easioned. I also clear your ears from any bad reports, that you may now look upon your brethren, the Virginians, with friendship, and that you may believe what I am about to say to you in your hearts, and receive it with pleasure. (A String.)

Brethren: With these trifling goods I cover the graves of your deceased friends, that the remembrance of your grief upon that occasion may be buried in total oblivion. (Condolence Present.)

Brethren: Your desire is gratified; I do see clearly, and the sweat and fatigue I have experienced on my journey here, will be no cause of complaint to me, when I find an opportunity to convince my brethren, the Delawares and Six Nations, of my good intentions towards them. You may be assured, brethren, that as I am now here present, I shall be able to hear plainly, and to distinguish clearly what is just and unjust between me and my brethren, the Indians, (A String.)

Brethren: I am much obliged to you for the pains you have taken to heal the sores made by the Shawanese, and would have been very glad to have now given you a more favourable answer as to them; but you yourselves must be well acquainted how little the Shaivanese deserve the treatment or appellation of brethren from me, when, in the first place, they have not complied with the terms prescribed to them by Colonel Bouquet, (and to which they assented,) of giving up the white prisoners; nor have they ever truly buried the hatchet; for the next summer after that treaty, they killed a man upon the frontiers of my Government; the next year they killed eight of my people upon Cumberland River, and brought their horses to their Towns, where they disposed of them, (together with a considerable quantity of peltry) to the traders from Pennsylvania. Some time after, one Martin, a trader from my Government, was killed with two men, on Hockhocking, by the Shawanese, only because they were Virginians; at the same time permit ting one Ellis to pass, only as he was a Pennsylvanian. In the year 1771, twenty of my people were robbed by them, when they carried away nineteen horses, and as many owned by Indians, with their guns, clothes, &c., which they delivered up to one Callender and Spears, and other Pennsylvania traders in their Towns. In the same year, on the Great Kenhawa, in my Government, they killed * * * * * one of my people and wounded his brother; and the year following, Adam Stroud, another of my people, his wife and seven children, were most cruelly murdered on Elk waters. In the next year they killed Richards, another of my people, on the Kenhawa. A few moons after, they killed Russell, one of my people, and five white men and two negroes, near Cumberland Gap; and also carried their horses and effects into their Towns, where they were purchased by the Pennsylvania traders. All these, with many other murders, they have committed upon my people before a drop of Shawanese blood was spilt by them; and have continually perpetrated robberies upon my defenceless Frontier inhabitants, which at length irritated them so far that they began to retaliate. I have now stated the dispute between them and us, and leave it to you to judge what they merit. (A String.)

Brethren: You desire me to listen to my brethren, the Five Nations, the Mohawks, the Wyandots, and to my brethren, the Delawares. I do so with the utmost attention, and am well pleased to return you my thanks for the pains you have taken, and am extremely happy, and exceedingly desirous, that the eyes of the Western Nations, and all others, may be continually fixed upon me; for then they will plainly see that my real intention and sincere de sire is only to do justice to all parties. Brethren, I hope our pleasure at meeting is mutual; and you may be assured, from my late proceedings, that my good will towards you is most sincere, and I rejoice equally with you at the new life your women and children have acquired by my arrival; and I most sincerely wish that they may long continue in a full enjoyment of peace and happiness, to which I will most cheerfully contribute my utmost assistance. (A String.)

Brethren: I am very glad to find that the Chiefs of the different Nations have a due and friendly regard to the friendship formerly subsisting between our forefathers, which I shall be happy at all times to continue. I am glad to observe that few (if any) of the foolish people who have been the authors of the late troubles, were in any wise particularly connected with you; and I hope that our ancient friendship is too strongly linked to be broke by a few banditti of a distant Nation. I own I am very much rejoiced at my arrival here, as I hope it will be the means of adding fresh strength to the ancient chain of friendship subsisting between us; and particularly so, as I see your inclinations are to facilitate this good work. I acknowledge myself your elder brother, and shall, upon every occasion, manifest my regard as such towards you; and I do expect that you will continually look up to me as your elder brother, from whom you may be assured of the strongest marks of brotherly kindness, either in peace or war. And as you may now be certain of protection from your elder brother, I flatter myself you will continue to tread the ancient path towards him here, when he will be answerable that the most ample justice shall be done you. (A Belt.)

At a Conference held with several of the Delaware and Mohawk Chiefs.

Intelligence received from Captain Pike.

At my arrival at the Lower Shawanese Towns, I was told by the Cornstalk that he was much rejoiced to hear from his brethren, the white people, in the Spring, upon the first disturbances; that he had, in consequence thereof, ordered all his young people to remain quiet, and not to molest the traders, but to convey them safe to their grand fathers, the Delawares, where they would be safe. The Shawanese Chiefs declared they were well pleased to hear from their brethren, the English, and that they had spoke to all their young people to remain quiet. Upon his arrival at the Standing Stone, he sent word to the Shawanese to assemble their Counsellors; but, as they were out a hunting, it could not be immediately effected. The principal warriours always listened to the Chiefs, and had no hostile intention. The mischiefs which had been done were perpetrated by the foolish young people; but that now, as soon as they were assembled, they would be able to prevent any thing of that nature for the future. The Shawanese told me that a party of Twightwees, one of Tawas, and a party of Wyandots, were as far advanced on their way to war against the white people, as their Towns; but that they had advised them to return; that they expected the war which threatened them would be extinguished, as they now endeavoured at peace.

Pluggy, a Mohawk, who was questioned whether he knew of these parties, said that some hunters who were of the Wyandots and Tawas, came to the Shawanese Towns to hear news, but were sent back.

Speech of the Mohegans to the Shawanese.

Brethren: Formerly you came to us on the other side of the Mountains, and told us we were your older brothers, desiring us to come over and show ourselves to your grand fathers, the Delawares, that they might know our relation ship. We did so, and as one people held fast the same chain of friendship; but now we see you only holding with one hand, whilst you keep a tomahawk in the other, We desire you, therefore, to sit down and not be so haughty, but pity your women and children." We therefore take the tomahawk out of your hands, and put it into the hands of your grandfathers, the Delawares, who are good judges, and know how to dispose of it.

Answer of the Shawanese.

Brethren: We are glad to hear what you have said, and that you have taken the tomahawk out of our hands and given it to our grandfathers, the Delawares; but, for our parts, we are not sensible that we have had the tomahawk in our hands. It is true some foolish young people may have found one out of our sight, hid in the grass, and may have made use of it; but that tomahawk which we formerly held, has been long since buried, and we have not since raised it.

There was a great deal of consultation amongst the different Nations, while I was at their Towns, but nothing particularly relative to what is now in question.

Colonel Stephen demanded of Captain Pike how he was received by the Shawanese, who says that he arrived there about noon, and after having cleared their eyes and