WASHINGTON made an appropriate reply to this address, which he caused to be engrossed, and was signed by himself and by Mr. JEFFERSON, then Secretary of State, and presented to CORNPLANTER. The Chief valued this document among his highest treasures. A lithographic copy of it has been prepared for this occasion, and I will annex to this address, a copy of it and of the speeches of CORNPLANTER made on that occasion. A single remark made by WASHINGTON, I here introduce. "The merits of CORNPLANTER, and his friendship for the United States, are well known to me, and shall not be forgotten." When CORNPLANTER arrived in Philadelphia, WASHINGTON was absent at his seat in Virginia. In his absence, the Chief was cordially received by the President and members of the Executive Council of the State of Pennsylvania. In the _Colonial Records_ of Pennsylvania, the following minutes appear: "PHILADELPHIA, _Saturday, October 23, 1790_. "Presents--His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esq., President. SAMUEL MILES, RICHARD WILLING, ZEBULON POTTS, AMOS GREGG and Lord BUTLER, Esquires. CORNPLANTER and five other Indian Chiefs were introduced to Council. The President informed them, that the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania was happy to see them, and ready to hear what they had to say. The Chief then made a short address, and asked for further time to conclude what to say, which was granted." Subsequently the Chief made a more extended speech, to which Governor MIFFLIN made an appropriate reply. Vol. XVI, p. 496. WASHINGTON continued to be the friend of CORNPLANTER to the end of his public career, and this confidence and friendship afforded a source of consolation to the Chief, for the dissatisfaction of a portion of his tribe, led on by the crafty RED JACKET, who opposed some of the treaties, and favored a continuance of the war, by the Indians, on their own account.