'In the last Place, considering the Obligations we are mutually under by our several Treaties, "That we should hear with our Ears for you, and you hear with your Ears for us." We shall at Times very willingly give you the earliest and best Intelligence, of any Designs that may be form'd to your Disadvantage.--And if you discover any Preparations that can hurt us, we desire you will immediately dispatch some suitable Person in whom we can place a Confidence, to give us a proper Information.' _To inforce this Request, as well as to brighten the Chain, we lay down this other Belt of Wampum._ On the Governor's concluding the Speech, the solemn Cry by Way of Approbation was repeated by the _Indians_, as many Times as there were Nations present; and then _Canassateego_ rose up and spoke. '_B R E T H R E N_, 'We thank you for your kind Speech: What you have said is very agreeable to us; and To-morrow when we have deliberated on the several Matters recommended to us, we will give you our Answer. We desire, as our Time will be wholly taken up in Council, you will order the Goods to be carried back to the Proprietaries to prevent their being lost, and that they may continue there till we call for them.' * * * * * At a C o u n c i l held in the Meeting-House, _July_ 7, 1742. P R E S E N T, The Honourable _G E O R G E T H O M A S_, Esq; Lieutenant-Governor. _James Logan_, } _Thomas Lawrence_, } _Abraham Taylor_, } Esqrs; _Samuel Preston_, } _Samuel Hasell_, } _Robert Strettell_, } _C A N A S S A T E E G O_'s Speech on Behalf of the _Six Nations_. '_B R E T H R E N, the Governor and Council, and all present_, 'According to our Promise we now propose to return you an Answer to the several Things mentioned to us Yesterday, and shall beg Leave to speak to publick Affairs first, tho' they were what you spoke to last. On this Head you Yesterday put us in Mind, first, "Of _William Penn_'s early and constant Care to cultivate Friendship with all the _Indians_; of the Treaty we held with one of his Sons, about ten Years ago; and of the Necessity there is at this Time of keeping the Roads between us clear and free from all Obstructions." We are all very sensible of the kind Regard that good Man _William Penn_ had for all the _Indians_, and cannot but be pleased to find that his Children have the same. We well remember the Treaty you mention held with his Son on his Arrival here, by which we confirmed our League of Friendship, that is to last as long as the Sun and Moon endure: In Consequence of this, we, on our Part, shall preserve the Road free from all Incumbrances; in Confirmation whereof we lay down this String of Wampum.