And whereas, some rash and inconsiderate Persons amongst us, have molested some of our good fellow Subjects, the English, in the Possession of their Lands, and otherwise illtreated them;--We do disapprove & condemn the same,--and freely consent that our English friends shall possess, enjoy & improve all the Lands which they have formerly possessed, and all which they have obtained a right & title unto, Hoping it will prove of mutual and reciprocal benefit and advantage to them & us, that they Cohabit with us. In testimony and perpetual memory whereof, We have hereunto set our hands & seals, in behalf of ourselves and of the several Tribes of Indians that have delegated us to appear for, & represent them the day and year aforementioned. NUDGGUMBOIT X Sign. } ABISSANEHRAW X Sign. } _Kennebeck._ UMGUINNAWAS X Sign. } AWOHAWAY X Sign. } PAQUAHARET X Sign. } _Kennebeck._ CÆSAR X Sign. } LEREBENUIT X Sign. } OHANUMBAMES X Sign. } _Penobscut._ SEGUNKI X Sign. } ADEAWANDO X Sign. } _Pegwackit._ SCAWESO X Sign. } MOXUS X Sign. } BOMMAZEEN X Sign. } CAPT. SAM X Sign. } NAGUCAWEN X Sign. } _Kennebeck._ SUMMEHAWIS X Sign. } WEGWARUMENET X Sign. } TERRAMUGGUS. X Sign. } SABADIS X Sign. } _Ammarascoggin._ SAM HUMPHRIES X Sign. } SIGNED, SEALED, & DELIVERED, IN PRESENCE OF Signatures: W Dudley G Dyer (unclear) Jr? William Little Fran^s (unclear) AUGUSTIN MOXUS SON (Signature) Sign. SAROME. (Signature) Sign. Signatures: Joseph Miller Jun. James Parsons John (unclear) Joshua Winslow Peres Bradford Sam. (unclear) Theodore Atkinson Jn Gray John Penhallow John Denison FRANCOIS XAVIER (Signature) Sign. MEGONUMBA (Signature) Sign. TOTEMS. The figures or emblems connected with the signatures of the Indians are called, in the language of the Algonquins, _Totems_; and are the distinguishing marks or signs of the clans or tribes into which the various nations are divided. They are not the personal emblems of the chiefs, although in signing treaties they employ them as their sign manual. Each tribe or clan had its emblem, consisting of the figure of some bird, beast, or reptile, and is distinguished by the name of the animal which it has assumed as a device, as Wolf, Hawk, Tortoise. To different totems, says Parkman in his "Conspiracy of Pontiac," attach different degrees of rank and dignity; and those of the Bear, the Tortoise, and the Wolf are among the first in honor. Each man is proud of his badge, jealously asserting its claim to respect. The use of the totem prevailed among the southern, as well as the northern tribes; Mr. Parkman says that Mr. Gallatin informed him, that he was told by the chief of a Choctaw deputation at Washington, that in their tribe were eight totemic clans, divided into two classes of four each.