 -l Levi Trump, • . . .
S* Asher Clayton,

Robert Eastbum,
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Pbteb Bard to Gov, Dbnny, 1768. ^

Fort Augastiiy Jalj je 1st, 1758.
May it please your Hqiioury

Your favour of the 21st past, was delivered me by Mr. Holland,
Agent for the Indian Affairs, who arrived here last Wednesday
Kvening, & observe what your Honour says with respect to supplying
such Indians as Teedyusoung shall direct with Provisioos, Indian
Corn, Powder & Lead, & conforming to the Orders you gave to the
Conmand'g Officer respecting the Indian Agent and his Deputy, b
continuing to supply the friendly Indians that come to Trade with
provbions, all which I shall punctually observe. Cap^ Trump has
rec' no orders from Colo* Boauet, or any other person, concerning a
flag to be used by our friendly Indians or our own People, neither
has any such flogs been sent here. Agreeable to your Honoura
Orders, I wrote down to George Allen, Master of the Batteaus, by
a man that went down yesterday morning, & acquainted him tbat
you had order'd me to take all the Batteaumen into the Service
again, & that they were to be paid by the General, and order'd him
immediately to set about collecting them together, but I understand
as soon as they was discharged, a grcat^many of them engaged with
8' John S^ Clair, to go upon the Expedition, some as horse drivers,
& others with waggons, &c. I don^t doubt but Cap^ Allen will pick
up a sufficient number of them ; it is not every man that is fit for
that service, they ought to be well acquainted with the river and
poleing ; I understand that Croston is expected this Night at Har-
risses, with a drove of Cattle ; a Party goes down from here to-
morrow, to Escort them & the batteaus up ; if the latter should be
re&dy & not wanted below to ferry over Troops, &c. ; but if that
should be the case, I have desired Cap*. Allen to git as many of
^ them as can be spared to bring u^ the Cannon, Powder, Ball, and
sundry other necessarys which is much wanted here, & has lay'd
there a long while ; when I was coming up, I ask't S^ Allen M'Clain,
who was then at Harrisses, if he could not spare four of the batteaus
to bring up some necessarys that was much wanted at Fort Augasta,
he say'd by no means^ as there was Troops, Baggage, &c., coming
daily, & that they must not be detained ; if the Battoes can't oome
up at present, the party is order'd immediately to escort up the
Bullocks, as so many men can't be spared long from this weak Gar-
rison; we have now about two hundred men here, seventy of them
came up with me, & is part of Capt. Eastbourn's & Capt. Jackson's
Gomp's ; thirty of their men was left at Hunters Fort, and what
' was here before we came, one hundred and twenty odd, are the
GuUings of the whole Battallion, and several of them sick & lame,
80 that we have but a very weak Garrison. Your Honour has doubt-
less, hear'd of the French building a fort uppon the West branch of

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758, 483

this river/ afc a place called SbingeladamooS; & b j a Letter Gap^
Tramp has ree'd from Col*. Burd^ wherein he aoquaintB him that
from the IntelligeDce he has had, he has great reason to believe the
French intends to attack this fort. I desired Cap^ Young to acquaint
jour Honour that there was neither Surgeon nor Doct' here ; sino^
which he informs me there is one appointed for us ; I hope he will
be here soon, as several of our Men are suffering for the want of one.
I believe Doct' Morgan left us but few drugs, as the shop looks very
thin.

Agreeable to your Honour's orders by Mr. Peters, concerning a
flag that Tedyuscung took from Bille Sock, I enquired of Cap^ Trump
wbiether he Knew how he came by it, he said he did not, that he
came here with his Brother & a Mohawk Indian man and a Squaw,
on the 26th of May, & brought with him three Cags of Rum, which
he said he got from the Inhabitants, but would not say from whom ;
he went away the next day, & said he was going to Tyahogah to see
hiB friends b sel his rum, that he should return here in the faul to
hunt; this is all the Conversation pasted between Cap^ Trump and
him ; but upon enquireing of Lieut. Broadhead if he knew any thing
about it, he informed me that ho was down at Hunter's fort, and se
Indian Jegra have such a flag as Mr. Peters in his Letter to me de-
scribes, and h^ thinks that ye word Union was wrote with Ink in the
middle of it, & Gapt. Patterson, the Commander of that Fort, in-
formed him that he gave them to Jegra ; Bille Sock, his Brother, &
another Indian was there at that time, and they all that Evening
went away together, and the next morning Jegra returned to the
fort, beet in a most cruel manner, of which he died the next day ;
Lieut. Broadhead isaw no more of the flag.

Inclosed is a report of the Stores to this day. I am,

Your Honours

Most Obedient Humble Serv*,

PETEE BARD.

P. S. — Just as I had finished my Letter, Nine Indians came hero
in two Cannoes from Wvoming, for Indian Corn, there is none yet
come up, they desire to have some flour for the present^ which shall
be given them.

To the Honourable William Denny, Esq'.
Vol. III.— 19

434 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

Gov. James Db Lancey to Gov. Dbhny, 1758.

New York, 3 July, 1758
Sir,

Since ten this morning I received a letter dated the 21 Jane,
froin a Frenchman in your Fort, whose name I can't read, pretend-
ing to be a Flag of Truce bound to New York, desiring I would in<
terpose for his discharge, and that he might have liberty to come to
this Port. As I am persuaded his design could be only for Trade,
or to make discoveries, I must beg the favor, that whatever yoa do
with him, you will not give him a pass to come to this place, there
being no Prisoners here for him to take back, as I have given per-
mission to a vessell to take off all that are here. I am, /
Sir,

Your most obedient and most

humble servant,
• JAMES DE LANCEY.

The Honourablo

Governor Denny.

Memorial of Joshua, a Christian Indian, 1758.

A simple and humble Bepresentation^of Joshua, a Ohristian In-
dian, in behalf of himself and the rest of his Brethren living in the
Neighbourhood of Bethlehem, dictated by himself, in order to infonn
his Hpnour the Governor of Pensylvania, of the Reasons of their
coming at this time to Philadelphia, and also to confirm their Decla-
ration of Friendship to the Englisb Govemmeut, made to the kte
Governor Morris.

When Tadegescung came to Bethlehem, July 2d, he sent one of
his men to us, with the following Propositions :

We should accompany him to Philadelphia, to hear what he had
to say there concerning the Peace.

To w**» we answered, we would consider of it. When we oona-
dered it, we found we are already in Peace with the Englidi, &nd
that we never had had war with them, and upon that we found it
unnecessary for us to go to Philadelphia. We only wish that Tade-
gescung may make a solid Peace with the English, so as we hit]ierto
have had with them, that would rejoyce us indeed.

He proposed also, we should have part in those presents he should
receive, in case we went along to Philadelphia.

PENNSYLVANIA AKCHIVES 1768. 485

To wbioh we answered, we desiie to have none. Give rather
those FMsente to each Indians as are still at war with the English,
perhaps that may tarn their Hearts, that they leave off murdering
the People.

A Third ^^position was, We are going down to hear whether the
Groyernor will let ns lire One Day, that is, One Year longer ; Per-
haps before the end of this year we may see better times.

In the Evening, Tadegescnng sent again for ns.. When we oame,
he gave ns a String, and said, I hereby take thee by the hand, and
lead thee to Philad\ Thou shalt hear all what I say.

Now I wonld have the Governor know the true Beaaon why we
come to Philadelphia, viz., what I mentioned above, and I hereby
declare our mind again, and confirm, that what we said in the be-
ginning of this war in an Address to the Governor; our hearts are
still the same, viz'., We love to live in Peace with the English, and
to dwell amongst them, and by this mind we intend to abide.

If Tadegescnng should speak any thing to the contrary of this, he
does not speak theNtmth; or if the Governor should have heard
Bomethiog else than this, we would beg the favour the Gwemor
would be pleased to inform us of it.

This is M Joshua's mark.
Bethlehem, July 5th^ 1758.

Rev. Joseph Spangenbbbg to 6ov.^ 1758.

May it please your Honour,

This is to lay before your Honour the critical circumstances of the
Christian Indians residing at Bethlehem.

They ask no Favour, than that they may stay here for the pre-
sent, and not be forced to go to the Susquehana to live there. They
love the Gospel, and having lived so many years to the Devil, like
the Best of the Heathen, they now fain would spend the rest of their
Days, in minding- the word of God. They have also this at heart,
that their children may'nt be ruined intirely by the abominable ex-
amples, which dayly occur among the Savages. On this account
they have put themselves in the beginning of the wars after Gna-
denhiitten was burnt, our People cruelly killd, and all laid in the
Ashes under the Protection of this Government. Govemour Morris
hath also engaged under his own Hand, and the Seal of the province,
that they are to 'enjoye of the same Protection, as all others of his
Alajesty's Subjects. They ever since have continued in Bethlehem,
demeaning themselves as a quiet People ; and we have endeavoured
At the same time, to acquaint them with the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
and to teach their children. And tho' they did not get any Help

43« PENNSYLVANIA AROHIVBS 17M.

from the Proyinoe for these many montlia; tb^ htye endeftvotfrod
to come thro' honestly, partly with their own work, partly with the
Assistanoe of the Brethren at Bethlehem.

They are not unwilling to live once at the Sosquehana; if onee
Peace is eatablbhd on a Solid Footing. Bat believing, that the
Troubles of war are not yet over; they oant agree to go ap, to live
with the Sanvages now. For they know, that they will be foieed,
to take up Arms with them against the English Qovemment if the
Troubles of war should continue, as probably they will as yet And
this is quite contrary to their heart and mind ; for they ever were,
and ever intend to be, Friends to the English ; so as they ha?e de-
clared themselves in dieir Letter to the late Govenrour.

Now I desire your Honour to consider, that the said ChiiBtian
Ludiaiis at Bethlehem have hitherto been many times of great 8er?ice
to this (Government, and that by their means many things otme to
Light, which were doing and intending by the Sauvagea.

May God lead your Honour by His wisdom, to act as His aena&t
according to His mind, and let you enjoye many happy yean, is the
wbh«f

Your Honours

Most humble and

most obedient Servant,

JOSEPH SPANQENBERG.

Bethlehem, Jul. 4th, 1758.

Directed.
To His Hon' William Denny, Esq'.

Timothy Hobspield to Gov. Denny, 1768.

Bethlehem, July 4, 1758.
May it Please your Honour,

Sir,

Last Sunday Teedynsoung came here with about fifty Indians,
escorted by two of Gap^ Bull's soldiers from Fort Allen, and as the
Indians was goine to Philad* I desired the Soldiers y* brought them
to conduct them downc, but they revised, sa^^ng their orders was to
brioff them to Bethlehem and no iurther.

I bcjj leave to mention to your Honour that I wrote to Cap* Bull,
to desire him that when any more Indians came to the fort and
wanted to go to Philad* that he would order the same escort he sent
with them to conduct them quite downe, as it would not onelj( save
Oharee to the Province, but spair us much trouble which Ind^ we
have had more than our share of.

PBimSTLVANIA ABGHIVES 1758. 487

Teejyiueoiig oame to me yesterday and desired I would order
some men to oonduol faim and Gompanj to Pbikd*; I procured the
Bearer Mr. Antony Smith. I pray it as a particular Fayour, in
Behalf 0^ the Brethren and my self, that your Honour would please
to send your Gomands to Gap^ Ball, that when any more Indians
comes he might give orders to his men to conduct them quite down*.

Here's a man in this Company who has an Indian Squaw for a
wife, has been an Indian Trader I hear for some years. I have
spoke with hiin, and find he has been amongst the Indians ever
since the Indian war broke out, he confesst to me he had been at ye
French Fort Niagara, and had traded at the place where Fort Du-
qnesne stands, but whether he has been there since the Fort was
built; he did not say.

I am your Honour's

most obedient^

Humble Servant,

TIMO. H0B8FIELD.
Directed,

(On His Majesty's Service,) To The Honourable William Denny,
Esquire, Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania.

$ Antony Smith.

Abtbbxisbmsnt ABAisBT Sbllikg Rhk TO Induns, 1768.

By the Honourable William Denny, Esq., Lientenant-Oovemor and
Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, and Coun-
ties oi New-Castle,. Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware. .

An Adyebtissmeiit.

Whereas a Number of friendly Indians, conducted by Teedyus-
cung, the Delaware Chief, are now oh the Way to this City, in order
to hold a Treaty with the Oovemment; and it is i^bsolutoly neces-
sary, for the well-doing and Dispatoh of Business, as well as Che
Preservation of Health, that they be debarred from the Drinking
Spirituous Liquors : All Persons, therefore, other than such as are
appointed to take Care of the Indians, are strictly enjoined and pro*
hibited^ from selling or giving any Spirituous Liquors to these
Indians. And if, contrary to Law, and after this publick Notice,
any Person shall be found selling or giving these Indians Spirituous
LiqQOTB, they shall be prosecuted with the utmost Rigour of Law.
All Persons are earnestly entreated to be observant, and give Infor-
mation to the Government, or some Magistrate, in case of Offence,
that the Offender may be immediately convicted and brought to
Justice.

488 - PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1768.

Giyen under my Hand and Seal at Arms, at Philadelpliii, tte
Fifth Day of Julj^ in the lear of our Lord 1758.

WILLIAM DENNY.
J9y Am Hbnouj^s Command^
BiCHARD PetebS; Secretary.'*'

Timothy Horsfibld to Gov. Denny, 1768.

Bethlehem, July 5, 1758.
May it Please your Honour,
Sir, * ^

' The Inclosed paper contaiiis the substance of what pass't betwixt
Teedyusoung and the Indians residing at Bethlehem, to prevent their
giving any offence to the Government, or to Teedyuscung and Com-
pany, Three of them namely Joshua, Johannes, and Benjamin^ nov
goes to Philadelphia, conducted by Joachim Senseman, to present
themselves before your Honour, when they may by word of moatfa|
answer any questions y* may be thought proper to put to them.
I am your Honour's

mosjt oBed^ Humble Serv*,

TIMO. HOBSFIBLD.
Directed,

(On His Majest/s Service,) To The Honourable William BenDji
Esquire, Governor pf the Province of Pennsylvania.
^ Favour of Joachim Senseman ' •

Jacob Kollock, Jun'r, to R. Peters, 1758.

Lewistown, July 5th, 1758.
Sir,

When at NewcastU Left some Papers consirning the Irish Tract
that the People was Distrawing as fast as they could, I shall take it
Exseading Kind if you will by the Bearer Mr. Thomas RobiflsoOi
send me word how far you have Proseaded Consirning the ai&ir,
your anser will much oblige

S' your most obed*

Hambil Servant,

JACOB KOLLOCK, JuN^
Directed,
To Richard Peatirs,* Esq''.^ in Philadelphia.

* From the printed handbill.

' PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758. 489

BRiGAWfiR Gek. Stanwix TO Gov. Dbnkt, 1758,

Albany, 5tli July, 1758.

Sir,

As I am pressed in point of time, thro' a desire of conveying the
iDclosed Intelligence, with all the Dispatch possible, I hope you will
Excuse my not sending you any Copies thereof; but that you may
not be depYived of being acquainted with their agreeable and well-
oome ContentSi (upon which I congratulate you) as early as in my
power, I have left them under flying Seal, for your perusal, which
when done, I am to request of you, to transmit them with all speed
te Brigadier General Forbes.

I ha?e the honor to be, with the greatest regard, sir.
Your mo9t obedient and,

most Humble Servant,

JOHN STANWIX.
Directed.

The Hon"« William Denny, Esq'.
Indorsedf

5 Jaly, 1758, Brig. Gen. Stanwix. Inclosing the account of the
Landing of the Forces at Cape Breton.

Conrad Wbisbr to R. Peters, 1758.

M'. Peters,
Sir,

If the Governor wont meet the Indians this Evening only to
Bbake hands with them, and signify his 'Satisfaction to see them in
town, and leave Business to other day when they are recovered frdm
their fatigue^ I will say that he does not act the part of a well wisher
to his Majestys people & interest, at this CrilAcal times. You may
let him know so, here ,is my hand to my saying so. I am. Sir, a
lojal subject^ and a well wisher to my Country. «

CONRAD WEISER.

Philadelphia, July the 6, at half an hour after five.

440 PENNSYLVANIA AKCHIVES 1758.

Extract of Christophbe Sowers News Paper, published
July, the 8th, 1758.

Germantown. General Forbas left the City of Philadelphia on
Frjday, the 30*i> of last month^ as have the last Highlanders,* wbo
are designed for the Expedition against the Enemies in the West

It is probable that the Printer of Germantown has been severely
accused by the malconted People at the General's as a great Offend-
er, who sined against the King, the Government, and this.Province.
It seems the General would prove the Fidelity he has for the King,
the Government and this Province. He sent on the Day of his De-
parture a written Command to the Printer by 14 Highlanders, that
^ he should be with the General by twelve o'Clock at the Tavern, the
Sign of the Buck, on Lancaster Road, and answer to a paragraph
inserted in his last News Paper ; tho' with snch moderation, that if
he vas willing to come by himself, the Detachment should go its
Ways, which was dene. The Highlanders went and arrived an hour
before him^. The General was scarce arrived, but he send for the
Printer in a private Boom, and read to him in the Presence of his
Honour the Governor the following Paragraph, translated in Eng-
lish, viz^

Some Days ago the Messengers who were sent to Tiediuskang
and the Delaware Indians returned to Philadelphia, who report that
Tiediuskung and his Party remain still attached to the interest of
the English, &c*., &c*.

Here he represented to the Printer, and said if that was not
wrote against the King, the Government and this Province f The
Printer made answer, that he believed he was charged unjustly, and
that the Translation was not entirely to his Mind and Words, and
that it was quite the Contrary with him to what he was /charged
with. For as he (thirty four years ago) came out of a poor Place
in this good Country, he wrote divers Letters to Germany which in-
ticed many People to come over to this Country, and those People
havo wrote too, and in ticed more ; and as he believes to be the
Cause of the Coming over of so many People, he thinks it to be his
Duty to Support the Wellfare of this Province by a good govern-
ment, and to maintain the Good Government as much as is in his
Power. The General said, I will believe you ; but a Person may
have a good opinion, and it may turn out bad notwithstanding.
Besides, that the General gave the Printer serious warning for
the future not to print any Thing against the King, the Gov-
ernment and the Wellfare of this Province, which the Printer

* The Highlanders here mentioned are probably Col. Montgomery's Regi-
ment, which arrived in Philadelphia in 10 Transports, from South Carolina,
under Convoy of his Mojestys ships Nightingale and Port Mahon, on June 6,
and were reviewed by Gen. Forbes on the 18th. See Penn*a Gazette, June
16, 1758, which says, ** the novelty of their dress, and manly and warlike
deportment, &c., was really a fine sight. *' When landed, on Jane 7tb,
** they marched to their Camp beyond the New Barracks."

PENJ^STLVANIA ARCHIVBS 1768. 441

promised to comply with, and more over offered^ that if there
was any Thing in the Charge which was not matter of Fact, he
woald amend it in his next News Paper ; But the General did
not point oat an article to the Contrary, and told the Printer to go
about his Boisness.

The General could not have requested any thing more easey for
the Printer, for he loves the King of England, he loves a good Go-
yernment, and if this Province prospers ne is a Partaker thereof.
That great Matter or Charge was heard^ explained, and decided in
three minutes without Cost.

After Dinner another Officer gave the. Printer privately to under-
stand that he hoped the Printer would recant, and not insert any
Thing in his Papers against the Expedition. But as he did not
point out what should be recanted, he promised to comply with the
latter, and he desires himself, that he may hear and write nothing
about the Expedition but what is becoming, good and laudable.

The Printer desires no ability to flatter great People } but he can
testify with truth to what Christian Democritus writes, that he found
more Sense, Prudence and Moderation with the red Generals then he
did with the black Ones. And if his Excellency, General Forbas,
meets with as much success in the present Expedition as he has
Sense, Zeal, Loyalty and Moderation, then ^he Expedition will soon
come to Issue, and we shall be able to mention some thing about
him Hero like.

We would have passed these Matters with Silenee, but as there
are so many perversed and Lying Stories said of it about the Coun-
try, and being daily and hourly a^ed, we thought proper to relate
the matter so as it realy is.

The Foregoing is a true and genuine Translation from Christo-
pher Sowers Paper. Witness my hand.""

PETEE MILLER.*

Resolution of Pbovincial Commissioners, 1758.

The Commtssioners taking into Consideration the foregoing Letter
of General Forbes to the Governor, and his Honours Letter to the
Board of the 8« Instant.
Besolved,

That Kettles, Canteens, Drums, Powder Horns & Pouches, Pick-
ers, Gun Worms, Turn Screws, Medicines, Bandages and Instrn*
ments, agreeable to the List enclosed in s' Letter from the General,
be forthwith procured & sent to Carlisle, with all possiblp Dispatch.

• See Colon. Reo. Vol. VII., p. 246, for complaints made by Conrad
Weifler against Sower's paper, and Bubmitted to Council, and which probably
gave rise to the foregoing paper.

19*

442 PENNgYLTANIA ARCHIVKS 1758.

N. B.

Spatterdasbes for the light Troop hate been some time sent np
with the Haversacks, & delivered at Carlisle, as appears from Cap*..
Byer^s Receipt to Joseph James Waggoner, by whom Pistols woald
also have been sent but could not be procured.*
Resolved,

■ That Persons be appointed at Philad*, Lancaster, Carlisle & SMp-
pensburgh, to superintend the Posts employ'd for the more oertaia
& regular Conveyance of Intelligence to & from the said several
Parts of this Province.

Extract from the Prov. Commissioners Minutes.

CHAS. MOORE, Clk.

July 7% 1758.

Enoinebr Rich'd Dudgeon to Gov.. Denny, 1758.

Sir,

Pursuant to an Order Received from Gen* Forbes, the 5** lust.,
I have been to Inspect the State of Fort Hunter, & am of Opinioa
that Stockading of it, & Opening & Deepiling the Ditch, according
to the Scheme left with the Commanding Officer there, will be su^
ficient to protect it against any Indian Attack. The said Command-
ing Officer, by the Gen>» Order, is to see the Work Executed, by ira-
ploying the Country People. But as it's apprehended he may meet
with difficultys in calling in this assistance, I am desired by the Oca*
to signify this to you.

I am, Sir,

Tour most obedient Serv*.

RICH'D DUDGEON,

Carlisle, 7*' July, 1758.
Directed.
. To the Hon** William Denny, Esq'., Governor of Pensilvania.

Papers Relative to Lotiisburg, 1758.

No. 1.— Extract op a Letter from a Merchant at Halifax
to Mr. Jo&eph Tttrner, Merchant, in Philadelphia.

<^ We are now, at the 20th June, in the Afternoon, the Defiance
M. W., just come in from the Fleet off Louisbourg, but as every
body on such an Occasion are enquiring after News, every thing that
is told is not to be depended on^ thus far I think may be depended
upon for Truth, that our Troops were landed in Cabarouse Bay, say
the main Body on Thursday, the 8th Instant, and a large Deiachment

* See Colon. Rec. Vol. Vm, p. 110.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1768. 448

was sent from CabaronBe Bay ronnd by Land to the Light Hoaae
Point, who veiy soon got Possession of the Batteries near or at the
Slid Light house or Lantbom Point, and made themselyes Masters
of it; those Troops were under the Command of General Wolf, and
Batteries were raising there to batter the Island Battery. The main
Body, which landed also at Cabarouse, drove every thing before
them, tfao' the Enemy were entrenched up to their Chins to oppose
our Landing, and .when this Ship came away, which was the 15thy
our Batteries began to play on the Town and Island Battery, and His
ihonght, that by this Time, we may be Masters of the Plaoe; there
are Five line of Battle Ships in the Harbonr, who most fall in our
Hands, as a good Lookout is kept at and off the Harbour's Mouth ;
the Enemy had demolished the grand Battery before our Troops
knded, for Fear of its fiilling into our Hands ', our Loss on Landing
was only one CaptP of Frazier's Highlanders, and one lieutenant of
the same, and as far as I can learn, not above 70 private Men, and
about 100 Sailors belonging to the Transports kilfed, wounded and
drowned in the Boats, as there was a great Surf run on the Shore.
I hope very shortly to give you the agreeable News of the Place
being taken, there were about 100 French taken Prisoners, made
presently after landins, and a great many Indians killed, and I am
told their Chief killed, abo several Indians which the Highlanders
took alive; they told them they did not understand scalping, but
chopped off their Heads. I am further told, that our People in Land-
ing performed wonders, and were intrepid, and tho' wet to the very
Grown of their Heads in Landing, marched up within Cannon Shot
of the QarrisoD, and marked out their Camp that Night."

No. 2. — CoFT OF A Letter from the Pilot of the Enoltsh
Admiral before Louisburq to his Friend at Halifax.

June ISth^ 175S.
Namure, Cabarouse Say :

I have the Pleasure to inform you of the noble action of our
Troops landing in the Bay called Comorant Cove ^ the French.
Thursday, half past four in the morning,, our Troops being all in the
Boats waiting for the Signal for the Boats to go on Shore^ the Kin*
nington was haled close on Shore, likewise Cap^ Taggett began to
fire for a Signal for the Boats to go on Shore, which was answered
bj the Kinnington's firing on the Enemy to cover their Landing.
Gap* Rowse, with several Frigates were haled in Shore at White
Point, where the great Strength of the Enemy were entrenched, and
kept a continual Fire on them ; they had planted at White Point
Twenty-Four Pieces of Cannon in Five Batteries, and a Bomb Bat^
tery of nine small Mortars. We suppose they had at White Point
and Oomerant Cove, each eleven hundred Men. The French cz-
pceted we should have landed the bettor part of our Forces at White

444 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVBS 1T68.

Pointy where their chief Strength lay, but, to their great I^if{KMit-
ment, the whole Bodj made to Gomorant Coye, where, wifeh the
utmost Difficulty we landed. The French reserred their Fire ttU
oat Boats had got within Forty Yards of their Cannon and Mntkefc
Shot, and the terrible Sarf that run on Shore looked as if the Mea
were to meet Death on both Sides. When the French began to floe
with their Cannon and Mnskets, it was like the roaring of Thunder
for five or six Minatea, but as soon as a handfdl of oar Bangers ^
Foot on Shore, eight in namber made a Salley in the entreacSmeata,
where they had their whole Strength of Cannon, and drove the French
oat of their Intrenohments, so these Men took four Pieces of Gannos,
there being four Ouns in the Battery; for whioh Action they have
the general Applause of all Men, as known to be the greatest Thing
done in the whole Landing. General Wolf commanded the High-
landers and Bangers, who were to land first. The General beha^
with all the Bravery a General could do, and jumped into the Water,
and with great Diffioulty got on Shore, and as soon as he sot one
hundred Granadiers on Shore, he fired on the Enemy with thdr
Bayonetd fixed, came close to them Sword in Hand, and soon put
them to Flight; and as General Amhurst was to follow Geneial
Wolf, General Lawrence, uneasy about landing, desired General Am-
hurst to suffer him to land before him, which he granted; Gkneral
Lawrence behaved extremely well, and 'tis the Opinion of those in
the Action, all the general officers and private Men behaved with
the utmost Bravery. Our Lou sustained by landing amounts to one
hundred Men killed and wounded. We do not as yet know them.
We have killed a great many Indians, and the Rangers and High-
landers give no Quarters to any one, and are scalping every where,
so you cannot know a French from an Indian Scalp. We have taken
four French Officers and one hundred Men with all their Cannon,
with some Ammunition and Tents. Our Camp reaches from White
Point to the- Grand Battery. Our Ships cruise so nigh the Ear-
bourns Mouth, that nothing can go in or come out. There is in the
Harbour Six Ships of the Line and three Frigates ; as soon as ire
can get our Cannon and Bomb Batteries up, we will try the French
Courage in the most extraordinary manner, and if that won't do,
shall go in with our Ships.

No. 3. — Copt of a Letter prom Alexander Colden, Esquiri,
TO A Gentleman in Philadelphia.

New York, July 8th, 1758.
Sir:

This Forenoon the Bearer hereof came Express from Albany with
the following agreeable News, viz^, June the 8th, our People landed
at Louisburg, the Enemy let them come within half Musket Shot of
their Entrenchments; and gave so furious and terrible a Fire from

PBHNSTLYANIA ASCHHrBS 1758. Hi

ibair gnat Oons and amall Arms, tlwt it was hardly poanble for Um
Men to. continae in their Boats, maiij of them were shot to PieceSy
aad several killed by their small Arms ; but, on a Bodv of Bangers and
Highlanders getting on their Islands, which they had forgot to coTer,
they immediately gave Oronnd, which gave oar Soldiers an Oppoi^
tanity of getting into the Cove, and taking Possession of their worka^
where tiiey found several Pieoes of Oannon, one of the Nnmbmr was
a 32 Pomder. Oar People foand the Bodies of 100 & odd French
BegnlaiB and Two Indians, which they scalped. Took S French
Offioers Prisoners, and 80 private Men. Took Possession of several
other Batteries that the Enemy had deserted, on finding we had
gained the Pass. Their Magasines of Powder, their Sutler's grand
Tent, for supplying their Army entrenched from Louisburg to where
oor Troops forced the Pass, fell into our Hands. The Soldiers got
2000 Loaves, several Bags of Bread, 100 Kegs of Wine, and as
masy of Brandy; they also got 700 Dollars, and several other
Things.

By the Entrenchment near the Water, our People found a 10 and
a 9 Inch Mortar, and about 800 Shells loaded, the one Iron, the
other Brass, and several Barrels of Powder. On seeing our Troops
from the Town, the Enemy burned ail the Suburbs, and fired several
32 Poanders at them.

Jane 9tfa. Oar Quarter Master General marked out the Ground
for an Engagement, which from the Bight to the left was three
Miles.

Jane 10th. A small Party from this Garrison were attacked bv
oar Irregulars, and obliged to retire with the Loss of B^ Men killed.

Between the 10th and 14th, a Party of 400 Men from the Gar-
men attacked our Piquet from the Woods, in which Skirmish we
killed 7 and took one Prisoner; we had 2 Men killed and Mr. Lilly,
of Hopson's wounded in the Shoulder.

Jane 10. Brigadier General Wolf marched with 2000 Men at
4 o'clock in the Morning, and took Possession of the Light House
Battery, which the Enemy abandoned, carrying off what Gannon
they were able and destroying the ifbst.

Jane 15. Two Six Pounders were sent and placed this Day in
the Centre of General Warburton's Regiment, on the Left of the
Line.

All Accounts agree the Works and Entrencfajnents of the Enemy
upon the Shore were so very Strong and well placed, that if the
Troops posted to defend them had done their Duty, it must have
cost us very dear to have driven them. Our landing with so little
lioss, it seems to be agreed on all Hands, was chiefly owing to the
landing of some of the small Bo its with the light armM Infantry,
Highlandera and Rangen, under the command of Major Scott, at a
Place which the Enemy thought pufficiently guarded by the Rocks
and a great Surf. These, getting Foot on Shore, came on the Ene-
my's Flank, who judged their numbera to be greater, and that they

446 PENNSTLTANIA ABCHIYBS 1758.

iiboold be cnt off from the Town, they immediately alMmcUmed Unir
Eotrenobments end betook themselves to the Woods and Town h
the greatest Oonfasion and Disorder. Several Parties of the Ehiemy
in the Woods daily oamo in, and surrendered themselves Prisonen;
and they learn from a Sergeant and Six men of Fraiier's Swiss Begi>
vient^ who deserted to us, that the greater Part of that Regiment
will desert as soon as they ean find an Opportunity. The Ships in
the Harbour hove short, and are preparing to run out with the fat
Wind. Sir Charles Hardy, with 8 Ships, is stationed at anehcroff
the Harbour's Mouth, and General Wolf has begun to erect a Bat-
tery on the Light House Point, to play upon them, if they should
offer to retire, and to endeavour to dismast them.

Col. John ARMSTRONa to , 1758.

Carlisle, 8th July, 1758.
Very dear Sir:

I received your favour with my Brother's 111 judged letter incWd,
together with a few lines to Major Jaminson.

I have the most tender Sympathy of your harras'd state of liUs,
and pity you more than any Man this day living, yet desire Sinoerdj
to thank God for your life & Usefulness at a time when Zeal, Ac-
tivity, Prudence and Probity is so much wanted. It is the hJbb of
the meanest of your friends to labour day by day under a fieesh Bl^
then without any near prospect of release, and* that under the dis-
advantage of a Slow mind & a Stammering tongue, we have tfab
both for Comfort and the Principal part of pay, namely, the Conse-
quence of Our Actions & a good degree of acquittance in our anxions
breasts.

I hope things will go on tolerably well as to our Main affair, now
the General is come; but tho' not being com pleat in necessarys, the
various Drafts and detaohments^o be made for the protection of the
Frontier and Support of the Chain of Communication, together with
many unforeseen difficulties that must occur upon the Convention of
such a number of undisciplin'd people, gives us very full employ.
The General has determin'd to leave near &ve hundred Men £i^
of Sasquehanah, to Garrison Augusta and guard the Frontier, a
Subaltern & 25 Men to attend the Governor, posted with you in
Philadelphia.

You desire the Beasons of George's sending down his Commiasioa ;
it was Owing to Sir John St. Clair's Ordering him in Arrest, on tfa4
Complaint of a Serjeant, (to whom George had given a Box on the
Side of the head for Some neglect or other,) without hearing George,
together with sundry blustering threats out of the Usual mode of
treating an Offioer*^this, tho' a matter with which Sir John Slioo'd

PENNSYLVAMA ASCHIVES 1758. 44T

not ha?6 troubled bim Self before I had besrd it, I put up yrhh, but
found that GeDtl'eman's rash and extraordinary maDuer of treating
the Officers of the new Levjs under my particulir Care & Command,
together with his ingrossing the detail of the Troops which belongs
to erery Colonel or Commander of a Core, that I was Oblig'd to
reflent the Condnot, upon which a Qaarrel ensn'd betwixt us, in the
Conne of which, Sir John, after appointing parson Barton to preach,
he Stop'd him again in the time of reading prayers, bat soon found
his Error, t he and the parson join their Forces to England. I'm
Oblidg'd to Stop giveing you this disagreeable detail. I hear the
General has made all this matter Sqoare, the' I hsTe.not had time
to Speak one Sentence to him on the Subjeot. Sir John is now very
Polite.

The Cap** Reed & Mount Oovery want Little but horn, hair & hoof,

. We have most of the Drafts made & Sent from this place

with the utmost dispatch : a Serj* and about 20 of Cap* McClung's
Company Mutiny'd on ace* of their Cap* being appointed to Stay at.
Some post — the Serj' only will be punish'd, but not with death I
suppose. I have yesterday, by Order of the General, wrote to Go-
Tcrnor Sharp for Sixty Blankets, we are extremely put to for Kettles,
and some Companys will be Oblig'd to wait their Coming from Phi-
ladelphia; Canteens also will be much wanted, and these the Men
vou'd buy, but can't get them.

About thirty-five Men, the best of each Company, are Drafted-to
go forward, and the residue to Stay upon the Eastern Frontier, and
Garrison some posts on th's Side Sasquehanah — this perplexing
Duty being near over, I expect Orders every moment to join my
own Battalion — ^in Short, our New Levys, all things Considered,
both do, and appear very well, except those high Genious's Reed &
Moantgomery, & the Men Drafted to Stay, who are in Sundry Com-
panys, none of the best . Reed is appointed to his own
Frontier; if he shou'd confine himself too much to his own borders
I hope the Governor will Castrate bim; as 'much cannot be expected
from his breed. Mountgomery is sent to Sbamokin. I have kept
fair weather wi)h all those people, and excused their foibles where &
when Convenient; the General is very well pleas'd-with most of
them ; 'tis three or four days since I began this letter, and &ve Sun-
dry tmies have I been oblig'd to lay it aside. I question whether
you'l understand over the half of it. I doubt not parson Barton
vill write you some very high Charge against me like Sacrilege, &o.
I have neither time. nor inclination to trouble you with a detail of
his Conduct, only that it is Still very extraordinary; for the Pub-
licks and your Sake, I have not Open'd his Conduct nor Character
to the 6eneral-^he is at present quiet, & I don't trouble my head
with hiin; he won't suffer himself to be Call'd a Chaplain to the
Battalion, nor act under the Governor's Commission, but has pro-
car'dM kind of Liberty from the General to go on the Expedition a
Voionteer. The Officers of the third Battalion has for themselves &

448 PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIVBS 1768.

Men, Ask'd of the General a Gbaplain of the Same Prinmpks&Dd-
nomination with themselves; the General has Order'd them to {Mtch
on whom they please, and he will appoint him ; they ask Bay, & iti
said he is gone to Maryland upon hearing he would not be appoiatei
Beatty is np at Bea's Town ; Steele sets Out this day or to-morrov.
I suppose ^e General will leave this plaee in three days or tiiere-
abont, t^is is the i2th Ins^ ; the General has promis'd, and Major
Jaminson has wrote, to have his Commission made Out for my
Battalion. Commissary Young is come np, and I belieye has de-
liver'd George his new Commissiou. I have rec* Mine, and Sluli
write the Governor before I leave this place. Your pangn^^h
respecting Mr. Hamiltion, is very agreeable.
I am, dear Sir,

with the utmost respect & Esteem,

Your very affectionate

& most Humble Serv^.

JOHN ARMSTRONG.
P. S. — ^Do not Shew this letter to any person.

Col. John Armstbong to Gen. Fobbbs, 1758.

Carlisle, 9th July, 1758.
May it please your Excellency, ^

In obedience to your Commands, I have, with the assistance of
the Provincial Field Officers here present, carefully oonsider'd your
disposition of the Troops for the defence of the Eastern frontier of
this Province, and am of opinion you have been as Liberal in regard
of Numbers, as it is possible to expect, without risqueing too mueh
the Expedition under your Command. . With respect to the Posts
assigned the several Detachments, if any thing be amiss, no doabt
Major Omd, who Commands in those parts of the Country, will in
his instructions, have full power to make such alterations as may be
most conducive to the good of the Inhabitants in their present cir-
cumstances.

It will be very necessary that Major Ornd, and all persons wbo
may have influence, strenuously advise the people on the Frontier
during the whole of the Harvest Season, to convene in pretty lai)ge
bodies, at such parts of the neighbourhood a^ may be most ooDTe-
nient to their Labour; in this situation, if they will act with Unan-
imity & Vigilance, a prudent distribution of the soldiers amonff them,
may prove very serviceable, by keeping Centinels arround their
working partys by day, and their places of Rest by night, which
method we know, by sufficient experience, to be far preferable to thai
of Patroleing ; but if the people refuse to assemble & join tofother,
such is the extent of the Frontier^ together with the lurking methods

WSNNSTLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758. 449

of the Enemj, that it is not any Dumberfl you can send will be able
to protect them.
I ani; S',

jour Excellencies

Most obedient and

most Humble Servant^

JOHN AKMSTRONG.
General Forbes.

JosBPH Shippen to Gov. Dbnkt, 1768.

Carlisle, 9th Jnly, 1758.
Honoured Sir :

By General Forbes's orders^ I have sent you a Ketnm of the dis-
position of the Pennsylvania Troops,'*' ordered to different Posts for
the Defence of the Eastern Frontiers, where Major Omdt is to com-
mand, £ to make such necessary alterations as the circnmstancea
may require.

I shall take particular care to transmit your Honour a Return also
of the Troops to be stationed Westward of Susqnehanna, from Car-
lisle to Ray's To jtn, as soon as the IXetaohments are made for that
purpose.

The BUnkets which the Commissioners sent up for the new Levies^
have been all distribated among them ; yet Capt. Sharp's Company
still remains unprovided with that article. The General therefore
expects they will as soon as possible order up Fifty-three Blankets
for that Company, & a number of Camp Kettles & other necessaries,
which are very much wanted for the Troops; agreeable to a Return
made last week by Col. Armstrong to Gen'l. Forbes, w'ch he re-
ceived at Barney Hughes's, and from thence transmitted to you ^
Express.

I am, with great Esteem, ^

Your Honour's

most Obedient

humble Servant,

JOSEPH SHIPPEN.

P. S.— There will be wanted about 90 1:ettles & 58 Blanket &
Canteens for 9 Companies.

Directed.

On His Majesty's Service, To The Hon»'« William Denny, ^'.,
Oovemor of the Province of .Pennsilvania.

* Not found.

460 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVBS 1758.

Major Halkbtt to 1768. '

Gamp at GarliBle, 9th July, 1758.
Dear Sir, '

You are extremely good for yonr long letter to the Qeneral, for
which every body here joins with him in thanks, but as it has Men
upon me to acknowledge the Receipt of it, knowing how great a pro-
pensity that I have to writing long letters, I hope von do not expect
that the answer is to be in proportion. I shall therefore acqaaint
yon, that we arrived here in &ve days from Philadelphia, since which
the General has been obliged to go through a great deal of Rideing
and walking, in Reviewing and forming the Provincials, from which
he has not foand the least inconveniency, bat on the contrary has
recovered him greatly, and reistablished his health more than I have
seen him since his coming to the Continent. Yesterday be made
the Detachment of 15 men from each of your 48 Gomp'ys, for the
protection of the Frontiers, & to keep the communication open to
Reastown. Major Shippen has orders to write to the Governor, k
send him a Return of the Disposition that General Forbes has made
for their defence ; they march the day after to-morrow, but how we
are to get the remainder up the Country with us, is more than I can
see, for several of the Companies want Kettles, Canteens, Blankete|
&c. The General Reviewed the Light horse yesterday, & tho' he
never expected that the Commissioners would discharge their datj
to the service as they ought to have done, yet he could not have be-
lieved that they would have impos'd upon it so much as they have
done, by providing such trash for the Light horse, most of their ao- ,
coutrements being rendered useless already. I am, in hast, Dear
Peters,,

Your^most obedient,

humble Servant,

FRANCIS HALKETT.

P. S. — The General has given the Express the Indian Colloursto
carry down to you.

Rbv. Thomas Barton to R. Pbtbrs. 1758.

Re\r« dear Sir, *

I receiv'd your Letter with the Commission, for which I heartily
thank you. I am sensible your prayers & good wishes attent me, &
I assure you I shall always endeavour to deserve them. I have the
success of the present Expedition much at heart, & shall think my-
self happy if I can do any thing in my little sphere to promote it
Dangers, Fatigues, Discouragements & Opposition, lexpect to meet

PENNSTLYANIA ABGHIYBS 1758. 451

with ; bat where the Honor & Interest of the Charoh of England
aie ooncern'd, nothing shall deter me.

Id such a Cause & upon snch an Occasion, it might be expected
every honest good man would countenance & encourage ns ; but to
mj great concerUi I am oblig'd to inform you that much pains hath
been taken to prevent my going. And to carry the Point, both the
Church & I have been insultecl. I assure you, my Reverend and
worthy Friend, that the unhappy circumstances of the Army and
Country have been long an argument with me for screening from
you & the Society the Discouragements & Opposition I have from
time to time met with in the discharge of my duty in this Place ;
and lest the present affair should have the least tendency to injure
the Expedition, I shall defer the Explanation of it to a future day.
Power in the hands of Bigots & Enthusiasts, is a dangerous weapon,
& I hope upon my return I shall be able to give you an instance
of it. I am quite divested of anger or prejudice, & what I have said
to you, is the result of cool Deliberation, & can be dbnfirmed by every
person here. The old Presbyterian Ministers & Congregations in
l)oth Counties, have highly resented the treatment I have met witlr,
k have drawn up a handsome paper in my favor, which will shew
the world that I am not quite unusefol in my Station, and that my
being a Minister of the Church of Englahd^ is the grand reason that
I am discouraged & opposed.

I am oblig'd to the Governor for his Commission, but am sorry
that it subjects me to the power of a Man, who has already shewn
himself an enemy to that Cause which I am bound by every Tye of
Conscience, Duty & Inclination, to support. I am well pleiu'd how-
ever, that I am appointed for the 3d Battallion. As the Gentleman
who has the oonimand of it supports the Character of an honest wor-
thy man, I promise myself much Satisfaction with him ; luid if a
faithful discharge of my Duty can recommend me to him, I make no
doubt but I shall receive all the encouragement he can give me.
S' John S^ Clair, I am persuaded, will stand by me. In Captain
YouDg, I expect to find a good friend ; and many of the Officers nave
promised to do every thing in their Power to make the Expedition
as agreeable to me as possible.

Soon after the General's arrital, I received the following polite
Letter from him, viz. :

"Sir,

" I am sorry to find that the Troops' of the Communion of the
''Church of England, are not properly provided with a Clergyman
" of their own Profession. '

" In consequence therefore, of your laudable zeal for the Service
'' of your Ring & Country, & of your truly, commendable inclination
'' of d^harging your ministerial and Episcopal duty to the Troops
<< under my command^ «

452 PENNStliVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

^Yon are hereby invited t authorized to the Bischamof all
" Ministerial fuDctions belonging to a Clergyman of the C%aroh of
'' England, amongst the Troops under my Command. And aB ft
'' sundry, are hereby order'd and required, to pay all due Reverence
" & Respect to you & the Reverend fanotions you are invested with.
'< And be assured. Sir, that in all places & at all times, the Clergj-
'< men, & thdse of the Church of Enghind, shall always be properly
" encouraged & protected,
^a am, Rev* Sir,

'< Your most obedient &

''Most humble Serv't,

"JO. FORBES.
"Carlisle, July 9th, 1758.

« To the Rev« M'. Barton, of Carlisle."

. Without all this Encouragement, Nature, Honor, & Zeal, Patriot-
ism would have influeno'd me to go in spite of every Opposition. I
intend to set off to-morrow, & I hope my next Letter will convey
you the agreeable news, that the Ohio is ours.

I wish you, D' Sir, all health & happiness, & am, with the an-
cerest Friendship and Esteem,
Your ever grateful and a&ctionate humble serv*,

THO. BARTON.
Carlisle, July 18th, 1758.

Rev* M'. Peters.

Report of thb Committee to Audit and Examine thb
Accounts of thb Commissioners, 1768,

Directed to dispose of the £100,600, granted to the King^s Use *
by an Act, intituled '^A Suppliment to the Act, intituled an Act
" for panting the Sum of fiizty Thousand Pounds to the King's
<< Use, and for Striking Fifty-five Thousand Pounds thereof in Bills
" of Credit, and to provide a Fund for sinking the same, and for
'^ granting to His Majesty the Additional Sum of One Hundred
^ Thousand Pounds."

Report that we have carefully examined the said Accounts, and
do find, as well from the Commiss" Orders drawn on the Trustees of
the General Loan Office, as from Accounts, Keccipts, and other suffi-
cient Vouchers produced to us, that not only the whole Snm of
£100,000 aforesaid, (ezlfept Eight Thousand Pounds deposited in the

PBNNSTLVANIA ABOHIYES 17&8. 458

Hands of M^ Joieph Fox for ereedng Bameks, not yet aooountod for,
as the Barracks are not oompleated,) has been carefully and frngaUy
laid out for the Eliog's Service, and to no other Use or Purpose what-
soever, but that some of those Gentlemen were upon that Act con-
siderably in advance for the Publick.

And as your Committee have not at this Time Opportunity of
stating a particular Account, agreeable to the Usage of former
Assemblies, We pray an Order may be given to the Trustees of the
General Loan Office, that from the Orders drawn by the said Com-
missioDers they make out an Account of tbe said £100,000| to
whom paid, and to what Uses Appropriated, as expressed in the
above mentioned Orders^ that the same may be published with tbe
Votes of this House.

BooER Hunt,
Daniel Bobebdeau,
' Jno. Hoeton,

TflOB. YOHKE,

Bioh'd Peabns,
Wm. Plumstbd.

Indoned,

Report on tbe £100,000. Papers belonging to the Houses & for
tbe year 1758.

Gov. Bernard of N. J. to Gov. Dennt, 1758.

8',

I am much obliged to you for your care in giving me tbe earliest
notiee of this new Indian inv&sion. I hope the commanding officer
on onr frontiers has been advised of it time enough to prevent their
designs. I shall give him farther advise of it.

I have cautioned M'. Bead against M'. Bathd's application ; but
We think tbat as the condemnation is in your province he cannot
apply to us for the register.

. I find I must attend tbe Treaty at Easton, which, according to
onr Indian Messengers, will be the next fall moon, that is Sep. 17/
Should not Gov'. De Lancy be invited thereto P I send you a Copy
of the resolve of our Assembly on that Subject, by which you will
perceive that I shall bave nothing to do there but to reneat my pro-
fessions of the good disposition of our province to cultivate peaoe
with the neighbouring Indians, & to do justice to all who have any
real cause of complaint againt us.

I have ordered a Oopy of all our proceedings with the Indians to

454 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1768.

be made for you ; bat could not get it to send by the beaier. I
will take care to have it sent this week.
I am, S',

Y' honour's most obedient^
humble Servant^

FRA. BERNARD.
Burlington, July* 10, 1758.

Resolvedj that this House will Support the ezpences of the pre-
sent negotiation with the Minisink Indians, and of his Excellency's
journey to Easton, at the approaching treaty. ^^But that this pro-
vince will be at no expence respecting presents to the Indians, or to
the Support of general treaties, otherwise than as the Same maj
contribute to the returning such captives as have been taken from
this province, engaging the Indians to cease from hostilities, & giving
Sufficient Security of their doing So themselves, and as much as lies
in their power preventing others, and doing them justice respecting
their lands, if it appears they have any complaints against this
province.f

Directed. — ^Gov'. Denny.

Minutes of the Provincial Commissioners, 1758.

Philad*., July lOlh, 1758, 6 o'Cl'k, A. M.
Presmit:

John Mifflin, Lyndford Lardner, ) j^ ..^

Joseph Fox, John Hughes. J iJ-squires. ^

The Gentlemen present taking into Consideration the Oovemor^s
Letter of Yesterday respecting the Indians now in Town,

Resolved, That, a Present, not exceeding the Sum of £150, be
made at the Public Expence to the said Indians, & that William
Logan & Conrad Weiser, Esquires, be appointed to purchase k col-
lect Such Goods for that purpose as will be most acceptable, k
deliver the Same to them.

Extract from the MinuteSi

CHAS. MOORE, Cl'k.

* By the iodorsement this is said to be a mist«ke, and should be AugutL
t See p. 841, 846.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1768. 456

John Millsr to Richard Peters, 1758.

Honoured Sir,

I was a gobd deal uneasj to be charged with not doing my Dutj
respecting the Horses and Waggons wanted for his Majesty's Ser-
yioe, when it was the very contrary. .

Mordecai Thompson & Bartholomew called here as they

went up. I asked him how he could inform the Oovemor that I
had refused to Assist him in getting Horses, &c., he denied that ever
he made any such Information, and. Signed a Paper, the Copy of
which you have Incbsed. I hear a good Many of their Waggon
Horses died as they went back ; I have two good Horses yet to put
in, so that if any Body comes up with Horses k would call, I could
then Turn them into the Gang to be drove up with the Others.

Crops of all kincis look weU in this Quarter. The Troops are all
passed in high Spirits, and none ever Marched this Road that gave
more, or indeed half as much Satisfaction to the Inhabitants, as the
High Landers did. Cap^. Young call'd as he went up, quite hearty
and well ; an Express from the Governor to Oen'. Forbes is gone up
I hear; the Messinger lodged at my Father's last Night. I hear he
brings good News from Louisburg. • > ' ^

If it had been Possible that I could have done more for the
Service than I did, I should have thought it my Duty, Interest, and
Honouc to have done it, & am.

Sir, Your most Obedient, h'ble Serv^

JOHN.MILLER.

Church Hill, 11th July, 1858.

You'l percieve I live at a more Kilegeous Place than formerly, no
less than at Church Hill, as I've built a House, & now live in it,
JQst opposite S*. John's Church, Pequey, & on the Same rising
ground the Church is built on, & a very fine Airy Place it is this
Warm Weather.
Directed,

To Richard Peters, Esquire, at Philadelphia. ^ Post.

James Young to B. Peters, 1758.

Camp at Carlisle, 12th July, 1758.
Dear Sir,

All is hurry here, not without some confusion, most of the Forces
gone, the Train goes to<lay; the Grand Randiv. to be at Reese^
town ; many of our new Officers behaves very ill, and great Com-
plaints from the men that they have not received all their B^tmty,

456 PENNSYLVANIA ABGHIVES 1758.

&c., partiouljr Capt. Montgomerie, and has not the monej to give
the men, he is sent to Augusta with Draughts from this; Jaeucm
and Eastbum comes here ; no intelligence from the Westw'. SoTenl
of our men have deserted from Beese town; most of us in good
healthy some few have Lazes; Excuse hast from
AS^ friend an^ most

Obed* Serv*,

JAS. YOUNG.

The Ocn^ will go in a few dajs.
Directed. — Rich*. Peters, Esq'.

InDUN OoNFEBBNCBS IK PHILADEL'Ay JULT, 1758.

Philadelphia, the 6th July, 1758.

The Governor being infbrmed that Teedyuscung and Fifty Indians
were come as far as Germantown, in their way to this City, Mr. Lo-
gan, Mr. Peters and Mr. Weiser, by his Honor's order, met them,
presented his Honor's Compliments and then conducted tJiem to
Town.

At a Conference held at the State;House, Friday, 7th July, 1758.

PassENT:

The Honourable William Denny, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor;

William LoaAN, Joeoiph Turner, l Esaaiiw.

Thomas Cadwallader, Richard Peters, ) ^

Indians :

TEi;DTU8CUNa, King,
Taquakawhannah, Teedyusoung's Son,
KooTANiOKHOB, Captain Harrison,

TsPISCAHUNa,

Mawmesoholind,
Nawnaohis,
Nawhachulind, Tom Bvans,

MlOMAOWICKWA,
WlWEMUOKWEE,

Chepslttnottenawnehink,

* In the Col. Reo. of this time is a blank of 6 pages, which it is probcble
those minntesy (Vom 6th to 12th July, were desigaed to filL

Mohicooiui,

PEHNSYLTANIA ABCHIVES 1758. 457

B880WEYOWALTEND, al» Daniel^
Weumighyhunk,
pokonshsoly^
Akalawellnind^']

EoOTAmCKUND,

PiSQUETUND,

S[£IKIU80UNDy

AwAWN008j Pazinosa's Son^
Apisoawa, a Minisink IndiaDi

KOOTAMACH,

Weinawamack,
Aquahamit,

HONNIS,

and several other Indians.
The Governor delivered the following speech :

Brother Teedvnsonng; and you my Brethren now present —

YeBterday I sent two Oentlemen of the Gonncil and the Provin-
cial Interpreter to meet yon at Germantown and to conduct you to
this old Council Fire.

I noW; in behalf of the Inhabitants of this Province, by this
String of Wampum, bid you heartily welcome.

€hive a String. •
Mother:

As 1 am assured you oome on Business of Importance, in the
fint place I with this String wash the Sweat off your Body, and wipo
the dost out of your Eyes, that you may rest easy, and see your'
Brothers with a clean and chearful Countenance.

• ; A String,
Brother :

As you come thro' thick dark Woods, where many Bushes nxki
prickly Bryars flrow that may have hurt your Legs, I witii this
String pull out the Bryars and anoint your Legs with healing salve,

A String.
Brother :

With this String I wash all bitterness and dust that may stick
in your throat, and I clear the Passage from your heart to your
month, that you may speak openly and freely whatsoever you may
have to communicate to me.

A String.
Brethren :

As you must be tired with your long Journey, I desire you will
take your rest to-day, and as you havo informed me that you will be
ready to speak to me to morrow morning I will with pleasure attend
yon.

Vol. m.— 20 ^

48» PBNN8YLTANIA AKCmTBS VfSS:

At a Conference held at the Stdte Hoose^ Satordaj, 8 Jalj, 1758.

Present :
The Honourable William Denny, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor.

William Logan, Richard Peters, \vsa '

Lynford Lardner, Thomas Cadwallader, | '=*h"*'®8.

The same Indians as before.

Many of the Inhabitants of the City of Philadelphia.

The Goyernor acquainted the Indians, that, agreeable to his ap-
pointment, he was come and ready to hear them.
Brother and all Brethren present^ take notice what I am goiDg to

say.

Brother :.

I am really very glad you bid me welcome to your House, and
have shook Hands with me. I take it very kindly.
Brother :

Here I stand in Our House. Oar Fore&thers have pitched upon
this House and held in it good Councils. I brought the same wiiig
with nic that th^y used. It is yet in my hand, in order to Sweep
our House. When our Grandfathers used to hold CouncU in this
House they kept it dean. It is but of late that it has been made
dirty. I now with this Wing remove all the Fiithiaess and dirt out
of it. I throw it out before the wind.

Four Strings of Wampum.
Brothers: #

After I have swept this House clean with the Wing and I see my
Brothers sit, it puts me in mind of our Foiefathers and my Brother
William Penn, they used to hold good Councils here.

Brother :

After seeing you^sit in Council, as I know many times that the
Wind blows and may. throw dust in your Eyes, I take & wipe yoai
ftioe and olean all the dust away that you may see me clearly.

After I have done this and wiped all clear oSy 1 take what our
'Girandfalhers commonly used, a Soft Feather and Oyl and anoiat
your Ears inside & out side that you may distinctly hear and ande^
stand what I have to say to you.
Brother,

Perhaps some of the dust may have got down your throat into
your Heart, I do therefore now remove it entirely away, and throw
it before the Wind, and shall leave nothing there but what is good,
and what the Almighty has placed there, that you may hear, under-
stand and remember it, and that you and your Grand Children may
likewise understand and remember every Uiing dearly.

Four Strings.

MSK N8TLTASIA AKCOIVES 1768. 46©

Now Brother tike good DOlioe of what I am going to Bay.

Yon maj remember you told me wheD yon looked np onr Road,
70a saw Bashes and Orass grown up in it, and said yon would take
the Bodies & Graas all away.
Brother :

After yoQ hare made our Road clear, (and I see it is pretty clear)
I take hold of this Nation that sits there ; it is the Unamie Nation,
poiDtiDg to Keekcuscund, also the Mohiccon, pointing to Gootamech,
and bring them down. Also here are two Indians from the Allegheny,
who oame to hear and know what you and I have to say to one an-
other.

Onr Grandfkthers used to keep tliis Road very clear. I now stand
here and tell you that I will keep it also clear. As many logs have
lately fallen oroos the Road, I will take both my hands and use my
utmost strength to remove them, so as our young Men can pass back-
wards and forwards safely. '

A Belt of Six Rows.
Brother:

Yon must not think that I yOur Brotber only speaks to you- from
mj Lips and from my Mouth. All other Brothers hear me what-
ever I tell yotty I do really speak it sincerely from my heart You
know if we speak from our Hearts, Brotber, our Children and
Grand Children will have the Benefit of it hereafter. When we
meet we should always speak from our Heart, so as we, whilst we
lire, and our Children after us may all have the Benefit of it.

Whenever we hold Council together, if we speak that which k
good and from our Hearts, all the Nations who hear us^ let them be
what they willj will pay regard to it.

A Belt of Seven Rows^
Brother:

Yoa may remember we got this man, pointing to James, to carry
Messages up. After he had delivered the Messages to the Indians
at Alkgheny, the AUeghenians said, well. Brother Teedyuscung,
now we hear you. But you have at present only pressed the €kass
down, and beni the Bushes a little on one side, so as to make a small
Boad just enough for me to see you at a distance. And likewise I
see my Brothers the £nglisL This makes mo think of the place
where I was bom, down the Delaware. Now I tell yoU| Teedyus*
cung and Brothers the English, I would have both of you press on*

Two Belts of Seven Rows.

Brother:

The AUeghenians said further, I am really very well pleaeed thai
I can look and see you and our Brothers the English, that yon
thought of that same good Tobacco and Pipe, which our Grandfath*
eiBuaed.

Now joa have sent me that good Tobacco and a Pipe, I have
smoked it, I feel it goodj I feel it all over.

460 PBNNSYLVAMA AJWHIVBS 17W.

Now after I Iiave smebei it^ BioiJuv Teedyoictag nd Bntben
UxQ Bnglish, I would have you praflB oa ia the good work of Vrind-
ahip as you have begun*

A smaU White Bek of Bis Bmti.
Brothers :

ThiS; our Messenger, who went to Allegheny, and ileliyevod the
Message there, The Alleghanians tell me, Brother Teadyoacsoff and
Brethren the English, I tell you both, We heard yoa « little k b&(
Tery little, the Reason is you have not spoak loud enough, but we
have beard you a little, very little.
Brother :

Stnoe they, the Allegheniaiis, have put ft on you and me to preBs
oa and to make Friendship, let ttB press heartily on and act be dii-
oouraged. I am- weak you told me you was strongs but tho' I am
low and weak I will aot to the utmost of my power, and I will put
both my Hands to the Work so that all the Indiim NatioBS sball
hear us.
Brother :

I dost only press you cm a lone, but I say, let us both press on
together; and if we press on heartely, and with all our might, tlie
other Nations will hear us, and then we shall see some of our Friends
that are among them.

A loog Belt of Six Bows.
Brother:

You may remember, some time ago, I told you I woud use some
Medt<^nes to heal yon whiere the French have wounded you. The?
have been the cause of the Wounds, The Boys have done it I
bring that Good Medicine which God has provided, and which our
Forefia^ers used. Now I take off the plaister to see whether the
Wound be quite healed,' & if it is not healed I put on another Plais-
ter, that it may be healed in such a manner as it thcM aever so
break out again.

A Belt of Five Bows.
Brothw :

You may remember you told me, when any body has a Father, a
Child, a Brother, a Sister, a Grand Child or Belation taken awsy
from him, when he rises up he will every morning be thinking of
them, be troubled in his Heart, and will jvant to see them.
Brother :

Now, as soon 'as ever I coud lay hold on one of our Belations, I
laid hold of her and brought her to you. It is true there is another
whke Man come along with me, but is not under my Care. He
lievjer was a Prisoner. He is his own Master,, and may go where he
pleases. I dont deliver him' up. I have nothing to do with him,
neither do I know what he has been doing, nor what he is. He has
aft Indiati Wife to' whom he has been married these Ten Tears.
V. 4r Strings of Wampum.

Utten TeedJTBBorag too): a Tmmg Woman hj the band, called
Sarah Beoker, who was taken PriBoner above tiie M iaiemkB, and
dettf«fed her to the Governor.

The Oovemor^ after taking the young Woman by the Hand and
weloeauig b» bsmief told Teedyweong he was obliged to him for
bringing down this Yonng Woman, and hoped he wrad nae hm «»>
deavoon to faring in many more.

Teedynaeong then eoneluded Baying, Brother and all my BrethreB,
Yon haTe heard now what I hare had to say. I hare now fimahed $
I wen'd have yon oonnder what ia saidi and woad have you be very
brief in doing it, that these Two Alleghenians may go hclinei qniiUy
to . cufy an Acconnt of what we say to one another.

The Governor replied —
Brother:

I think as yon do, that these Allegheny Messengers shond i^tnm
as sooifas possible, I will thereforb consider what is said^ and give it
all the dispatch in my Power.

At a Oonfbrenoe held in the State Hon^e with Teedynsenng and
tbe Indians, en Tuesday, the 11^ of July, 1758.

HUESTOT :

The Governor, the Comieil, the Indians, and a great number of
the Inhabitants of the City of Philadelphia.
The Governor spoke as follows :

Brother Teedyuscung^ I am going to j^ve you an Answer to yonr
Speeches.

I am yery glad you still remember the many good Councils that
have been rormerly held in this House. Of late it has grown dirty
and wanted cleaning very much. Ton therefore did well to bring a
Wing with you to clean it. Li this I heartily join with yon. £et
OS search every bole and oomer, and sweep the Oonneil Chamber
carefully. Let there not remain the least dirt, bnt let us gather it
together and throw it into the Wind that it may all be blown awi^,
and that We may hold good Councils in it in the same manner oar
first Proprietor, William P^, used to do, and our Ancestors, after
his good Example.

A String.
Brother : -

It^ gives .me great plewnire that, notwithstanding the Storm We
have had this last Spring, in which several large Logs fell across onr
fioad, yon find openings sufficient enough to pass thro' with so many
of onr Indian Brethren, and that yon kt our old Friends from Ohio
go safe thro% for which I thank you very heartily. Let that Bead
always be opened, and never more stopped a^. I give yon this Belt
of Wampnm to assure you of my best assistanee in keeping that

4flt pennstlyaull aboditis ina,

Bottd opeii) iind joitt both tny Hands io yovs in «b» good Wtrk.
This Bolt ooafirmB mj Wordo.

ABA.
Brothor:

I muoh appToye of your SontimoDts, with regpeot to an open wA
vnreaerYod Sinoerity to bo osod, when we Oouncil together. Both
Qod above and all good Men below hate fiilsehood. What yoaaaj,
tlierefore, is very agreeable. This Belt assures you that the Got-
emment and People of Pennsylyania speak from their Hearts, tad
that you shall ever find them aot faithfully np to whatever they
engage to do at their Council Fires.

ABelt.
Brother :

I am very glad to see onr Friend, Welimeghyhnnkj alias JameBi
pafe returned from OhiO| and that our proceedings for the Establish-
ment of Peace, tho' those Indians had only received confused and
slight Accounts of them, were agreeable, and made so strong an im-
pression upon their minds as to recal into their remembrance the
place of their Birth, and to raise in their Breast an Inclination to
return to their old Friendship with us. I assure you nothing wood
please me and the People of this Province betteri than to see oar
Countrymen, the Delawares, again well settled among us.

The sight of these two Old Men, who are known to many here,
^ives me great pleasure, and their Advice to ns both to press on,
shows a ffood disposition for Peace. I'on know that between yoa
and me the Peace has been concluded Twelve Months ago. And I
was in hopes, before now, that it was well known to those on the
Ohio, but as these two Friends say, they were ignorant of it when
they came awaj, they did well to come, that they might see ua Face
to i'ace, and hear us with their own Ears, from our Mouths eve7
thing that has passed.

Brother :

■ You know we have no Secrets, We desire to h>ive none. All thst
IS done by us was transacted openly, and intended for the use and
•benefit of all the Indians, who have been unhappily Seduced by the
Instigation of the French, to separate from us.

Hearken you my Brethren from Allegheny, I am going now to
speak to you. Teedyuscnog joins with me in giving you the satis-
faction of hearing from our own Mouths the Substance of what baa
been transacted between us at our Council Fires.

Ton will please to give a close Attention, and fix in your minds
and publish it to all your People when you return home.

As soon as this Government was made acquainted by the Six
Nations, that at a great Council, at Onondago, held between them
and the Delawares, they acknowledged their fault in striking their
Brethren the English, and were inclined to lay down the Hatohet,
Messengers were sent to Diahogo^ to enquire into the Truth of it;

PBNNStLYANlA ABCBIVES 1768/ 4et

tad V it riiould be fonnd irvie, the Delawarefl i!ia*e irera desired M
come, and let us know it from their own MouthS; and eoficert with
ns sieaBuree for the establishment of a Peace.

It was fortnnate that onr Brother, Teedjnscnng, was then at Pia^
^^^ r f^^f *^ ^is Indance, a Council was calledi who received our
Mesrcngers kindly, and thej were dispatched to tell us, that they
wdud bring many to come and treat with us. He came accordingly,
and, a&er some Conference the Peace was concluded, and large Belts
were exchanged between us in Confirmation of the Peace, the parti-
cular Articles of which were as follows : It was agreed, that the
Hatchet shoud be buried on both sides so deep as never to be found
again. All our people, who were Prisoners among the Indians,
were to be delivered up to us. It was further agreed, that the Lands
at Wyoming shoud remain in the possession of the Indians for the
use of them, their Children and Grand Children, as long as they
and their posterity ^houd think proper. It was further agreed, that
We sboa'd assist the Indians in building some Houses at Wioming,
for the habitation of such as were inclined to go and live there. It
was further agreed, that there shoud be a Strong House built at
Sbamokin for the protection of the Indians, and a Store House
erected, in which there shoud be kept a sufficient assortment of
Indian Goods, and a trade shoud be established there for the accom-
modation of the Indians, and that care shoud be taken that the
Goods should be sold to the Indians in exchange for their Skins, at
just and reasonable rates, to be fixed by the Government, so that
the Agent shoud not have it in his power to cheat the Indians, and
that Schoolmasters and Ministers shoud be sent for their Instruction
when the Indians desire it, and it should be safe for them to live
there. These are the terms on which Peace has been concluded
between me on behalf of his Majestys subjects, and Teedyuscung on
the part of the Ten Nations associated with him. For the truth of
what I have told you I appeal to our Brother Teedyuscung, who will
confirm it to you. And 1 assure all Indians, that .every thing shall
be punctually observed that has been promised in behalf of this
Government. This Belt is my pledge.

A Belt of Eleven Bows.

ifrother Teedyuscung :

I am pleased you are so sensible of the uneasiness onr People
must needs be under, who have their Belations and Friends detained
as Prisoners in the Indian Country. You may remember that I
told you at Easton, and I now repeat it, that whilst our Flesh and
Blood are in Captivity, we cannot be Satisfied or Content. I am
much obliged to you for your care in bringing down the Young Wo-
man^ and must again remind you, by this String, of the Belt then
given, and your engagements then made to us to do all in your
power, that such as remain with you may be set at Liberty and de-
livered to me. We know there %Te a great many of our people

m PBNUSYLYANU AECHIVBS 1768.

aoaltered about u» iko lodmTowius ^<1 do iiidii^ thfti OmjU
returned to us.

AStdag.
Brother ;

Am we have niade our Brethren from All^lteo j aequamted wHh
the substanee of what has passed between joa and me, I do now, by
this Belt, open a Road from the Ohio to this Cooncil Fire, that aU
-may pass and repass without the least Molestation or Danger. Yoa
must be sensible that unless a Road be kept open. People atTariaon
can never come together to make up their differences, nor Messea-
gers of Peace, who are sacred in all Nations, be secure in their Joor-
nejs. I desire you will join another Belt to mine for thia good
purpose.

A Belt of Seven Born.
Brethren :

I have finished what I have to say at present/ If you have anj
thing further to say to me let me know it, and I will attend joa
when you think proper.

Tecdyuscung rising, said he had only one thing to say, which he
thought he might say now as well as any other time, as he had con-
consulted his Council upon it, and they were all agreed in it.

Brother, and all present, take notice :

As to the Road we have made now, I sit in the middle of it. I
dont sit there on my own head. My Uncles, the Mingoes, (that is
the Six Nations) have placed me there. We have agreed to be oqo
flesh and blood.

Brother :

Now as I sit in the middle of the Road every body sees me, and
as we have agreed to be Brothers and one Flesh, I assure yon, tbo'
I am weak, I and all the Indians with me will Stretch out oar Arms
on both sides to guard your Fronteers. I am, it is true, but weak,
but I will do what I can, and if I cannot keep the Enemy off, I will
let you know it.
Brother :

I will not sit still any longer, and lot other Indians, Enemies to
you, come and slay you any more. I will bestir myself, and I will

fiard you as fax as my strength will enable me ; I wont sit still as
have done, with my Pipe in my Mouth, and let the Enemy ladiaos
come and do mischief, and strike on the Fronteers.

We are three Nations who are engaged to do so, the Unamies and
Mohiccons have agreed to join me.

A Belt
Ftaoksinosa sent a word or two— He desired the English woad not
reckon him among the Shawonese — He wiQ heartily join with tiie
Delawares to assist the English — He has sent his Son to be a Wit-
ness, that this is said for him to you.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758. 486

Brother and all present,

Tnke notice of what I am going to say.

I stand here as a King, and you as a Governor of this Province.
1 feel sorrow in my Heart, when I consider the Numbers of my own
People, and also of my Brothers the English, which lye dead on the
Fronteers among the JBushes. The French are the cause of it.

I will pnblish this to all the Indian Nations who have heard uS;
ite fkr as the River Allegheny, and beyond it.

When ever the Frenchmen persuades any Indians to join with
him, the first thing he does he ffives them an Hatchet. I suppose
the French delight to give such snarp edged Tools. As to my part,
I have no Hatchet to give ; but I will send by these Allegheny
Messengers to all the Nations that have heard me, to desire them to
tike that very Hatchet the French have pot into their Hands, and
use it against the French, and let them see whether they will delight
to fell the Sharp Edge of it. ^

TeedyusGiing added, I did not say this out of my own head, these
Two Allegheny Messengers have desired me to say so, and told me
that all the Aileghenians have before- that whatever way Teedyus*
CQDg shall dird^ them to turn the HatQ^et it should be done accord*
iogly, and they will join it He then said he had finished.

A String.

Wkerenpon, the Governor said he wond Speak to him to morrow,
on an Affair of great Consequence, at which time he said he wond
finish all he intended to say, and then in the way of News, acquaint-
ed the Indians with the success of his Majesties Arms at Capo
Breton.*

At a Conference in the State House, with Teedyuscung and the
Indians, on Wednesday, the 12*^ July, 1758.

PRESENT.

The Governor, Council, Indians, Many Inhabitants of the City
of Philadelphia.

The Governor addressed the Indians as. follows —
Brother Teedyuscung :

It gives me, and all the People present, greai pleasure to hear
you say Yesterday, that you woud no longer sit still with your Pipe
in your Mouth, but stretch out your Hands and guard our Fron*
teers. I thank you for this kind resolution, and do not in the least
doubt but you will faithfully perform what you say, and exert yourr
self to the utmost of your power, and I shall depend upon it.

A Belt.

* See address of 28 Persons, respeotijig this day's Conference, July 12,
on page 469.

20*

466 PENNSYLVAOTA ARCHIVES 1758.

I am glad to hear from oar Brother Paoikainosa, (hat he does
heartily join our Brethren, the Delawares, in the good work of Peaee,
and will aasiat at this Critical Time.

A String.
Brother :

I am glad you are so Tender hearted as to feel sorrow in joor
Breast, on Account of the slain, both of vour People and ours that
lye among the Bushes, and that you see plainly that the French wu
the cause of it
Brother :

Your resolution of using your endeavours in turning the Frsneh
Hatchet against themselves is very just ; because they were, asm
observe, the cause of the blood shed, and I am very glad your Na-
tion has impowered you to direct the Hatchet against what Bnemj
you shall judge deserves it most. This is an Article at which 1
much iP^joice.

A String.
Brother :

Agreeable to what I said to you Yesterday, I have something to
tell yoa of very great Importance, which is.

The King of Oreat Britain hath sent a great number of Wanrion,
who aro now on their March to chastise the French on the OhiO|
and to revenge the Blood that they had shed.

Tho' many Indiana have been concerned in the War, yet we know
th^ have been deluded by tho French.

I gave you this Belt of Wampum from this Council Fire, to ad-
vise you to remove quickly at a great distance from our Enemy ths
French^ that your Legs may not be stained with Blood. Come away
on this side of the Mountain, where we can oftner converse together
and where your own flesh and Blood lives.

We look upon you as our Countrymen, that sprung forth out of
the same Ground with us. We therefore think it our duty to take
care of you, and entreat you to come away with your whole Na-
tion, and as many of your Friends as you can get to follow you. By
this Belt I take you by the Hand, and lead you away from the
French, for your own safety.

A large Belt.
Brother Teedyuscung :

I have almost finished what I have to say to you, and I hope every
thing has been conducted to your satisfaction. I am very dedroafl
we should part as hearty Friends, and I request you will, if yoa
have any uneasiness on your minds, make me acquainted with it.
Assure all the Indians from me, ft those in particular who live at
Allegheny, that if they have had, at any time any cause of com-
plaint they will be very readily heard, and full justice done them.
You know. Brother, that as to your Complaiots, you desired they
shoud be laid before the King for his Royal DeterminaUon. A«

PCNNSTLTANIA ABCHIYBS 1758. 4fft

goon t8 1 hear what is done by his Majesty it shall be covunimioated
to yon,

A Striag. .
Biotheis:

As your Cloaths are woni out and torn by the Briars in yonr
long Joamey, the- good People of Pennsylvania present yon with
some others, wbioh yon will divide amongst yon as you think
proper.

A List of ths Ooodb pbxsxntxd to the Indians.

1 Pieee of Strond, 1 pee. ISy** Callicoe,

1 Piece of Bed Stroud, 2 doz. large white wro^ BnddeS;

2 Pieces of white halfthiok| 2 doz. Cnttean knives,

2 Pieces Purple ditto, 2 doz. large ditto,

20 fine Tandem Ruffled Shirts, 1 doz. bulsee Silk Handkerohiefsji
30 good plain Shirts, 1 thousand Needles,

3 Uroce Star Garters, 501b Tobacco,

12 Strouds, 6 painted frame Glasses,

3 pieces Blankets, 24 neat pocket ditto,

3!o Vermillion j . 1 Cag Pipes, cent* 3 Grocc,

2 fine laced Hatts, 20 p' Mens Shoes.

2 doz. fine felt Hats,

After the List of Goods Was delivered, Teedyuscung said.
Brother, I will speak only one word before we move :

Tou may remember every particular thing was agreed upon at
Easton. Ton mentioned some of them Yesterday. Now, Brother,
I desire this of you that you will give full Copies of them, and send
them by these two Indians from Allegheny. There, are some white
People there that can read. If you will give them a full Copy,
when they read it, it will be as fresh on their minds as if it was
Bpoke to them by us. And if they shoud forget any part of it, the
bearing it read again will bring it still fresh into their mind.

Now there is another thing you did not mention to them, that is,
what we did with our Blood and Bones.

The Governor, being at a loss, asked what Teedyuscung meant, on
which he further said.

Brother :

You may remember at Easton, in the last Treaty, I said I would
not use the method that our Grandfathers used to do, they used to
bury them under the Ground, but there they might be found again;
now, I told you I gathered them up, but when I look about I could
not find no place where to bury them, and as I had gathered them, 1
looked up and gave them to Gk)d, that he might bury them, so that
every thing must be forgotten between you and us, and that nothing
might be remembered, or ever hereafter come into tho minds of onr -
Children, but what God should put therei

m PENNSYLTANIA. ABCHETIS 1758.

I told you furtber, I would take ttii^t good Modbine proTiMliy
God) and woad apply it to cure the Wound ; that I woud apply it,
]ipt<^y to the Body but to the Mind, where you are most wounded.

The Oovemor Takins a Belt, desired Teeayusoung to let the Al-
legheny Indians know he was going to apeak to them in answer to
what he last said; and then delivered himself aa foUowa.

Brethren from Allegheny :

We are pleased, that our Brother Teedyuscung has now reminded
US of the Blood and Bones, that are agreed to be gathered on both
aides, in the late Treaty at Baston. We now inform our Friencb,
the Allegheny Indians, that it was agreed on both sides, that all the
Blood and Bones should be buried so deep as never to be found
again ; and that We will pray to God to take out of our Hearts all
remembrance of them, and We do assure the Allegheny Indians,
and all others who lay hold on the Peace Belt, that they are, and
shall be included in this important matter^ and that every Offenoe
that has passed shall be forgot forever.

The Governor further said, that the Bequest he had made of the
Copies shoud be granted.

Then Teedyuscung said :
Brother :

Every thing that you have said pleases me to the Heart. It will
please all-the iJnamies and others joined with me. When People
are glad they -generally show their joy, as my people are glad, if
you please, my Young Men will have a dance this Evening. The
Governor agreed to it, and invited Teedyuscung and all the Indians
to dine with him and the Council to morrow, in the Council Cham-
ber.

Afterwards Teedyuscung said :
Brother— '

I am not going to tell you any great matter, but' I would let you
know, that there are four Messengers sent to invite the Senecas and
other Indians to a Conference ; when they come I will let you know
and then I will meet you at Eastou, where our Council Fire still
burns; I reckon they will come very soon. The Governor of the
Jersey has sent to invite me to go to him, I am so busy I don't know
whether I can go to him or no, but I hope he may find it convenient
to come to me at ^aston. The Governor said it would be more con-
venient for the Governor of the Jerseys to come to this City. Ton
are right, replied Teedyuscung, but it will show a bad example to
our Children to have one fire here and another there. I must keep to
my Council Fire. The Governor said this is the place where the
Council Fire was first kindled by your Brother William Penn, and
as this was a Critical Time and there was a great deal of publick
business, his presence might be wanted here ; but if he could be
-spared he would go there, if not he expected Teedyuscung wonld
come to this Town. Teedyuscung said I will com^^ if I can, but I

fSHNSTLYANIA ABGHIVXS 1758. 489

derire the Fire kiiidled there may' not be put out I wonUl bate k
still kept alive, to which the QoTernor agreed. ^

TeedjDSCuDg forther took notice; that some Indiana who had beeoL
employed in canying Messages into the Indian Country were not
reinurded for their Services and desired they might be paid.

Memorial of Sundry Persons relative to a Conferbnob
WITH THE Indians, 1758. -.

To William Denny, Esquire, Lientenant Qovemor of the Province
of Pensilvania, &c.

The Memorial of the Freemen of the said Province hereunto sub-
0cribiDg, shewethi

That divers of us were yesterday* present at the Conference be*
tween the Governor and the Indians, and all of ns have seen the
mioates of what was then said to them. In which we observe the
solemn Introduction made in the name of the Governor & People of
Pensilvania, & a Declaration of satisfying the Allegheny Indians by
Repeating the particular articles on which the peace was concluded.
last year at Easton.

That it appears from the minutes of the Easton Treaty that a just
k impartial Enquiry into the Grounds of the Complaints made by
the Indians of Injustice done them in this Province in the purchasing
k measuring their Lands, and the obtaining the Judgment and De-
termination of our Gracious King George, on whose Justice they
reljf was repeatedly urged by the Indians & declared to be the fun-
damental article of the Peace, & what the nations by whom Teedy-
usoang was employed expected the faithful performance of.

That the fixing a Boundary between the English Settlements and
the Tract of Land which the Indians desired to be secured to them
k their Posterity forever, was another article of the peace expressed
by them in strong, dear and certain terms.

That as the former of these artieles was not yesterday mentioned
by the Governor, and the latter repeated in very general and uncer-
tain terms. We think it our duty in this manner to represent the
same, and earnestly to request the Governor to consider that the
Bepntation & Interest of our King & Country, and the obtaining
the Release of our fellow Subjects now in Captivity, is immediately
Concerned in Convincing the Indians that every thing which hath
been sdemnly promised by the GovcrncMr shall be faithfully per-
fonncd.

* See Minute on page 461.

4T0 PBNBTSYLVANIA AECHIVBS 1768.

AbVL JaMKS, AmTHO. MoRSISy

John PembertOn, Wm. Brown,

William FifiBTER, Wm. Calcbnior,

Joseph Galloway, Ibaao Zans,

IsR. Pembbrton, Jon. Hughes^

Wm. Lightpoot, Chas. Norris,

Jaoob Shoemaker, Ja.^ Daniel RoberdbaUi

James Pemberton, Benj. Trotter,

Ghas. Thomson, Owen Jones,

Peter Worrall, Jere'ah Warder,

Benj. Kendall, Anthony Benezet,
David Baoon, , Rich. Wistar,

John Elliott, Thos. Say,

Sam. Preston Moore, Pras. Richardson,

Jos. Morris, Thos. Liqhtfoot.

Philadelphia, 12th, 7th mo, (July,) 1758.

Indorsed.

'^ Memorial of 28 Quakers and two Church men presented to tbe
Oovernor in Council the I2th July, just as he was going to holds
Conference with the Indians in the State House."

Joseph Shippen to B, Peters, 175&

Camp at Carlisle, 13th July, 1758.
Sir,

When Mr. Toung arrived here with the several Commissions for
the Field Officers in tbe three Battalions, I had not the least Doobt
of receiving a Brevet for a Lieu^ Colonel, which the Governor was
pleased to promise me when I was in Philadelphia, in order to sup-
port my sEUnk.

Mr. Young indeed cannot even assure me that such a Commission
is made out for ^e. I therefore cannot help expressing a great Dia-
atisfaction with such a Disappointment } since I am not conscious to
myself, that I have so far failed in any Part of my Duty, as to
render me more unworthy of Bank, than those who were before
younger Officers, and will by virtue of their new Commissions have
always the Precedence, & may command me whenever Cireom-
stances give them an opportunity.

I beg the Favour of you to mention this matter to the (Jovemor,
That a Brevet Commission for a Lieu'. Cob dated one Day before
Col« Work's may be sent up to me as soon as possible, since I can-

PENNSYLVANIA AECmVES 1758. 471

Dot act with any kind of Hodoot m Major of Brigade witboiit
having i& with me.
I am with my Compliments to His Hon' the Governori

D' Sir, very respectfully

Your most obed^ humble Serv^i

JOSEPH SHIPPEN, Jb.
Directed.
To Richard Peters, Esq'., in Philadelphia.

Wm. Till to Gov. Denny, 1758.

Honourable Sir,

Just now I received your Orders for laying a General Embargo
on all Vessels in or coming to this Port, which I shall take particular
Care to use my utmost Endeavours to observe and Support, and as
I am persuaded that this Step would not have been taken without an
absolute Necessity, so I hope no Gentleman ooncem'd in Trade will
endeavour to transgress at this critical time, should there be occa-
sion I will according to your Orders call on the Militia Officers to
assist me in Supporting the Embargo, and I humbly apprehend that
as many of our Shallops are Capable of carrying great Quantities of
Provisions to distant Ports that not any of them be suffered to go
up or down the River without your Permission, & an Account of
tbeir Cargoes from the Officer of the Port where they take in their
Lading, If your Honor is of Opinion this may be of Service, you
will give the necessary Orders accordingly. '

I am Sir,

Your most obedient.

Humble Servant,

. WM- TILL.
New Castle, July the 14th, 1758.

Directed'

To The Honourable William Denny, Esquire, Governor of the
Province of Pennsylvania, &c.

4T2 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1768,

Detailed Statement of Operations at Ticonderoqa,

1758,

Camp at Lake George, Jalj 14tb| 1758.
Monsieur,

Ayant quelques henres ftmoy, je croyer de ne les employer mienz,
que de yous donner Monsieur, nne juste Selation de ce qui s^estpaas^
depuis le 5"^ Cour*. Jour que nous somes parti d'ici pour la maihea-
reuse entreprise contre FoBt Carrillon, jusqu'au 9""* jour que nous
avons fait la Sotise de revenir ici. Je vous join un petit plan* fiiit
a la hate pour rendre plus intelegible ce qui suit. Je ne doute pas,
que YOUS ayez plussieurs dififerentes Relations a Philad\, ou le C&ffe
abonde furieusement en nouYelles^ c'est le mouYement perpetucl. £t
comme j'ai ete present moymeme je suis charm^ Monsieur d'etre cap
pable de yous donner uoe' Relation ezacte: je ne Yoadrois pourtant
pas si par hazard quelques Reflections m'ecbape qu'ils fussent public.

Notre Artillerie, Ammunitions de Guerre, et de bouobe, etant em-
barque le 4"'<> toute les Troupes se mirent a bord le 5"<* aYCO la Leve
dtt Soleil, sur pass^ 1000 Batteauz, sans quelques Radeaux qui
menoit nos grosses Pieces d' Artillerie et les ChcYanz, et la derniere
Brigade ete em barque a 7 heure du matin — a 6 heure du Soir dous
etions deja a Sabbath Day's Point 24 mille — Connfi par la maihea-
reuse deffiise I'an^ passe du Col. Parker, qui y aYois perdu 300
Homes d'une Parti 350 qu'il aYoit sous son Gommendement : doos
y Yoyames des triste debris et dans I'eau et sur la Terre. Nous
restames la pour attandre les reste de troSs Brigades et Fez Artil-
lerie qui etoit deri^re tout fut ensemble all heure du Soir, et nous
rcprimes notre route. Le lendemain d"*^ nous nous trouYames a la-
pointe du jour a 4 mille des postes aYanc^ des Ennemis, a 8 heure
du matin la premiere Brigade prit terro au Landing place A., sans
que nous trouYames un seul homme qui s'y opposoit en meme tema
un Reg* de N. York, et une Partie des Jersy pretdu Camp Francois
B., qui nous ayont a la fin de couYcrt, IcYoit leur Camp en hate, et
faisant feuz sur nos gens, sur une distance de 600 pas, par conse-
quent sans au qu'un efiect,et se retiroientlaissant la plus part deleor
Tentes, YiYres et Bagage a la Mercy des nouYeaux hottes.

On alia daborfka la DecouYcrte, et ontrouYa que les Ennemis avoit
abandonn^ tons les differentes Postes retranche qu'ils aYoit ponrtant
ruin^ autant qu'ils aYoit du terns, jusqu 'au Fort Tieonderoga, (oa
Carillon) ou ils aYoit un bon Retranchement deYant, ce Retran*. con-
ttstois en plusieurs gros arbres coucbe au long les un sur les autre,
haut de 7 a 8 Pied et perc4 un double rang des orenauz; le hant
bout etoit garnis de Sac a terre, ce qui faisoit un feuz triple, le Re-
trench* se flanquoit perfaitement bien et hor dinsulte du feuz de
Monoquets, un grand Abbatis des Arbres qui reignois en de bors

* The plan here referred to, has not been found.

4008 ie Jong, le forsoii/encon ^w Mdoubtablei eels n'etoit 0Qiina
(j|tt'»|tf4p notie malhei]

A. 2 hemre lipids aj^di tons lea Reg<* bor mis trois^ se Bourent «9
m^rohe po^r prendn Possession da Poste aTantageuz des htnteiir
pfes da Moulin k Sm C. an mile et demy de Carillon ; a 4 heure
ik firent lenoontref de 850 Francois enr la Coline F. moitie ohemiB
da landing Plaoe fx Moulin, les 850 Homes etoient envojei 8 Joor
aopovavant a la ieeoayerte 10 Mile le long du Lacq da Fort Caiv
riUodo, ils noos on ?a passer et ont conte 700 Batteaoz, oo ks deox
premieres Brigades : a cette vne ils voulorent retoumer poor novii
empecher notre debarqnement, mais s'etant egarr4 en Cbemin et
memo dans le moment que nos raDgers, faboient fenx sor enz, ils ne
pouvoient encore reconoitre on ils etoient. lis oonsisterent en 150
Kegoliers la plus Part du Eeg* la Heine 100 Vcdontaire et 100 Cana-
diens, a la ^emiere deoharge qni firent, ils taerent notre Lord
Howe et L^ Cumberfort, Milord Howe etoit a la t6te des Rangers
mslwc^s tons les Remonstrances qu'on lay a fait, anssi tot qu'on at-
tandois le feu au front la frageor s'empara de nos Soldats, des Regi-
ments enti^re se renversa les on Sor les autre et le General meme a
manqa^ d'etre entrain^ dans la demeU, et par les fuyard, Les Offi-
ciera avoit bean crier et s'opposer rien pouvoit les arreter, en atan*
dant, nos braves Raneers se defendirent 200 centre 350 des Eone-
mb, jusqu'au terns qiron pouyoit venir a leur Secours, les Ennemis
farent envelop^ et un Cap*> et 8 Lieu^ avec 170 Soldats furent fait
Prisonniers, quelques Officiers et Soldats tacberent de se sauyer dans
la Biyiere a la Nage, mais ils furent tu6, de sorte qu'on ne croit pae
qu'an s'cst s&uy^. Nous perdimes milord Howe, Lieutenant Com-
bcrforty et 8 Hommes, et 6 blesse.

Je suis certain, que si les Ennemis ayoit an Commencement de
cette Rencontre 3 or 400 Indiens ayec eux; ils nous aurois battu,
et cbas^ dans nos Batteaux. C'est un cas unique que 350 bomes
ont fait plier et mis une Confusion incroyable entre 11000 bomes.

Nous avons pris 1 Cap^ 8 Lieutenants et 170 bomes PrisonnierSi
comme cette Affaire aderang^ un pen nos Dispositions; on prenez la
Parti d'aller passer la nuit au landing Place.

Le 7"*. on se ^repiit sur la mareb^ pour prendre Possession des
bauteurs du Moulin, ou il y ayoit un Camp des Ennemis le jour
auparayant de 800 bomes.

Le S"**. matin on ordona de construire deux Radeanx pour'metre sar
cbaqu'un d'eux deux pieces de Canons de 6 Liyre, qui deyoient monter
la lUyiere et, prendre le Retrancbement en dos, on TEnfile, mais on
a oiibli^ malbeureusement de reconoitre si la cbose etoit £uaable, car
anssitot qui montoit yer une beure aprez midi, et passoit la Pointe
F. ils etoient sous les Canons du Fort, qui ne maoquerent pas de
jouer sur eux en un telle facon quils trouyerent apropos de retoumer
don ils etoient yenfi. Heureux si nous aurions fkit autant ayant que
de pendre tant des monde mal a propos I le Fort sera a nous a Tbeure
qn'il est.

474 PENNSTtVANIA AB0HITE8 1768.

Apres revoir resoula d'attaqner le Betranefaemeni: le Major
Probj da 55"* Reg' maroha le premier a la tetes de tons les Pkpietiy
«t des Grenadiers qui devoient lea sonteoir, il fat Borvis de tons lea
Regiments Regaliers^ et des qaelqaes Re^ Proy. mais aa lien qiu
deyoit attaqaer toas a la fois, et quil n'ayois point d'autres ordies Hi
attaqaerent saivant qui defilerent, nos gens avoit toate la peine da
monde a passer les Abbatis des Arbres, qui en passant rompois tovt
Ordres. On rsportois ane heare aprez qail etoit impossible de forcer
le Retmnch' qa'on ferois mieax de tachor de noas retirer en ordre,
mais anqnune reponse positive a ce Sajet. on enyoya Ordre a totu
les Reg^ d'avancer on le menois au Combat, mais tont etoit inntik
Les Francois etoit invisible on ne vojez qu'an petit boat de lenr
cbapeaaz^ et faisoient an fea terrible et continael. toas ceaz qui
youioit aprocber de plas pres de 15 pas etoit mort sans resonrce non
obstant tons oela on faisois an feoz de plas vif de part et d'antre
jasqae 'une demy beure aprez six, quand an Reg* apres les autres se
retirent dans le Camp qae j'ai retranobe de mon propre cbef^ apra
avoir va come les affaire alloit.

Que ce que nos descendant diront quand ils apprendiront, que
14^000 bomes fait, et soutena an triple feux des Ennemis sar un
Retrancbement imprenable par les petites armes, six beure tout en
suite, sans auqu'une Esperanoe de l^mporter^ avec an courage vni-
ment beroique ? mais ce qui me paroit encore plus surprenant que
si par un bazard inesp^re ils auroit pu se rendre maitre, cela auroit
tomb6 a leur propre desavantage, car apres que le Francois se serrois
retire sous les Canon de la Place ils nous aurois cbase bien vitement,
peut-etre avec plus de perte, que nous aurions eH en le prenant. Ic
Fort etant seulement a 6 ou 700 pas du Retrancbement Notre Perte
des Reguliers etoit 1500 bomes tant tu6 et blesse. le Provincieaux
ne perdois en tout qu'environ 600 bomes. L'Ennemis ne pent avoir
perdu pass6 cent bomes.

Bien beureux que nous n'etions pas poursuivis dans notre retraite
nous aurions certainement perdu encore 2000 bomes, ayant a passer
par des deffile X ou seulement deux bomes peuvent marcberen
Front, et quelque fois qu'un seul.

Le 47-'*. Regiment & ed 7 Officier tu^ et 19 bless^, pass^ 200
Soldats tu^ et 800 Bless^. '

Nous Nous retirames le meme soir et pendant la nuit au Landing
Place, et ce qu'il est le comble de nos malheur et incroyable le 9*'.
matin tout etoit embarqu^ et parti pour retoumer d'ou nous somes
venu, ayant encore 12,000 Combatants bien portant et plussieurbon
camp retrancb^, le meme jour nous somes arrives au F. Wm. Henry.

Voila Monsieur une Relation exacte de ce qui'scet passe j'aurois
80ubait4 de vous comuniquer des plus heureuse, Je suis,
Monsieur,

votre tres humble ez tres obeyssant Serviteor.

. * There is neither signature nor address to this paper.

jmiKBILVJJiaA IBCETTIS /nasi

Lient Col. Donaldson, ? , - -«, -o^^ "
Major Proby, ' J de 55-. Keg*.

Major Ratherforty

Gapt. Lieut. ForbeS;
Lieat. Hasselwoodi
Ideat. Davids.

R. Am":

Tuft.

Major TnllikenS;
Capt. Munster,
Gapt. Mather^
Capt. CokraUy
Gapt. Lt. Slosser^
Lt. AllaZ;
lit. Ridge,
Lt. Gordon,
Lt; Molntoeh.

^blessft.

Wm. Till to Richard Peters, 1758,

Dear Sir,

We have had the greatest Expectations that our Warlike A&irg
in America had the most promising Appearance, and that good ao-
couDts might have been daily expected ; the sudden and unexpecteti
receipt of yours, giving an Account that Matters are not very favour-
able with our Army before Ticonderoga, gives me great Goncem, as
I received so strict a Command for an Embargo. Shall do my ut*
most Endeavours that the same be faithfully kept, and I earnestly
desire that strict orders be given that no Shallops be suffered to go
up and down the River, without Permits from the proper Officers
for their respective Cargoes, and the Governor's Permits for those
coming down, othprwise they may do great Mischief. I hope you
and all my other Friends are in good Health, to whom I desire to
be most kindly remembered, particularly my Daughter and the Child-
ren, and accept the same from. Dear Sir,
Your affectionate & most obliged

Humble Servant,

WM. TILL. ,

Newcastle, July 14th, 1758.

Directed.
To Richard Peters, Esquire, in Philadelphia.

Minutes of Proyi9oul Cohmissionkbs, 1758.

Phflacl% July U^ 1758, P. M.

John Mifflin, John Hngheg,

Joseph Fox, Joseph Qallowa

Lynf. Lardner, John Baynton.

The Board taking into Qonsicleration the several Matters reoom-
mended from the Oovemor to them in the Morning hy WiUkm
Logan & Richard Peters, Esquires^ after some time spent theron,

Agreed,

That a Present in Goods not exceeding forty shillings, he giyen
to each of the three Indians who came to Town to Bay with the
Captive Girl.

Agreed,

That the Expcnce of sending two White Men with the Indians on
the Message to Allegheny be defrayed by the Board.

Agreed,

That the Allegheny Chief be famished with an Horse for hia
Jonmey at the Expense of the Province.

Agreed,

That Seneca George's Danghter Peggy be snpplied with a Hstcb
Coat.

As the Commissioners have had repeated proofs of the Extiaira-
gance of the Moravians Aoco^, they oannot entrust them with a
general Power of Providing for the Indians that may come in there :
But are of Opinion the Indians having Basiness with this Go?eni-
m&at, shoud be direotedi to come some nearer & more oonTenieat
way.

The Prayer of the French Petition, & the settlement of Oonrad
Weiser's Aoco** refered to the Consideration of a fall Board.

Extract from the Minutes.
CHAS. MOOBE, CIL

* See Col. Ree., Vol. in., p. 148, for reference to a oaptiTe Girl, proba-
bly, the aame as aboTe.

PSNNSTIiVANIA ABGHITES 176& 47T

Aeohibald KsimEDT TO ANDREW Elliot, 1758.

July 15, 1758.
Good Sir:

Ton have heard, or will soon hear of our Defeat before Carillon^
with the Lo68 of at least >a thousaod men, and many officers, in which
oar friend the Major, I am afraid is inolnded. Tou may eaesg at
the Situation your Sister is in. In short, she is inoonsolaole ; all
that we can say or do is to no purpose. The General writes thai
many of those missing may be Prisoners, w«' is all we have to com-
fort us. For God's s&e. Let us see you as soon as you can. The
Particulars as yet come to hand, are vague and uncertain.
I am^

Sir,

Your most humble Servant,

ARCHD. KENNEDY.

Since the above, I have seen several Lists of the Killed and
wounded, and the Major is in every one of them, and in one of them
16 the Captain, therefore pray come.

'Directed.
To Mr. Andrew Elliot, Merchant, in Philadelphia.

Cebtificatb of Dbliveby of Induns, 1758.

This is to Certifie that M*". Jfohn Hast has delivered fourteen
Cherrekeys and Seven Mowhawks Indians to the Indian Interpreter
Major Van Derheyd, for the Hon**" S' W*. Johnson, Bar*, Albany,
July the 16% 1758.

JACOBUS CLEMENT,
DAVID VAN DEB HETD,

Indorsed,

Cehificate of the Delivery of 14 Gherokees and 7 Mohawks, by
John Hart, at Albany, July 16, 1758.

478

PBNN8TLVANIA ABOHITES 1748.

A List or Sundrt Carpenter & Smith Tools and othkr
Articles wanting at Fort Augusta.

3 doz. large flat Files.

8 D». Small d«.

3 D^ Cross-cut Saw d».

3 D*. whip saw d».

8 J>. Hand Saw d\

} D«. Polishing d\

i D". Hand Saws.

1 D». pair Compasses.

6 Grind SCones.

8 Doz. Gimblets different Sizes.

1 Cask of 10' Nails.

1 D». 20* D«.

100 W of Chalk.

1 Doz. Chalk-lines.

1 Tun of Iron.

1 Faggot (^ Steel.

800 Weight of Oacum.

July, 1758.

a Bb'- Pitch.
3 D«. Tar.

1 Doz. Fire Buckets.

} D». Brass kettles, as most of
the former were carried away.

2 Coils of rope.

6 Sides of Harness Leather.

} Doz. Lanthoms.

i Doz. hour Glasses.

251b. match rope.

31b Thread to make Cartridges for

the Cannon.
81b. Twine.
Colours for the Fort, the Flag

Staff being 70 Feet in Length.

3 Beams of writing Paper.
jib. Bores,

Lawrence Burk to R. Peters, 1758.

Philad-, 17** July, 1758.

Rich* Peters, Esq'.,
Hon'* Sir :
As I have something of Consequence to Communicate to you,
Concerning y" Indians, which Im iflOt Capable to Acquaint you of
Verbally, therefore must humbly bee you'l not take it III that I
Trouble you with this, I haveing the Intrest of my King & Country
Intirely at heart : Therefore Concluded with some of y* Indiana
here Yesterday, that they should net go to Seconchan from whence
they came, but go Immediently to Shamoken, & Hunt thereabouts,
viz., Thomas Hays & his wife, until my wife & his Brother went to
Seconghcan for the rest of their Family's, & bring them to Shomaken.
I have promised to meet them tiiere in about two months Time,
where I think, if its agreeable to your Honour, I oould be off more
service in bringing y« Indians down there then anywhere Else;
however, as you were pleas'd to observe you wanted me^ go some
other place, 1 doubt not with God's Assistance, that I may ^ where
you desire now, & be back in Time to full my Apointment m meet-
iog y* Indians at Shamoken. As your Sensible y" Gountiy is

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1768- 47»

doubtfall of mj Loyaltj, which I Assure jou is without fouDdatioOy
IB order to Kemove any SospissioD, shovdd be glad your Honour
would Order a White Mau to be with me uutill I return. As I
haye more influence over y* Delaware IndianS| I think, then any
other. Therefore be AssuPd shall use all the Endeavours in my
Power to do whats Apeeable to vou in getting y* Prisnors Belais'd
or brought in. I think^ Notwithstanding of y* Treatty now made
with y* Indians that it would be nessary please your Honour, to,
Caation y* Fronteers to be upon their gard for fear of Other Nations
Hurting them. I am, with most Humble Bespeot
Hon'* Sir,

Your most Obed* Humble Serv*,

LAWRENCE BURCK.

Abchibald Kennedy to Gov. Denny, 1758.

New York, 17 July, 1758.
Sir,

Your Favour to our Lieu* Governor we have received, and in his
absence I am to acquaint you that the orders of General btanwiz are
countermanded, and the Embargo in particular discharged.

The Army has met with a s<)vere repulse with the loss of about
1000 men, and many of our b^t officers. They are again encamped
at the South end of the Lake, still in good spirits, and we are in
hopes of a second attempt with better suooess.
I am Sir,

Your most obed^

Humble Servant,

ARCH. KENNEDY-
Directed,
The Honourable Gov'. Denny.

Letter from Gov. Golden, 1758.

New York, July 17, 1758.

Our Army have retum'd again to Fort W". Henry. I canot give
JOU at this time such a Detail as perhaps I may be enabled to do
hereafter. It must suffice at present to tell you, our Troops em-
harked early in ye mom. of ye 5th, lay in their Boats off Sabbath Day
pointy* night; Landed ye 6th in ye mom. w*^ out Opposition, that
Bamo EveSig took over 200 Prisoners, & killed as many more of ya

480 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

EnetDj, ft on ye 7t% got possesaon of ye Ground wliere ye Sawmill
WftS upon. The place very strong, but ye Enemy abandoned it.
On ye 8th, our Troops attaokt ye Enemies Lines about a Quarter of
a mile from ye Fort^ for 5 Hours, but our Approaches in this
unhappy afiair were attended vf^ so many Obstacles y* ye brave
Attempt proy'd abordve w^ ye Loss of 1500 men killed & wounded.
There is not ye least hint of any misbehaviour in our T^ps, on yt
contrary their Eagerness fbr Action was their ruin, and its probable
influenced our Councils in fkvour of a Storm rather than regular
Approaches with Cannon. It seems agreed on all Hands, ye btter
must in all human probability have succeeded. Our Troops are now
encamped at ye South end of Lake Qeorge, W^ I find they are soon
to pass agaip, & doubt not will return more successful. The regu-
lars have lost almost all their Field Officers. J/ Howe, Col. Beaver,
Col. Donaldson, killed. Major Rutherford & Major Proby, killed.
L^ Coll. Shaw of ye Jerseys, killed, & many others y^ I can't now
recollect. The Highlands lost 7 Officers killed ft wounded, great
many of their men killed ft wounded ; No regim* suffer'd so much
as ye Highlanders, part of w^** got upon ye Tops of ye French Lmes
every time an attack was made, w^"^ was thrice, ft drove ye French
from where they enter'd, but not being properly supported they
were as often cut off as they entered. The 6 regular regim** lost
1526 men, killed ft wounded, besides 97 of our best Offic^ killed
and wounded.

Levi Tbuhp to Gov, Denhy, 1768.

Fott Augu^ July I9th, 1758.
May it please your Honour,

I recdved your's of the third instant, wherein your orders to me
is to carry on the works relating to the strengthening of this Fort,
which I shall observe to do to the utmost of my power with the few
men that's left to Garrison this place. Capt. Montgomery arrived
here on the Sixteenth Instant with* three Subalterns and sixty-two
private men who were draughts out of Several Companies of the new
raised Levies. General Forbes has ordered Cap^. Rob* Eastburn k
Cap* Paul Jackson and their Subalterns, with thirty-five of eich
Company (which is more than they have here) to march and join
him at Kays Town. Likewise ordered me to ^Draught forty of the
best men belonging^ to Col. Burds BatalKon, and send them to him
with Two Officers, (viz.) Lieu*. Brodhead, ft Bnsign Holler. There
is but one Officer left here Beside mys^, of Col* Btrrds BattallioD,
which is Ensi^ Henry, I have no Ensign, the above draughts
marches from this place this day. There is only one hundred sod
fort^-three men left here, out of which number there's ten whose

4 PENNSYLTANIA AECHIVES 1768* 481

times are expired, and will not inlist again, besides two men more
that Major Lloyd has sent discharges for, and a great part of them
that are left, are blind, lame, sick, old, & decrepid, not fit to be
intrusted with any charge, I have got bnt few Tradesmen, to carry
on any building, one carpenter, two masons, one smith, are left here.
I have begun to build a powder Magazine (aa there has never been
buj other than the common provision store, an unfit place to hold
powder,) and am obliged to leave it unfinished for want of Lime and
Stone, the Lime Stone is to fetch six miles, and ^tis impossible to
fetch them any other way than by water, and all the Batteaumcn
are discharged, so 'tis impossible for me to carry it on any farther
withoQt some more assistance. The four pieces of Cannon are come
up that were sent from Philadelphia, but there's not a person to
make Carriages for them, so they'l be useless till such time as there's
a fit person sent here to make 'em, and as to what intelligence I can
get I shall always immediately send to vour Honour and General
Forbes, & I have no other way to get it but by sending out some
Indians that frequents this Garrison, who has offered their Services,
provided they be properly rewarded for their trouble, Gapt. Hembus
sajs, that he has not been rewarded for the Scalp he brought in
some time ago. I have not had any instructions from your Honour
concerning sending out Indians to bring intelligence or French
Scalps, & rewarding them for the same, iiad it not been Colonel
Burd's positive orders to send Mr. Dunlap & Capt. Hembas to him,
I sbon'd have sent 'em immediately to your Honour. I sent Lieu^
Brodhead with a party of thirty men on the second instant down to
Ham'ss's Ferry to escort some Battoes up here, as your Honour
order'd Commissary Bard to engage all the Battoemen in ye service
again. Capt. Hembus went down with him/Lieti* Brodhead received
the Generars orders to continue there some time, and on the tenth
iDst. in Mr. Brodhead's absence, I got intelligence of a party of
encmj Indians being seen down the Susquehanna on the west side
opposite Cap^ McKee's place, it was two Indians brought the news,
the name of one was James Cotaa, he judged there was about thirty
in number, and were bending their course toward the inhabitants.
Imnsediately I dispatched the two Indians with an express to Lieu^
Brodhead, desiring him to take particular care in marching up, and
to alarm the Inhabitants that they might put themselves in a pos-
ture of Defence.

On the 18 th inst., Cap* Hembus and Ja*. Cotas had some differ-
ence at hunters, and the former in the dead time of the night kill'd
the latter. Mr. Brodhead informs me the General would not employ
any Battoemen for this river, but order'd George Allen Cap* of the
Battoes, to engage as many of them as he cou'd to go on the expe-
dition, there has been several parties of Indians here from Wyoming
for Indian com, but not having any was oblig'd to give 'em flour,
I understand there's corn below, but as there's no Battoemen, can't
get it up, & our Garrison i& ^o weak, we can't spare men from the
Vol. III.— 21

482 PEtmSYLYJLNIA ABGHIVES 1768.

Fort, & if I oon'd; there's not one nndentaQcls working a Battoe, u

the Ouns, powder, & Bandrj other necessaries muoh wanted here was
at Harriss'Si Commissary Bard gave orders to Lieu^ Brodhetd, who
went down with a party to engage as many Battoemen ^ wou'd
bring up the neoessanes & he wou'd see them paid ; here is one Mr.
Hansey, son in law to Cap^ Bastbum, who eame a Volonteer, he is
a Ship Carpenter, & seemes an ingenious young man, & misht be of
great servioe here in doing many things in that way if he had anj
encouragement, he b a sober, active, genteel young man, & by hu
Behaviour since he has been here, I believe wouM make a good
Officer if your Honour thought proper, 'tis impossible for me to
carry on the Indian store house for want of workmen & Tools, ft aa
this last Draught has taken all the workmen from me save the few
have mentioned to your Honour, but I have for the present fitted op
one of the Barracks, that is almost joining the present Indian store,
which will hold a great quantity of skins ; We have no drums here
they took 'em all away & I understand there is some new ones
made for us in Philadelphia. Gap^ John Teedyuscung with another
Indian who were sent by the king last April to Allegany, returned
here the tenth inst., and went from hence to Wyoming the four-
teenth, & informed me he intended to be in Philadelphia by the fiivt
of next month at furthest, he had Belts from the Allegany Indiaiu;
Doctor Bond came here with the party under Cap^ Montgomery.

I am with due respect,

Your Honour's most Humble Serv*,

LEVI TEUMP.

FT 8. Have set the above mentioned Mr. Hausey to work at the
Carriages for the Cannon, but he has no one to help him to carry
it on.

I this moment received an account from an Indian ihat's come
from hunting, that he saw three of the Ikiemy Indian's fires, and
several of their beds yesterday momiug about thirty miles from this
Fort down towards the Inhabitants. Cap^ Eastburn's Detachment
being just ready to march that course where the Enemy's fires were
seen, I gave him orders to march his men in such order as wou'd
best discover them if there shou'd be any thereabouts, at the same
time I sent a party out of the Garrison in search of them also.

Directed,

(On his Majesties Service,) To The Hon"' William Denny, Bsy,
Cap*. General & Governour of the Province of Pennsylvania.

PSNNBTLYANIA. ABCHXYES ITSS 48S

Col, JOHK AEMSTRowa to Gov. Dbnwt, 1758,

Carlisle; 20th Julj, 1758.
Honoured Sir,

This day I Marcb from this place with the last of the ProviDeials,
being part <5f the three CompanjSy Consisting of abont thirtj-five "
Each, but without a Single Kettle or Canteen ; and Sharp's Com-
pany, which is to March from Shippensburgh, have Only Ten Blan-
kets, which the General has purchased of a Pedlar. There are before
ns at Fort Loudon upward of One hundred Canteens, but no Kettles^
80 that we Shall have some difficulty in Cooking untill these Kettles
are Sent.

Tm greatly Oblig'd to your honour in favoaring me among many
Others with your Commission by Commissary Young. I know no
person but what have chearfully rece' their Commissions for the
Campaign, only Parson Barton, who chuses to proceed under the
GeDeral's Lyconce as a Volunteer. The General says he has wrote
je Hon' to Send up Parson Bay's Commission to the third Battalion,
the Officers thereof having Petition'd him for this Gent*. If you
approve of him, please to give his Commission Date as Early as that
of M'. Barton's.

We have had a Scene of trouble in ^tempting to Model the New
Levys, and I have the pleasure of Informing you that notwithstand-
ing Some few desertions & Other pieces of Misdemeanour, their
behaviour & Proficiency has been in a good degree Satisfactory to
the General, & quite equal to what cou'd be expected. The General
has Sent my Brother George to Reas' Town, with Orders to take with
him a hundred Men, in Order to find Out and Mari&a Koad from
Reas' Town as near to Fort Duquesne as he can possibly go, leaving
General Braddock's Road & the Yohiogaine entirely to the left^
and afterward to attempt a Scalp or Prisoner. I shall not mention
my thoughts of t^e fate of those people in Case they approach near
the Fort, as the Enemy doubtless will View them every Step from
Reas* Town.

I am. Sir; with perfect respect & Esteem^

Y' Hon« Most Ob* Humb>« Serv^

JOHN ARMSTRON<^.

Directed^

To the Honourable William Denny, Esg., Governor & Commander
in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania; Philad*.

484 PENNSYLVANIA AROHITES 1768.

Jambs Young to B. Peters, 1758.

Carlisle, 20tli July, 1758.
Dear Sir,

Your kind favour of the 17tli is just pome to hand with four
Blank Commissions, and one for Cap^. Goodwin, but no Blanks fbr
the Lower Counties, tho' jou write you sent me four, which I sap-
pose is not sent by mistake of your Clerk; we are all here Strangely
Alarm'd with the imperfect accounts of our Army to the Northward,
not knowing if the ace** we have be only the Consequenoo of the
first Attact when Lord Howe was KilFd, or if of a Second Battle.
If the Gen^ has particulars, we are apprehensive they are very bad,
as nothing transpir&s ; the Officers seems a good deal cast down, bat
endeavor to keep all Secret from the Men. I wish we were to pro-
ceed as fast as possible, to be at our Place design'd before the Enemy
can get there frobi Ticonderago. CoP. Armstrong goes to-day, the
Gen^ did intend going to-morrow before the express arrived, hot
whether that will alter his intentions or not I cannot say.

I am much Obliged to you for acquainting me of l>. Gnsme's
family, I hope M". Grasme has no Complaints in her side; no news
from Eeas' Town ; I march when the Gen^ does.
I am, Dear Sir,

with great Esteem,

Your very aff*. Humb'« Serv*,

JAS. YOUNG.

Directed,— To Richard Peters, Esq'.

James Young to Gov. Denny, 1758.

Carlisle, 20th July, 1758.
Sir,

I would have done myself the Honor of writing to you before
this, but waited till I had paid the Draughts sent East of Snsqoa-
hanna, in order to acquaint your Honor therewith. I have nov
paid them all up to the first of August^ agreeable to your instrae-
tions, @ 159. p' month, they being new Levys : also the party left
here, according to' the list sent you by Major Shippen, Col*. Arm-
strong, Marches with the remainder of the Provincials this day, and
I believe the Gen^ goes to-morrow or next day with the remaining
Part of the Highlanders; I am order'd to go at the same time to be

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1768. 486

under tbe Escort that the King's Money is. I shall do myself the
Honor to write you from Beaa' Town, with a particular account of
what passes there.

I am with great Respect,

Your Honor's most Obed* and
most Humb'^ Serv^^

JAS. YOUNG.
IHrected.— The Hon*»« Gov'. Denny.

Sir,

Sir Wm. Johnson to Gov. 'Dbnnt,1758, •

Fort Johnson, 21 July, 1758.

At the Camp at Lake George, General Abercromby put into my
hands your favour of the 27 June, with a Copy of the Cherokee
Speeches.

I returned hither 4 or five days ago, and two days after the Chero-
kees arrived. And this day they made their Speech to the Six Na-
tions. I shall use my best Endeavours to promote a Harmony be-
tween them, as well as the Southern Indians in the British Alliance,
and the Indians of this District, for as you justly observe, a Union
between our Indian Allies to the Southwaid and Northward, is a
desirable event, and worthy our endeavours to compass.

I have a Belt & Speech ready to send thro' the Six Nations, to
desire them, at your request, to send some of their Chief men, and
the Senecas in particular, to the meeting you propose, and intend
to deliver this Belt & Speech to-morrow, to some Chief of the Sene-
cas who are now here, to be by them made known thro' the 5 Na-
tions, who I make no doubt will attend yQu.

This day I dispatched Jos. Peppy, a Delaware Indian, with a Belt
of Wampum & a Speech,* in the name of the Six Nations, & my
own to the Delaware Indians living on the Ohio, a copy of which I
herewith transmit you.

And in two days I shall send off Mr. Croghan & Mr. Montour, to
your Province, to be aiding & assisting at your proposed meeting.
I hare directed Mr. Croghan to correspond, & confer with you as
oecasion may require.

I hope these measures and the negotiations at the- proposed Con-
gress, will put things upon such a footing, as may for the future
secure the Frontiers of y Province from the Ravages & Desolations
which it hath & is daily suffering. To obtain this happy security,
I don't know any more effectual measure can be pursued, than to

* See it CoL Beo. VoL Vm. p. 15a.

48e FBNNSTLVANIA ABCHTYES 1758.

open an advantageous Trade for the Indians, and to hare it pttt i
tach aafehoritive regulations as may convince the Indians how mudh
it is for their interest to maintain Peace & Friendship for the Eof^
lish, & protect your Province from the Irruptions of the Enemy.
. Trade is undoubtedly the strongest cement to bind the Indians to
our alliance, taking necessary precautions that Justice is done them
by the Traders, giving them satisfaction with regard to their Land
Complaints, and by a solemn public Treaty, to agree upon clear k
fixed Boundaries between our Settlements & their Hunting Grounds,
so that each party may know their own, & be a mutual, protection to
each othei; of their respective Possessions.

These meisures & such a Treaty, if conducted with PrudcDoe,
Vigor & Sincerity, would in my humble opinion, be the most effec-
tusd means to restore Peace, Security & Quiet PossessioQ to yoor
Frontiers ; and if copied by all the neighbouring Provinces which
have BufiPered the Calamities of an Indian War, or are exposed to
the irruptions of these Savaees, would be to them the most solid
Foundation for their future Tranquility, and at the same time I ap-
prehend it would be the most adviseable & successfull scheme, to
strengthen, extend & secure the British Indian Interest, overthrow
that of our Enemies, & deprive them of their prinoipal means of
distressing his Majesty's Colonies, & obstructing their Growth &
Improvements, nay, I am apt to believe such a system of condact,
was it to become general in the Provinces more immediately con-
cerned, would dislodge the French from their alarming encroach-
ments^ with less expence, both of Blood & Treasure, more speedily
& more effectually, than we shall perhaps be ever able to do by meer
Force. As to Indians, I am affraid, neither Speeches^ Treaties or
Expedition^, will bring them heartily over to our Views & Interest,
without our observing some such plaa of conduct, as I have above
recommended.

I have received a Letter from the Gov' of New Jersey, whose
Burlington Meeting seems to me, to be a proper and prudent step,
and I have suggested to him that your proposed Congress might
be perhaps, a proper time and place for him, in b,ehalf of his Pro-
vince, finally to -settle with the Indians in question about the Mini-
sink Lands, for I greatly suspect those are the Indiana chiefly con-
oerned in the irruption upon his Province.

As to Tidiuscung, I can learn nothing more of him at present^
than that he was a leaditig man amongst some Tribes of Dekware
Indians.

I expect the Chief Seneca Sachem down at my house in a little
timO; if Tediusoung is a considerable man, he will know it I sus-
pect he is not the Consequential Person he hath pretended to be in
Jour Indian proceedings, and that he is either a Tool, made use of
y some in your Province, or a vain forward Fellow, who fiods his
advantage by imposing himself upon your Government, as a Person
of great Importanjoe; however, if he is BOt fiO« he hath been made

PBKSsnrLVANIA ABOHIVBS 1768. 487

too ngnifioant to be treated with oontempt, KtA I do not think it at
all improbable, but he may be one of the Instigators to the Murders
committed on jour Frontiers & those of the neighbouring Provinoea,
in which the Seneoas living at Chenohia may give their countenance,
& for aught I know, their assistance, for some oi th^m are very
much under the influence of the French,
lam,

with great Esteem, ^'

Sir,

Y' most obedient

Humble Servant,

WM. JOHNSON.

To the Honourable

William Denny, Esq',

OoV of Pensilvania.

Major Jacob Orndt io Gov. Dbnny, 1758,

May it Please your Honour^

Sir,

As I am ordered by his Excellency, General Forbes, to Sent to
the Commanding Officers at Fort Augusta & Fort Allan, that they
are to acquaint all the fraind Indians Which are there or Should
come in, that they are to Wear a brad yeallow band Round thero
Head or arms, in order to distiguish them from our Enime, and that
your Honour would give orders to the Commissioners to Sent a quan-
tity Sufficent up to Fort Augusta and Fort Allan, to suply the In-
dians with.

I have left the .Camp at Rasston, the 14th of these Instand, and
by orders of General Forbes, I am to visit the Garrisons allong the
frontiers to the River Delawar, of which I shall mak a Return to
your Honour, as soon as I shall Return from the frontiers.
I am your Honour^s

Host obliged

Humble Servant,

JACOB ORNDT.
Beading, July 21, 1758.

Directed,

To the Honourable William Denny^ Esq', Governor of the Pro-
vince of Pennsylvania.

488 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1768,

G. Price to Go^. Denny, 1758.

Fort Hunter, ye 22d July, 1758.
Please your honour.

Whereas, I have the honour to hear a Commission in your Regi-
ment, I was left in the Garrison of Fort Hunter, and reeeived
Orders from Oen^ Forhes to repair it, and sent and Engineer to in-
spect into the condition, who found necessary to Stockade it, for
which purpose I was to get the Country People ; and accordingly
apply'd to the several Justices of the Peace for the Townships of
Paxton and Donegal, which latter I never had any answer ^m, but
was informed by Parson Elder, of Paxton, whose word is the same
w**^ that of the Justices, as they act in conjunction in such affiurs,
that till harvest be over the Country People can do nothing ; there-
fore thought propper to acquaint you of this, as a duty incumbent,
also that I am relieved, and that should the work of the fort be Pos-
pon'd till harvest be over, Hwill be yet three weeks l>efore they
begin.

I am, yoiy Honours

most obed*

& most humb*' Serv*,

G. PRICE.

P. S.— The Stockades are cut*

Directedy

On his Majesty's Service, to the Hon'ble William Denny, Es(f,
Governor of Pennsylvania, &c., at Philadelphia.

James Young to R. Peters, 1758.

> Carlise, 23* July, 1758.

Dear Sir,

I am very much obliged to you for your favor of the 20*", we are
greatly shockM with the news from the Northw% the Highlanders
were orderd to march as yesterday but Countermanded, I cannot tel
the reason unless to hear the true state of Affurs your way, or that
because the General is very unwell with the Lax, which, with the
bad news, I fear bears hard on him ; he is not at all communicative
of bad views, and all the Officers endeavoiv to conceal the 90c* we
have from the Northw' from the Soldiers, but while you write me I
let none know till the same prespires from Head Quarters, I there-
fore hope you will not fail to let me know by some Channel or other
what is passing with you. I assure you the news seems to cast a

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1768. 489'

great gloom on many here, tho' not with fear, Rather with Oreif
and revenge, and I donbt not but they will acquit themselyes with
great honor when they have an opportunity. I will send you a par-
ticular account of the Number of our Provincials, Virginians and
Carolinians, as soon as I set to Rays town, for we have it not here ;
as to the Indians, I fear 1 shall not be able to give you an aoconnf
of agreeable to your expeetati<ma.

Old Guest eame ^here Fryday night from Winchester, and Barn j
Hughes this day £rom Rays Town, who both a^ree that there are
but 50 Indians at Fort Cumberland, and 80 at Kays town, which is
all we have, tho' they say more are expected dayly, how that may
turn oat time oan only prove. By Express from Rays town, 8 In-
diana and two of our Sold" had been in sight of Fort Du Quesne,
where they Scalp'd a French Officer, and give account they saw
them Throwing up works round the Fort, saw some Warriors com-
ing down the River, tho' but few Indians about the Fort. Cap^
Clayton and Ward have been out in search of a Road, and bring
ace^ that a much better than Braddocks may be found from Rays
town, in which Major Armstrong, with 100 men, was sent out on
Fryday last to see if he agreead to the same ; the Virginians are
making great interest that our Rout maf be by Fort Cumberland|
bat I hope they will not succeed ; 'tis said that a 100 of our Pro-
vincials at Rays town ire down with the flux, the other troops in
proportion, allmost all the Waggons and Pack horses are gone on ;
S' John setts off tomorrow for Rays town, escorted by a party of
the light horse. Cap*"* Jackson and Eastbum are just come here
from Fort Augusta, and marches tomorrow for Rays town, under
whose Escort I shall proceed with the Military Chest, not chusiog
to wait longer for the Highlanders, their march being very uncer-
tain, and our troops wants mony. I understand, that when the Oen*
getts to Raystown, 100 of the men, least able to march, are to be
draughted and sent to Fort Lyttleton, I>> to Loudon, 50 are left at
Shippensburg, and 50 here ; they are in high spirits at Rays town,,
and much in love with Col^ Bucqnet, all ready for a march, and only
wait for the Gen> to lead them on ; the Train of Artiliry left Ship-
pensburg yesterday, here are about 850 Highlanders, with all the
field Officers, and a Troop of Light horse.

This is all the news we have here, hoping you will write me when
time will permit.

I am with great sincerity, .
D' Sir,

Your very aff. Hum* Sei*.

JAS. YOUNG-

P. 8. The Gen' still unwell, S' John, I presume, setts out in
consequence of the intelligence of the Road.
Carlise, 24**.
Richard Peters, Esq'.
Directed.— To Richard Peters, Esq'., Philadelphia

21*

490 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1768.

Captain Sibbald, of Pennsylvania Fbigatb, to Goy'k
Denny, 1768,

Lewestown Boad, July the 23^ 1758.
Hon« » :

' I arrived here the 20^ instant, and Reoeived y Hodoiub Ei«
presses, N*. 2 A; 3, Dated the 27*^ of Jnne ; I am sorrj I wu not
here to pay obedience to them, the 6*^ <^ Jnlj I made my Signal of
liewstown, bnt as it was not Answered by a Smoak at Pilot Town,
whioh is the Signal when your Honour Commands is Lodged there^
I put out to Sea again, ft as I have Banged the Somidings from the
Lattitade of 35.30 upon all Points of the Compass, I hope tbej got
Salfe in. The Trade of the Port I have at Heart, & in Regard of
my Duty there is Nothing undone that can be Done to seek & find
tlioy Enemy, & to Embrace all Intelligence with Ghearfolness, if 1
am ta the Southward I am uneasy the Trade should suffer to the
Northward, & when to the Northward, to the Southward, or on the
Edge of the Soundings, & not Twenty four Hours in one Place. I
can not attend all those Objects at one Time } I hate Oompleated
Watering, & shall Sail Ibwmorrow moi!iiDg,.if Windft Weather
permits.

I am y Hon" most

Hum. & obed* Ser*.

JNO. SIBBALD.
I observe what your Hon* says in Begard to M'. Natban Foot ;
he was with me the First Cruize, a Midshipman, ft is now Mate, k
has Behaved himself in those Stations^ with Soberity, Deligenee k
Activity.

Directed^

To the Honourable William^ Denny^ Qovemor of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia.

Jacob Orndt to Gov. Denny, 1768.

Fort Allen, July 24*», 1768.
May it please your Honour,
Sir:
I arrived here yesterday, at half an hour after 4 o'Glock in the
afternoon, where I met with King Teediuscung and his party, and
the same day his Son, Han Jacob, was come to the fort from Alle-
gany, where he was sent by his Father, Teediuscung, last Springy

* A Journal aocompanids this paper of yessels spoken, ftc, of little inter-
est for this work. '

PENNSYLVANIA AKOBIVES 1758. «9i

with a Message and three Bealds of Wampnniy and this morning he
Delivered to me Part of his Messoage in the presenoe of Teeaios-
enng, and the other Indians, which is as follows :

GHiat when Ae came to (he Sever Oreeky at AUigany, he met wtik
the hectd men of the Ddetwar Indian* there^ and he delivered his
Messnage to them; they were glad to hear that the English had
made Peace with them, ancji they would all stand to it, and are sorry
that tke War had contiiined so long hehreen ns, hut the Shasrheia
and the other Nations then would oontinue in War with the Eng-
lish.

And that the French had sent the following Messuage to the In^
dians, that the Indians should certainly believe that if the English
would get the better of the French that they would Kill all the In-
diansi therefore, the Indians should Joyn them as Children, to help
them to fight t^inst the English.

Farther the Fre&ch said, We are not very strong bare, the Bng«>
lish they come to fight you, or Else if they would go to fight the
French they would fight them in the other part, if they had a mind
to fight us. The English Does give you no Knivee or St9crd*y of
GrunSy neither Powder nor Leadf you are 1o buy tuch tkimgi aU
yaurtdvee^ but for all yon eall one another Brothers ; the English
makes Peace with you now, but for all they wear there Swords on
their side to try how to kill you.

The above is an exact Copy of the Messuage which Teediuscung0
Son delivered to me.

Teediuscung, after this was spoken, told that they would not be-
lieve what the French had said, they would stand to what was don&
between him and bis Brothers the English, only the Governor should
send some Powder and Lead to fort Allen, that the Indians might
be supplied with when they come in there. Teediuscungs Son in-
formed me that he left the French fort 33 days ago. The same In-
dian informed me that 5 Indians of the 5 Nations wag killed at the
mouth of Canaw by the French Indians.

Teedyuscung and his men are Just now going to March from Fort
Allen.

I am your Honours Most obediend

Humble Servend,

JACOB OBNDT.

Directed.

To the Honourable William Denny, Esq'., Qovonior of the Pro-
vince of Pensylvania.

By the care of Wiliaxh Marshal.

PiSMCSTLVANIA ABOHIVBfl 1768.

An Account of Brass Orpnancb and Stores, BBLONanra
TO His Majesty, left at Philadelphia, 1768,

Under the Oare of Benjamin Lozley, appointed by Brigadier Gea>
ForbeB, to take Oharge of the same.

Light Brass Ordnance mounted on '

Traveling Carriages, Compt w*^ U p,^^„ q
Limbers, Ammunition. Boxes &
Elevating Screws. ^

Ladles with Staves, 6 P'ders. 6

Spunges with Rammers and Staves, 6 I>. 6

Spunges for Mortars, 4f inch

Ditto with Rammers, d*.

Wadhooks with RammerSi 6 Pound"*

■i!

in 1 hhd.

Spunge Bags Painted,

}12 P'"
6d« J

12P««. 2.2
R. 3.8

Tarpaulins, 6 d"*. 7

Field Tampions, with Collars, 6 d\ 6

Tin Powder Measures, from Soz. to 1r., Setts, 3

Handspikes, Traversing, 6 Pd». 12

Bmpty Shells,

Aprons of Lead»

Funnels of Plate,

Muzzle Caps for Mortars,

Hand G-renades, fixed;

Powder Horns,

Budge Barrels, Copper Hooped,

' 8 inch.
.41
Guns,

Orease,
Grows of Iron,
Sa&d SorevBy
Hair Cloths,
Wadmill Tilts,
Tanned Hide,
Sheep Skins,

Firkins,
Small,

7732 12 unsble.

9
1000 in 20 Boxes.
18

1
18

PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIVBS.1768.

488

Spnose IWska^

Steel Spikes for Nailing Oan's,

Spikes of

C 9 incb, 80 1

] 7 1117 f

(6 160 y

iaS Osgga.

Nails,

Twine,

Coals for Smiths,

Cart Whips,

f40
30
20
10
6
4
Glont,
Dogg,
L Copper,

Pounds,
Bushels,

185
15

80'
1117
160

500

585
1000
1000

1000 in 2 bbb.
1000

490

200

100

16|

5 Ponnd'rs pairs, 7
White Rope QaoiU,Rth~, |5>nch, ^

2 inoh,

18 in 8 small Tats.

Tarr'd do.
HarlinTaned,

Itnthonis,

Quoil,
Skeins,

Earth Rammers,
Large Wood Mauls,
Pack Thread,

(MnsooTj,
Tin, .
Dark,
Ordinary,

in 2 hhds.

lbs.

1250

in 50 Chests.

Muskets, w«» Baynets, Scabbards, )
and Tann'd Leather Slings, j
Cartouoh boxes, with StrapsA Progs,18 holes, 1250

Halberts. . .... . 60 in2 Boxes.

I>'<"ns, 40 in 20 D. Dram 0.

iMusquet, 10.4.1.12} '-^2 boxes^A

' Pistql, 0.8.0. 0 'in 8 Kega.
^Carbine, 0.0.3. 8 *inPowd'B>.

Shot, Tons, Cw*. q». ft.

Coni'd PQwder, in Copper hooped, whole bbls. 109

Fine Paper, Rhms. Quires, . . 65.14 in 4 Vats.

Musqnet Flints, . . . 1660 in 1 Cag.

494

PENNSTLVANU ARCfHIVES 1758.

Spare Ash Ramrods^
Tents^

Poles for Ditto.
Tent|

5'oot,-

RMge,
Stand,
' Pins,
Mallets,

985 in 10 Bondles.
789 in 16 Bales.

809 in 32 BoDdles.
• 1573 in 62 1>.

^^•^J^Jin57hampei8.

Laboratobt Stores.

Tin Cases filled w^^* Iron Shot, fixed ^ 12 P'ndrs, 6 in 1 Box.
with Wooden Bottoms, & Flannel j-
Cartridges filled w^^ Powder and [
Parohm* Caps & Covers, j 6 680 in 45 Boxes.

Ditto without Parchm* Caps & Covers, 6 p«». 208 in 13 Boxes.

Bound Shot fixed with Wooden Bot- ^ 12 Pd". 16 in 2 Boxes,
toms & Flann* Cartridges filled
with Powder, & Parchm* Caps &
Covers.

Tin Tubes, fixed.

Tin Tubes, empty,

Spare Flann^ Cartridges, empty, -

6 2236 in 168 Boxes.

12P*». 44

6 2200
12 P'r*. 600

6 .164,
12 P^. 81

6 300

Cutting Knives, . ' . • . ' . 2
Scissars, . . • • Pairs^ 2

Meal'd Powder, . . ^
Barrels for D*". Copper Hooped,

White Wine Vinegar,
Stone Quart Bottles, empty.

Fixed Fuzes, including spare, *

Cotton,
Worsted,

Quiek Match,

Boxes for Quick Match,

Quarts, 3 in 3 Bottles.
. . 3

f8 inx 69 in 1 Box.
|4f 9728 in 3 red Chests.

lbs. oz. 0.3
lbs. ox. 2.1

J Cotton for Fuzes, 20
I Worsted for Tubes, 6

... . ^

P&NK3TLVANIA ABCHB^SS 1758.

495

Paper,

rCartr^ges, 16)

•{ Brown, Qoirok 17 > in 1 red Chest

(Bine, 63

Spare fixed Fazes for Handgrenadoea, , 109 ^ Ch. w^ otbari*

Bams, .... YardS| 4

Thin Canyas for Gapping Fuzes, d*. 11 1

Kitt, lbs. 80

Rasps, i round, 6

Pincers for Drawing Fazes, • Pairs,* 1

Three Sqaare Filet, . • . • 3

Mallets of Wood for setting Fuzes^
Setters of Wood,

^ 8 inch.
8 inch.

4
2

Intrenching
Tools, ^

Shoyekj?^^^

Pick Axes helved, .
Spades,

191
292

49 in 1 Barrel.
143indBz&])rmQ.

Iron,

Hand Hatchets,

Felling Axes,

Spare He* for P^A», 22

Wheel Barrows, ^ 75

Hand Barrows, 11

Hand Bills, 50 in Bbl.

Ballast Baskets, 18

Grindstones, . .' .* .* / 8
Trough for !)• 1

Handles & Axle trees for Grindstones, Iron, 8 '

Leather BuoketSy IS

( Cross cutt, 4

-Whip, . 9

I ^ Hand, 10

' Cross cat, 10

VWhip, "8

•Whip, 1

•Hand, 1

.• .• -2.

Saws,

Handles for Saws,

Saw Setts, . ♦
Boxes for Whip Saws,

f Cross cutt.
Files, 3 sq. for Wheting Saws, ] Whip,

( Hand,

in 1 large Bo%.

496

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1758.

Whole DealB,

Slit Deals, .

Sand BagS|

Punches for Yents of Guns,

MammerSy •

MaalS;

Angres of Sorts, .
Gimblets Ditto, .
Qouge Pecking, •

12 Feet,

10
' 12 Feet,

10
' Bnshell,

5
14 .
25

44
ISOOintwoBalei.

iBushell, 4000 in 4 Ditto.
6 Pounders, 12

'Riveting,
■ Claw,

Pen;

Hand,

Finners,

Sojthes,

Handles fbr Ditto,

Kings Ditto,

Wedges of Iron for Ditto,

Hooks of Iron for Ditto,

Whet Stones,
Oil, Train,

. small,

C Large,
I Small,

Gallon,

Formers for making Musquet Cartridges,
Tin Measures for filling Ditto,
Quart Pot, Pewter, .*

Tin Kettles,

Hickory and Oak Hoops,

Hazle Ditto.

Hammocks,

Beds, •

Pillows,
Blankets,
Coverlids,
Cartouches of Leather,

Bundles,
Ditto,

f Double,
1 Single,

in 1 Box.

1
9
1
2
12
15
1

2
6

12
6

18
6
6

16 in 1 small Cask.
16^

Au. 1 Box.

16)

4
2
1

in a PowderBL

2
28

6 Pounders, 12

Tin Boxes with Straps for Tubes, 6 Pounders, 6

Tennent Saws for Cutting Fuzes, 1

Brass Port Fire Mould, ... 1

Drifts for Fuses, . . . 8 in Copper, 6

• . PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758. 497

f Iron Former, 1

For the Portfire I Iron'd Drifts tip'd w^** Brass, 4

Moulds. I Setters of Brass, 1

^LadieS; Copper, small, 2

Portfire Composition, . Pounds, 52}

Cartridge Paper for Portfires, Quir's, Sheets, 0.17
Tin Solting Box, .... 1

Tin Funnels for filling Shells, j ^ J^''^' }

C in 191 flann> Cartridges, 162 in 8 Bb.
Corned Powd',lbs. \ Loose in whole Bl.

( Haz'dhoop'd, 43 J

Scrapers for Shells,

Sieves with Tops & Bottoms,

8 inch, 2

4f nil

Lawn, 1

Hair, 1 in 1 Box.

Wooden bottoms for ^

R-8hot, P2Pond».102
Tin Cuflo I 12 Pond". 138

Empty Tin Cases for 12 Pounders, . 173

Empty Powder Bbls. whole, with 4 Copper 1 j^g
Hoops on each, J

Loose Hoops for whole Barrels, Copper, 35

Empty Boxes for fixed Ammunition, 10

Tents corap' with Poles, Pins 1 ( Horsemens, 1
& Mallets, Mb«"^ 1

Poles for Officers Tent, Set, 1

Taken the 24** July, 1758, by Francis Stephen, Storekeeper of
His Majesty's Ordnance, in New York, & Benjam* Loxley, at
Philad*.

By order of James Fnmis, Esq'., Comptroller Oenerall of His
Majesty's Ordnance & Stores, in America.

(A Copy.)

498 PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVES 1768.

Provincial Commissioners to Gov. Denny, 1758.

Philad% July 25ih, 1758.
Sir,

Since the Receipt of youn of the 19th. we have enqnired aflier
the Swords the General writes for, & find better than such as have
been already purchased and supplied the light Horse, are not to be
had. We shoa'd be glad to furnish them were they to be procured
in the Place.

We are, Sir,

Your most humble Servants,

Wm. Masters,

Jos. Ffox,

Jon. Hughes,

Jos. Galloway.
Dxrecterly ^

To the Honourable William Denny, Esquire.

Admiral Bosgawen to Gov. Denny— Surrender of j
louisburg, 1758.

i
Namur, in Gbbrouae Bay, 27th July, 1758.

Sir, I

I have the pleasure to Acquaint you, that the Town of Louisbarg j
Surrender'd yesterday. A Copy of the Capitulation I send inolos'd, |
and am, Sir,

Your most Obed* humble Sery*,

. B. BOSCAWBN.

P. S.— The Ships taken, Burnt & J^troy'd, are as follows, vii':

Prundent, 74 Guns, Burnt by the Boats of the Fleet under Ctp*
Lefery.

Entreprenant, 74 ^* Blown up & burnt by a Shot from the Ma-
rines Battery.

Gapricieuz, 64 '^ Burnt by the Entreprenant.

Celebre, 64 " Burnt by the Entreprenant.

Bienfjuisant, 64 '^ Taken by the Boats of the Fleet k towed
from under the Walls of the Town into
the East Harbour, by Captoin Balfour.

PSNirSYLVANIA ABGHIVES 1768. 40»

Apollo, 50 «

Cheore, ")

Bicbe, |- Frigates,

Stink by the EDemy across the Harbour's
I mouth; to prevent the Fleet going in.
Fiddle,) }

Diana, 36 Gmns, Taken by His Majesty's Ship Boreas.
Echo, 26 '< Taken by His Majesty's Ship Juno.
JHrected^
To Will- Denney, Esq'.

Pbtbb Bard to Gov, DENinnr, 1768.

Harrises, Juiy y» 27th, 1758.
May it please your Honour : ''

Qip^Trump Expecting there would be sundry things Lodg'd here
for Fort Augusta, by the time the party got down, such as Indian
goods, the Doct" Chest of Medecines, a quantity of Indian Com lor
the Indians at Wyoming, &c., request^ of me to go down &Engage
some Battoemen, & se Every thing Safe on board the battoes, us we
have but two Officers left of Our battalion, viz^, Gap* Trump & Ens"
Henry, but there is none of these things come, & all much wanted,
particularly the Indian Com, there has been several partys of In-
dians from Wyoming for it, but as we had none I gave them flour;
the last party that came said they could not go up without, so left
five Indians with three Cannoes, who waits my return ; Immediately
nppon my Arrival ^here I sent one George Gellaspy into the Country
to buy two hundred bushels, but for the present could not git above
One Hundred; the farmers are now in the hith of their harvest, and
have not time to Shell their Com nor bring it in, I was oblidg'd to
send some of Our Soldiers to Shell great part of thb, agreeable to
vour Honour's Orders to me, I wrote to Cfq»t. Allen to Engage the
battoemen into the Service again, & he had got several, but upop the
General's coming here, he Md them he wanted them to go with the
Army and not for this river, upon which they were discharg'd again.
1 am Oblidg'd to Employ some for this Trip to Carry up the Corn &
some other things that are here & at Hunters; the river is very Low
k difficult, & none but battoemen that is used to tho river would be
able to take them up. I shall march to-morrow. ^
I am,

Your Honour's

Most Obedient Humb^ ServS

PETER BARD.
2>iiiecterf.— (On his Majesty's Service.)
To the Honourable William Denny, £sq%

Oovemoor & Commander in Chief of the

Province of Pennsylvaiua*

SOO FBNNSTLYANIA AB0HIVS8 17S8.

CoNBAD Weiser TO B. Peters, 1758.

Beading, July tbe 29th, 1758, 1
at 5 in the Afternoon. )
Sir,

I (M bat adrnowledge the receipt of yours by Mr. Benj" Dftvig'
Express. I shall do all what lies in my power in the mentioned
Service. I Intend to set out for Carlisle pleas God, to-morrow in
the after noon, or towards the Even ing, to wait on General Forbes.
I can say no more at present, but on my return, which I hope will
be about the time of Beading Court, I will give you all the Intdr
ligeance I can.

I am, Sir,

your very obedient,

CONBAD WEISER.
Directed,

To Biohard Peters, Esquire,
^ Mr. Benjamin Davis.

Jos. Spangbnberg to B. Peters, 1758.

Mr. Bichard Peters :

Sir,

I humbly thank You for giving me an Account of Mr. Smith's
Information, viz^, That he, being a Prisoner in the French Countiiefl^
saw there the Moravian Indians go and come most every Week, fte.

Give me Leave to observe, first, that a Moravian Indian is a Si-
derojylon. Moravia is no Beligion, but a certain Country.

But I suppose he means, either some Indians, who once have
lived at GnadenhiLtten, or he means Indians who were coming from
Bethlehem.

If he calls ihem who once have lived at Gnadenhiitten, Morama
Indians, he may have seen such amongst the French. For sevenl
Indians, who once lived at Gnadenhiitten went up to live at the
Susquehanah, before we had any Wars, and have been involved in
them, some with, some against their Will.

If he means Indians who came from Bethlehem, I suppdse he was
not mistaken neither. For when Governor Morris issued a Procla-
mation, setting forth a Cessation of Arms on this Side Susquehanah,
numbers of Indians came to Bethlehem, stayed there some Time,
went off again and returned at Pleasure. The Brethren acquainted
the Government with it^ not only by Letlers, but also by Two De-

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758. 601

pnttes, earnestly requesting and inireating, that the said Indians
might be ordered to be somewhere else. For Bethlehem was b^
oome a Frontier Place, and in oontinual Danger of being set on Fire
and out off cruelly by their very Quests. But the Government had
weighty Beasons for leaving the Indians at Bethlehem, and when
once they were removed to Easton, for bringing them back again to
Bethlehem.

But if Mr. Smith means by Moravian Indians those Indian Fami-
lies, who, when the war broke out, and our People was cruelly mur-
dered on the Mahony, fled to Bethlehem, and gave themselves under
English Protection, which also was granted them, and who after-
wards had their fionses at Onadenhuutten burnt, their Provisions
destroyed, and their Horses carried away, he is certainly mistaken.
For these very same Indians were, as well as all other Men in Beth-
lehem, continually employed in the Time of War, in keeping Watch,
&c., and kept about Bethlehem for fear of being hurted by others, or
of frightening them. And when Peace was a making they were our
Watchmen in the Harvest-Time, or they set themselves to work,
Which is so notorious, that on Occasion one could bring One Hun-
dred Evidences to prove it. After Peace was made, they have
ventured out a hunting again, but did not go further than just be-
hind the blue Mountains, except one or another of them were sent
as Messengers from the Government. But with Respect to any
imputation that may ly on ^r Characters, as if we were on any
Account carrying on a political, or any other Correspondence with
the French, I do declare, that there is no such Thing ; and if either
Mr. Smith, or any Body else, is of Opinion, that any one of us had
a Hand in a Correspondence with the French, or that any one of us
even had known of the Indians going to them, or comins from them,
further than what we immediately have communicated to the Go-
vernment of this Province, He is certainly mistaken.

I am, Sir,

Your most humble Sei(,

' JOS. SPANQENBERG.

Bethlehem, Jul. 31^ 1758.

Directedy
To Richard PeterS; Esq'.

»02

PBNN8YLVANU AECHIVES 1758,

Repoet of the Provisions, &c., at Fobt Augusta, 1758,

August the Ist, 1758.

A Beport of ProYistonSi Gloathing, Ammonitioii; Toola, &&; dot
in the store here.

62443 Pounds of Flonr, 8 Frying pans,

28 Pounds of match rope, 12 Grul^Dg Hoes,

12 Old watch coats intirely wore 18 Broad do.,

28 Bullocks,

91 Bushels of Indian Com,
8 Crow BarrSy
4 Cross cut saws, ordinarji
4 Whip do. do.;

1 Do. New,

2 Dutch saws, ordinary,
10 Iron Wedges,
106 Old Blankets,^
12 Battoes Patch up for present

use,
12 Pieces of Cannon,
20 Rounds of Grape Shott,
35 Bounds of partridge,

out,
178 pr. Corse yam Stockings,
18 Ream of Cartridge paper,

3 pr. of Steelyarde,
1 Set of Coopers Tools, worn out,

1 Set of Carpenters, do.,
28 Carrying Saddles, do.,

4 Barrels of Salt,
} Piece of Ozenbrigs,
10 Yards of Flannel,
10 Horse Collars,
10 Pitching axes tolerable good,
26 Do. wore out, not worth steel-

10 Do. Broad ordinary,

4 Drawing Knives, do.,

4 Adzes, do.,

6 Spades, tolerable good,

§ Do. wore out,

18 Shovels, ordinary,

14 Mawl Rings,

2 Hand Screws,
4 pr. of Traces,
2 Drag Chains,

15 Pick Axes,
8 Calking Irons,

16 Brass Kettles mostly worn out,

2 ^vcls,

7 ffiunderbusses,

1 14 Small arms, good, -

117 Very Ordinary,

704 Caonon Ball,

1301 Grape Shott made up for

Canon,
46 Hand Grannades,
97 Ifo of Barr Lead, & 14 tb of

Nails,
i a Cask of flints, very ordinary,
1 Grinding Stone.

XHm. of powder* half bari o!i.

In the Store,
Made up in Cartridge

for Can* & Swiv.,
In Soldiers horns &

pouches,

16
6

2
U

Bnlletsinpoiindf*

1573
150

160

BaUebaodSmBa

667
20

22 3t 1883 617

Expended this last month i^Barrel of powder, 60 lb of Ballets t
Swan Shot.

PETEB BABD, CommisB'.

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JouBKiJi on* Moses Titaht and Isaac Hill to Mihisinks,

1758.

On Tuesday, June 27th, 1758, Moses Tetamy and Isaac Hill set
out from Philadelphia and lodged at Ghesnut Hill, next night at
Bcthleliem. Here we engaged Alamewhehum or Jonathan to go
with us, and Moses gave him one of his shirts as he conld not go
home from Bethlehem, setting out we reached that day Queheck,
ahout 20 miles heyond Fort Allen, where we met Teedyuscnng and
his Company, Here Isaac turned back with Teedyuscung, and in his
room Mamsooghwallind or David went, Teedyuscung promising to
give him a stroud for his service which he received at Wyoming.
Next morning parting with Teedyuscung we reached Wyoming and
lodged there that night. Early next morning left Wyoming and
came to Tenkghanake, about as far above Wyoming as from Wyo-
ming to Fort Allen. This is an old Town, no body lives there, but
over the River we saw some DKnisink Indians, Hunters, who called
to us, and when we went over treated us kindly and gave us some
Bear meat and Venison. The Road this day broken and hillj.
From Tenkghanake we next day het out, and about an hour before
sunset came up with a Company of Warriors who were returuing
from the Minisinks. There were 50 in Company, they had with
them four prisoners and three Scalps, they said they had one Giiief
man whom they called their Father killed in a Skirmish, and tbree
wounded, of which one died by the way. The party consisted all of
Senekas, but one of them talked Shawnese, and David understood
that Language. At first they seemed to think us spies, and w&
were afraid of them, However after talking with thedS we thought it
best not to go past for fear they should take it ill, so we kindled a
fire and sat down, then they came and sat with us and seemed
pleased, but they told us some Delawares had pursued them and
shot at them, and if the Delawares would do so again they would
either take them or kill them. We told them where we came from,
and where we were going, and our Business, this satisfy'd them that
we were not Enemies. They told us that they had been in two
Companies, and that each Company had taken a Fort. They com-
plained of the Delawares for having first begun the war, and now
sitting still when they their uncles had begun to make war on the
English, and they said they would not sit still as they had done
having once begun. We saw one of the Prisoners, a child between
8 and 10 years old. Next day we left them, and that night came
to Diahogo, where in wading the River Moses Tetamy was almost
drowned. All the Houses in this Town are in ruins, no Indians
live there, the Road bad? From Diahogo set out early, travelled
hard, and about 2 o'clock reached Ehlanemet or French Margaret's
Son in Law's House who treated us kindly. Here we met Arnistrong,

PJBNNSTLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758. 605

ho had been to war with the party we left, aod had parted with them
a day or two before, and was now going back to them. We heard
he had been taking np some prisoners, and was now bringing down
some meal in Bags for the Company. At Ehlanemets we saw an
Epglisfa Prisoner very sick. After staying about half an honr and
eating a little, we set ont and travelled across some fine low Land,
thick settled, fall of Houses, fine Com Fields, the People have
plenty of meat, old corn, milk and butter, at night we reached the
Bido of the mountain Aghsinsin, and lodged at the House of one
Eobns a Delaware Indian, In this Town called Kobus' Town are
three large Houses and about 10 small ones, about 100 People, men
women and children. Here we saw a white woman at a distance in
a com Field. Next morning Kobus and several more went with us,
and to avoid the mountain we crossed the River and travelled along
low Land about a mile, where we saw a great many Houses and fine
corn Fields, spoke to a white boy, then crossed* the River again and
travelled about five miles to the King's House, all the way thidc
settled^ At the King's ^ouse we stopped in a place provided for
ns till the other Great men could b^ sent for. In this House live
Alamewhehum, an old man, and Anandamoakin, a &t man, well
dressed in French Cloaths, as are almost all the Warriors. The old
man is a friend of the English, and all who would be Friends of the
Engliab hold with him, but the fat man is for the French, and as we
afterwards learned is going soon to pay them a visit About 12
o'clock the chief men came altogether, and we delivered our Mes-
sages to them, while we were delivering them all the rest seemed
much pleased and answered with the cry of approbation, but the fat
man hung down his Head and made no answer, or very little, after
we had delivered the Message they all went out and entered into a
consultation, qnd we being invited went to Wenewalikas House at a
small distance. In the afternoon they sent for us again, and Moses
Tetamy told them the message over again, at which they seemed to
understand it much better. Then returned to Wenewalikas House,
and at night one of them a younff man came to us and brought three
strings of white wampum, on which he said. Tell my Brother the
English I am very glad and thank him that he has remembred our
old men, tell him farther, wo are but a women nation and can do
nothing ot our selves till we have acquainted our Uncles the Sene-
kas, but we will send a man to morrow to them to know what we
shall do. This not being a satisfactory answer made us all dull, and
we made no answer, so the man went awav. As we had not given
the Papers and Flag when we delivered the Belts, we consulted
whether we should give them, and as we were afraid if we gave them
they would show them to the French, we concluded to beep them
longer and went to sleep. Next morning went a mile up the River
to look for a Canoe, saw Houses all the way. There came a young
man with Isaac Neutimus and old Amos's don to vi^it uS; the young
Vol. m.— 22

606 PBNiraTLVAMUL AROHIVES 1768.

man had been hiely at Allegheny and at the Ffenofa Fort at Ye-
nango, and said there were great Nambens of Frenoh and Indiana
coming from bejond the Lakes to go down to Fort Duqaesne, bol
that they were maoh straitned for want of Provisions, so that their
allowanoe was bat one pint of Pease and one quarter of a poand of
Pork a day. He^told ns there was a Company of 200 Indians come
from beyond the Lakes, and the- Captain of the French Fort gare
them fonr qnarts of Beans to divide among them, and finding on
their oomplaining they were not likely to get any more, they sboi a
Cow npon which the French Captain finding fault and endeavoariog
to get part of the Meat, they repulsed him and sent him back into
the Fort witfaont any. He told us there had been some Indian spies
to view the English Army on, their march, and that they had been
a whole day on one side of them, and intended to have gone roood
them, but they were so long a Train they could not get round them
that day. Moses Tetamy told them they need not try to get roand
thetn, for he supposed they reached Jto Philadelphia, as they bad
been going a great while, and were still loading waggons when bo
came from thence. He said the French men bragged they would
meet this army sooner than they had Braddock's, because the smell
of the Dead Bodies had like to breed an infection among the Sol-
diers at the Fort, but the Indians did not believe them, and many of
them think the English will now beat the Fcenoh, and they wish
they may, but seem very fearfuli if they should, they will not be
true to the- Indians.

He said when he was coming from the Frenoh Fort the Captain
told him they should soon have plenty of Provisions as they dailj
expected a supply by ships from France, but that a man followed
him who he thinks was a Doctor that told him it was not true, for
the English ships had stopp'd the passage so that oo sh ps eould
come up the River, this man Moses thinks was an English Man.
Having got a Canoe we returned with a Resolution to set of home^
wards that day, but Wenewalika told us they had had a good deal
of Talk since we were gone, and he thought it was best we shoold
stay that day that we might carry back something more satisfactory
news; We agreed to it, whereupon they called a Council, which
lasted all that day and almost all night, and in the morning they all
met together, Alamewhehum, Anandamoakin and Egbkookund the
Chiefs of the Munseys, with several more of that nation, Weaewar
lika and a great many Delawares, in thcT presence of whom Toong^-
kuness a Delaware, who speaks the Munsey Language well, is
behalf of the Munseys spoke as follows,

Tell my Brother the English that I am very Thankful and
obliged to liim that he should think of our old Folks who live so
far off. Thiii String confirms my words; 3 strings of blaok and white
Wampum.

TeU my Brother the English we have sent a message to the Sene*

PBNN8YI-YANIA AECHIVE8 1756. 507

kti ibai be is goae and viU be back in fire days, tliat we will wai6
till his Betorn, and when he comes, we will go down and aee onf
Brother the Oovernor, if onr old men cannot go those who are young
wQI go down to Burlington and see and speak to onr Brother the
GoYdrnor face to face. Tkk gtriog confirms my worde^ 3 strings
wbite Wampum.

Tell my Brother I am much obliged to him that he should think
of us and our Children and Orand Children, and that he is willing
to gather up and bury the bones and wash away the blood, this
Dews gives me great pleasure, and by this Belt I heartily thank him,
—a Belt of 4 Rows.

Upon receiving these Strings and Belt we took out and delivered
to them the Letters and Flag with Directions how to use the Flag.
We told them they would be expected at Burlington in SO days.
They said it would have been^ much better if the Governor had
agreed to meet them at Eaaton or Philipsburg, that in that Case
many would go, but if they must go to Burlington they thought
there would be but a few that would go so far. • We said we could
give no answer to that, we were desired to invite them to Burlington.
They then said they would be glad if Moses Tetamy would meet
tbem at Fort Allen to be their Interpreter as they came down thro!
the Inhabitants. About noon we took leave and set out to come
home, Wenewalika came a part of the way with us. He told us
that it was agreed in the Council, that if the old men could not
come he should go with the young men and be the Speaker for the
Munseys. When we crossed the River several of the principal men
on this side the River told us they would come, and we are inclined
to believe there will be a large Company, as all are pleased with the
Strings and Belt we received. They told us that all the way up
Susquehannak quite to the Head was thick settled, chiefly with
Delawares, there was also another large Branch to the Westward
thick settled.

Several times in conversation they said if the English were in
earnest why did they not send some of their own people with the
Messages. We told them that two white men were lately coming
with Messages, and had come as far as Nescopekun, but were stopped
by the Indians for fear the Warriors would meet them and kill tbem.
Parting with Wenewalika we set out in a Canoe and lodged below
Ehlanemet, next day continued our Journey and l^t the Canoe drive
down all night, and in the morning stop'd and Breakfasted at Pe*
poonhank, who was well pleased with our Message, and say'd he
would come down. From Pepoonhank sail'd down the River and
met the War Party at Diahogo, made no stop but proceeded, and
about snn set came to Tenghanaoke, and next day to Wyoming
about 2 o'clock. Here were only 8 men, Augustus, Sam Evans and
another man,^ the rest gone, some to Philadelphia and some to Sha-
mokin. From Wyoming we next day came to Queheck; and from

608 PENNSYLVANIA AUCHIVES 1758.

Qoeheol next day to Bethlebeniy and firom thenoe on Fiyday Jnlj
l4th to Philadelphia.*

Indoned.

An Acoonnt of Journey of Bfoses Tetamy with the Message of
the Governor of Jersey to the Minisink Indians, given me by JAt,
Pemberton^ 3d Aog*, 1758.

s Gov. Dknny to Gov. of Havanna, 1758.

Sir,

^I had the Honour of your Exoellency's Letter of the 19th June,
which was delivered to me by Don Antonio Sais.j* who arrived ssfeij
here in the Brigantine El Santo Ohristo, with Captain Boirae, his '
crew, and that part of the Cargo which was saved.

I am infinitely obliged to your Exoellency for yonr good DispoBi-
tion, and kind offices to these unfortunate people, subjects of the
£ing my Master.

Permit me to assure your Excellency that it will he a pleasure to
me, on all occasions, to show the high respect I have for his most
Catholick Majesty, and to afford all the Protection in my Power to
the Subjects of the Crown of Spain.

I am with the highest esteem, and most sincere Tender of mj
Services^

Tour Excellency's most obedient,

and most humble servanti

Philadelphia, 5th August, 1758.

Directed,

His Excellency Don Francisco Caxigal De La Vege.

» See Col. Rec. Vol. VIIT-, p. 149.
f See Colon. Rec. Vol. VIII., p. 165.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758. 600

Teedyuscuno's Mbssagb to the Governor, ITJS.

TeedjnscQDg's Message to the Governor bj Zachens and Jonathan;
delivered Wednesday, the 9th August, 1758.

Brother the Governor :

Yonr Messengers have delivered their. Message to me, desiring I
would send an Indian with them to the Allegheny to view the French
Fort and that River and observe what is doing there, what number
of French & Indians, &o., and this is my answer. Ii^nd them baok^
to you ; I do not suffer them to proceed, as it is a dangerous under-
taking, but as I have heard some News very lately I now send it to
yea by them.

That a Ni^mber of French Mohocks and a French Captain came
down OS far as Diahogo to go to War against the English, but the
Indians there persuaded a Number of them to return back, but a
Frenoh Captain & ten of them would not be restrained but proceed-
ed, and I b«lieve they are going against the Minisink. I think proper
to give you this Information that y« People on your Fronteers may
be put open their guard.

I consider the Englisk our Brethren, and We have but one Ear,
one Mouth, one Eye, you may be sure I shall apprize them of every
motion of the Enemy.

Two Indians came to Wioming from Allegheny and informed
Teedyuscung that they had already struck the French and destroyed
six of their Forts. That Fort Duquesne was very strong, but if
their Brethren, the English, came to attack it they would help
them.

That the Intelligence of this French party of ten men was given
to the Captain at Fort Allen, who sent Messengers immediately to
alarm the People of the Minisink.

That Lawrence Bush was come from the upp^ parts of the Sus-
qaehannah River to.Wioming and went to Shamokin as they sat out
to Fort Allen.

610 PEirNSirLVANIA AB0HIVE8 1768.

Joseph Shippen to R. Pbtebs, 1758.

Camp at Rays' Town, 16th Aug*, 1758.

I>Sur:

I have the pleasure to acknowledge the Receipt of Tour Letter
with the Commissions for Major £ Lieu* Colo., for which I am
very much ohliged to you. When I wrote to you about them from
Carlisle, I beg leave to assure you I did not mean to impute any ne-
glect to you. I have shewn those Commissions to Colo. Bouquet,
which was my Duty to do, that he might know my Rank in the
Penn* Reg*, with which he was pleased. I think it absolutely neces-
sary to take them with me, as many Circumstances may require me
o produce them before the Campaign is over.
' I find my Duty as Brigade Major keeps me continually employed,
I am therefore prevented from writing so frequently & fully to mj
Friends as I intended.

It is very uncertain what number of Indians we shall have vith
ns ; it seems little Depeti^ance can be put on any of them. I believe
there have been above 150 Cherookees at this Place since the Armj
first formed a Camp here, but they have all left us except about 25
of them. Besides these we have Hambus & 3 Delaware Warrionn
who came 2 days ago from Fort Augusta, & 2 or 3 of the Six Na-
tions, and Colo. Bouquet expects Capt. Bullen (a Catawba Gapt)
with 30 of his Warriours to join us very soon. I understand tixej
are to come from Winchester by the way of Fort Cumberland.
' The Army here consists now of about 2500 men, exclusive of
about 1400 employed in cutting & clearing the Road between this
& Loyal Hanning, a great Part of which I suppose by this Time is
finished, so that I am in hopes we shall be able to move forward sooa
after the General comes up, who we hear b at Shippensburg on his
way up. Colo. Montgomery, with part of his Batjtalion, is with
him.

Colo. Washington & 400 of his Regiment have not yet joined us,
nor has any of Colo. Burd's ^of Virginia) except 2 Companies.

We have a good Stockade Fort built here with several convenient
& large Store Houses. Our Camps are all secured with a good

PUmiffrLVANU AKOHIVlfi 17M. .611

Breastwork ft a small Ditch on the outside And everjthiog goes on
well. Colo. Burd desires his Complifaients to you.

I am very respectfully,
Dr. Sir,
Your most obedient,

humble Servai)t,

. JOSEPH SHIPPEN.

I beg my Love to Mr. Allen's good family.
I
Directed.

To Bichard Peters, E9q^, Philadelphia.

Gov. Dbnnt to Justice Moobb, 1758.

Mr. Moore :

It is now near twelve months since I received an address from the
Assembly of this Province charging yon jrith Oppressive, extortion-
ate and illegal Practices in the Office of a Justice of the Peace for
the County of Chester, which you have long had the Honor of hold-
ing, and requesting in warm terms that I would remove you from
that, and all other offices you enjoy'd, under this Government
From the moment I received this Address I determined to make the
strictest Inquiry into the Truth of the several Charges that were
^ made against you, and to rid the People of your Tyranny and Op-
pression, if, in the Course of that Inquiry, any of the Complaints
made against you, should appear to me to have any just Foundation,
of which I gave the Assembly the strongest assurances. To this
end I soon afterwards appointed a Day to hear you and your Accu-
sers Face to Face of which I ^ve them and you notice. The Boa-
sons why I did not make this inquiry on that day, and have occa-
sioned this matter to be so long delayed, are so generally known that
I need not now make mention of them. The Assembly at my re-
quest furnished m^ with no less than twenty seven Petitions prefer^
red against you, several of which containing Complaints of a mere
private nature. I did not think they properly lay before me, but I
referred the Parties to seek Bedress in the Courts of Law in the ordi-
nary Course of Justice, but I have spent Two Days with Patience

612 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

.and Attention in hearing every thing that could be alleged agunst
you in support of such of them as charged joa with malepracdces
in your office as a Justice. I am very sensible of the Difficulties aod
hardships yon necessarily have been under in producing witnesses to
defend yourself against charges of this nature, especially when I con-
sider that most of the Transactions complained of are of many years
standing. It is a great pleasure to me to find that you have been
able to surmount all the Difficulties, and to acquit yourself of every
matter laid to your Charge, which you have fully done to my satis-
faction, and I think myself obliged in justice to your injured cbar-
.acter in this publick manner to declare that the Petitions appear to
me to be intirely groundless, that you have acted in your office with
great care, uprightness and Fidelity, and are so far from deserving
Censure and disgrace that you merit the Thanks of every good maa
and Lover of Justice.

* This is prolMibly copy of the address delivered by the Qoyemor to Mr.
Moore referred to in tUe minutes of Aug. 26, 1758. See Vol. VIII., p. 1()2,
Col. Rec.

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Rbv. Wm. Tbnnent to Ric^'d Pjbtbbs, 1758.

t Frehold, September lat^ 1758.

Sir:

The Bearer, Stepben CalTins, iDforms me that yonrself ft 8om«
other Geotlemen have urged him to undertake as Interpreter for
your Proyince, ft that he had given some Encooiagement, if I ap-
proved of it. The Importance of the Affair has induced me to part
with him at this time, jading him the best fitted of any I know.
Sttt can't consent he shoufii enter under any farther Obligation it
present, lest the small Church to which "he is Interpreter & School-
master be deprived of him, & he being removed from these meaia
God has Blessed to his reformation, be in dan^ of losing his fint
Love, ft so cease to be of jeoual use either to Ohurcb or State. Per-
mit me to inform you that be is not out of Dang» of drinking to
excess. Let him not therefore he urged to drink auy, if it is nevi^
offered him he w&lbe well pleased. He chuses to lodge in some retir'd
place that he may be out of Temptation, being sensible of his weak-
ness. Yon will excuse the Trouble of thb, when you are assured it
comes from a heart really desirous of success to the Convention.
I am.
Sir,

Tour humble Serv^,

WM. TENNENT. t

P. S. Please to favour me on the return of the Bearer with an
account of his Carriage.

Directed.

To Mr. Richard PeterS| Esq., Secretary, Philadelphia.
^ Stephen Calvius.

^WKSSTLYASIL ABOniTIEB 17A8L

«15

A Report of the Provisions at FcJrt Augusta, 1758.

September the let, 1758.

A Beport of the ProvisioDS, Clothing, AmmaQitio&, Took, &e., now
in Store here.

lOBallockfly

51331 ponnds of flour,

30 Baflhfils of Indiao Corn,

40 poands of M^tch Rope,

173 pr. of Coarse yarn Stocking,

worth little.
12 Reams of Cartridge paper,
8 pr. Steelyards,

1 Set of Carpenters Tool, mostly
worn out.

28 Garry Saddles, do.
4 Ranels of Salt,
27 Yards of Ozenbrigs,
10 yards of Flannel,
6 Horse Collars,
10 Pitching Axes, tolerable good,
26 Do. wore out, not worth Steel-
ing,
10 Broad Do. Ordinary,
4 Drawing Knives, Do.
4 Adzes, Do.
6 Spades, tollerable good,
8 Do. worn out,
16 Shovels, Ordinary,
14 Maul-rings^

2 Hand Screws,
4 pr. of .Traces,
2 Drag-Chains,

15 Pick Axes,

8 Caulkiog Irons,

16 Brass Kettles, mostly worn
out,

3 Frying pans,
12 Grubiug hoes,
18 Broad Do.

3 Crow Bam,

4 Cross Cut Saws, Ordinary,
4 Whip Do. Do.

1 Do. tollerable,

2 Dutch Saws, Ordinary,
10 Iron Wedges,

106 Old Blankets,

8 Battoes patofat up for present

use,
12 peiees of Cannon,
20 Rounds of Grape Shott,
85 Rounds of patridge Bhoiif
2 Swivels,
7 Blunder busses,
117 Small arms in bad Order,
700 Cannon Ball,
1300 Orape Shot made up for

Cannon,
46 Hand-granades,
} A Cask of Flints,
64 pounds of Barr lead.

Came vp last Month.

5 DoiP of jles, 8 Doz» OimUets,
1 Dozen of Compasses, 10 Chalk
lines,

1 Hund« Weight of Chalk,

2 Grind Stones,

1 Oask of 20< Nails,
J A faggot of Steel,
i A Tun of Barr Iron,

300 W* of Oakum,
3 Barrels of Pitch,
3 Do. of Tarr,

2 Coils of Rope, 6 Lanthoms,

3 lb of thread, 3 lb of twine,
3 Ream* of paper,

i po|ind of Borax.

AM PBNNBTLYAUIA. ABEBTnBR 1758.

bte. of powder. balf bta. of Do. Bolleli la pooA. Bdloti urf »m »ot^

In Store, 16

Made up in Cartridge ) ^

for Can. & Swiv.y J
In Soldiers horns & '

pouobesy I

22 3 1844 610

Expended this last month } Barrel of powder^ 39 povnds of Bnl-
letS; & 7 pounds of Swan Shott.

PETER BAKDy Commis^.

1534

660

160

Charles Swainb to Richard Peters, 1768.

Easton, Sep^ 4tb; 1758.
Sir,

I received the favour of yours, and am. glad my Services are
acceptable; should be fond of every opertunity to oblidge M'. Peters
or any of the Gentlemen of the Council, and am concerned at pre-
sent I cannot do it in so efifectnal a manner as I would wish, by let-
ting you know particularly what is necessary here, and how it is to
be managed as to providing. I have spoken to Vernon on that
heafly and he said in general it will be in the manner it was before,
-by which I understand Provision is to be daily fetched from his
house, and the Gentlemen's Servants to dress it, this did not content
me, and he promised to call on me this morning to give me farther
Satisfaction, but hath not called before the Bearer set out. As to
^he Lodgeings, it will be necessary to bring Bedsteds, beds, &o. I
shall take care to have the several lodgeings well cleaned, all the
Housea have chairs, stools or benches of some sort, & tables, only
it must be considered those Gentlemen who choose to go to M^
Gordon's house (where three or four might live retired) will hare
everything to find. We are at no certainty as to the Governor of
the Jerseys, what was said as to his taking up his residenoe at Phil-
lipsburgh, arose from a Report which hath little foundation in it,
and therefore ddsires to be ezoused from zeoeiveing the Governor of
the Jerseys from some inoonveniencies which attend his hoose, and
which the Commissioners put up with ; there is some reason in what
he says, but I see he is fond of receiveing his old Guests. Tea,
Coffee, Sugar, Wine, Candles, and necessaries, which if not allowed
before, will not now; the Wine here is very indifferent, and oar Tea
equipages generally earthy Cups and pewter Spoons. The Shed in
my yard will be boarded, and I bcleive it will be found too cold to

PBKNHTLVAanA ABOHIVBS 1758. 517

be out of Doors, excepting just in the Noon of the day. I shall act
in the best manner I can as circamstanoes offer, & render every
place as convenient as possible, & keep those places bespoke, though
strong application is made for Lodgeings here and houses^ by Letters
to ^arioQs persons.
, I am, Sir,

your most Obed^ Servant,

CHARLES SWAINE.

P. S. — After I had Sealed this Letter, the Butcher in Town^
Anthony Eiser, came and Informed me Yemon would buy no meat
of him, and he hath engaged many Beefs, unless he will quit his
house, which is engaged to me, & let it to the Commissioners or the
Quakers; now the Commissioners have room; This will be to the
Poor man's great Loss.

Directed,
To Richard Peters, Esq'., Philadelphia.

Brio. Gbn. Stanwix to Gov. Denny, 1758.

Camp near Onida Station, head of th
Mohawks River, Sep*. 7th, 1758.

Dear Sir,

As the inclosed letter to Gen^ Forbes will give you an ace* of
CoL' Bradstreet's success against Gadenqui, I have sent it You
und' a flying seal, for your taking both a perusal & Copy if you
chose it, & send it after Express as soon as possible, as it may effect
him more at present then any body ; beg you will believe me,
D'Sir,

Your Most Obed. &

most hum. Ser?*|

JOHN STANWIX.

Directed. — (JoV. Denny.

MS FESNSTLYABIA ABCHIVliS 1758.

AocbuNT ov Col. Brabstrebts's Expeditioh to Caba-

RAQUI, 1758.

Gamp at Onicia Station, head of 1
Mohawks fiiver, 17th SeptemW^ 1758. J
Dear Sir,

I have the pleasure to rejoyoe with yon on the Snooese that Colonel
Bradstreet has met with on his enterprise against Gadaraqoi, of
which the following is the particulars, dated from Oswego, SUt
August 1758. Col. Bradstreet on the 25 Aug^ landed his iWps,
consisting of 8000 Men, about a Mile from Gadaraqui, without anj
opposition ; the Garrison, consisting of 110 Men, (sixty pieces of Can-
non, half of which was mounted,) surrendered prisoners of Wtr,
besides which there was in the place 16 Small Mortors, wiUi an im-
mense quantity of Provisions and Croods to be sent to the Troops,
sent to oppose General Forbes, the Western Garrisons, Indians, and
the Support of M'. Levi's Army, intended against the Mohawks
River, which the French Value at 800,000 Livers. Colonel Brad-
street has likewise taken Nine Vessels, from 18 to 8 Guns, being all
they have upon Lake Ontario, two of which he has brought to
Oswego, one of them richly laden, the rest with the Fort, Proviaons,
Ammunition, Artillery Stores, &ca. Burnt and destroyM. The Gar-
rison, made no scruple to own that their Troops to the Southward,
and their Garrisons will su£fer greatly for want of Provisions and
Vessells destroyed^ as they have none left to bring them home from
Niagara.

Mr. Pitt to Gov. Dbnkt, 1758.

(Duplicate.) Whitehall, 18th Sept', 1758.

Sir,

The King having judged proper that Major General Aberoromby
should return to ^gland; And His Majesty having been pleased
to appoint^ Major General Amherst to be Commander in Chief of
the J&ing's Forces in North America, with the same Poweis &
Authorities, I am commanded to signify to You His Majesty's
PleasurCi^ that You do apply to'& correspond with Major General
Amherst on all Matters relating to the King's Service; & that Ton
do obey such Orders as You shall receive from him, in the sane
manner as You have been directed to do with regard to the several
former Commanders in Chief in North America; And You will
from Time to Time give Major General Amherst all the AssistaDce

PENIIBTLYANIA AIUJHiyES 1758. SM

& UgtitB in f onr Power, in all mtters relative to ihe Gommaoi
with which, the King has Honored him.

I am partioilarlj to signify to You His Majesty's Pleasnre, that
ID Case Major General Amherst or the Oommander in Chief of Hia
Majesty's Forees shall at any Time 4>pl7 to Yon to lay an Embargo
on all Ships within your Province, Yon do strictly comply with
the s* Request for so long a Time as the Commander in Gluef shall
desire.

I am. Sir,

Your most obedient,
Hiumble Servant^

W. PITT.*
I have received your Letter of March 25.

Directed. — ^Deputy Gov', of Pensilvania.

P&OCLAMATION AgAIKST SeLLING RuM TO INDIANS, 1758.

By the Honourable William Denny, Esq., Lieutenant Governor and
Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, and Coun-
ties of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex, upon Delaware,

A Proclamation.

Whereas, constant Experience, from the first Settlement of the
Province, shews that the Selling or Giving strong Liquors to tbe
Indians, is attended with great Mischiefs and Inconveniences ; ^md
notwithstanding the wise and good Laws provided against it, we
still find, that upon every Indian Treaty, that many Persons at tl)e
Places where such Treaties are held, as well Tavemkeepers and Re-
tailers, as private Persons, do presume, in Contempt of such Laws,
to sell, or indiscreetly give. Rum and other strong Liquors to the
Indians, to the great Disturbance, Offence and Dancer of the In-
habitants, abd manifest Prejudice and Hindrance of the Business to
be transacted at sueh Treaties : Wherefore, for the preventing these
Misehiefs and Disorders, more especially at this Time, when so great
a Number of the Indians are convened at Easton, and on this so im«
portant Occasion, I have thought fit, with the Advice of the Coun-
cil, to issue this Proclamation, hereby, in His Majesty's Name,
striot'y- forbidding all Persons, those only excepted to whom theBire
and j^bsistanoe of the Indians are oommitt^, upon any Pretence
^ whatsoever, to sell or give them any Strong Beer, Cyder or Rum,
or other spirituous or Strong Liquors, on Pain of being prosecuted

* See Letter from Gen*l Amherst, Col. Rec, Vol. VIII., p. 286.

520 PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIVBS 1758.

mth the utmost Kgour that may be by Law : And I do hcreVj
earnestly recommend it in a more especial Manner to the Mae»-
irates, and all other Officers, whose more immediate Dnty it is, that
they take all proper Measures to detect and bring to' condign Poii-
ishment all Offenders herein, and give all due Encour^ment to
Persons to discover and give Information against such Offenders;
and to take care that the Moiety of the Penalty of Twenty Pounds
Forfeiture, by the said Laws, for each Offence, be recovered, and
paid to such Informers. And in case of the Inability of the Offender
to pay the same upon their Conviction, that then the Justices da
give the Informer, or Prosecutor, a Certificate or Order upon the
Provincial Treasurer for the Five Pounds, which, upon Sight of such
Certificate, he is, by the said Laws, required to pay. And hereof
all persons concerned are to take Notice, and not to fail in their Obe-
dience, as they will answer the contrary at their Peril.

Given under my Hand, and the Great Seal of the said Province, at
Easton, this Twenty-second Day of September, in the Thirty-
second Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Se»
oond. King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, &o. Annoque
Domini, 1758.

WILLIAM DENNY.*
jBy his Honour's Command,

Bichard Peters, Secretary.

God Save the King.

Journal op Frederick Post, 1758.t

July 15^. This day I received orders from his Honour, the Oo-
-vernor, to sett out on my intended Journey, & Proceeded as far as
Germantown, whore I found all the Indians drunk ; Will** M'Eakifig
returned to Philad" for a horse that was promised him.

W\ This day I waited for the said M'Kaking, 'till most dinner
time, & when he came, he could hardly stand, being very drunk, k
seeing he could Proceed no farther, I left him with the rest^ & went
on to Bethlehem.

17**. I arrived at Bethlehem, & prepared for my Journey.

M^. I read over both Treatties, that held at East town, and that
at Philad% and made myself acquainted with the pardeulara ef
each.

19^^. With much difficulty I perswaded the Indians to leave Betli-

* S^e Col. Rec. Vol. VIII. p. 172.

t Referred to in Col. Rec. Vol. VIII. p. 147-8, and also p. 223.

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVBS 1758. 521

Jebem, and travelled this day no further than Hasea. Had a hard
shower of Bain.

20«*. Arrived at Fort Allen.

21'^ I called together my company, to know if we shonld not
Proceed, they complained they were sick & mnst rest that day. This
day I think Teedynscnng laid many obstacles in my way, and was
very mnch aginst my proceeding; be said that he was afraid I should
never return, that the Indians would kill me. About dinner time
arrived two Indians from Wiomiug, and reported that John Jacobs
was returned, and brought news, both from the French & Allegeny
Indians ; Teedyuscung calFd a Council, & proposed that I should go
only to Wioming, & return with the Message his Son had brought,
to Philad\ I made answer that 'twas too late, that he should have
mentioned that in Philad\, that the Writings were drawn so as ob-
liged me to go, if I was to lose my life.

22'. I desired my Companions to Prepare to set out ; upon that
Teedyuscung call'd them all together in the Fort, and protested
against my going ; his Reasons were, that he wae afraid the Indians
would kill me, or the French gett me, and if that should be the case,
he would be very sorry, and did not know what he shonld do. I
gave for answer, that I did not know what to say, that it appeared
the French had a Publick Road to their Towns, and that they would
not lett their own flesh & blood come near them, which I thought
very bard, and if that is the ca«e, the French are their Masters, that
if I died in the undertaking, it would be as much for them, as the
English, & that I hoped my death would be attended with this ad-
vantage, that is, the means of saving many hundred' lives; imme-
diately on this, three rose up and offered to go with me the nearest
way ; I concluded to go thro' the Inhabitants under the Blue Moun-
tains to Fort Augusta, where we arrived the 25^.

It gave me great pain to observe many Plantations deserted and
laid waste, and could not but reflect on the distress the Poor owners
miist be drove to, who once liv'd in plenty ; and Pray'd the Lord to
restore peace and property to the distrest.

At Fort Augusta we were entertained very kindly ; had our horses
shod, one being lame, we changed for another.

Here we received by Indians from Diahoga, the disaffreeable news
of our Army being intirely cutt off at Ticonderoga, which disooui^
aged one of my companions, (Aloppapeeton's son,) so much, that
he would proceed no farther. Shamokin Daniel here asked me, if I
thoDght he would be satisfied for his trouble, I told him every body
that did any service for the Province, I hoped would be paid.

27^. They furnished us here with every thiog nessary for our
Joarney, and we sett out with good courage ; after we had rode
aboat ten miles, were caught in a hard shower of rain.

28*^. We came to Weheeponal, where tho Road turns off for
Wioming, and slept this night at Quenashawakee.

622 PENNSTLYANIA AKOHIVBS 1758.

29^. We croaa'd the Snsqa^anna over the Big lelaiidy my eon-
panions were now very fearfull, and this night slept a great way from
the Road; without a firo; but we could not sleep for bugs and mu-

quetoes.

20^1" & 3l'«. We were glad when it was day, that we might aett
out } we gott upon the Mountaips, heavy Rains all night, the Hea-
vens alone were our covering, and we accepted of all that poured
thence.

August 1. Wq saw three Hoops on a Bush, to one there remain'd
long white hair; our horses left us, I suppose not being fond of tbe
dry food they met with on the Mountain^ tho' with a good deal of
trouble we found them again.

We slept this night on the same mountain.

2*. We came across several places where two Poles, Painted Rod,
were stuck in the ground, in order to tye their Prisoners ; we arri?ed
this night at Shinglimuce, where wbjs the above marks ; His a dis-
agreeable and melancholy sight to see the means they make use of,
(according to their critical way,) to punish Flesh & Blood.

3*^. We came this day to a part of the River Tobees, over the
Mountains, a very bad road.

4}K We lost one of our horses, and with much difficulty found
him, but was detain'd a whole day on that account. I had much
conversation with Tesqutora, of which I intinded to inform myself
farther when I got to my Journey's end.

6*^. We sett out early this day, and made a good long stretch ;
crosa'd the big iUver Tobees, and lodged between two MonntaiDa,
I had the misfortune to lose my pocket book, with three pound fin
shillings, and sundry other things, what writings it oontained ai
lUegable to any but myself.

f 6*»». We passed all the mountains. The big River Weshawaucks,
crost a fine meadow 2 miles in length, where we slept that night,
having nothing to eat.

7^^. We arrived a Fort Yenango, ^tuated between two mountains
in a ibrk of the Ohio River. I prayed the Lord to Blind them as
he did the enemies of Lot and Elisha, that I might pass unknovn;
when we arrived, the Fort being on the other side of the River, we
haled, and desired them to fetch us over, which tbey were afraid to
do, but shewed us a place where we might ford ; we slept this night
within half gun shot of the fort.

8^. This morning I hunted for my horse round the fort, within
10 yards of it; the Lord heard my Prayer, and I pass'd unknowa,
'till we had mounted our horses to go off; when two came to take
leave, who were much surpris'd at seeing me, but said nothing. By
What I could learo of Pesquecum & tbe other Indiwa who were in

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the F^ the whole Ganrisbn eonsisied of only six men & ODe oficer,
btiikd of one eye, they inquired very much of the Indiana conoerning
the English, whether they knew of any Party ooming to attack them;
whioh they were apprehensive of.

9*^. Heavy Rains all night & day, we slept on Swampy gronnd.

10*^. We immagined we were near Cusheoshking, & after we had
rode five miles, met three Frenchmen, who appeared very shy of ns,
but said nothing more than whether we knew of any English coming
against Yinango Fort : after we had rode two miles farther, we mett
with an Indian, k one that I took to be an English Indian Trader,
he spoke good English, was very curious in examining every thin^
particularly the Piece of Silver about Pesquetum's neck, he appear^
by bis countenance to be guilty ; we inquired of them where we
were, found ourselves lost, & within twenty miles of Fort Duquesne^
we strock out of the Road to the right, and slept that night between
two mountains ; being destitute of food, two went to hunt, and the
others to seek a road, but to no purpose.

11*. We went were they had kill'd two deers, I and Pesqnetnm
roasted the meat, they two went to bunt for the road, to know which
way we should go, one came back and found a road, the other lost
himself.

12*^. We all hunted for him, but in vain, we could not find him,
so concluded to sett off, leaving such marks^ that if he returned, he
might know whioh way to follow us, and we left him some meat
We oame to the River Conaquanosshan, an old Indian Town } we
was then fifteen miles from Cnshoushking.

13*. I gave four large strings to Pesquetum, and sent bim before
ns to lett them know we were coming, with these words, Look Breth*
ren, thy Brethren come a great way, & want to see thee by thy Fire,
to smoak that good Tobacco which our good Grandfather used to
smoak, and look upon that road that I came. I bring the words of
ffreat consequence from the Governor and People of Ponsylvania, &
from the King of England. Now I desire thee to call all the Kings
and Cape'ns from all the Towns, that not one may be missing; I
wish that my words may not be hid, or under cover ; I want to speak
loud, that all may hear me. I hope thee will bring*me on the road,
and lead me into the Town ; I blind the French, that they do not
hear nor see me of the great news I bring unto you.

Towards noon we came to a place where we met some Shawanese
that us'd to live at Wioming, and knowM me, they received me very
kindly, and was glad to see me. I saluted them, & assured them
that the Qoverment of Pennsylvania wish'd them well; & wish'd to
live in Peace and Friendship with them.

Before we came to the town, there came two men to lead ns into
the Town. King Beaver showed ns a great house to live in ; they
aooa oame and shook hands with us^ the number was about sixty

624 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

jonng able men. After King Beaver came first and told to hn
people, hearken, we sett here and it don't oome in oar minds to see
our Brethren the English, and now what has brought one before
yoa, that you may see your Brethren the English, with your ovn
eyes, and I wish you may take it into consideration ; afterwaids he
turned himself to me and said, Brother, I am very glad to see jou;
I never thought we should have the opportunity tor^see one another
more, and now I am very Qlad, and thank God who has brought joa
to us, it is a very great satisfaction to me. I said, Brother, I rejoice
from my heart, and thank God who has brought me to you, and I
must rejoice you with great satisfacti>n from the Governor, the
people of Pennsylvania, and your children the Friends, and as I have
words of great consequence, I shall lay them before you when all the
Kings and Gapt'ns are oalled together from the other towns. I wish
there may not be one missing, but that they may all be here to hear
me. In the evening l^ing Beaver came again, & told me they b^d
tnade out in their Council, and sent out to ail their towns, and it
would'take five days before they would come together. I thanked him
heartily that he was so carefull ; there came ten other Capt'ns, and
saluted me very heartily, one said to the others, now Brethren, we
did not expect to see the English our Brethren, and now God help
us, we shake hands with our Brethren the English, which we
will not forget. They sett by our fire till midnight.

14^. They came early in the morning to onr house, and it was
full, and we had much talk together; Delaware George said he had
not slept all night. I talk'd a great deal^ so it is thro' the whole
Town. The Frenchmen come there and would speak with mp, there
is 15 there Building houses for the Indians; the Capt'n is gone with
15 to another town ; he can speak good Indian ; the Indians say he
is a cunning Fox ; the get a great deal of goods from the French.
The French cloath the Indians every year, men, women & ohildreni
and give them Powder and Lead^ as much as they want.

15^. King Beaver has been informed of Teedypsoanff's turning
the Hatchet against the French, by the order of the Allegeny In-
dians, which he scrupled since they never told him so, but as he was
informed it was his own doings, without the Perswasion of the Go-
vernor, he was then easy on that point. Then Delaware Daniel pre-
pared a dinner^ and called me and all the Kings and Gaptuns to
dine with him, and he said, Brother, we are as glad to see yon in
onr middle, as if we din'd with the Governor and People in Phila-
delphia ; we think a great deal since you have been, we neva
thought so much before. I thank'd them for their kind reoeptioa,
and said it was something great that God had spared our lives to see
one another again in the old Brother-like love and Friendship.
There was in number thirteen.

In the evening King Beaver oall'd me, and said, as his f oosg
People were glad to see their Brother the English, they w(Hild have

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a Danoe at my hoiUte bj the Fire; fint tlie men daaoed, and then
the Women, 'till after midnight.

16*. The Kings and Captains call'd md, they wanted to hear what
Teedynscang said of thetb, and beg'd me to draw ont the Writings;
they never said anything in that manner to Teedyusonng, nor sent^any
Message at all to th^ Governor, and since the French were there,
Capt'ns would come to hear, and it would make disturbance. I read
to them what Teedyuscung bad said of them, & told them as Teedy-
Qscnng had spoke it in so powerfnll a manner, they should hear it
at AUegeny, beyond Allegeny, I would not hide it from ; and now
you have heard it by your own desire, I will draw out the writings,
and leave it ont. Yon may tell the other Kings and Captains of
it when you come together.

17*^. Early this Morning they call'd all the People together to
dear the Place where they Intended to hold the Council^ it being in
the Middle of the Town. Cuskcuskking is divided into four Towns,
each at a Distance from the others, & the whole consists of about
Ninety Houses & two hundred able Warriors.

About noon two Messengers arrived from Fort Duquesne & the
other Towns, they Brought three Large Belts & two big bundles of
strings ; there came with them a French Capt" & 15 men ; the two
Messengers insisted that I should go to Fort Duquesne, that there
was Eight different Nations there, who wanted to hear me ; that if I
brought good News they inolyied to leave off War and live in Friend-
ship with the English.

The above Messengers being Indian Capt**, were very Surly, when
I went to shake hands with one of them he gave me his little Finger,
the other withdrew his hand entirely, upon which I appear'd as Stout
as either, & withdrew mine as Quick as I could ; their Rudeness to
me was taken very III by the other Captains, who treated them in
the same manner in their turn ; I told them my orders was to go to
the Indian Towns, Jk Kings, k Captains, & not to the French ; that
the English was at war with the French, but not with those Indians
who withdrew from the French at a distance, & would be at Peace
with the English. ^

King Beaver call'd me to his House at dinner time, and after-
wards the French Capt", & said before the Frenchman, that the
Indians were very Proud to see one of their Brothers the English
among them, at which the French Cap" appear'd low spirited, &
seem'd to eat his Dinner with But little Appetite.

In the Afternoon the Indian Kings & Capt*" call'd me aside, &
desired me to Read them the writings that I had ; First, I Read part
of the East town treaty to them, but they Presently stopt me and
would not hear it; I then began with the Articles of Peace made
with the Indian^, they stopt me again & said they had nothing to
say to any Treaty or League of Peace made at East town, nor had
they any thing to say to Teedyuscung ] that if I had nothing to say

526 PENNSYLVANIA AKOHITES 175*.

to them from the GoTefnmeni or €h>rerDor; tley woald have noAiog
to say to me, & farther they said, they have been hitherto at War
with the English^ & nerer expected to be at Peace with them again,
& that there was Six'of their~men now gone to War against them
with other IndiaDS 3 that if there was any Peaoe between them they
should not have gone to war.

Then I show'd them the Belts & Strings from the Oovemor, &
they told me to lay aside Teedynscung & the Peaoe made by him,
that they had nothing to do with it. I asked leaye to hi me Pn>-
duoe my Papers, & I would read what I had to say to them. I most
confess the difficulties I met with this day made me sweat.

18**. Delaware George is very active in endeavouring to establish
a Peace, and I believe His with him in earnest; I must say tbey
have hitherto treated me "rery kindly.

This afternoon all the Kings and Captains were oall'd together,
and sent for me to their Council. First King Beaver directed him
self to the Captains, then to me as followeth : Brother,, 'tis now five
days that you have been here by our fire, we have sent to all the
Kings &, Capt"* desiring them to come to our fire, & hear the Good
News brought, & yesterday they sent two Captains to aoquaint ue
they are glad to hear our English Brother was^come among us, &
was desirous to know the good News he Brought, & since their are
a Great many Nations that want to see our Brother, they have in-
vited us to their fire they may hear us all ; now, Brother, we have
but one fire, for that fire & this makes but one fire, so, brother, by
this String we will take you in oor arms & deliver you iuto the Arms
of the other Kings, and when we have call'd all the Nations there^
we will hear the good News you have brought

/ Four 3triDga,

King Beavsr.

Shinghas & Delaware George spoke as follows : Brother, We alone
oan't make a Peaoe, it would be of no signification, for as all the In-
dians, from the Sun rise to the Sun sett are united in one Body, 'tis
necessary that the whole should Join in the Peace or it can be no
Peace, and we can assure you all the Indians a great way from this,
even beyond the Lakes, are desirous of & wish for a Peace with the
English, & have desired ua, as we are the nearest in kin, if we see
they incline for a Peaoe to hold it fast.

19**. All the People gathered together, Men, Women & Children,
& King Beaver desired me to Read to them the news I had Broagfal^
that all the able men should go with me to the other Town, which t
did, and they appeared very much Pleas'd at every thing 'till I came
to that Part Respecting the Prisoners, this is what they scruple at
most, for they say it appears very odd to them, & unreasonable, that
we should demand Prisoners before there is an Establiah'd Peace,
which unreasonable djemand makes us appear as if we wanted Brains.

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1768. 527

20^. We sett ont from CaAonsbkiDg for Saconk, my CompMiy
ecmsiated ci Twenty-five tiorsemen & Fifteen fooimen, & arrived at
Saeonk in the afternoon ; the People of this Town were very di»*
satisfied at my coming, & received me in a very rongh Manner; they
Sorrounded me with drawn knives in their hands in such a manner
that I eouid hardly get along, mnning up against me with their
breasts open, as if they want^ some Pretence to Kill me ; I could
read a desire of my Life in their Countonanoes, their faces were
qfdte distorted with rage, and they went so far as to say I shoiild
not live Long; & I thank the Lord for my Preservation, for seeing
several Indians that I was very well acquainted with formerly oome
np & salute me in a very Friendly manneri their manner of Be*
haviour was Quite changed.

21*^ They sent messengers to Fort Duquesne to lett them ku'^w
I was there, & invited them to their Fire; in the Afternoon I read
to them all my Message, the French Capt» Present, for he was still
continued with us, upon which they were more kind to me. In the
evening 15 more arrived here from Cushcushking, the men here
now was about one hundred & twenty.

22<>. This day arrived here about Twenty Shawanese & Mingoes,
I read to them the Message, at which they Seem'd Pleas'd, then the
two kings came to me, & Spoke in the following manner : Brother,
we the Shawanese & Mingoes have heard your Message; the Mes-
senger we seut to Fort Duquesne is arrived,- and tells us their is
Eight different Nations there who want to bear your Message, we
will conduct you their and let both the French & Indians hear what
oar Brothers, the English, have to say. I Protested againBt going
to Fort Duquesne, but all in vain, for they insisted on my going, &
said that I need not fear the French, for that they would engage for
my safety.

23*. "We sett of for Fort Duquesne, & went no farther this night
than Logs Town, where I met with 4 Shawanese wbo lived in Wyo-
ming when I did, they Received me very kindly, & call'd the Pri-
soners to shake hands with me as their Country Man, & gave me
leave to go into every bourse to see them, which was done in no Town
besides.

24^^. They call'd me & desired I would write to the General for
them ; the jealousy that subsists among the Indians is not to be
disoribed, for when they intended I should write for them they were
afraid I would give other information ; & so we continued our Jour-
ney for the Fort, and arrived in sight, on this Side the river in
the afternoon, and all the Indians Chiefs immediately came over)
they call'd me into their middle and King Beaver presented me to
them, and said here is our English Brother who has brought Good
news; two of them Rose up & signified they were glad to see me;
but an Old Deaf Onondaga Indian rose up & signified his displcar

528 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

sore. This Indian is mnch disliked by Ae oihersi he had heard
nothing yet that had Pas'd, he has liv'd heare a great while, k doth
constantly live in the Fort, & is mightily attached to the French.
He spoke as follows to the Delaware : I dont know this Swanaook,
it may be you know him ; I^ the Shawanese, & oar Fathers, dont
know him. I stand here (stamping his foot) as a man on his own
ground, therefore I^ thetShawanese, & oar Fathers, dont like that a
Swannook come on our Ground ; then their was silence for a wbilei
all the Pipe went Round, after that was over one of the Delawarea
rose up, spoke in opposition to him that spoke last. He Delivered
himself as follows : That man speaks not a» a man, he endeaTooTB
to frighten us by saying this is his Ground ; he Dreams ; he and his
Father has certainly drank too much liquor } they are drunk, pny
let them go to sleep till they be sober ; why you dont know what
your own Nation docs home, how much they have to say to the
Swannocks; you are quite Rotten, you stink; you do nothing but
Smoak your Pipe here, go to sleep with your father^ and when yoa
are sober we will speak to you.

Now the French demanded me of the Indians ; they said, it was
a Custom auyong the White People, when a Messenger came, even
if it was the Governor, to blind his Eyes and lead him into the Fort,
to a Prison, or Private Room ; they, with some of the Indians, in-
sisted very much on my being sent to the Fort, but to no Purpose.

The Indians said it may be a rule among them, but we have brooght
him here, that all the Indians might see him, and hear what oar
Brothers the English have to say, and we will not suffer him to be
blinded and carried into the Fort ; the French insisted on my being
delivered to them, but the Indians Desired them to lett them hear
no more about it, but to send them a hundred loaves of Bread, for
they were hungry.

d6**». This morning early they sent us over a Large Bullock, & all
the Indian Chiefs came over again & council'd a great deal among
themselves, then the Delawares that handled the Old deaf Onondago
Indian so roughly yesterday, addressed himself to him in this man-
ner. I hope to day you are sober, I am certain you did not know
what you said yesterday ; you endeavoured to frighten us, but know
we are men & not so easily frightened ; you said something yester-
day of the Shawnese, see here what they have sent you, (presenting
_him with a Large Role of tobacco.)

Then the Old deaf Indian rose up & acknowledged he had been
in the wrong, that he had now clean'd himself & hoped they would
forgive him.

Now the Delawares delivered the Message that was sent bj the
. Shawanese, which was, that they hoped they would be strong in what
we were undertaking, that they were eztreeoily Proud to hear such
good news from their Brothers the English, th^t what ever contracts
they made with the English the Shawanese would agree to, that they
were their Brothers, & that they loved them. "

PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVES 1758. - 529

The French irispered to the Indians, as I immagin'd, to insist^ on
my delivering what I had to say oh the other side of the Kiver,
which they did, but to no purpose, For my company still insisted on
a hearing on this side ; the Indians erost the River to coancil with
their lather^ my company desired to know whether they would hear
me or not. This afternoon three hundred Canadians arrived at the
Fort, & Reported that Six hundred more were soon to follow ihem|
with forty Battoes laden with Ammunition. Some of my Party de-
sired me not to stir from the Fire, that the French had offi^ed a great
reward for my Scalp, b that several Parties were out for that Pur-
pose; accordingly, I stuck constantly as dose to the fire as if I had
been charm'd there.

26*^. The Indians, with a great many of the French Officers, came
over to us to hear what I had to say, the officers brought with them
« Table, Pens, Ink and Paper. I spoke in the middle of them with
a free conscience, & perceiv'd by the look of the French they were
pot pleas'd with what I said, the Particulars of which are as follows.

Brethren at Allegeny, we have a long time desired to see and hear
from you ; you know the Road was quite stopt, & we did not know
bow to come through; we have sent many Messengers to you, but
we did not hear of you, now we are very glad we have found an
opening to come and see you, and to speak with you, and to hear
your true mind & Resolution ; we salute you very heartily.

A String.

Brethren of Allegeny, take notice of what I say, you know that
the bad Spirit has, brought something between us that has kept us at
a distance, one from another, I now by this belt take every thing out
of the way that the bad Spirit has brought between us, and ftU the
jealousy & fearfulness we had to one another, & whatever else the
bad Spirit might have Poison'd your heart & mind with. I now, by
this Belt, clear every thing away that the Bad Spirit might have
corrupted the heart & mind with that nothing all may be left, more
over let us look up to God & beg for his assistance, that he may
grant in our hearts what Pleases him, & to join as close in that Bro-
therly Love and Friendship as we did with our Grand fathers^ we
assure you of our love towards you.

A Belt of Eleven Rows.

Brothers at Allegeny hearken to what I say, we began to hear of
by Will? McKaking, that returned from Allegeny, we heard that
you only receiv'd a slight, confused account of us, and did not know
of the reace we made 12 months past in East town, it was then
agreed that the Peace Belt should be sent to you at AUegeny ; as these,
our two Old friends from Allegeny, who are well known to many
hear, found an opening to come to our council fire, to see us with
their Eyes Face to Face, and to hear us with their own Ears, every
thing that has been transacted between us, it gives me & all the People
of the Province great Pleasure to see them in our middle, and I as-

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580 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

sure all my Brethren at Allegeny that nothing wonld Please me, i
all the People of the Provinoe better, than to see oar country meHy
the Delawares^ again well settled amongst us.

A Belt

Hearken my Brethren at Allegeny: when we began to make
Peace with the Delawares, 12 months past, in behalf of ten other
Nations, we opened the Road & olear'd the Bushes from the Blood
& gathered all the Bones on both sides together, & when we bai
brought them together in one heap we could find no place to bury
them; we would not Bury them as our old Grandfathers did, they
Buried them under Ground where they may be found again ; we
pray'd to God that he will have mercy on us, and take all them
Bones away from us & hide them, they might never be ibund any
more, & take from both sides all the remembrance of them out of oar
hearts & mind ; God be pleas'd to take all the Bones & hide them
away from us, that they may never be remembered by us while we
live, nor our children nor grand-children hereafter. The Hatohet
was Buried on both sides, & the Lords Peace Belt EzohaDg'd
since we have cleared every thing from the heart, & took eveiy
thing out of the way ; now my Brethren at Allegeny, every one
that hears me, if yon will join with us in that Brotherly Love
& Friendship which we haid with our Grandfathers, we assure

{ou that all the offences shall be forgiven and forgotten, whatever has
. een Past & never more to be talked of by. us, our Children or Oraod
Children hereafter. This Belt assures you of our Sincerity & Honest
& upright Hearts towards you.

^ A Belt of 7 Rows.

Hearken, Brethren at Allegeny, since I had told you that we had
really made^Peace with your Nation, 12 months past, I now by this
Belt open the Road from Allegheny to our Council fire where year
Grandfathers kept good Councils with us, that all may pass without
molestation or danger ; you must be sensible that unless a Boad
be kept open, People at Variance cun never come together to make
up their Differences, Messengers are free under all Nations tho' out
the world by a particular Token'; now Brethren at Allegeny, I de-
sire you will Join with me in keeping the Road open, & let us know
.in what manner we may come free to you, and what the token may
be. I Join both my hands to yours, & will do all in my Power to
keep the Road open. A Belt of 7 Rows.

Now my Brethren at Allegeny hear what I say : Every one
that lays hold of this Peace Belt I proclain Peace to them from
the English Nation, & let you know that the Great King of Eng-
land does not incline to have Warr with the Indians, but he wants
to live in Peace and love with them, if they will lay down the
Hatchet & leave of War against him. We love you, further we let
you know that the Great King of England has sent ic great number
of Warriors into this Country^ not to go War against the Indians

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIV.BS 1768. 581

or their towns ; no, not at all, these Warriors are going against the
French, they are on their march to the Ohio to Revenge the Blood
thej have Shed, & hy this Belt I take you by the hand & Lead yo«
at a distance from the French, at a distance for your own safety,
that your Legs may not be stain'd with Blood, come away on tlus
aide the Mountain where we can oftener converse together, k where
your own flesh and Blood lives ; we Look upon you as our Conn*
trjmen that sprung out of the same ground with us, we think there-
fore it ir our duty to take care of you, & we in Brotherly love ad«
vise you to come away with your whole Nation, & as many of your
Friends as you can get to follow you ; we dout come to hurt you,
we love you, therefore we do not call you to War that you may be
alain, ft what Benefit will it be to you when you go to War against
your own Flesh & Blood ; we wish you may live well without fear
or Danger with your Women & Children.

The Lords Peace Belt.

Brethren, I have almost finished what I have to say, & I hope it
will he to your satisfaction; my wish is that we may Join close to-
gether in that old Brotherly love & friendship which we have had
with our Grandfathers, so that all the Nations may hear & see us,
k have the benefit of it, & if you have any uneasiness or complaint
on your heart and mind do not keep it by yourself, we have opened
the Road to the Council fire, therefore my Brethren come & acquaint
the Governor of it, you will be readily heard & full justice done
you.

A Belt.

Brethren, one thing I must bring to your remembrance, you know
if any body looses a Child, or some body takes it from him, he can-
not be easy, he will think of his child by day & night ; since our
Flesh & Blood is in Captivity in the Indian Town's, we desire ybu
will rejoice the countrys hearts & bring them to me, I shall stretch
oat my arms to receive you kindly-

A String.

After I was done I left my Belts & Strings still before them, the
DeUwares took them all up and laid them before the Mingoe, upon
which they rose up & spoke as follows : Chace, what { have heard .
Pleases me well ; I dont know why I go to War with the English.
Noques, what do you say, you must be strong } I did not begin the
War, therefore I have little to say, but what ever you agree to I
will do the same. Then he addresst himself to the Shawnese, &
Baid, you brought the hatchet to us from the Father, & perswaded ui
to strike our Brothers the English, you may consider Haying the
Belts, &c., before them) for what you have done this. The Shaw*
nese acknowledged, that they Keoeived the Hatchet from the Father
who perswaded them to strike the English, that they would now
send the Belts^ &c., to all the Indian towns, & in 12 days should
meet again. .

632 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

PresBDt at this CoaDoil 300 French and Indians.

They all took Leave and went over again to the Fort, but my
Friends and Com|>anion8, who are about 70 in number. Baniel
went over to the Fort himself, (which my companions disproved oS)
and counceld with the Governor, and presented him with a Laeed
Goaty Hatt, Blanket, Shirt, Bibbons, a new Gun, Powder & Letd,
Ac*. ; when he returned he was Quite Changed, and said, see here
you fools what the French have given me ; I was in Philadelphia k
never Beceiv'd farthing (Directing himself to me) he said the Eog-
lish are fools and so are you; in short, he behaved in a very proad,
sawcy & imperious manner ; he further said the English never gave
the Indians any Powder, and the French would have given him a
Horse Load if he would have taken it ; see that young man there,
he was in Philad* & never got any thing, I will take him over to
the French & get some cloatbing for him. Three Indians informed
me that as soon as the French got over, they call'd a Council among
their own Indians, among whom there happen'd to be a Delaware
Gapt", who was invited privately by one of his friends to hear what
the Father had to say, and when they were assembled the French
spoke as follows : My Children now we are alone. Hearken to what
I have to say. . I perceive the Delawares are wavering, they incline
to the English, & will be faithfuU to us no longer; now all their
Chiefs are here & but a handful), let us cut them off, & then we
shall be troubled with them no longer. Then the Fawawcrs answer-
ed no, we cant do this thing tho' there be but a handful! here; the
Delawares are a strong People and are spread to a great distance, &
whatever they do agree to must be.

This afternoon, in Council, the French insisted on my being de-
liver'd up to them, that 'twas not lawful! for me ta go away, which
occasioned a quarrel with them, & the Indians, who immediately
oame away & cross' d the River to me, and some of them let me
knaw that Daniel had receiv'd a String from the French to leave me
-there, but 'twas to no purpose, for they would not give their con-
sent, & then agreed that I blwuld sett off before day the next morn-
ing-

27^^. I accordingly sett out before day with 6 Indians, & took
another Road that we might not be seen, the main body told me they
would stay behind to know whether the French would make an at-
tempt to take me by force, that if they did, they the Indians would
endeavour to prevent their coming secretly upon. Just as I sett off
the French fired their great Guns ; 1 counted 19, it being Sunday I
eonoluded they did the same every Sabbath. Wee passed thro'
lihree Shawanese towns, (the Indians appeared very proud to see me
return) and arrived about night at Saconk, where they were likewi^
very glad to see me Jleturn. Here I met the 2 Capt** who treated
me so uncivilly before, they now receiv'd me very kindly & accepted
of my hand, & apologised much fpr their former behaviour; (their
names are Kuckquetackton, & Capl* Kill Buck.) They said, Bio-

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ihetf we m behalf of the People of Sacnnk, desire* that yon will
hold fast that which you have begun, & be Strons, we are but little
i poor, therefore cant do much, you are rich and great & must go
on & be strong, let us see you soon again. We have done all in ant
Power towards bringing about « Peace ; we have had a great quarrel
about you with the French but we dont mind them, do you make
haste and be strong. The above Kill Buck is a great Capt. and
Conjurer among them; he desired me to mention' him to the Gov-
ernor, & ask him if he would be pleas'd to send him a good Saddle
by the Next Messenger, & that he would do all in his Power for the
service of the English.

2S*\ We sett out from Sakonk in company with 20 for Cush-
eushking, on the Road Shingas addrest himself to me, & asked if I
did not think, if he came to the inhabitants they would not hang
him, as they had offered a great Reward for his head ; he spoke in
a very soft and easy manner, I told him that was a great while ago,
'twas all forgotten and wiped clean away, that the English would re*
ceive him very kindly; and then Daniel interupted me and said donty
him tells nothing butt Idle Lying Stories, for what did the English
hire 1200 Indians to kill us ; I protested against it, he said God
damn you for a fool, did you see the woman lying in the Road that
was kild by the Indians the English hired 7 I said Brothers, do
consider how many thousand Indians the French had hired to kill
the English, & bow many they have kild along our frontiers, and
Daniel said Damn you, why dont you & the French fight on the Sea^
you come here only to cheat the Poor Indians & tuce their Ijands
from them ; then Shingas told him to be still, he did not know
what he said. We arrived at Cushcushking before night, & I in-
formed Pesquetum of Daniels behaviour, at which he appeared sorry.

2Q^. This day I dined with Shingas, he told me the' the English
had set a great price on his head he never thought to revenge him-
self, but was always very kind to any Prisoners that were taken ft
brought in, & that he assured the Governor he would do all in his
Power to bring about an establisd Peace, & wish'd he could be cer-
tain of the English being in earnest.

Then Seven Chiefs Present told me, when they sent the next Mes-
senger to tbem to send 2 or three white men at least to confirm the
thing, and not to send such a man as Daniel, that they did not un-
derstand him, he always spoke as if he was drunk, and if a great
many did not know me they should not know what to think, for
every thing I said he contradicted.

I assured tbem I would faithfully inform the Go^mor of what
they said, & they should see as Messengers other Guess than Daniel
for the time to come ; and I further inform'd that he was not sent by
the Governor, but came -of his own accord^ & I would endeavour to
Prevent his coming again.

Daniel d^nanded of me his Pay & I gave him three Dollars^ ft

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he took as mUcb Wampnm as he pleas'd, and would not saffv me io
tOVLUt it; I immagiDed there was ahout two tboasand.

About night 5 Fawaers past by here in there way to the Frendi
Fort.

80 & 31. They feasted greatly, during which time I several times
beg'd of them to consider and dispatch me.

Sept. 1. Shingas, King Beaver^ Delawar George & Pisquetam, k
several other Indians, Captains, said to me Brother, we have thought
a great deal since God has brought you hear, & this is a matter of
great consequence which we can't readily answer, we think on it
and will answer you as soon as we can, our feast hinders us, all oar
young men, women & children are glad to see you : before you came
they all agreed together to go and join the French, but since tbej
have seen you they all draw back, tho' we have great reason to be-
lieve you intend to drive us away and settle the country, or why do
you and the French come to fight in the Land that God has given
us. I said they did not intend to take the Land from them, but
only to drive the French away, they said they knew better for that
they were informd so by our Greatest Traders, & several Justices of
the Peaoe had told them the same, and the French tells us much
the same thing, that the English intend to destroy us & take our
Land from us, but that they come only to defend «s and our Lands,
that the Land is ours and not theirs, therefore we say if you will be

"at peaoe with us we will send the French home, 'tis you that have
begun this war, and 'tis necessary that you bold fast^ & be not dis-
couraged, for we Love you more that you Love us, for when we take
any Prisoners from you we treat them as our own children ; we are
Poor & we cloath them as well as we can, you see our own children
are as naked as the first, by this you may see our hearts are better
then your heart, 'tis Plain that you are the cause of this war. Why
dont you & the French fight in the old country and on the sea?
why do you come to fight on our land ? This makes everybody
believe you only want to take & settle the Land. I told them Bro-
thers, as for my Part I have not one foot of Land nor dont desire to
have any, & if I had any Land I would rather give it to them than
take any from them. Brothers if I die you will gett a little moie
ground from me. I will walk on that ground which God has made,

^ we have told you that you should keep nothing in your hearts bat
bring it before the Counoil, they will readily hear you, & I Promise
you what they answer they will stand to, I further to you what
agreements they made about Wioming & they stand to them.

They said Brother, your Heart is good, you speak always very
fiie, but we know there are always a great m'any that want to be
rich, they never have enough : Look we dont want to be rich and
take away that which others has. God has given yon the tame
creatures, we dont want to take them from you. God has given to
US the Dear to us; which we must feed on, & we Bejoice in what
springs out of the Ground and thank God for it. Look now my

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Brotber, the white people think we have no brains in oar head, they
are so great and big that makes them make war with us, we are but
a little handfull to what you are. When jou look for a Turky you
cant find it is so little, it hides itself under the Bushes : & when vou
hunt for a Rattle Snake you cannot find it, & perhaps it will bite
yoa before you see it ; & sinoe you are so great and big and we so
little, it is you that must keep on, this is the first time we saw, or
heax^l of you, & we have great reason to think about it, since such a
great body of yon comes in our Land, 'tis you and the French have
agreed to make this warr, it Is told us that you and the French con-
trived the warr between yon, & that you and the' French intended to
divide the land between you ; this was told us by chief of the Indiaa
traders, & they said farther. Brethren this is the last time we shall
eome among you^ for the French & English intend to join and kill
all the Indians, then divide the land among themselves. Then they
addrest themselves to me and said, Brother, I suppose you know
something about it, or has the Governor stopt your mouth that you
ahonld not tell us. Then I said Brothers, I am very sorry to see
you 80 jealous, I am your own flesh and blood, & sooner then I
would tell you any story that would be of hurt to yon or your chil-
dren I would suffer death, & if I did not know that it was the desire
of the government that wo should renew our old Brotherly love &
friendship that subsisted between our Grandfathers, I would not have
undertaken this Journey, and I do assure you of mine & the Peoples
honesty, if the French had not been here the English would not have
eome, and consider Brothers how many People have been killed
pince the French have been hear and then consider Brothers whether
in such a case they can allways sett still.

Then they said 'tis a thousand pities we did not know of it sooner,
if we had it would have been Peace long before now. ,

Then I said Brothers, I know you have been wrongly perswaded
bj many wicked people, for you must know there are a great many
Papists in the country, in the French Interest, who appear like
Gentlemen, & have sent many Runaways Irish Papists servants
among you who have put bad notions in your heads, end strength-
ened you against your Brothers the English. Brothers I beg that
vou will not believe every idle and false story that ill designing may
bring to you, against us your Brothers, Lett us not hearken to what
Lying & foolie^ people say, butt lett us here what wise and Good
people say, they will tell us whaf s good for us and our children.
There are a great number of Irish Traders now amongst the Indians
who have always endeavoured to spirit the Indians against the Eng-
lish, and perswaded 'the Indians never to believe the English which
made some that I was acquainted with from their infancy desire the
Chiefs to inquire of me that they were certain I would speak the
truth.

Pisquetum now told me we would not go to the General, that
twas very dangerous, that the French had ^ent out several scouts to

636 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

Urait for me on the Road. And farther Piaqnetam told me tliat
'twas a Pity tho Governour had no ear to bring him intelligence;
that the French had 3^ whom they Rewarded with great PreseDts, &
signified that he & Shingas would be at the service of his HoDour if
he pleas'd.

Sept. 2. I told Shingas to make haste and Dispatch mo, and onoe
more desired to know of them if 'twas Possible for them to Qnide
me to the General, of all which they told me they would consider,
& Shildgas gave me his hand & said Brother the next time you come
I will retam with yon to Philad*, & will do all in my power to pie-
.yent any Body's coming to hnrt the English more.

3d. To day I foand my self a little unwell ft ma^e a little Tea,
which refreshed me, had many very pretty discourses with G«orge,
in the afternoon they cald a Council and gave me the following
answer.

Brethren, it is Good many days since we have seen & heard yon ;
I now speak to you in behalf of all the nations that have heard joa
heretofore.

Brethren, it is the first Message which we have seen or heard from
Yon, we have not yet Rightly heard you. Brethren, you hav€ told
of that Peace and Friendship which we had formerly with yoa.
Brethren, we tell you to be Strong and always Remember that
friendship we formerly had with yoa. Brethren, we desire yoa
would be Strong & let us once more hear of our Good Friendship
& Peace we had formerly. Brethren, we desire that you make haste
and let us soon hear of you agtdn.

Gives a String.

Brethren, here what I have to say; look, Brethren, since we hare
^cen & heard you, we who are Present are Part 6f all the Several Na-
tions which have heard you some days ago, see that you are sorry
that we have not that Friendship we formerly'had. Look, Brethren,
we at AUegeny are Likewise sorry we have not that Friendship with
you we formerly had. Brethren, it ia good that you have held that
friendship we had formerly amongst our fathers & Grand fathers.
Brethren, we long for that Peace k friendship we had formerly.
Brethren, we will tell you we must not Lett that Friendship Quite
drop which was formerly Between us. Now, Brethren, it is 3 years
since we dropt that Peaco and friendship which we formerly had
with you. Now, Brethren, its dropt & lies Buried in the Oroand
where you & I stand, in the middle Between both. Now, Brethren,
since I see you, you have diged up & revived that friendship wbidi
was Buried in the Ground, now you have it hold it fast.

Do be Strong, Brethren, & Exert yourselves that that friendship
may be well established between us. Brethren, if yon will bei
Strong, it is in your Power to finish that Peace & ftiendship weU.
Now, Brethren, we desire you to be Strong, & establish & make
known to all the English of this Peace & friendship, that it over aH

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may be well esUblish'd, as you are of one Nation & colour in all the
Eoglish GoyerDments.

Brethren, when you have finished and agreed every Where to-
gether on this Peace & Friendship, then yon would be Pleas'd to
send it to us at the Allegany. Brethcen, when have settled this
Peace & friendship, & finished it well, & you send it to me, I will
Bead it to all tbe Nations of my Colour ; when I receive your answer
& we have lookM that every thing is well done, so that I can send it
to all the Nations of my Colour, they will all join to it & we all
will hold it fast. Brethren, when all the Nations Jofns to this
Friendship, then the day will begin to shine dear over us when we
ODoe here more of you & we join together, then the Day will Be still
k no wind or Storm will oome over us to disturb us. Now, Brethren,
you know our hearts and what we have to say, be strong; if you do
BO, every thing will be well, and what ve have now told yon, all the
tbe Nations Agree to Join. Now, Brethren, Let the King of Eng-
land know our minds as soon as Poeibly can.

Gives a Belt of Eight Rows.

I Received the above Speech from the Under Written, who are
all Captains & Councillers.

Beayeb, King, Capt. Petbb,

Delaware George, Macomal,

Pesquetom, Popauce,

TaSUCAMIN, WASHAOCAtJTAUT,

AWAKANOMIN, GoCKQUAOAUKEHLTON,

CUSHAWONEKWY, JOHN HlOKOMlAN,

KetketnapAin, Kill Buck.

Delaware George spoke as follows :

Look Brother, we are here of three Different Nations. I am of
the Unamawa Nation ; I have heard all the speeches that you have
made to us with the many other Nations. Brother, you did Let us
know that Every one that takes hold of this peace Belt you took
them by the hand and led them to the Council where our Grand-
father kept good Councils ; so soon as I heard it I took hold of it.

Brother, I now let you know that my heart never was parted from
you. I am sorry that I should make friendship with the Fcenoh
against the English. I now assure you my heart sticks close to the
English interest ; one of our greatest Capt. when he heard of it he
immediately took hold of it as well as myself. Now, my brother,
I let you know that you shall soon see me by your CouncU fire and
then I shall hear from yourself the pkin truth in Every respect. I
lo?e that which is good. Like as our Grandfathers did, they chose
to speak the sentiments of their minds. All the five Nations know

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me and know that I always spoke troth; and so yon shall find mhm
I come to your Council Fire.

(jare a String.

The aforesaid Delaware Oeorge had in Company with him,
Capt. Peter, ' Stenfkoe,

John Peter, Cushawmekwy,

Kbhkeknopaein.
Present : Shinga, King Bever, Pesqnetam & several otfaen. I
asked what they meant by saying they had not Rightly heard hmj
yet they said, Brother yon very well know that you have eolleoted
all the yonng men about the Country, which make a large body,aod
now they are standing before our do(.rs. You come with good news
and fine speeches. Brother this is what makes us Jealous & wt
don't know what to think of it. Now if you had brought the news
before your army had begun to march it would haye caused a great
deal more good. We don't readily believe you, becauae a great
many great Men and Traders have told us long before the War that
you and the French intended to Joyn & Cut all the Indians off.
Those were people of your own Colour and your own Country men,
& they then told us to Joyn with the French, that they would be our
fathers, besides many Runaways have told us the same story, and
some we took told us how yon would use us if you canght us, there-
fore. Brother, I say we can't conclude this time, but must see & hear
you once more, and further said, now Brother you are here with as,
you are our flesh and blood, speak from the licttom of your heart.
Have uoi the French and English Joyned together to cut off the
Indians ; speak. Brother, from your heart & tell us the trath and let
us know who is the beginners of this War. Tjl^en I delivered myself
thus :

Brothers, I love you from the bottom of my heart } I am eztreffle-
ly sorry to see the Jealousy so deeply Rooted in your hearts and
minds. I have told you the Truth, and if I was to tell you a Han-
dred times you would not Rightly believe me. My Indian Brothers,
I wish that you would draw your heart to God, that he may Coo-
vince you*of the truth. I do now declare before Ood that the En-
glish never did nor never will Joyn with the_ French to destroy joo,
as &r as I know the French are the begginners of the War. Broib-
ers about 12 years ago you may Remember they had war with the
English, and they both agreed to articles of peace, the BngUshgave
up Cape Breton, but the French never gave up their part, and in a
very little time made their Children s^e the English; this was
the first Cause of the War. Now, Brothers, if any body strike yoa
three times, one after another, you still sit still imd consider they
strike you again : now, my brothers, its time, and *yoa ?nll rise np
to Defend yourselves ; now, my brothers, this is exactly the case,
Consider farther, my brothers, what a number of our poor inhabi-
tants have been killed since the French came to the Ohio; theae

Kreneli im tie Cante of tbeir doatb, and if they were not there tbe
English would not trouble themselves to go there, tbej go nowbMfO
to War but where the I^reneb are. Those wicked people that sat
yon at Yarienoe with the Bnglish, by telling yon many wicked
stories, are papists in their French pay. Besides, there are maay
among ns in the French Servioe who appear Like Genileroen, and
bay Ush papist Servants, and promise then great Rewards to Run-
away to yon and Strengthen you against t£e Knglish by making
them appear as black as a cole.

This Day arrived here two Hundred Ffencb on their way to Fori
Dnqnesne, tbey staid all night. In the middle of the night Eling
Bever^e Daughter Died, on which a great many Guns were fired in
the Town.

Sep'. 5*^. I made a General stop in my JTonrney ; the French
said to tbeir Children they shoald catch me Privately or get my
scalp, the Governor wanted to Examine me, as he was going to Fort
Duqoesne ; when they told me of it I said as he was going to Fort
Duquesne he might Enquire of me there, I had nothing at all to say
or do with the French and that they would tell them Every Particu-
lar they wanted to know in the Fort; they all came into the house
where I was as if they would see a new Creature.

In the afternoon there came 6 Tawaws and brought 3 Dutch & iL
Scalps off the Catawbaws.

Ab Daniel blamed the English that they never pay him for his
Trouble, I asked him whether na was pleased with what I had paid
him, he said no, I said Brother, vou took as much as you pleased, I
asked whether you' was satisfied, you said yes. I told him I was
ashamed to hear hi 19 blame the Country so.

I told him you shall have for this Journey whatever you desirci
when I Beach the inhabitants.

Sept* 6. Pesquetim, Tom Hickman k Sbiogas told me, Brother^
it is Good that you have stayed so long with us, we love to see yon,
A wish to see yon here longer, bat nice yon are so desiroas to go
yon ean sat off to-morrow. Pesqnetnm has brought yon here & he
may eany yon home again ; yon have seen ns, & we have talked A
mat deal together, wluoh we never did before. Now Brother, we
lore yon, bat cannot help but scruple why the .Bn^iah & French
don't make it np with one Another & tell one asotber not to fight
on onr knd.

I told them, brother, if tiie English told the Franeh a fThonnnd
times they Kever would go away.

Bfother, you know so long as the world has stood there has act
been snob a War, you know when the French lived on the other side
the War was there, & here we lived in peace. Oonsidwr how many
thonsand men are killed, & how many honaes are bnmt since the
Frandi lived here ; if they had not been here it would not have been
00^ yon know we don't bhuae you, we blame the French, they are the .

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* Cftose of thifl War, therefore we don't Come to liart yoU; bsi to
dhk tise the Freooh.

Tbey told me that at the great Goaneil, held at OnoDdago, befofe
the War beguOi with the Five Natione, (Conrad Weiaer waa thert
and Wrote Every thing Down) it was told them that they should hit
the French alone at Ohio, thoy should leave it Entirely to the five
Nations; the five Nations wonld know what to do with them; then
Two Hundred French and Indians went to Fort Duqnesne.

King Beyer & Shingas spoke to Pesquetum, Brother yon told u
that the Governor of Philadelphia & Teedyuscnng took me out of
their bosoms and put me into your bosom, that you shpuld bring bim
here, & yon haye bronght him here to us & we have seen & heard him
& now we give him into your bosom again, to bring bim to the same
place again before the G-overnour. But don't let him quite loose,
we shall Rejoice when we shall see h m here again. They desired
me to speak to the Oovernor in their behalf, as follows : Brothec,
we. beg you to Remember Oar Oldest brother, Pesquetum, & famish
him with good Cloaths & Reward him well for his Trouble^ for we
all shall look upon him when he Comes back.

7*. When we were Ready to go they began to Council which
Course we should go to be the safest, & then they Hunted the
Horses, but Could not find them, and so we lost that days journey ;
it's a Troublesome, Cross & heavy Yoke to Draw this People. Tfaej
can pinch & Squeeze a bodys heart to the Utmost. I believe the
Reason they kept me here so long was by the instigation of the
French. I Remember some body told me the French told Them to
keep me 12 Days longer, that they were afraid I should oome too
soon and Give Information to the General. My heart has been veiy
heavy here, because they kept mo for no purpose. The Lord knows
how the'y have been Counciling about my Life, but they did not
know who was my Protector & Deliverer. I. believe my Lord has
been Too Strong against ^hem ; my iBnemies have Done what lies ia
their power.

8*^. We Prepared for our journey in the morning & made our-
selves Ready, then came some together & Examined me, what I had
wrote yesterday. I told them I wondered what need they had to
09ucem themselves about my writings. They said if ^ey kaew I
had wrote about the prisoners they would not let me go oat of the
town. I told them what I wrote was my Duty to do. Brothers, I
tell you I am not afraid of you if you were a Thousand more. I
have a Good Conscience before God and man, I tell yon I have wrote
nothing about tbe Prisoners; I tell you, hrothers, that its not good
tfaflre's a bad spirit in your heart which breeds that ^JTealoosy, and it
' will keep yon Ever in fear, that you will never get rest. I b!^ that
Ton would pray to God for Grace to Resist that Wicked spirit that
Dreeds such wicked Jealousy in you; is that the Reason yoahavB
kept me here so long 7 How often have I foeged of you to dispatch
^ me ; I am ashamed to see yon so jealous : I am not in the lent

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1768. fiU

tfraid of yoQ. Have not I broagbt writingB to yon, & wkni do yam
thiak I must not bring them home to the G-overnor, or shall L shut
my month asd say nothing. Look into yonr own hearts and see if
it woald be right or wrong if any body give a salutation to their
friends. Yon told me many times how kind you were to prisoners,
and now yon are afraid, that any of them should speak to me.
They told me they had Clause to be afraid, and then made a draught
k shew'd me how they were Sirrouuded with War. Then I told
them if they would be still & keep at a distance they need not to
fear, then they went away (very much ashamed) one after another.
I UM my men that we should make haste and go, & accordingly we
set off in the afternoon from Gnseuskiog and came ten miles.

9^. We took a little foot Path hardly to be seen, we lost it &
went through thick Boshes till we came to a mire, which we did not
see till we were in it, & Tom Hickman fell in and almost broke his
leg, we had hard work before we could get the horse out again ; the
Lord helped me that I got safe from my horse. I and Pesquetnm
had Enough ado to Gome thro. We passsed many such places ; it
Rained all Day, and we got a Double portion of it, because we iU-
oeived all that hung on the bushes, we were as wet as if we were a
swimming all the Day, and at night we lay down in a Swampy place
to sleep, where we had nothing but the Heavens for our Covering. .

10th. We had but Little to live on, Tom Hickman Shot a Deer
on the Road, Every thing here is Extremely Dear, much more so
tluiD in Pensylvania, I Gave for one Dish of Com Four Hundred
and Sixty Wampum, they told me that the Governor of Fort Du-
quesne kept a Store of his own, and that all the Indiana must Come
and buy goods of him, and when they Come to buy he tells them if
they will go to War they Shall have as much goods as they please.

Sefore I Set off I heard farther that a French Captain, who goes
to. all the Indian Towns, Came to Saennk and Said, Children wiU
not you Come & help Your father Against the English, they answered
Why Shpuld we go to War against our brethren, they are our Friends.
O Children, I hope you don't own them for friends ; Yes, Said they
we do> we are their friends, and we hope they will Remain ours. 0
Children, you must not believe What they say and What has been
told yon by that man ; they said to him, Yes we do believe him
more than we do you, it was you that set us against them, and we
will by and by have peace with them, and then he spoke not a word
more, but Returned to the fori

11th. Monday we went Over Antigoe, we went down a Vast Steep
Hill, and our Horses Slip'd so that I Expeeted every moment when
they would fal> head over heels. We found fresh Indian Tracks on
the o^er side of the River, we Cross'd Allegany River & went
through the Bushes upon a High Hill, and Slept on the Side of a
Mountain without fire for fear of the Indians, it was a Yeiy Cold
Night, and I had but a thin Blanket to Cover myself.

12th. We made a Little fire to Warm Oonelves in the Monking^

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ear Hones b^an to be weary with Olimbiiig tip «Dd down ike fteep
Moantaing.

We Game this Night to f^e top of a Mountain where we tomk a
Log honae, heie we made a Shnall fire Joat to bojl onnelfoa a Littk
Yiotnalay t^e Indians were very nneh Afraid, and Slept with thor
Gnn and Tomahawk on all Night ; they heard somebody Bn aad
Whkper in the Night; I Slept Yeiy Sound, and in the Mioniat
they asked me if I was not Afraid the Jndians would kill me, I Said
ao I am not Afraid of the Indians nor the Devil himself, I tout ay
Great Creator God ; ay, tfiey Said, yon know yon will go to a Good
pkoe when you die, but we don't know that that makes as alhsd.

13th. In the Afternoon we twice Grossed Ghowattn and Cane lo
Ponchestanning, (an Old town that lies , on the same Greek,) ve
went through a bad Swamp where was Teiy thiek sharp thorns, m
that they tore our Gloaths & flesh, both hands & face to a bad
Degree; we had Saoh a Road all the Day, in the Evening we made
a 1^, aiui then they heard Something Rush in the Boshes as tho^
they heard Somebody walk, then we went about three Gun shot from
eur fire, not finding a Place to lie Down for the Innumerable Rocks,
that we were Oblidg^d to get Small Stones to fill up the Hollow placet
in the fiooks for our Bed, but it was Very Uneasy, Almost Shirt aad
Skin grow together, they Kept Watch one after another all Night

I4th. In the Morning I asked them what made them afraid, they
eaid that I did not know Nothing, for the French had Set a Gnat
price on my head, and they knew there was gone out a Great Seoat
to lie in wait for me, we went over Great Mountains and a very hd
Bead.

16ih. We Game to Susquehannah, & Grost 6 times, ft Osme to
Galamaweshink, where had been an Old Indian Town } in the Even-
ning there Game 8 Indians, and said they saw two Indian tiaeta
where we Slept turn Bade, so we were Sure that they followed us.

I6th ft 17th. We Grossed Over the big Mountain.

18. Game to the big Island, where we had nothing to live on, we
were Oblidg'd to lye to Hunt

19. We met with Twenty Warriors who were Returning from tbe
Inhabitants, with five Prisonem ft 1 Scalp, Six of them was Dels*
wares, the Rest Mingoes, we Sat Down all in one Ring togetber, I
Informed them where I had been ft what was done, they «&ed m
to go back a Little, and so I did, aad Slept all night with them, aad
Informed them of the Partieuiare; they said they did not know it,
if they had, they would not have gone to war : be strong if yoa
■wke a Good peace, then we will bring all the prisoners Back agaia ;
thej kili'd two Deer, ft gave us one.

20. We took leave of Eadi other, and went on our Jonney, &
Came Ihis Niffht

2&d. Arnr d at Fort Augusta in the Afternoon, very Weaiy aad
Hungry, but Greatly Rejoiced at our Retam from this Tediou
Journey.

rBSamYhYASIA ABOBIVBB ITOt. SM

There is not a more Pr^der or High Mindeder People in tbeiiMelvei
ihaa the IndiaDS^ they think themeelyes the wisest & PnidenteA
peofde in the World, and look mpoa all the Best of Mankind ai
IooIb if they don't Consent to their way of thinking; they think
themselves to be the Strongest people in all the World, that they
Oan Overpower both the French and English when they please, they
are in their Eyes Nothing at all, they Say thry their Conjoin]n| .
Craft they oan do what they plase, and Nothing Can Withstand
them ; in their way of fighting they have this Method to see that
they first Shoot the Officers & Commanders, & then they say we wOI
be sure we shall have them ; Since, if their Conjarers will Bun ihnf
the Middle of their people, they Say bo ballet Can hurt them, &
they will not ^[now them then they say when they have Shot the
Commanders ; the Soldieis will all be Cenfus'd, and will not know
what to do they Say, Every one of them is like a King and Cap*.,
and fight lor themselves ; by this way of thinking, they Imagine they
Can Overthro' any body of men that may Come against them they
Say; the White people are fools, they hold their Oan half man high
& then snap, we take sight and have them at a Shot, and so does
the French, they do not only shoot with a ballet, bat big Swam
Shot^ thus they say the French Load with a Bullet and Six Swan
Shot^ then we are sore we will have die first Shot at them, then they
are half Dead before they begin to fight.

Th^ Indians are a people fall of Jealousy, and will not trust aay
body, and they are Very Easy Affironted and brought into Jealousy,
then Afterwards they will have nothing at all to do with them, and
it is not brought so Easy out of their minds, they keep it to their
Oraves, and iieave the Seed in their Children & Orand Children's
heart k mind, so if they can they will Bevenge themselves, they
are a Very DistrustfuU People thro' their Imaginations & Beason,
they think themselves a Thousand times stronger than all other
people.

Fort Duquesne is Certainly undermin'd, the Freneh have told if
we Overpower him & he .should Die, they should Certainly all die
with him.

When I Came to the fort the Garrison consisted of about fourteen
fiondred Men, and I can say they will be bow full Three Tbonsand
French and Indians, they ate almost all Canadians, and wiU oerfainly
meet the Oenerall before eome to the fort in an ambush. You may
Depend upon it the French will Stand bo field Battle as in tte 014
CoBstry, bat in ambash the Canadians are all Hunters.

The Indians have agreed to Draw baek, but how far we aay grre
Credit to their promises the Lofd knows ^ if they should go they will
Bot attack, but let the Freaoh go foremost aBd they will tMow,
altho' a great part will Certainly not go.

But it is the best way to Guard against them as if they wouM
irith a Thouftaad Overpower Eight Thousand. Thiity-two Days I
did lay in the Woods, the heavens was my Covering, the Dew eame

644 PENNSTLTANIA AECHIVES 1758.

80 hard sbmetimee that it pricked^OIose to the Skin, there is no&ing
Lajd 80 Heavy on mj heart as the man that went along with me,
he thwarted me in Everything I said or did; not. that he did it
against me hut against the Country for whoee BusinesB I waa aenty
I was Afraid he would Overset what I was about

When he was with the English he would speak against tli6
French, & when he was with the French heM speak against the
English ; the Indians Observed that he was a Very false fellow, and
Desired me that I would not bring him any more to Transact any
Business between the English and them, and that it was through
his Means I Could not have Liberty to talk with the Prisoners.

Praise and Glory be to the Lamb that has been sUin and bronght
me through the Country of DreadfuU Jealousy & Mistrust, vbere
the prince of this world has his Rule and Government Over the
Children of Disobedience. The Lord has preserved me through all
Danger and Difficulties I have ever been under.

He Directed me According to his Will by his Holy Spirit, I had
no one to Converse with but him, he brought me under a Thick
Heavy and Dark Cloud into the Open Air, for which I Adore,
Praise and Worship the Lord my God, that I know he has Grasped
me in his hands, and has forgiven me for all Sins, and Sent and
Washt my heart with his most Precious blood, that I live not for
myself but for him that Made me, & to do his holy will is my Plea-
sure; I own there is in the Children there Dwells any kind of Spirit,
than there Does in the Children of this World, therefore theee two
Spirits Can't Rightly Agree in Fellowship.

FRBDRICH POST.

Geo, Croghan to R. Peters, 1758,

Easton, Sept. 26th^ 1758.
Sir,

I have wrote ye Governor a long Letter which you will see, as
the Indians has been allways Drunk Mr. Wiser nor my self could
nott do any business with ye Indians, I Suspect that TeedyoscuDg
is kept Drunk hear on purpus to serve some end. Butt I hope on ye
Governors perusing my letter he will lake such steps as will prevent
such abuses on his Government, there must in my opinion be some-
ihing very Eztroynery in Yew or else the Comm» wold Neaver have
.ordred their Comeseray heer to give out so much Liquer, itt Looks
bad in them I think to putt such confidence in so infamous a viliaii
att this Time.

Pray send up ye Scalps & Wampum which I spoak aboat^ and
Wampums for yo Treaty, hear is some of ye Indian Chee& which

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1758. 646

are je frends, and has no belts to spek^ mth, jou sbonld therefore
make them a present of some, and I "think the Governor should
Insidt on haveing ye Distrabiting such privett presents as he should
think proper, or else he will nott apear as a Governor. I think yon
sbonid give him a hint of that, and bj all Mains ye Distribusion of
Liqaors should be taken out of Vernon hands, I have Neaver Re-
ceived a Line from General Forbes, p'haps he is nott well plescd
with me, if you can inform what he intends to do pray do itt ^
Berren In a few days I shall be able to lett yon know what Oheeni
of each nation will be hear, what their Veues may bO; and how things
maj be settled, if we are to have a Treaty at aU.
I am siri

Your most obedient Servant,

GEO. CROOHAN.

P. 8. Tou'l Excuse boa^ "Writing & peper, and guess at my
MaioiDg,^ fer I have this Minnitt 20 Drunken Indians about me, I
Bhall be Ruin'd if ye Taps are nott stopt, lit Dose nott cost me less
than £3 a day on ye Indians Extraguenty.

John Miller to R. Peters, 1758.

Worthy Sir,

The Inhabitants of the upper part of this Oonnty are advertised
' to meet to morrow and the day following, at two certain places, in
order to see what number of Carriages they oan or will furnish for
the present service.

I think to attend, and as I expect the Complement demanded will
hardly be freely offered. Shall carry down with me a parcel of
Warrants for. the purpose, & on finding the people to be spending
the time in needless Cavels amongst themselves, as who will do least
for the publick good, then immediately to employ the Constables.
Bat indeed am a little affiraid some obstinate Wretches will be 4oo
many for some of the Constables. However I expect soon to have
til the Waggons.

And am Sir,

Your most humble Serv*,

JOHN MILLER.

Churchhill, 26 Sept., 1768. ^

I realy believe you have forgot the map, I mentioned in my
fon&er, Lancaster County is geting waggons daily fited up and send-
ing off. ' •

Directed^
To Richard Peters, Esquire, Philadelphia, ^ post.

546 PENNSYLVANIA AK0HIVE8 176».

Commissioners of the Customs to Gov. Denny, 1758.

Mr. Randolph,

In pursuance of a warrant of the Treasury We have issued our
Deputation to Mr. Peter Razer, late Surveyor of Delaware Bay in
Maryland^ to be GQliector of the Customs at Lewis Town in Penail-
vania, in the room of Richard Metcalf, deceased, and security hamg
been given for him here for the &ithfull Discharge of his Duty, yoa
are to take care he executes the Inclosed Bond before proper Wit-
nesses, and return the same to us, and jou are then to admit bim to
the said employ giving him all due Encouragement for the Serfice,
acquainting him that he must take the Oaths enjoined by Law, and
Certify to us the day he Is admitted, and you are to deliver him the
inclosed Instructions for his Government.
We are,

Your Loving Friends,

' - C. Amqand, ?

Custom H''. London, R. Cavendish,

7th Sept 1768. W. Tevinb, ?

Ent. J. P. H. PSLHAM.

Directed.
Surveyor General.

Charles Read to R. Peters, 1758.

Sir,

The Bearer drives a baggage Waggon w*^ some of our Stores. I
should take it as a favour if you would inform me what Indians are
come, & what nations are on the road, and when they may be Ex-
pected. The Munseys are the people with whom we expect to tran-
sact Business, and I ^ould be particularly informed whether they
are there, that I may inform the Governor of it. As there has been
an action near Fort Duquesne between an advanced ;party of our
-forces and the French, wherein we have lost Major Grant and three
hundred men, I send you the Gazette, as it may probably reach
you before any other account.
I am Sir, yf

Tour most humble Serv*,

CHAS. READ, Js.

Burl., Sept. 29th, 1758.
Directed,

To Richard Peters, Esq', at Easton.

PENNSTLYANU ABOHIYES 176& (47

Wm. Pbtbrs to R. Peteks, 1758.

Philada., 29th Sept, 1758.
Dear Broth',

Ton haying no letters by ye Express who bro* ye Aooo^ of ye
nnhappj Skirmish at Fort Da Quesne, I have eolleeted and send yjB,
Gopjs of ye most authentic letters on ye subject. No. 1, is a letter
from Major Halket to M'. Inglis, who desires your secrecy with re-
spect to what is say'd in it ; you may reflect on Col. Bouquet's con*
dact. No. 2, is a Copy of a letter from Gapt. Jo. Shippen to his
Father, who is down here.

Upon ye whole, ye see Major Grant was spurr'd on by Ambition,
and his meeting with no Opposition 'till ye Action to exceed his
Orders, bat 'tii hoped y^ besides ye loss of ye brave Fellows who
fell or were made prisoners, no bad consequences can attend it, un-
less it may hurt us with ye Indians at Easton, who I suppose should
be told y* ye French placed their Indians in ye front of the Battle^
and ye skughter on y^ side fell chiefly on them, whilst ye French
themselves kept for ye most part behind, out of danger. The GoV^
says you shoud make some complim* of thanks to those with you, of
jeToscaroras & Nottoways, on aoao^ of their Brethren's gallant
and kind Assbtanco to Major Grant's Corps, as mentioned in Capt.
Shippen's letter; y^ M'. Lardner will speak to ye Commiss" to for-
wani things as directed in M'. Weiser's letter, and recommends it
to you to have Mess'rs stationed constantly with or without horses,
at 1 or 2 proper places between here and Easton, to be always la
readiness to forward Expresses to and fro, hut says ye Comm'rs re-
fuse tp bear ye expense.

I am,

D' Brot',

Yo' ever aflTte, '

WM. PETEBS. '

Hy Compliments to Mr. Weiser, &a. «

The Gov* pass'd to day, an Act for ye b#ter raising Wagons, &o.|
under 201b8. penalty, for each person refusing to obey a warr^

And ye Flour Act pass'd yesterday.

Kirk took M'. Moore this Afternoon at ye Coffee House, and 'tis
expected M'. Smith will b^ in custody tomorrow.

il8 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

Thb SpbeTch of Ackowanothio, 1758.

An old Indian on the Ohio, in behalf of the Delaware Indians aiMi

others living on the Waters thereof.

Brethren the English, you wonder at onr joining with the Freneh
in this present War. Why oan't you get sober and onoe think Im-
partiaily ? Does not the law of Nations permit, ot rather Command
ns all, to stand upon our guard, in order to preserve our lives, the
lives of our Wives and Children, our Property and Liberty f Let
tne tell you that this was our care : have a little patience ! I will
tell you, Brethren, your Nation always shewed an eagerness to settle
our Lands, cunning as they were, they always encouraged a number
of poor people to settle upon our Lands : we protested against it
several times, but without any redress or help. We pitied the poor
people : we did not care to make use of force, and indeed some of
those people were very good people, and as Hospitable as wo Indians,
and gave us share of what little they had, and gain'd our afiection
for the most part ; but after all we lost our hunting Qroond, for
where one of those people settled, like pidgeons, a thousand more
would settle, so that we at last offered to sell it, and received some
considerations for it : and so it went on 'till we at last jump'd ov»
Allegeny Hills, and settled on the waters of Ohio. Hore we tho't
ourselves happy I We had plenty of Game, a rich and large Coun-
try, and a Country that the Most High had created for the poor Io«
dians, and not for the White People. 0 how happy did we live
here ! but alas ! not long. O ! your covetousness for Land at the
risque of so many poor souls, disturb'd our peace again. Who
should have thought, that that Great King over the Water, whom
you always recommended as a tender Father to his People, I say,
who should have thought that the Great King should have givea
away that Land to a parcel of covetous Gentlemen from Viiginia,
called the Ohio Company, who came immediately and offered to build
Forts among us, no doubt, to make themselves Master of our Lands,
and make Slaves of us. To which we could not agree, notwith-
standing their fair words. Onontio our Father, heard this with his
own ears, went home and prepared, in his turn, to take our Lands
from us, as we, or some of us, suspected. He' made a Proclamation
to ns in the following manner : ** Children, the King of England
'' has given your* Lands on Ohio to a Company of wicked Men in
'' Virginia, who, Lhear, are preparing to come and take possession
'' with a strong hand; j|^ on your guard, don't let them make the
*^ least Settlement on Onio, they will in a few years settle the whole;
'< they are as numerous as Muskeeto's and Nitts, in the Woods ; if
<< they get once a fast hold, it will not be in your power to drive
'' them away again ; if |you think you can't keep them off, tell me
** so, and I will keep them off. Brethren, we never liked the French,
but some of the Sir" Nation, in particular some of the Seneca's, came
with the French and took possession on the Heads of Ohio; we did

PENNSYJiVANiA ABCHIVIS 1758, 649

not like it, and therefore sent sevenJ MessegeB to themi to torn about
and go the way thej came^ to prevent Misehief, but to no purpose*
The French bemg numerous, and supported by the aforesaid Seneca's
and other Indians, we were obliged to be still, and by their crafti-
ness and«presents, we were brought over to their side of the Ques-
tion ; But a great number of us stood Neuter.
Now Brethren, when that great General Braddook landed at Yir-

flnia with orders from the King of England, to drive away the
rench from Ohio, and take possession himself of that fine country
for the English ; the French did let us know immediately, and told
ufi ; Children, now the time is come of which- 1 often told such an
Army is coming against you, to take your Lands from you and make
Slaves of you. You know the Virginians; they all come with him.
If you will stand your ground, I will fight with you for your land,
and I don't doubt we will Conquer them. The French Oeneral's
words, by the assistance of Priests, had great influence with the In-
dians on the Ohio, brought the Shawanes over in a body to them,
they being wrong'd in Carolina, and Imprisoned, and had their Chief
hanged or put to death in a cruel manner. These Shawaness brought
over the Delawares to -their measures; they, the Delawares, were
drove from their Lands, it being sold by the Mohocks, &c., to the
New England people, and just then some of those Delawares came
to Wyomock, much incensed against the English, and were easily
brought over to the French and Sbawaness.

Now Brethren, all this, with jnany other abuses we suffered from
our Brethren the English, yet our heart is much afflicted ; there re*
mains sparks of love in it towards our Brethren the English ; were
we but sure that you will not take our Lands on the Ohio, or the
West side of Aliegeny Hills from us; we can drive away the French
when we please, they have even promised to go off when we pleased,
provided we would not suffer the English to tal^p possession of the
Lands, (for as the French says,) we can never drive you off, you are
such a numerous people ; and that makes us afraid of your Army,
' which should not have come so nigh us, we don't know what to think
of it. We sent you Messages of Peace, you received them kindly^
and you sent to us Messages of Peace, we received them also kindly,
and sent back again more stronger words. Why did not your Army
staj at-Ray's Town, 'till matters had been settled between os? We
still suspect you covet our Lands on the Ohio, for you come against
us ; but we never heard as yet what you intend to do (after yoa
have drove away the French), with the Forts and Lands on Ohio.

Brethren, one thing more sticks in our Stomach, which is, that
we cannot thoroughly believe you that yon are in earnest to make
Peace with us, for when we lived among you, as sometimes it would
happen, that our young men stole a horse, kill'd a hog, or did some
other mischief, you resented it very highly, we were Imprisoned &c.
Now, we have kill'd and taken so many of your people, will you
heartily forgive us and take no revenge on us.

550

PENNSTLVANL&. ABOHIVES 1758.

Now Brethren, consider all things weH, and be assured that n,
the Indians, are heartily inolined to make a lasting peace irith joa.
Gave a large String.

To CONRAD WBISER.

Interpreter.

A EBPORt OP THE Provisions, Clothing, Amnubitiof,
Tools, &c., Now in Stohe hbre, 1758.

Fort Aagosta, October the Ist, 1758. *

ea BullockB.

40,202 poiiDcIs of Flour.

40 pounds of Match. & Rope.

163 pr. of coars yam Stockings,

worth little.
12 Reams of Oartridge paper.
8 pr. of. Steel yards.

1 Set of Carpenters Tpols, mostly
worn oat.

23 Carrying Saddles, do.
8 Barrels of Salt.
4 Yards of Ozenbrigs.

7 yards of Flannell.
6 Horse Collars.

10 Pitching Axes, tolerable
good.

26 Do. wore oat, not worth steel-
ing.

10 Broad do., ordinary.

4 Drawing Knives, do.

4 Adses, do. •

6 Spades, tolerable good.

8 Do., worn out.

16 Shovels, ordinary.

14 Maul rings.

2 Hand Screws.
4 pr. of Traces.

2 Drag Chains. «

15 Pick Axes.

8 Caulking Irons.

16 Brass Kettles, mostly worn
out.

3 Frying pans.
12 Grubing Hoes.
18 Broad do.

8 Crow Barrs^

4 Cross Cut Saws, ordinary..
4 Whip, do , do.

1 Do. tolerable.

2 Dutch Saws, ordinary.
10 Iron Wedges.

80 Old Blankets, worth little.
8 Battoes, patcht up for preseni

use.
12 Pieces of Cannon.
20 Rounds of Crape Shot.
85 Roands of Patridge Shot.
2 Swivels.

7 Blunderbusses.

117 Small Arms, in bad order.

700 Cannon ball.

1800 Grape Shot, made up for

Cannon.
46 Handgranades.
iaCa&k of Flints.
40 pounds of Barr lead.
4 Dozen of files.
2 Dozen of G-imblets.
i Dozen of Compasses.
6 Cbalk lines.

1 Hundred of Chalk.

2 Orind Stones.

i a Cask of 20' Nails.
J Tun of Iron,
i Faggot of Steel.
200wt. of Oakum.
2 Barrels of Pitch.
2 Barrels of Tarr.
21b. of Thread.
21b. of twine.

8 Reams of Paper.
6 Lanthorns.

PENNSYLVANIA AEOHIVES 1768.

551

■

bbls. of

Powder.

Bullets

in
Pounds.

•Soqoq

In store, ....
Made up in Gartridgefor Can-)
non & Swivels, . . J
In Soldiers Horns and Pouches,

16
6

1606
160
160

562
20
80

Total,

1816

602

Expended this last month, i Barrel of Powder, 28 iPound of but
lets, and 8 pounds of Swan shot

PETER BARD,

Commissioner.

John Arhstbong to Richard Petbrs, 1758.

Dear Sir,

Rays Town, Octob' 3, 1758.

Tour favour of the 25th by Apty, I rec* at the place where I have
been Ordered a few days upon the coming of the General — it never
enter'd my head to Suspect your friendship, nor reproach yo« for
jonr Silence, but should have imagined, had it not been a time of
War, that Matrimony, or sometbiog of the Sort, had possessed your
thonghts. If any person has informed yon that 1 have had any
religious dispute, more or less, they have injur'd themselves & im-
posed upon you, for upon the strictest truth, tho' there has been a
great deal of reason for Such Altercation yet have I had none, nor

any body else that I know of; as for Mr. B n, I have not had

the least Communication with him since I saw you, nor never intend
jo have. I have never been mistaken of that Oent*, but shall Leave
his Character to Persons of his Own Community.

Since our Quizot Expedition, you will no doubt be greatly per*
pWd about our fate, Ood knoWs what it may be, but I assure you
the better part of the Troops are not at all dismay'd; the General
^me here at a Critical & Seasonable juncture ; he is weak, but his
Spirits good, and his head Clear, firmly determined to proceed as far
fts force & Provisions will Admit, which, thro' divine favour, I hope
^lU be far enough ; the Road to be Open'd from our advanced Post
u not yet fully determined, and must be farther reconnoitred; 'tis yet
*Qiery whether the Artillary will be carry'd forward with the Army
^hen within 15 or 20 miles of the Fort or not. The order of Macd^'

^59 PENNSYLVANIA ABGBIYES 1768.

and Line of Batde is nnder ooncnderation, and many ^tiffweni OpiaioQi
SBspectinff it, npon this the General will have a Conferenoe with the
Oommaodeni of the Sundry. Chores. About four Thousand fire
hundred are yet fit for Duty, fiye or Six hundred of which may be
laid to the Aoct. of keeping of different Posts, Sickness, Accadentsi
&o. ; we know i^ot the number of the Enemy, but they are greatly
magnify'd by report of Sundry of the people with Major Grant, to
what we formerly expected. The Virginians are much chagrin'd at
the Opening of the Road thro' this Government, & Colonel Wash-
ington has been a good deal Sanguine & Obstinate upon the OoaaoD|
but the presence of the General has been of great Use on this u
well as Other Accounts ; we hear that three hundred Waggons are
on the Road ; if this month happens to be dry weather, it will be
greatdy in our favour; my People are in General healthy, and are
to be Collected together immediately, except such as are posted on
the Communication & in the Artillary ; many of them will be Naked
by the End of the Campaign, but I dare not enter upon Gloathiog
of them, not knowing who, or how mai^ of the Troops may be con-
tinu'd. Calonel B ■ t is a ^ery Sensible & Useful Man, notwith-
standing, had not the Genral come up, the Consequeoce won'd bafe
been dangerous. Please to make my Compliments to Mr. Allen, and
if you please shew him this letter, as I have not a moment k>nger to
write. About thQ last of this month will be the Oritioal hour.
Every thing is Vastly dear with us, & the money goes like Old
Boots; the Enemy are beginning to Kill & Carry off Horses, and
every now and then Scalps a wanderiog person.

I leave this place to-day as does CoU. Bouquet, and Some pieoei
of the Ajrtillary

I am, dear Sir,

mih perfect roapeci & Esteem,

Your most obed^ Hum^'** ServS

JOHN ARMSTRONG.

P. S. — Major Shippen told me the Proprietor had wrote to Coll.
Burd and I, or was to write.
Directed,

To Mr. Peters.

Gov. Denny to Richard Peters, 1758.

^ Philadelphia, 4th October, 1758.

Sir,

I received both of yours of the 2d Instant, and have dispatched
an Express to the Governor of Jerseys. The Mayor will be pre-
sented to me to Morrow, and then I shall set out for Easton. Sir
John S^ Clair ia under a necessity of obeying General Forbes'a

PBNNSTLVAlfIA AECHIVBS 1768. 563

orders, which are, to Goininaiid Major Onidt to March the Guard
at BastOB to Philadelphia, and furnish if possible Two hundred Men
to force the empress of Waggons for his Majest/s Service. I be-
liere I shall be with yon before Oovemor Bernard can arrive.
I am; Sir,

Your most obedient^

hamble Servant^

WILLIAM DENNY.
Directed,— (On His Mnjesty's Service.)
To Bichard PeterS; Esquire,

at Easton.

Gen. James AssiicaoMBY to Gov. Denny, 1758.

Gamp at Lake George, Oct. 12th, 1758.
Sir:

Having settled the Quarters to be occupied bj the Troops next
Winter, and having allotted Philadelphia to his Majesty's 17th Regi-
ment, whereof Brig' Gen Forbes is Colonel, consisting of 700 Men,
I give yon this Notice, that you may issue your Orders to the As-
sembly of that Province to prepare and hold every Thing in Readi-
ness for their Reception against the latter End of this Month, when,
or soon after, if nothing should intervene to delay them in their
March, they may be there ; As Troops have already been Quartered
upon Philadelphia, and the Province is no Stranger to what they
are entitled to by His Majesty's Orders, it is needless for me to add
what those are, or for me to desire you to recommend it to your
Assembly, to have every Thing provided accordingly.

I some Time since received a Letter from Brig' Geti. Forbes,
which it seems was recommended to your Care, for the forwarding
of which I thank yon, and if you can give me any later Accounts
of him, and the Troops under his Command, I shon'd be obliged to
joa, as I must own his Silence, after the Check Maj' Grant baa met
with, and of which he promised to inform me more fully, gives me
some uneasiness. Excuse this Trouble, and believe me^very sincerely,
Sir,
Your most obedient

humble Servant,

JAMES ABERCROMBY.
I}irec(ed,

The Hon"* Gov* Denny.
Vol. in— 24

554 PENNSTLYANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

Thb Address o; thb Commission:e3is 7ob Ihdiah AjueaibS)

1758.

May it please the Governor :

The Board being informecl that a great number of Indians from
many different & distant Nations are now attending a Treaty held at
Easton^ And having in pursuance of the Directions of the Law ap-
pointing them Commissioners for Indian Affairs, established and
opened a Large Store of all sorts of Goods, convenient for their use
and adapted to Supply & relieve their necessities, under the Caie of
Agents residing at Fort Auguata, at Shamokin, who will Trade
honestly with the Indians. And no particular Account or publlck
Information being as yet given to the Several Nations, They think
it their Duty to request the Governor wou'd be pleased to embrace
this convenient opportunity of giving the Indians now Attending at
the said Treaty the most publick Notice of the said Store^ iuTitlDg
them to come in & Trade with the said A^nts.

We further request the Gi>vemor wou'd acquaint them, that by
the Act the Goods are to be sold and Bartered at the most Bea-
aonable Rates, and the best Price to be given in Eschange for tbeir
Skins, Furs, Venison & Poultry, with such other particulars of tie
Law, and the advantages that must Accrue to the Natives therefrom,
as the Governor in his discretion shall think necessary, and of de-
sireiog them to make it known to all their Friends & Nations witb
whom they have any Alliance^ that they may be furnished with
Goods at the said Rates.

Signed in behalf and by order of the Board.

JOS. MORRIS,
JAMES CHILD.

Easton, October 15th, 1758.

Passport to Indians Coming feom Ohio, 1758.

The Honourable William Denny, Esquire, Ac.

To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting : Whereas,
the Chiefs of the Delaware Nation living on the waters of the Obio^
have signified to me their good dispositions for Peace, and tbereapon
Messengers have been despatched there, inviting them to a Treaty
in this Province. And whereas, the Faith of the Government is in
the strongest manner engaged for the Protection & Safety of all snch
Indians as shall come to the Treaty, in their Journey to, and on
their arrival within this Province. These are^ therkpre^ i> Bis

PINNEOrLVANIA ABCHIYEB 17B& 065

Majesties nam^, strictly to charge apd command all Justices, She-
riffs, Officers Civil and Military, and all other persons whatever,
to protect, defend and asaist the Bearer hereof, who is coming. to
treat with me, and has under his care a number of friendly Indians,
80 as they may not on any account be hindered or molested in their
Joorney, for want of any thing necessary for them in the Prosecu-
tion thereof. And^the Officers commanding at any of the Forts to
which they shall first come, are hereby ordered to supply them wftfa
necessary provisions, and to tajie care that they be safely conducted
to Philadelphia.

Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms^ at Easton^ this nine-
teenth day of October, 1768.

Richard Pbtebs to Israsl Prmbsbtoit, 1758.

Sir,

We shall want a large White Belt, that will take ten thousand
Grains of White Wampum. Please to let me have that quautity^
and I will either pay you or replace it. I am,

Sir,

Your humble Servant,

BICUARD PETERS.
2lBt 8bcr, 1758. '

Directed,
To Mr. Xerael Pcmborton.

Friend Peten,

Our wh* Wampum cost 30s. pr. m., and we choose rather to tale
the money than Wampum, and if thou art willing to pay us for it
at y* rate, I will immediately send the q'ty desired, but it would be
Btill more agreeable to part with some of our black with it, as we
have a larger q'ty of that.

Thy Friend,

ISR. PEMBERTON.

K8 PBNNSIIiYANIA ABCHITSS 1758.

IjrSTRUCTIOKS 10 JOHN BULL ESQ., AHB Me. WiLLIAM

Hatbs, 1758.

EaBtoB; 21st 8ber, 1758.
Oentlemen;

^ His Majesties special Service requiring lliat there sboold be m
iDterview between this Oovernment and the Chiefs of the Delaware
and other Indians on the Ohio, and joa having volanC«rilj offered
to go along with Pesquetomen & Thomas Hickman, two Ohio In-
dians, who have with yoa the Charge of the Invitation Measagea,
which are herewith delivered to jou, I do commit to jou the care of
this important Bu^ness, reposing special trust and confidence in
jour Loyalty, Prudence and Integrity ; and as the utmost dispatch
is necessary, I do in the most pressing terms require of yon to make
all the haste in your Power in the execution of this trust.

You are to proceed by the way of Reading and Fort Honiy, to
Fort Augusta, where you will be supplied with the necessariefl
wanted for you and your Indian companions.

You are always to desire, whatever Indian Town yov oome to,
that you may be presented to the Chiefs, and if proper, in an lodiui
Council. And when the Council meets, and not before yon are with
all the form and Ceremonies usual on such occasions, to oommani-
cate the Messages, and to make use of the Belts and Strings in their
proper places, according to their numbers, which correspond with
the numbers marked ia^ the Messages. Make yourself perfectly
master of the contents of them, but do not you keep about yon any
one Paper relative to this affair, as it is better and safer that the
Indians who go with you keep these. Several of the Indians on the
Ohio speak English, and by talking with them, you will be able to
know it; the Messages have been interpreted fully and rightly to
them.

Intelligence is of all things the most necessary, you are therefors
to use your utmost endeavours to obtain true accounts of the strength
of the French, as well in Fort Duquesne, as in their other Forts on
the Ohio. What number the Garrisons consist of, and whether Bega-
lars or Canadians. What number of Indians have at any time been
at Fort Duquesne, how many are. there now, and how long they will
stay, and if any more are expected. What the French intend to do
in the Winter, whether they are meditating any Expedition, or ia-
tend to form scalping Parties to annoy the Inhabitants. What qnan-
titles of Provisions, and of what sorts they have in their Forts, and
whence supplied. Enquire if the French Soldiers are dispersed in
Indian Towns, and how many in a Town, and how they live. If
any thing occurs y^ materially concerns the General to know, yoo

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1768. 657

are to engage sbme troBtj Indian id oany to General Forbes the la-
telligeDce, who will have a copy of these Instructions, and be suro
to reward the Indians well. A second Indian, for fear of accident,
should be dispatched after the first with a Duplicate. If jou can
get Jio Indian to send to the General, jour are on your return to ye
first /ort, to proceed immediately with an Escort to the (General,
wherever the Head Quarters are.

If you apprehend yon can preserve a Note Book, it will be proper
to put down whatever occurs, and you may put it down in such a
inatiner that you can understand it and nobody else.

You will be careful not to deliver, or suffer any other person to
deliver, any Message, to any Indians, save those I have now sent by
joa. Whatever ^cash you want to defray your Expenses, will be
readily furnished by the Commissioners, to whom you are to apply^

Find out the true characters of Indians, as w^Il as you can. Pels
haps two or three young fellows woud come with you when you re-
tam. If any offer, or you can persuade any of them, ingratiate
yourself with Ihem by all the means in your power, & endeavour to
gain their affections.

Yon must take care not to straggle from your Indian companions,
but keep close to them in the Journey.

Yon know that the Peace has been entirely confirmed by this
great Meeting of Indians, where were the Chiefs of the Mohocks,
Seneoas, Onondagoes, Cayugas^ Oneidas, Tuscaroras, Nantycokes,
Coooys, Delawares, Minnisinks, Mohickons and Tutaloes, and in
Bbort, all Indian Tribes on this side the Ohio, with whom wc are
connected. Our differences about Land are amicably concluded for
the most part^ and we have exchanged Peace and friendship forever.
Of this be sure make the Indians sensible.

If any thing worthy of notice occurs, send off special Messengers
to the General or to me, as may be most proper. 1 wish you a good
journey, and am,

Gentlemen,

Your most humble

Servant,

P. S.— Get what Intelligence yon possibly can with regard to the
strength of the French forts on the Ohio, with ye number of Cannon
mounted and their Calibre ; be particularly careful to learn what ad-
ditional works are added, and what they are.

568

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1768.

A List of Indians op Six Nations Pbbsbnt at TaEAH
AT Easton. 1758.

MOHOC^.

Niokes Karaghcaghlalie, a Chief^
one womaa and two bojs^ 4

From Chognod on Sasqfnehtinn,
of the same Nation, te1uWl^
rion, 20 Women & ohild'o^SO

Onontagbrs. Tusca&ro&as.

Assarodemkquo^ a Chief and 7 Nihaqtintiigno, Charles, Chiefs,

more men, the rest Women & 10 Warrioni, 14 Women and

Children^ in all, - - 20 Children, in all, - •> 26

SiNIQKERS.

flagechsadon, a Chief, Eayen-
quaraghton, a War Captain,
Several Warriors, Women and
Children, in all, - - 83

Oneidos.

All on the River Susquehana,

Thomas King, (alias) Sagagh-

suniunt, Anagaraghcry, both

* Chiefs, 9 Warriors, 32 Women

and Children, in all, • 43

Catiuokbrs.

Tokahojo, Jenontaweke, Chiefs,
Kanagherj, Ollih Heghly,
Sagochrenas, War Captains,
17 more Men, Women and
Children, in all, - - 22

The whol^of the before named

NONTIOOOKS.

Robert White, a Chief, 18 War-
riors, 38 Women & Children,

in all, .... 67

•

CONOYOS.

Last Night, a Chief, 9 Warrion,
10 Women, in all, - 20

TUTOLOWS.

Osswagaral, Tohontnk, Howanos,
Chiefs, Tuyonogon Tohanli-
deghson. Warriors, Women h
Children, in all, - - 11

Mahickandsrs.
Abraham, the Chief, 33 War-
riors, 40 Women and Child-
ren, in all, - - 74
Nations, amount to - - 890

Of the Delaware and Minisink Indians, I could get no aoeount.
The foregoing id a true account of them, to the best I could find.

C. WEISER*

To the foregoing may be added the following persons.

Peter Quibeck, and his wife French Margred ; Thomas Hadson,
and his wife Catrina, ^laryed daughter, with five or six Children.

Both the above named Indians, are noted men, and their adviee
is often required by tho Indian, they have distinguished themselves
for the Eoglish allways.

* See also another List on minutes Col. Rec. Vol. VIII. p. 176.

PBNNSTLVANU ABCHIYB8 1758.

S59

Return of the Officers* Quarters of the 17** BsaiMENT
or Foot, Commanded bt Briqadieb General John Forbes,

PHILADEI4PHIA, NoV, 15% 1758.

Officers' Names.

Lient. Gol. Arthur MorrU;.
Major John Darby,. i

Chris. Bassell,..
Edw*. FoTster,..
Joeelyn White,..

Will-. Howard,.

Geo. Foil wood,

Paul Ryoaut,

' Thorn as Morris,

Philip Da' Perron,

Edw*. Hope,

Jona* Bogers, Surg",..

Landlords'
Names.

Jn«. Groves,..
Mrs. Jones,...

Paul Isaac Vol to,..
Leonard Meloher,..
John Biddle,

Mr. Lnkans,.

Cap*. Brown's....
Mrs. Bridges,....
Mrs. Parrotfs,..,

Mr. Prim's,

Mrs. Parrott's,...
Jn«. Nichokon,..

Charles Lyons,

Will-. Watts,

Geo. Sweltenham,..

Rich'. Montgomery,...
^Geo. Poachall,

Willis Martin,....
Henry Robinson,.
Ja«. Savage,

a
P4

Aich^ Harrison,.,

Sam^ Williams,..
Robt. Williams,..

I^Jn*. Wood,

R'h*. Aylmer, Surg- Mate,

Mrs. Ghilds,

Sam^ Sonmina,..
Jn*. Subler, ,

Mrs. Howell's,

Mr. Bartholomew,..

Mr. Sey mains,

Mrs. Giles's,

Mr Kilwaggoner,..

W-. Whiiebread,.,

Mrs. Grant's,,,
Mary Biddle,..

Mrs. H9weirs,.
John Pearson,.

Streets.

Front Street.
Second Street,
Three Orowns*
Second Street.
Second Street.
Market Street,
Indian King*
Arch Street,
St, George.'*
Second Street.
Front Street.
Water Street.
Chesnat street. «
Water Street.
Market Street,
Indian Queen.*
Areh Street.
Market Street.
Cherry Alley,
White Oa/c^
Second Street.
Arch Street,
IfyKgMohatokg^
Market^Street.
Arch Street.
Front Street,
Waggon.*
Second Street,
King* 9 Arms.*
Wallnut Street.
Market Street,
Fountain,*
Second Street.
Second Street,
Barracks.*

Signs.

680 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1758.

Bbsolution of Assembly Rssfbctino Road to Augusta,

. 1758.'

Noyem'. 18th, 1758.
The House taking iato Consideration the Remonstrance from tbe
Commissioners fof Indian Affairs,
Ordered,

That Benj». Ligbtfoot & snob other eapable Person as be Shall
think proper, do view the Ground between the inhabited Parts of
this Province & Fort Augusta, & make Report to this House in
what Manner & Pbices a convenient Road may be cleared & made,
so as best to answer the purpose of transporting Goods, &e. from
Philad\ to the s* Fort, together with the best Estimate they are
able to form of tbe Expence which will attend the kjing out, cut-
tiog & bearing tbe s* Road. And it is rceommended to tbe Gom-
missioners for Indian Affairs, in Case an Escort of Soldiers should
be wanting for^tbe Proteotion of tbe s* Viewers, that they make
Application to the Governor for that Purpose.
Extract from tbe Journals^

CHAS. MOORE,
Q'k of Assembly.

Journal of Frederick Post from PrrrsBURaH, 1758.

November 27th, 1758,

Grost the River and Slep Opposet tbe Camp, at Seyen O'Clock
came to us Messinger from tbe Indians living at tbe mouth of
Beaver Creeck to Invite my Self and Cap*. Montour to their Town,
and informed me that when he Set out they had dispachM Hessin-
gers to call all their People home from the Cuscuskoes to meet ns
there.

28th. Set off as Seven CClock in Company with Six Dellawcre^,
«nd that night arrived at Loggs Town, which we found Deserted bj
its late^nhabitants ; on inquiring the Reason of their Speedy flight,
the Dcllaweres informed me the lower Shanoes had remoov'd off the
River up Sihotta, to a great Plain Caird Moguck, and sent for those
that live here to come there and live with them & quit the French,
& at tbe same time the deputies of tbe Six Nations which I bad sent
from Easton, came and basten'd their departure. In this Town u
forty Houses, all built for them by the French, & liv'd here ahoat
One hundred & Twenty Warriors.

29th. About Eleven O'clock we arrived at tbe Dellawere Tovm,
a Mile below the mouth of Beaver Creeck, where we was kindly

KBifiiflfrLVAifrA Archives it58. m

tsc^fV.d hj the Iih!iaH9 In Town, but tbat wm not man j, na mofit of
the Town was as the told me gone out a banting, but found after-
wards they were onlj fled into the Woods for fear of the English
Army. Numbers coining in after night, at Six o'(Soek arrxv'^ Some
Indians from the Guscuskoes, with Post & Stays.

30th. The Princaple man of the Town oame and desired that Post
and Hays might deliver their Messiges the were Charg'd w*^, from
your Esoellency and the Governor of Pennsylvania in Publiek, as
their Council fire was Burning in that Town, which I^told him Shou'd
be Complv'd with, so a Council was Call'd at Two o'CIock, and
Several Messiges repeated over. Interpreted; and the Belts and
Strings deliver'd.

Just as the Counoil brokA up, an Indian arriv'd from Fort Pris- >
keel, and gave me the following description of the Three nppe^
Forts.

He says that Priskeel has bedo a Stnmg Stoekaded Wtr^^ \mt hf
00 mtn^ out of repair that a strong man might pull ii|j^ atay Jj(^gg
out of the Eaftb, there is Two Officers and Thtrty-€ve Men in Gar-
rison there^ and nel above Ten Indians, whkh they keep Conslastly
hunting for the Support of the Garrison.

The Fort on Beef Biver much in the Same Condition, with an
Officer & Thirty men, and a few hunting Indians, who Said they
won'd leave them in a few days.

The Fort at Winango is the Smaleat, and has but one Officer and
Twenty •ftve Men in it, and is much distressed for want of Provisions,
as 19 the Two upper Forts; the Commanding Offioev 6t hite Fort
Duqueene was not arriv'd there when he left Winango. .

I can't find out bv any of the Indians or any of our Prisoners that
any of our People has been burnt at Fort Duqueene this two Year-
Past, but some Indians say they heard some had been burnt there
about Three Year ago.

I find by all the Indians that the French made them large pre-
sents, & must Confess I never saw Indians better Cloath'd then they
are in General ; and tells me ike French never sold tbem a Grain ot
Powder or lead from their first arrival, but gave ft pleotifnlly to'
every Indian that wanted, whether they wou'd act for them or not,
which gave them great influance over all the Indians fiu and near.

December the first I call'd a full Council and deliver'd tbea a
Belt of TVani)mtt in your Bxoellenoy's name, and let them knoW'
you had sent me with it to take them by the hand and Condaot
than to your fOamp, where you wou'd be glad to see them and hold
a Conferenee^th ^em, which I made no doubt wou'd end to their
SatesfiftotioD, and to the Mutual benefit of all the Indkns in Alii-
ance with them.

Then they received the belt with great Chearfullness, and told me
they would go with me, but insisted on my Staying this day, as two:
of their Chiefs firom the Tow» above Wisyango woti'd be there in the

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662. PENNSYLVANIA ABCHITBS 1768.

eTOQiDg, and that on the morning they woa'd Setoff widi me, to
which I was Oblig'd to Comply.

Then the Counoil addressed themselves to the deputys of the Six
Nation? which I sent from the Treaty of Easton.

Uncles,

We return all your wise men our hearty thanks for the great
trouble they have taken at the late Treaty in renewing the Ancient
friendship between us and our brethren the English; by this Belt of
Wampum we desire you to assure them that we will keep our Ejea
fiz'd on them, and never Suffer ourselves to be deluded by the
French as we have been.

^ A Belt

Uncles,

We now return you thanks for taking this long Journey to
acquaint us irith what past at the Treaty, we now clearly under-
stand it; we likewise thank you for desiring us to withdraw our
Young men from the French, you are Eye Witnese yt both the
Shanoes & we have taken your advice, and we assure you we will do
every thing in our Power to Cultivate friendship with our Brethren
the English, on so lasting a foundation that nothing may Shake it
as long as the Sun gives light, and we assure you we will make
known all you have told us to the Western Nations in friendship
with us as you desire, and we do assure you the Six Nations bag
agreed to Joyn in friendship with the English as Soon as we let
t^em knew that we have done it.

A Belt

Then the Council desired I shou'd give attention to what they
were going to say, tho' we Spake it to you we address it to the
General, and hope he will receive it as delivered to himself.

Brother,

We observe that at the Treaty of Easton, our Uncles and all oar
Cousins, Promised to deliver up all jour People that was Prisoners
with them, we will follow their example, aiad yov may depend on
Seeing your flesh & Blood again which is in Our Towns; bat,
Brothers, some of our Brethren live at a distance, and there is
several other Nations has Carried on the War against you as well as
we, and has your People Prisoners in their Towns, w^ will Spend
this Winter in Council with those Nations and gether all yonr fle«li
and Blood together, and bring them in the Spring to your Country
and Deliver them up ; to Confirm what we now Say, we give yoa
this String of Wampum, and assure you we will Confirm every
thing our Uncles has Transacted at the Treaty of Easton.

four long Strings.
M Deeomb'.

This morning a Battoe was discover'd going by this Town, about

PSKNSTLTAKIA ABOHITIS 1T5K Wt

tve Qf^GIoek ; the Indians who saw it spoke to them, bat no

was made, whioh alarm'd the Towo, but ae the Biver was hig|i it

past out of sight immediately.

About nine o'clock we set out from Town^ and as the Creeck was
liigb, and but one Gonoe, it was One o'clock before we all got over.
Then we set off at five o'Glock, we got to the Loggs Towd^ where
we eneamp'd. .

At Beaver Creeck there is Thirty-Eight houses, all Built by the
French for the Indians, some with Stone Chimneys ; when all their
men is at home they can Send out One Hundred Warriors.

Indian Speeches, 1758.

The Indian speaks now.

Brethren, hear what I have to say.

Brethren,

It is a good many Days since we have seen and heard of you froK
all sort of Nations.

Brethren,

It is the first Message which we see and heard of you, We hare
not yet rightly heard you.

Brethren,

You have talked of that Peace and ffriendship which we had for-
merly with you.

Brethren,

We tell you to be Strong, and always remember that ffriendship
which we had formerly.

Brethren, ^

Wo desire you would be strong, and let us once more hear of our
good ^iendship and Peace we had formerly.

Brethren,

We desire that you make haste and let us soon hear of you agaia.

Gives a String.
Brethren,

Hear what I haye to say, Look, Brethren, since we have seen and
heard you of all Sort of Nations. We see that you are sorry that
we have not that ffriendship we formerly had.

Look Brethren,

We at Allegheny are likewise sorry we have not that filiendship

with you we formerly had.

5M PENNKn.YiJiIA ABGBITS8 tT»;

We long for that Peace and AidDclgbip we bad formerlj.
Srcthren,

' It ia good ibat you have held thai friendehip which we had for*
aaerly anLoogat oux ffatbexs and Qiandfathera.

Brethren,

We must tell yon, we must not let that ffriendship quite drop^
which was formerly between us.

Now Brethren, ' ,

It is three years since ,we dvop't that Peace & ffriendship which
we formerly had with you.

Now Brethren,

That ffriendship is dropt and lies buried in ye ground where 70a
an I stand, in the middle between us both.

Now Brethren, ^

Since I see you, you have Digged at, and revived that ffriendship
which was buried in the Ground, Now you hfkve it^ hold it fast

Do be strcng, Brethren, and exert yourselves that that ffriendship
may be well establish and ffiiHshed between us.

Brethren,

If you will be strong it ia in your Power to finish y* Peace and
ffriendship well.

Wow Brethren,

We desire jou to be strong, and establish and make known to aH
the English of this Peace and ffriendship, that it over all may bd
well established, as you are of one Nati^ and one colour, in all the
English Governments.

Brethren,

•. When you have mode this P^aoc which yon have begun, known
everywhere amongst your Brethren, and have finished and agreed,
everywhere together on this Peace and ffriendship, then you will be
pleased to send it to me at the Allegheny.

Brethren,

When you have settled the Peace and ffriendship, and ffinfshed it
well, and you send it to me, I will send it to all the Nations of my
colour, ^hen I recdve of you the answer and I have looked that
«very. thing is done well, so that I can send It to the Nations of my
colour^ They all will jdn to it and we all wiU hold it fast.

Brethren,

. Wbeft all Ibe HKdooa joiw ^ this ftiendahip, then the Day will

RRNBnTJJUA ABCSmS CTSR SM

bcjj^s lo fl&ine dear orer ns^ Whan we 0009 bear more of yot ead m
join together^ theo the day will be atill and no wind or atonn wiU
oome oter ni to diaiarb ua.

Now BrethreD,

Yoa know our Hearts and what we have to say, be atrong^ if jom
io BO, every thing wUl be well; and what we bave told jou in tbi^
all tbe Nations agree to join.

Now Brethren,

Let tbe Eling of England know what our tnind is as soon as pos*
sible yoa can.

Eeoeived tbe above mritten speech from ih^ onderwritteni who
are all Captains jpd Councellora.'''

Gives a Belt of Eight Rows.

John Hickcoiian, CuHSHAWMOKWYy

Kill Buck, Kekkohnapalin,

BciYi&KiMOi Caff. PsTfR;

Shinoas, Macomal,

DfLAWABX GeOBGSi PoPAUCOy

PiSQUATSMy WASHAOGAUTAirry

Tasaoamin, Cockquagaupspucton.

OWAHAOOi&INy

Relation of thb French Neutrals, 175S.

A Relation, of the Misfortunes of tbe French Neutrals, as laid be-
fore tbe AsscmUj of the Province of Pennsylvania, bj John
Baptiste Qalerm, one of tbe said People.

Abont tbe Ye&.r 1718, when Annapolis Royal was taken from the
French, onr Fathers being then settled on tbe Bay of Ftmdi, «poil
the Surrender of that Country to the Engfisb, had, by Viftue of the
Treaty of Utrecht, a Tear granted them to remoYe with their Effects;
but not being Willing to lose the Fruit of many Tears Labour, they
ehose rather to remain there, and become Subjects of Great Britain^
on Condition that th&y might be exempted from bearing Arms against
France (most of them having near Relations and friends amongst
the French, which they might have destroyed with their own HandS|
had they consented to bear Arms against them.) This Request they
always understood to be granted, on their ttking tbe Oath of Fideli-
ty to her late Majesty Queen Anne; which Oath of Fidelity was by

* There is no date to this, nor plaee menttgned, bpt probably has a eonr
nection with the preceding joarnal, as it was found with it.

660 PBNKSTLYJLNIA ASCHITES I7S8.

v% tboat 27 Tears sgo, renewed to Ids Majesij King Geotge by
General Philipse^ who then allowed ns an Exemption of beanag
Arms against France ; which Exemption, till lately (that we wen
told to the contrary) we always thought was approTcd of by th«
KiDg. Our Oath of Fidelity, we that are now brought into this
Province, as well as those of our 'Community that are carried into
the neighbouring Provinces, have always inviolably observed, and
have, on all Occasions, been willing to afford all the Asfflstanoe in
our Power to his Majesty's Governors in erecting Forts, making
Jloads, Bridges, &c., and providing Provisions for his Majesty's Ser-
' vice, as can be testified by the several Governors and Officers thst
have commanded in his Majesty's Province of Nova Scotia ; and
ibis notwithstandi'ng the repeated Solicitations, Threats and Abases
which we have continually, more or less, suffered fr^ the French and
French Indians of Canada on that Account ; particularly, about ten
Years ago, when 500 French and Indians came to our Settlements,
intending to attack Annapolis Royal, which, had tbeir intention sac*
oeeded, would have made them Masters of all Nova Scotia, it being
the only Place of Strength then in that Province, they eameetlj'so-
licited us to join with, and aid them therein ; but ^e persisting in
our Resolntion to abide true to our Oath of Fidelity, and absolutely
refusing to give them any Assistance, they gave Qver their Intention,
and returned to Canada. And about seven Years past, at the Set-
tling of Halifax, a body of 150 Indians came amongst ms, forced
some of us from our Habitations, and by Threats and blows wonld
have compelled us to assist them in Way-laying and destroying the
English, then employed in erecting Forts in different Parts of the
Country ; bat we positively refusing, they left us, after having abused
ns, and hiade great Havock of our Cattle, &o. 1 myself waa ^z
Weeks before I wholly recovered of the blows I received from them
at that time. Almost numberless are the Instances which might be
given of the Abuses and Losses we have undergone from the French
Indians, on Account of our steady Adhearance-to our Oath of Fidel-
ity ; and yet; nomthstanding our strict Observance thereof, we have
not been able to prevent the grievous Calamity which is now come
upon us, which we apprehend to be in a great Measure owing to the
unhappy Situa^on and Conduct of some of our People settled at
Chiegnecto, at the bottom of the Bay of Fundi, where the French,
about four Years ago, erected a Fort ; those of our People who vere
settled near it, after having had many of their Settlements burnt by
the French ; beiqg too far from Halifax and Annapolis-Royal to ex-
pect sufficient Assistance from the English, were obliged/ as we be-
lieve, more through Compulsion and Fear than Inclination, to join
with and assist the French ; which also appears from, the Articles of
Capitulation agreed on between Colonel Monckton and the French
Comniander, tit the Delivery of the said Fort to the English^ which
is expressly in the following Words.

FBHNSILYANIA. ABOHIYXS 1788. WT

*^ Widi legard to die AeadiaiWy u tliey hsTe been ttmti to take
up Arms on Pain of Deaths they shall be pardoned for the Part they
have been taking/' Notwithstanding this, as these People's Con-
daet had given just Umbnige to the Qovernment, and created Sas-
pieioDSy to the Prejudice of oar whole Community, we were sum-
moned to appeared before the Governor and Council at Halifax^
where we were required to take the 0»th of Allegiance, without any
Exception, which we conld not comply with, because, as that Govern-
ment is at present situate, we apprehend we should have been
obliged to take up Arms; but we are^till willine to take the Oath
of Fidelity, and give the strongest Assurances of continuing peace-
able and faithful to his Britanniok Majesty, with that Ezoeption.
But this, in the present Situation of Affairs, not being satisfEictory,
wc were made Pjdsoners, and our Estates, both real and personal,
forfeited for the King's Use ; and Vessels being provided, we were
some time after sent off, with most of our Families, and dispersed
amoogst the English Colonies. The Hurry and Confusion in which
we were embarked was an aggravating Circumstance attending our
Misfortunes ; for thereby many, who had lived in Affluence, found
themselves deprived of every Necessary, and many Families were
separated. Parents from Children, and Children fh>m Parents. Yet
blessed be God that it was our Lot to be sent to Pennsylvania^
where our Wants have been relieved, and we have in every llespeot
been received with Christian Benevolence and Charity. And let me
add, that notwithstanding the Suspicions and Fears which many here
are possessed of on our Account, as tho' we were a dangerous Peoploi
who make little Scruple of breaking our Oaths. Time will manifest
that we are not such a People : No, the unhappy Situation which
we are now in, is a plain Evidence ^at this is a false Charge, tend-
ing to aggravate the ASisfortunes of An already too unhappy People;
for had we entertained such pernicious Sentiments, we might easily
have prevented our falling into the melancholy Circumstances we are
oow in, vias : Deprived of our Subsistance, banished from our native
Country, and reduced to live by Charity in a strange Land ; and this'
for refusing to take an ^tkih, which we are firmly perswaded Chris*
tianity absolutely forbids us to violate, hod we once taken it, and
yet an Oath whi^h we could not comply with, without being exposed
to plunge onr Swords in the Breasts of our Friends and Relations.
We shall, however, as we have hitherto done, submit to what in the
present Situation of Affairs may seem necessary, and with Patience
and Resignation bear whatever God, in the Course of bis ProvidencCi
shall suffer to come upon us. We shall also think it our Duty to
seek and prcfmote the Peace .of the Country into which we are trans*
ported, and inviolably keep the Oath of Fidelity that we have taken
to bis gracious .Majesty King George, whom' we firmly believe, when
folly acquainted with our Faithfulness and Sufferings, will commis-

* Gentleman's Magaxine for July, 1755, page 332.

FSNKStLVANIiL JLBJCSSVTE 17S8.

mte otr ttabftpfiy CoBditiim^ and order tliat some Qomfekm&otL be
joade ti8 for ottr Losses^ And may the Almightj aboDdanlli Mm
his HonoQr the Oorenior, the honourable Assembly of the Piot-
hiM, and the good People of Philadelphia, whose Sympathf , Bener-
olenee and Christian Oharity, have been, and still are, greatly mm-
flMted and extended tovrards ns, a poor distressed and affliefeed
People; is the siaedre and eaorneBt Prayer of

JOHN BAPTISTE GALBRM*

A Report of the Provisions, Clothing, AMMUNnioN,
Tools, &c^ now in Store Hebb, 1758*

Fort Augusta, December the let, 1758.

lOS Bnlloeks.

18,818 poinds of floor.

6 firkins of batter.

125 pr. of Oearse yam stockings,

^orth little.
40 pounds of Mateh Rope.
11 Reams of Cartridge paper.
i8 Carrying Saddles^ worth litde.
' 1 Set of CarpeoteiB tools^ mostly

worn out.
2 pr. of Steelyards.
8 Tearses and 7 barrels of Sslt.
% Yards of Flannel,
6 Horse Collars.
10 Pitching Axes, tolerable good.
26 Bo. worn out, aotworUi steel*

ing.
10 Broad do., ordinary.
4 Drawing Knives, do.
4 Adses, do.

^ Spades, tolerable good.
8 Do. Worn out.
16 Shovels, ordinary.

14 Mawlriags.
2 Hand Screws^
4 Pr. of Traces,
2 Drag Chains*

15 Pick Axes.

8 Caulking Irons.
15 Brass Kettles, mostly worn
out.

4 Cross Cut Saws, Oidimy.
4 W^ Do.

1 De« Tollenible.

2 Dvtoh Saws, Ordinary.
10 Iron WedgesL

8 Battoes, psteht op for praest

2 New, Da

2 Grind Stones.

12 Pieces of Cannon.

20 Ronnds of Grape Shot.

85 Rqunda of Partridge Shot

2 SwiTels.

7 Blnnderbusses.

117 Small Arms, in bad order.

700 Cannon Ball.

1800 Grape Shot for Cannoii.

46 Hand granades, not fiU'd.

} a Cask of flints.

80 Pounds oi Barr lead.

1 Doaen of files.

i Doaen of Gimblets.

i Dozen of Compasses.

4 Chaalk Litos.

i a hundred weight of Chaulk.

iofaCaskofJ^ls.

100 ponnd wt. of Barr Iron.

} of a fiiggot of Steel.

200 weight of Oakum.

2 Barrels oi Pitch.
2 Barrels of Xair.

« From a printed handbill. See Vol. IL pp. 613, 581. ' ALfO Colon. Bee.
Vol. VII. pp. 46, 55, 239-241, 408, 410.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES^ 1758.

66»

3 Prying Pins.
12 Orabing Hoes.
18 Broad, Do.
3 Crow Barrs.

1} Reams of Paper.^

6 Lantbonis.

1 Pound of Thread.

In Store, ... -
Made up in Cartridge for Gannon

and Swivels,
In Soldiers Horns and Poaches,

Total,

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Swan
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li.

1461

501

150

160

1771

551

Expended this month, } Cask of Powder, 29 poonds of BidletSi
and 28 pounds of Buck and Swan shot.

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Commissioner.

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Capt. Hugh Mercer to Gov. DENmr, 1768.

Camp at Loyal HaBning, 8* Dec*", 1758.
Honoured Sir,

I have now the pleasure of congratulatiDg yonr Honour on the suc-
cess attending His Majestjs Anus on the Expedition against Fort
Bn Qaesne, and safety derived to the inhabitants of Pennsylvania, by
obliging ^he Enemy to abandon so considerable a Post.

Give me leave, at the same time, to Render yoiir Honour my most
gratefull acknowledgements for so distinguishing a mark of Regard
of the command of a Battalion in your Regiment, the Officers &
Soldiers of which have given general satisfaction, k have shown a
becoming seal for the service. I must particularly reoomcnd the
Bearer of this Mr. Van Warendorff, an Ensign in Capt. Stones
Company, to yonr Honours Protection } for otherwise, he is like to
lose all the Benefit by the Service, which his Commission entitles
him to. Mr. Young has orders to detain his Pay, but as he done
duty in the Regiment so as to obtain the Regard of his superior Of-
oers, and is in reality an object of Compassion, I doubt not your
HoDOUia influence will secure him what pay may be due.
I am, Sir,

Tour Honours

Most obedient & most

Humble Serv^

HUGH MERCER;
Directed, ^

To the Honourable William Denny, Esq''., Governor and Com-
maoder in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania.
By favor of Mr. Warendorff.

A CONPBRENCE HELD BY OOL. BOUQUBT, WITH THE CRIZVB

OF THE Delawarb Indiahs, 1758.

At Pitts-Bourgh; December 4<*, 1758.

PREHEMT,

Colonel Armstrong, and several Officers.

George Croghan, Esqf., Deputy Agent to S' Will" Johnston.

Cap^. Henry Montour, Interpreter.

Brethren : /

The General waited there several days with the Army expecting
to have seen you, but as he was very unwell, he was obliged to^ set

m PENNBTLVANIA AKOHIVES 1758.

off without baying the pleasure to see yoo, hot has left me, who is
next in oommand to receiTe you and oommanioate to you what he
intended to have said. I bid yon heartily welcome^ and assure yoa
I am glad to have the pleasure of seeing you here.

A String.

Brethren :

I ratum you hearty thanks for the speech you made to M^ Cro-
ghan, on account of our People who are Prisoners amongst yoo, and
those Nations in friendship to you, it is confirming me in thai good
opinion I form'd of yoU; and make no doubt but you will perform
jour Promise.

A String.
Brethren :

We have not come here to take possession of your hunting Conn*
try in a hostile manner, as the French did when (hey came amongrt
you, but to open a large and extensive Trade with you, and all other
Nations of Indians to the W^tward, who chuse to live in friendship
with us. Yon are sencible we are at War with the French, and
cant send Treaders amongst you as we formerly did, to be rob'dand
plundered by the Snemy, as our Treadere formerly were to year
knowledge, for which reason the Qeneral has left here Two Hun-
dred men in* order to protect our Treaders, and I can assure you,
that as soon as goods can be brought up you will see a large IVade
open'd for you, and all other Nations in alliance with you, and yoa
may depend on it, your Brethren i^e English, are not only the most
powerfuU People on this Continent, but the most wealthy and best
inclined to serve you in every necessary you want, and on the cheap-
est Terms; therefore the General expects, as yon tender the
friendship of your Brethren the English, that you will Treat those
men he leaves here as y' Brethren, and support them, if is Case
the enemy shou'd come and attempt to drive them away, and as the
enemy can do nothing in your Country without your knowledge, he
expects you will give the commanding officer notice, from time to
time of the enemies motion, or what they are doing.

A String.
Brethren:

The General has charged me, as he march'd away his Army cot
of your hunting Country, to recommend it strongly to you to aesd
the French away out of your Country, as they are a Restless and
Mischiefous People and the disturbers of your Peace; this is in your
Power, and convincing of your sincerity towards us, you are seaci-
ble that while they have Forts in your Country they will find means
to get Indians to Commit hostilities on his Majesties subjects, which
willimpead that peace so hapily concluded between you and as.
This I must recommen4 to your serious consideration, and I expect
my request will be comply'd with your sending them out of your

PHiNBTLYAIlIA ABOHITES 1758. ITS

Coantrj^ cod oblifliDg them to destroy ifaeir little FortSj will be es-
tabUsiuDg an evenMCiDg peace between yon and ns.

A String. -
Bretkren :

Tlie General has desired mo to reoommend it to yon to send to the
several Nations to the West, and make known to them the peaoe
DOW so happily concluded, and invite deputies from each Nation to
eome with yon to Phil* to meet him, & the Governors of the several
Provinces this winter, where every thing that has been Transacted
may be Ratified and Confirmed, and the prices of goods fixed on to
joar satisfaetion. The (General expeots you will make all the dis-
patch you can to meet him in Phih, as he is to go to the great King
of England eariy in the Springy Provisions will be laid on the road
for you.

A string.
Brethren :

When we set out on this Journey we came as Warriors; we
brought out no goods, bat as this is your hunting season I present
jou with some Powder & Lead, such as wariers carry, and desire
your acceptance thereof to Kill you some meat for your jfamilies.

Answers of Belawarb Chiefs to Col. Bouquet, 1758.

December 5th, 1758.

The Chiefs of the Bellaweres Indians made the following answers
to Colonel Bouquet.

The Beaver Speaker.
Brother :

We excuse the General for not waiting to see us as he was so
very unwell, & we return you thanks for your kind reception you
have given us, & the good speeches you made us yesterday, and as-
sure you that erery thing you have said to us is very agreeable and
well received by our Council.

Youreturn'd us thanks for the speech we made M'. Croghan, in
which we engaged to -deliver up your Prisoners ; Brothers, we once
more assure you that you shall see your flesh & Blood again which
IB in our Towns, and that we will use our Interest with all other
Nations, to get your People from them likewise.

Brother :

You desire us to make all the Messages wo have Receiv'd known
to all Nations Westward of us, to acquaint them of the Treaty of
Peace lately concluded at Easton ; this we assure you we will do
immediately^ and believe it will be very agreeable news to them.

574 VStmSIZYiXUL ABGHITEEr 173&

Tott likewise desire us to send Ihe Freiich out of o«r bimting
Goantry ; we believe it will be for our iotereati & you may depend
on it we wiil send them a Message to remoye oat of our Gountrj ;
if they pay no regard to that, we mu^t take such measures as inll
oblige them to remove.

Four Strings Wampum.
Brothers :

When the Messingers from Pennsylvania, with our Undes, the
Six nations had delivered the Messiges from the General & the 6ot>
ernor, we gave it for our opinion, that when the General had drove
the French away from this place, that he shou'd take his Men awaj
over the great Mountain till we had drove the Freneh away oat of
our Country, then to come and Build a Trading house here; bot^
Brother, as you tell us the General has left Two Hundred men hen
to support and defend the Treaders, you will send to Tread with us ;
we assure you it is agreeable to us, and we will give them all the ai-
sistance we can, and give them the Earliest Notice of any Body of
the Enemy moving this way, as no body can come across our Coun-
try without our knowledge ; but Brothers, we cannot of our selves
logage to Protect them till we Speake with the Nations in alliaoce
with us, but will do what is in our Power, and as the Enemy is not
vet far off, and may have some Indians with them, we recommeDd
It to you that none of your People Straggle out in the Woods, as a
few Indians may come here and take a Scalp without our knowl-
edge, to confirm you what we have told you we, give you

Four Strings Wampum.

We will immediately go and call a Council with the Western Na-
tions, and as soon as we return we will send Messingers to acquaiDt
" the General, what time we can meet him with Deputies from ecah
Nation, in JPhiladelphia.

A Bepobt 07 Artillery Stores, at Fort Augusta,
Dbo'r ye 6th, 1768.

To his Honnour the Governor, William Denny, Esq^, k Command-
er of the Pennsylvania Forces, &c.
12 Peices of Cannon in Good Order^
2 Swivels in Good Order,
4 Blunder busses in Good Order,
700 Rounds of Cannon Balls,
123 Bags of Grape Shot,
883 Cartridges of powder, maid for Cannon,
1 12 Cartridgss of powder, maid for Swivels,
12 Barrals of powder,
46 Hand Granades,
29 Hounds of Cus Shot.

. ADAM HENBY.

nSI^NSTLYANIA ABOmVES 1759. 575

CoNBAD Wbisbb TO R. Fetbbs, 1759.

Beading, January the 18, 1759.
Sir:

The bearer of this is John Heberling, a neighbour of John Fol-
mer, sent on purpose by Jacob, to settle with the Land office for Fol-
mers kuds. Hans George Meyerly, the man to whom Folmer, he
sold a part of his land, and says that he got a patent for the whole,
behaves very insolent towards Folmer. I would recomcnd poor
Folmers oaus again to your Care, he send his Son. along with John
Heberling to show his sincere request. It is thought the old man
will not oTercome his present illness.

Reading (I nnderfit-and) must receive 8 Oompanies of High land
Soldiers; the Tavern Keepers are under the Greatest Oonstematiou,
haying reeieved nothing as yet for last years quartering of Soldiers,
some take down their Signes, faaving'rcoeived great abuses last year.
I, for my part, do not know how to Billet them, as the lato Act of
Assembly is Expired, whether the Act of Parliament is iniffioient.
The Tavern Keepers would rather victual them and find all what
is wanted, if they could be sure of their pay, according to what is
alowed by the Act of Parliment. A word of advice from yourselfj
or Mr. Peters, would be eztreamly agreeable to me^ at this time.
I am. Sir,

Your very humble Servant,

CONBAD WEISEB.

I am in hurry. I have sent yomg Folmer home again to fai0
father; thing Heberling snffioient.^

M'. Bicbard Peters.

Joshua and otheb Indians to R. Petebs, 1759,

Mr. Peters, ^

Yon may'remember, that last Summer, at the Treaty in Phila*
delphia, we were with you, together with Christ. F^ied, Post, and
spoke about onr Horses stole from ns^ and sold by the Soldiers at
Fort Allen.

Mr. Peters promised ns to lay the Matter before the Gouv*'.

We have heard further, that Mr. Peters has said or wrote, thfit
we moat have a little Patience. We have waited till now. We
have thought, by this Opportunity; to put Mr. Peters in mind, be*

576 PENNSYLYAJKM ABCHIVE8 1768.

cftofle the somiDer is now ooming on, when we shall sUsd in g^
need of tho Horsesy there were six Horses.

his
I JOSUA X

' mark.

bta
^ JOHANNES X
mark.

his
DANIEL X
mark.

Directed.

To Richard Peters^ Esq'., Secretary of the Province of Pensjl-
yania.

Thomas and Richard Pknn to the Dblawabe Ihbiaks,

1759.

To onr Friends and Brethren the Indians of the Delaware N&tioDs.

A Copy of the Treaty between .onr Lieutenant OoTernor and your
new Chief Teedjoscung at Easton^ in the Month of NoTeoiber,
1756, having been sent over to us, we were filled with surprise and
concemi on reading it^ to find he had aooused us of forging a deed,
io order to take froni your Nation more Land than was sold to oor
Father, and as we knew the charge was unjust, we applied imraedi-
ately to th^ Council here, that our great King has appointed to take
care of his Provinces in America, and -desired they would recom-
mend it to Sir William Johnson, his Majesty's Agent for lodiaa
Affairs, as the most disinterested Person, both with regard to the
Indians and us, to enquire into this Complaint, and 'see that Justlee
should be done to us, by convincing the Indians of the injuatise of
so heinous a charge, and desiring to be informed what wicked People
had insinuated such notions into them.

The next year we find Teedyuscung refused to have this charge
heard before Sir William Johnson (for whioh refusal w^ eannot see
any good reason assigned) and desired that Copys of Deeds might be
delivered to Isaac Norris, that he Jind the Assembly might lay them
before the King. Copys of several Deeds were then deliv^d to
Teedyuscung's Clerk, this was dotie the 4th Day of August, 1757,
and we have, ever since that account has been received, impatientljr
expected the Agents of the Assembly here>ouhi lay Uie Case aod
these Deeds before the King's Ministers, but after frequent enqoiiys
finding no such Complaint had been presented^ wc did in tho Montb

PBNNSYliVASlA ARCHIVES 1769- 677

of Jttly last year ^ireet our Agent to write to tbe Agent of the
Assembly here, and also to a Gentleman who corresponds with the
Association of Quakers and others, that have held Treatys with your
Nation, to know whether any such Papers were come, and to declare
onr denre that the Matter may be speedily inquired into, and our
Characters cleared from so gross a charge; we had from them no
satisfactory Answers; but that you may yourselves know what passed
between us, we send Gopys of these Letters to be interpreted to you ;
after this they sufTered your Complaint to lye without presenting it,
'til tbe 5th Day of this Month, when a Petition was at last presented
to tbe King by an Agent from the Assembly^ but no Gopys of the
Deeds.

This aoooimt we thought necessary to send you, more especially
as our Governor told you in the last Treaty at Easton, that his Ma-
jesty is engaged in a war with the French, which takes up a great
deal of his time and attention, as if his attention to other Affairs had
obliged him to put off the consideration of yours, when it really was
^tfaer neglect in the Assembly, or their Agent, or a design to mako
you believe that we desired to put off the hearing, and the settle*
ment of all differences between us.

We assure you, since you have chose to lay this Matter before the
King, we will answer it as speedily as possible, and do every thing
to show you, and all the world, our desire to act a fair, honest, and
kind part by you, and do expect when you shall be satisfied that we
have not been guilty of so base an Act, as to forge, "or alter a l)ecd,
that you will openly and plainly declare such your belief, and if any
of our own People have given you such information^ that you will
discover who they are, that they may be known, as disturbers of the
Peace established between you and the English Nation.

As your Chief, Teedyuscung, had not been at any Treatys 'til
within a very few years past, he could not be so well acquainted with
what was transacted at them, but we nrast recommend it to you in
general, and to him in particular, to examine at leisure into all
these Affairs, of such Indians as were present at the several former
Treatys^ and to be thoroughly inclined to act as one Brother should
towards another, which we shall be always careful to do on onr parts,
and as you are now restored, by the consent of the Sx Natians, to
the power of holding Treatys, we shall always confer with you with
mat pleasure, and do not want the persuasions of any of the Inha-
bitants of Pennsylvania, to incline us to support, i^ith the closest
attention, that friendship between us, which was entered into by
our Fathers) and which has been re-established by you with oUr Go-
vernors and Council, at the several Treatys that have been lately
held.

We pray God that this friendship may subsist as long as the 8un
shall shine upon the Earth, and are,

Tour Friends and Brethren.

THOS. PBNN,
RICH. PENN.
Vol, III.— 25

578 ^ PENNSYLVANIA ABOmVES 1759.

Giyen under our Hands and Seala at Londoni tiuii 28t]i Jkj of
February; 1759.

PsTiTioif 0? Sbttlbbs ON THS ^^ Dbt Lands" msAi
Easton, to B. Psxers, ahd his Answxb, 1759.

Pbilad*, Biareh Ist, 1759.

Sir,,

We are poor people who haTe been obliged by the Indiuui to
desert ocr plantations near the Blue Mountains, and are now settled
on the dry Lands about six Miles from Easton, one of us hath
bought an improvement for the sum of Thirty pounds.

We pray that you will be pleased to permit us to live on the
Lands we now possess, we are desirous and willing to pay any price
for the Land yon shall think reasonable, and if the Lands ars not to
be sold we are willing to pay rent for them. And if they are not to
be disposed pray let us remain in possession until the proprietarieB
pleasure shall be known concerning ihe premises.
We are Sir,

Your humble servants,

his
WALTEB X MILLER,
mark,
his '
JOHN X CLASE.
mark.
I absolutely forbid all persons to purchase Improvements od the
dry Lands, or any person to settle on said Lands in the Forks of
Delaware.

Bjchabd Pxiebs.
1st March, 1769.
Directed,
To Bichard Peters, Esq', Secretary, &ca\

Governor's Views op the Character and Services qi
Frederick Post and a Passport for him, 1759.

To Mr. Frederick Post, Minister of the Gospel in the Church of tbe

Uniias Fratrum :

That about sixteen years ago he came into this Country, witb no
other Views than to preach the Gospel of Jesas Christ among tbe
Heathens, which has ever since been his great Task. That he is i

PEKNSTLVAOTA ARCHIVES 1769. 679

Member of the Unitas Fratnim, Wbicb Chnrch has not Only two
seYeral settled Congregations of Indian Christians among them, bat
also by. their indefatigable Labours and Travels in the Indian
Conntries, have acquainted a considerable nnmbet of Indians re-
maining there with the first Notions of Christianity^ & has set
examples of Christian Life among these Heathens, in which En-
deavours of the United Brethren he has borne his Share.

That during the late bloody Indian War/ all Commerce between
the White People and the Indians being suspended, he was intrusted
first by this Government and afterwards by the late Brigadier General
Forbes,* with the Negotiations to secure Indian Nations, and altho'
the acceptance of such Commissions might seem to be out of the
way of a Minister of the Gospel, yet he yielded thereto on its being
argued that the bringing about a Peace with the Indians would open
the Way for the Servants of God to look for a future harvest

That he has already had the Satisfaction of being invited as well
b^ Teedyuscung, at Wyoming, as by the Allegheny Indians, who were
formerly acquainted w*^ him as a Minister of the Gospel; to come
and live among them in that Character.

And for as much as it hath pleased the Legislature of this Pro-
Tioce, in the late Act of Assemby for settling the Indian Trade, to
take some notice of Teachers and Preachers among the Indians, he
eoDceived it a proper time to request in behalf of himself f and those
of bis Brethren who wou'd venture their lives and so with him in the
Service of the Gospel among the Indians^ to grant them my Letters of
Passport for that purpose.

Now Enow yC; that reposing special Trust and Confidence * * * *

Return op the Provisions in Store at Pittsbugh, April

4, 1769.

Pounds of Flour, 83,499

" Indian Meal, .... 6,200

« Beef, —

" Pork, • . . . . 1,383

' Bagga of Salt, 6

Gallons of Rum & Whiskey, ... 112

* General Forbes died on Sunday, 11th of March, 1759 ; and was buried
with military honors in Christ Ghnroh, Philadelphia, on the 14th. For a
full account of the procession, &c., see Fennsylyania Gazette, March 15,
1769.

t See Colon. Rcc, March 26, 1759, Vol. VH., p. 301, and F. Post's letter
to R. Peters, on pages 581-2 of this Vol.

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A RBTtFBN or ABTILLEaT AT PITTSBURGH; APRIL THE 4th; 1758.

2 Rojal Hoitsers; 6 CohornS; & a Proportion of Shott & grape
Sbott & Shells; &o.

HUGH MERCER;

Col. of ye P- R*.

Frederick Post to R. Peters, 1759.

Sir,

I thank jon for the Information yon have given me of his Honor's
resolution relating to my Petition,* for leave to go to preach the
Gospel to the Indians ; in one Part I am sorry to hear his Honor is
falsely informed, and I now let his Honor honestly know, that I never
received or delivered a Belt or String from the Friends to the In^
dians. In my first Journey, Willemigighen & Pesqaitom had, with-
out my knowledge, received a String & letter from Isaac Zanes, which -
I was obliged to read to them in Council, when it was laid^y them,
before me, the purport of which was, to put them in v mind of the
antient Friendship that subsisted between Will* Penn & our Fore-
fathers.

In iny Second Message I had but one Belt, which I gave to the
General to form a Speech from, & Pesquitom had all the rest; when
on our Journey, he looking over the Belts, found one white Belt
among them and no Writing, which was sent by the Commissioners
for Indian Affairs.

After I had delivered to the Council at Sawkuno the Messages
from the General and the Governor, Tho* King made a Speech on
that white Belt, declaring that Belt was produced by Friends k
Gentle People as a Confirmation & a Witness to the Truth of what
I had delivered to them. As to -the Pipes & Tobacco sent by Pes-
qnitom from Friends, Isaac Still delivered them in Council, in the
Name of Friends, and recommended it as choice Tobacco, and it was
Bot I that handed the Pipes & Tobacco to them; neither did I ever
receive any Belt or String from the Indians to the Friends. Sir, I
am concerned to hear that his Honor has any suspicion of me, and .
that That Trust and Confidence yon had in me on my first setting
out is now turned against me in Jealousy, as if I had acted falsely
against him and the Country. I can say with a good, clear and free
Conscience, That I have acted uprightly before God & Man in the
best Manner for my King & Country, according to orders received
from bis Honor, and as his Honor is not pleased to grant me Liberty,

* See page 579. R. P.'s letter, to whicli this refers, does not appear.

582 PENNSYLVANIA. ARCHIVES 1759.

I humbly beseech his Honor io return my Petition, and as the Lord
has appointed & chosen me for his Service, so I shall obey hu Com*
mands which he gave to his Disciples, and I aasnre every one I shall
go no farther than where the Lord leads me ; he has the Keys of
David, and if it pleases the Lord to have his Gospel preached to the
Heathens, he will open the Way for me, and for all his Servants to
preach to them. Tuat I have requested this of the Majestrstes is
from a sincere Love and regard I have for them, my Command from
the Lord is universal Love to all Mankind.
Sir^ I remain with Regard,

Your most Obedient, ^

Humble Servant,

Philad% ye 7th April, 1759.

Directed^
For Mr. Rich* Peters, Esq'.

FREDERICK POST.

These.

Levi Trump to Gov, Dennt, 1759.

Fort Augusta, April 8th, 1759.
May it please your Honour,

Job Chillaway, a Delaware Indian, arrived here the 6th Instant,
and brought with him a message from a grand Council of the Six
Nations, held near Onondaga, to King 'Teedyaseung, informing him
that deputies from s' Council would soon be at Wyoming, on what
errand they did not say, but Job says he thinks it his duty to in-
form his Brothers what he knows of the affair ; that he was pre-
sent at the opening of this Council, which was by four Chieft of
Different Nations, singing the war song, and handing round an an-
oommonly large War Belt; that one of them after some time said,
what shall we do? here is a hatchet from our Fathers to 'strike our
Brothers, and here is another^ from our Brothers to strike oar
Fathers ; I believe 'twill be best for us to do as we have done here-
tofore, that is, cast them both away. He says that during thdr
debates, a messenger arriv'd from a Tribe of the Shawanees, who in
Council delivered himself thus, you know we have deoiar'd never to
be at peace with the English, and all we desire to know is, whether
you look upon them as Friends and Brothers; this put them tea
great stand, nor would the messenger stay, tho' at their request^ to
receive their answer, saying he had no such orders, and if diey bad
any answer to make they might send a messenger; that the result of
this Council is a secret to all bat the Chie& of each Nation, and that

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1759. 688

he believes it to be in favour of the Frenob, as the Miogoes has per-
mited them to pass through three of their principal Towns, and baild
a Fort on or near the 'head of this River, from whence to this, he
says, 'tis navigable for Battoes. That Near one Thousand Wariers
were Assembled to be ready when they gave the War stroke, and that
he understands the Deputies sent to Teedyuscung, are to demand
his and his young Men's. Presence when they strike; that there was
none of the Allegeny Indians at this Council; and but one of the
Dellaware Chiefs, Alowpapeten.

When I hear more particularly of this affair, shall Instantly advise
your Honor thereof^ Job declares this to be the whole that he
knows.

I am with most profound respect,

your Honour's most obedient Serr^,'

LEVI TRUMP.

Nath'l Holland to Commissionebs on Indian Apfairs.

1759.

Shamokin» April 13th, 1759.
Extract of a Letter from Nath^ Holland, to the Commbs" for In-
dian Affairs.

This day Job Chilliway arrived here from up the river, & informs
that he had been at Maccawson about 8 Weeks ago, where a great
Council was held by several of the Mingo Nation, that Alopapeatoa
& Pazinoso, Delaware Cheifs, where present, when the said Council
was opened by singing the Warr Song & handing about a very large
War Belt, & that one of them after some^ exprest himself thus— •
What shail we do f here is a hatchet from our fathers, the French,
to strike our Brothers the English, and here is another from our
Brothers, the English, to strike our Fathers the French. I belie vo
it will be our best way to do as we have done heretofore, cast it both
ways.

He says that during the said Council, a Messengear arrived from
the Ticca Shawane, & long baird Indians, who, in the said Council,
deliver'd a Belt & said, you know we have declared never to be at
peace with the English, & all we desire to know is whether you look
on them as friends & Brothers ; this put them to a great stand, nei«
ther would the Messenger stay, tho' requested for an answer, saying
he had no orders, & if they had any answer they might send a Mes-
senger. Job says they were to settle where to strike at the great
Council at Onondago, & that he believes it will be in favour of the
French, as the Miogoes have permitted them to pass three of their
Towns & Build a Fort near this river, where it is navigable by Bat-
toes, & that as he was coming down the river TilleNemat deliver'd
him a String of Wampum, with a Message to Teedeuscung, inform-
ing that deputies from the said Council would soon be at Wyoming,

S84 FmOiSYhYAmii ABOHIVES 1769.

and Job says, ^tis to demand Teedeaseon^ presence where tiiey
Btrikoy that there was about 700 young men waiting at the CoaD<S
to give the War Stroke. The Indians here say Job did not mention
to them the French Building a Fort up the riyeri but said that they
had concluded as the English was going to take the French Fort, k
least they should take it and keep possession of it, they intended to
take it themselves,^ & some Mingo come down since mention nothiag
of the above, but say there has been some French Prisoners lately
carried to Coll« Johnsons, by the Mingoes.
A True Copy. > T. T. DAVENPOET,

Clk to the Commisef* for Indian Affairs.

Col. Hugh Mercer to Gov. Denny, 1759.

. Pittsburg, 14'* April, 1759.
Sir,

Since I had the pleasure of writing your Honour, the 4** Ids5,
nothing worthy of notice has been communicated to me, till yester-
day, that my Spy returned from the Enemies Posts towards Lake
Erie, with the inclos'd intelligence.

All we have to do at present, considering the supplies thrown in
to those Posts, the low stock of our provisions^ and sickly' state of
the Garrison, is to guard against the Enemies succeeding in such an
attempt on us, as we fail'd in against them.

Delaware George, & several of his People, together with some
Shawnese, have lately come here ; they appear very friendly, and
bring accounts of the good disposition of their allies on the Lake
& down the Ohio.

Their Speeches are inclosed.

As Mr. Pembertons agent begins to deal with the Indians, aad
there is a necessity of suffering other private Traders, part of whose
goods they fancy, & will have, to trs^ck likeways ; 'tis pity that
no account of the Prices, fixed by the Commissioners for Indian
Trade in Philad% have ever been sent me ; for want of this, I am
acting in the dark, and no doubt committ mistakes, which however,
I hope are not inexcusable. As I was satisfied that the Intention
of the Government was to put the Trade upon the most equitable
footing, my endeavours have been to convince the Indians of this
by every method,^and rather inclined to such low prices on the Goods
as might induce the far Tribes to visit us with all expedition. This,
I am inclined to think, may have full as speedy an effect as making
thom profuse Presents, which even Savages believe, are not often
given without some sinister view.
I am Sir,

Your Honour's most obedient

& most Humble Serv^

HUGH MERCER.

Gov. Sharps to Gov. Denny, 1759,

Annapolis, tbe 18^^ of April, 1750.
Sir,

Some Days after my Return from Philadelphia, I received from
one of oar Provincial Justices several Depositions that had been
made before himself & some of the Jostioes of the Peace for So-
merset & Worcester Counties, in this Province, relative to the death
of William Outten, lately a Deputy Sheriff in the County of Wor- .
cester. The Gentlemen of the Council being Sitting here at the
time the Depositions came to my Hands, I immed^tely laid 'em be-
fore them, together with the Copies of Depositions concerning tho
same affair, that M'. Peters put into my hands by your Order, when
I was at Philad% & I desired the Gentlemen, after they had read &
considered the Depositions, to give me their opinion & advice there*
npoD, which thej have accordingly done, as you will see by a Copy of
their Report which I now send you, together with Copies of the above-
mentioned Depositions, not doubting but you will be thereby satis-
fied of the Propriety of this application, & be induced to comply
with the following Roqaeats whiefa, on this occasion, I think it my
Duty to make to you.

That you will be pleased to give the necessary Orders to the se-
veral Magistrates & Officers within your Government, that Willy &
Sharpe, mentioned in the said Depositions, may be apprehended, &
delivered at such time as you shall think fit to appoint, to one of tho
Sheriffs of this Province, who will be instrncted to attend at such
time on the Borders of Maryland to receive them, in order that they
may be brought to a legal Trial. ^

Xhat you will be also pleased to give Orders for the Disobargc of
Col^ John Dennis, Gerard Hichins, John Collins, Son of Andrew,
Moses Timmonds, John Kelly, William Wenright, Peter Dolby,
W". Coneway, Levin Disharone, John Wooten & Elij" Long, &
Bttch other Persons, Residents of this Province, who were attcndiug
Outten, the late Deputy Sheriff, at his Request, in the Execution of
his Duty, & who have already been taken, or may hereafter be taken
by Virtue of any Warnmt or Process of the Magistrates or Court
of Sussex County, on account of any Tumult, Riot or Conspiracy,
relating to William Outten.

That you will be likewise pleased to Order, that all such Persons
now in Sussex County, as were present at & active in the Distur-
bance at Willy's House, in opposition to the Deputy Sheriff Outten,
or that came thither with an Intent to oppose him in the Discharge
of his Duty may be apprehended, & delivered over to the Sheriff of
Worcester County, (vho shall be ordered to attend on the Borders
to receive them, at fmy time that you may appoint) for their Trio}
in this Province.

And lastly, that you will b^ pleased to order & direct the Magis-

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686 VESmTLYANIA AROHITBS 17£0.

tratefly Offioen, & oiher greal Men of Sosaex County so to
themselves for the futaro^ that not only no like Disturbanees nay
hereafter arise among the Borderers, bat the inhuman Spirit which
at present too much proTails amongst them may be disoounged k
suppressed.

I am^ Sir, with the greatest Regard,

Your most humble & most

obcd* SerT*.

HORO. SHARPB.'
Goyemor Denny.

MiKUTES OF A Council in Maryland, 1769.

Provinoe of Maryland :

At a Council held in the Council. Chamber, on Tuesday the ITth
day of April, Anno Domini, 1759.

Present :

The Hon'Ie Benjamin T^ker, Esq., Benedict Calvert, Esq.

Col. Charles Hammond, Col. Wm. Ooldsborough,

Col. Benjamin Tasker, Daniel Dulany, Esq.,

Richard Leo, Esq., Stephen Bordley, Esq.

By Yirtne of an order . of Referenoe from your Ezoelleiioy to us, of
the seyeral papers hereunto annexed for our Cotisideration, and to
report our opinion and advice thereon, we beg leave to inform your
Excellency, that we have duly considered the several matters thereio
contained, and do, pursuant to the said order, presume to offer s
state of llie several material feots, arising from a view of the said
papers, in the following manner:

That Indictments are found by the Grand Jury for Worcester
County, at a County Court held for that County, on the first Tuesday
being the seventh day of November, 1758, against John Willey,
Ezekiel Jones, Walter Kenney, Edmond West, Daniel Hopkios,
Elijah Collins, John Lane, Thomas Passwaters, Barnitt Kirk, Wil-
'liam Loflev, Ja.me8 Ingram, John Sharpe, Evan Morgan, Richaid
Cubberdelf, Richard Cubberdell, Jun., John Cubberdell, Job.,
Thomas Daughters, William Daughters, and William Mnllinuz, for
not delivering lists of their several Tazables to the Constables,
agreeable to the Directions of an Act of Assembly of this Provinoe.

* The following are the papers alluded to in the foregoing.

PSKNSTLYANIA ABOHIVEB 175&. 8»7

'AtiJt upon these several Indictments, the nsnal process were by
order of the stme Gonrt, issoed^agaiDst the before named several
Persons, rettmable to March Gonrt noir last past, at which time
they were all severally returned Non Est Inventus, by Benjamitt
Handy, Esq., High Sheriff of the said County, except the one against
William Mullinuzj which is returned by the said Sheriff in the fol*
lowing words:

<' I hereby Certify to the Justices in the within writ, mentioned
that I executed the same on the Body of the within named William
Mallinux, and that he immediately by force, rescued himself out at
my Custody/'

It appeare to us from the papere Annexed, that the subject matter
of the present Inquiry, has taken its rise from the Deputy Sheriff of
Worcester County, his attempting to serve the before mentioned pro-
cess, on some of the persons against whom indictments had been
foond as aforesaid, of which we begg leave to state the following
material particulars.

Benjamin Handy, who had then been but lately qualified as High
Sheriff of Worcester County, on or about the 25 December last, ap-
pointed William Outten as one of his Sub-sherifib, to act in the
upper part of that County, and then delivered him several precepts
to be served on as many persons in that District, and amongst th#
rest, one against the aforesaid John Willey.

That the aforesaid William Outten, as Deputy Sheriff, and several
other persons as assistants at his request, went with him to the house
of the aforesaid John WiHey, in order to serve the process upon
him, and Unding him at home, William Ontten, the Deputy Sheriff,
attempted to serve the process accordingly, but Willey, by getting
into his Loft, and there defending himself against the Deputy She-
riff, who several times made the attempt, prevented his serving the
process upon him, by striking at Outten with a Large Club which
Willey then had with him ; but it being at last proposed by one present
that all endeavoura to take Willey should be stopped, and the matter
referred to the Magistrates of Worcester and Sussex Counties, to be
by them amicably settled, it was readily agreed to by the said Outten
and Willey, upon which the said Willey requested Outten and all
those with him to set down, which Outten and the greatest part of
them didy and in a short time afterwards, when Outten and his Com-
pany were about to return home, one John Sharpe, (against whom
likewise Ontten had process with him,) and Pennington Welch came
to the door, Sharpe with a Stick in his hand, and Welch with an
Iron rod, and Sharpe calling out, where is the damn'd Sheriff, I will
Bplitt him to the earth, or to that effect ; Outten went out of the
house, and some blows past between them and Welsh, and after some
little time, both Sharpe and Welch left Outten, and this matter being
thus ended, William Outten and the Company with him went to get*
their horaes, in order to return home, but sundry penons coming up,
some with Guns and others with Clubs, a little girl, (supposed to be

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Wittsy's Diughtdr,) ran to nti told Wlltejr tl»t «vo or Am Omi9
l»ore wore «09i6| upon wUcb Jie said he would go, and aeoosdiBgly
did go on^ of the lK)iiae, a«d oailed oujfe, ^' give me a Gaa, aikL I wil
aheot the Son of a Bitch }'^ upon whidi, Sharpc) who bad aew got
» gQSXf and cocked and presented it at Oatten, instead of firing, dfr>
JIvcved it io Willej, wiUi these espressioiiSi " Shoot the damn'd Soa
of a Bitch -" and Willey accordingly presenting it at Oi^tten, semep
body told Otttlen they were going to ^loot him, and he feumtDg
abont, Willey instanUy fired, and ^ot him m the lower part of tht
liellyi of which in five or six minutes time he died.

Several of those of Willey 's party, expressed great satisfiuitfon ia,
and much applauded this Aetioo, and one in partiouiar, walking up
to the Corps lying on the ground, said, ^ it was a well done Actioa
ja Willey shooting the said Outten, and that he bad myed him the
iHToable of doing it himself;" and Willey himself going vp to the
Corps, said, that Outten bad got, his deserts, and that he told him
before he undertook the Office of under Sheriff, he woald be shot^
gnd that if he had not undertaken the office, no other person woald.

Immediately upon perpetrating this action, Willey and Bharpe
fled into Sussex County, for (Jie protection of that Court, then 6it>
i^iQ& (upon which it seems they have net a little lelyed,) and having
^urrenderod themselves there, the Magistrates of that Court, seem se
far from taking any steps to seonre the said Willey and Sharpe, for
timr reguiar Tryal for the death of Outten, that they have w^oally
examined both as witnesses, and upon their Testimony, Presentmenls
are Ibond by the Ghrand Jury of Sussex, against several persons reiir
jients in this Province, vis*., Johu Collins, Son of Andrew Genrarl
Heckens, Moses Timmonds, John Kelly, William Wainwright, Peter
Dolby, Col. John Dennis, William Conaway, Levin Deeharoen^
John Wooten, and Elijah Long, some of whom are taken and bouni
pver'to appear at next Sussex Court, for that Eiot wherein Onttea
was killed, with design we presume, to justify or excuse the pro-
eeedure of Willey and Sharpe in the murther of Outten ; and ws
itbink ourselvcB warranted in this preaumptioo, from the extraoidir
nary behaviour of some of the Magistrates of Sussex Gonaty, whs
tho' Sharpe upon his Examination before them, confessed that
iiumseif, Willey, and several other persons, had before the death
ef Outten, agreed together to witt^tand and murther the said
Outten, if he should attempt to execute any process upon them, and
who repeatedly Cautioning the said Sharpe to take care of what he
aaid, that he was c^tainly mistaken, and that they could never eoni-
J>ine to do such an act, and tho' he as often in relating the Tinnsao-
ticn, repeated the agreement to withstand and murther Outten, and
§1 laat declared it, signified nothing denying it, they did agvee ss
aforesaid, and altho' Sharpe upon his examination a&*, also declared
^hat be and the several other pensons against whom process had ia-
^ued ont of Worcester County Court would have submitted to such
process, but that the great men of Sussex County would not permit

MRNBILYANIA ABDHETES 17A9L 660

iken, woaid not mfhr either of these declaratioiis to be mnett&i in
his examination. And we have too much reason from what appeavs
upon the Yiew of these papers, to oondnde that the Majistfites and
gnat men of Sassex Gonnty, have not a little eontribnted to raise in
tbe Borderers that malevolent e|Hrit which has so raanifesttj disoo^
Tered itself in the death of the Deputy Sheriff of Worcester Oonnt^

It appears from the Depositions of seyeral Antient witnesfies, that
the place where this fact was committed, to wit., John Wille/s
Dwelling Plantation, b considerably within the Anttent Repvted
Bounds and Limitts of Maryland, and that several inhaUtants to
the Eastward of this place, have for many years past ^till veiy lately)
owned themselves to be inhabitants of Maryland^ & nave paid ti^eir
Taxes and other dues to this Government.

^We observe that the Majestratos or great Men of Sussex County,
have transmitted to his Honour the Qovemor of Penaylvania, and
the three Lower Counties, some papers relatiTe to this a^r, and
amongst the rest, is a Copy of a warrant granted by the Proprieta-
ries of Penaylvania, to one Ephraim Polk, dated the &th February,
1747, and by him on the [*h November, 1755, assigned to one John
Willey, JuQ., who, we pre'st *ne, is the same person that killed Ontte»y
and this warrant and assignment are, we lUcewise presume, adduced
to shew that the Land Willey then Lived on, and where this fact
was committed, is the Land surveyed by virtue of this warrant,
wheaoe it i« to be inferred that the fact being done on land surveyed
under a Pensylvania warrant, was done in Sussex County, and oon-
aeque^tly within the jurisdiction of that Government; but as we
think it undoubtedly appears from the Depoeitione, that John Willey,
at whose house this fact was perpetrated, lived at that time a consi-
derable distance within the Antient ilepnted Bounds and Limitts of
Maryland; and as there is yet no other Criterion established whereby
to ascertain the Bounds of the two Provinces upon that quarter, (the
same being still in Litigation and waiting His Majesty's final cnrder,)
than Antient reputation, we must be of opinion that such survey
must be so fur from giving to that Province a jurisdiction of this
matter, that we cannot but consider the survey of that Land, so far
within the Antient Reputed Bounds and Limits of Maryland, by
virtue of a warrant under the Pensylvania Government, as not only
an injury and wrone to the Right Honourable the Loid Baltimore
and this GovenimS but likewise as a contempt of and insult upon
his Majesty^s authority, before whom the matter relating to the
Bounds of the two Provinces, then was and still is in Litigation and
suspence, and directly repugnant to his Majesty's order of the 25th
of May, 1738.

Having thus, may it please your Excellency, stated the several
material Facts resulting from the papers yon were pleased to laj
before us, and interspersed a fsw cursory remarks.

We begg leave to communicate our opinion and advice thereon.

And first; we are of opinion that the fact perpetrated by Joha

600 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIYES 1760.

Willey on the Body of William Oatten, is (and we will preBane to
call it 80,) Morther.

Seoondlyi that John Sharpe is likewiflo guilty as a prinoipaL ^

We begg to be andentood as only delivering our present opinkm,
supposing the several facts above stated ^xe truOi as they now stand
proved.

And thirdly, we are of opinion that the place where the fact was
committed, is within the Antient reputed Bounds and Limits of
Maryland, i^nd that consequently the Tryal of this fact is not within
the jurisdiction of Pensyivania or the three Lower Oounties^ but be-
longs solely and properly to this Province.

And we do further presume to recommend to your EzcelleuOT, an
application to his Honour the Governor of Pennsylvania, and the
three Lower Counties, that he will be pleased to. give orders to the
several Magistrates and Officers within his Governments, that the
said Willey and Sharpe may be apprehended, and kept in safe cus-
tody until notice thereof may be given to your Excellency, and suoh
Sheriff of this Province as yon shall be pleased to direct for that pa^
pose, may attend on the Borders on some day to be appK>inted, to
receive them for their Tryal in this Province. That he will be
pleased to give orders for the discharge of such persons, Residents
of this Province, who were attending the said Outten at his request,
in the execution of his duty, and who have already been taken or
may hereafter be taken by virtue of any warrant or process of the
Magistrates or Court of Sussex County, on account of any Tumulty
Biot or Conspiracy, relating to William Outten.

That he will be likewise pleased to order, that all such persons
now in Sussex County as were present at, and active in the Distur-
bance at Willey's House, in oposition to the Deputy Sheriff, or that
came thither with an intent to oppose him in the discharge of hi^
Ddty, may be apprehended and delivered over to the Sheriff of W<^
oester County, who may be appointed to attend on the Borders on
any day to be appointed to receive them, for their Tryals in this
Province.

And Lastly, that he will be pleased to order and direct the Majis-
trates, Officers and other great men of Sussex County, so to demean
themselves for the future, that not only no like disturbance may here-
after arise amongst the Borderers, but that the inhuman spirit which
at present toO much prevails amongst them^ may be discouiaged aad
suppressed.

Signed per Order

J. ROSS,
C'k Cou'il.
Irufoned,

Report of the Council of Maryland on the Depomtions conoeming
the murder of Outten. inclosed in Governor Sharp's Letter of the
18th April. 1769.

PSNNBrLYANIA ABOMTBB UM. IM

Deposition op John Short, 1759.

Hiiyland, WoroeBter Goanty:
To wit : John Short, of Woroeeter Goanty, Planter, aged fifty-four
years, or thereabouts, being sworn on the holy Evangels of Al-
mighty God, Deposeth as follows :

That this Deponent has for about thirty or thirty-five years last
past lived at or near a place oalled & known by the name of Deep
Creek, towards the Head of the now Gounty of Worcester, & then
being in Company with sundry Persons, one Henry Toadwinn &
John Caldwell, commonly then distinguished by the name of Tusaky
John Caldwell, who this Deponent was Informed were Horse Ran-
gers for the then Somerset County, the said Henry came with a
mare they had caught in Ranging,- & having been asked by one of
the Company where they bad caught the mare, the said Henry
answered that they had caught her on this side the Drains of Dela-
ware, in the said County of Somerset, at a place then & still called
& known by the name of Horse Savannah, which this Deponent was
then unacquainted with, but since hath been well known to him, and
this Deponent further says that he has been near but not at the
place, where he is Informed one John Willey lived at the time it is
said that ho killed William Outten, & where that fact is sayed to be
committted, & this Deponent Yerily believes that where the said fact
so as afs' is said to have been done, is one mile & the half of one
mile within the bounds of the Province of Maryland, as they
have been always deemed for thirty or thirty-five years last past, s
this Deponent further says, that the place where one John Sharpe
lived at the time the said Outten was killed is within the Reputed
Bounds of Maryland at the least three quarters of a mile, and this
Deponent also says that about fifteen years ago he was by one Abra-
ham Ingram, who lived to the Eastward of the said Sharpe, & near
the bounds of the Sussex, Told that he was allowed for the heads of
the Wolves he killed by the then County of Somerset, in Maryland,
and this Deponent also says that about a fortnight before Outten was
killed he saw the above named John Willey & one Coverdale, as he
was informed at Lanta Slaven's house, five or six miles within the
Bounds of Maryland, with Clubs, & Willey at his first cominff in-
quired for Outten, sayed he would not be taken by the Maryland
Officers, & that he would Die before he would, & if he could not
help himself & his backer failed him, he must suffer; & further this
Deponent sayeth not.

his
JOHN X SHORT,
mark.
Taken & Sworn the 7th day of March, 1759, before me,

BoBT. Jenokins Henbt.
Copy, J. Rob?, CI. Com'.

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Depositioit of John Laws, 1759.

Maryland, Worcester County, to wit :

John Laws, of Worcester County, in the Province of Maryland,
Gentleman, ased forty-four yeats, or thereabouts, hcing sworn on the
Boly Evan^ls of Almighty God, Before me, Robert Jenkins Henry,
one of the Right Honourable, the Lord Proprietary, his Justices, of
the Provincial Court of Maryland, Deposeth as follows :

That about fifteen years past this ^ponent settled towards the
Head of Worcester County, under a Grant from the Lord Baltimore
and having occasion to make Enquiry into the then deemed Bounda-
ries Between the said County in the Province of Maryland and the
Connty of Sussex under the Pennsylvania Government, from San-
dry Persons who were older settlers in that part of the Country than
him, was told by them that a Branch Issuing out of Nanticoke
River, called Tuseky Branch, was the Divisional bounds in that part
Between the said Countys, and that there have been some Sar?ey8
made under the Lord Baltimore to the North Eastward of the said
Tusekey Branch, and within nine years last past some Surveys have
also been made to the Southwestward by the Surveyor of Sussex
County, and this Deponent further says, as to the place where John
Wilie lived, at the time William Outten is said to be killed by him,
and the place where he has Heared that Fact was Committed, he
cannot tell whether -the same is within the Bounds of Worcester
Csktinty or Sussex, because this Deponent is unacquainted how the
aaid Branch runs, and further this Deponent sayetfa not

JOHN LAWS.

Taken and Sworn the 7th day of March, 1759, before me,

ROBT. JsNKItTB HjSNST.

Copy, J. Boss, CI. Com*.

Deposition op Bbnj. Handy, 1759.

Maryland, Worcester County, to wit :

' Benjamin Handy, Gen*., High Sheriff of Worcester Connty, aged
thirty-four year?, or thereabouts, being sworn on the Holy Evangeb
of Almighty God, Deposeth as follows :

That this Deponent, after his QaaliiScation as high Sheriff of the
County afs', to wit, about the twenty fifth of December kst^ did
appoint William Outten, said tobemnrdered by John Willey,asone
of his Sub-Sheriffs to act in the upper part of Worcester County, and
sent him to Mr. William Allcgood, one of the Magistrates of the said

PWBf SYLVANIA AROHIVEg 17fi0. 688

Couoijy in order to be qualified as Sub-Sberiff, and tbat on the same
day he, this Deponent, did deliver unto the said William Ontten
BQodrj precepts to be by him Ezecnted, amongst which was one
against the said John Willey, and that the aforesaid William Ontten
from the afs' Twenty fifth day of December until! the time of his
being murdered continued to act as Sub-Sheriff to this Deponentj
and farther this Dq>onent saith not.

BENJ. HANDY.

Taken & sworn the 8th day of March, 1759, before me,

KoBT. Jenkins Hknrt.
Copy. J. Ross, Ck. Coun».

Deposition of Wm. Elleqood, 1759.

Maryland, Worcester County, to wit :

William Allegood, of Worcester County, Qen*., Aged Fifty four
years, or thereabouts, being Sworn on the Holy Evangels of
Almighty God, Deposeth as follows :

That this Deponent being one of the Magistrates of the County
afai*, was on or about the twenty fifth day of December last applyed
to by William Outten ^said to be murdered by one John Willey) to
Qualify him as a Sub-Sheriff to Benj» Hardy, Oen«., High Sheriff of
the County afs', that he, this Deponent, aecordingly did administer
unto the said William Outten the oath of his office, and would have
then eaused him to have taken the several Oaths to the Oovem-
ment and subscribed the Test in his presence, had he, this Deponent^
been possessed of them, but not having them by him was prevented
to Qualifie the said Outten any further than what is before mentioned,
and this Deponent farther saith not.

Wm. ELLEGOOD.

Taken and sworn the 8th day of Maich, 1759, before me.

SoBT. Jenkins Henbt.
Copy J. Ross, CI. Coun*.

594 PENNSYLVANIA AKCHIVES 1759.

Dbpositiobt of William Oonaway, 1759.

Maryland. ) . .. .

Worcester County, j^^^^

William Connaway, of Woroester Goanty, aged twenty eight
yeari or thcreaiM)at8, being sworn on the Holy Evangels of Al-
mighty God^ Deposeth as follows That he, this Deponent, with
sundry others, on the sixth day of February last, at the request of
William Oatten, sub-Sheriff to Benjamin Handy, Qeni., High Sheriff
of the County af , went with the said William Outten to as^t him
in the Execution of sundry precepts, one of which was against one
John Willey } that on their way to the House of some of the per-
sons for whom the said Outten had precepts, it was agreed that the
Company should Divide, and one part proceed to the house of one
MuUinenx & the other part to the house of the said John Willey,
which was. accordingly done. That the said William Outten,-.with
one part of the Company, went to the house of the said John Wil-
ley, and the other part (one of which this Deponent was,) went to
tiiOwhouse of said Mullineux ; that after some time this Deponent, with
those that were with him, left the House of the said Mullineux and
went to the house of the said John Willey, where they found the
said William Outten with the others, his Company, the^said John
Willey then being up the Loft of his house, and the said Outten
endeavouring to tiJce him by making an attempt to get up through
a vacancy of two or three planks, (the Loft not being covered by
that many) but without Effect, as the said Willey struck at him
with a large Stick, when CoUonel John Dennis, who was then pre-
sent, proposed to the said William Outten and the said John Wil-
ley, that all endeavours to take the said John Willey should be
stop'd, and the matter referred to the Magistrates of Woroester and
Sussex Counties, to be by them Amicably settled, which was read-
ily agreed to by the said William Outten and the said John Willey,
upon which the said John Willey requested the said Outten and all
those with him to set down, which they or the greatest part of thera
did ; that in a very short time afterv^rds, when the said William
Outten, with all those who were in Company with him, were about
to return home without any further to do in the matter, a certain
John Sharp and Penington Welch came up, Sharp with a Stick jn
his hand and Welch with an Iron Rod, Sharpe calling out where is
the Damu'd Sheriff, I will split him to the Earth, or Words to that
Effect, upon which Outten went out of the house (ho not haTiog
gone out until then) with a Cutlash, (which had been that day taken
from the af' Mullineux) in his hand, that then the said William
Outten and the said John Sharpe engaged, and after several strokes
had passed between them, the said Welch made a stroke at the said
William Outten, which fell on his shoulder with such Violence that

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIViES 1759. 696

the Kod did bend and fly out of the hand of the said Welch, vheii
both Welch and Sharpe ran off, but as Sharpe turned to ran Ontteil
made a stroke at him, which wounded him on the left shoulder, upon '
which the engagement ended, and the said William Outten, with
those that were in Company with him went to their Horses, in order
to return home, but that sundry persons immediately came up, some
with Ouns and some with Clubs, upon which a little Girl (which
this Deponent took to be a Daughter to the said John Willie) run to
and told the said John Willie that two or three more Guns were
oome, upon which the said Willie said he would and did go out of
his house, and called out give me a Oun and I will shoot the Son
of a Bitch, upon which the said John Sharpe gave a Oun to the
said John Willie and bid him shoot, upon which some of the Com*
pany, who had oome (as this Deponent supposeth) to oppose the
Sheriff, called out. If yon shoot, shoot him in the legs, but
Sharpe called out. Damn him, shoot him in the Body ; that the said
John Willie went around the house with the Gun in his hand, in a
very short time after which this Deponent heard the Beport of the
Gun, when he went around the house, and there saw the said Out-
ten lying on the Earth, having received a wound in the lower part
of his Belly, and in about fiye or six minutes expired ; that then se-
veral persons of Willies party walked up to the Corps as it lay on
the Earth, and rejoiced mnoh'at the action, one of whom whose name
this Deponent does not know, said that it was a well done action of
WilHe in shooting the said Outten, and that he had saved him the
Trouble of doing it himself; and fiirther this Deponent sayeth not

WILLIAM CONAWAT.

Taken and sworn the 8th day of March; 1759,
before me,

RoBT. Jenokins Henkt.
J. BosS; CI. Com.
(Copy.)

Deposition ob Lanta Stevins, 1759*

Maryland. 1 ^ wit •
Worcester County. J "^ ^" •

Lanta Stevins, of Worcester County, aged sixty years or there*
abouts, being sworn on the Holy Evangek of Almighty God, De-
poseth and Sayeth,

That the place where he, this Deponent now lives was as he has
been told. Surveyed by the Sussex Surveyor about six years ago, for
one William Lafland; who put him^ this Deponent, in Possession

896 P8NNSTLVANIA AKCHIYBS 1760.

tbereof. That to the Best of his rememhrance, some time in Janu-
ary last, William Oatteii, Snbsherriffof Worcester County af^^eaiM
to his House and there Arrested one William Mallineuz, upon a
Process Arom Worcester County Court, as this Deponent was in*
formed, for not giving himself in a Taxable of that County, and
Mullineuz made his Escape; and the same Night on that Day^oB
which the said Mullineuz was so as af' Arrested, there came to this
Deponents House the said William Mullineuz, Israel CoTerdale,
Kichard Coverdale, Mathew Coverdale, John Coverdale, son of Sam-
uel, John Lane, Pennington Welch, John Sharpe, Elijah CoUings
John Willie, (who hath since, it is said. Killed the said Ontten,)
and Solompn Willey, who say'd they were come by Order df Nehe-
miah Draper, a Magistrate of Sossez County, but not any Warrant
in writing to seise the said Gotten, and were much imaged against
him ; and the said John Sharpe, Pennington Welch, and James la-
gram, say'd they would Kill the said Ontten if he shonld come to
take them^ others said Ihey would carry him to Lewis Town, and
some said they would stamp him. That on Sunday, the Fourth day
of February last past, the said Outten came to this Deponents boiue,
where was then John Ceilings, Elijah Ceilings, Job Smith, John
Smith, Adam Short, and John Willey, abovementioned, said toha?e
since Killed Outten, and one Richard Coverdale, who said he had a
Warrant from Isaac Watsenand, Nehemiah Draper, Justices of Sos-
sez County, to take said Outten, or any other Maryland officer who
should come to take any of the Bordering men, the said Outten de*
manded a sight of that Warrant, but the said Richard Coverdale
Refused to produce it. That said Coverdale proceeded to Arrest the
said Outten, which he did in his Lordships Name, but afterwards
Recalled and made the Arrest in his Majesty's Name and Demand-
ed Assistance, but all them present Refused Except the said John
Willey, that there was some scuffelling between Coverdale and Oat-
ten, who Refused to submit to ^heir Authority, unless they Com-
pelled him, and afterwards they went away and left Outten, and
further this Deponeth sayeth not.

LANTA STEVIN8.

Taken & Sworn the 8th day of March; 1759,
before me,

RoBT. Jenckins Henbt.

J. Ross, CI. Com.
(Copy.)

PENNSTLVANU AROHIVBS 1769. 887

DBPoanioN of Abeaham Ikqram, 1759.

Maryland. \. ..
WoroeBter County. | ^ ^^

Abrabam Ingrabam, of Worcester C<yant7; aged thirty eight yeara
or thereabouts, being sworn on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God,
Bepoeeth as follows.

That this Deponent has all his life time lived in the Province of
Maryland, near the Borders of Sussex County, called one of three
Lower Countys upon Delaware, and that a Branch called Locklays
Drain, has always, during the time of bis knowledge, been Deemed
the Boundary between the said Province of Maryland and the said
County of Sussex ; and this Deponent further says, that be well
knows the place where one John Willey lived at the time, it is said
he killed one William Outten, and where the said Fact was Com-
mitted, and that the same is at least one mile and a half within the
bonnds of Maryland, and that John Sharpe and Pennington Welch
live upon the West side of Gravelly Branch, which issues out of
Naoticoke River, and that the Habitations of the said Sharpe and
Welch, at the time of the Killing, were also within the Antient re-
puted limitts of the said Province of Maryland, and further this
Deponent say eth not.

his
ABRAHAM M INGRAM,
mark
Taken & Sworn the 8"» day of March, 1759,
before me,

RoBT. Jenkins Henry.
J. Ro68, CI. Com.
(Copy.)

Deposition of Andrew Collings, 1759.

WoriitoCointy- } *^ ^^* '

Andrew Collings, of Worcester County, aged forty seven years ot
thereabouts, being sworn on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God,
Deposeth as follows.

That this Deponent resides about two miles to the South West*
ward of the Drains of Nanticoke River, which this Deponent hath
been Informed, was the Division between the Two Governments of
Maryland and Pennsylvania, and hath understood the same evet
since this Deponent resided there, which hath been about Twenty
rix years past; and further saitb, that a certain John Willey (who.

508 PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIYBS 175d.

as it 18 reported, shot one William Ontten, one of the SabBheiiib «f
Worcester County,) lives about two miles to the Dorthwest ward of
this Deponent, and also to the westward of the Drains afs*, and
hath always understood the said Willey lived within the reputed an-
tient lines of Maryland ; and this Deponent further saith, that to
the best of his remembranoe, about Twenty years agoe, there was
one John Willey, Uncle to the above named John, who wanted to
take up a piece of Land under the Lord Baltimore, near to which
the last mentioned John Willey liv'd at the time the said Oatten
was killed, and being threatened that the Surveyor of Sussex County
was Coming then to survey the same land for another person, one Tho-
mas Gilleys, then a Magistrate for the then County of SomerBett,
hearing thereof, issued his Warrant directed to this Deponent, to
take and arrest the Surveyor of Sussex, or any other person that
should come to make the said Survey, (or any other in that part)ia

Eursuance to any authority from Pennsylvania, and him to bring
efore the Justices of the County Court of Somersett, in the Pro-
vince of Maiyland, but to this Deponents knowledge no such Snr-
yeyor Ever came, and and further this Deponent saith not.

ANDREW COLLINGS.
Taken & Sworn the 8^ day of March, 1759;
before me,

RoBT. Jenkins Hen&y.
J. Ross, CI. Com.
(Copy.)

Deposition of Moses Timmons, 1759.

Maryland, Worcester County, to wit :

Moses Timmons, of Worcester County, Aged Thirty Years and
upwards, being Sworn on the . holy Evangels of Almighty God,
Deposeth as Follows :

That on the Sixth day of Februaiy last pass't, this Deponent was
Summoned by William Outten, Sub-Sheriff to Benjamin Handy,
Esq**., High Sheriff of the County aforesaid, to Assist the said
Outten in the Execution of a Precept Directed for the Execution of
the said Sheriff against a Certain John Weilley ; That this Depo-
nent after his being Summoned as aforesaid, was Directed by the
said Outten to go with a Certain Oerrard Hitchins to the House of
the said Willev, and for him the said Hitchins to take with him a
Writ, (which this Deponent from the Conversation that paieed under-
stood to be a Writt, directing the Sheriff of the said Countv to take
the Body of the said Willey,) and Directed the said Hitchins and
this Deponent that in Case they found Willey at Home, that one of

PSNNSTLYANIA ABCHIYSS 1759. fiOtf

them Bhould oome oat of tbe Houae of Willeji and oat of the siglit
of the Family of the said Willey and wave his Hat, which should
be a sign of the said Willej's being at Home to the said Outten,
who was to wait in sight of the House; And this Deponent fqxtber
sajetb, that he and the said Hitchins agreeable to the directions
aforesaid, went to the said Willej's House, where they found him
at Home, and who upon their Entring in the House, asked them to
sit down ; that this Deponent after being a small time in the House,
went out to give the Sign aforesaid, and saw the said Outten nding
up with Several others to the House, and immediately heard Willey
who was at that time in the House, say their's tbe Sheri£f oome this
Morning, if I had a Gun I would Shoot him o£f his Horse, and the
said Wil)ey shut his Door, upon which Gotten turned about with
those that were with him and Kode away from the Plantation of the
said Willey, after which tbe said Willey opened bis Door and asked
this Deponent and the said Hitchins (who also was at that time
without doors) again in his House, and the said Willey immediately
desired two Young Women that were at his House to take two
Horses thai were near tbe House and Ride to tbe Neighbours and
inform them that the Sheriff was come up, and that he would take
him the said Outten Dead or alive that Day and Carry him to Lewis
Town, and Ordered two small Children to go and inform others in
the Neighbourhood, and ordered his Wife to go to Israel Coverdale's
and give word to John Sharpe for to oome to his House in order to
take Outten that Day ; that the said Willey afterwards, when his
Wife was about to go as before Ordered, took his saddle and said be
would go himself for he would make most hast, and as the said
Willey was going off the said Qerrard Hitchins served the Writt
aforesaid on him, in pursuance of the Directions which this Depo-
nent heard the said Outten give the said Hitchins for that purpose ;
And this Deponent further sayeth, that as soon as the said Hitchins
bad arrejBted the said Willey, the said Willey attempted with great
force to escape from him, & struck Hitchins several strokes, and
after a straggle of some time escaped from Hitchins and got in his
Hoose and Shut the Door, upon which this Deponent and the said
Hitchins left Uie House of the said Willey and returned to Outten
and the others who were with him, who were then at a small Dis-
tance from the Plantation of the said Willey, and acquainted said
Oatten of the Service of tbe Writt aforesaid, and the Escape afores'
as aforesaid ; And this Deponent further sayeth, that the said Outten
this Deponent, and all those that were with him, went to the House
of the said Willey, which being Shut up, the said Outten asked of
him to open the Door, and upon his refusing it the Door was broke
open, but by whom this Deponent does not know ; that when the
said Outten with his Party went into the House, Willey wa^up the
Lofb, and stood over a vacancy that was in tbe Planks that made
the Floor of the Loft, and with a large Stick about the length of
Six feet, kept off the said Outten who was attempting to take him^

600 PENNSYLVANIA AROHIVBS 176&.

that as Oatten attempted to get tip the said vaeaticj the said WiUej
Btrnck at him with the Stick aforesaid, when Colonel Dennis, who
was then Present, proposed to the said William Ontten and the said
John Willey, that all Endeayonrs to take the said Willej shoohi be
Stopped, and the Matter referred to the Magistrates of Worcester ft
Sussex Counties to bo by them amicably Settled, which was readily
agreed to by both the said William Outten and the said John Willey,
upon which the said John Willey Requested the said Oalten with all
who were in company with him to sit down, which they or the greatest
part of them did ^ that in a very short time afterwards when the said
Outten and those who were with him were about to return Home
without any further to do in the matter, a Certain John Sharpe and
Penington Welch came up, Sharpe with a Stick in his Hand, and
Welch with an Iron Rod, Sharpe calling out nfrhere is the Damned
Sheriff, I will Split him to the Earthy or words to that Effect, upon
which Outten went out of the House (he not having gone out till
then) with a Cutlash (which had been that Day taken from a Oertain
William Mullenenx) in his Hand, that then the said Outten and
Sharpe Engaged, and after several Strokes had passed between them,
the said Welch made a Stroke at the said William Outten, which felt
on his Shoulders with such Violence that the Rod did bend and fly
out of the Hand of the said Welch, when both Welch & Sharpe run
off, but as Sharpo turned to run Outten made a Stroke at him which
wounded him on the Left Shoulder, upon which the engagem* ended;
and the said William Ontten, with Ihose who were in Company with
him, went to get their Horses in order to return Home, but that
Sundry Persons immediately Came up, some with Guns, & some
with Clubs, upon which the said John Willey came out of his House
& called out give me a Gun & I will Shoot the Son of a Bitch, upoa
which the s' John Willey took a Gun & some one bid him Shool^
upon which some of the Company who had come ^s this Deponeot
Supposes) to oppose the Sheriff called out. If you Shoot, Shoot bim
in the Legs, but Sharpe Called out. Damn him. Shoot him in the
Body; that the said John Willey then went round the House m'tk
the Gun in his hand, & upon OutteA's hearing some one call out be
is going to Shoot you he turned about, and the said Willey Csme
within about Ten Yards of Outten, Presented the Gun and Shot
him, after which this Deponent & all the Company went up to
Outten, who in about Six minutes after his being Shot Expired;
that the Several Persons of Willey's party walked up to the Corps
after it lay on the Earth, & rejoiced at the Actipn, & further Uus
Deponent Sayeth not.

his
MOSES X TIMMONS.
mark.

l^aken and Sworn, the 9th Day of March, 1759, before mc,

RoBT. Jenckins Uenrv.

(Copy,) J. Ross, Crk Court.

FBNNSTLTANIA ABCHIYKS I7e9« QOl

DfiPosxuoN 07 Thomas Hindis, 1759.

Mflryland^ Woroester County, to wits

Tbomlui Hindes of Sossex OonDtj, upon Delaware, aged tbufty-
five yean or ihereabonts, being Sworn on the Holy Evangelbt of
Almighty God, deposeth as follows :

That this Deponent was bom in the head of Dorohester Connty, in
the Province of Maryland, and there resided till about fire yeaild
htat past, when he removed to a place Called Slaughter Neck, in the
County of Sussex ; that as he has been travelling at times near the
borders of Sussex County, he was informed by Snndrie persons
there in inhabiting, that the Branch bsuing out of Nanticoke Biver
by the widow Ingram's, and the Drains near the widow Hammond's^
was the Divisional l>oundaries between Maryland and Pensilvania ;
sod this Deponent further says, that on the fifth day of February
last, being a Monday, this Deponent was at the House of M'. Nehe*
miah Draper, one of the Magistrates of Sussex County, when and
where there Came one Richard Coverdale, William Mnllineux, and
three More ; and the Said Richard Coverdale told the Said Draper
that he had on the Sabbath, the Day preceeding, served his warrant
OD William Outten, an under Sheriff of Woroester County in Mary*
land, at the House of one Lanta Stevins, who had got away from
them, that he understood by the said Draper that' himself and one
Wattson had granted the Warrant ; This Deponent said he thought
ihe Constable was to blame in serving the Warrant upon the Sabbath
Daj, and also in serving it where they did at Lanta Stevins, which
was within the undoubted deemed Limitts of Maryland, upon which
the said Draper made Answer that he thought they had gone a
little too far; and this Deponent further says, that the People above
Mentioned, or Some of them, told M'. Draper that they would take
the Said Outten } and further, this Deponent says that he has been
iaformed that the said Outten was in a Day or two next after Shot
by one John WiUey, at the House of the said Willey, and furthei
this Deponent Sayeth Not.

THOMAS HINDES.

Taken and Swom^ the 9th Day of March, 1759, before me,

RoBT. Jenokins Henby.
Copy, J. Ros8| Ci'k Court

Vol.. m.— 26

6QS PMNSTLYANIA ABCHIVBS 17W.

Dbposiiion op Josbph CoLLiNaSy 1759.

Maryland, Worcester County, to wit s

Joseph GoUings, of Worcester Oonnty, Gtent., aged about thirtj-
fonr years, being Sworn on the Holy Evangels of Almighty Gtid,
Deposeth as follows :

That a few years after Erecting the GoTinty of Woroester, thii
Deponent Y[f» Riding from Gravelly Branch in Woroester Conntj,
to Cedar Creek in Sussex County, did not see any Houses as he
past through the Fort until he past over a Bridge called Lockley'g
bridge, to the plantation of one Cornelius Lockley, near unto in tbo
County last mentioned, where he call'd, and amongst other Disooone
this Deponent then being with the said Cornelius, this Deponent
asked him whether he lived in Worcester County or in Sussex, he
made no Answer, that this House was the first House along that
Road in Sussex County, & told . this Deponent that as soon ts he
came over the Bridge above mentioned he entered into Sussex
County, & that the Westernmost side thereof was Worcester County, &
further says this Deponent, that the Branch over the said Bridge
Issued out of Nanticoak River, came up by Abraham Ingram's, k
that was the then Deemed Boundary and that part between the said
Countys } and this Deponent further says, that he has been since
Informed by other Persons that the said Branch runs up to the
place called Maple Marsh, & that he this Deponent a few years past
was a Special BaUiff of Ephraim Waggaman, then SherifiF of Wor-
cester county, to some Precepts upon Persons Residing & Inhabit-
ting the uper Borders of the said County, & had Oocation to enquire
of sundry Persons in that Neighbourhood in regard to the Deemed
Boundary Line of the Afs' Counties, that he might Act safely in the
Serving the precepts as Afs', & this Deponent was told by them that
he might Safely Act to the Westward of any of the Dreans of Nan-
ticoke, & some of the said precepts he served, Particularly one pie-
eept on one David Ingram, & before Semng it he asked said Ingram
whether he lived in Maryland, who said that he did, & tho' there was
a Small Drean of Nantiooke to the Westward of his Plantation, yet
the Main Drean was to the Eastward thereof^ and further this Depo-
nent saith not.

JOS. COLLINGS.

Taken & Sworn, the dth Day of March, 1769, before me,

BoBT. Jenckins Hxitbt.

Copy, J. Ross, Cl'k Court.

PBNNSniVANIA ABGBIVBB 179. 6M

Depositiok 07 John Pollock, 1759.

Maryland, Worcester Coonty, to wit :

John PoUocky of Woieester Oonnty, Oendeman, aged fifty yeart
or thereabouts, being sworn on the Holy Byangels of Almighty God
depoeeth as follows. That he this Deponent Lived at the Plantation
he now lives at, upwards* of thirty years, and held his Rights nnder
the Lord Baltimore, and paid his i)aes always in the I^orince of
Maryland, and that he this Deponent for tlprty years last past and
upwards, always understood as well from the Inhabitants of Sussex
County as from the Inhabitants of Maryland, that the reputed Line
or Diyiaion between the Province of Maryland and Sussex County,
Bun from the Plantation of Abraham Ingram situate on a Beaver
Dam, are the same Plantation, as he this Deponent has always
understood from the Bordering People, that the dispute arose on
between Mr. Muir and Bethel Watson, about the Seniority of their
Grants and tracts, the reputed bounds of Pensilvania and Maryland
run from the same Plantation, about three miles west to the Planta-
tion of George Bishops, who held himself in Maryland, and from
thence north to Edward Carys about one mile distance, who held
himself in Pensilvania, and from thence northerly to the Plantation
where Margaret Cronin now lives on, and that the Plantation where
John Willy lives on, (whom this Deponent heard shott the Under-
Sherriffe William Oatten,) lies about one mile to the southward of
the said George Bishops' Plantation, which said Willey's Plantation
was about five years last past surveyed by William Shanklin, Sur-
veyor of Sussex County for Epharim Pollock, in the Presence of
thia Deponent, who was by and present at the makiqg of the said
survey, and that to the southward of the said Bishop's Plantation to
his Knowledge for thirty years last past was never claimed as any
Part of Pensilvania till since the running of the west line from Fen-
wicks Island, and further this Deponent sayeth not

JOHN POLLOCK.

Taken and sworn the 9th day of March, 1769, before me,

BOBT. j£NOKINS HeN&Y.

Gopy^ J. BosS; Cl. Com'.

DsposiTiON OF JoHJsr Spiosb, 1759.

Somersett, ss*.

John Spicer, of Worcester County, Planter, aaed twenty-nine years
and upwards, being sworn on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God
deposeth and saith.

That this Deponent hath resided in Worcester County near the

60« FBKBTSILTiJnA ABCHnrES HSO.

Borders between Worcester Coanty in Maryland and Sossez County
in Pennsylvania for seventeen years last pasIT, and this Deponent
further saith that daring all the time aforesaid he hath understood
that the Dreans of Gravelly Branch to be the IMvision between
Maryland and Pensilvania, the Land <m the East side of the said
Dreans to be in Pensilvania, and the Lands on the west side of the
said I^reans to be in Msaryland, that this Deponent in tbe year of
onr Lord seventeen hundred and forty-nine, was appointed by Wof-
oester County Court Constable of the Upper Hundred of the said
County, whieh adjoins to the said Borders, and this Deponent fnr-
- tbor saith, that while he continued to be Constable as aforesaid, all
persons on the west side of the ssdd Drean gi^ve themselt^es in as
Tazables in Maryland, and were reputed Inhabitants of Maryland,
and in every thing submitted to the Government of Maryland, and
this Deponent further saith, that he knows the place where William
Outten was killed by John Willie, (as reputed,) and says that the
same place is near two miles to Uie westward of the said Dreans,
and this Deponent further saith^ that during the time he was Con-
stable as aforesaid, there was delivered to hnn a warrant to take a
certain Richard Coverdale, Jun', (which Coverdale as this Deponent
has heard was one of Willie's party at th^ time Oatten was killed,)
that the said Coverdale's Plantation at that time lay adjoining to the
said Drean on the west side thereof, and that the House of the said
Coverdale was about two Hundred yards from the said Drean, and
that this Deponent was going to the House of the said Corerdale to
serve the said warrant, and that the said Coverdale seeing this De-
ponent run from his House through his Plantation and crossed the
said Drean, and as soon as he hwl crossed the Drain and got to the
Eastermost side thereof he stopped^ and said now yon oaunot take
ae for I am in Pensilvania.

JOHN 8PICER

Somersett County, to wit :

Be it remembered that at a Court of his Lcnrdship the Right
Hon'ble Frederick, Absolute Lord and Proprietor of the Provisoes
of Maryland, and Avalon, Lord Baron of Baltimore, &c"., held at
Princes Ann Town the third Tuesday of March being the Twentyeth
day of the same month. Anno Domini, one thousand seven hundred
and fifty-nine, before Isaac Handy, EsqC and his associates Justices
of the same Court Judicially editing came the above John Spioer,
and made oath on the Holy Evaneeb of Almighty God that what is
contained in the above and within instrument of Writing, is just and
true to the best of his knowledge.
^ Order,

Thomas Hatward, Jun».,

CI. Ct Som*.

Copy, J. Bo6S| GL Oom%

^ sasmavTAmA ijucmrm ran. eoc

Dbposition oy William Gray, 1T59.

Somerset| 8S«

The Deposition of William Gray of Worcester, Planter, aged fiflj
five years or tbereaboiitfl, being sworn on the Holy Evaagda of
Alfliighly God Deposetb and sayeth,

That this Deponent upwards of thirty years past acted a»a S«b-
sheriffe in Somerset County under Mr. Francis Allen, and the Dis-
trict appointed for this Deponent was in the upper end of the
County which is now Worcester County, and he was then directed
by the Justices of Somerset County how far he iihould act in his
Office, and not intrude on the Lines of Pensilvania, and that he was
directed tP act as far as not to Include the Persons following, to wit,
John D****, Jacob Stockley, Eleanor Dobson^ John Lofly, who
were all supposed to live on the Borders of Sussex, and on the East-
ermost side of the Drains of Nanticoke, and from thence to the
•Maple Marriiy and from to Inehide the Owens's who was supposed
to live within Maryland, and that he aooordingly aeted agrettuUe to
the aforesaid Directions and that the Sundry Persons to the Sootb-
westward of the limits aforesaid acknowledged themselves in Som*
erset Oonnty, and were snbject to the Lawa of Maryland doriDg the
time he acted as Sheriffe ajforesaid, which was some years, aaS ho
farther aaith, that about twenty eight years ainoe this Deponent wsb
appointed by Somerset County Court as Surveyor of the H^hway
and that the Prednots which be was directed to Clear was fron
Broad Creek to Gravelly Brandi, and from thenoe to Clear Bridle
Boada where seedfnll as £sr as the Limits of Maryland, and that
Alexander Diaper who lived in Snssez County, but had TazaUea
who lived at a Mill Built on the line of Deep Creek, and that the
aaid Draper agreed that if this Deponent would not call his Hounds
as low as Broaid Creek, that he the said Draper would clear from the
Mill aforesaid as fi&r as Maryland Extended, which was as far as
liofly^s Drain or Bridge, which he accordingly did, and saith that
the said Bridge is over one of the Drains of Gravelly Branch, and
that the said Draper Informed him that the said Bridge was the
Division of Maryland and Pensilvania, and further saith that he this
Deponent has since Otten was killed been at the Place where the
aaid murder was done, and that the said Place is two miles to the
westward of the said Drains, and within the reputed Lines of Mary-
land, and he further saith that about the Time of the Divinoa of
Somerset County a certain James Martin who was one of the Repre-
sentatives of Somerset County, in order to know the Extention of
Maryland applied to this Deponent for that Purpose, saying that it
would be necessary as a Guide in the Division of the County, on
which this Deponent Informed nim agreeable to the above redted
Bonndariea, aad further saith^ that iia also acted as Sabihertfe,

«06 PEimSTLyAlfiA ABOmVBS ITU

(after his acting for Mr. Allen,) under Mr. John Pomel some tine,
and that he also acted as far as the linits aforesaid. And the In-
habitants to the Bonnds aforesaid Oontinaed subject to the LavB of
Maryland as before^ and farther this Deponent sajeth not

WM. GRAY.

The above Deposition was swof n to before me one of his Lords &
Jastices for Somerset Connty, the 21st Day of March. Anno Don.,
1769..

Th. Johss.

Copy, J. Boss, CI. Conrt.

Dbpositiok of Wm. Hatwarb, 1759.

Maryland) ss.

The Deposition of William Hayward, Somerset County, in the
Prorinoe of Maryland, aged Twenty-Bigiit years and upwards, beng
49wom on the -Holy Evangel's of Almighty Gtod, Deposeth and
-Saith, that he this Deponent, was present at the Bzaminadon of ose
John Sharp, Taken at Lewis Town, in the Goonty of Svssez, oi
Delaware, before Bives Holt, Esq^, and that the said John Shiip
then and there npon and at the Time of his Examination, and tb
Taking of his Deposition did declare, that Preociedent to the mmder
of one William Oatten, one of the Snbsherifii of Worcester Coontf,
in the Proyince of Maryland, Commited by one John Willoy ; tbt
he, the said John Sharp and the said John WiUey, with sundry otlier
persons whose names this Deponent at Present cannot Bamember,
had agreed together to stand by one another, and thereby to Resit
the said William Oatten ; that no process Issuing out of the Coaotf
Court of Worcester should be executed on any of them; thattne
'Clows, one of the magestrates of the County of Sussex, Who vm
also present, told the said Sharp that such words were Dangerous,
that they amounted to a Combination, and that Surely no CombiiiB-
tion was Entered into, and that he the said Sharp must Certmiijbe
mistaken; upon which the. said Sharp seemed to be affrighted, sod
seemed much Inolin'd to Take back what he had said, but vpon
being directed Sundry Times to Bcpeat what he had to say, as oto
would Confess that such an agreement had been Entered into, tnd
made use of these Expressions, th«t it did not signifie, for that suob an
agreement as aforesaki had been Entered into. Yet from the Inter-
position of the said Clows, Jacob CoUech, and one Hall, magestntes
of the said County of Sussex aforesaid, to the best of this Deponent'i
memory, the words aforesaid of the said Sharp were Intirely nooo-
ticed in and left out of the Deposition of the said Sharp; and tbis
J>eponent further saithj that Uie said Sharp, at the time of Ub

.nSRfSTIiTAKIA AK0BIVB8 HW. MET

'SzaiaiDaiaoa af , did deelare, that himself aod the seter* peraoas
aforesaid Who had Entered into the agreement aforesaid, would have
snbmited to such process as is before mentioned, but that the Great
men of the County of Sussex af^ would not permit them, whioh to
the Best of this Deponent's memory was also unnoticed in the De-
position of the said Sharp; and further thb Deponent saith not.

WM. HAYWARD.

Taken and Sworn to this 16th day of April; Anno Dom.; 1759,
before

Wm. GOLDSBaOUQH.

Copy. J. Ross, Ck. Coutf.

Deposition of Paekeb Sblby, 1T59*

Maryland, ss.

The Deposition of Parker Selby, of Worcester County, in the Pro-
Tinee of Maryland, G^Ueman, aged Thirty-one years or there abouts,
being Sworn on the HolyEyan^s of Almighty Gpd, Deposeth and
saith, that he, this Deponent, was present at the Examination oi
John Sharp, taken at Lewis Town, in the County of Sussex, on
Delaware, before Rives Holt, Esq', and that the Mtid John Sharpy
then & there upon and the Time of his Examination and the taking
of luB Deposition, did declare, that preceedent to the murder of Wil-
liam Ontten, one of the Subsh(»ifEsi or Worcester County, in the
Province of Maryland^ Committed by one John WiUey, that he, the
sttid Jc^n Sharp & and the said John Willey, with Sundry other
Persons, had agreed together to withstand and murder the said
William Outen if he should attempt to Execute any Process on
them Issued-out of the County Court of Worcester, upon which one
Clows, one of the magistrates of the County of Sussex aforesaid,
Immediately told the said Sharp that such words were Dangerous,
that they amounted to a Combination, and that Surely no Combina^
tion was made, and that the said Sharp must be mistaken, which
Seemed to affright Sharp, and put him upoi^ Taking back what he
had, declared, but upon being directed Several times to Rehearse
what he had to Say, he as often declared the agreement aforesaid,
yet from the Interposition of the said Clows, Jacob CoUech, and one
Hal], magestrates of the County of Sussex aforesaid, the Whole of
What Sharp mentioned about the agreement af was left out and not
Inserted in the Deposition of the said Sharp, to the best of this
Deponent's memory ; and this Deponent further saith, that be, the
Faid Sharp, at the time of his Examination and the Taking of his
Deposition aforesaid, also Declared, that himself and the Several
other persons against whom process had Issued out of the County
Court of Worcester aforesaid, would have Sul)mitted to such process.

J6m PENNSTLYAKIA ABOHIVBS 17S9.

but that tb6 Chreat men of SoBSdz Goanty afordsaid woqM not per-
mit them, which ExpreasioDs of the said Sharp were also to the beat
of this Deponent's memory, left out and not Inserted in the aaid
Sharp's Deposition, and farther this Deponent saith not.

PARKER 8BLBY.

Taken and Sworn to, this 16th day of April, Anno Domini, 1759,
before me,

Wm. OoLDSBaoUOH.
Copy. J. Ross, Ck. Coun».

In the Proceedings of Worcester County Court, 1759.

Among other things it is Contuned as followeth, yta* :
Worcester, to wit..

At a Court of his Lordship the right Hononrable Frederick, abso-
lute Lord and pro*^ of the proyinces of Maryland and Avalon, Lord
Baron of Baltimore, & so forth. Held at Snow Hill Town, in and for
the County aforesaid, the first Tuesday of November, to wit., the
seventh Day of the same month in the year of our Lord one thoosand
seven hundred and fifty and Eight, Before John Henry, Esquire,
and his associates, then our Justices of the County aforesaid, The
grand Inquest for the Body of the County being Legally Impannelled
and Qualified, present to the Court the following Indietraenta by
them found against the Several Persona hereafter named, the Tenor
of which Indictments are as followeth, vis' :

The Jurors for his Lordship the Right Honble the Lord Pkt^,
that now is for the Body of Worcester County, upon their Oaths
present that John Willey, late of Stepney parish, in the County aft!*,
planter, on the XIX day of June, Anno Domini MDCCLVIII, being
then and there, and in the Hundred of Nantiooke a Besident taxable
Person, and tbe Master of a Family, by John Houston, Jttn% one of
the Constables of the County and Hundred aforesaid, duly Quallified
& Sworn then and there was Required to Deliver unto him the said
John Houston, according to the Act of Assembly in such Casea made
«nd provided, a Just List of hisTazabies, which tbe said John Willey
to do altogether Refused, and then and there did Secrete, Conceal
and Refuse to give in unto the said John Houston himself as a Taxa-
ble Person, to the Evil example of all others in such Cases oflfending,
and against the peace of the Right Hon^'* the Lord Prop^ that now
is, his good Rule and Government, and against the form of the Aet
of Assembly in such Cases made and provided, & so forth.

• WM. HAYWARD, for Proper.

Witnesses are

PBNNBTLVAMA ABCBGLVES 1769. 6D»

Indictments also Y^adm witli the above found Severally ajgainst
EsekielJoyoes, Walter Kimaiey, Edmond West, Daniel Hopkins, £li«
jah OoUins, John Lane, Thomas Passwators, Barnitt Kirk, William
Lofiey, James Inmm, John Sharps, Evan Morgan, Richard Gabbeidely
Kiohard Oabberael,J', JohnCubberdel, John Gttbherdel| J', Thomas
Daughters, William Daughters and William Mullinuz. Upon whieh
Several Indiotments, by the Court's Order, were Issued the usual
process against the several Delinquents, returnable to March Court*
Anno Domini, one thousand Seven hundred fifty and nine, which
process by the present Sheriff, to wit., Benjamin Handy, Grent*, SM
all Aetnmed Non*est Inventus, except the Precept on the Indictment
against William Mnliinux afe', which is by the Sheriff afs* returned
in these Words following, to wit: I hereby Gertifie to the Justioes
in the within Writ mentioned, that I executed the same on the body
of the within named William Mnliinux, and that he immediately by
force Eescued himself out of my Gustody.

I hereby Gertifie that these are all the Proceedings by the County
Court of Worcester relative to the before-mentioned Persons thai
appears on Record.

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and

£1*. 8.] affixed the seal of the County of Worcester this 12th
day of March, Anno Dom", 1759.

HY. JOHNSON,
Glk. Worcester County Court.
Copy. J. Boss, Ck. Coun>,

[The following are the Depositions on the part of Pennsylvania.]

DSPOSinOV OF JOHH WiLLT, 1759,

Sussex on Delaware. \

The Examination of John Willy, of the county ass'.. Planter,
Taken Before me, Ryves Holt, Esqaire, Chief Justice of Uis Mijea-
ty's Supreme Courts for The Counties of New Castle, Kent & Sus*
sex on Delaware, ft Chief Justice of His Majesty's Courts of Oyer
ft Terminer, ft Oeneral Goal Delivery for the said Counties.

This Examinant saith, That Yesterday Morning, to wit, the sixth
day of February Instant, William Outten, Undersheriff Of The
County of Worcester in the Province of Maryland, With Sundry
Armed Persons Came to the Souse of the ExamioaQt at about Eight
0 Clook of the said Day, ft as He, tbe ^ixaminant, Did Suspect, it
was to Take Him ft Can^ into Maryland, ft To Enforce him To
attorn as a Tennant ft Taxable To the Qoveroinent of The Province
of Maryland afs'. But fk Little Before that Hour, He saith, That
Two Men (to witt) Qarret Hitchings ft Moses Timmonds, Came ft

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eiO PENNSTLYANIA ABCHIYE8 1760.

Eaqwred, of Him, The way To William Laws's Fkntatiooi Wbere-
opon Tike Examinant asked Them, To set down and Warm Them-
aelveB By hia Fireside, & tbey did so for aboat a Quarter of an boor.
In the Mean Time, He, The Examinant, Went into His Yard, Where
He see the afs«. William Outten & His Posse oi Armed Men,
Makeing np Towards the Yard & House of the Examinant, Where-
i:qion he Retired into his said House, & Bolted & Barred The door,
npon which The said William Outten & Bis Compuiy Retreated A
Dispersed Themselves in the woods. For some Time Wherenpoa
He asked The aforenamed Garret Hitchings & Moses llmmoDcb
Whether They were Gonoemed, in any Design, To Take him, as
Assistants To the said William Ontten, To whioh They answered.
No. But The Examinant Was Soon After Made sensible That thej
Were. Concerned in the said Design, For they Layed Hold of Him
in order To deliver Him up to the said William Outten & His Com-
pany, But he Rescued Himself out of Their Hands. In a Little
Time afterwards, The said William Outten & His Company Retomod
again To the door of the Examinant's house, And while They were
Breaking open the said Door, He Called to Them & Forbid Them,
Ik Retired into His Loft. But The said Outten Haveing Then Entered
the House, swore, He would Have the Exauiinant dead or alive,
&, in order To Take Bim, Attempted To Do it By Removing Some
Loose Plank of the Loft Floor, and Threatning that He would Kill
Him With a Grubbing Hoe, With Whioh (Before) He had Broken
open The Door, Whereupon The Examinant Desired the said Outten
& His Company To Peaceably Retir^ Telling Them that if tbej
Had any Lawful! Complaint Against Him, He would Goe with
Them To Sussex Court, Which Was Now Setting & answer it There.
But He, the said Outteu, Refused Doing so, Repeating again, That
He would Have the Examinant Dead or alive, Whereupon a Certaio
John Sharp and one Pennington Welsh Came to the Examinanf s
House & desired the said Outten & his Company To Desist From
Such Violent Actions, Whereupon He with a Hanger or Cutlash,
That He Held in his Hand drawn, Gave the afs*. John Sharp A
Wound on bis Left Shoulder, upon Which Pennington Welch Game
t<> the said Sharp's Assistance, Whereupon the said Outten Made
on attempt To Run The said Weapon Throiigh the said Welch's
Body. But The Examinant's Wife Laid Hold of the said Outten's
Rieht Arm, By Which He was Prevented From Wounding of The
said Welch, Upon which The Exsminant's Wife Called out To Him
& denred Him To Come down From the Loft, For there was Murder
Committing in the Yard, Saying That She was afraid, that John
Sharp Was Killed, Whereupon he did Come down, & a Certain
Mathew Coverdale f'Who had Then a Gnu in his hand) Let The
Examinant Have The same. But in What Manner She wai Loaded
He could not Tell, & when He was So Possessed of the said Gun,
He saith. He Heard Some Voices (But Whose He Knoweth Not)
Saying, That if he (The a6«. William Ootten Meaning, as this Bx»*

PENNSTLVAlfflA ABOHIVBB 1769, 611

minaiit Verily BelieTes) Will not stand of, Shoot him, upon Whiolt
the said Outten Went Round a Small House, of the Ezaminant's
Adjoining to his Yard, in order To Take the said Examinant, & Had
in his hand the afs**. Hai^r or CntJash Drawn. Bat The Ezaminant's
wife had hold of the said Oatten, Begging Him To Desist, Bat He
wonld not, Wherenpon, as the said Oatten was Approaobing Towards
the Ezaminant, in the afs*. Armed Manner, He Bid Him to Stand
of at His Peril, Otherwise He would Shoot him. Bat The said Oat-
ten, Still advanoing Towards the Ezaminant, He Goeked & Presented
at him the afs*. Gun, Wherewith He shot the afe<. William Oatten
in or Near the Groin, After whieh Aeeident the Persons Thai
Aoeompanied the said Oatten, Not Offering to Lay hold of the
Ezaminant, He came away from his afs^ Dwellhig, & Hath on the
day of the date hereof, Viz. The Serenth day of February, in the
xxxn' year of Hia Majesty's Reign, Anno Dom. 1759, Sunrendered
himself up, in order to Be Tiyed For the aft'. OffenoOi in a doe.
Coarse of Law & Justice.

V bis

Signed Thus, JOHN WILLY,

Mark.

Deposition op Peter Dolby, 1759.

Sussex, on Delaware :

The Deposition of Peter Dolby, Taten Before me, the Subscriber,
This Eighth day of February, in the XXXIP year of his Majesty's
Reign, & in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seren Hundred ft
Fiffcy Nine, This Deponent Being Solemnly Sworn on the Holy
Evangelists did Depose ft say. That on Tuesday, the Sixth Instanty
at^bout Ten a Clock in the morning. He was with William Outten,
Deputy Sheriff of Worcester County, in the Province of Maryland,
at The House of a certain John Willey (By him claimed To Be
within the County of Sussex) accompanied with sundry others, and
that the said William Outten told Him That he bad a precept
from the Court of Worcester afs', To apprehend ft Take the said
John Willy, ft That when the said Deputy Sheriff, ft himself with
others, came to the said John Willey's House, He was at that Time
up in his Loft, ft the door of the House afs' was Then open. But he
heard the Wife of the said John Willey say that it had Been Broke
Open, But This deponent Knoweth not any thing of it's Having
been so Broke open, ft the said William Outten Finding That he
conld not come at the said John Willey to Tuke him. Retired (with
the People aocompanying) To some distance from the said house, at
which Time Colonel John Dennis, one of the persons who accom-
panied the said William Outten^ advised him to desist therefrom at

ei2 FENMBFLTAHIA ABOHITEB 1751

Ae i^esMity upon Which iih« laid WOIiani Ootten umA io iii
house, & as this Deponent thoaght, with a design to Oo avay, ato
whioh he saith that he saw John Willey afs* with a 6nn in hu hand,
a little of the said house, & That He heard some penoos (whoss
Karnes are to him unknown) call ont to the said John Willey, say-
ing, Shoot him, (The said William Ontten meaning, as this deponenl
Tertly belioTes,) in the Le^, and that others, to him aioo nnknown,
eall out, saying, Shoot him in the Body. He farther aith. That the
said William Ontten, at that Time, had Gone a Little way from hk
horse, & was Back of an Chit*house of the said John Willis, soon
after whioh He see the said John Willey shoot the said William
Oatten with the Gun afs', & he further saith, That the afk* William
Ontten Had at that time a drawn Hanger or a Ontlash in his Left
hand } He also saith that Before the said John Willey shot the afis*
William Outten, He had followed him about thirty yards from the
said Wiiley's dwelling house, & Farther this Deponent sayelh noL
Signed Thus,

PETER DOLBY.

Thus Subscribed,

Jurat Goram, m.

K. Holt, Capital Jus^ et Jbs. PaoiS; &c.

Deposition of John Sharp, 1759,

Snssez, on. Delaware :

The Deposition of John Sharp, of Cedar Creek Hundred, in the
County afs*, Planter, Taken before me, the Subscriber, at my House
in Lewes, in the said County, on the Twelfth day of February, in
the XXX [I' year of His Majesty's Beign, & in the year of our
Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred & Fifty nine. This Deponent
being Solemuly Sworn on the Holy Evangelists did Depose ft say,
That on Tuesday momiug, the Sixth of this Instant, He was In-
formed that the under-Sheriff of Worcester County, in the Province
of Maryland, was come with a Company of Men to the Plantation of
a Certain John Wiliy, in order to secure a precept on him, issuing
from the Court of Worcester County afs', & that he was also told
that there were precepts of the Like Kind to take William Mnl-
lineux, & some other Borderers Living within a mile or Two of the
said Willy's Plantation, which Plantation, he saith, he understood,
had Been Taken up by a warrant of Survey in Sussex County afti',
Some Time past, But at what Time is to him, the deponent, un^
known, ^on which he went immediately From his own dwelling To
the afs* Will/s Plantation,* being There, viz* : in the said WiV*

EBarNSYIiVAlOA AB0HIVB8 X7W. P»

Yaid, William Oatien, then ander-Sheriff of the County of Wo>
cester afe*, came out of the said Willy's House with a Cutlash in his
band, whereupon as he, the Deponent, Having heard that the said
William Outten had precepts from the Court of Worcester afs* For
twenty three Feraoiis, ineludiBg the two before mantioned Persons
lAving on the Borders of thesaid Counties of Sassex ft Worcester, ft
Hearing that he himself was one of the said persons, he bid. the said
WiUbm Outten stand off. For that he would not be •Token By Moj
whereupon he struck the deponent with the Outlaeh a£i* Seven}
Stroke0| ft by one of them Gave him a wound Upon the Left Shoul-
der, np<m which he, this deponent, Fled ft went out of the said
Willy's Yard in order to go to his own home ft have his wound
speedily drest, at which Time of his Retiring the said William
Outten followed him Roand about the yard afb% ft being at about
Forty or Fifty yards from the afo^ Willy's house, several Persons
Came Round about him, some of whom called out, saying, he, the
said William Outten is coming against you, Upon which one of the
said Compeny» whose name he knoweth not, put a Gun in his hand,
Bat He, the deponept, Neither did or attempt to make any Use of
it, after which the afti' John Willy came up to the Deponent, But
whether he Got the Gun From him, he being in a fright, he Know^
eth Not, Nor who the person was that, got the said Gun from him^
after which he see the afs"* William Outten making up towards the
afs' John Willy, with his Cutlash drawn in his hand, at which time
he also see the said Willy armed with a Gun ; He also saith, That
he heard the voices of some persons calling out Shoot him, but who
the persons so calling out are to him, the Deponent, unknown ; He
also saith. That he see the afs*^ John Willy fire of the said Gun, but
at that time a house being between him, the deponent, ft the afs*
William Outten, he did not see him fall by means of the said firing,
hot he went up to the Body of the said William Outten, which then
Lay on the Ground Expiring, ft in about a Quarter of an hour did
Expire ; He farther saith, That at the said time he heard some of
the people there standing say it was No more than What he might
Expect or Deserve, but he doth not remember which of the said
Expressions it was, ft further this Deponent saith Not.
Signed Thus,

JOHN SHARP.

On the day ft year first within mentioned, thus Subscribed^

JuiuT Coram, Me.

Rs. Holt, Capital Jus^ et Jus*. Pacis; ftc. ,

«14 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 176JJ.

Deposition of Patibnck Wadelob Hexmons, 1759,

Sussex on Delaware :

The DepoflitioQ of Patience Wadeke HenmoBs, Widow of Oete
Creek Hundred, in the County afs^, taken befiweme, UMSabsoriber,
at my House, in Lewes, in the said County, on the tw«lftli day of
f ehruary, in the XXXII' year of His Majesty's B^gn, and in the
year of our Lord MCCLIX.

This Deponent being Solemnly Sworn on the Holy Evangelbts
did Depose & say, That on Tuesday, the Sixth day of this Instant,
she was at the house & plantation of a Certain John Willy, Situate
to the Best of her Belief & Knowledge, in Cedar Creek Hundred
afs*, in the County of Sussex afe', & then ft there being, she see a
certain William Ontten, at that time under-Sheriff of Worcester
County, in the I^royince of Maryland, & sundry persons with him,
all of whom were to this deponent unknown, ft that the afs*
Wiliam Ontten seemed at that time to be augry, Saying that He had
Been 111 used the Sunday before. But He did not hear him say by
whom, but He shewed her a Scratch on one of his hands, soon aft^
Which She Saw him ft another person with him in the b,^ John
Willy's House, He, the said Willy, being then up in the Loft of the
said House *, She Further, saith, she heard the said Outten Gall out
to the said Willy, Saying he might as well come down. For that he
would have Him, Dead or aKve presently, after which she heard a
voice In Willy's yard, which she took to be the voice of a Oertata
John Sharp, whereupon the afs* William Outten, went out of the
said House, ft that he had a drawn Cotlash in his hand; She
farther saith. That she see the said Outten ft the said Sharp Fight-
ing Together, Sharp at that time Having a walking stick in his
hand, ft that blows past between them, But She Knoweth not
which of them Gave the first stroke. A Little while after this The
deponent saith, that the afs' John Willy came down from his afb^
Loft ft went out of his Back door, ft soon afterwards she heard the
Report of a Gun, ft some Voices crying out, Lord have mercy upon
us, the man is Killed, ft soon afterwards she see the afs* William
Outten's Corpse Laying dead upon the Ground, Near a Little house
of the said Willy's, called the weaving house, ft that in about Two
or three hours afterwards she see the bodv of the afs' William Out-
ten carried away in a Cart by Colonel Jonn^ Dennis ft some others,
and Further this deponent saith not.
On the day ft in the year above mentioned, Thus Subscribed,
Signed Thus,

her
PATIENCE WADELOE X HEMM0N8.
mark.
Jurat Coram, Mb.
Rb. Holt, Capital Jus*, et. Jus^ Pacis, &c.

PBNNSILYANIA ASGHIYES 1769. 615

Tab Deposition op Col. John Dennis, Jun., 17^9.

Of Woroester County, in the Provinoe of Maryland, Oent; Taken
before me^ the Babseriber, at my house, in Lewes, in the Connty
of Sossez af gd, on the thirteenth day of February, in the 82d
year of his Majesty's Reign, and in the year of onr. Lord| One
Thousand Seven hundred and Fifty-nine.

Sossez on Delaware,

This Deponent being solemnly sworn on the Holy EvangclistSi
did Depose and say : That on Monday being the fifth of this instant,
be was up at or near the head of the County of Worcester af ad,
where be met with William Ontten, Sub-sheriff to Benjamin Handy,
High Sheriff of the said County; the said Oatten appearing to be
indisposed, was asked by this Deponent what was the cause of his
indisposition, who told this Deponent that he had been very ill
treated on the preceding night, by one Conberdel, for whom the said
Oatten had process, in consequence of a presentment against him
for Concealing a Taxable; which said Conberdel, the said Outten
informed him this Deponent, with sundry other persons who were
also presented f(Nr concealing their Tazables, attempted to take the
said Outten by force, or would take any other Sheriff or Officer who
ahould attempt to execute any process, on any of the persons who
were presented as afs', and carry him or them up to Sussex Connty,
in pursuance of a warrant granted, and to the said Conberdel directed,
by one Draper and one other Magistrate for the County of Sussex
afs' ; which warrant the said Ontten informed this Deponent he saw,
and that the afs* Conberdel and several other persons informed the
afs' Outten, as the afs' Outten informed this Deponent, that they
bad directions from the Magistrates afs*^, to take the said Outten,
(if not to be got elsewhere,) at Lanty Slayins, being about seven
miles within Worcester Ceunty; which said warrant was granted in
the maifiier afs**, upon his the said Outten's having serv^ proceas
upon one Mulleimz, who was also presented by Worcester County
Grand Jury, for concealibg a Taxable, who resided, as the Deponent
was informed, within the reputed lines of Worcester; Upon which .
the said Outten asked this Deponent what he had best do in the
matter, when this Deponent advised that a warrant should be got to
take the several persons afs', and ^ have them brought to justice,
which might easily be done after the issuing the warnint, as the She-
riff and Constable might take such a number of men, as would be
able to withstand their insults and take them. That a warrant was
obtained, and the said Deponent, with sundry other persons, at the
request of the said Outten, went with him to take the said Mullinex,
(who had made his escape from the said Outten^) and sundry other
persons for whom the said William Outten had process, and refused
to.be taken ; that after some timC; and before they met with any of

616 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHITES ITfiS

the persons that they were in pursuit of, they divided into two Com-
panies,, and this Deponent, with one of the Company's went to go to
the house of the afs' Mullenez, and the afs' Ontten, with the other
Company, went to the house of one John Willy, a peraon for whom
the said Outten had proeess, and the Constable a warrant; Uiat after
some time, this Deponent left the house to whieh he went, and vent
to the afs^ Willy's, where he found the said Outten, who told tliu
Deponent that Willy was taken, but that he had got up into the
Loft of his house, and would not surrender himself; thb Deponent
went into the House, saw the said Willy in the Loft, h Ting in his
band^ a large pole or Club, to defend and prevent himself from being
taken away ; that after several fruitless attempts by the said Ootteo,
to fiQt into tbe Loft, whore the s** Willy was, the s' Outten banng
a Slipe of Plank in his hand, Willy struck at him with his Pole, I
beat the plank out of tbe s' Outten's hand, which fell on the eaid
Willy's wife's head, and out it so, that it ooloured her Cap aboat
the bigness of a dollar ; this Dep^ went to the woman and ezamioed
the wound, & found the cut about one inch long, but little deeper
than the skin ; the said Outten signified to this Dep' to walk oat
with him, which he did, when the said Outten requested thi6 Depo-
nent to advise him what would be most prudent and advisable to be
done ; upon whioh this Dep' thinking it dangerous to persist, and
being apprehensive that murder would insue from a oontinuance of
their endeavours to take Willy, advised it to be most prudent to de-
aisti and make offers to have the matters settled by the Justices of
Sussex and Worcester Counties, which the said Outten agreed to;
and upon its being mentioned, the' said Willy also ngtied ; upon
which this Dep' bid them farewell ; Outten and the rest were going
off without any further to do, but as they oame out of the door of
the house, one John Sharp, and one Pennington Welch, who had
jiUfit oome up, Sharp with a Hickory Stick, and Welch with an Iron
liod or Spear in their hands, met them, when Sharp called out what
the Devil is here to pay, upon which this Dep* desired him to be
peaceable, as all matters were settled; but Sharp still making a great
to do, said, where is the Damn'd Eternal Sheriff, I'll Cleave him to
tbe Eurth, or words to that effect; Outten then just stepping out of
the door, who having a Cutlash in his hand, (being one that had
been taken from tho afs' Mullenez,) they met, and after some strokes
had past, the said Outten out the said Sharp's stick in two, and ako
gave him a wound on the right Shoulder & left Shoulder Made, that
during the time of Outten and Sharp's engagement, the afs* Welch
made a blow at the said Outten, whioh fell on hb left Shoulder with
such force, that the Rod bent and fell out of Welch's band, when he
and Sharp made off; and one William Connoway, then present^ took
up the Rod, and ran after Welch, and as this Dep* thought, wonld
beat him to the Earth, had he not called out to him not to strike,*

* That this deponent being at his horse, the said Outten and sandry others
of his oompany, went roond a small house to their horses, in order to ride
away.

PBNNSYLTAinA ABCHIVB8 JTM. 617

wlieii two men rode sp with gansy and aovae others with clnbe, to
whom Sharp spake, and bid them see how Outten had oat him ; one
of them answered and said, take my gnn and shoot him ; that Sharp
immediately took the gon, cocked her and presented her towards the
place where said Outten must pass, and swore he would shoot him
as he passed by, sundry of the people prompting him thereto by tell-
ing him to shoot j upon which this Dep't rode up to Sharp, and de-
sired him not to shoot, and requested the other persons to speak to
him and prevent his shooting, but none of them would say anything
except shoot the damn'd Son of a Bitch. That the afs' Willy came
down out of the Loft ; and sundry other persons coming' up, some
riding and some running, some with guns and some with clubs;
when Witley called out give me a gun, and Sharp left his post und
delivered the Gun to Willy, and said, Shoot the damn'd Son of a
Bitch ; when Willy running past this Dep* with the gun, he spoke
to him to desist, and put by the gun, by telling him that he thought
matters were agreed between him and Outten, and that Outten was
gone to get his horse, in order to go away, and doubtless he would
not shoot the man in oold blood ; upon which, he being something
past the Dep*, he turned about, and looked him full in the Face for
some time, when by his stand he at first expected he would not shoot,
but before he turned from him, by his countenance this Dep* thought
himself in danger; but at length this Deponent heard several voices
behind him, saying Shoot him, ^me saying, if you shoot him, shoot
him in the legs ; others said, Damn him. Shoot him in the Body ;
then Willy ran to the corner of a House, Cocked, Levelled, and fired
the gun, and then turned round and walked to his Company ; upon
which this Dep' rode round the comer of the s^ house, to the place
where Willy fired the gun, when this Dcp* saw the afs' Outten lying
on his back on the Earth, at about twelve yards distance from the
pkoe where Willy Shot, that this Dep* immediately alighted o£f his
horse, and went to Outten, 9ni found him wonnded with several shot
in the lower part of his belly, and about five minutes after which he
expired ; when the afa' Willy, Sharp & Welch, with sundry of their
Company, went up to the Corps, and expressed great joy ; the Com-
pany then, with this DepS (being about half the number of the
other Company,) were without arms, the others armed with Guns
and Clubs, which obliged this Dep* and the Company with him, to
be t^ calm as possible ; the afs^ Welch damning himself if Willy
would ever be hurt for what he had done, and advised him to go and
deliver himself up to the Court, which was then sitting at Lewes
Town, in Sussex County, which this Dep^ after a little reflection,
did also advise the said Willy to; knowing that he, with what per-
sons were with him, durst not attempt to lay hold on him ; upon
which the afs' Willy and the active persons in his Company w^nt
away, and some of them said the Corpse must remain where it then
was, and a Sussex Coroner be sent for, which this Deponent not
thinking well of, he with his Company did bare the Corps of the
the said Outten away. And this Deponent further saith, that the

&» I^ElfNSYLVANli AB0HIVE8 1761

'a!f«* Willy, after Oatten Isj deceased on the ground, irent ap to the
Corps and said, that he, (Oatten,) had got his deserts ; and that he
told him before he undertook the Office of Under Sheriff, that he
would be shot or killed, (but which he doth not remember,) if be
did ; and that if he had not undertook the office, no other one would.
And further this Deponent saith not.

Signed thus,

J. DENNIS, Jun.

Thus subscribed : '

On the afa' Thirteenth day of February, Jurat Coram Me B". Hoif
Capital Zust., et Zust; Paris, etc.

Thb Deposition of Pennington Welsh, 1759.

£)f the County afs'. Yeoman, of Oedar Creek Hundred. Taken be-
fore me, the Subscriber, at my house in Lewes, on the Thirteenth
day of February, in the 32d year of His Majesty's Beign, and ia
the year of our Lord, MDCGLIX.

Sussex on Delaware.

This Deponent being solemnly sworn on the Holy Evangelist did
Depose and say, That on the sixth day of this instant, Febroaiy, in
the morning, he was at the House of a certain John Sharp, situate
in the Hundred afs*, in the County afs*, as this Deponent bath gene-
rally heard reported, and that as he was going from the said house
'towards hia own home, he met with a certain Mary Ratcliff, who
told the Deponent that she wished that he would ride back again to
Sharp's, for that the Under Sheriff of Worcester County, and some
people with him, were come to John Willy's Plantation, to take, tye,
and carry him away, as also a certain Wiili&m Mullenex ; and the
Deponent farther saith. That the Plantation of the said John Willy,
is commonly looked upon and deemed to be, (by the Inhabitants of
Cedar Creek Hundred afs**,) within the County of Sussex afe', ia
which Hundred the Deponent hath lived from his infancy, he being
now about the age of twenty*eight years ; whereupon, he, the depo-
nent, rode back to Sharp's house, and acquainted him thereof, from
whence they both immediately went, the Deponent on horseback, &
the afs' John Sharp on foot, unto the Plantation of the s' John Willy,
and being come there, the Deponent entered into the said Willy's
house, where he see a certain William Outten, (then an under She-
riff of Woreester County afs',) setting down at the Fireside, and the
a&' John Willy standing up in the Loft of his said house, with a

EBSrirSYLTANIA AiBOHIVBB 1769. «»

twhi MkUk in his baod^ bat of wkat mse he dotb not romember, mi
that his nouth was Bloody aad looked braiaedy but how oeotdoned
the Deponent kooweth not; upon whioh the Deponent went out of
the said honae into the yaid thereto belonging, where he see theaft^
John Sharp with a oonunon walkkig atiok in hia hand, and heuvl
him say, where is the Sheriff that is oome to take these people away?
and that the afs' William Outten eame out of the afs* house, with a
drawn Cutlash in his hand, with which he see him strike the afs*
Sharp, some strokes^ one of which out the said Sharp's coat, upon the
right Shoulder, others of them cut the said Sharp's stick, (where-
with he was defending himself) asunder, & another of the said strokes
wounded the said Sharp on hb Left Shoulder, to a eonsiderablo
depth. The Deponent further saith. That at that time he bad a
small Iron Rod in his hand, and seeing the afs' William Outten
making an offer to strike the said Sharp again with the said Cutlash,
he went up and gave the said Outten a blow between the two shoul-
ders with the said Rod, upon which the said Sharp went away, and
then the Deponent sayth, that the afs' Outten mtAe some passes at
him with the said Cutlash, and also attempted to strike him there-
with, upon which the afs' Willy's wife, then in the said yard, laid
hold of the said Outten's arm, in which he held the Cutlash afs*;
whereupon the afe* Outteif left the Deponent, and followed after the
ttfs* John Sharp, but did not overtake him, the afs* Sharp being at
that time about fifty yards from the afs* Willy's house. Soon after
which, the deponent saith that some people called out to the said
.Sharp to stop, that they might see his wound and dress it, whereupon
he stood still, till they came up with him, and then he heard some
of the said people say to the said Sharp, the afs' William Outten is
eoming after yon again ; and he further saith. That some person Tto
this Deponent mknown,) put a gnn into the said Sharp's hands,
wherewith to defend himsdf, but thathe did not see the said Sharp
either cock the said gun or make any use of it^ and there being at
thai tine a great outcry among the people then present He see
the afs' John Willy oome out of the back door of his house, & come
up to the plaoe where the said Sharp and several others were stand-
mg, and when he the said Willy was tiiere, he heard him say to the
said Sharp, GMve nie the gun and, I will shoot him, (the said Wil-
liaun Outten meaning, as this Deponent believes,) foi he has broke
open my house, and used me and my wife very ill. But how he
got the gun from Sharp a&*, the Deponent knoweth not But when
the afs* Willy had gotten the said Oun, he went towards a small
House of his own, called the weaving House, and when near it, he
see him walk along one side of the said House, while the afs* Wil-
liam Outten was walking along the other side, until they came to be
face & face to each other, and were about ten yards asunder; The
said Outten at that time holding the afa' Cutlash drawn, in one of
hia hands ; whereupon, he see the said Willy oook, present and fire
of , the said gun; but being a little distance behind him; the smoke

9» VSSSSBZLYASUl ASOHIVSS 17SI.

ibereof prerented his seeiog tEe said Ootten w1i«d he Ml, but & Utile
while afterwards, he went to the place where the body of the said
William Ontten lye, and see that he was then dead. He larther
fiaith, that the said Willy seemed very mach affrighted, and heard
him say, I did not think to have killed the man, and tether thk
Deponent saith not.

Signed Thos,

His
PENNINGTON M WELSH,
mark.
On the day and in the year before mentioned.

Thus subscribed,
Jurat Coram, me

li's. Holt Capital Just, et Just. Paois^ &o.

Instbuctions to Frbdkbick Post, 1759.

Philad% 24«^ April, 1759.
Sir:

You will herewith reo've some Messages from the Oovoner to
Teedyuseung, and the Indians at Wyonimk, w^ he has a great ^
sire sbou'd be delivered faithfully and expeditiously. They ars
under his Hand and the Lesser Seal, and you will take with you Isaae
Stille to assist yovu The Oovemor refers the Indians to a ReUtioa
to be made by you and Isue Stille, of all that passed between yoa
and the Indiana on the Delivery, and in oonsequenoe of the Mesnges
sent from Easton. You are to ooneeal nothing that is mat^ial for
them to know.

You will be eztremly carefull to inform y self of eveiy thing
that has been done, is now doing, or intended to be done by the se-
ve»l Tribes of Indians on the Jliver Sasquabannah, and every where
else. Be sure to learn what Messages have been sent, and by what
Indians and to what Indians, and their several answers, thai tfadr
real Designs and Dispositions may be known with oertaintj } parti-
cularly endeavour to learn what there is in Job Ghillaways Infor-
mation.

The Senecas are most in the Ffrcnoh interest, and from their site-
ation ean do the most miM^hief; learn all you ean of what they
have been doing, and saying to the other Indians.

It will naturally ooour to yon, to ask in a very partienlar manner,
what number of French there are on the Ohio^ and what Indians

pjBnisTLyAiaA aboqives 1769. esi

Hill Joytt tbenr, Md if ]^oii find Ihenr Force great, and tbeir dei^M
fihftU be to aei ofienaiTelyy thett dimteh a Meaaenger inateatlj to
Umt C^venor with the adviee, and all you ialeUigenee.
I irxite ihia by order or the Governor^
And am, Sir,

Tonr most obed* Sev*.
To M'. Fred. Post, B. P.

LSTT£& TO THB COMMAKDING OfFIOEB AT FOBT AUGUSTA,

1759,

Philadelphia, 24<^ April, 1759.
Sir:

I have the Oovemor's Commands to acquaint you, that it is agreed
by his Honour and the Commissioners, if Teedynscung should at
any Time be in want of Flour for the support of himself and the
Indians at Wyomink, and shall apply to you for a supply, you do
readily furnish him with a suffioienoy of Flour, and th|it He, and all
the Indians who shall have ooeasion to come to the Fort, either to
trttde or request Prorisions, be kindly received and well used.
I am, Sir,

Your most humble Servant.
Dirteted^

To Lieuten* Colon^ Worke, or the Commanding Officer at Fort
Augusta.

Coif John Ajlmstbojstg to B. Pbtbrs, 1759.

Gariiale, 24^^ April, 1759.
Dear Sir:

Bf '. Mather, the Attorney, is desirous of making a Campaign in
onr Service, provided he is &vour'd with a Capt* Commission in the
new Levies. I askM him how he stood with you, he said that some
youthful indiscretions might have thrown him under some degree of
your dbpleaanrs, biit said he was now sensible of those kind of mis-
takea & woa'd take the liberty of writing you. He is reoommend*
ed to the (Governor k General Slanwiz. I wish you oon'd ^t over
those past foibles, as he is a yoni^ man capable of Sundry pieces of
Service to his Country.

This last Court, M^ Geo. Ross, at the instance of M'. West, has
prafer'd thtee Bills of Indictments against me k the Soldiers for a
Biot, two of which were found. Supposing Characters to be equal.

en PBNNSYLVANIA ABOHITES 1786.

tkM Oondnot seeiiiB extraordinary, but maoh mora ao in ^fimrar cf
8a«h diaadate persons, espeoially as it was done on Bxparte Bvi«
denoe, without any examioation or recognisanee of the defendants,
and in their absence, it's said from the number of persona indicfeed,
that even in case of an acquittal the ezpenee will be very great
When I can have an opportunity of examining the witneaaea for the
defendants, I shall write Mr. Chew more fully.
I am, Sir,

Your most ob*

Hnmb^ Serv«.

JOHN ARMSTRONG.
M'. Peters. .

Dtrectedf
To Richard Peters, Esq'., Secretary of the Province.

Gov. Denny to Tbbdtuscuno, 1759.

The Honourable WILLIAM DENNT, Esquire, Lieutenant Gov-
emor and Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania,
and Counties of Newcastle, Kent and Sussex, on Delaware.

To Teedyusoung, the Delaware Chief, and to all the Indiana at Wy-
. omink. -

Brethren :

M'. Frederick Post and M'. Isaac Stille, wait on you to inform
you of what has passed at Allegheny, in Consequence of the Mes-
sages sent to Easton. Their Proceedings have given us great salas-
faction, and I hope they will be aa agreable to you. I have ordei'd
them to Hide nothing from you, being desirous you shoud, both on
this and every other oooaaion, be made acquainted with all the par-
ticulars that are worthy your Notice. By this String I reeomuwod
them to you, and desire you will give them a kind Reception, and
hearken to what they say.

AStiiiq;.
Brothers :

Isaac Stille chose to stay all Winter among the Indiana, that ha
might spread &r and wide the good Tydeings of the Peace eatabliah'd
at Easton between Us, and he has been very serviceable in ddng
this good office. He is but lately returned.

It has been our great misfortune to lose the late Qeneni, who
commanded the King's Forces in these Provinces. He was sick
whilst on the Campaign, and when he came here he lingered a long
Time inoapable of doing Business, so that every thing was at a stand

PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVBS 175?. 6S»

till the new Apfx>miiiient of a OenerAl, ttid ihk has Wn but Utelj
made. I meBtioD Isaao Stilles late ite^urn, and the Generara Iqv
dispofiikioo, that you maj^ be satisfied it was Bot owing to any waot
of Respeot for yoa^ bat to onavoidable Aooidents^ that you hare not
beard from us sooner.

A String.
Brethren :

The Indians living at the Heads of the Ohio; at Gauawago and
BoccalooDS^ hearing of the Reduction of Fort Duqaesne^ aod of thtf
Arriyal of the Messengers from Easton, in the Indian Towns on
Beaver Creek, sent some of their Chiefs to see the English General
and those Messengers, in order to be informed what the Messages
were, and how they were received, and likewise what the English
intended to do farther at the opening of this year. These, tho' they
came above two months ago, did not receive their Answer sooner
than last Week, owing to what has been before mentioned.

The King's General in Chief, as well as the General who com-
manded under him in. these Parts, together with myself, and the Gov-
ernor of N. York and New Jersey, took those Deputies kindly by the
Hand and gave them the strongest Assurances of our Good will and
Friendship for them, and all the other Indians,^ and likewise of the
good Reception that all wou'd meet with, who wou'd return to their
antient Friendship and Alliance with us. We further acquainted
them, that the English intended this Campaign to oblige the French
to abandon all the Country on the Ohio, without any design of set-
ling those lands themselves; They only propose to establish a trade
with the Western Indians on a fair and good Footing, and, as a pro-
tection for their Traders, and such Indians as incline to Trade with
us, to build one or more Magazines for Indian Goods, fortifying the
same in such a manner as to prevent any bad designs of the French.

Brother Teedynsoung :

I request you wou'd be 00 good as to let all the Indians round you
know that we have a most hearty Love and Regard for them, and
that we have sent to the Indians at Ohio, to collect all their People
and Friends, and come and meet us at a groat Council, to be held
for the final Accommodation of all our Differences and the Conclu-
sion of a firm Peace. I rely much on the Continuance of your zeal
and Service. Ton know, you are the Counoellor and Agent of this
Government, and I choose you shou'd say, for it, on this and all oc-
casions, what you judge proper and necessary to engage your, and
the other Tribes of Indians, in the interest of the English.

Brethren :

I now acquaint you, that the King intends to continue his Forces
on the Western Frontier, until the French shall have abandoned all
their Forts there ; if they refuse to go away voluntarily, they must be
compelled by force to do it^ so that the pperatioos of the next Cam-

e24 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 17S9.

paign wBl depend on the Mewmres whfdb the Freneb tfaaU tliiiik
proper to take. In the meantimei it is ffis Majesties Orders that a
Piaee of Strength be built on or near the Rains of the late Frrath
Fort, in order to proteet the Indians, and plaoe our good Brethren,
the Indians, as well as oarselves, in a safe and zespeetable eonditioB.

Brethren :

I haye waited with Impatience for the Answer of the Ohio In-
dians to our Messages, and not being yet oome, I have sent off a
Message to them to desire they would fix the time of a general Meet-
ing, in this City, for the final Establishment of a Peace. I woa'd
have done it, but when I considered any Time I oou'd fix, might not
suit with the yariouQ Tribes of Indians who were expected to join
in this good Work, I thought it best to leave it to them, and to
desire they would settle it among themselves, and the sooner the
Meeting was appointed the more agreeable it would be to us, who
were heartily disposed for a firm Peace.

I expect to hear every day from Ohio, as soon as I receive any
thing from tbenoe, or any other Place that concerns you, I will com-
municate it to you with all Dispatch.

Brethren:

I have open'd my mind to you ; I have told yon all our futore
designs. The General joins with me in this Message, and I give
you this Belt to assure you of the Truth thereof.

A Beit
Brethren :

Ton are to hear and see for us, I therefore desire to be informed
of what has happen'd among the Indiana, in any Place where you,
or your Young Men have been or heard from. This String is to
clear your Throaty that you may speak fully and clearly to me.

A String.

Col. Mercer to , 1759.

Pittsburgh, April 25th, 1759.

The Indian spy sett off to go to Venango returned, bat did not
go quite so far ; having met some Indians just come from thenee^ in
whose accounts he oould confide, about 150 men are at Yenaogo j
twenty five went for Le Busse some days ago to bring Provisions}
no late reinforcement is come over the Lakes, but the Froioh talk
of some they expect soon to arrive from Niagara, with Indiana.

The Delawares who lately struck the English live upon the Sas-
quehannah ; Delaware Geo. has sent a Belt to Oastologo's Town, and
the other Indians at Venango to draw Uiem off from the Fieneh.

TmmjhVXSlA ABCHIYES 17&» 625

27. I sent off KiUbnok with a Striag of 1000 Wamimin to the
Delawares at KuBkiukaa and at CnstaWoes Towo^ viz., Brothersi
joa and I have lived this Winter as friends; I thought jour hearts
were good, and have told all my People, that thej may confide in
the friendship of the Pelawares; you have seen that I am your
Friend; what do you mean by striking me now? why do you not
deliver back the Peace Belts of the English, and tell me, that you
will rather be cutt off with tlie French, Uian live and be happy with
the English. Broy% I send to put you in mind of your Promises^
when Peace was offered by yoiir brothers the English you seem'd
glad of it; and I know that the greater part of your nation are still
my friends ; for the sake of these, I shall forgive what has happened
lately. Broy" call off your foolish young men from the French, do
not let them hear their words, the French will lead them to destruc-
tion. I should be sorrey to hurt your People, but if they will fight
against me they must die. The French have but a few weeks now,
to remain in this Country, and whoever oesists them shall share thoir
Fate.

Thursday, 10th May.

Killbuck returned, and says he was two days at Venango, Gasta-
logo and a number of other Delaware and Mingo Indians were
there. The Delawares on that Quarter were pleased with the Wam-
pum and Speech I sent by him, and Oustalogo, their chief man was
resolved to suffer none of his people to fight against us any more.
He desires to know, when we proceed against the French, and says
be will do then whatever we desire of him. ^ He keeps two belts
always ready to send me, as soon as be sees a force of the French^
that may be formidable to us. Outfingered Peter is gone, to Sha-
mokin, two Scalping Parties were sett from Venango, to infest the
communication, and another consisting of 20* over Lakes, Indians
were fo go off about that time. That a Scalp was brought to
Venango, and a Prisoner, a Oerman of Mayanslo, taken in or near
the Garden at Legonier about six or seven days ago. There are
about 100 Soldiers at Venango, and several officers, besides what
are gone upon Party with Indians i They are fitting up Platforms
and lining their stockade ; have but a small quantity of flour, and
give out that they are 400 strong on this side the Lake. That 200
Battces are on their way, with 500 Soldiers besides Indians to rein-
force them. They ezpeot we wifl proceed up the River and Le
Narie is determined, as he says, fight us in the woods. They have
11 Battoes at Venango, and one great Gun of the size of a Quart
Pot which they fire off by a train of Powder, when Indians go to the
fort they fear killbuck.

Saturday, 12th.

Delaware George and a number of his People, Hkewnys the
Vol. Ill— 27

626 PBimSTLYAMIA. ABOfinTKB 1769.

MiDgoes from the head of tbe Ohio, came here. Oeorgei in Pre-
aenee of all the Indiana and Officers; &o.^ spoke as follows.

Brother^

Be attentive, I spoke to ;oa a few days ago^ when I bronght here
oue of jour People.
Brother,

I am very sorry that should have told yon lies when I first spoke
to yon ; I looked in my heart and found it clear and good, and I did
not think that I should ever tell you lies. What made me tell lies,
is a Man, standing here called my Father, who without my know-
ledge, takes some of my young men out of my Bosom, holds them
against you, till they strike you, and then lets them go again.

Brother,

The same words I spoke to yon, I spoke to all my own People,
and sent the same by two Belts to my Uncles the Six Nations, and
I went myself up this River to talk to my People, and see whether
it was this man that made them do so.

Gave the Wampum.

The Bearer sent for me to oome to him, where he planted com,
but I told him no, I must first go and see my Brothers, and so sett
off to come here.

George afterwards in private told us that his Intention was to
take what pains he could to bring over all the Delawares to the B.
Interest 3 but could say how far his endeavours might be successful,
that he had told them up the Eiver, he would leave them, and talk
no moro to English, in their faver but take care of himself, and go
live upon the Suskehannah. This he is resolved to do, if he finds
any further difficulty in keeping them from the French. He says
this River will not be navigable for Battoes a month hence.

The Mingoes likeways delivered a speech, with wampum ; signi-
fying their steady adhearanoe to the Peace, and disclaiming all
intention of infringing any part of it. They are anxious about their
Messengers expected from Phylad*, were well satisfied with the
Conference held at Phylad", and a considerable number had sett off
to come here , but calling at Yenango were terryfied by the French
from coming here ; only two or three who had been with na last
winter proceeded, but could not prevail on the Rest, who immedi-
ately returned to their Town. One of them tells me, he has been
lately at Niagara. That near a thousand men are there ; The fort
is a square w* four Bastions, built of stone, a Ditch and Glacis, Bal-
lesadoed in; Sluices to let the River into the Ditch at Pleasure;
The Ground clear and level for a considerable distance, rough and
hard; about sixty pieces of Cannon, most of them mounted; the
largest towards the Lake; at the Portage near the falls is a small
Stockaded fort, with 80 men in it.

HUGH MERCER.

PBNNSTLYANU. ABCBITIBS 17A9L ^ 627

MbMOBAITPUM RbSPSCTING THB MaRTLANB OoITNCIL RBFORt

1769.

HemoraDdums taken 3d May, 1759| on reading the Report of the
Maryland Council & Depositions in the presence of Mr. Kollock,
Mr. Clowesi Mr. Hall, Mr. Barton, Mr. Kollock, Junior, and Mr.
Martin.

It is said that Wm. Wainwright wbo was present daring the
whole transaction woud have deposed, but the manner of hb telling
his 8torj not pleasing it was omitted.

Jerrard Hitching who is now in Custody says that when Willey
was got out of the Loft & ran to ye Sussex men and had a Gun in
his hand, somebody told Outten of it, and he said now then is the
time or never, I wUl have him dead or alive.*

Coi*. John Armstrong to R. Peters, 1769.

Carlisle, 4th May, 1759.

Sir,

Id the midst of sundry pieces of hurry and confusion arising from
my long absence from this place, you cannot conceive what trouble
I have had thro' want of the Plan of this Town. I beg that it may
he sent me without loss of time. The bearer Mr. McCallister says
he can raise a Company, he wast last year a Licu^ I think he will
he very late in raising a Company, and told him I was persuaded
yea had already forty applications for Captains Commissions, he
said he did not matter the ride having some other business down-
ward, and desir'd I won'd let you know his design, you'l please to
do jojt what you think Ibest for the service. Megrew and Sharp,
ahou'd have had orders sent them. I will soon want more recruiting
money which should be sent by Mr. Dehaas.
I am sir, in much haste.

Your most obedient.

Humble Serrant,

JNO. ARMSTRONG.

I am about selling that tract of Land, formerly Harknesses, to
James McCallister or Wm. Carrathers, I know not yet which, and
think of selling it upon the War* and Survey, without any Pattent
to be made by you. I suppose I shall be obliged to go to Philadel-
phia in order to have the malicious and unfair Prosecution of Mr.

* See page 586.

C28 PiaiNSniVAlfIA ABQHITXB insi

West and Greo. Boss fully open'd to tbe Governor and ilie Attoipey
Genend, and wait for some depositions of peraem now aiisaB^ tad
for the Retam of some of tbe Lawyers who were here last Conrt
from their present Oircoit^ in order to have the matter pat upon i
plain footing.

J. A.

To Sichard Peters^ Esq*;, Secretary of the Province^ Fhiladelphit

Advertisement of Brig. Gen. Sianwix for Wagoks,

1759.

By Brigadier General Stanwiz, Commanding His Majesty's Forces
in the Southern Provinoes of North America^ Notioe is herebj
Giveni

That a Number of Waggons will be wanted for His Majcstj's
Service, and, in order to avoid Impressing, and all other 8e?eR
Methods, I have thought proper to make the following very adTsa-
tageous Proposals. Toe Number of Waggons now demanded from
each County, is as follows, viz. : From Philadelphia County Digbtj;
Chester, Sixty-six; Bucks, Sixty-four; Berks, Sixty; Northampton,
Thirty; Lancaster, Two Hundred; YoA, Fifty; Cvmberlsfid,
Thirty. Each Waggon to load at the Grand Magazina at Carlisle;
and for eveiy Gross Hundred Weight, carried from thence to Pitts-
burg (formerly Fort Duquesne) to receive forty-two shiliings and
Sixpence.

And for each Hundred Gross Weight, carried frota CailiBle te
Fort Ligonier (formerly Loyal Hannon) t» receive Thirty J^iUiagi.

And for each Hundred 4>ross Weight,* carried from Cariiile to
Fort Bedford (formerly Rays-Town) for the Supply of tlie Gartiaoi
there, Seventeen Shillings and Sixpence.

Provender for the Horses to be provided by the Owners. The
Drivers to be furnished with Provisions as the King's Troops.

The Waggons entering into the Service to be appraised and paid
for, if taken or destroyed by the Enemy ; and to have Fifteen Shil-
lings for every Twenty Miles from the Place of their Abode to Car-
lisle; and Fifteen SluUing a Day, unto the Day they set off from
thenoe; and the same for every Twenty Miles on returning home.

Prc^r and sof&cient Eaoorts will be ordered with every Brigade
of Waggons that goes/rom Fort Bedford.

After the Waggons have made one Trip, they are to be discharged,
if the Owners require it, and are to be immediately paid for their
Loading, according to their Certificates of Delivery.

PENNSYLTANIA ABCHIVES 1759. 829

The Counties of York, Lancaster, Cumberland and Berks, to be
paid at Laneaster. And the Counties of Philadelphia^ Chester, Bucks
and Northampton, to be paid at Philadelphia.

The Waggons of Cumberland County to be at Carlisle the Fourth
of June ; those of York County the Sixth ; those of Lancaster the
Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Tbirteenth Fourteenth, Fifteenth
and Sixteenth of Jane j those of Berks the Eighteenth, NineteeDth
and Twentieth of June; those of Chester the Twentv-fifth and
Twenty-sixth of June; those of Philadelphia County the Twenty-
seTenth of June ; and those of Bucks and Northampton, to be also
At CaiKsle on the Seeond of July.

And tea the Conveoienoe of the Tonruships, proper Persons, living
in each Co«Dty, will be appointed to coniraot with the Owners of the
Waggons^ ftnd bttve them appraised.

Each WaggoD is to be provided with Foi«ge snffieient to maintain
the Horses to Pittsburg and back; and such as are ordered to unload
at any of the other Poets, their Surplus of Forage will be purchased
for the King's Use.

Each Waggon to be fitted in the following maMier, viz., With
four good strong Horses, properly harnessed; the Waggon to be
eonplete in every Thing, large and strong, having a Drag Chain,
eleven Feet in Length, with a Hook at eaoh End, a Knife for out-
ting Grass, Falling Axe and Shovel, two setts of Clouts, and five
Setts of Nails, an Iron Hoop to the End of every Axletree, a Lineo
Maagoe, a t^o Oalion Keg of Tar and Oil nixed together, a Slip
Bell, Hopples, two Setts of ShoeSy and four Setts of Shoe Nails fof
each Horse, eight Setts of Spare Hames, and five Setts of Hame*
strings, a Bag to reeeive. their Provisions, a spare Sett of Lincb
Pins, and a Handserew for every three Waggons. The Driven to be
able bodied Men, capable of loading and unloading, and of assisting
each other, in case of Aoeidents.

The same Price by the Hundred will be paid to those who carry
Provisions t>r Stores on Pack Horses to any of the Posts between
Oarlide and Pittsburgh, and they shall also receive Eighteen Pence
per Horse for every Twenty Miles fiom the Pkees of their Abode ,
to Carlisle.

aiven at Phihdelphia, this Fourth Pay of May, 1759.

JOHN STANWDC.

680 PENNSITiVANIA AUCHIVES 1T59.

MmuTBS OF Council at Nbwcastle, 1759.

At a ooaocil held at Newcastle on Saturday, the 5th of May, 1759,

Present:
The Honoorable William Denny, Esq', Lieatenant Goyernor.

WUliam Till, 1 t^^^i^
Bichard Peters, I ^^''^^

The Oovernor acquainted the members of Council that he had
received from the Assembly a Bill, entituled ''An Act for Bepriothig,
" Exchanging, and Bemitting Twenty thousand pounds of the Bills
" of Credit of this Government, to be let out on Loan, and for
'.' striking the further sum of Seven thousand pounds in such Bflls,
^' and giving the same to his Majest/s use and for providing a FuDd
'' for sinking the same,'' and desired it might be well coaaiderei
On reading it and comparing it with former re-emitting Acts, the fol-
lowing objections were made by the Council :

Ist. That two matters no way connected together were pafc ioto
the Bill, viK^, The Supplies for the Current year, and the Re<emk-
sion of the Bills of Credit. As to this last, it had been moved
several times in their former Sessions, and refused on the part of the
Governori because contrary to the proprietary Instructions, and that
an Address had been made by the Assembly thereupon to the Pro-
prietary, whose Answefr'was returned to the House, and therefore it
was expected that nothing of this sort wou'd have been offered at
this time, much less that it wou'd have been Tacked to the Sap-
plies, ,a matter intirely distinct from the Be-emisaion, and as soch
a Tack^was, as far as the Members cou'd recollect withoat pre-
cedent, and might well be j[ffesumed to be done with a design to
pui a disagreeable force upon the Governor, it was the more ex-
ceptionable.

2d. That to strike Money for the Term of sirtecen Tears, vu
contrary to the Sense of the two Houses of Parliament, and to a
Boyal Instruction given to the Governors in Consequence of their
Address.

3dly. That the Be-emission is to continue sixteen Years, which is
four Years longer than the Term in the last Be-emitting Act of this
Government.

4thly. That this Bill gives the Assembly the sole disposal of Six-
teen Thousand pounds, which is inconsistent with the rights and
freedom of Government and contrary to the proprietary Instructions.

5thly. That instead of three hundred men, the number of Troops

raised last year by this Government, they only propose to support

three Companies of Sixty, tho' at their very last Scions they aasared

the Governor they wou'd chearfuUy support the three hundred as in

he last year; if they cou'd be allowed a Be-Etnitting Act. They

PBNNSYLVANIA AltOHIVBS 1769, 681

indeed alleged that the People were poor, and unable to bear the
load of TazeSy but at this appeared to be a meer pretence, for were
the Taxes equally laid on the rich as well as the poor, there cou'd
not be the least hardship or caose of Comphunt| the Freeholders
being well able from the high price of their produce^ to continue to
pay the present Tax, and a greater if necessary.

The Governor was therefore advised not to Assent to the Bill^
and to ffive the above reasons for his dissent, in a Message ix> the
House, out his Honour being of Opinion that this wou'd be better
done in a Conference with the Speaker, the substance of these
several Objections was wrote down, and the Governor conferred
with the Speaker thereupon, after which he returned to the House,
and they sent his Honour a Message, that not being able to come to
any determination on what passed between the Governor and their
Speaker in the Conference, they wou'd adjourn to Monday.

Minutes oj Council at Nbw Castlb, 1769.

At a Coanoil held at Newcastle, on Monday, the 7th May, 1759.

Present :

The Honourable WnxiAld Dennt, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor.

William Till, > 5^^^--
Richard Pbtees, j *'^"*'^'

The Governor informed the Members of Council that he had Con-
ferred with the Speaker, and desired him to mention to the House
the Objections against the Bill, and that tho' this was done, yet the
House remained obstinately bent upon the Bill, and were determined
to raise no Men this Year, unless it shou'd pass without any altera-
tion. The Governor having a Letter on the Subject from Brigadier
General Stanwiz, the same was read in these words :

Philadelphia, 29th April, 1759.
Sir,

I am well informed you will meet with difficulties in passing the
Supply Bill of the Lower Counties ; if it should prove so, and you
find yourself embarrassed by the Proprietary Instructions, be pleased
to wave them in this most Critical Juncture, in case such a measure
is necessary for his Majeet/s Service. I shall take the first oppor-
tunity of laying your Conduct before the Commander in Chief, who
will justify it to the King's Ministers.

I am with great Truth and esteem, Sir,

Your most obedient & most humble Servant,

JOHN STANWIX*^
Directed, — Governor Denny.

*2 P^EINKSTLTANIA ARCfilVBS 1769.

It was observed ly the Goancfl tbat €bis Letter being wrtte tk
Philadelphia before the Commencement of the SessioiM it eon'd
only relate to the Supplies, and therefore if the part of the Bill
relating to these was seperated, the Governor wou'd have no diffi-
culty at passing snob a Bill ; but as the Grant of the Supplies mg
Tacked shamefully to the Re-Bmission, this was what Brigadier
General Stanwix cou'd not foresee, nor is it to be presumed that if
be knew it^ he wou'd in so unprecedented, unfair and unjust a Case,
advise the Governor to pass the Bill, especially as the Aasenblj
neglected the Requisition made of thetn by General Araburat to
continue their former number of Troops. His Honour was pleased
to say it was in vain to contend any longer; and therefore he
returned the Bill with bis Assent and enacted it into a Law, and
the Great Seal was put to it and four other Laws, & ye Acts lodged
in ye Office of M'. McWiUiams, ye Keeper of ye Rolls j And the
Governor received an Order on the Trustees of the Loan Office for
Five hundred and fifty pounds:

I have read & examined the foTegoiag Minntos of OoanciTon tlie
Re-Emitting Act for the Striking Twenty thousatid pounds, w^ are
right & strictly true in every part thereof

WM. TILL,
So says RICHARD PETERS.*

Examination of Moses Moorb and Isham Bernat, 1759.

Moses Moore was hunting Beaver in Augusta County, Virginia,
in the Month of April, 1758, & was taken prisoner by a Party of
Nino Owendats, who had two Prisoners w*' them, two Brothers,
Jno. & Wm. McCreary.

Next day after they were taken they marched to Little Kan-
haway, then crossed the Ohio a day & halfe to a little Delaware
Town down ye Ohio, thence march'd 3 days & an halfe to ye Lover
Shawonese Town, where he was confined three days, thence he waa
marched to Lake Erie Six days to the first Owendat Town; sext
day went to another Town on the Lake Bide, staid 3 days, eross'd a
small part of ye Lake where they carried their Canoes, then to je
Owendat Town on ye other side of the Lake, staid there till S^th
8ber, then came on this side below ye Lake & ye bead of Siota
Creek, staid till the 14th March, & ya made their Escape to Pitts-
burgh, 23 days on their March.

Isham Bernat was living at his Plantation on the Irwin River in
Virginia, & was gone to bis' Neighbours on ye Slst March, 1758,

« These do not appear to be entered upon the ** Provincial Records" at
Philadelphia.

fWrSSTLYAMA. AiDCHITIS 17S». QB3

* wtt iaken bj a Partj of ntlx'd lodiftM, ShawoMM, Dtflamras
Owendots & MiDgoeSy ab^ 25 in namber; Tbat %t the 8Ahi« time 26
we«» take» Prisonees, there ft theieabottts/ ft 2 killdl, they were
carried to an Indian Oamp, thenee to the waters of the New River
ia tbree days to ye main body at the New River, there they killed
an old laaa ealled John Severn, beoaaee he was old ft unable to
keep ye way; then they kUled one of his Brother's Children beoanaa
he waa eroea ft tconbleaome ; a Httle further another Child was
killed by Accident, tyed ft got under ye horsee belly, ft was beat to
pteoee; met 2 parties of Induina yt beloag'd to ye same Company,
they made about 50.

They hid separated into 8 Companies, one went to t&e head of
Roanoke, the other to ye head of ye Town, the other to ye South
part of Mayo> they both killed ft took Prisoners, but how many
aan't tell.

In 4 or 5 days they oame to ye New River agaia ; w" they came
to TO Ohio they kill'd one of his Children ft an old Woraant.

In 3 days they oame to the Lower Shawonese town, thence to
Owendat Town in 8 days coi this side ye Lake, after 15 days was
taken to the Owendat Town on the other side Lake, where was
about 100 men able to bear Arms, then he saw ft waa with Moses
Moore.

Were at Fort Detroit, an old Rotten Stockaded fort of no Strength,
waa informed that they had 3 or 4 Small Pieces. There are 400 or
500 men able to bear Arms in ye Fort ft Settlem^

They settled no where but on the Lake Side ft smaU Greeks.

"Wheat,* Peas, Oats, Indian Com, few Hogffs, Black Cattle, no
Sheep, no Goats, Indian Ooods scarce. Two Priests at ye Indian
7own where these Prisoners were ; 2 Priests in ye Fort.

Examination of Babbaba Liningabbb ft Maby Rot, 1759.

They say that they were both Inhabitants of this Province, and
hr^ed on John Penn's Creek, near George Gabriels. That on the
16th October, 1755, a Party of fourteen Indians fell upon the
iDhabitants at that Creek by Surprise and killed fifteen, and took ft
eamried off Prisoners Examinants, and Eight more, tic. : Jacob Roy,
Biother of Mary Roy, Rachel Liningaree, Sister of Barbara, Marian
Wheeler, Haunah, Wife of Jacob Breylinger, ft two of her Children,
(one of which dyed at Kittannin of hunger,) Peter lack ft two of his
Sons, named John ft William.

The naases of the Indiana were Keohkinnyperlin, Joseph Com-
pass, ft young James Compass; young Thos. Hickman, One Ejilas-
quay, Souchy, Machynego, Eatooohquay.

These Examinants were earned to the Indian Town Kittanning
. 27*

634 PENNSYLVANIA AEOHIVEB 1769.

where tBey staid till September^ 1756, and were in je Eori epponie
thereto w" Cd. Armstrong bnm'd it. Thenoe were carried to Foii
Baqnesne; and many other Women & Ghildren, thoy thiak an hua-
■ dred who were carried away from ye several Provinces of P. M. ft V.
Six hnndred Freneh & 100 Indians at Fort Dnqaesne. They staid
two months & y" were carried to Sanoany, 25 miles bdow, at ye
month of Big Beaver Greek. In the Spring, 1757, they were carried
to Kaskusky, up Beaver Greek, 25 miles, where they staid till they
heard yt the English were marching ag^ Duqnesne, & then ye Indians
qnittea Kuskusky & took these Examinants w^ them to Having-
ham^ as they think 150 miles.

On the 16th March made their Escape, & got into Pittsburgh oa
the 31st.

That Six Indians, Hnrons, from Ellama.tton, came to Muskingh&m
& said to the Delawares if they had a mind to make peace w^ the
English th^ wou^d make peace likewise, if they won'd not they
wou'd join them in going to War.

That the Indians in conversation said the English were fatening
at Pitsburg, & wou'd be fat by and by, & y* they wonM IdW them.

That Pisqneloman does not appear to them to be hearty for ye
English; bat to be false hearted. ^

Gen. Amherst to Gov. Dennt, 1759.

Albany, 17 May, 1759.
Sir,

I am this moment favonrd with yonrs of the 10^, by which I am
sorry to find the Assembly of the Lower Connties have not voted
the same number of Men for the Service of this Campaign, tbit
they did for the last, & that yon have only to prevail on them to
Grant Seven Thousand Pound for the Service of the current year,
which will raise & Pay no more then 180 Men for this Campaign,
120 less than they voted last, & which is still worse that they alwo-
lutely refuse to grant this supply, unless you remitted Twenty Thou-
sand Pound of Paper Cnrrancy for Sixteen years, the Intreat of
which, £1200 a year, supports the Charges of there Govemmeat,
which you was obliged to Comply with tho' Contrary to your In-
structions, in Consequence of a Letter from Bri^ General Stanirix,
ooppy whereof accompanies yours. I am sorry I say to see that the
Lower Counties, from whose past. behaviour you had flattered your-
self of their utmost Exertion upon this Occasion have not answerd
those Expectations, & that they should have obliged you to depart
from your Instructions, in which, however, since you couldiiot soo-
ced any otherwise, you did. very right, as it was equally necessary
under those oircumstanoes to wave them with regaid to the Lower

PBNN8TLVAHU ABCHITES 1T59. 685

CoantieBi as with reffard to the Province of Pensilvania, & I shall
acoordinglj inform the Kings Ministers^ with the absolute necessity
yon were under for the Good of the Service, to comply with Briga'
General Stanwix Letter. As I have already acquainted them with
whaty at my request, you had done in^ resard to Pensilvan'j & I
doubt not bat yonr conduct will be approved off.

Cebtificate of John Spencer RESPEOxiNa John Willet's
Land, 1759.

I, the Subscriber, Do Certify, that I was originally concerned with
Epbraim Poike, in taking up the Tract of Land at the upper end of
the Great Neck in Cedar Creek Hundred, which he, the said Epb-
raim, afterwards sold to a certain John Willey, and for the Warrant
of which I paid about Eleven or Twelve years ago. . I also Certify,
that I see the said Land Surveyed, at which Survey M' JohnPolke
^otherwise called John Pollock) of Worcester County, in Maryland,
Gentleman, was present, nor did I ever hear him, at that time or
before it, nor any other person say it belonged to Maryland ; on the
other hand I ever, from my Birth, have heard it reputed to be in
Cedar Creek Hundred.

Signed, May 22', 1759.

JOHN SPENCER, Justice.*

T. ViNiNQ TO Samuel Morris,, 1759.

Sir,

I have, in consequence of Oovemoor Dennys Commands, sent by
the Bearw hereof, James Blundon, of Kent County, Sbaleyman,
a certain John Octon, a person convicted at a Court of Oyer h Term*
& Goal Delivery, held at Dover, Kent County, on Delaware, in April
last, of a Capital Felony, but now stands Reprieved upon certain
conditions. Upon your acquainting the Governour of the receipt of
him, he will have him disposed of as he thinks most proper, either
in the Army or elsewhere.
I am, Sir,

Tour most obedient

Humble Servant,

T. VINING.
May 24, 1759.
Directed^
To Samuel Morris, Esquire, High Sheriff of Philadelphia.

* See the depositions foregoing, p. 603.

esa PENNSTIiVANU ABO&inS 1T».

B. Holt to R. PBTBBSy 175^.

Sesr Sir,

Ookmel^Kcrllock will deTiver you IS Gopys of BepositioDB, u also
8 Transripts of Surveys, that have been teken from tlie Books of
the late M'. Robert Shankland : all which, you will be pleased, (as
M'. Secretary) to lay before His Hooour the Governor. The said
Testimony, in my opinion^ is much stronger for Locateing the sdtu-
ation of Willeys Pkntation to be in Sossex, than that which hath
been taken on the part of Maryland Government, in order to locate
it within tho jurisdiction of the County of Worcester. Please to
observe, Sir, that M'. Charles Polke (who is a reputable inhabitant
of Worcester,) told me, M^ KoUock, and some others of the Ma-
gistrates of Sussex, that he had made a Deposition in Maryland, of
like tenor with that now sent^p ; Therefore, Qaery, what was the
Re.\son^ a Copy of it was not transmitted to our Governor with the
others. Sir, 1 am well satisfied, from what Testimony I have hith-
erto seen or heard of, that neither Governor Sharpe or his Council,
(at the time of their Report) had had such a State of the Case hid
before them, as the strict rules of Candour, Justice^ and Impartial
Equity require.

M'. Shankland, our Deputy Surveyor, bath mentioned to me the
names of some other Deponants that he hath Ifettely heard of, and
if I do not meet the People in Power, on Tuesday next, being the
day of our Adjourned May Court, I purpose to ride out to them,
after which I shall write to you more fully, as also a Letter to His
Honour, in order to lay before him, as clear and distinct a Narratire
of the late unhappy Transaction as shall be in my Power. Sir, I
shall trouble you no farther at Present than while I tell you, that
the enclosed Certificate (notwithstanding M'. John PoUoeks Deposi-
tion) plainly Indicates, that he could have no certain knowledge as
to the Locus in quo, At that instant of Time, when Rp" Polkes
Survey was made, for if he had, I will presume to say, that he nei-
ther acted like a good Tennant to Lord Baltimore, or with Candour
and good neighbourhood towards the Surveying Officer, or to the
Grantee, under our Honourable Proprietaries.
I tan, Dear Sir,

T' Affectionate,

Humble Serv^

Lewes, May the 26th, 1759.
Directed,
To Richard Peters, Esquire, at Philadelphia.

RS. HOLT.

tmSSSYLffASlA ABCmVES HSS. tST

Dbposition of Thou as Himhons, 1759,

Soaex County on Delawore,

Of DoTcb^MttT C<raiity in the Provinee of Maryland, yeo», Takett
at Lewea in the Gonnty of SoBsez afores% Thn Beyenteenth day of
If ay, In the year of oar Lord one thouaand seten handred and fifty
Bhie; He this deponent, Being aged sixty-five years or thereabouts,
mad being solemnly sworn on the Holy Evangelists, did depose and
say, Hat he was bora in the said Connty of Sussex, and hath
slwap lived in the Hundred of Cedar Creek in the said County
(nntu two er three years last past,) and that he is well acquainted
with the forrest part of the hundred afores'^ commonly called the
Chreat Neek, and that from the time of his being able to take any
notice of things ; He hath ever heard that the upper part of the said
neck was deemed to be within the limits and bounds of the said
httndred ; Nor doth he know, Or ever hath heard, That the Inhabit'
taoite of Maryland Government, ever laid claim to the said upper
part of the said neck. In the which Part, a certain Ephraim Poike
lad a survey made for him, by virtue of a warrant from the Honour-
ttble Proprietaries land office of the Province of Pennsvlvania and
CoQUtys on Delaware; and that the land laid out ^r the said
Ephrainr by virtue of the said survey is the land whereon a eertafnr
John Wiliey (now a prisoner at Lewes,) lately dwelt: Which said
Lamd 4i situate on that part of the said Great Neck, and that, from
Ihe time of this deponants remembrance it was always allowed and
reputed to be a part of Cedar Creek Hundred afores*, and further
this deponent saith not.

THOMAS HIMMONS.
Jurat Coram Nobis,

R* Holt,

Jacob Kollock,

Jacob Phillips.

AtFiBMATiosr ojf Solomon Fruit, Sbniob, 1759^

Sussex on Delaware,

Of 4^e County afires', yeo", aged sixty five years or thereabouts;
Taken at Lewes in the said County, this seventeenth day of May, in
the year of our Lord one thonsaiMf seven hundred fifty and ninoy
This affirmant did soleromly and sincerely declare and affirm, In the
presence of Almighty Qod.

That he was bom in the county of Somerset in the Province of
Maryland (as it was heretofore called but now known. By the name
of Worcester County.) He farther saith, that he hath Hved in

«S8 PBNNSlTLyiLNIA ABCHIVIiS 17S».

Cedar Creek Hundred| in the Coonty of Sussex afores*; for aboat
thirty eight years last past, He likewise affirmeth; That soon after
his comiDg to be. an inhabitant within the Hundred afores'i He be-
came acquainted with a certain William Townsend^ who was then
also an inhabitant of the said Hundred, and upon some ooavenHUioD
with the said William, He told the affirmant That be had taken up
a piece or parcel of Land, at a place called Beaver Damn Branch,
By virtue of a Warrant from the Honourable the Proprietaries land
office for the Province of Pennsylvania and Countys on Delaware;
The which said land was surveyed for the s' William, by Mr. B4>bert
Shankland, dec', Formerly deputy surveyor of the County of Saasex
afores', and the affirmant further saith. That he knoweth thai the
afores' William Townsend sold his right in the land afores* to a cer-
tain Elisabeth Watson of Sussex afores', widdow ; For that he the
affirmant filled up a Bond for the conveying and making over the s*
land; according to the laws and usages of the Oovemment of the
Countys on Delaware. He likewise saith, that he heaxd| that a cer*
tain Abraham Ingram; who held land under a Maryland survey;
near unto the land so as afores' taken up by the afores* William,
Pretended to claim a right in the s* Williams hind; or some Pkri
thereof; But he the affirmant knoweth not; That the said Abraham
over brought any suit for the establishing of his said claim ; Bat he
the affirmant doth further declare ; That he knoweth that a certain
Bethual Watson (son to the afores^ Elisabeth Watson) Brought his
Action of Ejectment for the recovery of the land afores*; From a
certain David Smith; who had got into possession thereof; and the
s* Bethuel obtained a judgment on his said suit, in his Majesty's
Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Sussex aifores';
and was put into quiet and peaceable possession of the said land; by
virtue of his Majesty's writ of Habere facias Possessionem; issuing
out of the B^ Court; for that purpose. The affirmant further aaith,
that he hath been told, that the afores*^ Abraham Ingram; having an
intention to get a Maryland warrant of survey for some part of the
land; so as aforesaid surveyed, by Mr. Robert Shankland aforemen-
tioned; He the affirmant heard, severall antient inhabitants of
Sussex aforesaid; highly blame the said Abraham, For that the
whole of the said land did indisputably lay within the reputed
bounds of the said County of Sussex; The affirmant further saith;
that he hath no perticular knowledge of the plantation whereon John
Willey; (now a prisoner at Lewes) lately dwelt. But that he hath
heard it reported by the inhabitants of Cedar Creek Hundred aforos',
That it is situate within the limits and reputed bounds of the said
Hundred; and further this affirouknt saith not.

SOLOMON FRUIT.
Jurat Coram Nobb.

B». HOLT;

Jacob Kollook,
Jacob PniLiiiPs.

PBNNSTLTAIfIA ABCHIV1I8 1759. 8S»

Dbposition OP Richard Covbrdbll, 1759.

Stusez Coanty on Delavaroi

Th^ Deposition of Kiohard Goverdell; of tbe Cotroty aforesd,
jeom", aged seventy fiye years or thereabouts, Taken at Lewes in tbe
said County; tbis seventeenth day of May, in tbe year of our Ix>rd
one thousand seven hundred fifty and nine ; This deponent being
solemnly sworn on tbe Holy Evangelists did depose and say, That
he was bom in Bucks County, in Pennsylvania, and that be was
brought by his parents into the County of Sussex aforesd, when he
was a sucking child, in thTs which County he hath lived the greatest
part of his life time, and for about sixty years thereof, in Cedar
Creek Hundred^ in tbe County aforesd, and that the plantation that
be is now settled upon, he doth iiold under the rights granted to him
from the Land office of tbe Proprietaries of Pennsylvania and
Gountys on Delaware; He further saitb, that his son John Cover-
dell,'about eighteen years agoe had some intentions of taking up a
piece of land towards tbe upper end of a neck in Cedar Creek forrest,
commonly called and known by the name of tbe Qreat Neck, but
since that time, tbe place his said son had pitched upon to take up,
hath been surveyed by Mr. Wm« Shankland, now deputy surveyor
of Sussex County aforesd, fo^ a certain Ephraim Polke, who after-
wards /as this Deponant is informed) sold all his right and title inf
the said land to one John Willey (now a prisoner at ^wes in tbe
Coaaty aforesd,) and the deponent further saith. That the plantation
of him the said John Willey, is situate to the best of his belief and
knowledge, within the Hundred aforesaid, it laying South Easterly
from the place of tbe Deponants present dwelling near upon a mile,
and upon which place, he the deponant hath quietly and unmolested
lived for* many vears last past ; The which places the deponant
saith, constantly hath been reputed, to be within the bounds and
limits of tbe hundred aforesd, nor doth be the deponant know, of
any riots or disturbapces made on or near the present place of bis
present settlement, or the rights thereof, or any of the neighbouring
places unto it contested, until what hath lately hapned at the plan-
tation of the aforesd John Willey, and he the deponant further saith,
that he hath known the aforesd John Willey ever since he came to
settle upon the plantation aforesd, and that he hath behaved himself
in a quiet peaceable and neighbourly like manner, and as an indus-
trioas young man ought to do: And further this deponant saith not.

his
RICH. R C COVERDELL.
mark.
Jurat Coram Nobis.

R". Holt,

Jacob Koli.ock,

Ja(X)b Phillips.

MO FBirKSTLyAMIA XKOHIVBS 1759.

DAP06ITX0N ov Wa&ben Bitreoughs, 1759.

Sussex OouDtj on DelawarOi

The deposition of Warren Barroughs of the County afond, jeo-
man, aged thirty six years or thereabouts, taken at Lewes is the
aaid County this sixteenth day of May^ in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and fifty nine; This deponent being
solemnly sworn on the Holy Evangelists, did depose and say. That
he was born in Cedar Creek Hundred and County aforesdi and that
be has lived the greatest part of his life time in the Conntv afbread,
to witty all but about three or four years thereof, he farther Baitb^
that he is well aoquaint^Kl with Gravelly Branch, where formerlj
was a wadeing place for travellers to pass and repossi But Uut nor
there is a bridge built over the said place of passing and repasaog,
and that he hath heard from sundry persons living near the aaid
Branoh, That whoever of the inhabitants of the Province of Mary.
land passed over the wadeing place aforesd, or the present hnm
aforesd, accounted and esteemed themselves to be then within the
limits of Sussex County aforead, (or as it is generally termed by the
inhabitants of Maryland Government,), In Pennsylvania or the
Whorehill Government: The deponant further saith, that he 19
aoquainted with John Willey Qiow a prisoner at Lewes in Sussex
County aforesd,) and that he xnoweth the plantation whereon the
said John WiUey latelv dwelt, He also knoweth that a eertain John
Coverdell, a liver in the said County of Sussex, had made a small
improvement or settlement on the same place about eighteen jean
last past. He also saith, that he know«th that the said plantation
hath been surveyed by virtue of a warrant from the land office of the
Honourable the Proprietaries of the Provinoe of Pennsylvania and
Countys on Dekware for a certain Ephraim Polke, who sold it to
the aforesd John Willey, and that he has often seen him (as being
a near neighbour to him,) in the quiet and peaceable possession oif
the said phintation. He likewise saith, that he knoweth not, nor hath
he ever heard of any survey being made on the Itfores'' plantation, or
any right or claim thereto, set up under the Government of the
Province of Maryland aforesaid, untill since the late disturbanoe,
which hapned on some part of the said Willeys plantation, and being
interrogated whether he knew any thing rekting to a riot lately (as
it is said) committed there, or to any aceident ensuing thereon, He
the deponant saith, He was not present on the day wherein it hapned|
nor can he say any thing thereof, But from common fiune and
report, He therefore conol^es his Testimony and further saith not

WARREN BURROUGHS.

Jurat Coram Nobis.
R«. Holt,
Jacob Kollook,
Jacob Phillips.

PSNKSniYAinA iJtCHIVES 175». 641

Thb Deposition of James Ingram, 1759.

Snsaez on Delaware.

Of the Oontkty aforesaid, Teoman, aged tbirij-seYen jears, or there*
ftboat, taken at Lewes, in the said Comitj, this sixteenth day of
May, in the year pf our Lord one thousand seren hundred and
fifty-Dine; this Deponent being solemnly sworn on the Holy-
Evangelists, did depose and say, ^

That he hath lived in this County of Sussex, near upon sixteen
wears. And be further saith, That he was born at a place near the
bordering Division between the said Couoty of Sussex and Somerset
County in Maryland, as it was then called, but now known by the
name of Worcester County; and this deponent saith, that when he
was grown up to years of discretion, be frequently heard his mother
say, that the inhabitants of Maryland who hajmed to be traveling from
Somerset County afores', after ibey had passed over a wadeing place of
a Branch commonly called Gravelly Braneh, that they accounted
themselves to be in the Forrest of Sussex County afores', commonly
called by the Inhabitants of Maryland, Pensylvania Forrest, which
branch was by them reputed the boundary between Sussex County
afores', and that part of Maryland then called Somerset County, but
now known by the name of Worcester County, as aforesaid. The
Deponent further saith, That he knows the Plantation whereon John
Willey, (now a prisoner at Lewes afores*,) lately dwelt, and that the
same was surveyed for a oertain Ephraim Polke, some years past.
The which Plantation, as this dep(Hient doth verily believe, and as
he hath commonly been told by the neighbourhood, is situate in the
•Hundred of Cedar Creek, within the County of Sussex afores'. And
he further saith, that the said Plantation lyeth North Eastward from
the aforesaid Gravelly Branch, about five or six miles, and ^farther
this deponent saith not.

His
JAMES M INGRAM,
mark.

Jurat Coram Nobis.
R's. Holt,
Jacob Kollock,
Jacob Phillips. '

642 PBNNSTLYANIA ABCHITBS 1769.

Thb Deposition of JonN Pbtijohn, Senior, 1759.

Sussex Connty, oji. Delaware.

The Deposition of John Petijohn, Senior^ of the Oonntj afores',
jeo'n, aged eeventj years, or thereabouts, taken at Lewes, in the
said County, this sLcteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine, this Deponent, being solemaly
sworn on the Holy Evangelists, did depose and say. That be was
bom in the Colony of Virginia, Jbut brought into Sussex County by
his parents, when about two years of age, and that he hath lived in
the said County of Sussex ever since, To wit, at Broadkill Hundred
in the said County for upwards of thirty years of the same time, and
that he is well acquainted with what was the reputed or commonly
esteemed division line or boundary between the said County of Sus-
sex and that part of Maryland then called Somerset County, bnt
now known by the name of Worcester County, for he further suth,
that there is a pretty large Savannah on the borders of the afores*
County, that was, and is still called by the name of the Whorehill
Savannah, that he the deponent hath often been with others a rang-
ing for young Horses, Colts or Mares, that were bred, or usually did
frequent the said Savannah as their feeding place ; That in the
course of such ranging, he hath frequently met with several inhabit-
ants of Maryland, who came to the said Savannah on the same ends
and purposes, and that he always heard the said people of Maryland
afores'', acknowledge that the said Savannah belonged to what wai
then called the Whorehill County, and he further saith, that the
said Savannah to the best of his belief and knowledge, lyeth near
South or rather South-Easterly from the wadeing place of a certain
Branch, called and known by the name of Gravelly Branch, and
further this Deponent saith not.

His
JOHN X PETTUOHN, SEN.
mark.
Jurat Coram Nobis,

R's Holt,

Jacob KoUock,

Jacob Phillips.

The Deposition of Alexander West, 1759.

Sussex County, on Delaware;

The Deposition of Alexander West, of the County of Sussex afore',
yeom'n, aged fifty-six years or thereabouts, taken at Lewes in the
Bi^ County, this sixteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine, this Deponent being solemoly
Bwom on the Holy Evangelists, did depose and say, That he knoweUi

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIYES 1759. 043

a oertaiD Savaniiah caUed Whorehill SoTaQBafi", which Savannah has
for fourtj years last pasty been called by the name of the Whorehill
Savannah, and hath been and still is reputed and deemed to be within
the County of Snesex afores^as well by the inhabitants of Maryland,
as Sussex a fores', and that between thirty and fourty years since, a
certain Thomas Walker purchased a property in some Horses, which
used to range in the said Savannah, from a certain Sarah Prettyman,
a liver in Sussex ; That the afores' Thomas Walker being at the
House of one Jacob Ingram, with this Deponent, a certain John
Caldwell, commonly called Turschey John Caldwell, and one Henry
FoadviDC, two of the rangers of Maryland, came there, and asked the
said Walker's leave to take away a Dunn Stallion from the said Sa-
vannah, promiseing to take no more of the creatures then feeding
there, but the said Stallion ; He the Deponent then heard the afores'
John Caldwell say, that he allowed, and that it was not contested
by him or any of the Marylanders at that time present, but that the
said Savannah was in the Province of Pennsylvania, by which words
the aforesi' deponent verily believes they meant the Countys on Dela-
ware, particularly the County of Sussex, by them called Whorehill
County, on Delaware afores'', wherein he the depc nent then dwelt,
and doth still dwell ; and further this deponent saith not

ALEXANDER WEST.

Jurat Coram Nobis,
R's. Holt,
Jacob Kollock,
Jacob Phillips.

Thb Deposition of Charles Polee, 1759.

Sussex County, on Delaware :

The Deposition of Charles Polke, yeom'n, of Worcester County,
in the Province of Maryland, aged tifty-five years or thereaboats,
taken at Lewes, in the said County of Sussex, this sixteenth day of
May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and fifty*
nine; This deponent being sworn on the Holy Evangelists, did de-
pose and say : That he hath lived thirty-two years upon the reputed
borders between Sussex County afores% and Somerset County in
MaryUind, as it was then called, but now known by the name of
Worcester County, and at the time aforesaid, he knew a Plantation
held by a certain George Bishop under a Maryland survey, which
Plantation was situate on the north side of a branch, called by the
nanne of Maple Mansh branch, about two miles north-eastward from the
saicT Deponents House, and that he, this deponent, knew another pbud-

614 PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVKS 1769.

Mion at the Bane time held by one Edward Carey, atxmt three
miles CO the North-eastward from this deports house, and on the North
aide of the said Maple Marsh branoh ; The whieh last mentioBed Plan-
tation was Held and possest by the said Edward during his iifetiAe,
and is now held and possest by a certain Joseph Polke, under the
SoYemment of the Countys of Newcastle, Kent and Sussex, on
Delaware, and was sd held by the aforesaid Edward Carey, without
asy olaim being thereto made by the Oovernment of Maryland, to
the best of this deponents knowledge and belief; and this deponent
fkirther saith, That he knows the Plantation whereon John Willey
(now a prisoner at Lewes afores'd) lately dwelt, the whioh Planta-
tion is situate about two miles east from the plantation of the depo-
nent; And this deponent farther saith, that he never heard that the
plantation whereon the said Willey li^ed, was ever snrreyed or
elaimed under Maryland, or the rights of that &o?emment; and
Anther this deponent saith not

CHARLES POLKE.

^urat Coram NobiS|
R's. Holt.
Jacob Kollock,
Jacob Phillips.

Thb Deposition oe Magdalene Manloye, 1759.

Sussex County, on Delaware :

The deposition of Magdalene Manlove, of the County aforee'd,
Spinster, aged firty*seven years or thereabouts. The whieh sud
Magdalene, is sister to the within named Charles Polke, who being
sworn on the Holy Eyangelists, did depose and say, The same things
(in substance) which the within mentioned deponent hath on his
oath declared, save only as to the eonclusive part relating to the
Plantntion whereon the within named John Willey lately dwrit;
tf the situation of whioh Plantation, she is able to give no partieuhur
aeoount from her own knowledge, bnt fh»m the report of the neigh-
bourhood, who look upon and esteem the same to be wtfliin the
bottids of Cedar Creek Hundred, in the County aforesaid ; And fur*
ther this deponent saith not.

MAGDALENE MANLOYE.

Jurat Coram Nobiff,
B's. Rolt.
Jacob Kollock,
Jacob Phillips.

rmmYhYjusoA AMmiYf» w% ei§

Thk Deposition of Joseph Morgait, 1759.

Sussex CouDtjy on Delaware:

The Deposition of Joseph Morgan^ ef Uie Couatj afores'd, yeoman,
aged fifty-eiglit years or thereahonts, taken at Lewes, in the bM
(^nty, this sixteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord, one
thousand seven handred and fifty-nine ; this deponent heing solemnly
sw<»m on the Holy Evangelists, did depose and say: That about six*-
teen or seventeen years ago, he, this deponent, made applicayoa to
WiUiam Owens, (then a Deputy Surveyor of Dorchester County, ia
Maryland,) to survey some land for this deponent, which land lay
on the east side of a County Boad, passing from Choptank Bridge t9
Snow Hill, and over a Branch called Gravelly Branch, but this dfr*
ponent could not prevail on the said Wm. Owens to make the s«P-
vey afores'd ; And the reason the said William Owens gave this de-
poDont for his refusal, was, that Colonell Oale, who was then Lord
Baltimore's agent of his laud office, (as this deponent hath beet
told,) was not willing to grant any warrants for lands to the East-
ward of the said Roe^, (and the deponent also heard the same words
from several other inhabitants of Dorchester County afores'd,) for
that the lands afores'd, to the Eastward of the road afores'd, was re-
puted to be within the limits of Pensylvania Government, (as it wiB
then oommonly called by the inhabitants of the Province of Marjr-
laud afores'd.) The deponent further saith, That the Plantation of
John Willey, (now a prisoner- at Lewes afores'd, framerly surveyed
for a certain liSphraim Polk, under a warrant from the Honourable
Prc^rietaries Land Offioe for the Province of Pensylvania, and
Countys on Delaware, is situate to the best of his belief and koow-
ledge, within the aforesaid County of Sussex, for that it lays about
three miles to the Eastward of the aforesaid Bead, and further tfaifl
deponent saith not.

His

JOSEPH M MORGAN.

mark.

Jurat Coram N(ri)is,
R's. Holt.
Jacob Kollock,
Jacob Phillips.

646 FENNSTLVANIA ABCBXYES 1769.

DBPosiTioiir OE Ephbaim Folee, 1759.

Sussex Gountji on Delaware :

The Depomtion of Ephraim Poike, of theConniy afsi', Yeomani
aged Forty one YearSi or thereabouts, Taken at Lewes, in the said
County, this nineteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one
Thousand seven Hundred & fifty nine. This Deponent being
Solemnly Sworn on the Holy Evangelists did Depose & say, That he
was bom in the County of Somerset, in the Provinee of Maryland,
at the Lower end thereof, but that when he was about Eight Years
of Age his Brother, Charles Polke, (who had the eare of him) be-
came a Settler at the upper end of the said County of Somerset,
now called Worcester County ; And the Deponent further saith, that
the place his afb* Brother settled on, at his removal as afs' (being
now about thirty two years past) was reputed to be on the borders
between Somerset County, aa.it was then called, and the County of
Sussex afe', but then more generally called (by the people of the
Province of Maryland) Whore Hill County ; The Deponant further
saith, that he lived with his afs* Brother Charles at his settlement
on the afs* reputed Borders untill he was upwards of Twenty years
of age, he then Married and went to Settle upon an improvement
Bwde by a certain George Bishop, under a Warrant of Survey firom
the Land office of the Government of Maryland ; the certificate of
which Warrant had some time before been assigned over to the De-
ponent by the said .George Bishop, who had had (by virtue of the
said Warrant) a Survey made for htm the said George, the which
Improvement js Situate on the North side of a Branch, Called by
the Name of Maple Marsh Branch, an3 Layeth North-Eastward from
the Plantation of his Brother Charles Poll^ about two miles. The
Deponent further saith, that in about two or three years after that he
had went to Live on the Improvement afs*, he sold his right therein
to a certain Richard Coverdale, Jun^, and then came to settle in the
Forrest part of Cedar Creek Hundred, in Sussex County afs'j and
in the which Hundred he hath ever since dwelt.

The Deponant Likewise saith, that on the said Maple Marsh
Branch, and on the same Northern or rather Northwestern part of
it, a Certain Edward Carey, i^ow dec'd, had made an Improvement
under a Pennsylvania Right, ^as it was then commonly called) which
Lay within about a mile of the improvement so as afs*. Assigned
Over to him, the Deponent, by (George Bishop afs', and near upon
three Miles North Eastward of the Plantation and Settlement of his
afs* Brother Charles Folks; He farther saith, that the improvement
of the afs* Edward Carey is now Quietly held and possemed by a
certain Joseph Polke, Cousin to the Deponant, and under the Right
of the Government of the Counties on Delaware, and was so held by
the afs' Edward Carey, in his life TimC; peaceably and without any

PiaTNSILVAKiA ARCHIVES 1769- 647

MarjYand Claim being made thereto, to the best of the Deponant's
belief and knowledge, he having never heard of any each Claim.

The Deponant farther Baith, that the Plantation whereon John
Willj (now a prisoner at Lewes) lately dwelt was formerly his
Property, and that it is situated in a part of Cedar Qreek Hundred,
in Sossez afs', Commonly Called the upper part of the great Neck,
the whioh Property he held under a Warrant from the Land office
of the Honourable, the Proprietaries of the Province of Pennsyl-
Tania, and Counties on Delaware i^or doth he know. Nor did he ever
hear, either before or at the time of the Survey made for him, of
any Claim having been made to that part of the Great Neck afs* by
the Government of Mai7land, but that the same hath constantly been
reputed and Esteemed to be within the Limits and Boundaries of
Creek Hundred afs'd^ And further this Deponant saith not.

EPHRAIM POLKE^

Jurat Coram, Mb.

R'b Holt, Capital Jus*., &c.

Drposition of Waitman Willet, 1759.

Sussex County, on Delaware :

The Deposition of Waitman Willey, of the County afs'd, Yeoman,
Aged Twenty-Seven years, or thereabouts, taken at I^ewes, in the said
Ooonty, this twenty«third day of May, in the year of our Lord one
Thousand seven hundred and fifty nine. This Deponent being
Solemnly S^om on the Holy Evangelists, did depose & say, That he
vaa bom in Somerset County, in the Province of Maryland, very
near the borders of the County of Sussex, on Delaware, (as it is
now Called,) but then more generally known and called by the name
of Whorehill County ; The deponant farther saith, that when he
was a Lad his Father (by Name John Willey) was Deputy Sheriff to
a Certain Joseph McCloster, then high Sheriff of SomerseT County
afs'd ; And he, the deponant, farther saith, that on the Plantation
whereon a certain Richard Coverdale, Sen', now dwelleth, or upon
some part of the Land of the said Plantation, a certain Nathaniel
Dnnahow had made an improvement and small Settlement, but un-
der what Bights he, the Deponant knoweth not, the which Plantation
is Situate on a Branch, called and known by the name of Maple
Marsh Branch, and on the Northern side thereof; And he farther
Bftitb, that his afs'd Farther, in his capacity of Deputy or under
Sberiff as afs'd had a precept delivered to him by the afs'd Joseph
McCloster, as he heard say, which precept issued out of the Court of
Gomo^on Picas for Somerset County afs'd; as it was then called, by

6i8 PBJfNSYIiVANLi ABCHIYBS ITSQi

yirtae of wfaicli precept he was Commanded to take tke Bed j of (k Mid
^Nathaniel DunahoWy bat that upon hie Father^a attempU&g toaem
the said Precept the a&'d Nathaniel Dunahow eaid at the time thit
he would not be taken by him, for, saitfa hey the said Nathaniel
DunahoWi I belong to and live within Pennsjlyania GoYennseoty
whereupon the Dc^ponant's father afa'd desisted, aiid apon bb ao-
quainting the High Sheriff before mentioned with the said Natha-
niel's answer and refusal to be taken by the said [Hrecept^ He bid him
to proceed no farther lupon it. And die d^onant farther saith, ke
very well remembers that the said Nathaniel Punahow was never
taken from the pUce of his aCs'd Settlement by any other preoept, te
the best of his belief & knowledge^ ever Issuing out of the Court of
Common Pleas of Somerset County afis'd. The deponant ftrther
saith, that from the time of his Birth, untill about fouf yean list
past, he had lived upon the reputed Borders between Somerset
County afsM, as it was then oalled, but now the upper part thereof
is called & known by the Name of Worcester County ; He, the De-
ponant farther saith, that after his Father's deoeaee he bath con-
stantly heard his Mother, who is now living, say that the plaoe
where the said Nathaniel Donahow was settled on, as is before men-
tioned, was reputecL to be within the -County of Sussex a&'d, (as it
is now called) but then generally called by the Inhabitants of the
Province ef Muyland asfd, Whore Hill County, or PeDDsylvania
Government ; H^, the deponant, farther says, that he well knoweth
and long hath known, a certain Branch called by the name of
Gravely Branch, over which branch was formerly a common
Wading p]^ce, but now hath a bridge built over the said wading
plaoe, and the which branch (by common fame and report) was erer
looked upon since the Deponents ooming to years of discretioD, to
be a Divisionjary Limit & Boundary between Maryland Govenimeot '
and Pennsylvania Gorernmenty (as it waa formerly called,) by
which words the Deponant und^*8teod it to be a reputed Boandaiyor
limit between the Counties of Woroester afs'd & Sussex afir^d, (as
they are now oalled) particnlerly that part of Sossejc County afe'd,
in which the Deponant now liveth, called & known by the name of
Cedar Creek Hundred, in the said County of Sussex, And fvthv
this Deponant saith not.

WAITMAN WILLEY.

Jurat Coram, Me.

B's HoLT^ Capital Jus'.; &c.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1759; 649

DEPOSITION OF Jaeed Hitchins, 1759. '

Sussex County, ss.

Jared Hitchens, of Worcester Coonty, in Maryland, aged thirty
years or thereabouts, being solemnly Sworn on the Holy Evangelists
of Almighty God, Deposeth and Saith :

That on the fifth day of February last, he, this Deponent, being
at the house of Moses Timmonds, a^Messenger oame to him to let
him know M'. William Outten, under Sheriff of Worcester, was at
his house ; Upon which he, this Deponant, and said Timmonds,
went to this Deponants house where M'. Outten was, who immedi'
ately press'd^ this Deponant and said Timmonds, in his Lordships
Name, to assist him in taking John Willey, Mullenez, Coyerdale,&
others, which he said he had precepts for, informing this Deponant
that he had already pressed some Men, which he had left at Cap^
Collings&M^ Holstons; That this Deponant, Timmonds, & Out-
ten went to M'. Holstons, which place they left about one hour in
the night, and as they went to M'. Outtens pressed John Kelly and
William Winright ; that late in the Night they came to Outtens,
that next next morning before sunrise, the whole Company, viz^,
John Dennis, Coll^ Moses Timmonds, John Kellr, Peter Dolby,
Levin Disheroon, W". Conoway, Blisha Lang, William Winright,
Benjamin Wooden, andvthis Deponant, went with M^ Outten to
take the men ; when they came to the Road that went to Mulle-
nex's, they made a stop to conclude what to do, and they sjfreed that
Conoway & Dolby was to go to Mullenex's, and Conoway, who had
a warrant from Captain Coilings to take Mullenex, was to take him,
and then Dolby was to give them notice,' and they were all to Ride
up ; That Conoway & Dolby rode off to Mullenex' s, that after they
were gone Outten said that their taking Mullenex might alarm the
neighbourhood, 'and by that means Willey Escape, he therefore or-
dered Colonel Dennis to stay there and assist Conoway and Dolby,
and he and the rest went to Willeys ; That they went on Hill they
came to Willey's road, Outten (having before deputed this Depo-
nant) then gave him the Writ, saying, if Willey disputes your au-
thority show him this, often repeating he would have Willey and
Coverdale, and be satisfied for the ill usage he before had from
them ; That Timmonds and this Deponent went on, (being ordered)
that if Willey was at home Timmonds was to go out to the well,
pretending to drink, and take off his hat and put it on again, which
was to be a sign to Oatten and party, who was then to come up,
and that when they came in sight this Deponant was to execute the
precept ; that this Deponant and Timmonds rode up into the yard
and enquired the way to W*. Laws' s, Willey' then asked them to
Light and warm themselves, which they did, went into the House
and sat down ; that they talked some time, during which this depo-
nant being loth to serve the precept, protracted the time so long,

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650 PENNSYLVAOTA AKCHIVBS 1759.

that Timmonds going out saw Oatten and his party coming ; Willj
' likewise seeing them Coming, said, yonder comes the Sheriff of Wor-
cester and a Company of Men, I guess what they are afler, this
Beponant then going to the door Willy shoved it to, and shut him
out; when Outten oame up, he asked this deponant if he had taken
Wiliey, he said he had not; Outten then seemed very angry, and
said he would not for Five Pounds that he had aoted in that man-
ner; Outten then concluded to leave the House, and this d^K>nant
and Timmonds was to go in again, then Outten and party was to
come up, and this deponant was to take Wiliey ; when Oatten and
party was gone, Wiliey opened the door and asked this deponant
and Timmonds if they were of Outten's party, Timmonds said thej
were not, and they immediately went in, Timmonds then asked
Willy if Outten had any thing against him, Wiliey answered he
supposed he had, and several others; this deponant and Willy
sat down, Wiliey stayed in the House, and his wife brought up his
Creature, Wiliey said he was sorry he could not stay and desired to
be excused ; this deponant said we are going with you, Wiliey said
I will show you the way to Laws's ; as they all went to the door,
Timmonds took a Stick out of Willeys hand, pretending to look at
it, but this deponant thinks to prevent Wiliey from striking with it;
as Wiliey went out this deponant arrested him, Wiliey sidd what do
you mean, this deponant said I will show you, a scuffle ensued, Tim-
monds laid hold, but Willy by his wife's assistance got loose, and he
and wife got into the house and shut the door, Outten then come
np, and being informed how the Case was, run to the door with a
Grubbiog^oe, and first wrenched the door with the Hoe, and then
by striking two or three Blows with the Hoe burst the door opeo;
that Outten went in, followed by Wooden and Disheroon, and Willy
then took to his loft; Outten then desired Willy to come dowo,
Willy said he would not; he said he would have him, dead or alive;
Outten then threw up the Grubbing Hoe at Willy, and ordered bis
men to get sticks and back him, which they did ; as they came in
with their sticks Dennis, Conoway, and Dolby oame, that Gonowaj
brought a sword, but where he got it th's deponant knows not, but
supposes at Mullenez's; Dennis said, Wiliey come down; Willy
said he would not; he said he had that would fetch him down,
(though the deponant says he believed he had no pistols, for they
called at Paris Chipman's to borrow Pistols, but could get none;)
they then shoved up the loose planks with their sticks, during whidb
Willy's wife laying hold of Outten, begged he would not Kill her
Husband, and others taking hold of her they all Tumbled out <^
doors; That while they were shoving up the planks Willy st^t at
last on some fast ones, Outten then threw a Chair at Willy, seem-
ing to be in a great rage, often sweanug he would have him dead
or alive; Willy told him he could not serve two Masters, Dennis
said if you serve us you have no need to serve them, which intro-
duced a parley^ Dennis then proposed that Outten^ and the great

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1769. 661

Men in Maryland concerned, sbould come to Sussex and leave it to
the Magistrates there; Willy said if the Magistrates of Sassez gave ^
him np he would submit, but Outten, said he would not agree, that
he was an Officer, and would go to the extent of his Office. About
this time one Jqbn Sharpe came to the yard, sayings what are yov
all here after, where is the dam*' Sheriff, Outten said here I am, and
0tept out of the door; that Outten and Sharpe met, that Outten
Btnick at Sharp, who held up his stick to defepd himself, that Out-
ten soon cut Sharp's stick in two with the sword brought by Cono-
way, on whieh Sharp turn'd to run ; that Outten struck him and out
him much in the Shoulder, Sharp said you have murdered me, Out-
ten replied it is what you deserve; that this deponant dressed
Sharps wounds and put some sugar in it, that Outten followed him
afterwards, but Sharp avoided him ; Willy still stayed in the Loft.
Outten at last concluded to go home and gave this deponant the
Scabbard, but kept the Sword, said I am warm and offering to pull
off his coat"; somebody said Willy is coming after you with his
Gun, Outten said never in a better time, that be turned about with
his Sword drawn in his hand, and went towards Willy in a mena-
cing and angry manner ; that this deponant, conscious of his deceit-
ful usage to Willy at first, expected Willy would shoot at him, and
drew his Mare between him and Willy to Cover his Body from the
Shot, but when Willy and Outten advanced near each other Willy
Shot, and Outten immediately fell ; this deponant then mounted his
Mare and fled. This deponant further saith, that Outten, in pri.
▼ate conversation the night before, told this deponent that he was
to have Twenty Shillings p' Mao, that he took (viz*., Willy and
others) over & above his Legal fees. This deponant further saith,
that during the whole time there was a violent uproar & tumult,
Outten swearing frequently he would have him dead or alive, and
that Disheroon, Dolby, & Wooden, strippM and threatned to tear
the House down.

JARED HITCHINS.

Sworn before me, the 30** day of February, 1759.

Jacob Phillips.

The above deposition was taken on Monday, the 30** of April,
the month above is wrong inserted by a misprision of the Clerk.

Jacob Phillips.

652 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1759.

Survey of JSVillby's Land accompanying the P&ecediko,

1759,

John Lofiej, ^

By Virtue of a Commissioner's Warrant from Jaoob Taylor, Sar-
yeyor General, bearing date the 30th day of the 3d m", A. D. 1715,
Reqniring me to survey and take up for John Lofley a quantity of
200 acres of Vacant Land in the Forrest of Sussex County, the s*
200 acres of Land is Scituate in the Forrest of the County above s*,
Lying on the head of the Beaver Dams which prooeedeth out of
Nanticoke, Beginning at a marked Red Oak standing on the West
side of the s* Dams nigtr the County Road, runing from thence up
the s' Dams, Binding on the Water courses, North 4 East 41 Perches,
North 30 East 29 Perches, North 7i East 14 Perches, North 38
East 21 Perches, North 62 East 30 Perches, North 15 East 84
Perches, North 3 East 33 i Perches, North 20 West 40 Perches,
North 5 East 51 Perches, North 1 East 42 Perches, North 33 West
53 Perches, North 5 West 17 Perches, North 71 East 28 Perches,
North 19 West 40 Perches to a marked White Oak standing ob the
West side of the Branch or Head of the Dams, and thence West by
a Line of Marked Trees across the s^ Neck to a Red Oak standing a
little to one side 60 Perches, thence South 3} Degrees West 475
Perches, to a Hickory or Red Oak, thence East 30 Perches honie to
the first Bounded R^d Oak, containing and laid out for Two hundred
aoves of Land; Being Surveyed the 25th day of Feb'^, A. D. 1715,
By me,

ROBERT SHANKLAND.

The above s* Tract of 200 acres is called By the Name of Nunnery,
and Belongs to the 8th Line to be inserted.

By Virtue of the Commissioner's Warrant from Jacob Taylor,
Surveyor General, bearing date at Philadelphia, the 10th day of the
8th M", 1715, Requiring me to Resurvey and take up for Will"
Townsend, of the County of Sussex, 200 acres of Land in the Coanty
afores''. The s^ Two hundred & T acres is Situate in Coanty above
s'. Lying on the Beaver Dams which Proceeds out of Nantlkoke
River, Beginning at a corner Red Oak of John Lofley's Land, stand-
ing on the West side of the s' Dam, and running from thence along
the Line of Ditto Land due West. 40 Perches to a comer Red Oak,
and thence South 28 West 91 Perches, to a comer Gam standing
on the East side of a Swamp or Branch, and thence down the s*
Branch, binding on the Water courses South 19 West 40 Perches,
South 141 East 59 Perches, South 14 West 41 Perches, South 55^
West 46 Perches, South 31} East 60 PcrcheS; South 46 East 8
Perches^ across the Mouth of a Sm^l Branch South 6 West 20

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1759. 668

Percbes, South 40} East 52 Perches, South 58) East 38 Perches,
North 53} East 50 Perches, to a corner Hickory standiog nigh the
b' Branch, and thence North 1} West 348 Perches, home to the
first. Bounder, containing and Laid out for Two hundred acres of
Land called Surveyed the 19th day of April^

A. D. 1716, By me,

EGBERT 8HANKLAND.

Whereas Edward Cary, In the County of Sussex, intending to
make some Improvement on a certain parcel of Vacant Land, Situate
in Forrests of s"^ County, Lying and being on the Head of the Drains
that runeth into Nantikoke River, requested me to run the Lines of
s** Land, in order for a further Confirmation from the Proprietary's
Agents of the Land Office in Pennsylvania.

These are, therefore, to certifie that I have carefully run the
Metes and Bounds of s' Land, as foUoweth, Beginning at a corner
Maple, standing on the North side of Gum Branch, and thence down
the s' Branch on the Several Water courses South 13 West 12
Perches, South 6 East 104 Perches, South 16 West 66 Perches,
South 51 West 50 Perches, South 65 West 74 Perches, to a corner
. White Oak, and thence North 60 Degrees West 46 Perches, to a
Ked Oak standing on the South side of West Branch, and thence up
the 8^ Branch, Binding on the Water courses North 6 East Fifty-six
Perches, North 44 East 17 Perches, North 85 East 40 Perches,
North 5 East 86 Perches, North 62 East Forty-eight Perches, to a
corner Red Oak, standing on the Edge of the Branch, and thence
North 85 degrees East 66 Perches, home to the first Bounder, con-
taining and Laid out for One hundred and Sixty-two acres of Land,
called Surveyed this 20th day of January, Annoq.

Dom» 1725, By me,

ROBERT SHANKLAND, Dept>^ SurV.

By Virtue of the Commissioner's Warrant from Jacob Taylor,
Surveyor General, bearing date 20th day of the 7th Month, Anno
Domini, 1716, Requiring me to Survey and take up for Thomas'
Parker, of the County of Sussex, 200 acres of Land, the s<i Land is
Lying and being on the Head of Gravely Branch, which proceecls
out of Nanticoke River, Begining at a corner ^^hite Oak, standing
on the South side of the s"^ Branch, and runing from thence down
the s' Branch or Beaver Dam, binding on th water courses South
48i West 20 Perches, North Oli West 24i Perches, North 86J
West 38 Perches, North 48 West 18 Perches, North 35 West 8
Perches to a corner Maple, standing on a Point of the s** Beaver Dam^
and still down the b^ Beaver Dam Branch on the water courses South
13 West a 127 Perches, South 46 J West 93 Porches, South 23 J

651 PENNSTLYANIA ARCHIVES 1760.

West 42 Perobes, South 63} Ea0t 42 Perches, North 771 East 54^
Perches, South, 55 East 20 Perches, South 24 East 40 Perches,
South 50 EasI 56 Perches up the other fork of the s' Branch to a
Bounded White Oak standing on the s* Branch, and thenoe mning
North 7 Degrees Bast 8 16 Perches, hy a Line of Marked Trees homo
to the first Bounder, containing and laid out for Two hundred seres
of Land, now named and called Parker's Inheritance^ Survcjed
January the 25th day^ Anno Domini, 1716, By me,

ROBERT SHANKLAND.

Whereas John May, Esq', in the County of Sussex, haying a mind
to settle and improve a certain Parcel of Vacant Land to the quantity
of one hundred acres, Situate in the County ahove s*, Lying and be-
ing on the head of the Drains that runeth into the Nantikoke River
on the South side of Gum Branch, in order for a further Confirma-
tion by Warrant and Pattent from the Proprietaries' Agents in Penn-
sylvania, &c.

These are, therefore, to certifie that at the request of the s' John
May, Esq"", I have carefully run the Metes and Bounds of the si* Land
following, begining at a corner Maple standing in Loi^ Grounds on
the South side of the s"^ Gum Brarich, and runing thenoe down the
b' Branch, Bounding on the several Water courses South 58 degrees
West 24 Perches, North 45 West 20 Perches, South 68 West 24
Perches, South 87 West 46 Perches South 25 West 40 Perches.
South 3i West 24 Perches, South 89 East 14 Perches, South 62}
East 58 Perches, South 75 West 48 Perches to a comer Spanish
Oak standing on the s^ Brapch, and thence by a Line of Trees South
60 degrees East 162 Perches, to a Black Oak, and thence by a Line
of Trees North lOi degrees West 192 Perches, Home to the first
Bounder, containing and laid out for One hundred and five aores of
Land, now named Oak Hall, Surveyed the 22d day of January,
Annoq. Domini^ 1725, By me^

ROBERT SHANKLAND, D. Survey.

Whereas William Donally, in the County of Sussex, being seated
on some Vacant Land in the Forrest of s* County, Lying and being
on the Head of the Drains that runeth into the Chesapick Bay on
the South side of Gum Branch, requested me to run the Lines to
include 109 acres with his improvement, in order for a' further Con-
firmation from the Proprietary Agents of the Land Office in the
Province of Pennsylvania.

These are, therefore, to Certifie, that I fa^ve carefully run the
Mcetes and Bounds of the Land following, Begining at a comer
White Oak standing on the North side of one of the Forke of Gum
Branchy and runing thence down the s*' Branch on the several Water

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1759. 665

conrses South 16 West 54 Percbes, South 47 West 84 Perches,
North 85 West 24 Perches, South 43 West 36 Perches, South 17
West 72 Perches, South 8 West 26 Perches, South 14 East 36
Perches, South 26 West 34 Parches, to a corner Maple standing in
the Foii[ of the Branch, and thence up the other Branch on the
several Water courses North 37 West 26 Perches, North 15 West
82 Perches, North 14 East 48 Perches, North 43 East 24 Perches,
North 20 East 48 Perches, North 32 J West 58. Perches, North 42
Kast 42 Perches, to a corner White Oak Sapling by the Mouth of a
Small Branch, and thence South 79| East 116 Perches, Home to
the first Bounder containing and laid out for One Hundred and nine
acres of Land, called Surveyed the 22d day of January,

Annoq. Domini; 1725^ by me,

ROBERT SHANKLAND, D. Surveyor.

Whereas, George Walton, in the County of Sussex, intending to
make some improvement on some vacant Land situate in the Forrest
of said County, lying and being on the head of th^raines that
raneth unto Chesopick Bay, requested me to run the liines to take
in the quantity of one hundred acres of Land, in order for a further
Confirmation from the Proprietary Agents of the Land Offi^ in
Pennsylvania.

These are therefore to certific, that I have carefully run the fol-
lowing Metes and Bounds, begining at a corner White Oak standing
on the West side of Gum Branchy and runing thence due West by
a Line of Trees 82 Perches, to a comer Red Oak, standing on West
Branch, thence up the said, runing partly there with due North 172
Perches, to a comer White Oak, and theifce due West 24 Perches
to an other White Oak in a Swamp, and.tbence due North 72 perches
into a Swamp, and thence due East 106 Perches to a corner Spainish
Oak on the East side of the Neck Path, and thence diie South 182
Perches home to the fifgt Bounder, containing and laid out for one
Hundred Acres of Land, called Woolfe Den, Surveyed the 22 day
of January^ Annoqe Domini^ 1725, by me.

ROBERT SHANKLAND,

D. Surveyor.

By Virtue of the Commissioners warrant from Jacob Taylor, Sur-
veyor General, bearing date at Philadelphia, the 4th day of the 8th
Mo., Anno Domini, 1715. •

Requiring me to Survey and lay out for Richard Daubson, Two
Hundred acres in the Forrest of the County of Sussex, Ac. The
said Land lying and being on the head of the Beaver Dams of the

656 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1759.

head of Gravelly Branchy which proceeds out of Naniiookey begjaiog
at a marked Beach Tree standiDg on the South side of the ^ Jhm\
and runing from thence across a Swamp, South 33, East 110 perches,
by a line of marked trees to a marked White Oak standing in the
Woods, and thence North 57, East a 154 Perches, by a line of
marked Trees through a Swamp, to a Bounded White Oaik standing
by rising ground, and thence North 33, West 88 Perches across the
said Beaver Dam, to a Red Oak standing on the North side of the
said Dam, and thence North 35 i, East 48 Perches, to a white Oak
standing nigh the said Dam, and thence North sixty-nine west a 100
perches, to a marked Red Oak standing in a Swamp, and thence
west a 115 Perches, to a bounded Hickory, or tree standing in the
Line of Thomas Parker, and thence binding with the said Parker's
Line, South 7, west 60 Perches, to a Bound white oak of the said
Parker's, standing on the said Branch, and thence down the said
Branch and across the same, home to the first Bonnder, containing
and laid out for Two 'Hundred Seventeen Acres, called Daubson's
Winter Quarters. Surveyed the 14 th day of May, 1717, by me.

ROBERT SHANKLAND.

Memorial of Synod against Plaiis, 1759,

To the Hon'ble William Denny, Esq., Lieutenant Governor of (be
Province of Pennsylvania, and Counties of New Castle, Kent and
Sussex, upon Delaware.

The Humble Address of the Synod of New Tork and Phihdel-
phia, now Sitting.

May it Please your Honour,

With the greatest Concern for the Interests of Virtue and Reli-
gion, we beg leave to inform your Honour, that we understand there
is a Proposal of erecting a House within this City or Suburbs, pe-
culiarly designed for Exhibiting Plays.

That we cannot but believe in the Common method they are con-
ducted, they prove a most powerfull Engine of debauching the minds
and corrupting the manners of youth, by encouraging Idleness, Ex-
travagance and Immorality, which are of most fatal Consequence to
the Publick weal.

That the present war with France, and the Critical Conjnnetnie
of our Publick Affairs, render the Entertainments of the Stage pecu-
liarly Improper at this Time.

^ Therefore, we, as the Ministers of Chnst, and the friends of Man-
kind, Humbly Intreat your Honour to discountenance this pernicious
design.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1769. 657

We Prosnme not bj this Address ^o Dictate to your Honoar, bnt
only to discharge what we judge to be a duty incumbent on us in
present GircamstanceS| and flatter ourselves we shall obtain your
ready ooocnrrence in an affair of so much importance, which we
doubt not will be extremely agreeable to the good People of this
City and Province, and particularly oblige ^

May it please your Honour, ^

Your Honour's most Obedient

Humble Servants.
Signed by order

RxcHAiu) Treat, Moderator.

Philadelphia, May ye 22d, 1759.*

, RSCOMMEKDATION OF COMMAKDBB FOB PeISTNA. FrIGATS,

1759.

May it Please your Honour,

Yesterday Capt. Sibbald informed us, that he could not proceed
as Commander of the Provincial Ship, and on the application of Mr.
Thomas Robinson for the Command, we beg leave to mention him
to your Honour, as a person suitable for the purpose.
We are

Your Honour's

most Obedient

Humble Servants,

Taos. YoRKE,
Danl. Bundle,
Enoch Story,
Peter Chevalier, Jun.,
James Child.
May 26th, 1759.

Directed.

To the Honourable William Denny, Esq., Govemour of the Pro-
vince of Pennselvania.

* See Col. Bee, Vol. VIII., p. 840, 663, and Archives Vol. III. p. 669.
' 28* .

6S8 PBNNSTLYANIA ABOHIVES 1759.

Capt. John Sibbald's Bbcommbndation of Lieut.
Lbbch, 1759. \

Copy.

-ly John Sibbald, do hereby certify, that Thomas Leeob, Jan.,
was my Second Lieutenant on board the Pennsylvania Frigate, dur-
ing her Cruizes. That he behaved himself in that Station with great
care and assiduity, and performed every part of his duty to my satis-
faction, and I am of opinion that he is capable, and of suffidcnt
Skill, Courage and Capacity, to Command and take the Charge of
the present Ship of war designed for the Protection of the Tn^e of
this Province.

(Jiven under my Hand, this Twenty-eighth day of May, 1759.

JNO. SIBBALD.

Clerk of the Market in Beading, 1759.

We, the Subscribers, humbly recommend William Reser to bis
Honour the Govemour, as a fit person to be Clerk of the Market la
the Town of Beading, if his Honour should think fit to dippciai
one.

CONEAD WeISER,

William Bird,
James Bead,
Jonas Seely,
Jacob Kern,
Christian Bubse,
Da. Henderson.
29 May, 1759.

Commitment of French Prisoners to Jail, 1759. I

To the Sheriff of the County & City of Philadelphia :

These are to require and authorize you to receive into your Jtu
the Frendi Prisoners imported by Captain Beohey, whose n%as
are mentioned underneath, and keep them in safe Custody tiU loj
further order, and for so doing this shall be your Warrant. Girea

PEKNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1750. 65»

ttnder mj Hand'tnd Seal at Arms, at Philadelphia, this 29» day of
May, 1769.

WILLIAM PENNY.

1. John Blondet, Master, 8. John Joquet,

2. John Teto, 2"« Master, ' 9. John Vrillau,

3. Francis Moine, 3"« Master, 10. Andrew Griffin,

4. John Dabou, Cooper, 11. Vincent Bouon,

5. Peter Moulier, 12. Peter Prustie,

6. John Boutard, 13. John Berdinct,

7- Andrew Ilousseau, 14. Jn» Decamp, the Cap*"' Serv*.

Petition respecting Theatre,* 1769.

To the Hon*»« WILLIAM DENNY, Esq'., Gov' of the Province
of Pennsylvania, &c.

The Petition of Alexander Alexander, Smith, and W". Williams,
Painter, ,

Humbly Sheweth :

That Mr. Douglass having been favoured with your Honours
'' p'mission of the 5^^ of April last, to build a Theatre and Act with-
'* out the bounds of this City," he apply'd to your Petitioner, Alex-
ander, to erect a large building for the purpose afores**, and to your
Pet' Williams to provide and paint a new set of Scenes for the said
Theatre ; at the same time, producing to your Petiti^ your Honours
p'mission of the purport aforesaid in your own Handwriting.

That your Petitioners relying on the said permission to b*e ge-
nuine, & not entertaining the least doubt that any thing cou'd inter-
vene to prevent Mr. Douglass's design of acting, your Petiti"',
Alexander, was prevailed on to build, at his own Charge, a large
building for a Play House, for the use of Mr. Douglass and his Com-
pany, which, when finished, will cost your Petit' £300 & upwards,
and your Petit', Williams, to pdnt a new set of Scenes for the said
House, which will come to £100 and upwards ; but now your Peti-
tioners are informed, that the House ef Assembly have sent up to
your Honour a Bill against any Play Houses being open'd or al-
lowed in this Province.

Tour Petiti", therefore, being apprehensive that if the said Act
pass without any exception in favour of Mr. Douglass, on y' Hon'*
permission afores', he will not be able to retmlrarse & indemnify
your Petiti" for their very great expence of the said House & Scenes ;
And pray your Honour will be pleas'd to take their case into oonsi-

860 PENNSYLVANIA AKCHIVES 1759.

deration^ and grant them such redress as to your Honour shall
meet.

And your Petiti" will every pray, &c.

ALEX'R ALEXANDER,
WILLIAM WILLIAMS.*
Philad«, 2* June, 1759.

Recommendation of Nathan Foot, 1759.

These are to Certify, that the Bearer, Nathan Foot, hath served
in the late Province Ship, John Sibbald, Commander, two CruisseR,
the first as Midshipman, the latter as Master's Mate, during which
time the said Nathan Foot behaved himself in a manner suitable to
the Stations he sened in. Given under my hand, this 4^^ June,
1759.

JNO. SIBBALD.
Directed J -

To the Honourable William Denny, Esq'.

R. Peters to Secretary Ridout, 1759.

8 June, 1759.
Sir,

Hearing, by accident, that a Messenger was in town from Frede-
ricksburg, I was in hopes to detaiu him long enough to wait on the
Governor for his answer to Gov' Sharpes Letter of the 18*" April,
incloi^ng the Report of the Council, k sundry Dcpositiona relating
to the death of Mr. Outten, one of the Subsheriffs of Worcester
County, but finding the Messenger cannot stay, 1 take the freedom
to acquaint jou that the Judges of the .Supreme Court have appoint-
ed the 25^^f instant for the trial of John Willej, at Lewes, in Sus-
sex County, the person who shot Mr. Outten, in the Execution of a
Precept that issued out of Worcester County ag* y said Willey.

You will please to communicate this to his Excellency, your Go-
vernor, peihaps he may cbuse that some of the Gentlemen of the
Bar should be present at the Tryal, and as it may be a day or two
before Governoi; Dennys Answer shall reach his hands, they will
give him earliest information of the time and place of Tryal, that
the Counsel may be prepared themselves, & likewise that Care be
taken that all persons who were present at this unhappy affair, or

* See Colon. Rec. Vol. VIII. p. 339-340, and this Vol. p. 656.
t See page 664.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1759. 661

know any thiDg of the situation of the place where the.&ct waa
comDiitted may he present, likewise to give their Evidence.
I am, Sir,

Your most obedient

Humble Servant,

BICHARD PETERS *

Sir John St. Claib to R. Petebs, 1759.

Philadelphia, June 9% 1759.
Sir:

I look upon it as inoumbent upon roe, to lay before you the State
of Captain Neelsons Case, who is confined in Jail for a Debt oon-
traoted (as is said) for his Majestys Service.

In Sept' last I received an Order from the late Brigadier Forbes,
to send a Detachment of the Pennsylvania Troops to empress Wag-
gons in Chester & Buck's Countys, in consequence of this Order
Oapt" Nelson was sent on this Service, in which he brings in an ac-
count of iC202 8 6, which is one Shilling and Six pence ^ day for
each man. /

When any of the Kings Tr<5op8 are sent on Command, or recruit-
ing in any part of America, they have four pence p'' day for each
man in lieu of Provisions, which, in England, was thought sufficient
to support any man (his pay included) in America. When ever
the Provincial Troops march by Order of the Kings Officers, th^
receive four pence p' day for their Provisions when they are at a
distance from the Magazines.

The Now England Governments, rather than lowering the rates
of the Tavern keepers, make good the Expences incurrd by their
Troops on their march, & they receive no more from the Crown than
the 4 pence Sterling. *

So that if this sum of Capt" Nelsons is good by the Crown, this
will be erected into a precedent, and the whole Provincial Troops
will claim the same, and give the Kings Troops reason to complain
that they have not the same allowance as the Provincials. These, Sir,
are the Heasons that pu&s it out of my power to recommend it to
Gen^ Stanwix to be paid by the Crown.
I am, Sir,'

Your most humble Servant,

JOHN St. CLAIR.

Rich* Peters, Esq'.
Directed.

To the Reverend Mr. Richard Peters, Philadelphia.

* See va ious papers on this subject, on preceding pages. Alw p. C62-
668.

«2 MNNSYLVANIA AROmVBS 1769;

Gov. Djbnky to Gov. Sharps, 1769, .

Philadelplius Jane 11% 1759.

Sir:

I TCoeired yonni of the 18<^ of April, in which was inclosed a
Report of voar Goancil and Copies of several DepositionSi relative
to the death of William Oatten, lately a Depaty Sheriff in the Coun-
ty of Worcester, at the time the Assembly was sitting at Newcastle,
which gave me an opportunity of oommunicatiDg to such of y« Jus-
tices of Sussex as were members of the house, the several papers,
and of enquiring more particularly into this unhappy affair. The
Justices declared there was abundant proof, that the place whera
the Fact was committed is, and was ever reported to be within the
County of Sussex, and that the Gentlemen of the Maryland Connett
had been misinformed as to their Behaviour, which has always beeo
peaceable and qaie<^, and that they were greatly surprised & oon-
eemed to hear, that at a time when the Proprietaries of Pennsylva-
nia had acquainted the House of Assembly, that a final agreement
was likely to take place between the Lord Baltimore and them, for
the settlement of all disputes relative to the Borders, there should
be indictments against John Sharp, and many others, inhabitants of
the County of Sussex, found by the Grand Jury for Worcester
County, for not delivering Lists of their several Taxables to the
Constables of that County, and that prooess shou'd so rashly issue
out of that County Court for the apprehending them, when it was
W^ll known they were within the bounds of Sussex County, and had
paid their Taxes interrupteilly in that County, from the first settle-
ment of their Lands. Those Gentlemen further inform me that
Sundry Facts relating to themselves^ as set forth in the Depositions,
were absolutely untrue.

After giving them a strict charge so to demean themselves that no
disturbances might ail^e amougst the Borders, I sent orders to have
the most exact Enquiry'made into the affair, and particularly to ascer-
tain the situation of the place where Outten was unfortunately
killed, and to return all to me on Oath.

By a Letter 1 have just received from the Chief Justioe, I have
reason to think my orders have been carefully obeyed, and I send
you Copies of Sundry Affidavits, which evince that the place where
&c., is in the County of Sussex.

1 have now the Honour to acquaint yon that, as I conceive it b
not in my power to obstruct the course of the Law, nor in any wise
interfere therewith, I cannot, consistent with my Station or Duty,
comply with the requests you have made, to deliver up Wiley, Sharp
& others, to receive their Tryal in your Province, nor to discharge
such Persons as now stand indicted for a Biott on or near the Bor-
ders of The Two Provinces.

The Justices of the Supreme Court- of the Government of tho

PENNSYLVANIA AKCHIVBS 17S9. a68

Lower OotratioB, faaTrog appointed the 2b^ iintanty at Lewisi for tbe
Trjal of John Willey and others, under Indictmenta, I ihall send
the Attorney Oenend to attend the Court, and if it be found that
the plaoe where Outten was killed is out of the Juriadietion of that
Court, I shall then gtve^the neoessary orders to haye Willey, and all
others, oonfined and delivered up Jo any Officer you may appoint to
receive them, in order to be tried; where the Fact shall really appeaf
to have been eommitted.*

J. RiDOUT TO B. Pbters, 1759.

Annapolis, the 14th Jane^ 1759.
Dear Sir,

Tbe return of Governor Denny's Express, gives me an opportiroity
to acknowledge the rcNseit of your Letter dated the 8th inst. ;f the
Contents whereof I communioatod to our Governor yesterday mom-
iog, as soon as I received it His Excellency desires you'll be pleased
to make his Compliments to Governor Denny, and say, that after he
has laid Jbis Letter of the 11th inst., and the Papers it contained,
before the Gentlemen of his Council^ he will do himself the honour
to answer it.
With the greatest Regard and Esteem,
I am,
Sir,
Tour most Humble,

and obedientServant,

T. RIDOUT.
Mr. Peters.

Wakrakt of Subvet, 1759.

Pensllvania & Counties ss.
By the Commissioners of Property.

At the request of Thomas Parker, of the County of Su9-
[ti. s.] sex, that we would grant him to take up within the Forest
of the said County, on Rent, the Quantity of two hundred
Acres of Land, These are to authorize and require thee to survey or
cause to be surveyed unto the said Thomas Parker, in the said
Forest, on ye Branches of Cedar Creek, contiguous to the Surveys

♦ See page 660. t See Ibid.

664 PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVES 1759.

there already made; the said Qnaatity of two hundred Aores of land
that has not been heretofore surveyedi nor is lawfully claimed by
any other person, to be holden of the Proprietor under the yearly
Quit Rent of one Penny Sterling for every acre thereof, and make a
Betum of the same into the Secretary's Office, in order for a further
Confirmation. Giyen under our hands and Provincial Seal at
Philada., the 20th day of the 7th month, Anno Dom, 1716.

Take special care that this be not executed on any Lands where
the waters run into Chesapeak.

RICHARD HILL,

ISAAC NORRIS.
JAMES LOGAN.
To Jacob Taylor, Surveyor Gen'l.

A true Copy from the Origiual, remaining in
the Surv Gen'ls Office at Philada. Certi-
fied the 16th day of June, 1759.

^ Nice's Scull, Surv'r Gen'l

PROCEEDINQS OF CoURT AGAINST JOHN WiLLET, 1759.

Sir,

At the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and Goal Delivery, held at
Lewes, in .Sussex, on the 25th, 26th, and 27th instant The At-
torney General laid before the Grand Inquest, a Bill of Indictment
a certain John Willey, for the Murdering a certain William Outten,
the which Bill was returned to the Clerks and Endorsed Ignoramus ;
whereupon another bill was drawn against the said Willey, for Man-
slaughter, which was returned by the Grand Jury, a True Bill, to
which Bill the afors'd Willey Pleaded Guilty, prayed the Benefit of
^Clergy, had it granted, and hath been Branded with the Letter M,
on the Brawn of the left Thumb.

The Judges before they left the Bench, gave strict Charge to the
Inhabitants of Sussex in general, and to the Borderers in Particular;
to demean themselves in a Quiet, Peaceable, and inoffeosive Manner,
to the Inhabitants of the Government of Maryland in General, and
to those who live on the Confines thereof, in particular; and doubt
not, their said Charge will be punctually obeyed.

But so it is, may it please your Honour, that this day we have
been informed, that several of the back iuhabitants of this County,
live in dread of having Officers sent among them, by the direction
of the Justices of Worcester County, (Maryland.) in order to compel

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1769. 666

tbem to give in their Names as Taxables, who they claim to live and
reside within the jurisdiction of Worpester County afores'd, of which
information we think it our duty to give your Honour, this plain
and early aoc^ that so some measures may be fallen on, between
your Honour and the Governor of Maryland, for quieting the minds
and preserving the peace of our Honourable Proprietaries tenants,
who live on the confines of Sussex County afores'd.
We are, Sir,

Your obedient,

Humble Servants,

RS. HOLT.
WM. TILL,
J. VINING.
Lewes, June 27th, 1759.

Complaint against George Croghan for Trading with
, Indians, 1769,

May it Please the Governor,

By a Letter from our Agent at Pittsburgh, dat«d 22d June, we
arc ihform'd that George Croghan has assum'd a power of Licencing
such persons to trade with the Indians at Pittsburg, as he thinks
proper, and also to fix the prices Goods shall be sold at, and of the
Skins and Furrs to b^ rece'd in Payment. We have in both respects
fix'd such prices for our Agent, as in our judgment would fully an-
swer the design of the Law, & expectations of the Indians ; but we
are informed by the Letter above mentioned, that George Croghan
has offered them 2s. per lb. more for their Beaver, than we have di-
rected our Agent to give. The chief part of the peltry we shall re-
ceive, will pay so high a Carriage, that we are of opinion on an
average, they will not neat the first cost in Philad'; and although
Beaver at this time sells at a high price here, on aoco* of the scarcity
of that article, we are of opinion that the price must fall consider-
ably on such quantities being bro't to market, as wo think will be
rcce'd from Pittsburgh.

Wo must beg leave to represent to the Governor, that if any per-
son is permitted to License Traders with the Indians, & to fix such
prices for -skins and peltry as he may judge proper, we apprehend
such inconveniences will arise, as our Legislature thought necessary
to remedy, by the law under which we act.

We have sent forward to Carlisle a large quantity of Goods, and
provided more in expectation of the trade being oonduoted according

eee Pennsylvania archites 1759.

to Law ; as onr 1iM;e advices from Pitt6bnrgh give reason to appro*
bend an obstruction thereto^ we think it necessary to lay these mat-
ters before the Governor. ,

John Retrell,
Jos. Richardson,
Wm. West,
Edwd. Peninoton,
William Fishsb,
James Child,
Thos. Willing,
Amos Stbettsll.
Philadelphia, July 9th, 1759.

To AND FROM F. J. PARIS AND OTHERS, 1759.

Richard Partridge, Esq'.,

Sir : The Proprietarys of Pennsylvauia were, long since, informed
that the Papers relating to the Charge made by the Indian, Teedy-
nscung, were to be transmitted to Great Britain, & to be laid before
his Majesty & his Ministers, and which gav&^lhem great satisfactioa
as they would thereby have had a pnblick opportunity of vindicat-
ing themselves & their Familys, and their much injured Reputations,
against the Effects of a Charge so exceedingly false and wicked.

But after repeated Enquirys, at the several offices, where any sneh
Papers were expected to have been lodged, it cannot be discovered
that auy such are brought in.

You may believe that the Proprietarys cannot rest easy whilst an
Affair of this kind remains unexamined into, wherefore, it is by
their order that I desire to know from yon whether those Papers are
arrived, & whether they are, or when they will be, presented to His
Majesty, or any of his Ministers, and am,
Sir,
Your humble Servant,

F. J. PARIS.

Sorry Street, 6th July, 1758.

Surry Street, London, 27th July, 1758.
Thomas Penn, Esq*".,

D'. S'. : On the 20th Instant I wrote to D'. Fothergill, as under-
neath, & at Noon this Day received his Answer, Copys whereof wait
on you herewith, from,
D'. S'.,

Your most faithful

& obed* h'ble Servant,

FERDJOHN PARIS.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1759. 667

Oopj of Mr. Paris's Letter to Doot' Fotbergill.
Sir:

The PropHetafyg of Pennsjlvatiia weiid long since informed tl^at
the Papers relating to the Charge made bj the Indian, Teedjuscongi
were to be transmitted to Great Britain and laid before his Majesty
and his Ministers, which Information gave them great satisfaction,
as they thereby hoped for apubliok opportunity of vindicating them*
selves & tbeir Familys, & their mach injured reputations, against the
Effects of a Charge so exceedingly false.

But upon repeated Enquirys at the Offices where such Papers were
expected to have been lodged, it oimnot be discovered that any such
are brought in.

And after writing to Mr. Partridge, the Agent, he says that tho'
he has transciently heard something of that Matter, yet he knows
nothing about it, nor has any Papers relative to- it.

Tou may believe that the Proprietarys cannot rest easy wbilst an
Affair of this kind remains unexamined into, and as they have been
farther informed that those Papers are sent to yourself & some
other Friend, they have therefore ordered me to desire to know from
you whether those Papers are arrived, & whether they are or when
they will be presented to his Majesty or any of his Ministers.

I shall be glad to receive the favour of your Answer, & remain^
with great B^pect^

Sir,
Your most obed*

humble Servant,

F. J. P.

Surry Street, Strand, 20th July, 1758.

Copy D'. Fothergill's Answer to Mr. Paris.
Eesteemed Friend:

When thy Letter was left at my house I was at considerable dis-
tance in the Country, & have embraced the first leisure Moment to
acquaint thee with all I know concerning the Affair.

Some Papers were transmitted to me to peruse and deliver B.
Franklin, relating in some respects to the Indian Complaints.

These Papers, were not in the Nature of a Memorial to be deliv-
ered to any of the Publick Offices, but were merely a collection of
Facts from such Records as were accessible.

They were long since delivered to the Person to whom they were
ordered, and as they only passed thro' my hands for a transient peru-
sal, I neither took Copies or Extracts of any Part of them.
I am,

With great Respect to the Prop''" k thyself,
Thy obliged Friend,

JOHN FOTHERGILL.
Whitehart Court, 27th Inst.

668 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1759.

Hampstead, BUt Ang^, 1758.
Thomas Penn, Esq'.,

D'. S'. : I sent my Olerk to Richard Partridge's Honse with a
Copy of the Letter I wrote to him the 6th of last Month, (oi which
you had a Copy before) & added thereto the following words :

<<Sarry Street, 28th Aagast, 1758. ^ir : It is now above Seven
" Weeks since I tronbled you with a letter by order of Hhe Pro-
" prietarys of Pennsylvania, the copy whereof is here above written.
'' You excused yourself giving me any /inswer then, because, as you
'^ told me, some Gentlemen, who had the Papers I mentoncd, was
'^ then out of Town. This, I think, was the puiport of what yon
" then said. As so much time has since elapsed, I now repeat my
'< Request to you, by Command of the Proprietaries, and pray the
" favour of you, as the Agent of the House of Representatives, to
'< give me a plain Answer, in Writings to my above written Letter,
^ and am^

Sir,

^ Your most humble Servant,

F. J. P.

To Richard Partridge, Esq''., Agent of the House of Repreeenta-
tives of Pennsylvania.''

I find he will give mo no Answer in writing^ for he left word yes-
terday with my Clerk in Surry Street, " that Mr. Franklin (who is
^' still out of town) had informed him that the Papers I wrote about
'< were actually sent in, by the Assembly, to the Board of Trade.''
But he did not say when they were sent in.
My Clerk has kept Memorandums of all this to serve in time
convenient, and I

I am, I

D'. Sir, I

Your most faithful I

& obed^ humble ServS
FRED JOHN PARIS.
Indorsed^ ^^ Message to Teedyuscung and the Delaware Indians, |

received by Post, June, 1759." ]

Adam Stephen to B&ia. 6ek. Stakwix^ 1759..

> F. Ligonier, July 7th, 1759.

Sir:

Yesterday about one o'clock the Scouts and Hunters returned to
Camp & reported that they had not seen the least sign of the Enemy
about; upon^hich, in Compliance with Maj' TuUiken's request, I
pent L^ Blane with the R. Americans to Bedford, and as the party

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1769. 669

was but gmall, ordered a Serg* & Eighteen chosen Woodsmen, to
Gondact him through the Woods, to the foot of the Laurel Hill on
the West side^ with directions to return to Camp without toudbing
the Boad.

About three Quarters of an hour after the Detachm^ had marched
the Enemy made an attempt to Surprise this Post I cannot ascer-
tain their numbers^ but am certain they were considerably superiour
to ours.

At first I imagined the Enemy only intended to amuse the Garri-
son whilst they were engaged with L^ Blane's Party, but finding the
place invested in an instant k the Enemy rush pretty briskly, I be-
gan to entertain hopes of their safety, & was only anxious for the
Serg^ & Eighteen men.

The Enemy made an Effort from every Quarter, but the fire on
the first Redoubt was hottest, in it Cap^ Jones was killed.

We are extremely obliged to L'. .Mitchelson, of the Artillery, for
his Vigilance & application. After a few well placed shells and a
brisk fire from the Works, The Enemy retired into the skirts of the
Woods, and continued their fire at a distance, till night.

The Serg^ (Packet, of the Virginians) returned about Sunset with-
out Seeing an Enemy untill he came within sight of the Fort. The
party behaved well, fought untill they had orders to retreat & got in
without the loss of a man.

The Enemy never molested us in the night. Small Parties of
tbem have shown themselves in the skirts of the Woods & fired at a
distance to day without doing us any hurt.

We were happy in saving the Bullock guard & Cattle & all the
horses employed in the publick Service were luckily returned to
Bedford.

I have not heard from Pittsburg since the first inst., where Cap*'.
Woodward & Morgan then arrived with a detachment of 230 men^
Having under their care Eighty horse load of flour.

I have the honour to be,
Sir,

Your most obed*

humble Serv*.,
ADAM STEPHEN.

P. S. We have only Cap*. Jones killed & three men wounded, &
flatter ours^Ive8 that their loss is considerable. '
Brigad'* Gen* Stanwiz.

670 PKHNSTLTANIA. AKCBttVBS 1769.

Ensign Orndt to Gov. Dknny, 1759.

Fort Allen, July 12th, 1758.

To tbe Honorable William Denny, Esq'., Commanda: in Chief of
Provinoe of Pennsylvania, Kent, Snssez and Delaware.

Sir,

I have to Inform you thut tbe neighbonrhood of Heidelbnrg has
been very allarmed, by a boy who was sent to hunt horses in the
above neighbourhood and was taken Captive by to Indians, who
after taking him 10 days Journey, being very much fatigued, laid
down to Sleep, he watching bis oppertunity made his escape and
Came down to a Place belonging to George Custard, under the
mountain, and asserted the above for truth, and I thought it my
duty to Inform you of the above account. I have nothing mooro at
Present to Inform you, but

Bemain yours to Serve,

HENRY ORNDT, Ensign.

Col. Bouquet to Gov. Denny, 1759.

Ship. 12th July, 1759.
Sir,

The first press warrant you was pleased to Issue for Chester County
a month ago having been secreted, the Second came to Mr. Hunt,
three days ago, and in Consequence two of the Majestrates began
yesterday only to Issue warrants to Impress in some Townships, But
the rest of the Justices do not seem disposed to Concern themselves
to forward the Service } 27 Wagons only have been raised in this
County, which are ready to set out, But Mr. Hunt has no espeota-
tion to raise the 39 remaining. The Peeple send* their Wagons &
horses out of the County to avoid the press, and the majestrates
unwilling to levy even the small fine prescribed by Law.

The Season admitting of no further delay, and no magazine being
yet form'd on the frontiers, the Troops detain'd^at Carlisle tiu
Wagons can be got; We have no other Resource left than to apply
again to you, and beg the favour of your further assistance to write
the majestrates of Tork, Lancaster, Berks, Chester & Buoks Coon^
to know the Reason of their delay in Executing your Warrant, &
enjoin them to do every thing in their power to Forward His Majes-
ty's Service, which is at a stand for want of the propper Exertion of
their powers, and to Recommend to them in the strongest terms, to
loose no more time in Compelling the People to Comply immediately
with Their duty and the General's Request. We have tryed to send

PENNSYLYANU AKCHIVBS 1759. 671

Soldiers with the Constableg to impress Lancaster & Chester ConntySy
bat the bad Saecess thej have had; Shews plaiolj the iDsufficiencjfi
of that Expedient.

Tho General sets out to-morrow for Carlble, and I go back to
Lancaster to-daj.
I have the Honour to be, very respectfulljj
Sip,
Your most obedient,

and most h'ble Servant,

HENRr BOUQUET,

p. A. G.

Directedf

The Hon'ble Wm. Denny, Esq',

Governor of Pensilv*.

Geo. Ceoghan to Gov. Denny, 1759.

Pittsburg, July 1 5th, 1759.
Honoured Sir,

The 13th of this Ins^, at 6 o'clock in the Evening, arrived here
two Spies I had sent to Venango, to know the truth of the Intelli*
gence we had received from several Indians, of the French being on
their March from Priskisle to Venango with a large Body of Troops,
composed of French and Indians, to attack this place, & that they
had with them a Train of Artillery; they say, that when they arrived
at Venango, they see there about Seven hundred French, & four
hundred Indians; that on the 9th of this month there arrived there
two hundred Indians, the next day about the same number, and the
day following about One hundred and fifty more, then the Command*
told the Indians he would speak to them the next day; as fast as the
Indians came, the French Officers were employed. Clothing and
fitting them out for the Expedition, and by the Ilth, at night, the
whole were Cioathed; at 10 o'clock the next morning, the whole
met in Council, when the French Command* gave the Indians thanks
for joining him, & desired them to prepare themselves for he in-
tended to set of for to attack this place the next Day, then threw
down the War Belt; there was two Six Nadons Indiaifs in the
Council, who had came there the Night before, one of which got up
and made a Speech to all the Indians, telling them their Father was
in too great a hurry, & desired them to consider some time on what
they were going to do, & then delivered the Indians a large Bunch
df String Wampum ; this threw them into some confusion, and be-
fore they recovered out of it, two Indians arrived with a Packet of
Letters, which, as soon as the Commander had opened & read, he

672 PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVES 1769.

spoke to tho Indians, told them he had bad News, that a great Armj
of English and S' Wm. Johnson, with the Six N"* & a great number
of other Indians, were on their march to attack Niagara ; that it was
a place of great Consequence both to them and their Children ; that
he should lay bj thoughts of going down the Biver tillhe had drove
the English from Niagara, and desired them to be strong and sup-
port their Father, & then give orders for the Battoes there to go up
the River, and to turn the other Battoes back that was coming down.
Our spies say they see but three Cannon ; that the French expected
in the Battoes that was to have been there that Night five more, and
that about 80 Battoes set of while they were there, and a great many
Indians were tying up their Bundles, and some set off; they are of
opinion that the French will endeavour to divide them, leaving some
of them behind to annoy the Road; that 19 Woyondotts, the whole
that was with the French, had set of home ; that the 13th, in the
morning, some of the Party that had attacked Ligonier came there,
that they had got neither Prisoners or Scalps, that they said they
had one man killed and one wounded ; that the Ind* the French had
with them consisted of twelve different Nations.

Our Spies also say, that they had engaged three Shawnesse who
had quit the French, to stay and see what they would^do, and then
set of for here with the News.

I am sending of fresh Spies to watch their motions. Coll. Mercer
will send you a^ Copy of the Conferences we held with the Indians at
this place, by which your Honor will be able to judge of their .dis-
positions towards us, which I think are as favourable as can be
expected considering we have neither Troops or Provisions here, for
these several days we have had neither Flower, Meat or Salt, ex-
cept some Milk Cows which somov Country People brought here to
sell their Milk ; we have as many left as will serve ns two days, and
then we must begin upon our Horses, but wo have some hopes of a
Convoy's arriving here in a day or two, as we have Intelligence from
Venango that a large Body of Troops, with a great number of Loaded
Horses and Cattle, were seen by some of their spies five days agoe
on this side the Allegheny Hill.

I should be obliged to your Honour for sending me a draught of
the boundary line settled with the Indians at the Treaty of Eastoa,
that I may have it in my power to prevent any disputes arising here-
after,-as the Indians here look upon their having a right with the
Six Nations in these Lands.

I am, with Esteem,

Your Honour's

Most obedient humV Serv^

GEO. CROQHAN.

Directed, — (On his Majesty's Service.)
To the Honourable William Denny, Esq',

Qovernor'S Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1759. 673

Eich'd Peters to Dr's.6r-«;mb and Bond, 1759.

Gentlemen :

I am informed by the Mayor of the City, that some Vessel may
have imported a Person in the Yellow Fever. The Health Officer
acquaints me that a Person was brought ashore from on board the
Brjgantino Pure Love, just arrived from S^ Christophers^ and that
he lyes dead in an house in Front street, near Eace street.

You are therefore hereby desired to visit the said Vessel, and the
Corpse of the said Person, who was brought ashore from on board,
and make Report to me forthwith of the Condition in which you
find them.

I am; Gentlemen,

Your most humble Servant,

RICHARD PETERS, Secretary

in the absence of the Governor, who is not in Town.
17^ July, 1759.

To D' Graeme & D' Bond.

DrS. GRiEMB AND BoND TO GoV. DeNNT, 1769,

Philadelphia, July 17, 1759.

In compliance with orders from Mr. Secretin Peters, we examined
the state of Health of all the Mariners then on board the Snow True
liove, from St. Christophers, viz., the Cap' and three Sailors, and
found them well; we were told there wore three other People belong*
ing io the s* Vessel, who were on shore, but well; this we think the
Health officer should particularly enquire into.

We also examined the Corpse of the Person said to have been a
Passenger on board the s* Vessel, and to have Dyed soon after being
landed, and found the Body bloated and yellowish, but did not 'dis*>
cover any marks from which we could judge his Disease to have
beeii, a putrid or malignant Fever.

THOS. GB^MB,

THOS. BOND.
Directed,
To his Honour the Governor.

Vol III— 29

674 PENNSYLVANIA. AJRGHI7ES 1759.

Col, Hugh Mbrcbe to Gov. Dbnnt, 1769.

Ktteburgh, 17* July, 1759.
Sir :

My last to your Honour was of the 7% iu it I mention'd a Oon-
ferenoe to he held \irtth the Indians; their impatience to return
home urged it on contrary to my inclination^ before the Generars
Arrival. The Minutes are inclos'd for your perusal. The' Indiana
appear highly satisfied^ and since have given proofs of greater seal
and fidelity in our interests than I could have expected. The greatly
superior force which -the Enemy had unezpectly collected at Ve-
nango, justly alarmed them, especially as they saw our low circum-
stances as to men & provisions ; part of the Garrison being em-
ployed in escorts, and not a Days supply belonging to the Garrison
when it was in the Enemies power to have invested us. The first
Intelligence of the Enemies design we had from Priscile, the 11^,
the next from the Delawares, above Venango, the 13^, both which I
immediately communicated to the Gen* — the 15% we had the fol-
lowing accounts from two Six Nation Indians sent to spy at Venan-
go, who left this place the '7**. They found att Venango, 700
French & 400 Indians ; the Commanding Officer told them he ex-
pected 600 more Indians, that as soon as they arrived he Would
come and drive us from this Place. Next day 200 Indians came to
Venanffo, & the same number the next day, and the third. They
were all fitted off for the Expedition by the 11*^, at night, & 3
Peioes of Cannon brought from Le Beuff, the other's expected every
hour, with a great many Battoes loaded with Provisions. In the
morninff of the 12*^, a Grand Council was held, in which the Coram'
thanked the Indians for attending them, threw down the War Belt
& told them he sett off next day. The Indians consented, but were
somewhat disconcerted by one of the Six Nations, who gave them
Wampum, telling them to consider what they did, and not be in too
great a hurry ; Soon after Messengers arrived with a Packet for the
Officer who held the Council, at which he & the other Offieera ap-
peared much concemd, and at length he told the Indians : Children,
I have receivd bad News, the English are gone against Niagara ;
we must give over thoughte of going down the River, till we have
cleard that place of the Enemy. If it should be taken our Road to
you is stopt up, and you must become poor.

Orders were immediately given to proceed with the Artillery,
Provisions, &c., up French Creek, which the Spies saw sett off, and
the Indians making up their Bundles to follow.

They reckon there were upwards of 1000 Indians, collected from
12 different Nations, at Venango.'

Half the Party that atteok'd Ligonier was retumd without Pri-
soner or Scalp ; they had, by their own account, one Indian Killed
& one Wounded.

FENNSTLYANIA ABGH]:\^BS 1759* 675

22 WiandotB are justaxriTed^probaUj of those oolleoted at Ye-
nango.

SiDce the Conference we baTe, in conjanction with the Delawares^
Bent Messengera with Belts to all the Nations in the French Inter*
est, to inform them of what their Chiefs have agreed to here ; and
this, with the Enemies embarrased situation, we expect maj break
off numbers from them.
I am, Sir,

r^ur Honours most

Obedient humble Serv^

HUGH MERCER.

Thomas Lawrence to Bich'd Peters, 1759.

Sir : , "

The Health Officer thinks it necessary some order shoud issue
from the Oovernor, respecting any Vessells that arrived at this sea-
son of year, that they may be stopped at the Battery, untill such
time as they are examined, whether they are free from any Malig-
nant disorders ; if you will be kind enough to assist him in this
matter, you will do great service to the Inhabitants of this City, and
greatly oblidge, ,

S', y friend & humble Serv^

THO. LAWRENCE.
July 21-S 1759.
To Rich* Peters, Esq'.

The Commissioners to Gov. Denny, 1759,

PhUad*, July 25, 1759.
Sir : '

We hare Consider', Mr. Croghans Request, Recommended to ns by
Tour Honour, and Considering the very Great Expence this Province
has been at, in Indian Treaties, we are of opinion, that as General
Stanwiz, has Ordered up to Pitsburg a yery I^rge present for the Dif-
ferent Nations of Indians, Along the Ohio, it is IFnneoessary at this
Time to run the Province to any Ezpence in an additional present.
We are your Honours,

Most Humble Ser<«.

Thos. Cadwaladeb,
Jos. Galloway,
Ltndford LabpnbB|
Jos. Ffox,
Jon. Hughes.
Directed.^Vot his Honor Governor Denney. These.

67« PBNNSYLVANIA AlWH^rBS 1759.

DBS. G&fiMB AND Bond to Gov. Dsnnt, 1759.

Philadelphia, JqIj 26, 1759:
In oompljance with Directions; we have examiDed the State of
Health of the Mariners, and three of the Prisoners on board the
Sloop Francis, a Flag of Trace from Hispaniola, and found two of
them with Fevers whicli wo apprehend may be contagions, and are
of opinion they ought not to be landed in the Gitj until they are
recovered* We likewise think the Vessel shouM be well cleaned and
aired, before she is permitted to come to any Wharf in the Oity.

The Capt" of the s' Sloop informed us the rest of the Prisonera
were on shore, and one of them only indisposed ; as they did not
come under our Inspection, we cannot Beport any thing concerniog
them.

THO: GRJSME,
TH. BOND.
To the Hon"' William Denny, Esq'.

Thomas Leech to Gov. Denny, 1759.

Hoarkill Bhoad, 28«» July, 1759.
Sir : ,

My last of the 5** July, acquainted your Hon' of my intention of
steering my course towards Egg Harbour, in pursuit of a Snow &
Sloop, French Privateers, being seen of there, in Consequence there-
of I stretched away for that quarter, along the Coast as far as Sandy
Hook, but no Intelligence of them. I have nothing material to add,
but your Hon' may rely on all the industry possible, & of shewing
my endeavours in answering agreeable to the Favour your Honour
was pleased to bestow on

Your Hon** most

Ob* Hble Serv*.

THOMAS LEECH.
P. S. Inclosed your Hon' have a List as before.

The Declaration of Christopher Hoskins, 1759.

Prov. Massa. Bay :

The Declaration of Christopher Hoskins, Mariner, that he left
Ferryland, in New Fo<>land, the 14th instant, and arrived at Boston
yesterday evening. That the day he sailed, a Snow arrived from
Dartmouth, belonging to Mr. Boldsmorth, who came passenger in
her. That said Holdsworth informed the Deolarant| that they had

PENNSTtVANIA ARCHIVES 1769. «77

reeeived advioe at DartnoQth, ibat a large Fleet had sailed from
Brest, coDsisting of thirty Sail of the Line, besides Frigates, and
about an hundred Sal) of Transports, that some people were of the
opini6n they were bound to Ireland, others to America, that three
English Gruizers had sailed in order to know what oourse they
steered,, but he knew nothing of any English Squadron sailing. Toe
said Holdsworth further said, that he met with very bad weaUier on
bis passage, and u§on the deolarants asking what passage he had; he
Beplied near Eight weeks.

Signed;

CHRISTOPHER HOSEINS.
Before

T. Hutchinson. *

Boston, July 28tb, 1769.

C. C. Raboteau to R. Pbtbrs, 1759.

New Providence; August the 2d; Anno, 1759.

Most Reverend S',

I took the Liberty last week to pay my Respects to yon, and to
acquaint you with the motives that induced me to leave the Service.
I have the Hon' to be in, which I most humbly hope has met with
your Approbation. . And now, Rev'd Sir; I most humbly take the
Liberty to beg ihe Favour of you, to be a Friend and a Father to
the Neighbourhood I purpose to settle in, and to me and mv family.
Rev'd 8% it lies in your Power; and I doubt in the least but your
sood-vill and Service will be applied towards the perfecting of it;
for with such kind of services, God is well pleased, as it tends to the
bringing up of youth in the Fear, Love and Knowledge of Him, and
of his Blessed SoU; Jesus Christ. In short, Rev'd Sir, I have a Pe*
tition to present to his Hon' the Governor, for a License for making
of a Lottery, for raising the sum of £S64t 10s., for what purpose
your Reverence will see in the Petition here inclosed. And thusr the
Money is purposed to be applied : First, the sum of £50 to his Hon'
for his Fee, unless his Hon' will please to bestow it for the .carrying
on so LaudAble a design. Secondly, the sum of Ten Pounds allowed
as expenses for Tioketts, Drawing, &c. ; Thirdly, the sum of £280
for the Master's support or Salary, for the term of 7 years, at £40
^ annum, &c., the sum of £24 10s. to be applied for the Building
the School House and Dwelling House, on the Lots laid out and
given for each. The £280 to be put out to interest by the Mana-
gers; on good Land Seeority; and ihe interest arising therefrom; to

-flTfi PENNSYLTANU AHOHIVES 176«.

r^learmid Batldings intireljr; the Neighbcmra assistiiig with SftOBes,
Timber, Lnmber, &o.

Thus Rev'd Sir, throagh your sood offices in interoediog with his
Hon' for his permission, there will be a Foundation hud for a tern
of years, for tne numerous youth in thoee most remote parts, to oeme
into the Blessings of Literature, for the whiofa, they and thar De-
.flcendants will have the greatest right in the world to Bless your
.Name and Bevere your Memory. And your mq|t obed't Serr't and
his increasing Family will also be settled in a good way of laraig,
and as in duty Bound, ever Bless your BeVer'y.. As I know your
time is so much taken up, I have inclosed the Petition to his Hon',
the power that the Gentlemen, the Managers, has been pleased to
give me, and also the scheme, that your Reverenoy may at yonr lei-
sure see how the circumstance of the cas^ is. And I shall take the
Liberty, Ood willing, to wait on you to-morrow morning by 8 o'clock,
and trust in God I shall meet with such Encouragement from your
Reyerenoy, as is necessary to briuff this Innocent Scheme to Perfec-
tion. And I, as well as m^ny hundreds more, shall, aa in Duty
bound, ever pray, .

Your Reverencie'e most Dutiful

& most Obed't Servant,

CHAS. CORNS. RABOTEAU.
Directed,
To the Reverend Mr« Richard Peters, Secretary These.

His Commission/

Be it Known unto all Christian People, whom these Presents shall
or may Concern,

That we, whose Names and Seals are hereunto wrote and affixed,
)>eing appointed Managers for the Lottery Sohem'd and to be caitied
in Execution, (if His Honour, William Deifny, Esq., our worthy
Governor, will please to favour jus with his Permission for the same,)
Schemed for the Erecting and Maintaining a Charity School, for the
Benefit of the Inbabitants of Lebanon Town and the Neighbourhood
of Quittopahella, as per Petition to his Hon' for the same fally ap-
pears. Have, for the great Love we have to (and confidence in) Mr.
Charles Cornelius Raboteau, appointed him, and do by these presents
appoint him, the said Charles Cornelius Raboteau, our well beloved
and Trust-Worthy Friend, to Sollioit, and be the Bearer of our Peti-
tion to his Hon' the Governor, And in our names, and on our Be-
halfs to Act, as in his Prudenoe and Discretion he shall see meet,
Both in Respect as Concerning his Hon' the Governor, and^also
every other Officer, Magistrate, or Gentleman whatsoever, with whoa

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1759. 679

it sball, or may be necessary for our said tmst wortby Friend to
Advise witb, or to Oo, on the aforesaid Account. And also iiaying
obtained the Grant for the same, to go to. the Printers, and in our
Names^ Contract with to make for as many Tickets, AdvcrtisementSi
&c.y as shall be necessary for Compleating said Lottery. »

As witness our Hands and Seals "
as above said, Lebanon Town,
Lancaster County, and Leb-
anon Township, this day
of Jane, Anno Dominii 1759. ^

GEORaE Reynolds, [l s.]
James Clark, [l. s.j
Michael Brown, [l. s.]
John Clark, [l. b.J
Joseph Kline, [l. s.]
John Reynolds, [l. s.] ,
James McNeef, [l. s.]
George Stits, [l. s.]
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence of ns,

Ralph White Siier, and 7 others.

Thb Petition.

May it Please your Honour,

We, your Hon'rs most Humble and most Obedient Servants,
whoB^ names are liercunto Subscribed, Inhabiting that part of the
Province of Pennsylvania known by the name of Quittopahella,
wherein a Town, under the name of Lebanon Town, is laid out, and
a considerable number of Houses already Built, and a great number
of Letts taken up, which by Contract must be Built this year. And
in Reality, this remote part of the Province, (which is now almost
become the Frontier, has a fine prospect of being, in a short time,
as Populous as almost any in it. Have thought it good and Advise-
able, for the benefit of the People already settled therein, and En-
couragement of others to come and settle there,) to Calculate some
Scheme for the Introducing of Literature amongst us, and the bring-
ing up of our youth in the Fear, Love, and knowledge of God, and
of his Son Jesus Christ, in both the English and German Lan-
guages.

For the which laudable End and Purpose, we have for some time
past fiz'd on a Mastec every way qualified for our Design, and have
been so happy as to prevail with him to settle amongst us ; and be-
sides instructing our youth, is willing to do service for us in our
three Churches, viz., the Church of England, the German Lutheran,

680 PENNSYLVANIA AKCHIVES 1750.

and PreBbyterian Churches, on Sabbath days and other Suitable
days, in absence of our Clergymen, who have so many congregatioDS
to attend, that they can but seldom come amongst us, which good
opportunity will be of great Comfort to the A^ed, and a great assist-
ance to the bringing up of our youth, good Christians and Loyal Sub-
jects. But as most beginings are hard, so it happens that we have many
poor Families settled in the Town and Neighbourhood, willing and
desirous to have their Children taught, but unable to pay their part
towards supporting a Master, and the whole Ezpence of Building
and Support, would fall too heavy upon us, your Humble Petitioners.
Thus, in order not to be if possible, without the Blessings, Comforts,
and Benefits aforementioned, have fell (as we Humbly hope on an
Innocent Scheme) to Erect and Maintain a Charity Schoof, in the
Town aforesaid, for the Term of Seven years. And we doubt not,
but by the time they arc Expired, it will please God to enable us to
Maintain a Master.

^We have therefore Calculated, or Scjiem'd a Lottery, and with
profound submission to your Honour, take this opportunity and
Method to Beg and Intreat your Hon'rs assistance in this affair. Not
doubting you will of your wonted goodness and generosity, consider
our Circumstances, and afford us such a portion of your Favour and
Patronage, as will be necessary for bringing our Innocent, Laudable,
(and in these Dangerous times necessary Scheme to Maturity.) We^
(and many hundreds more^) shall, as in Duty Bound, ever pray.

William Hide,
Georqe Stits.
Michael Brown,
John RsTNonDs,
Jambs MgNeef,
Geo. Reynolds,
» James Glakk,

John Clark,
. and others.

May it Please your Honour,

We, your Hon'rs most Humble Petitioners within written, do most
Humbly Supplicate your Hon', that in casa our most hamble Re-
quest cannot be granted, that it would please you to be so kind as
to recommend 'bur Infant settlement and numerous youth to the
Hon'ble the Trustees General, for the Newly Established Society in
London, fov propagating the Knowledge of God and Jesus Christ
among the Poor German Emigrants and their dependants, in Penn-
sylvania, as fit objects for the Societies most Noble Charity, and a
Suitable ready and willing pl^e for Receiving said Benefit, and an-
swering said Illustrious Societies Benevolent Scheme.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1759. 681

DirecUd.

To the Honourable William Deny, Esqnire, Lieut. Governor &
Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, and Counties
of New Castle, Kent & Sussex, upon Delaware, the most bumble
Petition of some of the Inhabitants of Quittopahella, is most Humbly
presented.

Jonathan Quinby to R. Peters, 1759.

Solebury, Aug»* 24**^ 1759.
P Peters :

I desire to know whither I can have any Assistance in regaining
the Island that I possessed under a Survey of the Penn Eight; that
Lyes nigh to Pensylvania shore, on the Kiver Delaware. I have
made Enquiry of several Attorneys at Law, and find by much ad-
vice that I should be Jointly in the action against him, otherwise'
he will plead that the Penns had never Posses'd the Islands ; but
if I am tTointly in the action, either in seizing the Crop that is upon
the sud Island, or in a Suit of Law to bring to justice the Offender,
I desire that if thee will assist me in that way, or any other, to
send Orders that it should be done at September Court, I find by
advice there is no danger of loosing tho Cause, if thee will send an
Order up to Ge" Ely's, that I may have it to carry on an action
against Richard Minton, the said offender. I will take Care that
it shall be carried on next Court, and if it can be carried on either
way, I will be eaqual in the Cost, for I know if we have the benefit
of the Laws we shall not loose the Cause.

N. B. I say the less in this paper, because I have given my com-
plaint in, more at large in several other Papers. I desire we may
have Benj* Chew to carry on the Cause, and if we cannot have him
I will see and Fee another Attorney.

JON' AT QUINBT.

To Mr. Bichard Peters, in Philadelphia.

Power of Attorney to " Gov. Hamilton*" from T. & R.
Penn, 1759.

To ALL to whom these Presents shall come, I, Sir Richard Glyn,'
Knight Lord Mayor of the City of London, do hereby certify, that
on the day of the date hereof, personally came and appeared before

* QoY. Hamilton did not prodnoe his Commission to Connoll till Nov. 17,
though dated July 19, and on the 18th presided, and issued his Proclamatioa
continuing the persons then in office. See CoL Rec. Vol. VIIL p. 409, 411.

29*

6B2 CBNNSTLYANI4 ASCSIVB8 1799.

me, Robert Qwjn, of Arundel siareet, in the Strand, in the Fludab of
Saint Clement Daned, Ooontj of Middlesex and Kingdooa of Gfeat
Britain^ Gentleman, being a Person well known and worthj of esod
Credit; and did by solemn Oath, which he took upon the Holj
Evangelists of Almighty God, solemnly declare, testify and depose
to be true, the several matters and things contained in the Affidavit
hereunto annexed.

In Faith and testimony whereof, I, the said Lord Mayor,
[L. 8.] have caused the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty, of the said
City of London, to be hereunto put and affixed, and the Paper
Instrument in Writing, or D'eed Poll or Commission mentioned in
tho said Affidavit to be also hereunto annexed. Dated in London,
the twenty ninth day of August, in the thirty third Year of the
Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, by the Grace oi
Qod, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the
Faith, and in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred
i^nd fifty nine*

HODGES.

Recorded this Certificate, together with the annexed Com* & Pro*
bate in the Rolls Office, at Philad*, in Com* Book, AYoL 2, pa.
808, &o.

C. BROCKDEN, M. Role.

Robert Gwya, of Arundell street, in the Strand, in the Parish of
Saint Clement Danes, County of Middlesex, and Kinedom of Great
Britain, Gentleman, maketh oath, That he was personauy present, as a
Witness, and did see and hear Thomas Penn and ^ohard Peon, the
Persons named and described in the Paper Instrument in Writing,
or Deed Poll or Commission, bearing Date the Twenty first day of
July last past, hereunto annexed, (with which said Thomas Penn
%nd Richard Penn, this Deponent hath, for several years past, been
personally acquainted) and each of them, duely sign and seal, and
as their several and respective Acts and Deeds deliver, the said here-
unto annexed Paper Instrument in Writing, Deed Poll or Commis-
sion. And, thereupon, Ferdinando John PariS| of Surry street, in
the Strand, in the said Parish of Saint Clement Danes, County of
Middlesex, and Kingdom of Great Britain, Gentleman, together
with this Deponent, respectively, subscribed their several Names at
the Foot of the said annexed Paper Instrument in Writing, or Deed
Poll or Commission, as Witnesses^ to the SigDing, Sealing and De-
livery of the same, by the said Thomas Penn and Richwd Penn ;
And that the Name^ Tho. Penn, unto the same annexed Paper In-
strument in Writing, or Deed Poll or Commission, set and sub-
scribed, as the Name of One of the Two Partys executing the same,
in such Manner as the same now appears thereto, was and is of the
proper Hand Writing of the -before named Thomas Penn. And that
the Name Rich** Penn, thereunto set and subscribed, as the Name
of the Other of the Two Partys executing the sam c in rach Man-

PSNNSTLTANIA ABGBIVEB 1750. 188

]i«f M the nme now sppeftrs tliereto, was und is of the priipef Hrai
WritiDg of the before Darned Richard Peno. And that the Nam«
¥erd. Jubn Paris, theroaato set and aubseribed, aa the Name of
Chie of the Two Witnesses, f^ttesting the Signing, Sealing and Belu
yery of the same, bj the said Thomas Penn and Riohard Penn, in
soeh Mwaner as the same now appears thereto, was and is of the
proper Hand WriUng of the before named Ferdinando John Paris^
and was so tfaerennto set and subscribed, in this Deponent^s P|e«
senee; And that the Name, Rob' G-wyn, thereunto set and sub*
seribed, as the Name of the Other of the Two Witnessesi at*
testing the Signing, Sealing and Delivery of the same, by the said
Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, in such Manner as the same now
appears thereto, was and is of the proper Hand Writing of this
Deponent.

ROBT. QWYN.
Sworn the 20«k day of Aug-*, 1759,
before me,

R. Oltn, Mayor.

THOMAS PENN and RIOHARD PENN, true and absolute Pro-
prietaries and Governors in Chief of the Province of Pensilvania,
and Oountys of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware.

To James Hamilton^ Esquire, Lieutenant Governor of tl^e said Pro-
vince and Oountys, Greeting :

Whereas we have, at sundry times heretofore, given and granted
Powers and Authority to several persons, from time to time, to do
and execute all, or many of the acts, matters and things, which we
now intend to give and grant unto you. Now Know You, That we,
.the said Proprietarys, Have, and Each of us Eatb, revoked and de-
termined, and by these Presents Do, and each of us Doth, revoke
and determine, all Powers aiid Autboritys whatsoever, by us or either
of us, given and granted, at any time before the Nineteenth day of
the present month of July, unto William Denny, Richard Peters,
Lynford Lardner and Richard Hockley, Esquires, or unto any or
either of them, jointly or severally, or unto any other person or
persons whatsoever, for the doing or performing of any act, matter
.or thing whatsoever, hereinafter, by these presents granted or com-
mitted to you, to do or perform, or for the conveying or granting
away of any of our Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, or for the
Licensing of any Ferrys within the said Province and Oountys, or
within any or either of the same. And Know You Further, That
We, reposing Special Trust and Confidence in you, have, and each
of us hath given, granted and committed, and by these presents Do
and each of us Doth give, grant and committ unto you, the said

68« FBMNBTLYANU ABCfiXYBS 17S9.

James H^nllioD, Fnll Power and Auikorily, by warraais, whioh ai»
to be iasned by oar Seore^ry, under the Sad of oar Land Offiee of
the aaid Province, and by Letters Patent, or other Grants or Gon-
Teyanoes, to be also prepared by our Secretary, and to be passed
under the Qreat Seal, or any other proper Seal of the said Proviaoe^
to grant oat, sdi, and oonvey away to persons desirous to parchase
the same, and to their Heirs and Assigns for eyer, the Fee Simple
a%d Inheritance of all, every or any our Manors, and Surveyed and
reserved Tracts of Land within the said Province, or any part or parte
of the same; And also, to Lease, Dembe and Grant in Fee Farm,
or on Building Leases, all, every, or any part or parts of the san>e;i
at, for, and under the best and utmost prices. Considerations, Year-
ly Sterling Rents, and other Reservations that may be obtained for
the same, so as you always reserve upon, and out of, each such
Grant, Bale, Lease or Demise, Three fifth-parts of all Royal Mines,
and One Fifth part of all other Mines, to be delivered at the Pitts
Mouth, free from all Charges for digging and rcfineiag the same,
and all other Common and usual Reservations to the Proprietaija
for the time being } And so as, all the Rents to be reserved, be made
payable, yearly and every year to us, our Heirs and Assigns, in
Sterling money or the value thereof, at the times of payment, ao-
j^nrdiog to the then Course of Exchange between the said Province
and the City of London ; And so as, previous to every such Grant,
Sale, Lease or Demise, respectively, our Secretary, for our Land Af-
fairs in the said Province, for the time being, together with our
Receiver General of the said Province, or First person named in
the Commission for the Office of our Receiver General in the said
Province, for the time being, shall jointly certify to you, that the
Parchase money to be paid, and the Rents to be reserved on each
such Grant, Sale, Lease or Demise, respectively, are the true and
full value of the same, and that such Purcbasd money for the same
has been then already, actually paid down in hand to our Receiver
General, or to our Commissioners for the Office of Receiver Ge-
neral, for our use, before the time of their issuing such certificate,
or else in case such Purchase money, or any part thereof, shall not
have been pay' down, in hand, then such Certificate shall express,
that good Land Security, for payment of such Purchase money, or
of the residue then remaining unpaid of 'such Purchase money, with
lawful Interest for the same, to our use, hath been already given
and taken, or shall be given and taken before or at the time of the
delivering over each such Grant, Sale, Lease or Demise, to the re-
spective Tenant, Lessee or Grantee of the same ; All which Grants,
Sales, Leases and Demise, by you to be made, pursuant to the Pow-
ers and Autboritys hereby granted to you, shall be duly recorded in
the proper office, for recording of Deeds in the City of Philadelphia,
and when so made and recorded shall be deemed good and valid in
Law ; And we do hereby give and grant unto you, Power and Au-
therity for the purposes hereinbefore expressed; or any of theni) to

PBKNSTLVANIA ABOHIVES 17S9. 686

BBskft me of the Provineial or any other Seal or Seals of the said Pro*
Yinoe, as shall be proper and requisite ; And what yon shall lawfully
do, or cause to be done, in all or any the premises, or the Depen-
dences thereof, by Virtue, and in pursuance of these presents, We,
and each of us shall and will, at all times hold for firm and effect-
ual, and as sach, shall and will ratify the same under the conditions
herein before contained. In Witness whereof, we have hereunto
sett our Hands and Seals at Arms, this Twenty first Day of Jaly,
in the Thirty Third Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord,
George the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France
and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, and in the
Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Fifty Nine.

THO. PENN, [L. 8.]
RICH'D PENN, [L. s.]

Signed, Sealed and DeliTered, by the '
before named Thomas Penn and Rich-
ard Penu; in the presence of us.

'■}

Ferd. John Paris,
robt. gwyn.

Col. Mercer to Gov. Denny, 1759.

Pittsburgh, 15th Sept', 1759.
Sir,

As Ensign Kennedy of the first Battalion of your Regiment has
been cashiered, I take the liberty to lay before your Honour a copy
of the Court Martial, The general behaviour of the gentleman has
brought so little credit to the Pennsylvania Troops, that we think
ourselves happily freed from all connection with him.

A perfect tranquillity reigns here since General Stan wis arrived,
the works of the new fort go on briskly, and no Enemy appears near
the Camp or upon the Communication. By some Wiandots from
the Huron River we heaf^ that the French are constructing a new
fort near de Droit, and that the Indians of that Country have no
inclination to cross the Lake in favour of the Freneh.

We hourly expect Capt Montour from Priscile with anthentio
aecounts of the state of the evacuated forts.

The difficulty of supplying the army here oblidges the Oen^td
to keep more of the Troops att Ligouier apd Bedford than he would
chuse ; the remainder of the Yirg* Regiment joins us next week.
Col. Burd is forming a Post at Red Stone Creek, Col. Armstrong
remains some weeks at Ligonier, and the greater part of my Bat-
talion vnll be divided -along the Communication to Carlisle.

As the General thinks proper to detain me here I beg you will^

686 PENNSTLVANIA ABCHIVES 1759.

exoam my Bending so iiiiperfeot a Betom of the tvoope jmi
been pleased to put under my Command.
I am sir^

Your Honour's most obed*

and moat humble servant^

HUaH MERCEIL

Directed.
The Honourable Governor Denny.

Gov. Denny to , 1759.

Philadelphia; 5th Sber; 17S0.
Sir,

Inolosed is a letter from Major Omdt with a Petition from the
Garrison at Fort Augusta, which is of a very eztraordinaiy nature,
as bad consequences may happen from the mutinous disposition of
the Soldiers, I wish it may be agreeable to you to .order the Garri-
son to be relieved, and if an additional number of soldiers could be
spared, I should be glad if the Garrison considering ye importance
of this place was stronger. I had the pleasure of receiving yours
of 7ber, and the three Mohock Indians were well received, had
Presents and Passports w^ which they were extremely well pleased.
We have no news but what is in ye Philadelphia Gazette yt I under-
stand is already wrote.

Charles Swaine to Gov. Denny, 1759.

Easton, October 16, 1759.

Sir,

I sometime sinoe received a letter from Mr. Hughes desiring a
number of waggons might be sent out of this County. Upon the
ninth instant I sent off from Maoungie the extremest part of this
County thirteen waggons, and with two which were in the service
before them are fifteen from this County in the service. I issued
warrants to three Townships to provide six more, these are I believe
also gone since, I left the management of setting them off to Mr.
Trexter, a worthy magistrate of this County, who lives in Maoungie,
which is thirty miles from me. These are all the Country oonld aft
present afford, as their Horses are generally become poor with thoir
Aarvest and seed time, and had the People been further preat a

PKNNSTLYANIA ABCHITS8 1759i 667

great deal of the Land wotdd have been left nneown« I hope mj
conduct yifiW be approved by jour Honour, and that you will eon-
aider me to have acted in this affair oonsistent with jour orders his
Majestiee servioe, and a dae regard to the eircumstanoe of the
People. There is another affair, which I think it my dnty to trsna-'
mit. That the Indians have and do steal Horses m>nr beyond the
njonntains, and also on this side, greatly to the Damage of those
who are settling over the mountain, as also to the Inhabitants on
this side. They have stolen a great many and of value. I ezpeot
People in every day to give particular informations on this head,
which I shall immediately transmit. I am also told and on credible
authority, that the Indians have a notion amongst them, that if they
go into the Jersey's they shall be shot, and that there are orders for
that purpose, I should not presume to mention this had I not a cre-
dible authority for it, of there being such a Report amongst the
Indians, and shall endeavour to procure a particular Information
from reputable persons, to whom it is said the Indians told it

I am your Honour'a

Most obedient and
Oblidged Servant,

CHARLES SWAINE.

Direciedy

His Honour Gov. Denny.

Gen. Stanwix to Gov. Dbnny, 1759.

The Troops may suffer thro' winter for the want of their pay, and
must disgust them at the Province, and render even the filling up the
old Battalion much more expensive to the Govemm*. I understand
that the whole of the Pensilvania Forces were raised for three years,
are ffee in May or June next; as your Assembly generally meet to-
wards the end of this month, thought it my duty to give you my
opinion on these matters^ in as few words as I could. Who am, with
▼®ry great truth,
Sir,
Tour most obed't k

most humble Servant,
IndoTBed^mh Oct. 1759. JOHN STANWIX-

e$8 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1759.

Col. John Aemstrong to Gov, Deknt, 1759.

Fort LigoDier; 19th OctoV, 1759.
. Honoured Sir,

Though the Campaign famishes nothing in the way of news, in-
teresting enough to merit your attention, but what jou most hare
heard from the Head Quarters, I thought it might not be amiss to
acquaint you with the state of your Regiment The old Battalions
were last winter greatly Distressed on the communication for want
of Pay, Cloathing and Provisions. Numbers of them paid the Debt
of Nature in the way of Scalping, and many more died of the dis-
eases necessarily arising from Cold and Hunger, so that the Addi-
tiimals out of the question; they are far from being Compleat. The
extravagant price exacted for Cloathing and other necessaries through
thfi Winter, has left them in General, not a Six pence of their pay

' to the First of August now rece'd, and they must go through a Se-
ries of the like Distresses again, unless there is some provi^on made
by you, Sir, and the Assembly to prevent it. I cannot help obserr-
ing also, that if its intended to fill up the old Battallions, it might
be done in the cheapest manner, and with the most expedition ; when

^the new levies are dismissed, and it's to be hoped the Government
will hit on a method of discharging them, more just to ye Soldiers,
and less dishonourable to themselves. I thought it a sort of joatice
to you and ye Troops, to let you into the real state of their Afijurs,
and am,

Tour Honour's

Most Obedient,

Humble Servant,

JOHN ARMSTRONG.

Directed,

On his Majesties Service, to the Honourable William Denny, Esq., '
Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Verbal Message of Govbenor to Assembly, on New-
castle Common, 1759.

The Governor returns the Bill for Vesting the New Castle Com-
mon in Trustees, and orders me to acquaint the House that he con-
ceives it to relate to a matter in which the People are concerned,
the land not having yet been confirmed by their Patent, and as he
has not received any Directions from them respecting it, he declines

PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVES 1759. 689

meddling with the Bill, till he can receiye their orders, which he
shall forthwith apply for^ and hopes may arrive before the next
Meeting.of Assembly.

Oct, 30^1759.

hidaraed.

Gov'ra Verbal Message, with the Betnni of the Bill for Vesting
Neweastle Common in Trustees.

Passport Gov. Denny, to Frsd. Post, 1759.

WILLIAM DENNY.

To all Persons whom these may concern Greeting :

Whereas, Mr. Frederick Post, a Beacon in the Church of the
Unitas Fratrum, has signified to me that now peace, thro' the Divine
Blessing, is likely to be established between his Majesty and the
several Indian Nations with whom we were lately at War, he has an
earnest desire to go amongst them with some cf the Brethren of the
said Church, in order to publish the glad Tidings of Salvation ob-
tained by our Lord Jesus Christ, And Whereas, I have had good
Experience of the Loyalty, Integrity and Prudence of the said
Frederick Post, having employed him on several Important occasions
during the War in Negotiating with the Indians ; I do therefore very
readily grant him my Authority and full Licence & permission to-
gether with one, or more, of the said Brethren to pass and repass as
often as he shall think fit in the Indian Countiy, unmolested and for
the purposes afs', that is to say, to preach the Gospel amongst any
of the said Indian Nations, in Alliance with his Majesty, he contin-
uing to demean himself well, and giving me in every Journey, or
immediately on hid return home, an Account of his doings amongst
the said Indian Nations, to whom he is hereby heartily recommended
for a kind reception and good treatment.*

Given, &c., 6 Novem', 1759.

By his Honour's Command,

RICH'D PETERS, Sec.

* This closes the papers of Gov. Denny's ftdmlnistration contained in this
Vol. QoY. James Hamilton eiicceeds him on Nov. 17, (although his oommis-
Bion is dated July 19.) See Col. Rec. Vol. YIII. p. 409. See p. 698, of
this Vol.

690 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1759.

Lords op Tbadb to Gov. Hamilton, 1759,

Whitehall, Nov' 13ih, 1759.
Sir:

It having pleased Almighty Ood to give signal* Saceess to Tlis
Majesty's Arms, both bj Sea and Land, particalarly by the defeat of
the Freach Army in Canada, and the taking of Qaebec, and his Ma-
jesty having thought fit in acknowledgment of so great Blessings to
appoint a Day of pnblick Thanksgiving for the same throughout
Great Britain, We herewith inclose to yon His Majesty's Royal
Proclamation for that purpose, and it being his Majesty's Pleasure
that the like pnblick Thanksgiving should be solemnised in all Hii
Majesties Colonies in America, which are so particularly interested
in these happy Events. We do hereby signify to you His Majesty's
Commands, that you do, as soon as possible after the Receipt hereof,
appoint a proper day for that potrpose, to be observed throughout the
Province of Pennsylvania under your Government, wi^h sueh Solem-
nities as are suitable to so great an occasion.
We are,

Sir,

Your most Obedient

humble Servants,

Punk Hamfax,

Jambs Oswau),
soame jsntks,
W. G. Hamilton.

James Hamilton, E.sq'., \
Deputy Gov of Pennsylvania. J

Proclamation for a TflANKSGiviNa Day, 1759.

BY THE KINO, A PROCLAMATION FOR A PUBLICK THANKSGIYING.

George R.:

We do most devoutly and thankfully acknowledge the great
Goodness and mercy of Almighty God, who hath afforded Us his
Protection and Assistance in the just War, in which, for the common
Safety of Our Realms, and for disappointing the boundless Ambi-
tion of France, We are now engaged ; and hath given such signal
Successes to Our Arms, both by Sea and Land, particularly by the
Defeat of the French Army in- Canada, and the Taking of Quebec;

PENWSTLTANIA ARCfllVES 17S9. (Ml

and who hath most seaflonably granted TJb at this Time an uacom-
monly plentiful Harvest ; And, therefore, dalj considering that snoh
great and publick Blessings do call for publiok and solemn Acknow-
ledgments, We have thought fit, by and with the Advice of Our
Privy Oouncil, to issue this Our Royal Proclamation, hereby appoint-
ing and commanding, That a General Thanksgiving to Almighty God,
for these His Mercies, be observed throughout Our Kingdom of
lilDgland, Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed,
upon Thursday the Twenty*ninth day of November next. And, for
the better and more religious and orderly Solemniitng the same,
We have given Directions to the Most Reverend the Archbishops,
and the Right Reverend the Bishops of England, to compose a Form
of Prayer suitable to this' Occasion, to be used in all Churches and
Chapels, and other Places of Public Worship, and to take Care for
the timely dispersion thereof throughout their respective Dioceses.
And We do strictly charge and command, That the said publick Day
of Thanksgiving be religiously observed by all Oar loving Subjects,
as they tender the Favour of Almighty God, and upon Pain of suf-
fering such Punishment as We may justly inflict upon all such as
shall contemn or neglect the Performance of so religious and neces-
sary a Duty.

Given at our Court at Kensington, the Twenty-third Day of Oc-
tober, One thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine, in the
Thirty-third year of Our Reign.

God save the Kino.*

Gov. Hamiltoit to Gov. Db Lanct, 1769. •

Philadelphia, 20th November, 1759.
'Sir,

The Proprietaries having been pleased to appoint me to the Go-
vernment of this Province, in the room of Mr. Denny, it will give
me a particular pleasure to receive your Commands, and to com-
municate whatever shall at any time come to my knowledge, that
may conduce to his M ajestjr's service, which I shall on all occasion^
endeavour to promote to the utmost of my power. I very heartily
congratulate you on the glorious events of this successful Year,
audam^

Tour Excellency's

most Obedient,

and most humble Servant
Directed^
His Sxcellenoy Goiymor Dolancy.

* Printed from original handbill in black letter.

692 PBNNffTLYANIA ABGHITES 1799.

Timothy Horsfikld's Pass to Teedyuscuno, 1759.

Northampton^ 88.

These are to Request all his Majesty's Liege People to
[L 8.] suffer the Bearer, King Teedjascnng & Daniel, with Seren
other Indians, Men & Women, Having with them fom
White Captives, vis , Two w«men & 2 Boys, To Pass nnmolested to
Phihid% Their Business being to Deliver the said .Captives to Hn
Honour the (Governor.

Given under my hand & Seal at Bethlehem, the 27ih Nov. 1759.

TIMO. HORSFIELD.

Cbbtipicatb of Naturalization of Rev. Erics Ukakbeb,

1769.

By the Honourable James Hamilton, Esq', Lieutenant Oovenor
and Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania ud
Counties of Newcastle^ Kent and Sussex, on Delaware.

To all io whom these Presents shall come Greeting :

Whereas the Reverend Mr. Erick Unander; a Native of the Eio;-
dom of Sweeden, and Minister of the Sweedes Congregttioo it
Wilmington, hath, by his humble Petition, set forth that he hith
resided in this and the Neighbouring Province of New Jersey, for
the space of Eleven years, and hath requested that I would be

5 leased to admit him to be partaker of those privileges which tlie
fatural born Subjects of Great Britain do enjoy within the GoTen-
ment of the Counties, &c.; And whereas the s*^ E. Unander, in order
to entitle himself to such Naturalization, as well as in demmstroi^ak
of his Affection and Zeal for his present Majesty s person and Gocen-
ment, hath this day Qualified himself before mo by taking theOttlts
and subscribing the Declaration directed to be taken and Subscribed
by the several Acts of Parliament made for the security of hifl Ma-
jesty's person and Government, &c. Now Know Ye, that in con*
consideration of the premises and in Virtue of the powers nd
Authorities given to me by a Law of this Government, passM in the
8d Year of the Reign of William the 3d, King, &c., Entided ao
Act of Naturalization, I do by these Presents declare the^d Enck
Unander fully and compleatly Naturalized, hereby giving and gitotp
ing unto him, the said Erick Unander, and to his Heirs, ail ti|0
Rights^ Liberties, Advantages, Privileges and Immunities within tiiis
Government of a natural Bom Subject of the King of Great Britaio,
to have, hold, use and enjoy the same to ay Intents and Purp^e^
whatsoever, as fully and amply as any other of his Majestiys Sab-

EEHNSTLTANIA AKCHIVES 1759. 693

JQOts may or can do, or as if the s* Eriok Unander bad- been bom
within the Kingdom of Qreat Britain, or any the Dominions there-
unto Belonging.
Gmny &e.
Not, 30, 1759.

Gov. POWNALL TO GoV. HAMILTON, 1769.

Boston, Dec 3, 1759.
Sir,

I was, by last post, favored with your Letter. Permitt me to
congratulate You on your safe Arrival at your Government, & to
assure you I shall think myself happy in every oportnnity of oom-
munication & correspondenoe with You.
I am, with great respect. Sir,
Your Honour's

most Obed*
' ' ^ & most Humble Serv^

J. POWNALL.
Directedy

To His Honour, L^ Governor Hamilton.

Gbn. Stanwix to Gov. Hamilton, 1769.

Camp at Pittsburgh, 8th Dec', 1759.
Sir,

The last Express brought me the favour of your letter of the 20th,
and take this the early'st opportunity to congratulate you on beiog
appointed Governor of this Province, and am very sincere in my
wish's that your administration may prove a happynes to your self,
and as you are no stranger to the people you are to govern,* so you
are the more likely to carry on such measures as will always be for
the publick good, and your own honour, during my Command here
you may depend on every thing in my power that may contribute to
both.

The works here are near carried on to that degree of defence
wbich was at first prepared for this year, so that I am now by de-
grees forming a Winter Garrison, which is to consist of 300 pro*
Tincials, one half Pennsilvan" th^ other Virginians, and 400 of the
first Batt" of the Roj* American Rcgim^, the whole to be under the
Command of Major Tulikcns when 1 leave it, these I hope I shall

* This was his seoond term in office.

684 PESJUSILYAliflA ABOHXYBS IISB^

b0 able to oover well under good Barraek^a & feed likeme 6r six
month's from the first of January, besides Artillerj Artifiesn sid
Batteau men, Indians too must be fed and thej'r not a few thil
come and go and trade here, and will expect proTisiona j&on oa la
w^^ at least at present thej must not be disappointed.

As great disturbances were threatened by the Sayages on tbe
borders of Virginia, North and South Carolina, so I thought il right
to send home the Virginia Regim^, and accordingly they marched
Arom this the 25th of November to Winchester under tbe oommiDd
of Colonel Byrd to be more immediately under the Command of
Ooyernor Fauqueer for the defence of that DominioUi or to gire
such assistance as may be required of him by Gov. Littleton for
South Carolina, all your new Levees shall be ordered immediatdj
to Lancaster, where I hope the paymaster of them will be to settle
and pay what is due to them for their past services, and very soon
afterwards shall ordier down the remainder of the two old Battalions
to Garrison the Posts of the Pensilvania Communication from Pitts-
burg to Fort Augusta, having already settled thi» disposition with
the Colonel's Armstrong and Bird, the remainder of the first Bat-
talion of R. A. R., I send to Lancaster which will be four weak
Comp", where and in the Province of Maryland I hope to get a good
number of recruits, I beg leave to lay before you the distressed eon-
dition of that part, of yourRegim* that help to form the Winter
Garrisons here, the 150 men have not above 50 Blankets amongst
them, hope therefore that you will prevail with J&e CommisBf" to
send them 100 Blankets as soon as possible, which will be the
means of saving the lives of many brave fellows.
I am sir.

Your most obed* and

Most humble servant,

JOHN STANT\TX.
Directed^

Governor Hamilton.

Gen. Amherst to Gov. Hamilton, 1759.

New York, 15th Deoem', 1759.
Sir,

On my road from Crown Point to this place I was favor'd with
Your Letter of the 20th ulto., acquainting me with the Proprietaries
having been pleased to appoint You to the Government of Pensyl-
vaiiia in the room of Mr. Denny, on which I congratulate Yon, aa
likewise on Your arrival ; and shall be glad at all times to Corres-
pond and Co* operate with You upon every matter, that I can tend

PENNSYLVANIA ARGHIYES 1769, 6W5.

to promote the good of the Servicej at present I have nothing to
trouble Ton with.

I am with great regard sir,

Ycrbr most obedient

Humble Servant,

JEFF. AMHERST.

Directed J

Honourable Goyemor Hamilton.

GkN. AMflBBST TO GoV. HAMILTON, 1759.

New York, 17th December, 1759.
Sir,

Your Letter of the 10th Instant came to my hands last night,
and giyes me no small concern as the measure proposed by the
Assembly of disbanding all their provincial Forces except one hun-
dred and fifty men, Officers included, must certainly interfere with
the King's Service, for. there is no manner of Doubt that as Brig'.
6en\ Stanwix would take it for granted that they would be Con*
tinued as in former years, he will have made, his Dispositions accord-
ingly, which it will now be too late to alter, I cannot therefore fail
of highly disapproving this step of the Assembly, and desiring you
will in the strongest manner possible Dissuade them from it, the
more so, as I only waited for Letters from Mr. Stanwix to desire
you to move the Assembly to continue their Troops in pay during
the Winter, for altho' I have not as yet Received any particular
orders from His Majesty relative to the operations of the Campaign,
Yet 1 am confident it must be of Infinite Service to the publick .
cause to have all the Troops ready against these orders, daily ex-
pected, do arrive ; And I must thereK>re beg that you will omit
nothing that can induce the Assembly to promote the good of the
Common Cause to the utmost.

I am with great regard sir, >.

Your most obedient.

Humble Servant,

JEFF. AMHERST. ,

Honourable Governor Hamilton.

696 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1759.

Gen. Stanwix to Gov. Hamilton, 1759.

Pittsburg, 24th Dec, 1759.
Sir,

I am to own the Favour of yonr letter of the 8th, and moat own
at the same time that the precipitate Resolution of your Assembly,
in so hasty a manner disbanding their Troops, has totally disoon-
certed the measures I had taken for the disposition of them and se-
curity of the extensive communications from Fort Pitt to Fort Au-
gusta, and had taken care in the first place to send down all joar
new Levies to Lancaster, to be paid and disbanded, of which, with
many other particulars, I acquainted you in my letter of the 8th
Instant, which was as soon as I could come to a Resolution, to pot
an end to this Campaigne, and leave of the works here in great part
for this season, from the Winter threatening to set in full upon ns,
and did propose to myself to assemble the Pensilvanian troops agaia
early in the Spring, to assist in oarnring on the extensive worb
hero so necessary for securing all his Majesty's Southern Provinceg,
as likewise the Royal Amencans from Lancaster -and the Virginia
Regim'ts, which would, by calculation, be sufficient to complete all
the Works here in one Summer. The few Royal Americans I sent
down, not only to recruit their numbers, but in hopes to recruit them
from a bad habit of body they have contracted, most of them having
been here or in these parts, ever since the begini'g of Gen. Forbes's
Campaigue, but in order to obviate if possible, every evil that this
disbanding measure is big with. I have ordered Gapt. Slawser,
who commands the few Royal Amer'ns at Lancaster, to march imme-
diately a number of men to Garrison Juniata and Fort Bedford, and
as soon as these arrive there, the present Garrison of these two post's
composed of your Troops, will have orders to march to Lancaster, to
be clear'd and break. I have likewise ordered all the Pensilvanians
on this side the Mountains, viz., Pittsburg, Wetherhold, Fort Lego-
nier, and Stony Creek, to march immediately to Lancaster, to be
paid and break. Fort Loudoun and Fort Littleton being in yow
old Frontiers, I leave them still to be so, and continue the reDsifa'a
Troops to the number of 50, Officers included, being 25 at each of
those posts.

Shippensburg, in this exigency, must do without Troops for the
present, as well as Carlisle ; the other remaining 100, inclading
Officers, of your Pensilva'n troops, are to Garrison Fort Augaata,
which will take up the whole 150 left by the Assembly for the Gar-
risoning and securing their Frontiers, and you will judge which of
these are the properest to keep up, and if you think of chaoging to-
tally or in part the present Garrisons at Augusta, Fort LoudoQQ) &
Fort Littleton, am confident yon will do it in the manner which
will appear to you to be the most just and equitable.

Your rcasouing upon the disbanding message from the Asscmblj,

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1760, 607

was 80 clear and convinsivey that nothing was left unsaid to prove
the dangerous and destruotiye measure to be so.

Capt. Croghan, Dep'ty Agent for the King in Indian Afiairs,
under Sir Wm. Johnston, bad mj orders (and he tells me he obey'd
'em,) to send to Gov' Benny, Copys of all the Conferences, &o.,
held with the Indians^ to^rds finally setteling a General Peace w*^
various Nations of them, to which I must refer yoU; and I am of
opinion they will be your fast Friends as long as you allaw them an
advantageou0 trade^ Feed^ Cloaths^give frequent valuable presents,
and protect 'em.

I have now a pretty severe fit of the Gout, brought in with the
cold weather, and being obliged to be too much out in it, but hope
it will soon go off, and then propose to set out for Philadelphia, and
am, with great esteem.

Sir, Your most obed't and

most humble Servant,

JOHN STANWIX.
Gov' Hamilton.

Gov. Sharpe to Gov. Hamilton, 1760.

Annapolis, the 3d of January, 1760.
Sir,

Your Favour of the 20tfa of November, did not come to hand 'till
a few days ago. I embrace the first opportunity to acknowledge my
Beceit of it, and to assure you that the news of your being re^-
pointed to tiie Government of Pensilvania, and of your safe arnval
there, gave me great pleasure. I niost sincerely wish you a long
and happy administration. The hopes you permit me to entertain,
that there will be a constant correspondence kept up between us, are
very pleasing to me, and I flatter myself nothing will happen to in*
terrupt it; I rejoice with you at the glorious successes which have
attended his Majesty's Arms during the last Campaign, and am,
with great Begard,
Sir,

Your most obed't

and most humble servant,

HORO. SHARPE.
Governor Hamilton.
Vol. III.— 30

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1760.

E. Peters to Pebderick Post, 1760.

Philadelphia^ 24Ui January, 1760.
Sir,

I am now writing to you by especial order of the Grovernor and
Council, with the approbation of the Gentlemen of the Assembly
and the Provincial Commissioners.

Teedyuscun^ and the Ohio Messengers, informed the Grovernor
that there would be a very great concourse of Indians in Council
over the Ohio, some time in the ensuing Spring, and that all the
Tribes of Indians settled on the Waters of the Sosquehanna, are in*
vited, and Tecdyuscung also as one of their most principal Chiefs.

Teedyuscung was encouraged to go, and very desiroua thai jou
and Isaac Stille should accompany him. As this Meeting ot Indians
is to do their own Business, and to consult what measures to take
in the present conjuncture of their affairs, I do not apprehend that
you will be charged with any particular matters from the Govern-
ment You can be of great service in advising Teedyuseung as to
bis Speeches to the other Indians, or his answers to their Speeches,
and in many cipher things that maybe highly serviceable to His
Majesties Sabjects, and may have it in your Pow^r to expedite a
safe and advantageous Peace. I know you too well not to think hot
you will gladly undertake this important charge, and contribute very
earnestly, and without any regard to the trouble and hazard of the
Journey, all you can to finish the good work you have been engaged
in, of establishing a lasting Peace.

Inclosed are Copies of the General's Conferences with the Indians
at Pittsburg, and of the Conferences between the Governor, Teedy-
uscung, and the Ohio Messengers, in December last, by which you
will bo informed of all particukrs neoessaiy to be known, in order
to form a Judgment of the present temper of the Indians, and of
' the measures they will be likely to take in their Grand Convention.

Be pleased to favour me with an answer as soon as you conve-
niently can, and if there be any matter that you want to know more
particularly, it may not be amiss, if it suits your affairs, to come here,
that we may confer with the Governor about that or any other thing
yt may tend to your satis&ction.

I am,
Sir,

Your most humble

Servant,
RICHARD PETERS.

PBNNSTLYAMA ABOHIVIS ITWK •»

CJOBBBSPONDBHCB BETWEEN CaPT. TeUMP & C. WbISBE, 1760.

[Copy, Cap. Trump to Conrad Weiser. j
Sir:

Testerday a Mingo Indian arrived bgre with the inclosed String
of Wampum from John Shickalemy, requesting you might meet
him here in.Ten days from that time.' He begs you will send me
word by the Bearer, whether you intend meeting him here, as he
intends staying here but a short time, but obliged to return imedi*
stely to his town.

I altt, Sir, your

Hble Servant,

LEVI TRUMP.
Fort Augusta, Jan'y 28«»», 1760.

[Copy, Conrad Wciser to Cap*. Trump.]
Sir:

Yours of the 28<^ last past oame to hand last night, for which I
thank you, but as I am at present lame and obliged to keep my
room, it fs impossible for me to make the Journey, be pleased to
acquaint John Shickalemy of this, I am very glad in the mean time
to hear from him, and should be more so, if he would, if [he is
in Health] come and visit me, with a couple of his Friends or
Brothers, 1 should make them heartily welcome, for which purpose
I send him the enclosed String of Wampum. He may safely come
by the way of Fort Henry, your care will provide necessaries for
h\m. With my hearty good wishes to you, and other Gentlemen
Officers at Fort Augusta.

I remain, Sir,

Your very humble Servant,

Philip Reading to R. Peters, 1760.

Apoquiniminck, Feb^ 4% 1760. .
Reverend Sir :

I wrote to you in November last in relation to a scite of land
for the purpose of erecting a commodious Church on, and at the same
time inclosed a petitioning letter to Mr. Osborne, for obtaining, the
said lot of ffround, agreeable to your advice and directions. Sino0
writing as above I have never heard any thing from you, except a
• verbal Message delivered by M'. Jones, assuring us of which we never
entertained the least doubt, that you was ready to exert your best
endeavours with Mr. Osborne^ in liehalf of our Congregation. About

TOO ?BRN8ILTANU ABCBIYES ITtXk

ten diiys ago, Mr. Osbomes tenant; one Samnel Dayis, son of die
Sheriff of Chester Gountji ftent bio word tbat he had ordera itom
Mr. Osborne to lajr out a lot of ground for the usie of a Church, &/^
and this day was appointed for a meeting of the prinoipal memben
of our Congregation to fix upon a proper plaoe for the said purpose.
Jl good number accordtiigly mot, but when they cama to Tiew the
place proposed, they found it every way «o incouTenieot as wiU|
mlescr remedied by your kind laterpoaition, quite disooQoert all oar
measures. The place pitehed upon by the Congregation, and agreed
to last summer by Davie himself, is situated at the south-east eor*
ner of a little field on the north side of the road leading from
Brawyers bridge to Mr Witherspoous; the land itself is sandy and
barren, lying on the edge of a road laid out by Act of Assembly,
and which, from the nature of trade in these parts, can never admit
of an alteration, so that the tract itself cannot te prejudiced by a
grant in that place. Mr. Osborne, I am confident, is imposed on by
misinformation. It^any, who heard what passed this day suspect
Davis, the tenant. I am afraid it may too justly be' observed to yon,
that your kind endeavours to serve us are opposed and thwarted by
one, whose family is indebted to the Government of Pennsylvania
for a post of great honour and profit. As Davis desires to fixing ua
on the extremity of the tract in a low, uncouth plaoe, and Touchei
Mr. Osbomes positive orders for his obstinacy, I must beg of you
once more to renew your application, and endeavour to obtain a lot
from Mr. Osborne in the place above described, which is about the
center between the northwest courses from Apoquiniminck to Draw-
yers Creek, but at the same time upon the edge of a road which can
never be varied from its present direction. I am sorry this a£Fair
creates so much importunity, but as the prosperity of the Church is
concerned, I know you will be good enough to excuse it«
I am, Sir,

Your affectionate Brother,

and much obliged humble. Servant,

PHILIP READING.
Directed.
To Bichard Peters, Esq''., in Philadelphia.

Jambs Ikvihb to F. Post, 1760.

Fort Allen, February 9% 1760.
Sir:

I have been with Teediuscung, ft agreeable to your deare, have
Inquired of him whether it was the Request of the Indians that you
should accompany him to Allegheny ? he said it was : I then de-
sired him to let me know tho'time when he intended to set off, that

PBI9NStLVANU ABCflnnS 1760; TOI

yon nlgbt get ready against then ? & his answer was in Ten weeks
Time — he was very sorry yon went away before he had^poke with
JOB, and would h&ve come to Bethlehem himself^ but is preventedl
by ilickness.

This morning he sent for me, & desired I wonld write yon word
tbat he has not got Wampnm enough, & that neither he nor the
Young Men that is to goe with him, have Cloathing sufficient for the
Joarney ; he therefore begs you would intercede with the Gh>vernor
for a supply of each.

Please to send me the Paper by the Bearer of this, and you will
much oblige

Yonr humble Servant.

JAMES IRVINK
Directed.

For Mr. Frederick Post^ in Bethlehem.

Gen. Amherst ra Gov. Hamilton, 1760.

New York, 6*»» February, 1760,
Sir:

The Detachment of His Majesty's Royal Regiment of Artillery,
serving in North America, requiring Forty men to com pleat them ;
And Colonel Williamson, who Commands that Detachment, having
represented to me that it was likely to meet the most proper subjects
for that Service in Philadelphia, I have granted him a Beating Order
for that Place and its Environs, where, with your Countenance and
Assistance, which I am certain you will readily grant for the good
of the Service, he is hopefull of success.
I am, with great Regard,
Sir,

Your most Obedient

Humble Servant,'

JEFF. AMHERST.
The Hon"« Gov' Hamilton.

Conrad Wbisbr to Gov. Hamilton, 1760.

Reading, February the 18, 1760.
Honoured Sir :

It is about two weeks ago, when I received an Express from fort
Au^sta, forwarded by Captain Trump, at the instance of John Shie«
kelim^y, now a noted man among the Indians on the waters of that
river, with a String of Wampum, a Copy of Capt* Tmmps letter
k h^e iaelosed, I imediatcly after the receipt thereof sent a Copy

7«Sr PBNNSTLYAKIA ASCHIVES 1760.

«f the letter, and my answer to it to the Secretary, whether the
letter misoarried or the Secretary being from home I doat know, I
was deaireouB to have some thing of an answer to it, tho' aa I thea
thought, Johns invidation might not signify much, yet I am sines
informed by some Soldiers ooming from fort Angasta, that the In-
dians about there are much displeased, and the invidatiou might be
of some consequence. If your Honour orders it, Sammj Weiser
shall go up to fort Augusta for intelligence. My answer to John
Shickelimy was, that I could not travel by this severe weather, and
that I was lame, but gave him a kind invidation by a String of
Wampum, to come with his Brother or some other friend to see me,
and oonferr with me of things he had on his mind, and I would
make them welcome. I have nothing to add, but amj
Honoured Sir,

Your very obedient and

most humble Servant,

CONRAD WEISEB.
To Governor Hamilton.

I give my best compliments to your Honour, and if it is your
commands that I shall go to Fort Augusta, according to the within
letter of my Father, I will, with pleasure, obey your Honours com*
mand; who am,

Your Honours most obedient

& very humble Serv*.

SAM. WEISER.

Direded,

. To the Honourable James Hamilton, Esquire,^ Governor of the
Province of Pennsylv", Philadelphia.
^ James Eemer, Esq*".

C. Fred. Post to Gov. Hamilton, 1760,

To his Honour the Governor of Penns% &c.
Sir,

In Obedience to your Honour's Commands, I have further con-
sidered all that your Honour was pleased to communicate to me last
Tuesday : and I find that upon the whole I have nothing more to
observe, than what I have done already in my Jonmalt and partiea-
larly in them Reflections, which I have delivered with the same
Journal to the late General Forbes and Governor Denny. One
thing I have hinted in the same Reflexions, I beg Leave to declare
upon now more fully than I did at that time, namely :

Altho' I think tluit a bare Messenger has no Business to inquire

PENNSYLYANIA ABCHIVES 1760, fOft

into the Bessorts of the Affair, and to be mach curious about euc1i<
Parts of the whole sohemey which it is best that npbody should know
but those who are intrusted with the chief managemeat of the public
Concerns : yet as I have been these fifteen years past a Messenger
of the Qospel among the Indians, and as I hope to continue all my
Life time in that way ; so I think that a man whose Caraoter it is to
brin^ Words of Goddely and immutable Truth to the Nations^ ought
to be somewhat more cautious than others in carrying to the same
People worldly messages^ as these latter are often subject to unfore-
seen Disappointments. I declare sincerely I have such a high idea
of your Honours noble candor that it cometh not in my Mind you
wcf^ld suffer the least thing to be inserted in my Instructions that
you might suspect to be liable to Amendments or Revocations : Yet
as it is but one of His Majesty's Provinces for which I am to carry
xnj Message, and as it is not quite improbable His Majesty's Qene-
rals or other Persons under His Royal Commissiojis might hereafter
hold Treaties with the said Indians; so I cannot forbear wih the
deepest Respect and Submission to recommend my aforesaid Carao-
ter of a Minister of the Gospel to your Honours tenderest Care and
Concerns, that I might not be charged with making any Promise to
the Nations I shall have to speak to, than what this Province inde-
pendent from any other Concurrences shall be able & willing to
observe & fulfill strictly.

Your Honours

Most dutiful and

Obedient Servant,

CHRISTIAN FRIDRICK POST.

Philadelphia, February 22d, 1760.

Authentication op Acts of Chas. Brockden as Master
OP Rolls, 17G0.

The Honourable James Hamilton, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor &
Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania and Coun-
ties of Newcastle^ Kent, and Sussex on Dehtware.

To all whom it may concern, Greeting :

I do hereby certify that Charles Brockdon of the City of Phlla-
delpbia, Esquire, who has given and subscribed the attestation to
the Exemplified copy of the Act of Assembly hereunto annexed,
intitled, [*< An act for reemitting the Bills of Credit of this province
'< heretofore reemitted on Loan, and for striking the further sum of
^' Thirty six thousand six hundred and .fifty pounds, to enable the
<< Trustees to lend fifty thousand pouads to Colonel John Hunter

704 PfiSNSYLVANIA ARCttlVES 1760.

** Agent for tbe Coi^traotors, with the Sight Honourable the LorHs
^ Commissionero of His Majesty's Treasury for his Majesty's Ser-
« viee."] — ^[" An Act for Recording of Warrants and Surveys, and
'^ for rendering the real estates and properly within this promce
*< more seonre."] — T" An act for appointing an agent to apply for
** and receive the distributive nhare and proportion which shall be
'* assigned to this province of the sum of money granted by parlia-
** ment to his Majesty's Colonies in America/'] — [" A Supplement
<' to the act intituled An Act for Reemitting the Bills of Credit of
'^ this Province heretofore Reemitted on Loan, and for striking the
f< sum of thirty-six thousand six hundred and fifty ponndSi to enable
^* the Trustees to lend fifty thousand ponnds to Colonel John Hunter,
" Agent for the Contractors, with the Right Honourable the Lords
*^ Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury for his Majesty's Ser-
** vice."] — [" An act for the more effectual surpressing and prevent- ^
'Mng of Lotteries and Plays."] — ["A Supplement to the Act*
*^ entituled, An Act for establishing Courts of Judicature in this
*' Province,"] is tbe Master of the Rolls for the said Province of
Pennsylvania, and that the seal affixed to his said attestation is the
proper seal of his office, and that to all Copies of Acts so attested
under the Hand and Seal of Office, of tbe said Master of the Roils,
all due Faith and Credit is, and ought^ to be given.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, and caused
tbe Oreat Seal of tbe said province to be hereunto affixed, At Phi-
ladelphia this twenty-seventh day of February In the Thirty-third
year of his Majesty's Reign^ Anno Domini, 1760.

JAMES HAMILTON.

Sib William Johnson to TfiEDTuscuNa, 1760.

Fort Johnson^ March 1st, 1760.
Brother Teedyuscung,

His Majesty King George having, in Consequence of what passed
at the Conferences in July and August, 1757, at Easton, taken into
Consideration your Complaint then made concerning Lands whieli
you allege you have been deprived of without your consent or satis-
faction made you for^be same, and out of his great goodness, Regard
to Justice, which he is remarkable for, as well as his Love for his
Children the Indians, has ordered me ^to examine thoroughly into
the said Affiiir, and when I have made a full and particular Euaairy
into the Circumstances of the case, and hear what all partys may have
to offer, to transmit to him my proceedings in this Business.

In obedience therefore to his Majestie's Commands, I do now take
theearliestopportnnity byyour son, who is tbeBearer, of acquainting

j^HNSTLVANIA ASCHIVES 1760; 706

jovL with btfl pleaflue, and I desire io know when a meeting with
ycm. and each Pelawares or others as are concerned in the affair may
be had for that purpose, also where it maj be most convenient for
yoa and them .to meet me; the sooner I know this the better, that I
may give notice to the Proprietors's Commissioners to attend, and
that it may not interfere with my Military Duty the ensuing 0am-
paign, in which I hope and expect you and your nation will, in return
for his Majestie's kind Intentions towards you, be ready to act a
Brotherlike part against his Enemies when called upon.
I am your well Wisher and

sincere Brother,

WM. JOHNSON.
Directed,

To Teedyuscnng, Chief of the Delawares.

Deposition op Peter Tittbl, 1760,

Canibcrland County, ss :

The Deposition of Peter Title, of Carlisle, aged about thirty-fivo
years, taken before me, one of his Majesties Justices, &o,, for said
County, Who, being duly Sworn on the Holy Evangelists & ezamin'd
deposetb, that about the fifteenth day of January Last, a certain
Indian called Doctor John was in his house at Carlisle aforesaid,
when he, the said Doctor John, Spoke contemptuously of- the
Boldier?, by saying they were good for: nothing, & that he & two or
three more of them would drive the whole of them, & this Deponent
farther saith, that said Doctor John said they killed Capt. tfacobsj
but that he had another Captain Jacobs, a young, big man, biger &
stronger than him, that was killed, & further this Deponent says not.

PETER TITTEL .♦
-Sworn & Subscribed the 4th day of March, 1760, before

Pea's West.

Deposition of Richard Davis, 1760.

Cumberland County, ss :

The Deposition of Richard Davis, aged about Eighteen years,
taken before me, one of his Majesties Justices of the Peace for said
County, Who, being duly Sworn on the holy Evangelists & examined
saith, that about the fifteenth day of January last a certain Indian
called Doctor John was in the House of Peter Title, in Carlisle,

* Referred to in Col. Rec, VoU VIU., p. 466, 712.
30*

70i MINNSTLVANIA ARCHIVJS 176(Jl

when be told a oertun Tho^. Evans that he killed Sixty white Peo-
ple & captivated Six, & this Deponent says he heard the said Doctor
John say if the War wonld break ont again he would do the nme,
and asked the said Evans if he would taste it, (meaning death) and
this Deponent further sailh, that he heard the said Doctor John say,
in an insulting & angry tone, that the white People killed hit
Captain Jacobs^ but that he had one twice as big k that they vere
Fools, for when he caught a white Prisoner he wotUd lie down on
the Ground till he would kill & Scalp him.

his
BXCHARDX DAVIS*
mark.
Sworn & Subscribed the 4th day of March^ 1760, before

Fra's West.
Least the above mentioned Tho*. Evans should be suspected for
the murder of the Indians on ttceo^ of their Insolent Talk & behar-
iour to him, I undertake to say he is a drunken, stupid fellow,
incapable of any such Enterprise.

, Fra's West.

Gen. Amherst to Gov, Hamilton, ITfiO.

New York; 6th March, 1760.
Bhr:

I am this moment favor'd with your Letter of the 2* Instant, bj
which I see, with pleasure, that your Assembly have come to a Reso-
lution of Rising and Paying Two Thousand Seven Hundred Meo,
for the Service of the Ensuing Campaign ; That the Bill was not
yet sent up to You, nor that You was not so well Informed of their
Intentions, as to be able to say whether it will be framed in Bach
manner, that, as an bonest man, You may give Your Assent i6 ity
but that You sincerely wish it may. I do so too most heartily, for
thd Service will absolutely admit of no difficoltieS| and I trust, that
None will be put in Your way^ or if any,' but what may be Waved,
which I shall be glad to Learn so soon as it is in Your power,
lam;.

with great Regard,

Sir, \

Your most obedient

Humble Servant,
JEFF. AMHERST.
. The Hon'ble Gov'. Hamilton.

* Refered to in Ool. Reo., Vol. VHI., p. 456, 712.

H8NNBYLVANU ARCHIVIS 17e0* 7W

Francis West to Gov. Hamiltok, 1760.

Carlisle^ March the 7th^ 1760.
S':

1 wag bonour'd with your Letter of Feb'ry the 21»*, aiMl ii|
obedience theretO| have oauscd diligent search and Inquiry to bo
made for the Murderers by the Constables, along and betweea
Coanogogwioet, and the Kittatiny Mountains to Susquehanoahi but
the least discovery has not been made-
Doctor John, the Indian who was lately murdered, was of the
Delaware Tribe, (as I am informed) but what Nation his Squaw &
the Boy was of I can't clearly learn. He followed Hunting whilst
in this neighbourhood, and behaved very Insolently, as you will see
by the inclosed Depositions.

Tou may be assured I will use my best endeavours to find out the
Petflons who perpetrated tbat barbarous Fact, and will for the/uture
afford protection to every friendly and peaceable Indian that shall
abjoum in this County,
lam,

with greatest Bespect,

Your HoBC'* most humb'e

& obed^ Servant,

FRA'S WEST.
Govemour Hamilton.

C. Fred. Post to Gov. Hamilton, 1760.

To his Honour the Govemour :

I beg leave to lay before your Honour this short account concern-
ing my late conversation wiUi Teedyuscung, which I found at Fort
Allen, sober and well, and in obedience to your Honour's Com-
mand I have delivered the Message to him as n>llow8; viz^ :

Brother Teedyuscung, listen to what I have to say. I have it in
Command from his*Honour, the Governor, and from all the rest of
the Gentlemen in Philadelphia, to bring you a Hearty Salutation ;
and a true Information also of what has happened lately near
Carlisle, for as much we have a sincere desire that a good under-
standing may be kept up between us and the several Indian NationS|
fiierefore ^e Governor sent me to you^ to tell you of every thing

* Beferrcd to in Col. Rcc., Vol, VIII., p. 466, 712;

l«e PENNSTLYANUL ▲BCHIVI8 ITSO.

which is come to his Ears of this Affair, that it may reach joins also.
So I read the prookmation.

I gft¥e a String.
Brother Teedyuscmi^ we let you know by this String that we are
sorry for what has happened, and we assure you that the Governor
and Assembly are determined to make a most diligent search into
this mnrder, and will do all in their power to find it ont, and when
discovered, the anthers shall be prosecuted, and if found guilty suffer
death, as if they had killed an Englishman, and by this String you
are desired also to give Information of the particulars hereof to the
Indians about your Town, desiring them not to be disturbed or
uneasy about what has happened, and assure them of our sincere and
Brotherly Love towards them.

The answer of Teedyuscung to his Honour, the Governor.

M^ch the 6, 1760.

Brother : I thank you for the Message you have been pleased to
tend me by Mr. Frederick Post. I have heard and understood him
well, and your Pain and Care which you have shown in this Affiiir
pleases mo very much and gives me satisfaction.

Brother: I let you know I cannot say much about it now. 'Tis
true there are many rogues on both sides : it grieves and troubles me
and who knows who has done it, if the white people or the Indians,
neither you nor I can tell the authors. It is as much concern to me
as it is to you to see that the Peace and Chain shall not be broken.

Brother : be strong, see to find out the Authors of the Murder.

Brother : I am not willing to stay much longer here, and I do not
like to go from here, home, until I have seen you, and laid my Hand
in yours, then we will confer more about this Affair, & we will see
to bury it under Ground, that it shall not be seen, for fear if it
remains too long some rogues will fipd occasion to do misehief. This
is the reason that I hasten, and I think to see you in three weeks
hence. I salute the Governor and all the GenUemen.

He gave this String.

• Further he told mo that one of his Emissary's was come home,
and had brought news that the Minisink Indians were gathered at
Schemanga, and intend to come down to renew and brighten the
Chain of Friendship by bringing their Prisoners down themselves
about 6 Weeks hence. I wish it may be so. I had many agreeable
conversations with him, and found him well disposed.

FREDERICK POST.
. Bethlehem, 11th March, 1760*

Please your Honour, for as much as this present undertaking of
my going to the great Council of the different Indian Nations goes
very neare to my Heart, desiring God our Heavenly Father to grant

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his aid and graoe^ that it may turn out aooording to hia holj wOl,
and the glory of our gracious SovercigD, and to the Honour of the
OoTemor^ Oonncil and Assemhlyi and all men in power under him,
and to the advantage and safety not only to the InhaMtants of this
iProvinoe, but of all his Majesties loiale Subjects on this CootiDenti
that Peace may be made with these numerous aqd dangerous Indian
Nations, which by all probability is the wisest step woieh men in
powOT at this juncture can take and wish for. Therefore it is fidlen
in my minde that it would be good and necessary, if your Honour
would be pleased, to let General Amherst know of my going io
tiieire Council, For I think it would be of great ooikseqnence, both to
the Province and to the Indians ; if I had a word to bring theym
from the Chief Commander of all his Maiesties Forces here, for I
am sure they will aske me very closely to tell them the real truth of
the intention of our great warier and chief in regard to theym who
is sent from the King to this Country to act in his Name. For the
Indians will much listen to what hope of advantage a Messenger will
geaye them from the Chief Boolers. I know one of theke Princi*
pall Point in theire Council will be, how to secure the limits between
them and they white people, so that they may live by theymselfs a
due distance from us, to secure theire hunting ground, for they are
more affraid of loosing theire hunting grounds than theire lives and
they are very much preposest and suspicous that that is our scheme
to incroge upon them, and spoil theire hunting, and bring them in
messery and slavery, and they like the Jews think we are free bom
and no slaves, and will therefore rather die than submit to worck. I
for my part, doubt not at all but that they Indians will grant a tract
of land for a trading plaes, in a proper manner bought of them and
that they white people don't hount on land which is not bongt of
them, and in so doing one can avoide all quarrels with theym else it
wou'd not be safe for anny one to live upon theire land otherwise, for
my part I can never see trough how a peace can be setUed with the
Indians. To root theym out or to^subdue thdym I think it is impos-
sible for this thime, for theire is not one who rightly knows there
Country and theare lurking holes an there severall Nations and
strength.

Please your Honour not to take it amisss of me that I write my
opinion and thoughts about this Affair, I do it out of a sincere and
honest Heart, according to my knolege for the best and well&re oC
the public I submit to your Honour's superior judgment, an am,
with due respect.

Your Honour's

most humble and

obedeant Serv*.,
CHRISTIAN FREDERICK POST.

Beth-, March the 11th; 1760.

TKT MHWSTLVANrA AUCHIVES 17f».

Mbssage op Gov. Hamilton to the Assembly, 1760.

Qentlemen :

As I look upon hiB Majesty's Service as well as the Seenritj d
ihe Province to be nearly concerned in your complying with Gen*
onl Amherst's requisition of the 27th of February last, commnni-
cated to you in my Message of the 3^ Instant, I was in hopes before
this time to have received an Answer signifying your wilUngnfiM to
secede to the measure therein recommended.

Which not having been the casCi I am under the necesnty of ap-
plying to you again upon that subject, and of urging to yon a speedy
oompliance with the Generars request of <' Three hundred mea
'^properly officered to serve as Garrisons at the several Forts and
^ Posts witiiin the communication to Pittsburgh/' And I do this
with the greater confidence of success, as you are sensible there yet
remains in the Trustees hands undisposed of a large Proportion of
the supply granted to his Majesty the last year than will probaUy be
wanted for this Service.

JAMES HAMILTON.

March 12, 1761.*

Gen. Amherst to Gov. Hamilton, 1760.

New York, 18«^ March, 1760.
Sir,

I am extremely obliged to you for the information you are pkased
to give me, of your having on the 10^ Inst., acquainted the As-
sembly by Message, that you were ready to pass the Supply Bill,
and am likewise to return you my thanks for having pressed then
to give it all the Dispatch in their power, which I am hopefuU they
will have complied with, as tho season for our operations dnw so
near, and that nothing, I expect from England, will or oaa sett
aside the Services their Troops are intended for, and I have accord-
ingly wfote to Major General Stanwiz to fix on the places & the
days of Rendezvous of the Troops under his Command, that no time
may be lost in proceeding with them to their destination.
I am, with great regard,
. Sir,

Your most obedient

Humble Servant,

JEFF. AMHERST.

* The indorsement bas this date, 1760 ; it is probable the above is ihe
correct date, as an act was passed March 14th, 1761, fbr raising 300 men,
See Colon. Rec, Vol. VIII., p. 687.

MNNSYLTANIA ARCHIVES 1760- 711

Gbn. Stanwix to Gov. Hamiilton, 1760.

Fort Pitt, Pittsburg, Marct 17^, 1760.
Sir,

I am to own the Favour of jour letter of the 22' of Jan''', with
the unhappy ace* of the murder of the four Indians at Carlisle, I oon-
Bulted immediately w^ Capt. Croghan, his Majestys Depti^ Agent
here for Indian Affairs under Sir Will. Johnston,, have sent a Mes-
sage, w^ a Belt of Wampum & the Proclamation to the Beaver, &
to acquaint him of your's and the Assembly determination to pun-
ish, w^ the utmost rigour of the Law, the perpetrators of this piece
of iniquity, for w'^ so large a reward is offered for a discovery, Capt.
Croghan thinks this the likely' st to appease for the present, & 'till
there is a return to this message, no more can be said upon it.

I have likewise great reason to be dissatisfied w*^ the Wayindott
Nation for the murder of Giles Collins, wheeler to the Artilloryy
who was murdered and scalped by three Indians on this way alone,
about six miles towards Fort Ligonier, he having left this without
my leave or knowledge of his officers, but a permission of an old
date found in his Pocket Book, signed by his Cap*. Hay, I imme-
diately sent a message to the Nations, a Copy of w*^ I here trans-
mit to you. Capt. Croghan is of opinion w^ Indians here, that the
Nations will give up the delinquent if they remain in their Nadon,
but tts most probable they are gone amongst the French, the man
murderd had the character of a very obstinate fellow : tis beliey'd
the intentions of these Indians were to carry him prisoner to De-
troit, but that he refused to go, being found scalp'd two miles from
the road towards the Ohio.

As soon as the waters are down propose to leave this post for Phi*
ladelphia, w'*^ I can do now with great satisfaction, having finished
the works all round in a very defenceable manner, leave . the Garri*
rison in great good health, in excellent Barracks, & seven month's
wholesome, go^ provisions from the first of April next ; the rest of
the works may be now finished under cover, and be only obliged to
work in proper weather, which has been vei^ far from our case this
hard winter and dirty spring, so fkr as it is advanced, but have
carr/d the works as far into execution as I could possibly propose
to myself in the time, and dont doubt but it will be finished as soon
as such a work can be done, so as to give a strong security to all
the Southern Provinces^ and answer every end proposed for ^his
Majesty's Service.

And as I have given it every attention in my power, shall conti-

7l« PENNSYLVANIA AB0HIVB8 17W.

nae the same application whether I have the hon' of a Gommaiidy
who ami with viry great respecty

Sifi your most obed

& most humble Serv^

JOHN STANWIX.

Gover. Hamilton.

Gbn. Amherst to Gov. Hamilton, 1760.

New York, 21t March, 1760.

Sir,

This will be delivered to yon by Mr. Flamstead, who, jointly with
Mr. Franks, both of Philadelphia, have, by the new Contractors for
Supplying His Majesty's Troops with Provisions, been Appointed
their Agent for the Southern District, in the room of Mr. Joshua
Howell, that held the same Employment under the Contract, which
will Expire on the 26*^ Instant.

And as these two Gentlemen, at their first entering upon the per-
formance of said Contract, may perhaps meet with Difficulties in the
Execution thereof, which, with your Countenance and Protection,
may the more easily be removed and overcome, I cannot, in Duty to
the King, and in Justice to his Troops, refrain from requesting
you to Grant th^m, upon every such occasion, all the Aid and As-
sistance they may st nd in need of, for the better and more effectual
performance of the said Contract; And, as £u as lays in you, to
procure them all possible facilities in obtaining the proper and ne>
cessary Supplies for the said Troops, that they may not, thro' the
Caprice or Avidity of individuals, be deprived of any part of the
provision most graciously made for them by the King, in which I
am convinced you will cheerfully second me to your utmost I am,
with great regard.

Sir,

Your most obedient,

Humble Servant,

JEFF. AMHERST.
The Hon"« Gov' Hamilton.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHITES 1760. 713

Account of the Expknces of Samuel Wbiseb, 1760.

In his Journey (going and comiDg) to and from Fort Augusta.

To the hire of a Horse, having none of my own, 11 ) /.^n ta- a
days, at 1.6 ^ day, . . • - J ^^^ ^^ ®

To the hire of a Man and Horse to accompany me S

from Tulpenhaocon, 9 days, at 4* ^ day for man &> 1 15 00
Horse, . )

To Provision I bought at Tolheo for my Journey, and ^

for three Nights Lodging, including Oats and fod- > 2 11 10
der for our Horses, amounting in all to . )

To 667 Grains of Wampum, made up in two Strings S

of several Bows, made use of with the Indians at [• 1 13 9
Port Augustay at 5* ^ Hundred^ . . )

£6 18 3

N. B. — In the above ^2 11 00, is included 15, which I gave to
John Petty, he complaining of his wretched Poverty.

And my own Trouble is Humbly submitted to his Honour, the
Governor, by

Honoured Sir,

Your most obedient

Humble Servant,

SAML. WEISER.
Philad*, March the''21-*, 1760.

Gen. Stanwix to Richakd Peters, 1760.'*'
Sir,

As I have 'Wrote a long letterf by this Express to your Governor,
80 shall only give you a short tro'ble to own your favour of the 22''.

You will see by mine to the Gover', that we have reason to com-
plain of the Indians, and probably dt) what we can, a few of these
things will sometimes happen of both sides to give uneasiness, but
every thing that can be done on all sides to make satisfaction should
be attempted. I propose setting out as soon as the present wet
weather is over, & have the pleasure soon to kiss your hands at Phi-

* Indorsed " Rec'd March 23, 1760." t See p. 711.

714- PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVBS 17«fe

ladelphia, & shall, at all times, be glad of eyer j occasion to ai^rove
mjself, ^

D'Sir,

Your most obed hum"« Serv*.

JOHN STANTVIX.
Key. Mr. Peters. ^

Gov. POWNALL TO GoV. HAMILTON, 1760.

Boston, 24" March, 1760.
Sir,

On the 20** instant a Fire broke out in the Town of Boston,
which raged in such a manner as to elude all means for suppressiog
the same, untltl it had (according to the best Information that can
be obtained in the present confusion) destroyed one hundred and
seventy four Dwelling Houses, and as many Warehouses and Shops,
and other Buildings, which, with the Furniture and Goods tbereia,
amount at a moderate computation to One hundred thousand Pounds
Sterling ; by this Two hundred and twenty Families are turned out
of Doors, the greater part of whom being, by this misfortune, so
reduced as to be rendered incapable of subsisting themselves, are
become the proper Objects of Charity.

And although 1 have, at the desire of both Houses of Legisla-
ture, sent Briefs throughout the Province to procure Relief for the
unhappy sufferers, yet the calamity is so great and extensive, that
the means of Relief from among ourselves, and the contributions of
, our own Inhabitants, must be greatly inadequate to the Loss.

I would therefore (as has been practiced on the like occaaioos)
desire that your Honour would be so good as to recommend it to
the people under your Government, to assist in relieving their dis-
tressed Fellow subjects, and that you would cause what may be col-
lected on this occasion, to bo remitted to the Selectmen and Over-
seers of the Poor of the Town of Boston, with whom will be lodged
the collections made in this Government to be distributed among the
Sufferers, as they in their discretion shall judge proper.
I have the Honour to !^

Sir, your Soi^ l^t ^i Obedient,

t^.> jj\J3?We Servant,

T. POWNALL.

The Hon"« James Hamilton, Esq.
March 27.

P. S. — Sir : By a mistake of the Clerks employ'i to Copy my
Letters, the above Letter was not laid before me with the rest on
Monday last. As the Letters to y* Governors of the neigbour Pro-

FSNN8TLYANIA AHOHITES ITBOL 715

Tioces went by the Post that day, I thought this apology necessary
to your Honor, & hope you'll accept it. From
Y' most obed*

& most humble Ser?*.

T. POWNALL.
Indoned,

24* March— Gov' PownalL
[Laid before the Assembly, to recommend the Relief of the Suf-
ferers by the Great Fire at Boston.]*

Gen. Amherst to Gov. Hamilton, 1760.

New York, 80** March, 1760.
Sfr,

I am to own the Receipt of your two Letters of the 26*'' & 27*'»
Instant, the one in relation to the Dilatory proceedings of the As-
sembly, and the other concerning Indian Affairs, upon both which I
shall give you my sentiments.

And first, with regard to the delays of the Assembly in sending
up the Bill for your concurrence, theu adjourning for nine days
without consulting you, and afterwards applying for your Consent
to a further Adjournment of 13 or 14 days, when the business un-
der their consideration requires the utmost Dispatch. Such delays,
I cannot help saying must prove very detrimental to the Service,
and cannot therefore miss of incurring His Majestys highest disap-
probation, especially after his Enj unctions for unanimity and dis-
patch at this important crisis, are so urgently set forth in his Secre-
tary of State's Letter of the 7*^ January ,f I must not therefore omitt
commending your wise and prudent refusal of so untimely and un-
reasonable an application on their part, nor yet fail expressing the
high sense I have of the determination you have come to, altho' you
find the Bill, big with injustice and mischief, both to the property
of the Proprietors, and to the just rights of Government, and framed
as you verily think, with no other view than that you should reject
it, in order to give occasion of drawing down the censure of the Go-
vernment at home,, upon their Proprietors, with whom they are con-
tending : Tet in this you should disappoint them, by being in your
own mind determined, however reluctantly, rather to submit, and
to make a sacrifice of the Proprietors interest, by giving your assent
4o the Bill, than that the Service should, at this important Crisis,

* See Secretary Peters' Letter, April 11th, transmitting this Letter (Col.
Kec., Vol. VIII.*, p. 483.) to the Assembly, vho agreed to it. The Governor
proposed £1600 to £2000, as a' ** generous gift"

t Colon. Rec. Vol. VIU., p. 461.

71« PENNSTLVANIA ABCHIVES 1780.

be defeated pf the oonsiderable aid thereby granted to His Ma-
jesty.

Such Sentiments as these are the most oonvincing Proofs of yoor
Zeal for His Majesty and the good of bis Service, which cannot UH
of meeting with his most gracious approbation and Royal Pleasoie,
nor shall 1 neglect to lay them before his Secretary of State, that
you may reap from them all the advantages they deserve, meanwhile
I must beg the continuance of your most Vigoroua efforts to press
them to come to an issue, that no time may be lost iii ralaiag the
Levies and Equipping them for immediate Service, the time Hoc
which is now so near at hand.

Before I turn to your other Letter^ I am to beg your acceptance
of my most sincere thanks for the aid & assistance you are so kind
as to promise to the new Contractors Agents, in the Execution of
the Commission entrusted to them.

I come now, Sir, to your Letter in relation to Indian Affairs, and
cannot but commend your attention in keeping up a Friendship and
Trade with all such Indians as chuse to partake of the Blessings of
the happy Govcnment we live under ; And your proposal of send-
ing Mr. Post & Mr. Still to assist at the large Convention reported
to you by Teedyuscun, to be held in the Spring, at some of the In-
dian Towns over the Ohio, is, I think perfectly right, as it may be
productive of Cemmenting the Alliance that ought to subsist be-
tween those Nations and Us; and as I have nothing more at heart,
than the good and welfare of the whole Community, and that Mr.
Post thinks it necessary he should carry them a talk from His Ma-
jesty's Commander in chief, to Assure them that it is not our De-
sign to make any encroachments among them, but on the contrary
protect and Defend their Lives and Properties ; I will here renew,
what I promised at a Conference held in April last, at Philadelphia,
between Gov'" Denny, Bernard, De Lancey, Brig** Oen^ Stanwix &
myself, the Deputies of Canawaga & Thomas King, of which I en-
close you a Copy ; And I shall further add, what I have from time
to time wrote to S** W". Johnson, to deliver to the Indians, in his
Department on my behalf, viz^, That His Majesty had not sent me
to. deprive any of them of their Lands & Property ; on the contra-
ry, that so long as they adhered to his interest, and by their beha-
viour gave proofs of the sincerity of their Attachment to His Royal
Person & Cause, I should defend and mantain them in their Just
Bights, and give them all the Aid & Assistance they might stand
in need of, to repress the Dangers they might be liable to from the
Enemy, thro' their Attachment to Us. This I firmly mean to ad-
here to, so long as thehr Conduct shall deserve it ; but on the other
hand, if they do not behave as good and faithful allies ought to do,
and renounce all Acts of Hostility against His Majesty's Subjects,
I shall retaliate upon them, and I have the might so to do, tenfold
every breach of treaty they shall be guilty of, and every Outrage
they shall Committ ; and if any of His Majesty's Subjects nnder

pbiwstlvania: AicmvEs neo. 717

•17 ComiiHiiicI, Bhmild kill or iBJnre niy of <yar iDdian bretlireiiy ihej
shall, upon dne proof thereof, receive eqoal punishment. I mean
not neither to take any of their Lands, Except in snch cases Where
the necessity of His Majesty's Service Obliges me to lake Post,
Where I must & will build Forts ; but then the Lands Adjoining
will still continue their own, and be not only equally good for their
hunting, bat be so much the more secure against any interruption
the Enemy might offer to give them,. for I know no medium between
us & the French, if We have not Forts they will. Those that will
Join His Majesty's arm, and that will be Aiding & Assisting in
Subduing the Common Enemy, shall be well rewarded ; And those
that may not Chuse to Act in Conjunction with the Forces, shall be
equally protected, Provided tbev do not Join in any Acts of Hosti-
lity with the Enemy, or Carry them Intelligence, which might prove
prejudicial to the Publick good. Upon these^terms they shall find
me their fast friend, but on a breach of them I shall punish them aa^
they Deserve, and I Chuse they should know what they have to
trust to, since I intend to be as good as my word.

I am, with great regard;
Sir,

Your most obedient,

Humble Servant,

JEFF. AMHERST.
Hon"* Governor Hamilton.

List op Necessaries to be provided for Tebdtuscun0,

1760.

31st March, 1760.

A List of necessaries to be provided for Teedyuscung and his
Company :

Teedyuscung is to be fitted out with a good suit of Cloaths, Hat,
&c., that he may make an Appearance answerable to the Occasion.

.Mr. Frederick Post recommends it to the Governor to send Pres-^
ents to consist of some silver Ornaments to King Beaver, Chingas,
Gostalogo, Netotnetamet, Delaware George, and a few other Chiefs,
who have been and may be serviceable to us.

Queelahickon, Nutimus & Packsenosa, who will go with Tejdy-
usGung should have each a Strowd & a Shirt sent to them.

718

PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIVIS 17«.

A Bmall present is to le soade to the Indianfl who «e mem i
TowD^ sacb as shall be thoaght proper :

2 Dozen of Shirts,

2 Dozen Handkerchiefs,

1 Dozen Blankets,

1 Dozen Strowds,

2 Dozen Pair of Stockings,

1 Dozen Breeoh Clont,
12 Pair of Shoes,

12 Hats,

2 Half Barrels of Powder,
Lead in proportion,

SO lb. Swanshot & Pigeon shot,

3 Good, strong Horses,
2 Bells for Horses

with
Hopples and' Halters,
Horseshoes and Nails,
Vermillion,
Knives,
Bibbons,
Awls,
Needles and Thread,

1st April, 1760.

Tinder Box and Steele,

Flints,

Osnabrig for Baggs & Wallets,

Leather to mend shoes,

2 Kettles,

10 TinGnpps,

1 Pound of Tea,

3 Pound of Ghocolato
and Sugar,

Half pound of Pepper,
i Bushel of Salt,

2 Axes,
Flower,
Biscuit,
Cheese,

Writing Paper,
Gunns,

Soap,

Saddle-Bags for Mr. Post,

Pipes and Tobacco.*

Gen. Amherst to Gov. Hamilton, 1760.

New York, 31st March, 1760.

Sir:

As the time mentioned in my Circular Letter of the 2l8t|
February, for Assembling the Troops requested by his Majeety from
the Southern Province, draws nigh, and that I then Acquainted you
I should Inform you of the place of Rendezvous I should appoint.
I am, agreable thereU), to give you notice that I wrote to Major
General Stanwiz to fix on such places as he shall think most proper
and convenient for that purpose, and that he do give yon ^notice
thereof. You will accordingly order the Troops of your Provinee,
or such part thereof as he shall desire, to the place or places of

* See Col. Rec. Vol. VIH.. p. 467.
t See Col. Rec, Vol. VIII., p. 45?.

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1760. 719

BendexToos, which he shall appoint^ and to cause them to be there
on the days he shall fix.

I am^ with great regard.
Sir,
Tour most obedient^

Humble Servant,

JEFF. AMHERST.
Hon'ble Governor Hamilton.

Message from the Governor to the Assembly, 17G0.

Gentlemen :

It is now a week since I sent yon down the Bill for granting a
supply to his Majesty for the Service of the ensuing Campaign with
some Amendments by me proposed to it, and as you have not as yet
acquainted me with your further proceedings thereon, or whether
you have acceded to any, and which, of my proposed amendments,
I find myself under a necessity of applying to you for information
upon that head.

I likewise think myself obliged to remind you that the season for
raising of men is wasting a pace, and that it is impossible for me to
take any step towards that, or any other matter provided for in the
Bill, until the same shall be passed into a Law. You will allow me
therefore, Gentlemen, to request that you will give it all the dis-
patch in your power, least your good intentions to his Majesty's
Service should be defeated by postponing the supplies to an unrea-
sonable time.

April Ist^ 1760.

Gen. Amherst to Gov. Hamilton, 1760.

New York, 20*»» April, 1760.
Sir,

By Your Letter of the 17"* Instant, received last Night, I had
Confirmed what Major General Stan wis had Informed me of in the
morning, Yiz^, That the Supply Bill of the Province of Pensylva-
nia had been passed on the 12^^. ' .

From Every Token You have given me of Your Zeal for His Ma-
jesty, and the good of His Service, which I cannot sufficiently Com-
mend, I have not the least doubt but You will do Your Utmost En-
deavors to Carry said Bill into immediate Execution, and Use Your
utmost Efforts to get the Troops Voted by it, to U^ Place of Ren-

72* PfiNNSYLYANU ABepjVBS 1780.

dexvons Appointed by Major General Stanwiz, by tlie~12ik of Hay
next^ and I trust You will prove Successful! in the Undertaking.

I am not less hopefuU of Your prevailing on the Assembly of the
Lower Counties, whom I See You have Summoned to meet You at
New Castle to morrow, to Vote and famish their Original Numbers,
which were Three Hundred.

General Stanwix proposes to Set out, in two or three days, on his
return to Philadelphia, there to finish every thing relative to his
Command, after which he proposes to so to England, when Brigf
General Monckton will Succeed him in that District ; Wherefore, I
am to desire, that so soon as the -Command devolves on that Gentle-
man, You will please to Correspond and Co-operate with him, and
Qontiaue him the same Aid & Assistance for the good of the Ser-
vice, which hitherto You have proved to have so much at hearL I
am, with great Regard,
Sir,

Your most obedient

Humble Servant)

JEFF. AMHERST.

Bon"» Gov Hamilton.

Passport for Fred. Post, Tbedyuscung, &c., 1760.

By the Honourable JAMES HAMILTON, Esquire, Lieutenant
- Crovemor and Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsyl-
vania, and Counties of Newcastle, Kent and Sussex, on Dela-
ware.

To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting :

Whereas, Mr. Frederick Post and Mr. John Hayes, together
with Moses Tettamj and Isaaa Stille, have undertaken, at the re-
quest of Teedjuscung, to bear him Company in his Journey to se-
veral distant Indian Nations, with whom he is to hold Treaties, and
in consequence thereof are charged with matters of great Import-
ance, as well by the General of his Majesties Forces as by thb Go-
vernment, and they have requested my Letters of Passport, Protec-
tion & Safe Conduct, not only for themselves but for all oth^ Per-
sons, both White Men and Indians/ whom they may find Decessaiy
to take with them on this Occasion ; Sensible of the merit and of
the great Trust reposed in the said Frederick Post, John Hayes,
Moses Tittamy, and Isaac Stille, I do most readily grant them these
my Letters of Passport, Protection and Safe Conduct, requiring and
desiring all Officers, Civil and Military, & all other Persons what-
ever, to afford tbem all necessary Aid & Assistance in passing and
repaasing to and from the Indian Country j And as they may find

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1760. 721

oocasioii, either to oome or send other Persons with Messages to the
General, or to Me, or any other of his Majesties OoyemorSi I do
most earnestly recommend it to the Officers who have the chief
Command in any Posts or Places thro' which they may pa^s, to re-
ceive them kindly, & to furnish them with Provisions & necessary
Escorts, that they may be enabled to deliver their Dispatches with
expedition. Given under my Hand and the Lesser Seal of the said
Province, at Philadelphia^ this twenty second day of April, 1760.

Col. Hugh Mbrcee to Gov. Hamii,ton, 1760.

Fort Augusta, 23* April, 1760.
Honoured Sir,

In a Conference with John Shekalemy to day, ho told me by a
String of Wampum, that he and the other Mingo Indians here, are
invited by express to attend a Grand Council of the Six Nation
Warriors, at General Johnstons. And as he will have an oppor-
tunity of making his People acquainted with the Governments de-
sign of cutting a Road from hence to the frontier, he desires to bo
furnishd with some Wampum for that purpose.

I thought proper to acquaint Tour Honour of this, if there will
be time to receive your Instructions before Shekalemy goes off, his
health oblidging htm to stay here a fortnight. He would gladly see
Col. Weiser, and I shall send him an express to that purpose. Att
their earnest request, I could not avoid giving the Mingo Indians
some Flour to help them home, as I believe it is the Governmenis
intention to grant them any reasonable Indulgence, espeoially att
the opening a Campaign, when their Services may be of Conse-
quence.

I am, Sir, Your Honour's most

obedient humble Servant,

HUGH MERCER.

Speech^ of Gov. Hamilton to Assembly at New Castlb,

1760.

Having, since your Meeting in October, arrived with a Commis-
sion from the Honble Proprietors, appointing me liieutenant Gov*"
of these Counties, I lost no time in publishing my Commission,'*' and
taking upon me the Administration of the Government; and as I
did presume that the necessary legislative Business of the year had,
as usnal, been dispatched at that your first meeting, I determined
not to give you the trouble, or put the Country to the expence that

• ♦See Colon. Eec, VoL Vlll., p. 409.
Vol III.— 31

722 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1760.

would neoessarilj arise upon your beiDg reassembled, anless some
matter of great importance should require it. But having latelj .
been honoord with his Majestj^s Commands, signified bj one of
his principal Seoretar/s of State, relative to the Operations of the
ensuing Campaign, I was indispensably obliged to convene Yon at
that time, however inconvenient it may be to yonr private Affairs.

You will perceive, Qentlemen, by Mr. Secretary Pitts Letter,
which I have orderd to be laid before You, <' that his Majesty ez-
*' pects this Government will raise at least as large a Body of men
'^ as they did for the last Campaign, and even as many more as the
^' number of its inhabitants may allow. And that I should direct
<< them to hold themselves in readiness, as early as may be, to mareh
'' to the Rendezvous, at such place or places as may be named for
" that purpose by the Commander in Chief of his' Majesty's foroes,
'' in America, or by the Officer who shall be appointed to oommaud
^ the Kings forces in those parts, in order to proceed from thence,
" in conjunction with a Body of his Majesty's British Foroes, under
" the supreme Command of the Officers to be appointed as above,
^^ so as to be in a situation to begin by the first of May, if possible,
'< or as soon after as shall be any way practicaMe, such offtnsive
*< operations as shall h3 judged by the Commander of his Majesty's
** forces in those partr most expedient for annoying the Enemy."

You will farther observe, << That the King is pleased to furnish
'^ all the men raised as above, with Arms, Ammunition & Tents, as
'' well as to order provisions to be issued to the same by his Majes-
'' ty's Commissaries, in the same proportion & manner as is done to
<< the Rest of bis Majesty's forces. That a sufficient train of Ar-
^tillery will also be provided at his Majesty's e^^penoe for the Ope-
<< ratioiv of the Campaign, and that the whole that the King expects
*^ & requires from the several Provinces is, the levying, Cloathing k
" pay of the men. And on these heads also, that no encourage-
^< nient may be wanting to the fullest exertion of your force, Bb
'^ Majesty is further most graciously pleased to permit that You be
'^ acquainted, that strong recommendations will be made to Parlia-
'^ meut, in their Session next year, to grant a proper compensation
^^ for such expences as above, according to the active vigour and
<^ strenuous effi>rts of the respective Provinces shall justly appear
<^ to merit."

Gentlemen, The gracious and affectionate manner in which his
Majesty is pleased to mention his American Subjects, and to signify
bis expectations that they will continue chearfolly to co-operate with,
and second to the utmost, the large expences and extraordinary sao-
cours suplied by Great Britain for their preservation & future seea-
rity, I am perswaded will render it unnecessary for me to add any
thing from myself, to induce you in this promising & decisive Crisis
to exert yourselves, and to mske provision, with all possible dispatch,
for raising at least as large a Body of Men for the Service of the
ensuing Campaign^ as you did for the last, and even of as many

PSNNSTLVANIA ABOHIYBS 1760[. 729

mora as the number of our Inhabitants may allow, 80 that they ma;
be assembled by the Twelfth of the next month; at the towns of Lan^
caster, York, and Carlisle, in the Province of Pennsylv% (hate be*
ing the sevcaral places of rendeirons appointed by Major General
Stanwiz, in consequence of a discretionary power lod^d in him by
the Commander in Chief of his Majesty's forces in North America.
Gentlemen, As this is the first occasion that has offered of our
meeting in assembly, since my present accession to the (Govern-
ment, it may be expected I should make some particular declaration
of my purposes in respect to the adminbtration of it But, upon
such an occasion, I desire ratber to speak by actions, than by worde
and professions, and 'as your Constituents bave already had consi-
derable experience of my behaviour in the Station I now fill, Tbey
will, from thence, be better able to form a Judgm^ of what may be
reasonably expected from my future conduct, than from any thing
I can or shall say in my own behalf. I shall therefore only ae()uaint
You in General, that, as on the'one hand, I shall study to protect
yon in the full enjoyment of all the Civil & Religious Liberties to
which You are entitled by the Laws or Constitution of the Country,
BO on the other hand, I trost & depend on your being equally care-
ful to support'and defend the Prerogatives of the Crown & the just
Rights of Government.

Indoned.

Rough Draught of Goyomors Speech to the Assembly at New-
castle, delivered on Wednesday, the 23' A)>ril, 1760, to the Speak-
er, & y* house, at Mr. Clays.

On y« 25**, P. M., the Hous^, by three members, returned an Ad-
dress* in answer to y Speech.

On y" 26, the house presented two Bills to the Gov' for his Con-
currence : One Entituled an Act for appointing an Agent residing in
England for this Government — the other, Entituled an Act for the
better Regulation of the Supreme Court within this Government.

Address to Gov. Hamilton from Assembly of Lower
Counties, 1760.

To the Honorable JAMES HAMILTON, Esquire, Lieutenant Go-
vernor and Commander in Chief of the Government of New
Castle, Kent and Sussex, upon Delaware, and Province of Penn-
sylvania.

The Address of the Bepresentatives of the Freemen of Newcastle^
Kent and Sussex, on Delaware. ,

May it please your Honour :
We, the Representatives of the Freemen of Newcastle, Kent and

724 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1760.

Sussex, tipon Delaware, in Assembly met, do congratulaie your Honof
on your Appointment and Accession to this Government, and sin-
cerely wish your Administration may prove equally agreeable to
yourself and advantageous to the Publick.

Your Honor's former conduct in the Station you now fill, gives
great reason to hope for all the happiness that a Free people can
expect to enjoy, when a love of Justice and integrity are united
with the Chief Authority, and your Honor's assurances, " that you
'' will study to protect us in the Full enjoyment of all the Civil and
** Religious Liberties to which we are entituled by the Laws or Con-
** stitution of our Country,'' justly claim our acknowledgments.

We are so well pcrswaded that those Liberties cannot be preserved
in a Government fram'/i like this, as nearly as possible on the prin-
ciples of the English Constitution, without a due regard *^ to the
Prerogatives of the Crown," that we shall ever esteem " the Supparl
and defence of them" a Duty of the greatest concern.

We have taken into our consideration the Letter from one of the
principal Secrotarys of State^ which your Honor was pleased to lay
before us.

The measures concerted by our gracious Sovereign, " for the pre-
servation and future Security of America," and the critical Situa-
tion of Affairs in Europe at this time, fully convince us that noth-
ing can divert his constant and affectionate attention to the wellfare
of his Subjects, however remote from his Royal person, and excite
in our Hearts the warmest sentiments of Gratitude and Loyalty.

These will always incline us to exert ourselves in endeavouring
to answer his Majesty's expectations ; and this laudable desire has
80 uniformly actuated bis faithfull Subjects in this Government^
that they have on every occasion given the strongest proof of it in
their power. ^

They now find themselves labouring under heavy Taxes to dis-
charge Debts incurr'd during the present War, which they are little
able to bear ; and tho' the same Zeal to execute his Majesty's plea-
sure still continues to influence them, they are become incapable of
manifesting it in the same manner.

This Reflection required us to be very cautious in laying new
Burthens upon them j But when we consider his Majestys goodness
in graciously promising, " that strong recommendations shiJl be
" made to Parliament, in their Sessions next year, to grant a proper
'' Gompensationr for the expences of the respective Provinces, acoord-
'^ ing to the active vigour of each," We are encouraged by our re-
liance on the extensive Bounty of the Parliament, and moved by a
sense of our Duty to his Majesty to make another effort, in this
promising and decisive Crisis.

We shall therefore immediately proceed to grant Supplies for the
ensuing Campaign, and shall chearfully contribute as. much as the
circumstances of our Constituents will allow to promote hi^ Majos-

EBNNSYLVANIA ABOHIVBS 17«0. 726

if 8 Serviee, tbe Interests of our Mother Ooontrj^ and the common
good of these Colonies.

Signed by Order of the House.

JACOB KOLLOCK, Speaker *
April 25th, 1760.

A Verbal Message to the Assembly, 1760.

The House, by their written Message of yesterday, having in-
formed the Governor, that they shou'd immediately proceed to grant
Supplies to his Majesty for the Service of the ensuing Campaign^
his Honour Commands me to acquaint the House, that he hoped a
Matter of so much Importance and general Concern, & for the
Consideration whereof they were particularly conven'd wou'd have
been the first Object of their Attention, and now desires to know
what Progress has been made therein, and that to avoid giving the
house unnecessary Trouble, he chuses to postpone passing the Two
Bills now before him, until he is inform'd what Determination the
house bath come to with regard to the promis'd Supplies, which he
requests to be made acquainted with as soon as possible.

April 26, 1760.

A Message to the Governor from the Assembly, 1760.

May it please, your Honor :

The House, at their first meeting, immediately proceeded to take
into their consideration the proper Measures for granting Supplies
to his Majesty for the ensuing Campaign, and appointed a Commit-
tee to prepare a Bill for this purpose, But on laying it before the
House several Debates arose, which have been continued to a greater
length than was expected.

The House earnestly desires to give a Matter of so much Impor-
tanoo'the greatest Dispatch, and would have been extremely glad if
they could have completed the Bill before this time.

It is now almost finished, and your Honor may be assur'd they
will use all the expedition the nature of the thing will admit of, and
they are in some hopes that they will have it ready to present to
your Honor on Monday.

Signed by Order of the House.

JACOB KOLLOCK, Speaker.
April 26, 1760.

726 PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVES 1760.

Gen. Amherst to Gov. Hamilton, 1760.

New York, 27th April, 1760.
Sir,

I am very sorry at the Accident that has prevented Mr. Poet from
delivering to me Your Letter of the 16th, which, by an Expreas,
this moment received from Major General Stanwiz, I find is owing
to a fall he had from his horse on his way hither. I hope he is not
much hurt, and that it will not hinder him from being at the Con-
' vention of the Indians in time. As he was desirous somewhat to
soften my talk to them, and that I hear so good a character of Mr.
Post, from whence I conclude, he thinks it absolutely necessary, for
the good of the Common Cause, I have Consented thereto and send
the same, signed by me, to M. Gen* Stan wix, in the words he beg'd
might be used upon this occasion, which I am hopeful! will be pro-
ductive of all the good h.e seems to expect, tho' at the same time I
must own to you, that in my opinion, I think, firmness with those
Gentry is very necessary.

I am, with great regard.
Sir,

Your most obedient

Humble Servant,

JEFP. AMHERST.
Hon"* Governor Hamilton.

Gen. Amherst to Gov. Hamilton, 1760.

New York, 28th April, 1760.
Sir,

Major General Stanwix having obtained His Majesty's Leave to
go home, and he intending sborUy to set out for England, I hare
given the Command of the Forces that now do, and shall serve du-
ring the Ensueing Campaign, in the Southern district) to the
Hon^^* Brigadier General Monokton, who is on his Departoie far
Philadelphia, and will take upon him the said Command, whenever
M. Gen^ Stanwix quits that plaoe. I have therefore now to beg of
You, that so soon as the Brigadier will have informed Yoa^of his
Acting in that Capacity, You will Correspond and Co-operate with
him, in the same manner as You have done with M. Gen' Stanwix,
and that you will give him all the Aid and Assistance he may bom
time to time require of You, for the good of the Service*
I am, with great regard,
Sir,

Your most obedient

Humble Servant,

JEFF. AMHBBST.
Hon^*' Governor Hamilton.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1760. 727

R. Pbtees to CoMMANDiNa Officer at Fort Augusta,

1760.

Philadelphia, 30th April, 1760.
Sir:

I am Commanded by the Governor to acquaint you that the Ex-
press came to this City with your letter of the 23* Inst, on Saturday,
& waited for His Honors return from New Castle till last night be-
fore he could have an opportunity of delivering it.

This morning the Indian Commissioners met, and on reading your
letter which the Governbr laid before them, they requested the man
might be dispatched to Fort Augusta and they bear the Expenses,
and gave an order on their Agent to Supply you with one Thousand
or Fifteen hundred Grains of Wampom ; there is no white Wampom
in Town, or it would have been sent, tfohn Sheekcalimy therefore
must take the Black Wampom and get it changed for white, which
we apprehend will be readily done.

Sheekcalimy is to be told that the Governor takes it Exceed-
ingly kind of him and the other Mingo Indians to give the Infor-
mation of their being Invited to a Grand Councell of the Six
Nations Warriors at Gen' Johnsons, and thanks him for his offer of
mentioning at that Councel the Governor's desire of cutting a Road
from the Fronteer to Fort Augusta. He will at the same time lett
them know that the Sole lUaaon of their doing so, is that the
Indians may be supplyed with Provisions and Goods at that Fort at
all times in the year by a Nearer, Safer and more Commodious way
and with abundance less Expence than by the Dangerous and round-
about way of the River Susquahanna, which is some times Impas-
sible in Summer time, and almost all the Winter admits of no
Transportation of Goods or Provisions.

The Disaj^pointment as well as Heavy Charge attending that way
of Carriage was taken notice of by the Indians and this New Road
Examined and Recommended ; as it is therefore for their sakes only
that this is done, it need only be mentioned to the Six Nations with
these Facts, and they will see the Expediency and usefulness of it
to themselves and to the support of the Trading House, which was
erected at their Request, and from which they have Received great
Benefit.

Mr. Weiser is here settling his accounts for Wagons, &c., with
the Gen', and it is not possible for him to come to Fort Augusta,
tho' he would be very glad to see his old friend Sheekcalimy. Please
to Remember me kindly to him as an old & faithfuU friend to Him^
his Brothers and all the Family.

Inclosed is an order on the Agent who will comply with it on
your making a demand of ye Wampom.

I give you joy of your Reappointment to the Command of a Bat-

728 PENNSYLVANIA AKCHIVBS 1760.

tallion: Got. Armstrong's Business will not suffer him to go tbis
.Campaign.

I am^ Sir^

Your affectionate

humble Servant,
(Signed) RICHARD PETERS.

Col. Mercer; or the Commanding Officer at Fort Augusta.

Col. H. Mercer to Lt. Gratdon, at Fort Augusta, 1760,

Harris, 3* May, 1760.
D'. Sir:

I have just received the Inclosed Letters by Maxwell, upon which
you must have a Conference with Jn° Shicalemy, and as he. kindly
proposed transacting the affair of our Road, I am of opinion that the
Message & Wampum he is entrusted with from the Oovemment
to his People, ought likewajs to be delivered him in private, that is
with regard to Indians. You see what the Govemoar recommends
to be said. I should think no expectations of having goods or
provisions cheaper, by the Road^ should be used as an argument, but
rather insist upon the Inoonveniencies attending the present method
of supplying the Indians, for removing of which it is natural for the
Indians to lend a helping hand, as they reap the Benefit of the
Trade. Shekalemy is to be cautioned against mentioning the afi5iir
at Gen. Johnston's, if he goes there, but if I remember right, be
proposes only to be at the Onondago Councill ; this Mr. Holland
will remember whose advice will be requisite in forming your speech
for the Governour.

If no other white Wampum is to be got, what I left with yoa
should be taken for the Purpose.

I wrote to Mr. Wallace to send up the Wampum by Maxwell, as
I imagine Mr. Holland has not received it.

Mr. Peters has put down all you need say on the subject of the
Road, but he mistakes the meaning of my letter, when he desires to
thank Shikalemy for his offer of transacting the Road affair at
Johnstons.

It will be proper to give a String or two of Wampum in the
Governour's name to thank Shikalemy for his news, as well as to
testify the Governour's satisfaction in this fresh instance of his steady
friendship.

Then the Belt or Bundle of Wampum, & speech addressed to the
Six Nations, founded in the Inclosed Letters, with the above altera-
tions^ if they are approved of by Mr. Holland, who underataods both

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1760. 729

the necessities of the Trade, & how to make the aflPair go down with
the Indiaos. I don't think it should bo in the nature of a Request
but rather a measure absolutely necessary for continuing the Trade
at Augusta upon the present advantagious footing for Indians.

I write this in a hurry, & therefore must be excused from observ-
ing order or ceremony.

I am, sincerely,

Your Friend &

most obcd* Serv*,

HUGH MERCEB.

Yon will not forget to write the Governor, and enclose him a copy
of the Speech you deliver Shekalemy.

Directed.

To Lien*. Graydon, Fort Augusta.

Lt. Graydon to Gov. Hamilton, 1760.

^ Fort Augusta, the 6th May, 1760.

Sir:

I have received the Secretary's Letters of the 30th ult«., (direct-
ed to Colonel Mercer) the 4th im^t. containing T. Hon'* Instructions
for holding a Conference with John Shccalamy. These Letters met
Colonel Mercer at Harris's Ferry, from whence he sent them to me
with the inclosed, which I hope will sufficiently apologize for my
deviating a little from your Instructions in addressing Shccalamy.
As your Hon' will please to observe by it that Mr. Peters has mis-
took him in the first letter he wrote.

However, I have transacted the affair as agreeable as possible to
the Advice and Instructions I have rec', with the Assistance of Mr.
Holland, the Indian Agents which Colonel Mercer recommended.

We procured some White Wampum and sent for John Shccalamy
and John Petty, his Brother, and by a String of Wampum I told
John Shccalamy, '< That the Governor took him by the hand;
''That the Governor took it exceeding kind of him and the other
'< Mingoes in informing him of their being invited to a Grand Conn-
<' cil of the Six Nations, and that the Governor returned him thanks
'' for'his offer of mentioning to the Onondago Council the Governor's
<' Design of cutting a Road from the Frontiei to Fort Augusta, and
'< looked upon it as a fresh Instance of his steady Friendship and
'^ sincere attachment to this Province.''

Gave the String.
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780 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1760.

But before we proceeded to tbe 'aboye. We took the oppertnnity
of some private Conversation with Sheealamy, and then asked him
his Opinion of acquainting the Onondago Council by a String of
Wampum of the Governor's Design of making the Road ; How he
thought the Indians would receive the news, whether they would be
satisfied, and whether he judged it most advisable that he should
mention the affair in a private manner without a String ? To all
which he answered, That he did not know any Reason why the
Onondago Council shou'd have any Objections to the Governor's Inten-
tion ; Tho' wou'd not answer for their positive approbation ; Bat
thict it would not do by any means to mention it without a String
of Wampum in a private manner, for he said they would not be-
lieve him, & that he did it of his own accord, without any authority.

We then concluded to deliver him the following Message to the
Onondago Council, by a large String of Wampum :

<< The Governor desires that I)is Friend John Shecalamy, by this
^' String of Wampum, will acquaint the Onondago Council That the
" Government designs to open a Road from the Frontier of this
'' Province to Fort Augusta, and lett them know at the same time
^' that the sole reason for doing so is, '^ That the Indians may be
'' supplied with Goods at this Fort at all times in the year, by a
'^ nearer, safer^and more commodious way than by the dangerous
'' and round about way of the River Susquehannah which is somC:
'' times unpassable in Summer time, and all the Winter admits of
" no Transportation of Goods or Provisions."

Gkive a large String.

John Shecalamy promised that he would deliver this Message,
That he would use all the arguments and Efforts in his power that
the Opening of this Road should meet with the Approbation of the
Onondago Council, And that if he should succeed he would be down
himself in two Months at farthest with the news.

He sett off last night, but was to have gone three days agoe but
I detained him in Expectation of the Letters and Messages I
received.

^ Shecalamy, after the Conference was over, requested a little Pro-
vision to carry him home, which I have ventured to comply with,
tho' uncustomary & without Orders, I let him have 100 lb. w^ flour
& a little meat. I should be glad to have you Hon** Instructions
with regard to obliging some particular Indians in this Article occa-
sionally, f

I shall be extreamly happy if I have executed this piece of Busi-
ness to your Honour's Satisfaction, as I assure you Sir, The gmall
Experience I have in the nature of such an important Affair, and
the Fear of my erring, gives me no small uneasiness. I long to be

PENSrSTLVANIA ARCHIVBS 17eO. 781

delivered froa my anxiety by hearing your Hon" Sentiments. I
am, with the greatest Respect,
Your Honour's

Most Obedient

Humble Servant,

C. GRAYDON.
The Hon**" James Hamilton.

Dbposition of John Loughby, 1760.

Cumberland County, ss :

The Deposition of John Loughry, of York County, in the Prov^
inee of Pennaylvania, aged Twenty-Three years, by Trade a Weaver.

That on or about the beginning of February Last a Certain John
Mason, son of John Mason of Cumberland County, in the Proyinoe
aforesaid, applyed to him, this Deponent, to Be Assistant with him
in Perpetrating the Murder of a Party of Indians, to the Number
of Four or thereabouts, residing in Cabins on Connodogwinham
Creek. This said Deponent desired the said Mason not to be con*
cemed in such an Affair, for it would bring him to Trouble ; that
some time after that This Deponent being at Mr. Allison, in Con-
nogojigg, in the County & Province aforesaid, a Certain James Fos-
ter, of Paxton, in Lancaster County, and_ Province aforesaid, there
informed him, this Deponent, that he, the said James Foster, to-
gether with William George & some of the Boys of Arther Foster,
(which said Boys This Deponent immagix!ed to be sons of the said
Arther Foster, all of the County of Cumberland & Province afore-
said,) Perpetrated the Murder of said Indians, by forceably enter-
ing into the Cabin of said Indiana in the Night, when asleep, with
Axes, &o., and killed & Scalped the said Indians ; And that some
time near the beginning of March Last, being at Pittsburgh (at
which time the Governor's Proclamation for discovering the said
Murderers, was there Publiokly known) that the aforesaid James
told him, this Deponent, that he, the said Foster, was afraid the
Murder would be found out upon him & his Accomplices; And
further This Deponent saith not.

Sworn before us, Two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for
the County aforesaid, at Carlisle, in the County aforesaid, This Sixth
Day of May One Thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty.

JOHN LOUGHRY.

Fba's Wmt, I

Harm's Alricks. i

782 PENNSTLYAJNJA AmyBIVE8 178a

F. West & H, Alricks to Gov. H., llQO.

Carlisle, May ihe Tth, 1760*

Herewith we send y* inolosed the Copy of John Lotighry's Depo-
sition against James Foster, John Mason, (who are now at Pitts-
burgh in the Bat toe Service) William George & the Boys or Sons of
Arthur Foster, for the Murder of Four Indians, near the Town.
We have issued our Warrant to the Constables to apprehend sach
of them as are in this County, and we intend to send by the first
opportunity to the Commanding officer at Pittsbnrgh a Copy of the
Deposition, with a request to apprehend and confine both Mason &
Foster, till your orders for transmitting them here arrives there.

As Loughry had no Bail for his appearance at Court to prosecnfe
k for his personal safety, we have confined him in Prison, and fur-
ther, as his Evidence is only hear say we want Information whether
William George & the Sons of Arthur Foster are bailable or not
We therefore request your Answer and Advice on this Head.
We are,

With greatest Respect,

Your Hon'^ most obed^

Humble Servants,

FRA'S WEST,
HARM'S ALRICKS.

For Governor Hamilton, Esquire.

Gbn. Monckton to G^v. Hamilton, 1760.

Philadelphia, the 7th May, 1760.
Sir:

Being appointed by Major General Amber t to The Command of
the Forces that are to Serve in the Southern District of North
America, I am to acquaint you of my Arrival here, and of Maj<x'
General Stanwix (who remains here some Days to Settle His Ac-
oonnts) having given up the Command to me.

As the Service the Forces of the Southern Provinces are to be
Employed in, requires the utmost Dispatch, I have not the least
doubt but the Troops of vour Province will Rendezvous at the Time
(or as soon after as can be) & places appointed by Major General
Dtanwiz.

PBNNSTLTANIA ABCHIVIS^ 17«0. 7«

I Bhall be happy, Sir, in coQotirriDg with you in any Steps for the
Advancement of His Majesty's Service.
I am; Sir,

Your most obedient, and

most humble Servant,

ROBT. MONCSKTON.
His Excellency, Govemour Hamilton.

Geo. Croghan to R. Peters, 1760.

Fort Pitt, May 12th, 1760.

The Berrers, Six Mohock Indians that came hear with Cap^ Mon-
tour Some Time ago, being Now Returning home. Desired I would
Recommend them to you, k hopes you will Recommend them to y*
Governor. I am Senceable this is giving you a Greatt Dail of
Trnble, Butt you are the onlv person in y Government who the
Indians are Acquainted with k whome they Expect to Take Cair of
them ] these Indians are known to be steady friends to y* British
Interest, and if y* Government will nott give them any presents, I
Doubt nott butt y" Command* officer will, on your Recommending
them to him. As we hear No News hear we are att a Loss to know
who Comm^ this Way.

I have had a Conference with the Indians Since Gineral Stanwix
Lieft this, att which y* Cheaf part of y* Sbewnas was present and
y*> Ancient friendship Renew' with that Nation; the Indians of
all those Diferent Nations seem att present quite Easy, Except
some Rouges wuich Now and then Steal some of our horses, & y«
Several Nations Seem to be Bent on Carrying on a War against the
Southern Indians, above 100 Men are now ready Sett of, butt y*
Scersity of ammunisions hear Retared thire Carrey* on y' war with
that Spiritt they wo'ld Do, which if they Did might Reuve y* Dis-
trest Inhabitants on y* Southern Fronteers, as it wo'ld fioon Draw
y* Cheerokes Back to gard thire own towns.
I am, Sir,

Your most humble Servant,

GEO. CROGHAN.

Directed.
To Richard Peters, Esq'., in Pbilade>.

78i nmNSILTAKIA ASeHIVBS 17004

Gen. Amherst to Gov. Hamilton, 1760,

Albany, 17th May, 1760.
Sir,

Yesterday I was favored with your Letter of the 6th Instant, and
am sorry to find tbtit You have, in a great measure, failed of the
Success You had promised Yourself from Your Journey to New
Castle, and that You had not been able to Obtain from that Assem-
bly more than two Companies of 50 men Each, and even those not
without a great deal of difficulty ; from their former Loyalty k
Zeal, I had Expected a much more favorable Issue from Your meet-
ing with them, and little suspected the Cloggs they have thrown in
Yoiir way. which You did very right not to agree to. I am really sor-
prized People can be so blind to their own interests as not to Ex-
ert themselves to their utmost at this present time, when a proper
vigorous Effort must Ensure to them the Blessings of Peace, and a
sure Recompenoe for the Losses they may have Sustained daiing
the Continuance of this so Just and necessary War.

At the same time that I received Your Letter, I likewise had
One from Brig' General Monckton, mentioning what You Say in
regard to the Kegular Beturns of Your Troops not bf ing' yet come
in : but that the Levies go on but slow, I am Convinced nothing
will be wanting on Your part to hasten the Compleating of them,
which I must most earnestly recommend to You, as the retarding of
Brig' General Monokton from proceeding on his Command, mast
not only prejudice the Service within his Department, but also that
within every other, both on this Side, as well as every where Else
in this part of America, and therefore You will See the necessity of
hastening the Levies, for which I entirely Bely on You, and with-
out troubling you for a Bcport of them, unless when yon shall
think it necessary, as I shall Expect them from Brig' General
Honokton«

I am, with great Begard,
Sir,

Your most Obedient

Humble Servant,

JEFF. AMHEBST.

Hon"' Gov Hamilton. i

Commiss'rs for Indian Trade to Gov. Hamilton, 1760.

In Pursuance of an Act of Assembly of the Province of Penn-
sylvania, pass'd in the thirty first Year of his Majesty's Beign, In«
tituled An Act for Preventing Abuses in the Indian Trade, Sec.

We, the Com miss", appointed by the s* Act, do nominate & re-

PSNNSYLYAiaA ABCHITES 1780.

7SS

commend to the Oovernor the following Persons as soittUe for

Agents at Pittsburgh; Viz^

JOHN LANGDALB,
JOSIAH DAVENPORT,.
ROBERT BURCHAN.

^Witness onr Hands & Seals, at Philadelphia,
the 20th Day Maj, 1760.

jABfXS GmLDy

Wm. Wmt,
. Amos Strittell,
Thob. WjLUNa,
John Reynbll,

Jos. RlCnARDSON,

Edwd. Pbninqton,
William FishxE;
Jos. MoRais,

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The Journal of John Hays, 1760.

Monday, Maj 5th, 1760.

Received a Letter from Mr. Poet, with orders to be in Readinesaji
ftsd to come down Next Day to Bethlehem to see him.

May 6th. Tuesday went to Bethlehem and saw Mr. Post, wh«
told me he would be at my fathers the Eight, consulted about fitting
out, and so Returned the same night.

7th. Wednesday spent the Day in Getting Ready to go, & Thunh
day Got my Horse Shod and waited Mr. Posts oomeing, who came
in the Evening.

Friday, 9th. Set out Early and arrived at ffort Allen.

Saturday, 10th. Hcassie wether; Sett off from fort Allen at
Eight o'clock, and traveled till it was Late through a vast Desert;
Lodged in the Woods.

Sunday^ 11th. Sett to the way Early and Arived at Wioming in
the Evening, where we were Informed that Teedyuscung was Set off
on his Journey this Morning, but they Sent for him Imediately on
our Comeing.

Monday, 12th. Teedyuscung Came home About Eleven o'Clock^
ttid we had several Conferences with him this Day.

Tuesday, 1st. Wrought at Makeing Belts and Strings of onr
Wampum, was Used very Kindly and talked of Going Next Day.

Wed'y, 14th. Very Rainy Wether, so that we Could not set out>
So we fulowed our old Business of Belt making.

nS PENNSTLYANIA. ABGHIVES 1760.

. Thutsdaj, 15th. Wetber the Same; bo thtt we wer Oblid^ to
Lj by as Before and Mad Belts.

Friday, 16tb. Designed Going, but Teedynscang woald not 60
untill he had a field of Com planted first, and we all asisted him and
planted it this Bay.

Satturdy, 17th. Set of Early and traveled smartly, CroasGd a
Large Creek about one o'Clock, called Ahlahonie, and so folowed
Our Course up the East Side of the Sisquhana Rirer till Night, and
Set up our tents in an Old Indian Town oalled Quelootama, Being
fourteen in Number, in alL

Sunday, 18th. Wet Wether, Nevertheless*, we traveled Smartly
Gross a very Large Creek called Washooking, Lodged on the Banks
of Sisquhana, and had a very Wet Night of it.

Monday, 19th. Set of Early, tho wet, and Arived at-a town called
Quihaloosing, the Oovemours Name Wampoonham, a very Reli-
gious Civilized man in his own way, and Shewd us a great Deal of
Kindness, and we held a Conference with him this Evening, and
when over Mr. Post Gave us a sermon, at their Request

Tuesday, 20th. They Called us to Council and seemed to be very
friendly, and Delivered to Tecdyuscung three prisoners By a string,
and promised to bring them Soon down ; this town is Situated on
Sisquhana, East side, about twenty Houses full of People, Yery
Good Land and Good Indian Buildings, all New ; had Sermon this
Evitting again.

Wednsday, 21st. They told tts there was another prisnor in this
town, but the man that bad hir would not Consent to Give hir Up
yet, but if he Did not he Should Leave their town ; We Set off about
Eleven o'Clock, and Crossed Quihaloosing Creek about a mile above
the town, shortly after there Came four Indians after us, and told us
there was bad News where we were Going for one of their Indians ;
being out a hunting had Spied a fire, and Coming up to it there he
found an Indian Lying asleep, as he thought, covered up with his
Matcheoat, and he presunied it was none of their people, Seeing a
French Ketle, and so was Going off when the Sleeper Awoke, and
Spying him, waved his hand to him as tho he wanted to Speake
with him. But when he Came Back he Could not Understand him,
nor the other him, but takeing the Delawar Gun to Look at it, as he
thought. Shot the Delaware through the arm, and broke it, when
the Delaware Ran away and Escaped, tho hard pursued for a great
way 3 then we Loaded all with bullets, and the Indians seemed
Exceedingly afraid; We traveled Through Swamps, Rocks and
Mountains, about 15 Miles, then came to the River, and took up
Lodgeing on the Bank.

Thurday, 22d. Set out Early and Come to Diah(^ & Grosed the
East Branch about 2 o'Clock, Teedyuscung bad a Conference with
the Cbeifes; and Sent some Strings up the East Branch to the

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1760. 737

Gbeifes to meet ns at AsiDsan, and Set of Tm^diatelj^ and went
about 6 miles and Set up our Camp at Snake hole.
' Friday, 23d. Set of Early and Arived at Asinsan in the E?ening|
there Stayed all night.

Satturday, 24th. Sent a string to the Mingoes at Pacihsahcnnk^
to Call them to Council, and staid for the Return ; thi:^ Day the
Indians Began to Saori6oe to their God^ and Spent the Day in a
very Odd manner, Howling and Danoeing, Raveling Like Wolves
and Painted frightfnll as Divels.

Sunday, 25th. This Day our Mesenger Returned without any
Answer ; the^ Indians went on in the Same Manner as Yesterday.

Monday, 26th. The Indians Havdfng Got Rum Got Drunk, all in
General, Except some old men, and Teedyuscung Behaved well on
this Ocasion, for when his Sone brought in the Kegg with Rum he
would not taste it ; we were very much Abused and Scolded by the
Indians, and thretned Often to Rost us.

Tuesday, 27th. This Day, about one Clock, Daniel Benet Came
Down from the Mingo" town,' and told us that they Bid us Welcome
to this town, but if we Came any farther they would Rost us in the
fire, and that they Desired that none of the Nations on Sisquhana
should Give their prisnors, it was their Orders that they shou' keep
them and Bid us Go home the way we Came, and Come any farther;
We held Council Imediately, to Conclude what was best to be Don
with the King and Cheifs present, and their Minds were that we
Should Stay some time till they would See the Reasons, and Said
they would Make them Come to Council and Give their Reasons ;
it was a time of Danger, But we trusted that God would PrQteot us
and Direct us for the Best, Both as to our particular SircumBtances
and Publick Good.

Wed'y, 28th. The Indians told as that S' William Johnstone has
Gorespondenoe with the French ; some told us to Go home and Bury
the Indians that were Kiled Near Carlisle, or they would Come and
Bury them them selves Soon. We took Teedyuscung out and Began
to talk with him by himself concerning our having to turn back, he
told us the Mingo* and Govemour Use to have Confrences by them-
selves and did not trouble him, but Said he was a fool, & he would
not have any part in their Dlferences, and hoped that their Roguery
wonld.be found out now.

Thursday, 29th. Waited for some Messages, but Came not.

Friday, 30th. We began to Make Ready Belts and Strings, and
Speeches wrote in a Large Hand, that Isaac Still might Read them.
We Got word that the Meseager we Sent from Diahog is on foot, but
no Answer from it. But we all waited for it; Tecduscung Got my
Gun, and Gave me a little fuzee for it.

Sat'y, 81st. Waited without any Answer.

788 PENNSYLVANIA ABOHIVES 176ft.

June Isi We sent a Mesnag with Moses Tamej, and Gap*. Bull,
Teeduscangs Son, to the Mingoes again.

Mon'y, 2d. We were Diverted with a Strang Storey that they told
ns of the Indians at Diahogo, Seeing a Vision in the Moon on May
the 29th, Vis., that they Saw 2 horses in the Moon, one Came from
the East, the other from the West, and they foaght a battle, and
the Eastrly horse prevailed and threw the other Down and fell a
top of hin, and then Men apeared ahont one foot Long from the
East and Drove all before them ; the Indians were very Mnch
Grieved at this Strange sight, and wanted to Know our opinions of
it, but we thought best to say nothing abont it. Moses and Ball
Game Back in the Evening and Brought the Disagreeable Answer
that we must Oto back, and proceed any farther, for they had Some
bad people in ther Gountry, and they would not Gome to us, for
they Durst not trust us because of them that was Killed over Sia-
quhnn^.

Tuesday, 8d. Delivered several Belts and String, and other thingi,
to Teedyuscung, that we Gould Spare, and that he had need of; in
the Evening Robert Whites Son Came with a Letter, and Belt and
String, and Very Agreeable Speeches.

Wcdnsday, 3th. We thought to Set homeward, but it Rained
Veiy hard ; tbey told ua they wanted to have morb talk before we
lUame away, with us ; Young White and the King had a long talk
by themselves, and we waited for the Council Meeting and Shod
our horses, Expecting to Go some Up and some Down ; we were
always alarmed with some Bad News they told us, of one of their
women that was Ealled at Albany.

Thursday, 5th. There was a great Sacrifice of a hogg which gath-
ered a Great Number of them together, and after their Sacrificial
Bites were Over they Encouraged ns to Go on ; But we Gould not
See it Clear, for the old father Mingo always Sent ua word not Go»
but that Teedyuscung and his Indians Might Go, but that we shonld
not Go, nor any White man Should pas through their Gountry;
But being Unwiling to turn, and at the Bequest of Teedytisonng^
who was Desireous of our Company, we Designed to Go as far as
Paseckachkunk, if possible.

Friday, 6th. We all Set of for Paseckachkunk, and Game James
Da vises about noon and Dined with him plentifuly, but prooeeded
farther tho it-Baind, Lodged oil the bank of the West Branch| in
Woods.

Saturday, 7th. Bained very hard, we Sent Bull before us* Early,
we all followed, passed several Little Towns, arived at Paaeokaoh-
kunk about four o'Glock, after Grossing the Biver five times; this
tovn Stand on the South side of the Biver, and is in two parte, at
the space of a mile Distance, where there is two Sorts of people ;
the Nearest part is peopled with Wonamies, Quitigon is theur Gheif|

PENNSYLVANIA AHCHIVES 1780. 789

ibe TJper part is Mtngoes, wbieb Commands all that Conntry. We
baited at the Lower town, and in the Evening there Game nine or
ten from the Mings Town, and Looked very Sower and DivUish,
but went of after some time.

Sandajy 8th. The Indians Gathered np from all the Little towns
Vre had pased above Diahog, to see w* wonld be Don.

Monday, 9th. This Day waited for the Conncil to Gather, and
was Entertained at a Sacrifice of the first Deer a man had killed this
Season ; wo sent for the Old Mingo father to Gome to Goancil, and
he Game and heard our Speeches, which pleased him; and promised
Us an Answer tomorow.

Tuesday, 10th. Got an Answer from him to this Efect, that he
liked our Business and Called it a good work, Bui that we asked
him a hard Qestion, tbat was whither we might Go through his
Country or not 3 but we thought he had Sent a Message away to his
Cheif; and thaV he had Got no Answer yet^ so Could not Give us
any*

Wed'y, 11th. The Delawares and Wonamies, and Muncies, held
Council, and all aGreed on it, that we were to .G<r forward on our
Journey, and Quitigon was to Go with us. But we must stay Untill
he would get his New house covered ; there was Rum in this town,
But Tecdyuscung would not Drink of it, nor Alow anv of his Com-
pany to Drink, %ut when he was Invited to it said it was not to
JDrink; that he Came here but to do Greater Business.

Thursday, 12th. We being in want of Provision we bought a
Bull, which Cost 1400 Wampum, and Hosted the flesh for our Jour-
ney ; the Delawares and Muncies went off all away home, but before
they went of they Lifted a Large Colection of Wampum for our
Suport on the Journey.

Friday, 18th. We went to work at Quitogons House, the Miqui-
teis Bit us so bad that I was Oblidged to Wrap my hankercheif
about my face; there was none that stayed but Isaac Still and
Jamey Peepy and me, for their young man went all away to the
Other town and Got Drunk, so the work went Slowly on.

Saturday, 14th. We Got word that the French had beseiged the
English at the falls of Niagara, and that they were fighting now, &
that there was 7 or 8 Mohawk Kings on their Journey, and they
Expected they would be with us this Night.

Sunday, 15th. Instead of the 7 or 8 Kings, there was 2 Captains
and a few Cheifs of Councilers Came ; they Held a Confrenoe with
us, the King told them his Business and they took it to a Conside-
ration, so parted with us freindly, but Beconed it Very Hard to
Grant us Liberty to Go throw their Country, and Likewise to De-
mand our people that they had prisnors, for tl^prewas an old agree-
ment that no white man Should pas throw their Country for fear
of Spyes to see their Land.

740 JPBNNSYLVANU ABCHIVB8 1760.

Mon'j, 16tli. We Qot our final Answer to Go borne, and thej
were Sorry that we were in Teedoficungs Bosom, for they Said thej
feard it woald be bad for them, and the Delawares on Sisqnhana,
for perhaps there would Rise a storm, and the Limbs would fall and
Knock our Brains out, and they and the Delawares would be Sorry
for it, Lest they Should be Blamed for it, and that they Had b^an
A good Work of peace themselves, and was Qoing to Alegeny soon
to Confirm it ; But was positive in their Answer that we must Oo
home, but Mr. Post Insisted Qpon a Reason and a Liberty to Speake
further Upon it, which they alowed, and invited him to Gome up to
the Mingo part of the town Next Day and they would Hear him.

Tuesday, 17th. We went up to the place where we had been often
threatned if we Came they would Rost us, but they were Civel to
us when there, altho one felow Gave me Great Blow across the Back
as we were Going up to the town. Mr. Post made a Speech^ and
their Answer was that they Desired us to pity their wemon and
Children and Go Back, and we Must Go Back, then we Resolved
we would not Insist any further, finding it was to no purpose, but
Make ourselves Ready as soon as possible to Come home again.

Wednesday, 18th. Waited all Day for an Escort to Conduct us
safe Back again ; Quitigon Made a Great Complaint that he had
don a great Deal for the English, but had never Got any Reward
for it, and that he had no horse, so we Concluded to Give him, in
the Name of the Governour, the horse and Sadie that I Rode to Gd
to Alegeny. Very wet wether.

Thursday, 19 th. Took Leave of our felow travilers and Set of
home, altho were not Sory to Leave that place, yet we were Sory to
turn Back so fruitless. The King sent Moses, and the Mohawks
sent four of their youiig men with us as far as James Davises,
where we Stayed all night.

Friday, 20th. Waited for an Escort and w^re Very Ejndly osed;
this is an Ordinary Country, Nothing but Mountains and Rocks,
and pine timber, save the small Low lands the Indians plants their
Com on..

Saturday, 21st. Very Rainy wether ; waited still for an Escort

Sunday, 22d. Moses Tatemy, altho' Ordered to Come home with
us. Left us this Day, saying he had some Business to Do for the
Quakers, and could not Know what to say to the Quakers if he Did
not Go along, and w^uld not Come any further with us, but went
after Teedyuscung, we Got an Escort and Set of and traveled smart-
ly till we Came to Asinsan, and had some Discourse with Eghoho-
win, the Governour of the town, who told he had no orders from
the Mingoes to Bring in any prisnors, and he Did not mind Teed-
yuscung, seeing he had no orders from them, pased on Untill Night
and Lodged in the Woods.

Mcnd'y, 23d. It Rained very hard, but we Set off and Came to

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1760; 741

Wench Margreis about ten o'CIock and Oot Breakfui ; slie being
Tery Kind^ she made Complaint and said she Did not Know what
to do, for she had been ill used at Shomokin, and threatned, and
that they told her that Mr. Fetters had Said That hir and hir fa-
mily should be apprehended, and She said she had some prisnors
She wanted to Bring Down, but Durst not Bring them, but we
promised hir protection and Safety if She Came the Road, by fort
Allen, Notwithstanding it Rained; we set of and Came to Diahoga
and stayed there all Night.

Tuesday, 24th. The River was Very high and Dificult to Cross,
but we Swam our Horses over and Got a Canoe for our selves and
^Agg^g^y and-pushed on over hills and Mountains, an Extream bad
Road, and Cam to Quibaloosing Creek after Dark, but could not
Got over into the town, so we made fire and stayd all Night.

Wednesday, 25th. Got over in the Morning to Quickaloosing with
Di6culty, and Stayd all Day waiting for an Escort and Guide.

Thursday, 26th. Set off aud John Rodgers Came with us, it
Began to Rain very hard, we Got a canoo & Rodgers went into it,
and took our Bagage by waiter, and we Rode along Shore we met
about noon and Eat something, then I took the Canoo my spell
till night, and swamcd our Horses over a great Creek and stayd
there all Night, but little sleep, the Knates Bit so hard.

Friday, 27th. Very Rainy weather, Mr. Post took the Cannoo
this Morning and the Horses, and about Eleyen o'Clook we came
to a narow pass wher the horses, with Hight of the River, waa
oblidged to Swime a considerable way, and had to all in the Canoo,
then took our horses again and had to Swim another Large Creek &
Climbe many a hill, so that our horses were almost wore out, but at
Lenth we Got to Weoming, thank God.

Saturday, 28th. Set of from Weoming, and traveled Over the
Mountains and Lodged in the Woods, and had very wet Weather.

Sunday, 29th. Set out Early and it Rained, we Rod Lehiso deep
that y^ water Came over the Horses withers, and Arived at fort
Allen at five o'CIock.

Monday, 30th. Set of Early and Came to my fathers against
Koon^ Ac, &c.*

Timothy Horsfield to R. Peters, 1760.

Sir,

I have desired the bearer, Fri<^ Rote, to ride before and inform
you of this Troublesome visit of ye Indian man Pofoonham & Com-
panions, 25 in number ; thay have three White children Captives,
and some Horses stolen from the Frontiers, which they arc desirous
* Colon. Rec, Vol. VIII., p. 491.

749 PltrNSTLYANU ABCHIT£S 17M.

to deliver to bis Hoboot/ I have ordered Rote, to take tke Tavern
Keepers Bills of Ezchaoge from place to plaoe, to be given the Gen-
tlemen Commissioners. Please to Excuse hast, from S',
^ Your most H'ble Serv't,

TIM. fiOBSFIELD.
Beth'm^JuljS, 1760.

Directed.

To Eichard Peters^ EsqairO; Philada.

Relation by Frederick Post op Cokversation with
Indians, 1760.

Br., last fall wan yon past bay hear, I hoard wot yon and yonr
Brodarn da Eoglysch bad agread on, I rasayst over it to hoar yon,
affter you com back, dat was the ryson I dalywered yon da hosses
dat was brot haer from de in babe tans back ; Br. listen wat I say, I
have hart you last nayt, yon told me wat our brodem de Englysch
have so monts at heart, and wat the d|i sayr, we all lat yon know it
schall be grantet what da dosayr oonsamying dar one flasch and blod,
we know dat Got has scan us; we still have kapt yonr flaaeh and
blod hear; we know dat Gott Nous ns we have not bean onnest} we
have bean falsch and bepocresay in keeping you flasch and Mod ao
long back, for all we tat to love Gott br, but nowa we all tall and
aschnr you, all dati>eloogs to Deas taun or Susayetey, we got dta-
pleast bar which we will dalever to yon, for we dasayr to do Sohonstoa
and love Gott, br, but we connot command odears nouley com her to
dalever dam allso ; br, now I woult frilay do wat our br'n da £ng«
lysh dasayrd me to do, I wist it was in. may pour to asseast, dat da
may got all dam back dat ar Schaderet in da wouds, every war geave
a string of wompom. Da boys nam is Schacob, from Tulpekkay,
Da woman is bom in bat Fort in Nuangland, bar nam is >Jary, da
garlls nam is Janokke, Alodate garl, bar pams leave at Memesing,
bar faders nam is Peter Sonnet ; da Sch jldern crayd as if da schonld
day wan da war prasantat to ns; Deas poepel has bout dam from
oders.

Dear and honoured Sir, it gywess my grat pleasur to inform yonr
honnour in may myecknes, of halt dat we aray^t at Mockocklocking,
an Inschan taun nuly layd out, war dar ar a Companie to gader lul
of da Manyssing Indeans, a sord of raleCeons poepel, it is about 8
Yoahr wan da bagon an Papounnahang, is da bageanner of da com*
pane; and dar menester da want to sea da frinds sobeaflay, and to

* Sec Col. Reo. Vol. VIII. p. 485,

PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVBS 1760. 743

8tbo dat da raly ar frjniB, da have not sobagnd in da warr dam
prisnors da have; dam poepel ar sjnds com to leave amongst dam,
and da ar d'atarmd to lat nobode leave amongst dam dat do not da*
leaver dar proasonars an Indeans dat have not schaynd in^ da wabr,
do not layck to trjt about peassi so dar ar of da sam sort so far as I
coan lam, is all in querralnas ; da wat for ous, but I sea mor and
mor of a letel dastorbans amongst dam, and da apt to baleave it will
br yd a war battwen dam and da Moliocks ; as deas poepel is a rale-
geous poepel, and da dasyrd of me to hold meting to dam, so I deat
with grat bleasing over da tackts, dat da anschals proclaymd bay
boyrd of aur Saveyur Jesus Christ, it sutel wall da deat daleaver da
prosoners to us", as it is in Tetyuskunds latear bay dais Speaces as
follows :

Br'n, geave yut attanceon to wat I go to say, affler we want to
counsel bay aursalfss, I told Titeyoscond mane ting war on he had
not tod bafor, he sad, Br., I on I have fiot don as I schould; I
schould had mor confard with you on da rod, dan we mat ogan war ;
we tanckt dam, of Onas da Governor and all da inhabetans, of dar
Bcnsear dcasposeschan toward peas, an I gave dam a string of worn-
pom. Sir, I bag hartly to be ezoust, not rayting a very cearoum-
atans, am may speceas to dam in da fyrs part. I am Sobicks, so dat
I schnst can ster and dat is aU, an I am aschamd to rayt, ba as I
rayt in fria hand in da fylt, without tabel or schear, an da mous-
keters and sand flays tacks all correas most away^ it has manny mor
unoonveneans basayts deas manschand, in de avenyng da daieverd
an odar stryng, with deas words : Brr. I am gratlay pleast to hoear
of dat gut pease, dat it is wall estableast I hartlay schayr in it, and
layk .to leave in peace, bar kan Brr. I bra you woult have som peatte
on U8, and lat us have no strong leckqur at all, deas we all bag of
you that leave at da plass cals Machachlosung, an if ane of our young
man sohuld com daun, asck dam war da^com from, and wan da say
da com from Machachlosung, I pra you geave dam not a drop of
leckque at all, and I hop you will hor us geave deas a string, as
' hodar to we have comcloaver along. Our compane oonseasts of 14
•in number. I beg hartly to be excoust in rayting ane mor, and I
bag to be remamberd bay all schandel peopel sears.
I raman jour mos houmpel an obedean Sarwent,

FRADRYCK POST.

Da^reson way T brack of from rayting so sun, aur horstes arraved,
and da call us wons mor to gader to have a meting.
I raman wet raspack, your honnous

humpel and obedean Sarvend,

Indorsed^

Frederick Post's relation of what passed between him and the
Quaker, or religious Indians, at Monmuchlooson, on the Susquehan-
nah.

744 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1760.

To his honnenr da Governor of PftnsylvaDea :

Broder, I cam to Machochlaung, wa mane Indeans Ijve, I cald
dam all togader, and I told dam wat we bous had agread on wan we
sa one anoder last^ and wat you ar sorre for and have so mouto at
hart, and dasajrt me to mack it avere war noun avere war, and di-
sajrd dam to be strong and sea dat your flasch and blod may be n-
stord to you; now br'r, you know dat it is* aur agreamand, dat as scan
as I hoa/ any ting, I geave yu daracktly notys of, and as I am as
jat closs bay you, so I sand daes prasonars to you which da daleverat
to me, and I geave dam to Papunnahanck to dalever dam to yea;
br. I do not sand deas poepel dan n, da have had damsalfaloDg
dasayr to go daun to sea dar br. da Englesoh, so I tot it proper to
sand dam along ; I hop you will rajoys to sea dam and be kayod to
dam, and allso to dam poepel dat bryng dam daun ; wan I am farder
from you and I schall meat wit som, I schall bryng dam maysalf
daun wan I com along; br. you know aur worck is grat, and will
taok a lone taym befor we coan com back, I salud all da schandel
pepel, and dasayr you to be strong.

Ye 20 Day of May^ 1760; rot at Machochloschung.

At a Conference held by The Honourably Brigadier General Monc-
ton with the Western Nation of Indians^ at the Camp before
Pittsburgh; 12th day of August, 1760.

Present:

The Honourable Brigadier General Monckton, Commander of His
Majesty's Forces in The Southern District of North America.

Colonel Sir John St. Clair, Deputy Quarter Master General.

Colonel James Burd, Commanding the Pens* B^giment

Captain {Lighard Matber, of the Royal American Regiment

Captain Harrt GoRpoN, Chief Engineer at Fort Pitt.

Captain Barnsley k Captain Campbell^ with a number of OffiocrB
of all the Corps, &o.

George Croghan, Esq., Deputy Agent for Indian Afiairs.

Captain Tho^s Maghee & Mr. Thomas HuxcaiNS; Assistants to
the DepuCy Agents.

Captain Andrew MontouR; Interpreter.

Indians.
Six Nations. 72 Warriors,

Touisgourawa, '

Connoodguyatt,

osseredungas,

OrOADKDECHA;

48 Women,
Chiefs. 88 Children.

PENNSYLVANIA AR0HIYB8 1760. 745

Ttotghtweet:^ 4 WoiiI6D|

Mbchbnnook, Chief, 16 Children.
11 Warriors, Shawanetse.

6 Women, Buckshinutha, ) «!,• e

14ChUdren. Kethbcomby, \^^^^'

Belewars, ?2 Warriors,

rrTr»'R<.A^» -4 18 Women,

S?;AWA™GEORaE,L 26 Children^

TeEDYUSCUNO, J SONNEQUEHAJJA, | ^y jj^

202 Warriors, Sonendesha, J ^. «"

168 Women, ^2 Warriors,

191 Children. ^^ Women,

10 Children.
OUowas, Pottowatimus.

MissiNAGO, Chief, Weaponahan, Chief,

9 Warriors, 5 Warriors.

The General Open'd The Conference with The Following Speech :

Brethren, Kings, Captains & Warriors of The many Nations, Take
NoUce of what I am going to say to you in the Name of the Chief
Commander of all His Majesty's Forces on This Continent.

Brethren, I let you know that our Great King has sent me into
this Country to lead and Command, all His Warriors, and He has
given me a Sword to Protect & Defend His Subjects, & to Act
against his Enemies.

As I have nothing more at Heart than the Good & Welfare of
The whole Community, I do assure all The Indian Nations, that
His Majesty has not sent me to deprive any of you of your Lands'*
and Property; on the Contrary, so long as you adhere to His In-
terest, and by your Behaviour give proofs of the Sincerity of your
Attachment to His Royal Person & Cause, I will defend & Maintain
you in your Just Eights, and give you all the Aid & Assistance you
may Stand in need of to repress the Dangers you may be liable to
through your Attachments to Us.

This I firmly mean to adhere to as long as you behave like Good
& Faithful Allies. But on the other Hand, if any of you should
Commit any Act of Hostility, or do any Injury to any of His Ma-
jesty's Subjects, you are Sensible I must resent it, and retaliate upon
them, and you know that I have the might so to do, Ten-fold for
every Breach of Treaty or Outrage you oould be guilty of; and if
any of His Majesty's Subjects under my Command should Kill or
Injure any of Our Indian Brethren, they shall upon due proof
Thereof, receive equal Punishment As a proof of the Truth and
Sincerity of what 1 have said, I give you this Belt,

* See Vol. IV. for an agreement between Lord Baltimore and Proprie-
taries, respecting boundaries, excluded from this, (its appropriate place,) by
its length.

Vol. III.--32

746 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHJVBS 17W-

Brethren, 'Kings, Captains & Warriors, I mean not to Take anj
of joar Lands bat as the necessity of His Majesty's Serrioe ObKgw
me to Take Post, & Build Forts in some parts of your Gonntry, to
protect our Trade with you, and prevent the Enemy from tsikiog
possession of your Lands, and Hurting both you & Us; & yoa are
Sensible that if we don't Build Forts the French will In that case
I assure youjbhat no part whatoTcr of your Lands Joining the said
Forts shall be taken from you, nor any of Our people be permitted
to Hunt or Settle upon them. But they shall remain your Absolute
property, and I will even promise you some present as a Considera-
tion for the Lands where such Trade & Trading Houses are, or may
be Built upon ; and as it is expensive & inconvenient for us to Carry
Provisions f^r our Warriors from our Settlements to these Forts, k
also to Supply Our Brethren, the Indians, when they come to see
us, if you will lay out a Space of Ground adjoining every Fort to
raise Corn, In that Case fix yourselves the Limits of that part of
your Lands so Appropriated to Us, &nd you will receive such a Con-
sideration for it as will be agreed between you and us, to your Satis-
faction. As a proof of the Truth and Sincerity of what I have said,
I give you this Belt

Brethren, Kings, Captains & Warriors of the many Indian Na-
tions, Those who will Join His Majesty's Arms, and be Aiding ft
Assisting in Subduing the Commoti Enemy, shall be well rewarded,
and those that may not choose to Act in Conjunction with the Forces
shall be Equally protected, provided they do not Join in any Act of
Hostility with the Enemy, or Carry them Intelligence which might
prove prejudicial to the Publick Good. Upon these Terms you shall
^Snd me your Fast Friend, But on a Breach of them you would Force
me to Treat you as Our Enemies, the Consequence of which would
be Fatal to' you ft very disagreeable to the King, my Master; I say
this out of the Tender regard I have for the Lives and Welfare of
Our Brethren, the Indians, and I choose you should know what you
have to Trust to, since I intend to be as good as my Word.

Given under my hand & Seal of Arms at Head Quarters at Fort
George, in the City of New York, this 22d day of April, 1760.
(Signed,) JEFF. AMHERST, [l. s.]

By His Excellency's Command,

J. Appy.

The General having done Speaking, the Chief of the Six Nation
Indians got up and Spoke as follows:

Nephews,

The Delawares, and Brethren of all Other Nations, Listen to what
I am going to say to you. You have heard what our Brethren, the
English, have said to you, and you all know that We, the Six Na-
tions, and Our Brethren, the English, have but One Head ft One
Heart, ft whatever Hurts Them Hurts Us, we feel the Pain equal

PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVES 1760. T47

with Them, we desiTe that yon may Harbour nothing that is Evil
in yoar Minds^ nor listen to any bad reports that may be spread
thro' the instigation of the Evil Spirit; bat Act as we do, who are
Determined to Live & Dye with oar Brethren, the English ; let all
Nations take Notioe what I say to them in Behalf of the Six Na-
tions, with this String I Bary all that is past^ and take away all
Eyil Thoughts from your remembrance.

Gave a String of Wampum.

And then the Chief Warrior of the Six Nations Spoke as follows :
Brethren,

Yon have heard what has been said to yon by Our Brethren^ the
English; and Oar Chiefs, we desire you may Lodge it in your Hearts,
and not Open your Ears to any Evil Reports for the Future, but
Act as our Brethren, the English, have desired you, which will pre-
vent any disputes Arising amongst Us, for we Assure you by this
String, we will support the English in every Thing they Undertake.

Gave a String.

August 14th, 1760. — ^The Conference being Open'd, the Beaver
King of the Dclawares Spoke as follows :

Uncles of the Six Nations, and Grandchildren, The Shawanesse,
Wyandotte, Twightwees, Ottowas & Pottowattemies, listen to what I
am going to Say to Our Brethren, the English, then addressing him
self to the General said.

Brother, with this String of Wampum I clear your Ears, that yoa
may Hear what is Going to be said to you in behalf of all Nations
now present. «

Gave a String.

Delaware George then Spoke as follows :
Brother,

We have heard what you said to ns from the Great King; when
we look towards him we think that God is His Councillor, as we
never Hear any thing from Him but what is Good, and what we
Hear we lay close to Our Hearts, as his Speeches allways gives us
pleasure, & makes Our Hearts Glad. Brother, take pitty on Our
Women, Children & Warriors, we are a poor people, and cannot
liive without your Assistance } let a Fair & Open Trade be continued
to be Garry'd on by your People amongst Us.

Delivered a Belt Nine Sows, all White Wampum.

Beaver King of the Dclawares got up & said :
Brother,

By this Belt I Inform you that the Govemour of Pensilvania has
sent us an invitation to go to Philadelphia, to the Old Council Fire
made there By Our Brethren, the English, and our Grandfathers
with this Invitation I am well pleased; but at present I have a grea

748 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIVES 1780.

deal of Basiness to do. I must go and acquamfc all Nalaona ^Ib
what has passed at this Treaty, £erefore cannot go down at Thk
Time, bat Earlj next Snmmer I intend to go down & Vint it.

Gave a Belt of Eight Rows.

Brother, (the Beaver still Speaker,) By the Speeches yon made
ns Two days ago, yon took Fast Hold of all Nations in Friendship,
from the Sun Rising to the Snn Setting, it gives ns all great pleasure.
Brother, be strong, don't let them Slip, hold fast. They are all Onr
Friends, we are as One People. As soon as possible all Nations
shall be Aoquain^d that you have taken them by the Hand in
Friendship.

« Gave a Belt

(The Beaver still Speaker.) Brother, as to laying Oat a piece
of Ground for you to plant Corn, for the Snpport of yonrselves &
us living amongst you, we can give no answer to it, you most apply
to our Uncles, the Six Nations, for the very Ground we live on be-
longs to them.

Brother, I have not done Speaking to you at present, when every
thing you have said to us is considered by all the Nations to the
Sun's Setting, you shall hear what we have all to Say to yon next
Spring, perhaps in Philadelphia.

The Beaver then Spoke to the Wyandotts as follows :
Uncles, when the Deputys from all Nations met here last Year
from the Sun Setting, they sent Messages to me to all the Nations
to the Sun rising. I now acquaint you that Answers are Come to
the Several Messages they sent by me, and I will go soon to your
Country myself and deliver the Answers, and I desire they may
Sett Gftill until I come there, as it will not be long.

The Beaver then Spoke to the Ottowas, Cheepowees & Pottowat-
timies:

Grandchildren, your Nations sent Messages at the same Time Our
Uncles the Wyandotts did, I desire your Nations may be acquainted
that I am coming with Answers to their Messages from the Nations
living this way.

Gave a Belt

The Beaver then addressing himself to the Twightwees said :
Grandchildren, 1 desire all your Tribes may be Acquainted that
I wOl likewise Visit them & deliver their Answers in their Own
Country. Gave a Belt, and then the Beaver acquainted the Six
Nations he had done Speaking.

August 16th. The Conference being Open'd the Chief of the Six
Nations got up & Spoke as follows :

Brethren the Wyandotts, & Nephews of all the Ot!ier Nations,
Listen to what I am going to say to yon.

PSmSSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1760. 749

#
Ton all know that the French at IVTroit has some of Oar Flesh
aod Blood in Prison there ; we have been here Strengthening and
Brightening the Chain of Friendship with our Brethren. We ex-
pected to have heard of His being released, bnt as we have heard
nothing of it, I now acquaint you we will go for Him^ and if the
French refuse to deliver Him^ we will Bye with Him.

The Principal Warrior of the Delewars then got up & desired all
the Nations to give Attention to what he was going to say in behalf
of the Warriors of His Nation; & then Spoke as follows, directing
bis Speech to the General • {

Brother,

Ton are the Chief Warrior of our Brethren here, and I speak in
Behalf of all our Warriors what has been Transacted between you &
ova Councillorsy we Confirm, and we assure you, when our Chiefs
meet at the Old Council Fire, we will agree to every thing they trans-
act there with our Brethren for keeping the Chain of Friendship
from Contracting any Rust for the Future, as we have thrown
from our remembrance every thing that is Evil, we desire you will
do the same; in confirmation of what we have said I give you thia*
Belt.

Gave a Belt of Seven Bows.

And then Addressing Himself to the General, Spoke again as
follows :

Brother, we have renew'd our Antient Friendship, the Evil Weapon
which bread the Difference between us, we hope that God will hide
forever from our Sight; You have Often desired to see some of your
Flesh & Blood, we now Open our Hands and deliver you some of
them ; don't press ns on that Head, God will Direct us, and yon will
see them all as we are now Brethren again } let us not enter into any
more Disputes,

Delivered up Seven Prisoners.

Brethren, (Addressing Himself to the General & Officers,) as the
Antient Chain of Friendship subsisting between yon and our An-
cestors is now Benew'd and made as Strong as it is in our Power to
make it, I again assure you, nothing can give us greater pleasure } we
have now nothing to do but to return to our former Employment of
Hunting to get Skins to Exchange with our Brethren for Goods for
our Families, and we hope yon will Order Ammonition to be Sold
ns at a reasonable Price.

Gave a Belt of Eight Rows.

He then acquainted the General he had done Speaking in behalf
of the Warriors.

August the 17th. — ^The Conference being Open'd, the G'oneral
Spoke as follows:
Friends & Brethren that live oyer the Lake,

750 PENNSYLVANIA ABCHIYBS 1786.

With this String of Wampum I desire yon to Consider what ^
said to yoa Testerdaj bj your Brother the Chief, the Six Natioiis,
coDceroing a Chief of theirs detain'd in Prison by the French, it is
equally your Concern, & yoa ought unanimously & without Delay, to
insist on His enlargement, and on an Acknowledgement for 00 Great
an Insult.

Friends & Brethren, Chiefs & Warriors of the many Nations here
present, it rejoices me to find you all so Hearty in the Renewal of
oar Antient Friendship, may it continue as long as Sun & Moon
endures. Your giving up the Prisoners is a proof of your Sincerity -, I
did not intend to press you for them, being Convinced that seeing
the Generosity of Our Behaviour to You, your own Hearts would
Dictate to you what you ought to do upon that Occasion.

Friends, Brethren, Chiefs and Warriors, I cannot help mentioning
to you the Loss of some of our Brethren lately near die Lake, the
more so, as the party that Committed the murdur, were disguised as
Indians, a Stratagem used by the French to Try to Break the An-
tient Chain of Friendship Subsisting between us and our Brethren,
the Indians. " By this Belt I expect you will keep the Boad Clear.
• Oar proceedings are Open to you, and for the Good &, Wel&re of your
several Nations, I will now Order that you may have Powder & Lead,
& will at all Times contribute as far as I can to relieve your neces-
sities, but I expect you will not suffer your young Men to Take our
Horses as they have done. The Goods the King has sent in a pre-
sent to your several Nations are equally divided for you.

Gave a Beit.

Then one of the Wyandotts Spoke in Behalf of the rest as follows:
Brethren of all Nations,

I have heard what the Warriors of the Six Nations said to us Yes-
terday, and also what our Brethren, the English, has said to us on
the same Subject to-day 3 I now Acquaint all the Warriors of the
several Nations here, that we are One Flesh and Blood with the Six
Nations, and we are Determiped to go with them to release their
Flesh & Blood out of the Hands of the French, and are ready to
xesent the insult put on the Six Nations, and with this String we
assure our Brother, the General, that we wUl do as he has desired us.

Gave a String.

Then the Chief of the Ottawas Spoke in Behalf of themselTCS and
Pottowattimies, & Addressing Himself to the (General, said :

Brother,

We have heard what our Grandfathers, the Delewares, said Yes-
terday to you, that they have taken fast hold of the Chain of Friend-
ship you Offer'd them, and that all past Offences are now forgot I
assure you in behalf of our Nations, that we have likewise taken hat
hold of it, and shall never let it Slip out of our Hands, and we desire
you to be Strong ; You may depend on our Nations to be your real

PSNNSTLYANIA ABOHiyHB 1769. 751

Brethren ; Tho' we live amongst your Enemies we shall never Assist
them, but on the Ooutrarji we will Assist jou if you want Us.

Gave a Large Bunch of Wampum.

And then the Conference Ended^ when His Majesty's Presents
were delivered to all the Indiains^ in the presence of the General &
most of the Officers of the Army, & a multitude of others.

Fort Pitt, 2d August, 1760.— This day arrived here Six Deputys
with their Attendants, from each of the following Nations, viz.,
Twightwees, Pottowattimies & Quicopoos, and having at their Desire
met the General, the Chief of the Twightwees Spoke as follows :

Brother,

We heard at our Country that there was to he a great Meeting
here of all Nations to Brighten & Strengthen the Antient Chain of
Friendship ; on hearing this, we sett out from our Towns in Order-^
to attend the General Council, in Company with One Hundred Men
of our Nations. When we came to the Lower Shawnee Town, we
met some of our Brethren there a Trading, with whom we Dealt our
Skins & Furrs, but upon our hearing many had Reports from here
by the Shawanesse, our People were, many of them, Afifraid to come,'
vpon which they Fix'd "upon us to Attend the General Council and
Hear what our Brethren had to say, the several Nations at this
Meeting.

Brethren, several of our young Men, who were sent here with
Speeches last Fall & this 'Spring, & were kindly received, & brought
Back answers which were Agreeable to our Nations.

Brethren, we live a great way off, and we have been a great while
from Home, as it is uncertain when the several Nations may be
Collected at this Place, we desire you will dispatch us.

Brethren, we have had a Sincere Regard for you ever Since our
first Acquaintance, which is not of a long Standing, the Friendship we
then made with our Brethren remains Still in our Hearts ; to Confirm
the Truth of what we say, we give you this String of Wampum.

Brethren, ever since you drove the French from this place, we
have heard from the Indians of all Nations who came to Visit you, '
how kindly you Treated them ; and several of our young Men who
had been here to see you, likewise informed us of the kind Treat-
ment they met with ; Tour behaviour since you come here has gain'd
the Hearts of all the Indians, for you have dispersed the DarkClouds
which Hung over our Heads, & Proclaimed Peace thro' this whole '
Land. You have given us fresh Spirits, our Women & Children
look pleasant, all our Countenances are Changed. We are a poor
people & have a long time been led in the Dark ; we desire that you
may forget all that is past, and we assure you we are resolved never
to Break the Peace now Settled between you and Us.

Brethren, we beg you will consider our wants, & send some of
" your Traders amongst Us.

T52 PENNSYLVANIA AEOHIVBS 1780.

Brethren, you have made a Road to the San Setting. By this Belt
of Wampum we assare you that we will Assist yon in keeping this
Road Open & Free, and we hope in the Fall of the Year, yon will
send Traders to onr Settlements where we & the French foi^ht; cor
Grandfathers^ the Dels wares, will Oonduct oar Brethren the, Traderiy
to oar Towns, yon may be assured we will take great care of them k
bring them safe Home.

Gare a Belt

The Chief of the Twightwees haying done Speaking, the General
said:

Friends & Brethren,

It is with pleasure I see you here ; you hare done well in coming
to hear what I have to say to yon, in the name of the Great King's
Chief Warrior, and I could have wished your Affairs would hftve
permitted you to have Stayed until the General Council of the many
Nations which is to be held here in a few days.

Brethren, the Chief Warrior of the Great Bang has nothing more
at Heart than the Good and Welfare of the several Nations Inhabit-
ing this Country. It is from this principle that he is desirous of
Opening your Eyes, that you may see Clear, and be able to Di^
tinguish your real Friends. It is not to Molest or Disturb any of
your Nations that he has sent me here, but to protect and lay Open
a Free & uninterrupted Trade for you, & for all Nations ; and it is
with that View that he has Ordered me fo take Post ai the several
places where the French^^by their most unjust Encroachments, were
Establish'd, & as a proof of the Truth & Sincerity of what I have
said, I give you this Belt.

Brethren, you tell me that you are a poor people, and desire oar
Traders may go amongst you, I consent to it; and as a Token of our
Esteem & Friendship to you, I have Ordered presents to be given
you.

Then the Chief of the Pottowattimies rose up & said :
Brother,

We have with pleasure heard what you have said to us this day;
"we are Convinced in our minds that you speak Sincere, & from the
Heart, your Treatment to all Nations convinces us of your Sinoerityy
we won't at present Take upon us to Return you an Answer, but we
will as soon as we go home Call a General Council of all our Natioosy
k lay before them every thing you have said to Us for their oon*
sideration, then you may depend on hearing from us, & we hope to
convince you of onr Sincerity by our Future Conduct.

PENNSYLVANIA AKCHIVES 1760. 753

Wm. Pitt to the Gov., 1760.

Whitehall, 23* August, 1760.
Sir:

The Commauders of His Majesty's Forces and Fleets in North
Amerioa, and the West Indies, having transmitted repeated and cer-
tain Intelligence of an Illegal and most pernicious Trade carried on
by the King's Subjects in North America, and the West Indians, as
well to the French Islands, as to the French Settlements on the Con-
tinent of America, and particularly to the Rivers Mobile and Miss-
issippi, by which the Enemy is, to the greatest Reproach and Detri-
ment of Government, supplyed with Provisions and other Necessaries,
whereby they are principally, if not alone, enabled to sustain ^k
protract this long and expensive War, and It farther appearing that
large Sums in Bullion are also sent, by the King's Subjects, to the
above Places, in return whereof Commodities are taken, which inter-
fere with the Produce of the British Colonies themselves, in "dpen
Contempt of the Authority of the Mother Country, as well as to the
most manifest Prejudice of the Manufactures and Trade of Great
Britain. In order therefore to put the most speedy and effectual
Stop to such flagitious Practices, so utterly subversive of all Law,,
and so highly repuenant to the Honour and Well-being of this
Kingdom, It is His Majesty's express Will & Pleasure that you do
forthwith make the strictest and most diligent Enquiry into the .
atate of this dangerous and ignominious Trade, and that you do use
every means in your Power to detect and discover Persons concerned
either as Principals or Accessories therein, and that you do take every
step authorized by Law, to bring all such heinous Offenders to the
most exemplary and condign Puiltshment ; And you will, as soon as
may be, & from Time to Time, transmit to me for the King's Infor-
mation, full and particular Accounts of the Progress you shall have
made in the Execution of these His Majesty's Commands, to which
the King expects that you do pay the most exact Obedience : And
you are &rtber to use your utmost Endeavours to trace out and investi-
gate the various Artifices and Evasions by which the Dealers in this
iniquitous Intercourse find means to cover their criminal Proceed-
ings and elude the Law, in order that from such Lights due and
timely Consideration may be had, what farther Provisions shall be
necessery to restrain an Evil of such extensive & pernicious Conse-
qiiences.

lam.
Sir.

Your most obedient

humble Servant,

W. PITT.
32*

751 PBNNSII.VANIA ABCHIVlffl 1780.

K. Pbtbrs to Lbwis Gobdon, 1760.

Philadelphia^ Septem* 15tfa, 1760.
Sir : •

Mr. Jones is so kind as to inform the Goyemor that he has rea^
several Aocounts of a number of persons having presumed to make
fiettlements at or near a place called Oashiotan within this Province
on Lands not parohased from the Indians.

As this might disturb the Indians and bring on a renewal of Hos-
tilities, and as these Lands are absolutelj'granted to the Propriettiys
by his Majesty, I have it in charge from the Governor that you do
forthwith desire two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace to acoam«
pany you to the place where these Settlements are said to be made
and there inform yourself of what is doing, and take down the
names of all persons that yon shall find there, together with every-
thing done by them that you may upon Oath or otherwise give just
and full Information in order to have the Laws put in the most
speedy execution against them, and that all proper steps may be
taken to prevent the renewal of an Indian War^ as well as an Inva-
sion of the Proprietary Lands.

You will at the same time publish the Iniquity and extreme bad
consequences that may arise from such unjust proceedings and ac-
quaint every body that you are expressly sent on this Errand by the
Government, and that in consequence of your Enquiry, if the Infor-
mation be found to be true, effectual measures will be taken to
punish all such Violators of the Peace of this Government, as noth-
ing can be a greater ^Violation of Peace, good order and the jnst
rights of the Proprietaries and the Indians, than such a proceediog.
I am,
Sir,
Your most humble Servant,

RICHARD PETERS.

The expence of this Journey will be repaid you, but be not
more expensive than is necessary.*

Lbttbr op Chibp Justicb to 1760.

Sir:

You will herewith receive my Warrant to arrest and bring before
me a number of Persons who have unlawfully entered upon and
taken Possession of a large Tract of Land in your County, near
Cushitunk^ without any Warrant qr Order from the Proprietors of

* See the aDswer on page 766.

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1760. 765

tbis Province, &o. I ezpeofc that as soon as this gets to yonr hands you
will engage 20 or 25 resolute and discreet Persons to aid and assist
yon, and proceed with all possible Secrecy and dispatch to the Habi-
tations of the offenders, and use yonr best Endeavours to apprehend
as many of the Persons mentioned in the Warrant as yon can find
and bring them without Loss of GTime before me, that they may be
dealt with as the Law directs. I have only to recommend to yon, which
I do in the strongest Terms, great Prudence and Circumspection in the
discharge of your Duty, and that you resfrain your Company from
Violating the Laws, or using any otbet Force than what is absolutely
necessary to support your authority, protect your Persons & prevent
the Bescue of the Prisoners you may take. The Law will justify
you in breaking open Doors to make an arrest, provided you first
declare what your Business is, who you are, and demand that the
Doors be opened to you. I firmly rely that you will oanry this mat*
ter thro' with Spirit and Prudence, and am.

Indorsed,

Chief Justice's Letter, with his Warrant, to apprehend Connecti-
cut Trespassers, 1760.

Timothy HoRsnELD to Lewis Gordon, 1760.

Beth-, Sepf. 20th, 1760.

S':

I Bece' your Favour of yesterday by Mr. Edicts -& note the Con-
tents. I have been to y* Indian Town to Enquire for Indians ; and
found y most part of y" y^ could be of any servis in your Intended
Journey was gone a Hunting & could not learn y* any of y- had Ever
been at y« parts of the Country you are going, so y' no help is to be
Expected from y* quarter. As to myself, it is not th« Business I
have to do y* should hinder me, & to follow my own Inclination I
should realy like to go, but as I am of Late years very weakly, very
apt to get cold & often much Indisposed, I do not think I could
undergo the fatigues of such a Journey, must therefore pray to be
Ezcu^. Mr. Edmonds, y'' Bearer of this, urges to go, so y^ I've
not time to answer all y* particulars of your Letter. I have Com-
municated to him y* part Concerning Provisions, which he will
verhaly answer. I am very willing to give you any assistance that
Lays in my power, so pray give a Line 1^ Mr. Edmonds.

Pray Excuse haste, from

Sir,
Your H'ble Serv*,

TIM. HOBSFIELD.

766 PENNSYLVANIA AECHIVES 1700.

P. S. In discoTsing \r^ Mr. Elots yesterday, and telling bim j*
xiofit of y'' Indians was gone a Hunting, he signified y^ if TndiaM
oould not be prooared; he did not inoline to go. ^

Directed,

To Lewis Gordon, Esquire^ Easton.
^ Mr. Edmonds.

Lewis Gordon to R. Peters, 1760.

Easton, 2l8t September, 1760.
Sir:

Upon the Receipt of yonr Letter of the 15* Instant, by Mr. Jones,
I commnnicated the contents of it to Mr. Horsfield and Mr. Elloti
only; beiog apprehensive lest a more general Publication of the
Matter might be prejudicial to the Plan I oonoeived most eligible to
pursue,

It occurred to me that if any of the People should happen to be
down towards the Mioisinks, where they sometimes come to purchase
some Necessaries, the Noise of our Journey being spread abroad in
the Country, might reach Gashitunck before we got thither, which
would in my opinion greatly disconcert us. For the people being
once apprized of our coming, (they to be sure) would not permit na
to enter their Settlements, much less acquaint us with their Names,
or any thing else they could conceal. It was this Conversation,
therefore, made me conclude it most proper for us not to go or ap-
pear there in our real Characters, but to assume that and the dress
of farmers going in quest of Lands to settle upon, by which we might
more easily introduce ourselves amongst them, learn all that was ne-
eessary, and then, if we should think it prudent, we might discover
ourselves to them, tell them our real errand, & take our leave. Mr.
Horsfield and Mr. Klotz approved the Scheme. Mr. Klotz agreed
positively to go. Mr. Horsfield spoke sometimes doubtfully, and
mentioned Business being the only Thing that should detain him,
and again he said he could accomodate every thing so as to go. So
that upon the whole, I expected nothing less.

As we oould not procure Necessaries for such a Journey here, I
wrote Mr. Horsfield to have every thing in readiness by Monday,
(to-morrow,) for then if the weather permitted, & he and Mr. Klots
ready, we would set ofi; But to my great surprize, he sent me the
inclosed by Mr. Edmunds, excusing himself. I can't tell why, but
Mr. Edmunds discourages me mightily from attempting this Journey
at this season. Says that one of their Indians informed that the
way (high up) is so incumbred with lawrel, Cedar & Spruca Swamps,
that there is no penetrating them, and are also so dark, that the

* See page 764.

FENNSTLVAOTA ABOHTTEB 1760. TOT

Path oftonot be seen, and that, therefore. People are obliged to em*
bark in Canoes when tbej get about 60 miles from kenoe. How this
Matter is I can't tell, but let the difficulty be what it will, as soon
as I can prevail on two Justices to go with me, I will attempt it,
and please God, perform the Journey. The present heavy Bains
must have raised the Creeks, which, had we been ready to go, would
have impeded us, and as I have still two Justices to engage, I hardly
think we can get ready till after the Election. There's none so. fit
(I think) as Mr. A. Dupui, neither do I expect that any of the
others will undertake it. The present Sheriff will also go if it be
thought necessary. The Ezpenoe will come to something, as we
must take every necessary with us, with Servants and Horses ; but
^I shall endeavour to make it as moderate as possible. I beg you
will be pleased to send me your advice how I shall further Conduct
myself in this matter, and I will observe it punctually. I am^
Sir,

Your most obed't &

most humble servant,

LEWIS GOKDON.

I would not have Mr. Horsfield know I sent his Letter.
To Bichard Peters, Esquire.

Lewis Gordok to R. Peters, 1760.

Easton, October 2d, 1760.

Sir,

I received your Favour of the 27th nlt'o, and Mr. Hart, concern-
ing our Messuage to Oushictunck, for which I am much obliged to
you. Had it not been in theyheighth of Seed Time, and the Election
at Hand, we should have been on our Journey; the former impeded
the Justices, and the latter the Sheriff. I cannot well avoid takiuff
Mr. Klotz with us, becaum, before the Beceipt of your last, we had ^
a meeting, wherein he agreed positively to go, and because I have
not yet received an answer from Mr. Dupui, who perhaps can't go,
and then it will be very necessary to have one from these parts with
us. Mr. Moore and I have appointed-next Tuesday to set off, and
I have given Mr. Klotz Notiee accordingly. I pray you therefore,
to dispatch Mr. Moore as soon as may be, that we meet with no
farther delays. I think it but Justice to Mr. Moore to add, that he

TW PBNNSnVANlA ABCHTVES 1T80.

has made for tliese two years past, a diligeoty honest and ponetoal
effio^r. Being much in hastOi I conclade; and am|
Sir,

Your moBt oled't and most

humble servant,

LEWIS GORDON.

DirecUdy

To Richard Peters, Esquire, Secretary of the Proyinoe of Penn-
sylvania, in Philadelphia.

Hbnrt Quamash an Indian to Gov. HABfiLTON, 1760.

The Words of Gapt. Henry Quamash, an Indian Man, who has lajn
sick at Bethlehem, ever since the Treaty in Novbr. 1758.

To His Honour the Governor,

First, I salute the Governor, Mr. Secretary Peters, and all the
Gentlemen^Commissiooers, and acquaint them, that I am most heartily
thankful!, as also are my Father, my Mother, and My Brethren, for
every thing that has been bestowed on m^ and mine, by the Order
and Direction of the Governor and the Gentlemen Commissioners.
I am Likewise tbankfuU for the Trouble which the Brethren in
Bethlehem have had with us, and in particular we thank Mr. Hors-
field for his Love and great Care of us. I am tbankfuU to the Doc-
tor for the Medicines I have received, which have had such good
Effect, that I am now so well restored again, that I hope I shall ba
able to ride home. I return my hearty thanks for the Horse, the
Blankets, Stockings and Hat, which Mr. Horsfield has given me,
also for the Meal and Medicines to take with me. I know not what
further I shall say. We thank you, and again we thank you, for all
that which the Governor and Gentlemen Gommissionars has so
plentifully bestowed on us.

His
HENRY XJ QUAMASH.
mark.

I hope to go on my Joumej home to-morrow.

Nain near Bethlehem,

Oct' 7, 1760.

PlOfNSTLVANIA ABCHIVBS 1760. 789

Extracts from thb Journals of the House of
Representatives, 1760.

Oct. 15, 1760, A. M.
Besolvecl,

That Benjamin Franklin,. Esquire, be and he is hereby continued
and appointed Agent of this Province, to sollicit and transact the
Affairs thereof in Great Britain, in pursuance of the Powers and lo-
struotions given to him by the hut Assembly, and of such farther
Instructions as may be hereafter given him by this House.

Besolved,

That Robert Charles, Esquire, be appointed Agent to assist th«
said Benjamin Franklin in the discharge of his Duty in transacting
the Affairs of this Province, according to the foregoing Beeolvei
during his stay in Great Britain, and then sole Agent f(Mr the re*
xnaining part of the year.
A true extract from the Journals.

CHAS. MOORE,.

Clk. of Assembly.

[Power of the Agents only from year to year, A not permanent.]"^

Sec'y Pownall to Gov, Hamilton, 1760.

Whitehall, October 29th, 1760. .
Sif:

In consequence of the melancholy Event of the King's Death on
the 25 Instant, I am directed by the Lord's Commissioners For
Trade and Phintations to take the Opportunity by the Packet of ac-
quainting yon that the necessary Forms for Proclaiming His present
Majesty in the Colonies, together with Warrants for using the Old
Seals, Proclamations for continuing officers in their employments,
orders for Alteration of the Liturgy, &c , &c., are preparing with
all possible dispatch, and will be transmitted to your self and the
rest of the Governors & Commanders-in-Chief of his Majesties
Colonys in America in a few days.
•I am, S',

Your most Obed*,

Humble Servant,

JOHN POWNALL, Sec'ry.f
James Hamilton, Esquire, Deputy Gov', of Pennsylvania.

* Referred to in Colon. Rec. Vol. VIII. p. 512.
t See Col. Bee. Vol. VIII., p. 614.

760 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1760.

Report op Aaron Depui and others, 1760.

By the Hono'ble James Hamilton, Esquire, Lieut. Got., &o.
To all whom it may conoern, Greeting :

On the 24th Day of 8ber in the year 1760, Lewis Gordon, Esquire,
Prothonotary and Clerk of the Peace of the County of Northam]^
ton, in the said Province, came personally before me, the said J. H.,
and made oath on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God that the
Foregoing Instrument of Writing is a just and true Copy of the
Original Report* made by Aaron Dupui and Lewis Klotz, Esquires,
Justices of the Peace of the said County of Northampton, John
Hoore, Esquire, High Sheriff of the said County, and him, this
Deponent, to me respecting the settlement and claims of sundry
Persons from the Colony of Connecticut now residing on the Lands
of Cushitnnck, in the said Province of Pennsylvania, and that the said
Report contains a faithful and true Aooount of the Proceedings of
them, the said Aaron Dupui, Lewis EUotz, John Moore & him, this
Deponent, in Execution of the Powers to them, by me, for that par-
poses given, and that all the several matters and things therein eon-
tained relating to their Warning the said Settlers to remove off from
the said Lands, the Intelligence they received there and what they
themselves saw and heard, is just and true as is herein set forth.

LEWIS GORDON.

In testimony whereof I have caused the Great Seal of the said
Counties of New Castle, Kent and Sussex to be hereunto affixed
at New Castle, the day and year above written.

JAMES HAMILTON.

Indorsed.

"Report of Aaron Depui, ]>wis Klotz, Jno. Moore, and Lewis
Gordon. Exemplified and sent to the Proprietary by Captain Bud-
den, 24th 8ber, 1760."

• This Report will be found in Golonu Beo., Vol. YIIL p. 564-667. This
paper is probably only the authenticating certificate.

INDEX.

Abererombj, Mag. Gen., 321, 364, 366^,
371, 376, 380, 392, 652; going to Eng-
land, 618.

Aekownnothro, speech of, 548.

Act, for forming and regulating the
militia, 110, 115, 117, 120 ; for issuing
bills of credit, 99; various notices,
114, 117.

Address, of Representatives of New
Jersey to Gov. Belcher, 1757, 170; of
Assembly of Lower Cos. to Gov. 309,
721; of Commissioners for Indian
Affairs, 555.

Allemangle, murders by Indians, 77.

Allbh, Fort, 5, 68, 81, 119, 152, 194,
218, 420, 424, 504 521.

Allen, WiUiam, C. J., 64, 804.

Amherst,' M^. Gen. Jeffrie, appointed
to succeed Gen. Abercromby, 518;
Letters, 634, 694, 701, 706, 710, 712,
715, 718, 726, 734.

Arms and Ammunition, account of par-
chases, 25.

Armstrong, Col. John, 40, 48, 51, 54,
74, 78, 83, 146, 173, 187, 191, 201,
212, 239, 282, 289, 296, 303, 365, 446,
447, 448, 482, 551, 621, 627, 688; to
provide horses, 163; indicted, 621.

Assembly, of three lower co's. Address
to Gov. on the rights assumed by that
of the Province, 309 ; Speech to, 377,
721; Message from, 380, 723; lies-
sages to and from, 1 9, 380, 384 ; urged
by Secretary Pitt to raise troops, 95;
insult Gov. Denny, 112; print report
of Conference, 112; on road to Au-
gusta, 561.

Atkins, Edmund) appointed Superin-
tendent of Indian Affairs, 155; Let-
ters, 175, 183, 197, 268, 288; on sealps,
185, 199.

Augusta, Fort, respecting, 4, 9, 12, 13,
14, 17, 41, 43, 64, 79, 88, 98, 100, 119,
161, 249, 279, 283, 287, 326, 327, 347,
849, 374, 388, 403, 406, 408, 431, 478,
480, 502, 513, 515, 521, 550, 568, 570,
574, 621, 686, 696, 721, 727; regiment

officers in Province pay and date of
commissions, 88 ; forces refuse to do
duty for want of pay, 98.

Baird, Richard, capture, 391; deposi-
tion, 896.

Bard, Peter, 432, 499.

Barracks, in Philada., building, 279.

Barton, Rev. Thomas, 245, 377, 450,
452; complains as Chaplain, 451;
Letter from Gen. Forbes, 451.

Battery, at Newcastle, order to pay
workmen at, 317.

Beatty, Rev. Charles, Chaplain, 297.

Belcher, Gov. J., of N. J., Letters, 54,
151; Speech, 98 ; Address of Repre*
sentatives to, 1757, 170.

BeU, John, Letter, 282.

Berks County, number of Roman Ca*
tholics in, 144 ; Petition from, 361.

Bernard, Gov. Fra., Letter, 453.

Bethlehem, Indians there, 52 ; List of
Moravians at, 69-76, 242.

BiUs of Credit, 99, 113, 115, 117, 195 ;
counterfeit, 365.

Blackwood, John, letter, 402, 403.

Blankets, account of, sent west of Soa-
qnehanna, 95.

Bond, Dr. Thomas, 673, 676.

Boscawen, Admiral, letter, on surren-
der of Louisburg, vessels taken, Ao.
498.

Boston, great fire in, aid soUoited, 714;
granted by Assembly, 715.

Bouquet, Col. Henry, letters, 82, 85;
on quarters for soldiers, 111; respect-
ing, 146, 265, 547, 571, 670; eon-
ference with Indians at Pittsburg,
571.

Braddock, Gen., 549.

Bradstreet, Col., suceess at Cadaraqnl,
517, 518.

Brooden, Charles, Master of Rolls, 703.

Bucks County, associated military oo.

^ of, 19 ; number of Roman CathoHcs
in, 144; justices of, 182.

INDEX.

Buffalo!, Fort» IS.

Bulkley, John, 349, 351.

Bull, Capt Thomas, 423.

Bullitt, Thooiaa, letter, 370.

Burd, James's, aocount against Teedy-

useung. 293 : proposal for means of

protection, 99, letters, 333, 334, 367;

journsl, 352.
Bark, Lawrence, letter, 478.
Bosh, David, collector of militia fines

at Wilmington, complaints against^

154, 165—170.
Busse, Christian, letter, 279; sick, 293,

362, 425.

Cadaraqui, CoL Bradstreet's success at>
517, 518.

CalWns, Stephen, recommended by
Rev. Wm. Tennent as interpreter,
514.

Carlisle, state of things at and near, 79,
196, 448, 450, 483, 484, 489, 627, 691.

Certificate, of Indian Isaac, respecting
Sergeant Falconer being at Battle at
Bidding Hill, 315.

Chambers, Benjamin, has a private
fort and cannon, 12, 79; refuses to
deliver canun, order for arrest, 105,
192.

Charles, Robert, appointed assistant
agent in England to Beig. Franklin,
759.

Chauvignerie,' Michael La, (a French
prisoner,) examination of, 294, 305 ;
letter to parents, 329.

Cherokee Indians, passport for, 405;
names and signification, 428.

Chester Connty, number of Roman Ca-
tholies in, 144; Mbrdecai Thompson
-wagon master, 398.

Chew, B., 397.

Cisnoy, John, murdered by Indians in
his field— list of killed, 219.

Clapham, Col. William, letters to and
from, 9, 10, 38, 41, 42, 58, 64.

Colden, Alexander, letter, 444, 479.

Commissions of oflSeers in Pennsyl-
vania Regiment and their dat«, 88;
letter to Gov. on provisions for sol-
diers, 93 ; to afiix seal, 238 ; of Capt.
Jno. Sibbald of Pennsylvania frigate,
190; to Thomas McKee, 219; Gen.
Forbes, 398.

Commissioners, letter of Hugh Mercer
to, 27; to Gov. on quality 6f pro-
visions, 93 ; letters to and from Pro-
vincial, 93, 141, 161, 214, 235, 258,
281, 287, 898, 440, 454, 476, 498, 675 ;
accounts, report on, 452 ; their right
to pay out money disputed, 157;

authorise Col. Armstrong to iirovide
horses, 163; of Customs, 547 ; for In-
dian lUfj^rs, 555; of Lower Counties,
letter to Gov. Denny for drums,
colours, Ac. 401.

Committee on Indian Affairs, minutes
of meeting, 382 ; letter to Got. 734.

Conscience, rights of, protected in mili-
tia bill, 128.

Connecticut, settlers from, at Coskl-
tunck, 754, 756,^757, 760.

Cotes, Admiral Thomas, 187, 298.

Conltas, James, Sh^iff of PhiUdelphia»
64.

CouncU, letters to Gov. 8 ; at N«w«Mtle^
minutes of, 631.

Counterfeit, bills of credit, 365.

Court, Woreestor Connty, Md., pro-
ceedings, 686.

Croghan, George, letters to and f^om,
175, 247, 248, 819, 428, 544, 671, 733.

Cumberland County, number of Roman
Catholics in, 144 ; recruits in, 406 ;
Gov'rs orders to sheriif o^ 108;
troops, 448 ; fort, 196.

Onshitunck, settiers from ConneetJeut
on lands at, 754, 756, 757, 760.

Cushcushking, 523.

Customs, transports not liable to, 137,
188; commissioners of, letter, 546;
collectors, 546.

Davis, Issachar, instructlonB to, respect-
ing accommodations at Baston, 209,

Deeds — questions proposed respecting,
262; memorandum Richard Peters
respecting that of 1718, 262.

De Lanoey, Gov'r James, 434, 691.

De La Vege, F. C, Governor of Havan-
na, letter to, 508.

Delaware, Indians Conference with, at
Pittsburg, by Col. Bouquet, 571—574.

Denny, Governor William, letters to
and from, 5, 8, 13, 18, 29, 35, 36, 38,
39, 40, 48, 50, 53, 54, 58, 64, 69, 76,
78, 83, 93, '95, 96, 106, 137, 138, 141,
145, 146, 148, 150, 160, 162, 173, 174,
186, 19$, 201, 207, 209, 212, 214, 218,
221, 235, 236, 239, 247, 248, 251, 256,
258, 273, 277, 278, 282, 289, 290, 293,
296, 298, 300, 303, 304, 313, 315, 316,
323, 830, 338, 349, 351, 360, 364, 365,
366, 380, 383, 385, 392, 401, 403, 412,
425, 427, 428, 430, 432, 434, 436, 438,
442, 449, 453, 471, 480, 481, 485, 487,
489,490, 498, 508, 511, 517, 518, 546^
552, 571, 623, 634, 671, 675, 677, 6S5,
687, 689 ; messages to and from As-
sembly, 19, 98; instructions to L.
Morris, jr., 90 ; order to SheVof Cum-

INDBX.

788

berland Coanty, 105 ; long letter to
Proprietaries, 107; treated with rade-
new and insolence by members of
House, 112. Letter on transactions
with Lord Loudon, 117. Procla-
mation against Bnm, 521. Is suo-
oeeded bj Qovemor Hamilton, 680.
Speech to Assemblj at New Castle,
377.
I>«po8ition8 and Examinations — ^Wm.
Johnston, 13, 16; Samuel Clifford,
44 ; Leonard Weeser, 45 ; Henry
Hess, 56 ; John Williamson, 130 ; of
a Delaware Prisoner, 147 ; D. Broad-
head and B. Biddle, 244; B. Shoe-
maker and John Drake, 240, 254,
264 ; Conrad Weiser and J. McEee,
256 ; 0. Bnsse and J. Omdt, 259 ;
James Hyndshaw. 263 ; Michael
ChaTignerie, 295, 305; Francis Ferre,
363 ; Richard Bairds, 396 ; BeiOamin
Handy, 502 ; William EUegood, 593;
Abraham Ingram, 597 ; Andrew Col-
lings, 507, 602 ; Moses Timmons,
593; Thomas Hlndes, 601; John
Pollock, 603 ; John Spicer, 603 ;
WiUUm Gray, 605; William Hay-
ward, 606; Parker Selby, 607 ; John
Willy, 600 ; Peter Dolby, 611 ; John
Sharp, 612 ; Patience Wadelow Hem-
mens, 614; Col. John Dennis, 615 1
Pen'gton Welsh, 618 ; Moses Moore
and Isham Bernat, 632; Barbara
Lingaree and Mary Roy, 633 ;
John Spencer, 635; Thomas Him-
mons, 637; Solomon Fruit, 637;
Richard Coverdell, 630 ; Warren
Burroughs, 640 ; James Ingram,
641; John Petty ohn. Sen., 642;
Alexander West, 643 ; Chas. Polke,
643; Magdalen Manlove, 644; Joseph
Morgan, 645 ; Ephraim Polke, 646 ;
Waitman Willey, 647 ; Jared Hitch-
ins, 649; Robert Shankland, 652-656;
Christopher Hoskins, 677 ; Peter
Titell, 705 ; Richard Dayis, 705 ;
John Lough ry, 731.

Pepui, Samuel, letter, 423, 424.

Pewar, Darid, petition respecting
Sailors impressed, 802.

Dinwiddle, Uorernor Robert, of Vir-
ginia, 50 ; Proclamations about
Indians, 155, 156.

Duchc, Jacob, jr., statement respecting
Quakers at Easton, 275.

Dudgeon, Richard, Ennneer, letter,
442.

Dn QuKsvs, Fort, 0, 13, 50, 83, 147,
306, 527, 543, 546, 685, 603*; Skir-
mUhat»647.

Easton, Indians approaching, 7, 86.
Indians at, 53. Conduct of people
at, 78« Stores at, 82. Proprietaiy
land at, 84 ; no mutton 6r eooks at,
104. Quakers present at Treaty
1757, 205. Instructions, Ac, relative
to accommodations at, 205, 217, 517.
Indians at, 210. Quaker pres-
ents to Indiuis, 214. Memorandum
respecting demand of Teedyusonng
for a Clerk, 235. Depositions re-
specting treaty at, 244, 240, 254, 256,
250,-263, 264. Quakers at, 205, 250,
262. Petition from settlers on dry
lands near, 578.

Elder, Rer. John, letters, 251.

Embargo on provisions, 07, 114, lH,
148, 174,186,373,303,470.

Erwin, Robert, letter, 64.

Estimate, cost of three battaliouB, 61,
Current expenses of Penn'a, 62.
Providing for four hundred men, 62.

Falconer, Seijeant^ in battle at Sidel-
ing Hill, 315.

Farmer, Rev. Ferd., Catholio Priest,
number under his care, 144.

Fast day, 253. Thanksgiving, 600.

Fire, great, in Boston; aid solicited,
715.

Forbes, Brigadier General, to be ap-
pointed by General Abercrombie,
321. Letter from, 383. Commis-
sion to Mordecai Thompson, 308.
Orders, 400. Letter, 448. Resolu-
tion of Provincial Commissioners
respecting, 441. Letter from Col.
John Armstrong, 448. Letter to
Rev. Mr. Barton, 452. Colonel of
Regfanent, 553. Death of, 570.

Porte, Ac.,— Allen, 5,68, 81, 110, 152,
218, 355, 420, 424, 500, 521. Allbmiit-
GLB, 218, 253. AnouBTA, 4, 0, 12,
14, 41, 43, 70, 110, 161, 240, 277, 270,
283, 287, 326, 327, 347, 340, 374,
388, 403, 406, 408, 431, 478, 480, 502,
513, 515, 521, 550,568, 570, 574, 686,
721, 727. At BurrALOB, 13. At

CaULISLB, 110. CUMBBRLAND, 83.

At Chambers's, 12. Dn Qubsme, 8,
13, 50, 8.3, 147, 306, 527, 543, 547, 685,
603, (Fort Pitt) 606. At Mr. Ever-
ett's, (Captain Wetherhold) 355*
]?RAHKLiif, 32, 51, 152, 153. Fred-
xiROK, 108. y French and Indians

761

INDEX.

building ft, 79. Ealipax, 6, 17, 119,
251. Hamilton, 81, 119, 139, UO,
152, 218, 222, 350. Henbt, 51, 119,
19i, 218, 283, 353. Huvter, 17, 52,
«4, 119, 251, 277, 279, 331, 352, 489.
HriTDBHAW, 81, 82, 139, 140, 1^2.
At Lb B<buf, 305. Lebanon, 31,

' 36, 51, 218. LiQONTBB, 609. Lou-
DOUN, 119, 218, 280. Ltttlbton,
12,48,51,58,119. Mobris, 59. At
McDoiTBLLS, 29, 4p, 48, 51, 68.
KoBRis, 81, 152, 218. Nobth Kill,
81, 36, 253, 277, 283, 354. At
Pbbsqu' I8LB, 13, 805, 561. At
Philadelphia, 26. Rats' Town,
(Stookade) 510. Shippensburo, 119,
Shinglacabubh, 430, Swatara, 218,
852. Venango, (Maohault) 305, 306,
506, 522, 561. Wtomino, 288, 297.
William, 354. A new Fort baild-
ing by Armstrong A Potter, 79.

l^rankUn, Benj., continued as Agent
for the Provinoo in England, and
Robert Charles his assistant, 759.

Franklin, Fort, 32, 51, 152, 153.

Frbderick, Forty 198.

French in Philadelphia suffering for
wood; 92, 282. Cadet, orderli found
on a, 286, and Indians respecting, 9,
16, 151, 293, 294 298, 805, 363, 431,
625, Neutrals, 112, 565. History of,
563. Prisoner examination, 294,
305. Commitment for, 658. Fleet
sails from Brest, 677.

Friendly, Association, address of, com-
plaint of Conrad Welser against,
812, 313.

Frigate, Pennsylvania, Capt Sibbald,
commission, 190. Her Sailors not to
be impressed, 191. List of officers,
Ac, 260. Letter John Bnlkley,
849. Arrives at Lewes Town, 490,

. Officers recommended, 657, 658.
Sails, 676.

Frontiers, petitions from, 153, 158,
159.

Galbreath, Bartrem, letters, 277.
Galerme, John Baptiste, his relation of

the history of the French Neutrals,

565.
Galloway, Joseph, and William IC,

letter, 160, 214.
Garrison, at Fort Hunter, state of, 53.
Grssme, Dr. Thomas, visits vessels,

673, 676.
Graydon, Lieut/ letter, 728, 729.
GriffittSj^WilUam, 92.

Halifax, Fort, account of provisions,
6, 17, 119, 251. Of no advantage—
removal to Hunter's urged, 251.

Halketr., Major, letter, 450.

Hambrighty Captain, instmetions to,
42.

Hamilton, Fort, 81, 119, 139, 140, 153^
218, 222, 356.

Hamilton, €h>v. James, power to sell
Proprietary lands, 684. Snceeeds
Governor Denny, 689. ProolaiBa-
tion for a Thanksgiving daj, 690,
Letters to and from, 090, 093, 094,
696, 701, 702, 706, 710, 712, 714^
718, 726, 729, 732, 734. Speech to
Assembly of New Castle, 721. Ad>
dress of Assembly, 723, 725.

Harding, Nicholas, letter to, 53.

Harding, Robert, Rev., Catholic priest^
number under his care, 144.

Hardy, Sir Charles, on transports,
141, 174.

Harris, John, letters to and from, 33.

Havanna, Governor of, letter to, 60&

Hays, John, Journal of, 785-741.

Henry, Fort, Garrison at^ 52, 119, 19^
218, 283, 353.

Hess, Henry, Examination of, 50.

Highlanders, Regiments of Soldiers^
arrive, 440. To be located ai Read-
ing, 575.

Holdernesse, Earl of, 148, 103.

Holt, Richard, letter, 030.

Horses, number of draught and pa^ in
different townships of Northampton
county, 404.

Horsfield, Timothy, letters, 34, 76, 142,
207, 247, 280, 350, 351, 430, 438, 741.

Hughes, John, letters 288, 289, 310.

Humphreys, Lieutenant, letters, 38, 39.

Hunter, Fort, 17, 52, 04, 119, 251, 277,
279, 831, 352, 489. Journal of J.
Patterson, 331.

Htndshaw, Fort, 81, 82, 139, 140, 223.

Hyndshaw, James, deposition, 203.
Letter, 290.

Impressment, sailors of Pennsylvania
frigate exempt from, 191. Of a
sailor, complaint Vtgainst, 303.

Indian Isaac, certtfieate of, respecting
battle at Sideling Hill, 315.

Indiana, letters respecting, 5, 8, 10, 10,
28, 29, 30, 32, 83, 34, 36 38, 40, 48,
67, 76, 83, 107, 116, 139, 141, 143,
147, 149, 151, 173, 174, 190, 193, 201,

Dn)EX.

T65

204, 306, 239, 246y 277, 288, S61, 420,
424, 425, 435, 453, 478, 581. Arriving
m% Easton, 7, 210. Teedjuscnng,
respoetiDg, 8, 104, 109, 143, 193,206,
209, 212, 235, 247, 248, 256, 286, 299.
Ogaghradarika, 8. Mnrders, 1 1, 29,
80, 33, 36, 38, 40, 51, 77, 78, 139, 211,
218, 219, 241, 279, 283, 731. French
and, 9, 16, 50, 79, 98, 143, 147, 151,
268-273,293,294,806,535. Weiser,
Conrad, letters to and ft>om respect-
ing, 18, 28, 31, 85, 86, 216, 221, 277.
Oonference, remarks on, 38, 193, 216.
Gallant oondnet of Lieutenant Horn-
phrejs, 28, 39. Instmotions to CapL
Hambright, 42. Examination of
Samuel Clifford, 44. Bo. of Leonard
Wee8er,45. Mnrder near McDowells,
61. List of, at Bethlehem, 53. Mo-
hicans, 52. Delawares, 52, 83, 98,
107, 193, 571. At Easton, 53, 78.
Tokayiendisery sick, 67. Armstrong
(Indian) loses a gnn, 67. Menne-
Binks, 67. Letters of Timotb j Hors-
fleld,34,76. At Bethlehem, 76. Capt
Jacobs son killed, 83. Toang Jacob
(seven foot high) killed, 83. Bonfish,
(a noted warrior) killed, 83. Shaw-
nese, 83. Fraqdnlent purchase of
lands from, respecting, 86. Maryred,
an Indian woman, beggar, 87. Ex-
pected to attack Fort AveusTA, 99.
Peace with the Delawares, 98. On
march to Fort Augusta, 98. Gor'rs
letter on Indian affairs, 107, 117.
Invited to settle at Shamokin 114.
Letter from, to Gov'r of Maryland,
143. Letter iVom Spangonberg re-
specting, 141. T. Borsfield respect-
ing, 142. Examination of a Delaware ,
prisoner, 147. Of a Chichesaw do.'
148. Petitions for defence against,
151, 153, 159, 164, 174, 235, 238, 284.
Proclamations of Gov. Dinwiddle
respecting, 155, 156. Edmnnd At-
kins superintendent of affairs with,
155. Cause of troubles with, 160.
Edmund Atkins' operations at South,
174, 183. Presents to, 187. At
.Easton, 210. List of killed at J.
Cisney's field, 229. Journal of Van
Etten, 229. Proclamation against
selling mm to, 237. Abduction of a
boy by four white men to the, 246.
William Tatamy attended by Dr.
Otto, 247. Letters of George Crog-
han, 248. Conference with Teedy-
uscung, 248. Bad policy of Gov'r
inviting, 338. Conference with, in
New Jersey, 341. Lands claimed by,
' in New Jersy, 344. Give powers of
attorney to transact all future busi-
Bess^,^46. Five on their way to

Bethlehem, escort, 851. At Fort
AueuSTA, 351. Conference of of-
ficers in Virginia on proposals from
Teedyuscung, 367. Murders and
alarms in Lancaster, Cumberland,
Ac.; 877. Minutes of meeting of
Committee on Indian affairs, 382.
Richard Baird's deposition, 397.
Passport for Cherokees, 405. List of
names and signification, 428. Me-
morial of Joshua (Christian Indian,)
434. Prohibition of sale of rum to,
437, 519. Conference at Philadel-
phia, 456-467. Memorial respecting
it, 469. Presents to, 467. Certificate
of delivery oi^ 477. Letters of Sir
William Johnson, 193, 485. Letters of
Capt. Orndt, 5, 51, 207, 209. 212, 350,
351, 367, 487, 491. Journal of Moses
Titamy and Isaac Hill, 504-508.
Moravian described, 500. Journal
of Frederick Post, 521-544. King
Beaver, 523, 524, 526. Delaware
George, 524, 526. Cushcushking de-
scribed, 525. Catawbas, 539. Speech
of Ackowanothio, 548. Joshua and
other Indians to Gov'r, 575. Pass-
port from Ohio for, 554. List of, pre-
sent at treaty of Easton, 558. Con-
ferences at Pittsburg, 560, 571, 674.
Letter from Proprietaries to Dela-
ware, 576. Commissioners of Indian
affairs, letter, 382, 583, 734. Job
Chillaway, 583. Complaint against
Geo. Croghan for trading with, 665.
Attack on Fort Ligonueb, 669. Pre-
sents to, 675, 716, 718. Disturbances
in Virginia, 694. Shekalamy, 721.
Journal of John Hayes, 735-741.
Conversation with, by F. Post, 742.
Conference with, at Pittsburg, by
Gen. Monckton, 744.

Innholders not to sell rum to soldiers',
132.

Instructions respecting letters of mar-
que, 3. To commander of Fort Hun-
ter, 17. To Capt Hambright, 42.
To Lewis Morris, jr. 90. Privateers
or letters of marque, 91. To A^jt.
Kern, 334. To George Stevenson,
386. To Capt. B. Walker, 409. To
John Bull, 557. F. Post, 620. To
officers, Ac, at Fort Auqusta, 727.

Iron Works, Govr's Circular respect-
ing, 275.

Irvine, James, letter, 702.

Jamaica, fleet at, in want of prorisi(

owing to embargo, 187.
Jamieson, David, letters, 8, 413.

768

INDEX.

January, Thomas, letter, 410.

JobnsoD, Sir William, 198, 485, 704.

Joshua, (a Christian Indian,) memo-
rial, 434.

Joarnal of ConHd Weiser, 32. To
Fort Allen, 66. Of Gapt Van St-
ten, 222-235. Of Jacob Morgan,
252. C. Thompson and F. Post 412.
Moses Titamj and J. Hill, 504-508,
F. Post, 621, 560. John Hayes, 735.

JosUoes of Bucks County, 183.

Kennedy, Archibald, letters, 477, 470.
Kent County, associated military com-
panies, 23.
Kern, Adjutant, letter to, 334.
Kittanning, 116.
KoUock, Jacob, jr., letter, 438.

Xianoastcr County, associated military
companies of, 21. Number of Ro-
man Catholics in, 144. Petitions
agninst Indians, 159. Companies in,
~ 389,394. Soldiers a^ 411. Proposal

for a literary institution, 677-9.
Lands, fraudulent purchase of Indians,
respecting, 86, 299. Weiser's opinion
813. Correspondence between F. J.
Paris and others, 676. ^

Lawrence, Thomas, letter, 675.
LBBAN05, Fort, 31.

Lebanon Town, Lancaster Co., (Qnitto-
pahella,) proposal of C. Raboteau to
establish by lottery an institution of
literature, 677. His commission and
petition, 678, 679. Reoommenda-
' tion, 680.
Leech Thomas, 676. Sails after priva-
teers, 676. Capt. of frigate, 657.
Letters of marque, orders respecting,

3, 91, 162.
Letters, Abereomby,Maj. General, 321,
864, 866, 371, 376, 380, 392, 553.
Allen, William, C. J., 64, 304. Am-
herst, Gen. Jeff., 634, 694, 701, 706,
710, 712, 715, 718, 726, 734. Arm-
strong, Col. John, 40, 48, 51, 54, 78,
83, 146, 173, 187, 191, 201, 212, 239,
282, 289,^296, 303, 365, 446, 447,448,
481, 651, 621, 627, 688. Atkins,
Edmund, 175, 183, 197, 268.
Bard Peter, 432, 499. Barton Rot.
Thomas, 877, 450, 651. Beatty, Rer.
Charles, 297. Belcher, Gov. J., 54,
151. Bell, John, 282. Bernard, Gor.
Fra., 453. Blackwood, John, 402,
403. Bosoawen, Admiral, 498. Bou-

quet, Colonel, 82, 85, 265, 571, 671.
Bulkley, John, 349. Bull, Capt. Jno.
422, 423. Bullitt, Capi. Thomas, 371.
Burd, Maj. James, 333, 334, 350, 367.
Bnrk, Lawrence, 478. Buas^ Cliris-
tian, 279, 425. Byers, John, 406.

Callender, Robert, 29. Chanrignerie,
Mons.329. Chew, B., 897. Chief Jus-
tice, 754. Clapham, CoL Wm. 9, 10, 13,
14, 38, 40, 42, 58, 64. Colden, Aleir.,
446. Commissioners, 93, 161,814,235,
258, 2»1, 287, 398. 498, 675. Com-
missioners of Lower Countiea, 401.
Commiss'rs of Customs, 546u Com-
missioners of Indian Affairs^ M3«
Commissioners of Wyoming, 318.
Cotes, Admiral Thomas, 186^ 298.
Coultaa, James, 64. Counoil to Got.,
8. Croghan, George, 175, 247, 248,
319, 428, 544, 671, 733. ,
De Lanoey, Got. James, 434. Denny,
Gov. WtUiam, 5, 8, 13, 18 29, 35, 38,
40, 48, 50, 53, 54, 58, 64, 69, 76, 78,
83, 93, 95, 96, 106, 137, 138, 141, 145,
146, 148, 150, 160, 162, 173, 174, 186,
193, 201, 207, 209, 212, 214, 218, 221,
235, 236, 239, 241, 245, 247, 248, 251,
256, 258, 265, 266,268, 273, 277, 278,
282, 289, 290, 293, 296, 298, 300, 303,
304, 313, 315, 316, 328, 330, 388, 349,
351, 360, 364, 365, 366, 370, 380, 383,
385, 802,-401, 403, 412, 425, 427, 428,
430, 432, 442, 449, 453, 471, 480, 481,
485, 487, 489, 490. 498, 508, 511, 517,
518, 546, 552, 571, 583, 584, 623, 634,
671, 675, 677, 685, 687, 689. Depui,
Samuel, 423, 424. Dinwiddle, Gor.
Robert, 50. Dudgeon, Richard, 442.
Elder, Rev. John, 251. Erwin Ro-
bert, 64.

Fothergill, John, 667. Forbea, Gen*
John, 883, 398, 448.
Galbreath, Bartram, 277. Galloway,
Joseph, and Wm. M., 160, 214. Gor-
don, Lewis, 754, 756. Governor of
Havanna, 508. Gneme and Bond,
Drs., 673, 676. Graydon, Lieut. 738,
729.

Halkett Major, 450. Hamilton, Got.
James, 690, 691, 693, 694, 696, 701,
702, 706, 710, 712, 714, 718,726, 729,
732, 734. Harding, N., 53. Harris,
John, 33. Holdemesse, Earl of,
148, 162. Holland, Nathaniel, 583.
Holt, R., 636. Horsfidd, Timothy,
34, 76, 142, 207, 247, 286, 350, 351,
436, 438, 741, 765. Hughes, John,
288, 289, 316. Humphreys, Lieut,
28. Hyndshaw, James, 290.
Indians to Governor of Maryland,
143. Irvine, Jamcs^ 700.

INDEX.

767

Jameson, Darid, 8, 412. January,
Thomas, 410. Johnson, Sir William,
485, 704. Joshua, and other Indians,

• 676.
Kennedy, Archibald, 477, 479. Kern,
AcUntant, 334. KollocJc, Jacob, 438.
Lawrence, Thomas, 676. Leech,
Thomas, 676. Lloyd, Thomas, 11,
319, 361, 411. Lords of Trade, 690:
Londonn, Lord, 137, 138, 141, 146,
160, 174, 267, 277, 316, 317,323, 338.
LytUeton, Got. William Henry, 18,
316, 398.
MoCInghan, John, 393. MoEitaley,

. John, 381. McMiobael, John, 406.
Masters, William and J. G., 160.
Mercer, CoL Hu«h, 27, 67, 671, 684,
624, 673, 686, 721, 728. Meyer,
Engineer, 47, 48. Miller, John, 466,
646. Monckton, Gen. Robert, 732.
Moore, Justice, 611. Morgan, Capt.
Jacob, 30, 31, 39, 191. Morris, Sami,
636. Moantgomery, Capt. Jno., 411.
Novill, Samael, 206.
Omdt, Jacob, 6, 61, 207, 209, 212,
360, 361, 367^ 487, 490, 678. Oswald,
Thomas, 298. Otto, Dr. Jno. M^47,
261.

Paris, F. J., 666. Parsons, William,
6, 7, 36, 81, 84, 104, 1^9, 142, 163,
311. Pemberton, Israel, 37, 666.
Peters, Richard, 7, 11, 33, ZT, 61, 80,
84, 86, 92, 104, 167, 206, 217, 239,
246, 261, 28.3, 288, 297, 2V8, 377, 381,
384, 386, 389, 390, 308, 397, 402, 406,
409, 422, 428, 438, 450, 456, 471, 476,
478, 484, 488, 600, 610, 614, 616, 644,
646, 661, 662, 656, 671, 676, 680, 621,
627, 636, 660, 662, 673, 676, 6"^ 'PB,
V27, 733, 741, 764. Peters lf\ ,; I .. i ,i,
299, 312, 647. Pitt William, .M, ^>«,
106, 301, 330, 619, 763. Post, Fref k,
680, 698, 700, 702, 706-709. Po n nnW,
John, (secretary,) 97, 769. P-u n nil,
John, Gor. Mass., 693, 714. Pho4>, G.,
488. Price, Lieut. Samuel, 429. Pro.
prietaries, 106, 167, 193, 676, 668,
683.

Qnamas, Capt Henry, (Indian,) 768.
Quinby, Jonathan, 681.
Rabotean, G. C, 677. Read, Charles,
jr. 646. Read, James, 36, 246. Read-
ing, alarms at, 36. Reading, Philip,
699. Reed, Adam, 426. Reynolds,
George, 6. Ridout, J., 660, 662.
Robertson, Maj. James, 291.
St Clair, Sir Jno. 266, 661. Shaok-
erly, Mr., agent, 137. Shankland,
William, 362. Sharpe, Horatio, Got.
143,188,197,686.697. Shippen,Jo8.
8 3, 389, 409, 410, 426, 449, 470, 610. |

Shippen, Edward, 8, 304, 894, 409,
427. Sibbald, Capt Jno. 490. Span-
genberg, ReT. Mr. 69, 141, 434, 600.
Stanwiz, Col. John, 220, 239, 241,
288, 301, 438, 617, 668, 687,693, 696,
710, 713. StCTenson, George, 384,
386, 390, 391, 395, 400, 411. Ste-
Tcnson, Surgn., James, 82. Stephen,
CoL Adam, 83, 668. Swaine, Charles,
424, 616, 686.

Teedynscnng, 385, 609, 623, 704^
Tennent, Rot. William, 614. Thom-
son, Charles, 256, 422. Till, William,
471, 476. Trent, Wm. 149. Trump,
LcTl, 408, 426, 430, 480, 682, 699.
Turner, Joseph, 442.
Van Etten, Capt 139. Vining, T. 636^.
Walker, Capt Richard, 409. Wash-
ington. Col. George, 300. Weiser,
Conrad, 19, 28, 31, 35, 86, 207, 217,
221, 277, 283, 293, 312, 313, 425, 428,
439, 500, 571, 699, 701. Weiser,
Samuel, 10. Wentworth, Got., 6.
West, Francis, 707, 732. Wether-
hold, Lieut Jacob, 211.
<Young, James, 12, 49, 67, 466, 484,
488.

Lewes Town, Collector of Customs at,
646. PriTateers, 676.

Lightfoot, Samuel, petition of, against
William >f<M>re, 328.

LiGOKiBR, Fort, Indians attack, 669.

Lloyd, Capt Thomas, letters to and
from, 11, 319,381, 411.

Loudoun, Fort, 119, 280. Conference
of a Council of officers at, in Vir-
ginia, 367.

Loudoun, Lord, 137, 138, 141, 145, 150,
174, 267, 278, 316, 317, 323, 338.
Asks loan of Cannon, 267. Hints at
a plot discoTcred by intercepted let-
ters, 326.

Loughry, John, deposition respecting
Indian Murders, 731.

Louisburg, papers respecting opera-
tions at, 442, 446.

Ltttletoh, Fort, 12, 99.

Lyttleton, GoTcrnor William H., of
South Carolina, letters, 19, 315, 399.
Asks for ammunition, 316. For
PUots, 399.

McClughan, John, letter, 893.
McDowbll's, Fort, 61.
McKee, Thomas, commission to, 210.
McKinly, John, letter from, 381. -
Mc Michael, John, petition, 406.
Manners, Re.T. Mathias, Catholic priest^
number under his care, 144.

768

INDEX,

Market Clerk of Readings persons ro-
commended, 658.

Maryland — statement of Wm. John-
son, a prisoner, 16. Letter from
Indians to Governor of, 143. Let-
ters to and from Governor Sharpe,
143, 183, 197, 585, 662. Depositions,
(whioh see). Death of Oatten, 585,
660. Minutes of Council, 586. Pro-
ceediugs in Worcester County Court,
609. .

Massachusetts — Governor Pownall de-
scribes great fire in Boston and asks
for aid, 714.

Master of Rolls, 703.

Masters, WiUiam, and Joseph Gallo-
way, letCer, 160.

Matthews, Dr. Hugh, to he atrested in
Philadelphia, 64.

Maxitawny, murders by Indians, 219.

Memorial of Joshua, a Christian
Indian, 434. Of Synod against
plays, 656.

Menonists or German Quakers, 194.

Mercer, Hugh, 57, 571, 624, 673, 685,
721.

Messages to and from Assembly, 19,
90, $9, 112, 710, 718. Teedyuscnng
to Governor, 509.

Message from Assembly at New Castle,
379,384.

Meyer, Engineer, letter, 47> 48.

Militia, Associated Companies of Phila-
delphia City, 19. Of Bucks County,
19. Of York County, 20. Of Lan-
caster County, 21. Of New Castle
County, 21, 22. Kent County, 23»
Sussex, 23. Estimate cost of three
battalions, 61. Of New Castle, Kent
and Sussex, 87. List of officers in
Province pay and dates of Commis-
sions, 88, 89. Number cf blankets,
Ac, sent West of Susquehanna, 95.
Number of men, 99. Act for form-
ing and regulating the, 107, 112, 117,
120. Riehts of Conscience protect-
ed in, 128. Respecting, 150. Kill-
ed, Ac, at Ticonderoga, 208. Fines,
cases of Quakers at Wilmington,
Delaware, 154, 165, 170. Remarks
on Law, 309. List of officers in pay
with date of Commissions, 336.

Miller, Rev. Frederick Cosemer, re-
commended for Chaplain, 362.

Miller, John, letters, 455, 545.

Minutes, of Provincial Commissioners,
454, 476. Of Council, at New Castle,
on bills of Credit, 630.

Monckton, General Robert, fetter, 732.
Conference with Indians at Pitts-
burg, 744.

Moore, William, Confession of, 324.
Petition against^ 328. Commitment

0^ 332. Flattoring letter to Mid

from Governor, 512.
Moravians, list of, at Bethlehem, 69,

76, 242. Letters respecting, 14U

Indians, 500.
Morgan, CapL Jacob, Utters, 80, 31,

39, 191. Journal, 252.
Morris, Lewis, jr., instruotioiw to, to

private vessels for soldiers, 90.
Moontgomery, Capt. John, letter, 411.
Muhlenberg, Rev. Henry, letter to

Rev. Richard Peters;, on his seeiUar

employments, 80.
Mutton, none at Easton or Cooks to

dreaa it, 104.

Naturalization, certificate of, to Swedish
Clergyman ,692.

New Castle, County associated Mili-
tary Companies of, 21, 22. Order
to pay workmen at Battery at, 317.
Governor's speech to Assembly at,
377. Message from do. to Governor,
379. Letter A*om Commissioners,
401. Embargo, 471. Minutes of
Colncil, 631. Common, me&aa^e of
Governor respecting, 688. Speech
of Governor, 723. Address £rom,
723.

Neutrals, French, History of, 56S.

Novell, Samuel, 206.

New Jersey — address to Gov. Belcher
in 1757, on state of affairs, 171.
Regim't, list of killed, Ac, 203. Con-
ference with Indians in, ^1. Lands
claimed by them, 343. Power of
Attorney to transact business, 366.
Letter Gov. Bernard, 453.

New York, Regiment at Ticopderoga,
list of killed and wounded, Ac, 203.
Letter Gov. De Lancey, 691.

Northampton County — ^number of Bo-
man Catholics in, 144. Petiliona
from, for defence, 151, 174> 237, 284,
321, 357, 360. Ammunition waiit«d
163, 164. Position of Troops in,
325. Number of wagon and horsea
in, 404.

North Kill, Fort at, 31, 253.

Officers of Pennsylvania Regiment in
Province pay and dates of Commis-
sions, 88. Quarters at Philadelphia,
558.

Order to affix great Seal, 318.

OmdU Captain, letters, 5, 51, 207, 209,
212, 850, 351, 367, 487, 491, 670.

INDEX.

769

OawtAd, Thomas, ^98.
Otto, Dr. Matthew, report on William
Tatamy, (an Indian) wounded, 247,

Outten, death of, 689, (see depoAitions)
66i.

Papists, to ba deprived of arms, ammu-
nition, Ao., 130, (see Roman Catho-
lics.)

Paris, Ferd. J.^ letters to and from, re-

• specting purchase of lands from
Indians, 666.

Parsons, Wm , letters to and from, 5,
7/»85, 81, 84, 104, 139, 142, 163, 211.

Passport for Cherokees, 406. For F.
Post, 676, 689, For Teedjasoung,
692.

Patterson, James, Journal at Fort

HUHTIB, 321.
Pemberton, Israel, letters to and from,
37, 566. Respecting, 249, 260, 266,
262, 264, 276, 319.

Penn, Thomas and Richard, 107, 167,
193, 676.

Pennsylvania—account of arms and
ammunition purchased, 26. Esti-
mated annual ezponce, 62. Cost of
three battalions, 62. Of provisions
for four hundred men, 63. Proprie-
tary land at Baston, 84. List of
officers in pay of the Province and
dates of Commissions, 88. Secretary
Pitt urges Assembly to provide For-
ces, 96, 96. Plan of protection by
M^jor Burd, 99. Number of men
in pay of Province, 99| 341.
Squadron from England, 96. Quar-
ters for Troops in city, 1 1 0. Letters to
A from Propr'ries, 106, 157, 193,676.
Number of Roman Catholics in, 144.
Opinion of Proprietaries' right to
pay out bills of Credit, 157. Frigate,
190. Guarantee against impress-
ment of Sailors of, 191. List of
officers, 260. Troops making Forts
at Wyoming, 303. Address of As-
sembly of Lower Provinces, 308.
Intercepted letters and a plot dis-
covered, 824. List of officers in
pay of the Province and dates of
Commissions, 336. Regiment, their
stations, 337. Forces between Dela-
ware and Susquehanna, 340. Num-
ber in pay of the Province, 841.
Troops, 449. Depositions respecting
Maryland, (which see). Warrant to
survey land, 663. Proceedings of
Court against John Willey, 664.
Letters between Ferd. J. Paris and

Vol. III.— 33

others respecting fraudulent pur-
chase of lands from Indians, 666.
Power of Attorney from Thomas A
Richard Penn to sell tends, 686.

Pennsylvania Frigate, 190, 191, 260.

Pennsylvania Regiment, one and two
battalions, officers in^ Province pay
and dates of Commissions, 88.

Peters, Richard, letters to and from, 7,

II, 33, 37, 61,80, 84, 86, 92, 104, 167,
206, 217, 239, 246, 261, 283, 288,297,
298, 381, 384, 386. 889, 390, 393, 397,
402,406, 422, 428; 438, 460, 466, 471,
476, 478, 484, 488, 600, 610, 614,
616, 644, 646, 661, 662,666, 671, 676,
680, 621, 660,662, 673, 676,677,698,
727, 733, 741. Memorandum respeot-
io^ deed of 1718, 262.

Peters, William, statement respecting ^
Quakers at Easton, 274, 299, 812^
647.

Petition, Capt. Jacob Morgan, 81.
From Northampton County for de-
fence, 161, 163, 164,174. Lanoaster
County, 169. Tork County, 236.
Northampton County, 238, 284, 321,
867, 360. David Dewar, 802.
Against William Moore by S. Light-
foot, 829. Berks County, 861. J.
McMichael, 406. Settiers on dxy
lands near Easton, 678. Against
plays, Ac., 669.

PhiladeIphia.-Assooiated military com-
pany. 19. Guns and stores belonging
to fort at, 26. Estimate of cost of
garrison at Wiccacoa, 27. Do of
vessels of war at, 27. Letter,
William Allen to Sheriff to arrest
Dr. Mathews, 64. Potash made at,
63. Small-pox prevails among sol-
diers, 82. Return of beds for soldiers
in, 86. Demands of Col. Bouquet of
Mayor, for quarters for soldiers, 86,

I II. Soldiers ordered by €toeral Shir-
ley to, and instrucCions to L. Morris,
Jr., to provide vessels for them, 90.
French in, suffering for wood, 92,
282. Quarters for troops in, 110.
City watch, 113. French neutrals,
92, 114. May form a company, 126.
Provisions of bodies scrupulous to
bear arms, 126. Number of Roman
Catholics in, 144. Lieut. Colonel
Bouquet in, 146. Barracks, 282.
Indian conference at, 466, 469,
Memorial of, 28. Quakers respect-
ing, 469. Presents te Indians, 467./
Ordinance and stores at» 492, 497.
Return of officers quartered at, 669.

Pilots asked for by South Carolina, 399.
Pitt, William, Secrotaiy of State, 9i,

96, 106, 321, 618.
Pittsburg.— Journal of F. Post (o, 660.

770

INDEX.

Retarn of proyisions nt, 679. Nam-
bor of garrison at, 680. Conferonees
at, 660, 571, 674, 744. Fort at, 685,
693. Fort Pitt, 696.

Plays, memorial against, 667.

Post, Fred., Journal with 0. Thomp.
son, 412. Journal, 412, 422, 520,
624, 660-666. Character of, 578.
Letters, 681, 698, 700, 702, 706, 709.
Instructions, 621. Relation of eon-
▼ersation with Indians, 742.

Potash works at Philadelphia, 63.

Pownall, Secretary, John, letters, 97,
769.

Pownall, John, Governor of Massachns-
■etts, — Account of great fire in Bos-
ion, solicits aid, 714. Granted by
Assembly, 715.

Presqu'isle, fort at, 13, 663.

Price, G., letter, 488.

Price, Lt. Bamuel, letter, 429.

Privateers, King's orders respecting,
91, 163.

Proclamation of Governor Binwiddio of
Virginia, respecting Indians, 166.
Against selling mm to, 237, 619.

Proprietaries land at Easton, 84. Let-
ters of government, 107, 167, 193,
. . 576, 668. Power to Gov. Hamiltoii
to sell, 686.

Provincial forces refuse to do duty for
want of pay, 98. Namberin pay, 99
Proposed dress of, 101.

Provisions for soldiers, bad, 48, 64.
Estimate cost of, 62. Commissioners
on, 92, 214. Amunition at fort
Augusta, 79. At different forts, 81.
Embargo on, 97, 114, 144^ 148,

Quakers present at Easton at Treaty,

206, 260, 262, 263, 264, 274, 319.

Memorial respecting Conference at
. Philadelphia, 469.
Quarters for Soldiers in Philadelphia,

86, 111, 112.
Quinby, Jonathan, land on Delaware,

681.
QnitUpaheUa, (Bee Lebanon.)

Raboteau, C. L., proposes a lottery to
raise tauda for a Literary Academy,

. 677. His Commission, 678. Peti-
tion, 679, 680.

Ray's Town, Stockade fort at, 610.

Razor, Peter, appointed Collector of Cus-
toms at Lewestown, 546.

Read, Charles, Uttex^bit,

Read, James, 36, 245.

Reading, to receive Highland soldiers,
676. Recommendations for Cleck of
Market, 659.

Reading, Philip, letter, 699.

Reed, Adam, letter, 426.

Regiment, Pennsylvania, how stationedt
339. State of the forces between
Delaware and Susquehanna, 340.^ —
Number in pay of province, 34L.

Report of C. Thompson and F. Poet» of
Joarney to Indians, 412. ^Of Com-
mittee on Commissioners' AceoontSy
462.

Ridont, Sergeant, letter to, 660, 662.

Roads, Condition of various, 279.

Robertfon, Mi^or James, 291. #

Roman Catholics, Mass house, 16. De-
prived of arms, .Ac, (see Pjipists,)
131. To pay mllitaiy fines, 132.
Number in Pennsylvania, 144^

Route of Royal American Regiment in
Pennsylvania, 267.

Rum, not to be sold by Inn holders, to
soldiers, 132. Proclamation, 237.
Advertisement against, 437. Pr^
clamation, 519.

Sailors of frigate Pennsylvania guar-
anteed against impressment, 191.

St. Clair, Sir John, letters, 2M, 66L

Scalps, opinions on, 185, 199.

Schneider, Rev.. Theodore, CathoUo
priest, number under his care, 144.^

Schropp, Mattlmw, accoant of Moravi-
ans at Bethllhem, 242.

Seal, The Great, order to affix, 318.

Shackerly, Mr., Agent, letter to, 137.

Sharpe, Horatio, Governor of Mary-
land, 143, 183, 197, 686, 662, 697.

Sharpe, W., orders in Council respect-
ing Privateers, 91.

Sheriff of Cnmberland county, orders
to arrest B. Chambers and Cannon,
105.

Shingass, 531.

Shippen, Edward, 8, 304, 394, 409, 410,
427.

Shippen, Joseph, Jr., letters, 333, 389,
409, 410, 426, 449, 470, 610.

Shirley. Genl. Wm., orders soldiers to
Philadelphia, 90.

Sibbald, Cap. John, of Pennsylrania
Frigate, commission, 190, 350. Let-
ters, 490. Recommendations, 657,
658, 660. Leaves frigate — succeeded
by T. Leech, 668.

SidcUng Hill, batUe »t, 316.

INDEX.

771

Small-pox prevnil« among soldiers at
Philadelphia, 82.

Soldiers at Fort Angasta disposed to
mutiny, 686. In want, 688. Pay of,
140,687,688.

Boath Carolina asks for ammnniUon
and stores. 315. For pilots, 399.

Spangenberg, Rev., catalogue of Mora-
Tians, 69. Letters to and from, 69,
141,435, 500.

Spaniards, conduct of privateers to-
wards, complained of, 162.

Speech, Gov. Belcher's, 98. Indians,
204. Of Governor to Assembly at
New Castle, 379.

Stanwix, Col. John, 150, 173, 188, 191,
196, 220, 239, 241, 288,301, 439,617,
628, 668, 687, 693, 696, 710, 713.

Stephen, Col. Adam, letter, 83, 668.

Stephens, Mr., mak^s Potash at PhUa.,
53.

Stevenson, Geo., letter, 384, 390, 395,
400, 411.

Stevenson, Surgeon James, letter, 82.

Surgeons wanted in the army, 57. Ex-
cuse for one, 265.

Sussex county — associated military
companies, 23.

Swaine, Charles, letter on making pro*
vision at Raston for Governor, Ac,
517. Wagons, 686.

Swedish minister at Wilmington natu-
ralized, 692.

Teedyuseung at Easton, 8. At Fort
Allen, 104, 109. Respecting, 143,
193, 206, 209, 212, 235, 247, 248. 256,
286, 318, 319,846,350,367, 376, 425,
435,464, 509, 521, 576, 692, 717, 735.
His demand for a clerk, 235. Re-
quests houses to be built at Wyoming,
385, 412-422.

Tennent, Rev. Wm., recommends an
Indian interpreter, 514.

Thanksgiving Day, proclamation for,
690.

Theatres and plays, petitions against,
656, 659.

Thomson, Charles, clerk to Teedyus-
eung, 256. Report of Journey with
F. Post to Indians, 412-122.

Thompson, Mordecai, appointed wagon-
master of Chester county, 398.

Tieonderoga, list of killed and wounded,
Ac, of psrty sent towards, 203.
Statement of operations st, 472, 477,
479.

Till, Wm., letter, 471, 475.

Titamy, Wm., (an Indian,) wounded.

attended by Dr. Otto, 247, 251. Jour-
nal, 504-508.

Trade, Lords of, 690.

Transports employed in King's Service
not subject to Custom-house regula-
tions, 187, 138, 146. Fraud attempted
on Custom-house, 291.

Trent, Wm., letter, 149.

Trump, Levi, letter, 403, 425, 430, 480,
582, 699.

Turner, Joseph, letter to, from a mer*
chant at Halifax, 442.

Unander, Rev. Erick, Swedish minis-
ter at Wilmington, certificate of na-
turalisation, 692.

Unitas Fratrum, Exempt f^om militia
duty, 134, (see Moravians.) Passport
for F. Post, 578, 689.

Van Etten, Capt., letters to and from,
139. His Journal, 222-235.

Venango, Fort at, 13.

Virginia, Council of offieers at Fort
Loudoun in, 367. Indian affairs in,
694.

Wagons, number of in Northampton
county, 404. Advertised for by Col.
Stanwix, 629, 660.

Walker, Capt Richard, instmotions^
409.

Washington, Col. Geo., 300.

Weiser, Conrad, letters, 18, 28, 31, 35,
86, 207, 217, 221, 277, 283, 298, 812,
313, 425, 428, 439, 500, 571, 699, 701.
Memorandum of conference with In-
dfans, 216. Deposition, 256. Re-
specting Sower's papers, 440. Jour-
nals of, 32, 66. On purchase of lands
from Indians fraudulently, 86. Re-
specting a horse sold Indians, 86.
Complains of an address of Friendly
Association, 313.

Weiser, Samuel, account of expenses to
Augusta, 713.

Wentworth, Gov. B., of New Hamp-
shire, letters to and from, 5.

West, Francis, 706.

Wetherhold) Lieut. Jacob, letters, 211.

Wiccaeoa, estimate of cost of garrison

772

INDEX.

at, 27. Guns and stores bslonging

to Fort, 26.
Willey, John, prooeedingi of Conrt of

Sussex against, 666.
Wilmiogton, DeL, complaints against

D. Bash aboat militia fines, 16i, 165

-170. Rev. Erick Unander, Swedish

minister at, 692.
Wyoming, 248, 288, 207, 301, 303, 304, '

318, 412, 422, 582. Houses for ledj-

Qsovng ai, 385.

York County, Associated Military
Companies, 20. Number of Komaa
Catholics in, 144. Petition for pro-
tection, 235, 236. Companies Id,
395, 400. Return of oncers at» 410.

Toang, James, letters, 12, 49, 57, 455^
484^488.

END OP VOL. in.

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