Journals of Conrad Weiser (1748), George Croghan (1750-1765), Christian Frederick Post (1758), and Thomas Morris (1764)Croghan, George
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Journals of Conrad Weiser (1748), George Croghan (1750-1765), Christian Frederick Post (1758), and Thomas Morris (1764)
Croghan, George
Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel; United States -- Description and travel; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
BRETHREN CHIEFS & WARRIORS OF THE SEVERAL NATIONS NOW PRESENT: You have
been made acquainted with the success of his Majestys Arms under the
Command of his Excellency General Amherst and the Reduction of all Canada
& now you are Eye Witnesses to the surrender of this place agreeable to
the Capitulation as I sent you word before the arrival of his Majestys
Troops; you see now your Fathers are become British Subjects, you are
therefore desired to look on them as such & not to think them a separate
People; and as long as you adhere to his Majestys Interest and behave
yoursel[ves] well to all his subjects as faithfull allies, you may depend
on having a free open Trade with your Brethren the English & be protected
by his Majesty King George now your Father & my Master.—A Belt.
BRETHREN: At a Conference held with several Chiefs & Deputys of your
several Nations at Pittsburg this Summer, you told me that all our
Prisoners which have been taken since the War, yet remaining in your
possession were then set at Liberty to return home if they pleased, now
I have received by Major Rogers the Commanding Officer here, General
Amherst and Sir William Johnson’s Orders to demand due performance of
your promise & desire that you may forthwith deliver them up as that is
the only way you can convince us of your sincerity and future intentions
of living in Friendship with all his Majestys Subjects in the several
British Colonies in America.—A belt.
BRETHREN: On Condition of your performance of what has been said to you I
by this Belt renew and brighten the Ancient Chain of Friendship between
his Majestys Subjects, the Six United Nations and our Brethren of the
several Western Nations to the Sun setting and wish it may continue as
long as the Sun and Moon give light.—A belt.
BRETHREN: As my orders are to return to Pittsburg I now recommend Capt.
Campbel to you as he is appointed by his Majestys Commander in Chief
to be Governour of this place, with him you must transact the publick
business and you may depend he will do you all the service in his power
and see that justice is done you in Trade.—A belt.
BRETHREN CHIEFS AND WARRIORS: As the Ancient Friendship that long
subsisted between our Ancestors is now renewed I was[h] the Blood of[f]
the Earth, that has been shed since the present War, that you may smell
the sweet scent of the Springing Herbs & bury the War Hatchet in the
Bottomless Pitt.—A belt.
BRETHREN: I know your Warriors have all a martial spirit & must be
employed at War & if they want diversion after the fatigue of hunting
there is your natural Enemies the Cherookees with whom you have been
long at War, there your Warriors will find diversion & there they may
go, they have no other place to go, as all Nations else are become the
subjects of Great Britain.—A belt.
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