26th.—The Indians, with a great many of the _French_ officers, came over to hear what I had to say. The officers brought with them a table, pens, ink and paper. I spoke in the middle of them with a free conscience, and perceived by the look of the _French_, they were not pleased with what I said; the particulars of which were as follows; I spoke in the name of the government and people of _Pensilvania_. “Brethren at Allegheny, We have a long time desired to see and hear from you; you know the road was quite stopt; and we did not know how 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 and resolution. We salute you very heartily.” A string, No. 1. “Brethren at Allegheny, 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 all the jealousy and fearfulness we had of one another, and whatever else the bad spirit might have poisoned your heart and mind with, that nothing of it may be left. Moreover let us look up to God, and beg for his assistance, that he may put into our hearts what pleases him, and join us close in that brotherly love and friendship, which our grandfathers had. We assure you of our love towards you.” A belt of eleven rows. “Brothers at Allegheny, Hearken to what I say; we began to hear of you from _Wellemeghihink_, who returned from _Allegheny_. We heard you had but a slight, confused account of us; and did not know of the peace, we made twelve months past, in _Easton_. It was then agreed, that the large belt of peace should be sent to you at _Allegheny_. As these our two old friends from _Allegheny_, who are well known to many here, found an opening to come to our council fire, to see with their own eyes, to sit with us face to face, to hear with their own ears, every thing that has been transacted between us; it gives me and all the people of the province great pleasure to see them among us. And I assure all my brethren at _Allegheny_, that nothing would please me, and all the people of the province better, than to see our countrymen the _Delawares_ well settled among us.” A belt.