Minutes of Conference held at Easton, [11 mo. 1756] between the Governor of Pennsylvania and the Delaware Indians

              Minutes of Conferences held at Easton in the Forks of Delaware in November 1756 Between the Governor of Pensilvania & the Delaware Indians.
Present
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William Denny Esqr. Governor
William Logan / Richerd Peters } Councellors
Benjn. Franklin / Willm. Masters / Joseph Fox / John Hughes } Commissioners appointed by the Assembly.
Thirty or Forty people called Quakers, and many others.
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Teedyuscung a Delaware } Chief or King
Five Mohawks
Two Shawnese
Several Captains of different Tribes and other Indians in all about thirty.
November 8th: PM
The Conference in Publick was opened by Teedyuscung King of the Delawares
Brother the Governor,
I will just remind you that a Council Fire was kindled in this place last Summer, what was they said I suppose you well know. I have with the utmost diligence and faithfulness laid before the Delawares & the six Nations the Encourangements I received from this Governmt: and have done every thing in my power both for the Interest of the English and Indians. I have now brought down with me as many of the Chiefs of the Several Nations as I could.
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Brother,
I have with all Faithfulness held up to the Indian Nations the Belt I received from this Government. The Mohawks and Delawares present can witness this. and they have believed and taken hold of it, and are ready to join to promote the good work that is begun. This Belt I give to wipe the face of the English that you may see your Brothers the Delawares, & to clean your Ears that you may hear, & especially to open the passage from your Heart to your Throat that you may put away out of your Heart all that evil matter which the good Spirit has not put there, & remove from you all bad reports (x[Note]: abt. [?] Indians prepar'd to sett out from Teaogon, but [?] right before their setting out [?]: a message from the Northward that some of the Indians at mount johnson had heard from Philadelphia from Indians there, that the Intention of Government of Pensilvania by inviting them to a Treaty was to gett a Considerable Number of them together & Cutt them off - that at Wyoming or near that Place they [?]d two Several Messages more of the like [?] wch had deter'd the major part of them from coming to End of Journy) which are spread abroad, that you may not give any credit to them as they are not to be regarded any more than the Chirping of Birds in the Woods.
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