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They accordingly attended at his Lodgings, and presented Mr. Jacob Kollock as their Speaker, who, being approved by the Gov- ernor, claimed the usual Rights and Priveleges of the House, which were allowed them, and they withdrew.
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Eodem die, 3 o'clock, P. M.
A Message was delivered to the Governor by three Members, ac- quainting him that the House were duly qualified, and desired to know whether his Honour had any Business to lay before them ; the Governor answered that he had nothing to recommend to them at present, & desired they would proceed on their own Business.
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Thursday the 1st November, 1764.
MEMORANDUM.
The Governor this day issued three General Commissions of the Peace, appointing the following Gentlemen Justices of the Peace and of the Courts of Common Pleas for the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware, vizt .:
For the County of New Castle,
James Hamilton, William Till, --
Benjamin Shoemaker, Lawrence Growdon, Joseph Turner, William Logan, Richard Peters, Lynford Lardner, Benjamin Chew, Thomas Cadwalader, Richard Penn,
Esqrs., Members of ye Proprietary & Gov"" Council.
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Evan Rice,
David Finney,
Thomas Cooch, James Lattimer,
EsqT.
John Stapler,
Theodore Maurice,.
For the County of Kent, the Members of the Proprietary & Governor's Council as before, and
John Caton,
John Barnes, r
Richard Wells,
James Morris,
Thomas Irons,
James Spykes,
Theodore Maurice, Andrew Caldwell,
William Rhoads,
Esq™
Cæser Rodney,
Rob Holliday,
Chas. Ridgly,
Chas Hilliard,
Jnº. Clarke, Jr.,
For the County of Sussex, the Members of the Proprietary & Governor's Council as before, &
Jacob Kollock, Sen".,
Benjamin Stockley,
Isaac Watson,
David Hall,
Wrixam Lewis,
Benjamin Burton,
Gilbelcher Parker,
-Esqrs.
Nehemiah Drapper,
Levin Crapper,
Thomas Prettyman,
Tho&. Robinson,
Jacob Kollock, Jr.,
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New Castle, the 2d day of November, 1764.
In the room of Ryves Holt, Esquire, deceased, late Chief Jus- tice of the Supream Court, and Willlam Till, Esqr-, second Justice of the said Court, who is disabled, by Infirmities, from further at- tending the duty of that Station ; The Governor, by Commissions bearing different dates, appointed John Vining, Esqr of Kent County, Chief Justice, and Jacob Vanbebber, Esqr, of New Castle County, second Justice of the Supream Court in the Government of the Counties of New Castle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware.
At the same time his Honour was pleased to appoint and Com- missionate Richard M'William, Esqr., of New Castle County, & John Clowes, Esqr., of Sussex, the two other Justices of the said Court.
The Assembly, during their Sessions, sent up to the Governor for his Concurrence, the Bills entituled as follows, vizt :
Thomas James, William Patterson, William Armstrong, John Jones, Wm. Williams, Rd. Mc Williams,
Thomas Kim, Jacob Peterson, John Evans,
Thomas Tobin,
Wm. Rodney,
John Spencer,
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" An Act to enable John Vining and Cæser Rodney, Esq's., Trustees of the General Loan Office, of Kent County, upon Dela- ware, or their Successors in the said Office, to demand & receive, or otherwise to sue for and recover the Ballance due to the publick, from the Estate of James Wain, Yeoman, deceased, late Collector of the County Rates & Levies for Murtherkill hundred in the said County, and also to enable Richd. M'William, Thomas M'Kean, and Evan Rice, Esqrs., Trustees of the General Loan Office of the County of New Castle upon Delaware, or their Successors in the said Office, to demand & receive, or otherwise to sue for and recover the Ballance due to the Publick from Benjamin Naxon of the said County of New Castle, Gentleman, late Captain of a Company of Foot, raised for his Majesty's Service, within this Government."
" An Act for the more easy Recovery of small Debts."
" A Supplement to an Act entituled, 'An Act for the better re- gulation of the Supream Court of this Government, & for aiding the discontinuance of the process therein, & other purposes therein mentioned.' "'
The said Bills, having been read & considered by the Governor, were Returned to the House of Assembly, with a few Amendments to each of them, and the House having acceded to the same, pre- sented them again to the Governor for his Assent. His Honour accordingly sent them down again, by the Secretary, with a Verbal Message to the House, that he agreed to them, & was ready to pass them immediately. The House accordingly attended at the Gover- nor's Lodgings, with the above-mentioned Bills, which his Honour enacted into Laws, Signed a Warrant for affixing the Great Seal thereto, & directed the Secretary, with two Members of the House, to see them deposited in the Rolls Office.
The Speaker then presented to the Governor Orders on the Trus- tees of the Loan Office for £200, for his Support for the present Year, for which his Honour returned the House thanks.
At a Council held at Philadelphia, on Monday the 19th Novem"., 1764.
PRESENT :
The Honourable JOHN PENN, Esq"., Lieutenant Governor, &ca.
Benjamin Shoemaker,
Lynford Lardner, Esqrs.
William Logan, Benjamin Chew, S
The Governor, thinking it necessary to issue new General Com- missions of the Peace, for the Counties of Philadelphia, Chester, Bucks, and Northampton, and to make sundry alterations in the last Commissions, laid before the Board several Lists of Persons, whom he proposed as Justices of the said Counties, and the same
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being read and considered, the following Gentlemen were agreed on to be Justices of the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, and of the County Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Philadel- phia, Chester, & Northampton, & Commissions were ordered to be made out accordingly, vizt :
For the County of Philadelphia :
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James Hamilton, William Till,
Benjamin Shoemaker, Lawrence Growdon,
Joseph Turner, William Logan,
Richard Peters,
Lynford Lardner,
Benjamin Chew,
Thomas Cadwalader,
Richard Penn, William Plumsted, Septimus Robinson, Samuel Ashmead,
William Peters, Samuel Mifflin,
Jacob Duche,
Isaac Jones,
William Coxe,'
Thomas Willing, Daniel Benezet,
Thomas Lawrence, John Lawrence, George Bryan, William Humphreys,
Esquires.
Archibald McClean,
William Dewees,
James Biddle, Alex . Edwards,
For the County of Chester, The Members of the Proprietary & Governor's Council as before ; and
William Moore, Thomas Worth,
Will. Parker,
John Hannum,
Samuel Flower,
John Price,
John Fairlamb,
John Miller, Isaac Davis, Edward Brinton,
Henry Hale Graham,
Eqs™ª
William Boyd,
Alex". Johnson,
Rd. Reily,
James Hunter, &
Jne. Culberston, Will. Clingham,
James Evans,
Members of ye. proper". & Governor's Council.
James Coultas, Jacob Hall, John Bull,
Samuel Shoemaker, William Parr, Evan Thomas,
Frederick Antis, Peter Evans,
Henry Harrison,
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For the County of Northampton, The Members of the Proprie- tary & Governor's Council as before ; and
William Plumsted,
Jacob Ornat,
Thomas Craig,
John Moore, . .
Hugh Wilson,
Robert Lyle,
Aaron Depui,
James Allen,
Esqrs.
Lewis Klotz,
John Jennings,
Thomas Armstrong,
Henry Geiger,
George Taylor,
Dan1. Brodhead,
Lewis Gordon,
The Commission of the Peace for Bucks county was referred to further Consideration.
27th Novem". 1764.
MEMORANDUM.
The Governor this day issued a Commission appointing John Vining, Jacob Vanbebber, and Richard McWilliam, Esqrs., Justices of the Court of Oyer and Terminer & General Gaol delivery, for the Government of the Counties of New Castle, Kent, and Sus- sex, on Delaware.
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At a Council held at Philadelphia, on Wednesday, the 5th day of Decem"., 1764.
PRESENT :
The Honourable JOHN PENN, Esq"., Lieutenant Governor, &cª.
Benjamin Chew, Thomas Cadwallader, Esq™s.
Lynford Lardner, Richard Penn,
The Governor laid before the Board a Letter he received by Major Small, from Colo Bouquet, dated at the Forks of Muskingum, 15 Nov ., last, acquainting him that he had obliged the Delawares, Shawanese, & Senecas, to submit to the terms he had prescribed to them, in consideration of a permission from him to send Depu- ties to Sir William Johnson, to conclude a Peace with the Eng- lish ; and also a Copy of the Conferences he had held at seve- ral times with the said Indians, containing a Minute detail of his Proceedings from the 20th September to the 16th November last.
Both which being read and duly considered, the Council advised his Honour to issue a Proclamation, ordering a suspension of all Hostilities against the above mentioned Tribes 'till further Orders.
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The Secretary having accordingly prepared a Draught of a Proc- lamation for that purpose, it was read and approved, and ordered to be published to-morrow in the Pennsylvania Gazette and Journal.
The Letter from Col. Bouquet and the Indian Conferences being ordered to be entered on the Council Minutes with the Proclama- tion, they are as follows, viz *:
A Letter to the Governor from Colonel Bouquet.
" CAMP AT THE FORKS OF MUSKINGHAM, 15 Novem". 1764. "Sir :
" I have the Pleasure to inform you that the Mingoes, the Dela- wares, & the Shawonese, after a long Struggle, have at last submit- ted to the Terms prescribed to them, viz":
""' 1st. To deliver all the Prisoners without Exception.'
"'2d. To give fourteen Hostages to remain in our Hands as a 1 Security for the strict performance of the 1st Article, and that they shall commit no Hostilities against his Majesty's Subjects.'"
" Upon these Conditions they are permitted to send Deputies from each Nation to ST. William Johnson to make their Peace.
" The Mingoes have given two Hostages.
"The Delawares Six
" The Shawonese
Six
"The inclos'd Copy of our Proceedings with these nations con- tains a minute account of the whole Transaction; therefore, I shall not trouble you with particulars. I am only to request that you will have a suspension of Arms with these Savages publish'd in your Gov- ernment, and I may presume to assure you, from their present hum- ble Dispositions, that the Troops stationed on your Frontiers may be discharged, and the Inhabitants return with safety to their deserted Plantations.
" We have already upwards of 200 Captives delivered, & many of them have remained so many Years amongst them, that they part from them with the greatest Reluctance. We are obliged to keep Guards to prevent their Escape, and unless they are treated with In- dulgence & Tenderness by their Relations, they will certainly re- turn to their Savage Masters. The Delawares and Mingoes have not only delivered all their Prisoners, but even their own Children born from White Women.
"The Shawonese have been very Obstinate, and nothing has pre- vented the Chastisement they deserved, but the certainty, that if they were driven to despair, they would massacre 150 Prisoners then in their Hands ; however, their pride has been humbled, and they have been forced to submit to the same Conditions as the other Na- tions.
"The Troops of your Government have carried on the Service with great Zeal and Chearfulness, and their Conduct does them Honour in every respect.
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" I shall immediately send them to Carlisle with the Prisoners belonging to the Province; as several of them are not known, I beg you will appoint a Person to receive them at that Place, and provide them with the necessaries of Life till they are claimed. " I have the Honour to be with great regard, " Sir, your most obedient, and
" most humble Servant. " HENRY BOUQUET.
"GOVERNOR PENN."
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Colonel Boquet's Journal and Conferences with the Western In- dians.
Speech of Colonel Boquet, Commanding the Army upon the River Ohio, to Capt". Jacobs and the Delaware Chiefs with him at Fort Pitt, the 20th September, 1764 :
" Sometime ago I received an Account from Colo. Bradstreet, Commanding the Army upon the Lakes, that the Delawares & Shawanese had begged for Peace, which he was willing to grant to them, & as you assured him that you had recalled all your Warriors from our Frontiers. Sometime before he wrote me not to proceed · against your Towns, I therefore would not have proceeded, had I not heard that in open Violation of your Engagement, your party killed a Man at Rays Town and several more in Virginia, a long time after you had begged for Peace, upon which I determined to March to Fort Pitt & wait there for an answer to the Letter I wrote Col. Bradstreet, but to my great astonishment upon my Arrival at this place, I hear that one of our people has been murdered & his head stuck upon a pole in the path near the Little Beaver Creek, & that several of your Parties are still on our Frontiers.
" As I must consider you now as a People whose promises I can no more trust, I was determined to attack you as soon as the rest of the Army joined me, which I expect immediately, but I will put once more in your Power to! prevent your total Destruction & save yourselves and your Families, by giving us satisfaction for the Hos- tilities committed against us; And first, You are to leave the Path open for my Expresses from this Fort to Detroit, & as I now intend to write to Col. Bradstreet, who commands the Army upon the Lakes, I will send my Letters by two of our Men, and I desire to know from you whether you will engage to send two of your Peo- ple with them to bring them safe back to me with an answer from Col. Bradstreet. If they receive any injury either in going or re- turning, or if the Letters are taken from them, I will immediately put Capt". Pipe & the other Indians now in my power to Death, and will shew no mercy for the future to any one of your Nations that shall fall into my hands. I allow you ten days to have my Letters delivered to Col. Bradstreet at Detroit, or to the Command-
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ing Officer there, and the same number of days to bring me back an answer from him.
" You must be sensible that during your stay here, I have had it in my power to put you all to death, & you deserved it, by refusing to speak with me when you pretended to have come as Friends, but I have not done it, to shew that you have yet a door open to mercy ; and I desire that you will now go to your Towns (except the two men who are to proceed with the Expresses), and acquaint your Chiefs of what I say, and that I expect they will immediately come to me & deliver up all their prisoners, if they have not already de- livered them to Col. Bradstreet, & give such other Satisfaction for the murders committed by your Nation, as I shall require of them. With this last part I send to the Chiefs this Belt of Wampum to shew them that I shall still be ready to hear them, on their giving me proper satisfaction."
A Belt.
Speech of an Onondago and an Oneida Indian, to Col. Bouquet, at Fort Pitt, the 2d October, 1764.
Usual Compliments, a string of Wampum.
" Brother :
"We are come to inform you that the Indians living upon this River are now in a state of Confusion ; you do not see clearly what'. their intentions are, and we desire you to wait a little, and make yourselves easy 'till we are able to open your Eyes, as we still see you keep some evil designs in your minds against them ; We, like- wise desire you may remove all this from your hearts, and that you will receive them civilly, should any of them come to see you, & they will treat you in the same manner."
A String.
" Brother :
" We desire you will remember the ancient Friendship which has so long subsisted between you and the Six Nations; We have been sent by Sir William Johnson to speak to the different Nations this way, to endeavour to make up matters between you & them ; and we beg you will hear them, and comply with their Requests, as they are ready to do with yours. We now see you are going against those Nations who first disturbed the Peace, who are the Senccas living' down this River, the Wyandots, the Delawares, and the Shawanese.
" They are all now sincerely sorry for what they have done, & are collecting all their Prisoners from the Lower Shawanese Town, in order to deliver them up at Sandusky. What we now tell you on the behalf of these Nations is ye Truth ; You may depend upon ev- VOL. IX .- 14.
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ery thing we say, as we have never deceived you, knowing that if we did, God would punish us for it.
A Belt.
" Brother :
" As the Officer who commands the Army upon the Lakes has taken the above Nations by the hand, and kindled for them a Coun- cil Fire at Sandusky, where they are now going, they beg that you would likewise forgive them, as they very much repent their past Conduct, & they promise, that as soon as they have complied with their Engagements there, they will then come & ask forgiveness of you, 'till which time we desire you may not be uneasy. They have desired us to assure you, in their names, that they will be at San- dusky in five days from this date, to deliver up all their Prisoners ; and we desire once more, that you will wait a little, and not be un- easy 'till you hear further from them, but consider what we have said ; And as you have detained two of the Delawares that came to see you, we give it as our opinion that it would be best to let them return home, giving them a Letter to their Chiefs, informing them of your intentions.
A Belt.
" Brother :
"We beg once more that you will seriously consider what you are now going to do, and do nothing precipitately ; but if you are determined to proceed with the Army, it is our opinion that it would be best for you to take the road leading to Sandusky, where you will meet with Col. Bradstreet, and there settle every thing with him. When the Terms of Peace are settled with the Nations who desire, Should any of them refuse to comply with the Terms agreed to, or break the Peace afterwards, we will join with you to chastize them. We feel as well as you the misbehaviour of those Nations, but as they now repent, we forgive them, & hope you will do the same."
A Belt.
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Colonel Bouquet's Speech to the above, Fort Pitt, Octr. 3d, 1764.
" Brothers :
"You say that those Nations are Sorry for what they have done, and that they will make Peace with us, and deliver all their Prisoners at Sandusky.
" Brothers :
"The Delawares, Wyandots, & Shawonese are a false People, and they deceive you as they have always done; if they are sincere, why don't their Chiefs come to speak to me. They have, in time of peace, killed our Traders in their Towns; they stole all their Goods.
"They have attacked this Fort, & when I came up last Year they attacked me in the Woods, and killed some of our people, and
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finding us too strong for them here, they went to the Settlements, where they murdered & carried off a great number of our Men, Women, and Children.
" When the Chenusses and all the Western Indians have made Peace with Sir William Johnson at Niagara, these People did go, but they wrote a Letter, to tell him they despised us. At last you went to Col. Bradstreet, at Presque Isle, and asked Peace for them, & told him they had recall'd all their Warriors from our Frontiers, but a long time afterwards they killed a man at Bedford, and a great many more in Virginia, and they even kill now.
"When I saw their hearts were still so bad, I came here with the Army to attack them, but I first sent to Sandusky, to inform Col. Bradstreet that they had again struck us; my messenger did not find him at Sandusky, and saw that the Delawares had killed " another of our People, and fixed his head upon a Pole in the Path, after you had asked peace for them. Now that they see we know their perfidy and will chastise them, they say they are sorry for what they have done, & will make Peace, but that is not sufficient Satisfaction for us.
" Brothers :
"The General has sent me with an Army to take revenge for the Murders committed by the Delawares and Shawanese, and not to make peace, but as you say they want to be Friends with us, I will tell you what I intend to do. I will go (as you desire) by the road leading to Sandusky, & if the Chiefs of the Delawares and Shawa- nese have anything to say to me I will hear them at Tuscarowas, and if they are sincerely inclined for peace, I will determine at that place what they are to do to obtain it, and in case they agree with me upon the preliminary Terms, I will permit them to go to ST. William Johnson to conclude it.
"I have detained Two Delawares, because they came here as Spys, without having to say any thing from their Chiefs, & at a time when the Delawares & Shawonese had broke the peace and struck us again. I will, however, use them well, and when peace is con- cluded between us & the Delawares, I will send them home. " Brothers :
" You told Col. Bradstreet, & you now tell me, that if these Na- tions broke the peace you had made for them, you would join us & strike them. You see they have broke the Peace, and that their Partys are still at our Frontiers killing our people ; they know this to be true, & have deceived you. I will write to Colonel Bradstreet, and hear what has passed between him & those Nations, and I ask you whether you will go with two of my people to Col. Bradstreet, and bring me an answer with my two men at Tuscarrowas, and I declare to you that if the Delawares, Shawanese or Wyandotts do them any injury, I will put the two Delaware Indians to death, and - march against them, which, if they oblige me to do, they must never expect peace from us.
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" You may let the Delawares & Shawonese know that on my March to Tuscarrawas, I will not kill any of their people, unless they attack me first." A Belt.
October, the 3d. The Army left Fort Pitt and arrived at Beaver Creek, where John Palmer, who had been taken Prisoner the 28th of September, came to the Army, having made his Escape from the Indians the night before.
October, the 13th. Arrived at Tuscarrowas without any inter- ruption from the Enemy, who kept parties upon the road to observe the motions of the Army.
" CAMP AT TUSCARROWAS, October the 14th, 1764.
Received the following Message in writing from the Chief War- riors of the Delawares.
"Brother Colonel Bouquet:
" We are glad to hear the good Speeches which you made, & also that our Brother, Capt". Pipe and Capt" John, are alive, and salute us.
"We now salute you with a good heart, and shall be more glad when we meet you at Tuscarrawas; if we see our Brothers Pipe & John at a small distance, then we should think that you mean nothing but good.
Signed,
"Linechque,
Simon Girty,
" Winginum,
Capt". Will,
" Neclaw,
Capt". Jacobs.
" Sunfish,
Neachablan,
" Capt" Killbuck,
Jecasso, or Thos. Hickman,
" Welapachickin."
The above Message wrote by Mr. Gibson, a Prisoner amongst them.
Colonel Bouquet's answer :
" CAMP NEAR TUSCARROWAS, A October 15th, 1764.
" Chiefs, Captains, & Warriors of the Delawares :
"I received your Letter you sent me yesterday, by which I see you are coming to speak to me; I shall be glad to hear what you
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have to say, and will wait for you to-morrow at this place. You may come withont fear, for I will not hurt or detain any of you, but leave you at liberty to go when you please, not doubting but you will behave in a proper manner. You will give me notice a little before hand at what time you intend to come, that I may send people to bring you to Camp.
" Capt". Pipe and Capt". John are both well, and if any of their Friends choose to see them, I will give them leave after I have heard what you have to say; and they will be set at Liberty as soon as Peace is made, which will shortly happen, if you have well con- sidered my Message, and determined to do what is right.
Sign'd,
HENRY BOUQUET."
CAMP NEAR TUSCARROWAS, October 16th, 1764.
Speech of Four Senecas & two Delawares to Colonel Bouquet : " Brother :
" We received your Message yesterday by the White Man you sent us, Expressing you was glad he returned to you after being at our Towns to acquaint you of our coming to meet you. We now thank God for giving us this opportunity of seeing one another and speaking together; And our Chiefs, Warriors, Women, & Children, return you their thanks for the Message you sent them Yesterday.'
A String
"Brother :
"We thank God for enabling us this day to wipe your Eyes, that you may clearly see our Chiefs when they come to speak with you; And we clean your Body with this String of Wampum, that you may chearfully receive to your heart the good Speeches they will make to you.
A String.
" Brother :
"As we have now wiped your Eyes and cleaned your Body in behalf of ourselves, The Senecas living on the Ohio, the Delawares and Shawanese, We inform you that the reason of our not coming sooner, is because the Shawanese are not yet come, but the Chiefs of the other two Nations are all present, and expect the Shawanese to-morrow, when they shall have a meeting among themselves; they then come to speak to you.
" Brother :
"Another reason for not meeting you sooner, was because that Colonel Bradstreet had invited us to the Lakes at the same time that you expected us to meet you at Fort Pitt. In this case, we
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