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The Governor then delivered the Goods, amounting to about Eight hundred pounds, and taking his Leave of the Indians, left them to divide them among themselves, as they should think proper.
The End of the Indian Treaty, held with the Indians at Lan- caster.
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The 7th day of September, 1762.
MEMORANDUM.
Two Members of the Assembly waited on the Governor, and ac- quainted him that the House had met pursuant to their Adjourn- ment, on the 14th day of May last to the 6th Instant, & desired to know if his Honour had any Business to lay before them ; to which
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the Governor answered, that he had nothing to communicate to the House at this time, Upon which the House adjourned to the 20th Instant, having first, by two Members, acquainted the Governor therewith.
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At a Council held at Philadan on Tuesday, the 21st September, 1762.
PRESENT :
The Honourable JAMES HAMILTON, Esqr-, Lieuten" Gover- nor, &ca.
William Logan,
Richard Peters,
Joseph Turner, Esquires.
The Assembly being met pursuant to their late Adjournment, The Governor laid before the Board a Copy of the Minutes of a Treaty held in August last at Lancaster, with the Northern and Western Indians; And the same being read over and approved, and also the following Message to the Assembly, The Governor sent them by the Secretary to the House:
A Message from the Governor to the Assembly.
" Gentlemen :
"In pursuance of sundry Invitations from this Government to the Indians living to the Westward, on and near the Waters of the Ohio, Deputies from several of those Nations (whom we have not seen since the Commencement of the late War) met me at Lancas- ter on the ninth of last month, where, in divers Conferences held for that purpose, the peace and Friendship, which formerly sub- sisted betwixt us, but which of late had unhappily been interrupted, were fully renewed and established.
"A very considerable number also of the Six Nation Indians, from the Northward, and others residing on the river Susquehannah & its Branches, attended at the same time and place, who likewise renewed with us the ancient Chain of Friendship which had so long subsisted between them & his Majesty's Subjects. And I have the pleasure to acquaint you that, as a Testimony of the Sincerity of the professions both of the Western and Northern Indians, sundry of our people who had been taken Captive during the late War, have already been delivered up to me, and solemn Engagements entered into, on the part of the Indians, to restore, in a short time, all such others as still remain in their Towns and Countries.
" For further particulars I refer you to the Copy of the Treaty herewith delivered to you.
"JAMES HAMILTON.
" September 21st, 1762."
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On Saturday, the 25th September, The Assembly broke up with- out giving the Governor any notice of it.
The Chiefs and Deputies of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians having, at the late Treaty at Lancaster, solemnly engaged to deliver up at Fort Pitt all the English prisoners yet remaining among them, to such persons as should be authorized by this Government to re- ceive them, The Governor this Day Commissionated Colonel James Burd & Mr. Josiah Davenport to transact that Business ; and ac- cordingly wrote the following Instructions to Col. Burd, inclosing him the Commission and a Message, with a Belt of Wampum, to be delivered to King Beaver, and other Chiefs of the Western Indians.
The Letter of Instructions, Commission, & Message, follow in these Words, viz" :
A Letter from the Governor to Colo. Burd.
" PHILADELPHIA, 25th September, 1762.
"Sir :
" You will herewith receive a Commission appointing You and Mr. Josiah Davenport, Commissioners to receive all such prisoners as shall be brought to Fort Pitt, in consequence of the Solemn Engagements made by Beaver and the Indians with him, at the late Treaty at Lancaster.
" The Indian Commissioners have given an Order, which accom- panies this Letter, to their Agent, Mr. Davenport, for as many Goods as will amount to Five hundred pounds, which are to be sub- ject to your & his disposal, on this Occasion, and you will take care that such Goods as you shall give, be of proper kinds, and what will best suit the Exigencies of the Indians.
" As besides Goods, Money will be wanted to defray all necessa- ry Expences that shall attend the Prisoners, as well as your own Entertainment & Travelling Charges, Five hundred pounds are de- livered to the Sheriff to be given to you, for which you are to be accountable, & I can confide in your prudence, that no part of it will be expended in unnecessary Articles.
" I am informed that the Goods belonging to the Western Indians are still lying at Fort Loudon, and that several Horses have been stolen from the Indians; with respect to the Goods, I desire you will hire a Waggon, and, as you pass that Way, see the Goods care- fully pack'd & put into it, and an account taken of them, and delivered to the Waggoner, who is to be accountable for them, and see that they go off immediately, otherways they may be detained by bad weather, and this would breed much uneasiness in the Minds of the Indians. I could wish some pains were taken to re- cover the horses that are really taken from the Indians, and that they cou'd be got to their proper Owners.
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" If you find that no prisoners are like to be brought in any reason- able time, you need not Stay above three weeks at Fort Pitt, but leave directions with Mr. Davenport, to receive them, and to do what is necessary, agreeable to the Commission, which empowers either of you to do this Service ; and it is my express Orders that after you come away, he shall write to me, and communicate every thing material relating to the Service.
" You are to take notice that no compensation is to be mentioned to the Indians, as made to them for prisoners by way of Ransom, but then, as some Indians may come from very remote parts, and have a good deal more trouble, & be at more expence with the pri- soners than others, you will proportion the Rewards accordingly.
" You will herewith receive a Message to the Indians accompa- nied with a Belt of Wampum, and under the Lesser Seal, which you will have truly explained to the Indians, as it gives an Authen- ticity to your proceedings with them.
"I should be glad to know, very particularly, what the Indians say at their return, & in what temper you find them, and how many Prisoners are still among them ; I therefore desire you will collect all the Intelligence you can relating to them, and their present dis- position & System of politicks. I wish you heartily a good Jour- ney. I am, Sir,
" Your most obedient humble Servant,"
" JAMES HAMILTON.
" My humble Service to Colo. Boquet, to whom I would have wrote, if I had not been much out of Order, to request his Coun- tenance and Assistance to you in this Affair."
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" By the Honourable JAMES HAMILTON, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Province of Penn- sylvania, and Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware.
." [L. S.] To James Burd, Esgr., & Josiah Davenport :
" Gentlemen Greeting :
" WHEREAS, this Government hath at every Treaty held with the several Indian Nations since the Cessation of Hostilities con- stantly insisted that they should deliver up all the English pris- oners that had been taken during the War, but they have hitherto only brought in small Numbers, leaving many behind : and whereas, at the late Treaty held at Lancaster with the Western Indians, by their Chiefs & Deputies, I again urged them in the warmest manner to bring in as speedily as might be, the residue of the Eng- lish Prisoners, & to deliver them to such persons as should be com- missionated by me to receive them at Fort Pitt. Now Know Ye, that reposing special Trust, & Confidence in your Prudence, Care, & ŒEconomy, I have nominated & appointed, and do hereby nomi-
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nate & appoint, impower & Commissionate you, the sª James Burd and Josiah Davenport, or either of you, to receive all such pris- oners as shall be brought to Fort Pitt, or parts adjacent, by the said Indians, or any of them, & to provide for and accommodate as well the said prisoners as the Indians who bring them, with what things shall be by you be judged absolutely necessary; and either to dis- · tribute and send the Prisoners to their parents & Friends (if known & within reasonable distance) or to send them to Philada, where proper Care will be taken of them. But you will take Care in the Execution of this Commission, not to exceed the Fund limited & allowed for this purpose. And you are to keep regular and fair ac- counts of all your Expences & duly to communicate & report to me your proceedings in the premisses.
" Given under my hand & Seal-at-Arms, at Philada", this 25th day of Septem"., in the Second Year of his Majesty's reigh, & in the Year of our Lord 1762.
" JAMES HAMILTON.
" By His Honour's Command. " JOSEPH SHIPPEN, Jun"., Secretary."
" The Honourable JAMES HAMILTON, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor, & Commander-in- Chief of the Province of. Penn- sylvania, and Counties of Newcastle, Kent, & Sussex, on Dela- ware :
"To King Beaver, and all the Chiefs of the Western Indians, in Al- liance with His Majesty, King George :
" Brethren :
"I hope that agreeable to the Engagements made at the late Treaty at Lancaster, you will, by the time this shall be given you, have collected all our Flesh and Blood that still remain with any of your Tribes, and brought them to Fort Pitt, And I desire you will deliver them to the Bearers, Colonel James Burd, & Mr. Josiah Davenport, who are appointed by me to receive them from your hands, and to take due care of them.
" Brethren :
" Being informed that your Goods were left at Fort Loudon, I immediately ordered a Waggon, to be hired for the carrying of them up to Fort Pitt, and I hope they will be delivered to you there in good Order & without any Loss.
" Brethren :
"In Testimony of my having appointed these Gentlemen my Commissioners to receive from you all our prisoners, and that you may with Confidence say anything to them, as well as give entire Credit to whatever they shall say to you on this Occasion, I have to
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these presents put my hand & the Lesser Seal of the said Province, and likewise given them a Belt of Wampum to deliver to you in Confirmation of the same, Dated at Philadelphia, the 25th day of September, 1762.
"JAMES HAMILTON."
Agreeable to the request of the Six Nation Indians at the late Lancaster Treaty, the Governor wrote the following Letters to the Governors of Maryland and Virginia, viz *:
Letter to his Excellency Horatio Sharpe, Esq'r., Governor of Ma- ryland.
" PHILADELPHIA, 2nd October, 1762.
" Sir :
"The Six Nations having taken a Resolution to continue the War against their old Enemies, the Cherokees, their Chiefs reques- ted of me, at the Treaty lately held with a large Body of them & the Western Indians, that I would open a Store for the accommo- dation of their Warriors at Harris's Ferry, & that I would forward their request to you to have another opened at Cressap's, on Po- towmac.
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" Conformable, therefore, to my promise, I send you an extract of what passed between us on this occasion, together with their Belt, and as they will expect an answer from you with all convenient speed, I think if you would be pleased to send it under cover to Sir William Johnson he would take the first opportunity of con- veying it to the Six Nations.
" You will observe by the Extract that the Warriors intended to go through the settled part of Cumberland County, & thro' the very Country in which they had committed so many cruel Outrages, but that they altered their design on my representing to them the dangers of taking such a Rout.
" I am with the greatest respect, " Sir, your most Obedient, "and most humble Servant, "JAMES HAMILTON." ..
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Letter to the Honourable Francis Fauquiere, Esq'r., Governor of Virginia.
"Sir :
" PHILADELPHIA, 2nd October, 1762.
"At a Treaty which I held the last Month with a large body of Western and Northern Indians, the Chiefs of the Six Nations ac-
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quainted me that it was determined to continue the War against their old Enemies, the Cherokees ; and as they were informed that their War path through Virginia was stopt up by some late Settle- ments of White people on it, they desired I would forward their re- quest to you to have it opened, & that I would lose no time in doing it, some of their Warriors being then present, and intending to go to the South as soon as the Treaty Should be over.
"They likewise sollicited me to open a Store for their accommo- dation at Harris's Ferry, and that Governor' Sharpe would open another on potowmack, at Cressap's plantation.
"I did by no means approve of this, as this Rout led thro' a very thick settled Country, which had but too severely felt their Cruelties in the late War, & therefore desired they would not go this way, but take their old path that led by Shamokin & the Foot of the Allegheny Hills.
"This they conceded to, tho' with reluctance, & I was glad that they were prevailed upon to drop their new Rout, which must have produced abundance of Mischief.
"Conformable to their request, I have inclosed an Extract of what was said by us both on this Subject, together with their Belt, & as they will expect your answer very soon, I would desire the favour of you to send it under Sir William Johnson's cover, who has many Opportunities of conveying it to the Six Nations.
" I am, with the greatest respect, Sir,
" Your most Obedient and most humble Servant, ! "JAMES HAMILTON."
At a Council held at Philadelphia, on Monday the 4th Oct'., 1762.
PRESENT :
The Honourable" JAMES HAMILTON, Esquire, Lieu". Gov- ernor.
Joseph Turner, r Esquires.
Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew,
The Governor laid before the Board the Returns of the Sheriffs & Coroners for the several Counties following, vizt .: Berks, Lan- caster, Northampton, Chester, Bucks, New Castle, Sussex, Philadel- phia, Kent, York, & Cumberland, and the following Gentlemen were appointed Sheriffs and Coroners, vizt .:
Henry Christ, Adam Whitman,
Sheriff,
Berks . Coty.
Coroner,
John Hay,
Sheriff,
Lancaster do.
Mathias Slough, Jnº. Jennings, Arthur Lattimore,
Coroner,
Sheriff,
Nºampton do.
Coroner,
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John Fairlamb, Philip Ford, John Gregg, Wm. Buckman, Thomas Dunn, James Walker, Dan1. Nunez, Jun™-, Sam1. Rowland, Jun"" Joseph Redman, Peter Robeson, William Rhodes, John Gray, Rob& McPherson, Mich1. Swoope, Ezekiel Dunning, Robert Robb,
Sheriff,
Chester do
Coroner,
Sheriff,
Bucks do.
Coroner,
Sheriff,
New Castle do.
Coroner,
Sheriff,
Sussex do.
Coroner,
Sheriff,
Coroner,
Philadelphia do.
Sheriff,
Kent do.
Coroner,
Sheriff,
York do.
Coroner,
Sheriff,
Cumberland do.
Coroner, S
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