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Colonial Records of Pa. MINUTES
OF THE 1
PROVINCIAL COUNCIL
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PENNSYLVANIA,
FROM THE ORGANIZATION TO THE TERMINATION OF THE PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENT.
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PUBLISHED BY THE STATE. 1
VOL. VIII.
CONTAINING THE PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL FROM JANUARY 13TE 1757, TO 4TH OF OCTOBER, 1762, BOTH DAYS INCLUDED.
HARRISBURG : PRINTED BY THEO. FENN & CO. 1852.
CONTENTS.
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A.
Abercrombie, Major General, succeeds Lord Lowdon in commanding the American forces, 26-letters from him to Governor Denny, 20, 37, 69, 78, 141.
Act granting his majesty £1000, 68, 72, 303, 223-granting him £50,000,481-granting him £100,000, 483. Regulating night watches in Philadelphia, 321. For binding out at settling, such of the Nova Scotians imported into Pennsylvania, as are under age, 321. To continue an Act for the more easy recovery of le- gacies, 321. For regulating officers and soldiers pay, 333, 482, 484. To prevent the exportation of bad timber, staves, &c., 335. For the more effectual suppressing of lotteries and plays, 339. For preventing the exportation of unmerchantable flour and bread, 407, 548. For the relief of heirs and owners of land, and who have been naturalized, 545.
Acquisitions, important to secure in western Pennsylvania, urged by the Governor, 327.
Address of the Lieutenant Governor to the King, his majesty, 561.
Aid to carry on war vigorously against the French, and their allies, the Indians, applied for, 27, 65.
Amherst, General, his letters to Governor Denny, 236, 261, 274, 298, 316, 322, 331, 380, 381-to Governor Hamilton, 437, 448, 452, 454, 503, 504, 578, 582, 590, 592, 602, 622, 628, 679, 686, 687.
Appy, a letter from to Governor Denny, 97.
Ashenock, an Onondago chief, 652.
Atkinson, a letter from, 58.
Augusta Fort at Shamokin, 522-Chickasalary arrives at, 458.
Augus, Beaver, a chief, his letter to Governor Hamilton, 722
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B.
Beaver, Delaware chief, his speech, 306-attends a treaty at Lan- caster, also deputies of other tribes, 721-Burd's letter to him, 334.
Bedford, General Stanwix at, 376, 378,-Forbes recommends forces to be stationed here for the defence of the frontiers, 225.
Benjamin, a Manakin Indian, resides near Bethlehem, 126. Bernard, Governor of New Jersey, letter from him, 140.
Bills of credit, 351, 353, 460. To provent abuses in the Indian trade, 19, 25, 303, 329. To regulate the hire of carriages in his Majesty's service, 69, 548, 556. For extending several Acts of Parliament, 76, 100. For recording surveys, warrants, &c., 337, 339, 347, 349, 354, 362, 369, 374, 553, 674. For Re-emissions and Loans, 343, 350, 362, 398, 402, 533, 535, 554, 588. To prevent hunting deer and wild beasts on Indian lands, 482, 484. To enable the owners of Greenwich Island to make embankments, 482. To appoint agents to apply for, and receive shares and pro- portions of monies granted by Parliament to his Majesty's Colo- nies in America, 501. For the preservation of fish in the rivers Delaware, Susquehanna, and Lehigh, 582. For raising 300 men to relieve the posts or forts within the communication of Pitts- burg, 582. . To enable owners of the meadow on Darby creek, to keep the banks, &c., in repair, 583. To make the river Susque- hanna navigable 584.
Bill, Sock, of Conestogo, 116, 118, 122-he resolves to join in with the French, 113-is charged with murdering Chagrea, and a Dutchman, in Lancaster county, 135.
Bork, Indian trader from Lancaster county, 143. Boscawen's letter to Governor Denny, 164.
Bush Hill, an Indian conference at, 667.
Burinal, commanding officer at Presque Isle, 311.
Boyrie, Mons., a French subject, arrested, 714.
Burd and Davenport, appointed commissioners to receive prisoners, 776, 777.
C.
Caligh, Wanorum, ie. "matters of consequence," 119. Campbell's letter to Governor Denny, 291. Cant's letter to the proprietaries, 517.
Carlisle, murder of Doctor John, an Indian, at, 455, 709, 712-Fort here-Forbes recommends forces to be stationed here, 225.
Carriages for his Majesty's services regulated, 69, 173.
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Chester county, inhabitants of distressed, 282.
Children abducted by the savages, given up, 629, 728.
Chillaway, an Indian, complains of aggrievances suffered, 189.
Crown, supplies to, 64, 68, 80, 304, 325, 331, 332, 481, 529, 559, 596.
Committee appointed to attend an Indian treaty to be held with the North Western Indians, 720.
Conference with Teedyuscung, king of the 'Delawares, 500.
Condon, Peter, an English prisoner among the Indians, given up at Lancaster, 728.
Conoy Indians, belong to the Northern Indians, 730.
Cleghiccon's speech at the Lancaster treaty, 735.
Commissioners appointed to receive Indian prisoners, 766, 767. Conference with the Indians-See Minutes of conferences.
Connecticutt, inhabitants of come to Pennsylvania, agressing, 564, 567, 568, 612, 620, 522, 626, 627, 663-Attorney General's opinion concerning them, 156.
Conestogo Indians conference with, 45, 457-threaten to leave Con- estogo, 103, 116-Governor Denny promises them protection, 123-M'Kee is sent to them, 113.
Courts of judicature, supplementary act, 543.
Croghan, Indian Agent, holds a conference with the Indians at Easton, 175-at Pittsburg, 389, 390.
Croker, killed and scalped at Wyoming, 134.
Cressap, Daniel, proposes, by permission, to provide the Indians with goods, &c., 754, 769.
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Davenport & Burd appointed commissioners to receive Indian pris- oners, 666, 667.
Declaration of war against Spain, 703.
D'Abrun, Mons., Envoy extraordinary from his Catholic majesty, 18.
Delancy, Governor, letters from, 146, 165.
Delaware Indians at Beaver creek, intend to remove, 305-treaty with them at Lancaster, 730.
Desertion to be punished, 76. Diahoga Indians, very uneasy, 129.
Dupue's report touching Connecticutt aggressors, 564.
Durell's letter to Governor Denny, 289.
Dougherty, Ann, an Indian prisoner, surrendered, 728.
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E.
Easton, Indian conferences at, 175, 179, 190, 210, 630, 654.
East Pennsborro, Proprietaries lands in, 475, 467.
Eckoang, chief of the Minisink, 434.
Egremont's letters to Governor Hamilton, 678, 685.
Eleven Indian nations named, 418.
Embargo laid on vessels, 39.
Enlisting soldiers for Provincial service, 587. .
Estimate of arrears due Pennsylvania forces, 458.
Enasquana, a chief of the Tuscarora Indians, 723.
F.
Fauquier, Governor of Va., letter to, from Governor Hamilton, 779.
Fitch, Governor of Connecticutt, his letter to Governor Hamilton, touching certain claims of land, 626.
Forbes, Brigadier General, 27-his letters to Governor Hamilton, touching raising forces, &c., 27, 59, 60, 79, 83, 110, 167, 225 -his letters to General Amherst, 627, 654.
Fort Du Quesne, a frontier post, 315, 318-The French commander there appoints a great feast for the Indians, 119-Expected at- tack from the Indians, 284-a new site for a fort there, 392. Forbes recommends an increase of forces here, also, at Loyal Hanning, 225-Forbes, Eli, missionary among the Indians at Onohoquage, 723.
Forts west of Susquehanna, 225.
Fort London, in Cumberland county, forty Cherokee Indians arrive · at, 77.
Franklin, Benjamin, his letter touching certain complaints, 279, 299.
French, apprehensive of a surprise, begin to evacuate their Forts at Niagara, Presque Isle, now Erie, Venango, now Franklin, 395 -reports current, they were coming against for Allen, 51.
Fraud, singular definition of by Teedyuscung, 246.
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Gachradodo, a noted Cayuga Indian, 729.
Garrison returns of, at Pittsburg, 314.
George, a Seneca Indian, a conspicuous character, 631, 656, 659- proceeding against him, 11.
George, King, the Second, notice of his death, 521.
Gorden, Captain, arrives at Pittsburg to select a site for a new fort, 392.
1 Great Seal, resigned by Hocklay, 335.
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Hambright, John, conference with Delawares, 750.
Harris' Ferry, Six Nations Indians at, 721, 728.
Harris, John, Indians suggest as a suitable person to keep pro- visions and clothes for them, 754, 768.
Hamilton, Governor, 422-his messages, see messages-his letter to the Governor of Connecticut, touching certain aggressions, 568-to Sir William Johnson, 570.
Harrison, Captain, sent to fort Allen, 51.
Hatson, arrives from Margaret town, 499.
Hendricks, Tobias, has care of Proprietaries land in Cumberland county, 475.
Hickman, Indian interpreter, 293-is killed in Tuscarora, Path Valley, 650.
Holland, Indian Agent at, for Augusta, Shamokin, 499.
Hocklay, resigns the Great Seal, 335.
Holtomen, taken prisoner at South Branch, is given up at Lan- caster, 728.
Homwhyowa, or Wolf King, a noted Indian, 135.
Horsefield, Timothy, his letters, 85, 99, 353.
Hughes, sent to Wioming with carpenters to erect dwellings for Indians, 134.
Hunter's letter, 342.
Hyndshaw's oath touching Connecticut intruders, 612.
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Indian Nations, names of which incidentally noticed, but occurring frequently : Coughnawagos, 35; Cherokees, 124 ; Chihohockes, 176; Chippewas, 35; Chugnuts, 176 ; Conestogos, 122 ; Conoys, 170 ; Delawares, 84; Kecopas, 39; Kuskushkies, 39; Mahowas, 35; Mingoes, 209; Mohickins, 176; Mohocks, 144; Munsies, or Minnisinks, 176; Musquakes, 391; Nalashawanas, 35; Nan- ticokes, 176; Oneidas, 176; Onondagos, 156; Opies, 660; Ot- tawaws, 35; Pietoatomaws, 35; Pumptons, or Wapings, 176 ; Putawatimes, 391; Qusnaweesawes, 84; Saponys, 730; Senecas, 130; Shockeys, 391; Toawaws, 35; Tuteloes, 176; Twightwees, 35; Wiwatchtanis, 723; Wyondotts, 391.
Indians arrived at Easton to attend a conference, 175, 179, 190, 210, 630, 654-at Lancaster, 457, 721-at Philadelphia, 32, 42, 59, 86, 89, 91, 101, 122, 124, 149, 151, 211, 264, 270, 415, 424, 463, 484, 490, 497, 586, 594, 614, 655, 698, 707, 709, 712.
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Indians, Delawares and Shawanese, not to be relied on, favorable to the French, 294.
Indians anxious for a personal interview with General Stanwix, 301; Richard Peters' letter touching them, 305; Frederick Post sent to them, 341; the killed sentinels, 392 ; complaints of being defrauded by them, 489; message to those on the Susquehanna river, 131.
Indian interpreters, Conrad Weiser for many years, 50; Samuel Weiser, 630 ; Moses Tattamy, 415; John Hickman, 293 ; Isaac Stille, 403; Andrew Montour, 618; Henry Montour, 383 ; Pumpshire, 156; David Seisberger, 633; Stephen Calvin, 156; Frederick Post, 341; James Sherlock, 630; Peggy, an Indian- woman, 457; Hart, 135; Joseph Peppy, 630.
Indian trade, abuses of, to prevent, 18, 71, 329.
Indian nations, eleven of them named, 419.
Instructions from King George to Governor Hamilton, 520.
Inspectors, act directing their election, 549.
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Janvier, Provincial armourer, 79.
John, Doctor, an Indian, with his woman and two children, killed near Carlisle, 455, 712.
Joequanta's speech at Philadelphia, 652.
Johnston, Sir William, his letter to Teedyuscung, 507.
Jorachgnison, a Cayuga Indian, 118. 1 Journal of Fredrick Post, 142.
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Kinderuntie, head warrior of the Seneca nation, his speech at Lan- caster, 766, 767.
King's Supplies, 64, 68, 80, 304, 325, 331, 332, 481, 529, 559 596.
Kiceunochthe, a Shawanese warrior, 387.
Killbuck, a Delaware chief, 386.
King George's instruction to governor Hamilton, 520.
King Thomas, an Indian chief, his speeches at Lancaster, 752, 754, 755, 759, 765.
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La Beef fort, descriptions of, 312. La Marie, commander at Venango, 313.
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Lancaster, Indian conference at, 457, 721. Soldiers quartered in private house to great annoyance of the people, 330. Priso- ners held by Indians, given up at, 728. Governor Hamilton held an Indian treaty, 721 ..
Law maxim, "Land cannot pay two taxes," 327.
Le Sambrow, French commander at fort La Beef, 313.
Libel, Rev'd W. Smith charged with, and arraigned for, 439, 450, 456.
Loans to Colonel Hunter, 343, 694.
Lotteries & plays, attempted to be suppressed by law, 339.
London Lord, is succeeded by General Abercrombie, 26, his letter, 23.
Land measured by " one and a half day's walk;" of which the In- dians afterwards complain bitterly, 250, 251, 708, 737.
Le Roy, a French subject, siezed, 714.
Letters from Amherst, 236, 261, 283, 285, 316, 381, 578, 590, 592, 602, 629, 686, 687. From General Abercrombie, 26, 27, 37, 69, 78, 141. From Governor Bernard of New Jersey, 140. Durell, 289. From Campbell, 291. From Appy, 97. From General Forbes, 27, 59, 60, 79, 110, 167, 225, 627. From Benjamin Franklin, 299. From Sir William Johnson, 507. From Lord London, 23. From Governor Denny, 56. From Timothy Horsefield, 85, 99, 353. From Hunter, 342. From / Hart, 135. From Colonel Mercer to Richard Peters, 305, 291, 393. From Monckton, 495, 509. From Captain Orndt, 401. From Richard Peters to Colonel Mercer, 309. From Lord Pitt to Governor Denny and Governor Hamilton, 18, 26, 27, 272, 288, 315, 316, 451, 588. From Governor Ponneal of Massa- chusetts, 483. From Pownal, secretary to the Lords of trade, 514. - From General St. Clair to Governor Denny, 74. From Shippen, 113. From Reed, Spangenberg, 84, 304. From Wil- liam Thompson, 111. From West to Governor Hamilton, 455. From Wraxwall, 155. From Wright, respecting the Conestogo Indians, 116. From Young, 226. To Vaudrevil, Governor General of Canada, 141. From Governor Hamilton to Col. Burd, 776. Same to King Beaver, 778. To Sharpe, Governor of Maryland, 779. To Governor Fauquire, 779.
Loyal Hanning attacked by the Indians, 212 Forbes recommends the stationing here two hundred men, 235.
Lloyd taken a prisoner by the Indians, in Little cove, 728.
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Men for the defence of frontier settlements, where necessary to be- stationed, 225.
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Mahoowa Indians reside on an island in the Lakes, 55. Maquas or Mohock Indians, not sincere or in earnest, 128.
McKee sent to the Conestogo Indians, to enquire whether they in- tend to remove, 113.
Mercer, Colonel, appointed to command the troops on the Ohio river, 292-holds a conference with the Indians at Pittsburg, 293-his letters to Richard Peters, 305, 391, 393.
Message from Governor Denny to Teedyuscung and other Indians at Wyoming, 129-to the Susquehanna Indians, 131-to Tech- tama and Homwhyowa, and Delaware Indians, 135.
Messages from Governor Denny to the General Assembly, 1, 13, 29, 41, 61, 62, 66, 72, 81, 166, 169, 227, 237, 275, 286, 303, 317, 327, 330, 361, 373, 382, 391.
from Governor Hamilton, 423, 226, 437, 448, 449, 478, 481, 495, 509, 512, 513, 515, 521, 522, 559, 560, 574, 577, 578, 579, 581, 583, 593, 603, 605, 611, 662, 666, 674, 676, 678, 681, 693, 695, 710, 775.
from the General Assembly to Governor Denny, 37, 39, 58, 65, 71, 102, 229, 240.
from the same to Governor Hamilton, 396, 425, 428, 446, 510, 559, 584, 596, 692, 714, 715.
from the Proprietaries, Thomas and Richard Penn, to the Assembly, 276.
Minisink Indians, suggested how to succeed with them to secure their aid against the French, 416.
Minutes of Conference with the Indians at Easton, 175, 179, 190, 192, 195, 199, 200,205, 209,210, 630, 654. on the east side of Nesco- pekun mountains 132. at Burlington, N. J. 156. at Bush Hill, near Phila- delphia, 667.
at John Hambright's 750, 751, 752.
at Lancaster, 457, 721, 725, 729, 734, 736, 740, 741, 744, 750, 752, 757, 759, 765, 766.
at Philadelphia, 32, 42, 59, 86, 89, 91, 101, 122, 149, 151, 211, 264, 270, 415, 424, 463, 484, 490, 497, 586, 594, 614, 655, 698, 707, 709, 712. at Slough's house in Lancaster, 722, 723.
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Monckton's letters, 495, 509. Miskapalathy, or the Red Hawke, his speech at Lancaster, 736, 737. Missionary at Onohoquage, in Lower Tuscarora, 722. Money struck for the King's use, 40.
Moore, charged with publishing a libel against the Governor and Assembly, 1, 11-proceedings against him, 161.
Moore, Thomas, taken by the Indians at the Potomac, surrendered at Lancaster, 728.
Mutiny, military officers attempt it, 282.
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Nalashawawna Indians live north of New England, 35. Nanticoke Indians, conference with, 668, 730. Negroes, duty imposed on, 575, 601. Neverville killed, 393. Niagara Fort taken by the English, 393, 395, 396. Northern Indians, a conference with, at Lancaster, 752. Nutimas, Isaac, comes to Bethlehem, 353.
Nuntian, Indian chief of the Opey tribe, 668.
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Oficers' pay, act relative thereto, 333. Opey nation of Indians going to settle at Wyoming, 606, 610, 668. Orndt, Captain, his letter to Governor Denny, 401. Onangintolany, Teedyuscung's son, 9. Oneida and Onondago Indians, treaty with, at Lancaster, 729, 741. Oswegatchie and Indian settlements, 503.
Ottawan Indians, live north-west from Fort Detroit, 35.
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Peace between the English and Indians materially affected by the Mohocks, Oneidas, Senecas, Onondagos, Cayugas, and Tuscaro- ras, 746.
Paughawe, a distinguished chief of the Twightwee nation, 724. Papounan, a notable Indian chief, 649. Peepy, Joe, a Delaware Indian, conference with, 580, 661. Peters, Richard, his letter to Colonel Mercer, 309. Pixtoatoman Indians, live west of Fort Detroit, 35. Pisqueton, an Indian chief, his speech, 174.
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Pitt's letters, 18, 26, 27, 272, 288, 315, 316, 451, 588.
Pittsburg, site selected for a new fort at, 392, 427-conference with the Indians held by Stanwix, 64, 68, 80, 429-stores kept at to supply the Indians, 739.
, Philadelphia, women greatly insulted and rudely assaulted, 672- Indians meet at to hold conferences, 32, 42, 59, 86, 89, 91, 101, 122, 149, 151, 211, 264, 270, 415, 424, 463, 484, 490, 497, 586, 594, 614, 655, 698, 707, 709, 712.
Plantation affairs, touching them, 552, 567.
Ponneal, Governor of Massachusetts, his letter, 483.
Pownal, Secretary to the Lords of Trades, letter from, 514.
Plays and lotteries attempted to be suppressed by law, 339, 533.
Post, Frederick, interpreter and Indian agent, instructions to, 132, 142, 341, 469.
Pratt, Attorney General, his opinion concerning Connecticut claim- ants, 156.
Presque Isle, French Fort at, 312-garrison at, 311-French send away their stores, 381-they evacuate the Fort, 395.
Prideaux, General, killed, 380.
Prisoners held by the Indians, delivered by them, 414, 485, 728, 750.
Proclamations by Governor Hamilton, 412, 456, 518, 558, 663, 672, 706.
Pumpshire, an Indian interpreter, 156.
Proprietaries of Pennsylvania, never forced a purchase of lands from the Indians, 763, 764. 1.
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Quahanoguesie Indians, live west of the Allegheny mountains, 96- a message sent to them, 97.
Quakers, address from them concerning their severe sufferings, 239 241, 243.
Quartering soldiers in private houses, to the great annoyance of the t people of Lancaster, 330. f
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Ravages and depredations committed by Indians, 99.
Reading, petition from the citizens, setting forth the distressed state of the people, 99.
Re-emitting bills, 357, 362, 398, 402, 533, 535, 551, 558.
Religion, christian, Teedyuscung's approved of, and profession, 48.
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Report of the Sheriff of Northampton county, relative to Connec- ticut claims in Pa., 564.
of a committee to inquire into the complaints of Indians at the Easton conference, 246, 249, 257, 261.
Remonstrance from the Assembly against Governor Denny, 74.
Resolutions appointing Benjamin Franklin and Mr. Charles, agents for Pennsylvania, in England, 512-for raising and clothing forces to prosecute the campaign of 1758, 52.
Road from Lancaster to Carlisle, petitioned for, 676.
Rogers, Esther, Jacob, & Richard, abducted from Virginia by the Indians, and surrendered at Lancaster, 728.
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Sawnaughakey, a chief of the Twightwee nation, 724. Schools among the Indians, 48.
St. Clair, appointed by General Amherst to settle certain accounts, 322-his letter to Governor Denny, 71.
Seneca Indians attend a treaty at Lancaster, 730.
Seneca George, a noted Indian, 631, 656, 659-proceedings against him, 11-his speech at Lancaster, 756.
Schedule of Deeds, Treaties, &c., with the Indians, 259, 260, 261.
Shingas, a noted Indian, his letter to Governor Denny, 690.
Shahaise, an old Conestogo Indian, 113, 116, 123-would never . leave Conestogo, 117-his speech at Philadelphia to Governor Denny, 118.
Smith, Reverend William, complaints against him, 438-charged with publishing a libel against the Governor and Assembly, 11, 17. Soldiers at Shamokin, the Six Nations desire them to be removed, 753.
Shippen writes to Governor Denny, 113.
Spangenberg, Reverend, his letters, 84, 304.
Stanwix, General, appointed to succeed General Forbes, 298-holds conferences with the Indians at Pittsburg, 64, 68, 80, 429-his letters to Governor Denny and Hamilton, 146, 341, 343, 352, 376, 379, 427.
Supply bills, 64, 68, 80, 304, 325, 331, 332, 481, 529, 559, 596. Surveys, bills relative thereto, 337, 347, 349, 354, 361, 363, 374, 553, 674.
Stille, Isaac, an Indian interpreter, 403, 724.
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Taxing Proprietaries' lands in Cumberland, complained of by them, &c., 472.
Taway Indians, killed several sentinels near Pittsburg, 392.
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Techtama, an Indian, a message from, 135.
Teedyuscung, one of the most noted Kings of the Delaware In- dians, his interviews with Governor Denny, 9, 29, 32, 44, 89, 101, 114, 344, 403, 405-with Governor Hamilton, 435, 463, 497, 500, 594, 654, 667, 707-Governor's message to him, 129-attends the treaty at Lancaster, 730-also at Hambright's, 750.
Thomas, a Warrior, and Oneido chief, 269.
Thompson, William, letter from him, 111.
Tidd, Mary, and her child, taken near Samuel Depuies, delivered at Lancaster, 750.
Tingoocqua's speech, 417.
Tomago, alias Beaver, a chief of the Ohio Delaware Indians, 723. Tokahaio, a noted Cayuga chief, 633, 643, 757.
Totyonontonha's speech at Philadelphia, 698.
Traders to the West Indians, 576.
Trent, a bill for his relief, afterwards disallowed, 320.
Tulpehocken Indians commit depredations, and steal horses, 401, 406.
Tuscarora Indians attend at the Lancaster treaty, 723. Twightwee chiefs attend a treaty, 724.
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United Brethren, a petition in their behalf, 304.
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Vaudrevil, Governor General of Canada, a letter to him, 141.
Vanellen, a young woman abducted by the Indians, afterwards sur- rendered, 485.
Venango, Fort at, 313-French in great confusion there, 392- they evacuate the Fort, 485.
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Wagons that had been taken into pay of the Crown, were destroyed, 282.
Waggoner, Captain, at Pittsburg, 293.
War declared against Spain, 703.
Ward, Captain, at Pittsburg, 293.
Warrants, land, &c., bills relative thereto, 337, 347, 349, 354, 362, 369, 374, 553, 674. 1
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Washington, George, Colonel, a letter from him to Governor Denny, 56.
Weiser, Conrad, an Indian Interpreter, 50, 118-too much indis- posed to go to Shamokin, 458-present at the conference at Easton, 125-his memorandum of news, 118.
West's letter to Governor Hamilton, 455.
Western Indians, conference held with them at Lancaster, 737.
Wicacoa Fort reinforced, 39.
Williams, Elizabeth, and Henry Williams, Indian prisoners, given up, 750.
Wioming Indians, message to them, 129
Wiwachtanies' Chiefs attend treaty at Lancaster, 723.
Women grossly assaulted in Philadelphia, 672.
Wraxwall, a letter from, 155.
Wright directed to supply the Conestogo Indians, 123-his letter touching them, that they are about leaving their town, 116.
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York, Thomas, authorized to sell Provincial ship-of-war, 574, 583. Young, letter from, 226.
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OF THE
PROVINCIAL COUNCIL OF PENNSYLVANIA.
At a Council held at Philadelphia, Friday the 13th January, 1757.
PRESENT :
The Honourable WILLIAM DENNY, Esquire, Lieutenant Gov- ernor.
William Till,
Richard Peters,
Robert Strettell,
Benjamin Chew,
Esquires.
Benjamin Shoemaker,
John Mifflin,
Joseph Turner,
The Minutes of the preceding Councils were read and approved.
The Committee reported to the Council, that they had inspected the Council Books and the Votes and Proceedings of the House, and examined every thing therein relating to Impeachments, and had drawn up an Answer to the Assembly's Message, which was submitted, and after some Amendments, approved, and the Secre- tary was directed to carry it to the House; the same was ordered to be entered, as follows :
" Gentlemen :
" All I intended by my Last Message to you was, to shew you I had paid great regard to the Remonstrance made to me by the late Assembly of this Province against Mr. Moore, and had taken the proper Steps to enquire into the Truth of the many Petitions ex- hibited against him ; and further, to acquit myself from any Charge of Delay on that Occasion.
"I did not take upon me to require of you the Causes of his being arrested and Imprisoned, nor do I think it now becomes me to enquire whether the Address you mentioned contains libellous Matter against the Late Assembly, or if it does, whether you, who (as you are pleased to say), in the Character of the Late Assembly, presented the Address against Mr. Moore, can, in your present capa- city, as a new Assembly, take Notice of and punish the Author VOL. VIII .- 1.
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of it. You no doubt will Judge how far your legal Power extends,. and take care to confine Yourselves within the Limits by which it is circumscribed. You ought, and I am perswaded will, Support your own dignity and Legal Rights, in which you will always find me ready, if necessary, to join and Act in Concert with you, so far as I have Power to do it.
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