The Honourable _G E O R G E T H O M A S_, Esq; Lieut. Governor of the
Province of _Pensylvania_, and Counties of _Newcastle, Kent_ and
_Sussex_, on _Delaware_.
The Honourable _Thomas Lee_, Esq; } Commissioners
Colonel _William Beverly_, } of _Virginia_.
The Honourable _Edm. Jennings_, Esq; }
_Philip Thomas_, Esq; } Commissioners
Colonel _Robert King_, } of _Maryland_.
Colonel _Thomas Colville_, }
The Deputies of the _Onandagoes, Senecas, Cayogoes, Oneidas_ and
_Tuscaroraes_.
_Conrad Weiser_, Interpreter.
The Governor and the Commissioners took some of the _Indian_ Chiefs by
the Hand, and, after they had seated themselves, the Governor bid them
welcome into the Government; and there being Wine and Punch prepared for
them, the Governor and the several Commissioners drank Health to the
_Six Nations_; and _Canassatego, Tachanoontia_, and some other Chiefs,
returned the Compliments, drinking the Healths of _Onas_[1],
_Assaragoa_[2], and the Governor of _Maryland_.
After they were all served with Wine, Punch, Pipes and Tobacco, the
Governor told the _Indians_, that as it was customary, and indeed
necessary, they should have some Time to rest after so long a Journey,
and as he thought three Days would be no more than sufficient for that
Purpose, he proposed to speak to them on _Monday_ next; after which, the
honourable Commissioners would take their own Time to deliver what they
had to say.
_C A N A S S A T E G O_ answered the Governor: We thank you for giving
us Time to rest; we are come to you, and shall leave it intirely to you
to appoint the Time when we shall meet you again. We likewise leave it
to the Governor of _Maryland_, by whose Invitation we came here, to
appoint a Time when he will please to mention the Reason of his inviting
us. As to our Brother _Assaragoa_, we have at this present Time nothing
to say to him; not but we have a great deal to say to _Assaragoa_, which
must be said at one Time or another; but not being satisfied whether he
or we should begin first, we shall leave it wholly to our Brother _Onas_
to adjust this between us, and to say which shall begin first.
[Footnote 1: _Onas_, the Governor of _Pensylvania_.]
[Footnote 2: _Assaragoa_, the Governor of _Virginia_.]
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