[31] “Onas” was the Indian term for the governor of Pennsylvania—first used for Penn in his treaty with the Delawares, in 1682.—ED. [32] Apparently this was a lad named William Brown, whom Croghan sent to the settlements, October 20, 1748.—_Pennsylvania Archives_, ii, p. 17.—ED. [33] The Catawbas were a powerful Indian tribe of South Carolina, thought by Powell—“Indian Linguistic Families of North America,” in U. S. Bureau of Ethnology _Report_, 1885-86—to be of Siouan stock. They inhabited the western portion of the Carolinas, and were traditional enemies of the Iroquois. The Cherokees were a settled tribe in North Carolina and Tennessee, and at this time in the English interest.—ED. [34] “Jonontady Hagas” was the Iroquois phrase for the Wyandot or Huron Indians.—ED. [35] “Onontio” was the Indian term for the governor of Canada.—ED. [36] Olumpias was principal chief of the Delawares. He had formerly lived in the Schuylkill Valley, and signed the treaty of purchase by which the Germans came into possession of their lands in that region (1732). He died in the autumn of 1747, the president and council of Pennsylvania being asked to name his successor. The Delawares considered themselves the aborigines of Pennsylvania, and spoke of the Shawnees, whom they had permitted to come among them, as “grandchildren.”—ED. [37] These names are given in the other edition as “Shawanapon and Achamantama.”—ED. [38] This was Weiser’s Indian name.—ED. [39] The Virginians were called by the Indians “Long Knives,” or more literally “Big Knives.” Ash-a-le-co-a is the Indian form of this word, which Weiser spells phonetically. He means that the present was sent by both Pennsylvania and Virginia.—ED. [40] For this proclamation against the sale of liquor to Indians, see _Pennsylvania Colonial Records_, v, pp. 194-196.—ED. [41] One of those who accompanied Weiser was William, son of Benjamin Franklin, who later became governor of New Jersey. See _Pennsylvania Archives_, ii, p. 15.—ED.