And to this train of facts,--let us add,--that the congress, held with the Six Nations at Fort Stanwix in 1768,--_when_ his Majesty purchased the territory on the Ohio, Messrs. Penn also bought from these nations a very extensive tract of country _over_ the Allegany mountains and on that river (_joining_ the very lands in question).--That in the spring 1769, Messrs. Penn opened their _land-office_ in Pennsylvania, for the _settling the country_ which they had so bought at Fort Stanwix: and all such settlers as had seated themselves _over the mountains_, within the limits of Pennsylvania, _before_ the lands were purchased from the natives, have _since_ obtained titles for their plantations:--That in 1771, a petition was presented to the assembly of the province of Pennsylvania, praying that a _new_ county may be made _over_ these mountains:--That the legislature of that province, in consideration of the great number of families settled _there_, within the limits of that province, did that year enact a law, for the _erection_ of the lands _over the mountains into a_ new county, by the name of _Bedford County_: That in consequence of such law, William Thompson, Esq. was chosen to represent it in the General Assembly: That a sheriff, coroner, justices of the peace, constables, and other civil officers are appointed and do reside _over_ the mountains: That all the king's subjects, who are not less than five thousand families, who have made locations and settlements on the lands, _southward_ of, and adjoining to the _southern_ line of Pennsylvania, live _there_, without any degree of order, law, or government: That being in this lawless situation, continual quarrels prevail among them: That they have already infringed the _boundary line_, killed several Indians, and encroached on the lands, on the opposite side of the Ohio; and that disorders of the most dangerous nature, with respect to the Indians, the _boundary-line_ and the _old colonies_, will soon take place among these settlers, if law and subordination are not immediately established among them.--Can these facts be possibly perverted so as to operate, either in point of argument or policy, _against_ the proposition of governing the king's subjects on the lands in question? It ought to be considered also, that we have agreed to pay as much for a small _part_ of the cession made at Fort Stanwix, as the _whole_ cession cost the crown, and at the same time be at the entire expence of establishing and supporting the proposed new colony[7].