Governor of New Jersey's message to the Indians

              Province of New Jersey
By His Excellency Francis
Bernard Esq. Captain General and
Governor in Chief of his Majesty's Colony of
Jersey
To Tedyuscung, King of the Delaware
Indians. By Moses Totami and Isaac
Helle[?] Messengers Desputed by Me Greeting
I am surprized on my Arrival here with His Majesty's Royal Commision
as Governor of this His Province to find that Invasions have been lately made
on the Inhabitants of this Colony, and much Blood shed by Indians supposed
to be those of Minisink or Pompton who have Resided within this Colony &
have Sometime since Withdrawn themselves and as I Have no Knowledge
of any Reason they or any of them Have for being Discontented, or Off'ring
Distance to the Inhabitants of His Majesty's Colony under my Government
and no Publick Complaints have been made by the Indian Inhabit
lands of the Same.To Prevent any Further Hostilities, I Hereby
send you this Power to go to the Indians of Minisink, and Pompton
Formerly Inhabitants of this Colony; and In my Name to Desire
them to Desist from Hostilities and Kindly to Invite them to a Conference
with this Colony and to assure them that they shall be used to Establish
and Confirm a Friendship Between the Subjects of the Great King
George Our Common Father, and them as a thing of the Greatest Use.
You are to Enforce the Natural Connection between us and them