Produced by Thierry Alberto, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (www.canadiana.org)) THE TREATY Held with the _INDIANS_ OF THE SIX NATIONS AT _Philadelphia_, in _July 1742_. To which is Prefix'd An Account of the _first Confederacy_ of the _SIX NATIONS_, their present TRIBUTARIES, DEPENDENTS, and ALLIES. _LONDON:_ Re-printed and Sold by T. SOWLE RAYLTON and LUKE HINDE, at the _Bible_ in _George-Yard, Lombard-Street_. [Price Six-Pence.] THE PREFACE. _A Copy of the following_ Treaty, _printed at_ Philadelphia _in 1743, having fallen into my Hands, upon perusal, I judg'd its Contents deserved to be more generally known, than probably would have been from the few Copies which might be sent over._ _To make it more instructive and entertaining, I had once Thoughts of prefixing an Account of the_ Customs _and_ Manners _of these_ People, _such an one as I could collect either from the_ Printed Relations _concerning them, or from such_ Materials _as my_ Correspondence _or_ Acquaintance _would have afforded: But, the_ accurate Description _drawn up and published by the memorable_ WILLIAM PENN, _deterr'd me from attempting a short One; and an ingenious Gentleman of_ New-York _will probably soon oblige the World with a large and curious History of the_ Five Nations,[1] _exceeding any thing in my Power to perform._ [Footnote 1: The History of the _Five Nations_, from the earliest Acquaintance of the _Europeans_ with them, to the _Treaty_ of _Reswick_, by C. COLDEN, a _Manuscript_ ready for the Press, in the Hands of a worthy Gentleman in _London_.] _But, that the_ Reader _might have some Idea of these_ People, _I thought it necessary to subjoin the following succinct_ Account _of the_ Principles _in this_ Confederacy, _their_ Tributaries, Dependents _and_ Allies: _And the more so, as it is neither extant in_ Print, _nor is this Part taken Notice of so fully in the_ Manuscript History _above-mentioned. It was communicated by a Gentleman of good Understanding and Probity; one who is very well skill'd in the_ Indian _Affairs,[2] adopted into one of their_ Tribes, _is of their_ Council, _and their constant_ Interpreter _at the_ Philadelphia Treaties, _to a Friend of his, who sent it to his_ Correspondent _here._ [Footnote 2: "It is customary among them to make a Complement of _Naturalization_ into the _Five Nations_; and considering how highly they value themselves above all others, it must be accounted no small one.--I had this _Complement_ from one of their old _Sachems_, which he did by giving me his _own Name_: He had been a notable Warriour; and he told me, that now I had a Right to assume to my self all the Acts of Valour he had performed." C. COLDEN'S _History of the_ Five Nations, _M.S._]