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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 — John Shaqi

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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

Indians of North America -- Treaties; Iroquois Indians -- Treaties

'Six Years ago a Number of your Chiefs obliged us with a Visit, when
they agreed, on Behalf of your Nations, to the Release of certain Lands
on both Sides the River _Susquehanna_, to the Southward of the
_Endless-Mountains_, and within the Limits and Bounds of the King's
Grant of this Province. In Consideration of which, a certain Quantity of
Goods was agreed on and delivered as a full Satisfaction for the said
Lands lying on the Eastern Side of the said River: And for the Lands on
the Western Side of the said River, you desired the Payment should be
deferr'd till another Opportunity. These Goods, which are exactly the
same in Quantity as those you received the last Time the Chiefs of your
Nations were here, have been ready a considerable Time, and kept in
Expectation of your Coming for them: And now you are come down fully
impowered by your respective Councils to receive them, we are well
pleased to deliver them: Leaving it to you to make a fair and equal
Division of them amongst yourselves. We are sorry for the Absence of our
Brethren the _Senecas_, and much more so that it should be owing to
their Distress at Home by a Famine that rages in their Country:--A
Famine so great, that you tell us a Father has been obliged to sacrifice
one Part of his Family, even his own Children, for the Support and
Preservation of himself and the other Part.--We heartily commiserate
their Condition, and do not doubt but you will do them fair and ample
Justice in the Disposal of their Part of the Goods in such Manner as
they have instructed you. You shall now hear the List of the Goods read
to you.'

Here, by the Governor's Order, the List of the Goods was read over,
_viz._

 500  _Pounds of Powder_.
 600  _Pounds of Lead_.
  45  _Guns_.
  60  _Strowd-Matchcoats_.
 100  _Blankets_.
 100  _Duffil Matchcoats_.
 200  _Yards Half-thick_.
 100  _Shirts_.
  40  _Hats_.
  40  _Pair of Shoes & Buckles_.
  40  _Pair of Stockings_.
 100  _Hatchets_.
 500  _Knives_.
 100  _Hoes_.
  60  _Kettles_.
 100  _Tobacco-Tongs_.
 100  _Scissars_.
 500  _Awl-Blades_.
 120  _Combs_.
2000  _Needles_.
1000  _Flints_.
  24  _Looking-Glasses_.
   2  _Pounds of Vermilion_.
 100  _Tin Pots_.
1000  _Tobacco-Pipes_.
 200  _Pounds of Tobacco_.
  24  _Dozen of Gartering, &_
  25  _Gallons of Rum_.

Then the Governor told them that the Goods, of which the Particulars had
been just Read to them, were in the Meeting-House, and would be sent to
whatever Place they would direct.

The Governor then proceeded:

'_BRETHREN_,

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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

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