P R E S E N T,
The Honble George Thomas, Esq; Lieut. Governor.
| James Logan, | Samuel Preston, | } | |
| Clement Plumsted, | Thomas Lawrence, | } | Esqrs; |
| Samuel Hasell, | Ralph Asheton, | } | |
| Abraham Taylor, | Robert Strettell, | } |
The Chiefs of the Six Nations, with the Chiefs of the Shawanese.
Canassateego, the Onondago Chief, Speaker.
Conrad Weiser, Interpreter.
The Governor opened the Conference as follows.
'BRETHREN,
'The Proprietor having purchased certain Lands from your Nations about Six Years ago, a Moiety of what was agreed to be given in Consideration of that Purchase was at that Time delivered to them, and the other being at their own Desire left in the Proprietor's Hands, He pressed you by Shikalamy, to send last Year for it, and would have been glad to have seen you and taken you by the Hand before his Departure. But as the Design of this Meeting is to hear your News, and converse together in a free and friendly Manner, I shall say no more about the Goods than that they lye ready at the Proprietor's House, and will be delivered when you shall have sufficiently rested from the Fatigue of your Journey.'