with your officers than he has been; but this is only conjecture.

With this, your Honour will receive an extract from Mr. McKee's journal of all the transactions with the Indians, from the beginning of the troubles, as also another of Mr. Conolly's advertisements. I know not well what he means by it, but I believe his design is to distress the Indian trade.

It is true what I mentioned about the boundary. Mr. Conolly read me part of a letter from Lord Dunmore on the subject. He says the demands of the Pennsylvanians were so extravagant, that he could do nothing with them, but that he, (Conolly) may settle a line of jurisdiction with the Magistrates of Westmoreland, ten or twelve miles eastward of Pittsburgh, or a more convenient distance, and cautions him at the same time to give no just cause of offence to the Magistrates acting under the authority of this Province. I know not how the Magistrates were to settle lines.

I received your Honour's favour of the 7th instant, and am happy to inform you the panic is in some measure over. The ammunition not yet come to hand; but a quantity arrived from Carlisle, which eased the people's mind a little; but the damage done to the country by the desertion of the people, and the loss of the Spring crop, is very great, and if any thing should happen to interrupt the harvest, we must have an absolute famine—this I hope will not be the case.

I am most respectfully, your Honour's most obedient, and most humble servant,

AR. ST. CLAIR.

P. S. Logan is returned with thirteen scalps and one prisoner, and says he will now listen to the Chiefs.

To Governour Penn.

JOHN CONOLLY'S ADVERTISEMENT.

Whereas, the Shawanese have perpetrated several murders upon the inhabitants of this county, which has involved this promising settlement in the most calamitous distress. And whereas, I have very good reason to believe that certain imprudent people continue to carry on a correspondence with, and supply the said enemies with dangerous commodities to the infinite prejudice of all his Majesty's subjects, and expressly contrary to an act of the Assembly, prohibiting such unwarrantable intercourse: These are therefore, in his Majesty's name, strictly to require and command all his Majesty's subjects to take notice hereof, and to deport themselves as the law directs, as they may be assured that a contrary conduct will draw on them the utmost severity thereof.

Given under my hand at Fort Dunmore, this 18th day of June, 1774.

JOHN CONOLLY.

EXTRACT TAKEN FROM A JOURNAL OF INDIAN TRANSACTIONS.

May 1, 1774. Information having been given that sundry depredations had been committed upon several Indian parties going down the river from this place, by the white inhabitants settled upon the Ohio, near Wheeling and Yellow Creek, the following Message was despatched to King Custologa, Captains White Eyes, Pipe, and such other Chiefs as were most contiguous to this place.

"BRETHREN: We are under the necessity, from some disagreeable intelligence which we have just received, of calling upon your immediate attendance at this place, where we shall have some things of importance to communicate to you, which intimately concerns the welfare of us both; this will be sufficient we expect, to induce your speedy appearance here, as delays upon this occasion may be attended with the most dangerous consequences." (A string of white wampum.)

May 3. A meeting held at Colonel Croghan's house, at which was present, Captain Conolly, the Commandant of the militia, and several inhabitants of Pittsburgh, with Goyasutha, the White Mingo, and a deputation of the Six Nation Indians, who were here upon their way with Speeches from Sir William Johnson to the Hurons and Wabash Confederacy.

"BRETHREN: We are sorry to inform you that we have lately received accounts of some outrages being committed upon several of your people going down the Ohio, by some ill disposed white persons settled upon it; and we take the earliest opportunity of making you acquainted with what we have heard, in order to convince you that we discountenance so barbarous a breach of friendship with you, and we can assure you that it has not been done with the intent or knowledge of Government, and we make no doubt your brother, the Governour of Virginia, when he becomes fully acquainted with the circumstances of the unhappy loss you have sustained in so many of your people, that he and his wise men will fall upon the most salutary measures of doing you every justice that can be expected. In the mean time we have to recommend to you, in the most earnest manner, your affording every assistance in your power to accommodate this unfortunate breach which has happened, as you must be sensible that a general war between us must be attended with the greatest calamity on both sides." (A belt of wampum.)

After some time they returned for Answer:

"BRETHREN: (the English.) We have considered what you have said to us, and as the Chiefs of the Delawares are expected in this night, or to-morrow, we will consult with them, and then know what reply to make. But you may depend upon it, that we shall do every thing in our power to keep things quiet, which we make no doubt can be done, from the general peaceable disposition of our own people, provided you will he strong upon your parts, in preventing your rash people from commencing any further hostilities upon the Indians." (A string of wampum.)

May 4. Arrived Captains White Eyes, Pipe, and Samuel Compass, brother to one of the Delaware Indians lately murdered in the traders' canoe, with several other Chiefs and principal men of the Delawares. The same evening they proceeded to the Six Nation Village, at Pine Creek, in order to consult with the Chiefs there, and be informed of what had passed already between them and us.

May 5. At a Condolence held with the Six Nations, Delawares, Shawanese, Munsies, Mohegans, and Twightwees, who are the several Nations that have been sufferers in the late unfortunate disturbances.

PRESENT:

Captain Conolly, Commandant, and a number of other gentlemen.

SIX NATION INDIANS.—Guyasutha, White Mingo, and the Sin Nation Deputies as before mentioned, with a number of other Chiefs, and principal men.

DELAWARES.—Captains White Eyes, Pipe, Keykewenum, and Samuel Compass, with a number of other Indians of that Nation.

BRETHREN: It was with the deepest concern that we informed you two days ago of the late unhappy death of some of your friends, and it adds much to our grief upon this occasion, when we consider that some of our rash inconsiderate people have been accessory thereto. We condole with you, and bewail the misfortunes you have suffered, and as a testimony of our sincerity, we deliver you these strings of wampum. (A string to each Nation.)

BRETHREN: We wipe the tears from your eyes, and remove the grief which this melancholy circumstance may have impressed upon your hearts, that you may be enabled to look upon your brethren the (English) with the same friendship as usual, and listen to them with the like goodness of heart, as formerly, when no evil disturbed your minds. (A string to each Nation.)

BRETHREN: We now collect the bones of your deceased people, and wrap them up in those goods which we have prepared for that purpose, and we likewise inter them, that every remembrance of uneasiness upon this head, may be extinguished, and also buried in oblivion. (Delivered a condolence present.)

BRETHREN: We have now conformably to you custom, condoled with you in the usual manner upon such occasions; and we are to request some of your Chiefs present, who have the most influence with the distant tribes to proceed to them with the greatest expedition with what you have now heard, as it is highly necessary that we should be made acquainted without delay, with the result of their Councils upon the present circumstances of affairs, as well