MR. PETTY:

INDIAN MURDER, 1728,

Adj. 27th, August 1728.

Sr. This is to aquent you that, a Indian com to Oly, to Philip Kerwain & brought Neus from Siamocon that all the Indians have muved from them, & non is ther but Sam Siehan & his famely & Alomapis & also s Indian told to s Philip that at Sauanos that is Malson the Sauanos have hangd Thimity, Higins upon pol of ther cabin, & also sa Indian brought word that the Indians will com to Philidelphia a bout full of this Mun, & it is fierd that with the Rest of the loders is not well, & if you please to acquint the Gouernor wit seame & his Counsull for the Peaple in our Parts is freed that thereis som Miscif hacin by the Indians. Mor ouer, the french woman that com from your Husmingos wife told me to not go to Indians this fall un till by beter understanding bytwin the Christians & Indians, for theris a great dissatisfaction a mongs them. pray John Petty sent to me Briches & Cot that you was to doit by David Hois wife, & in quire if this eny thing doun abut the mony going to Indians for Sam" Cosins & the rest Plegs me aboutit very much & also Sam" Cosins said that he never geave you order to Reacive any mony Nomore att psent, but Rimaine your frinde.

from me.

pray send me an answer

first oportunity.

ANTONY SADOWSKY.

Direction." To Mr. Petty Living att Philadelphia."

See Col. Rec. vol. iii, p. 349.

DIRECTONS TO JOHN PETTY, 1728.

Friend John Petty:

I give thee this for a Memorandum, that you may make it your chief Business to enquire into that Story about the Tweehtwese or naked Indians, call'd by the French the Miamis. Shakellamy and Carundowana, with his Wife, will be as likely as any to inform you. Inquire also diligently what those Indians were that came down to Oley, where they were going & where they now are.

Pray by all means bring Shakellamy down either with you, or as soon after as may be with Conveniency.

You will doubtless also inform yourselves of every thing else that may give Light into these affairs. I hope you will find all things easy and quiet. But if about Oley or Tulpyhockin you hear any further News, It may be convenient to send down a Letter from

thence by a safe hand with all Expedition. I heartily wish you a good Journey, and am

Thy Loving Friend,

J. LOGAN.

This is designed equally for Henry Smith & thee. Indorsed "Copy-Memorandum to John Petty." [See Colonial Records, vol. iii., p. 350.

Messrs

INSTRUCTIONS TO SMITH AND PETTY, 1728.

Henry Smith

&

John Petty.

As Business now calls you towards Susquehannah, I desire you, without Fail, if you can, to see my Friends, Allummapees, Opekasssel, Shachalawlin, and Shakellamy, Give my kind Love to them, as to my Brethren, and lett them know that I designed about this time to make a Visit to some of our neighbouring Governours, if according to their Promise they had come down hither last Month. Lett them know I wait for them, and am concerned I hear nothing from them. I hope, however, I shall now see them in a few Days.

Inquire also after the Shawanah Indians, and if you can, See Kakowatchy, know of him, why his Friends left Pechoquealin, after they had promised to meet me at Durham Ironworks.

Tell all those four firstnamed Indians that I know they have clean hearts without Spott, and I expect from them, when they come, Such an Account of all their Affairs as one Brother gives to another, they see we treat them as we doe one another amongst ourselves, without any Difference, we are one People, and they must in all Respects treat us with the Friendship, Truth and Justice that we use to them. We all expect this of them as our Brethren.

Tell Shakallamy particularly, that as He is Sett over the Shawanah Indians, I hope, he can give a good Account of them, they came to us only as Strangers, about 30 years agoe, they desired Leave of this Government to settle amongst us as Strangers, & the Conestogoe Indians became Security for their good Behaviour. They are also under the Protection of the five Nations, who have sett Shakallamy over them. He is a good Man, and I hope will give a good Account of them.

Give my kind Love also to Carundowana & his Wife, and speak to them to the same Purpose. Lett him know I expect of him, that as he is a great Captain, he will take Care that all the People about him shall shew themselves good Men & truehearted, as he is himselfe, and that I hope to see him at the Treaty. Tell him Jonah

Davenport never complained of him, & therefore there was no Occasion for his Letter on that head.

If there be any Mischief done in those Parts, I expect they will seize the Persons who are Guilty of it, that they may be punished & Justice may be done on every side, for our People are very numerous & they will not be abused. I will not suffer any Injury to be done to the Indians without punishing the Offenders, and they must do the same Justice on their Parts, for then we shall truly be as one People.

These are my Words, which I send thus written, sealed with a Publick Seal, and Sign'd under my Hand, to which my Friends will give full Credit. Dated at Philadelphia, the first day of September, Anno Dom, 1728.

P. GORDON, [L. S.]

MEM.-To Enquire if a Message was sent to the five Nations acquainting them of our last Treaty.

Indorsed." Message per Henry Smith & John Petty."

Gov. TO CAPT. CIVILITY, 1728.

My very good friend Capt Civility:

Sept. 2, 1728.

When I left Conestogoe I was in hopes of Seeing you before this time, But I Suppose you waited for the Chiefs of the five Nations. I hear some of these have been at Conestogoe since I was there,. and that they were gone down to Maryland.

If you can by any means meet with them, whether at Conestogoe or elsewhere, I desire you to present them with this Belt of Wampum from me, and tell them that I desire earnestly to Speak with them about some Business that may concern them.

Therefore, if they will come to me at Philadelphia, they shall be satisfied, and I hope will be well pleased with their Journey.

This being a matter of Importance at this time, I request your friendship herein, and desire that you would come also along with them, as you are our brother on whom we very much depend. I am Sincerely Yours.

[See Colonial Records, vol. iii., p. 350.]

INSTRUCTIONS TO WRIGHT & BLUNSTONE, 1728.

John Wright

&

Samuel Blunston,

RESPECTED FRIENDS:

Philad", 24 September, 1728.

Much contrary to our Expectations, we find there are still some

Commotions amongst the Indians, that require to be look'd into, and we are now apprehensive that the Story we first had in the Spring of the Tweektwese or naked Indians or Miamis (for they goe by all these Names) who live to the Southwest of Lake Erie being invited to attack this Countrey, is not altogether without a Foundation, very few of our Indians have been privy to it, if there be any thing in it, one Manawkyhickon, a near Relation of Oqueala's, who was hanged last year in Jersey with one Collupny one of the five Nations, but French by Birth, who both live near Shamokin on Susquehannah, are the chief who have been laboring Mischief. Our Lenappys or Delaware Indians know nothing of it. The Shawanese we know are ready for any Mischief. How far the Five Nations are privy to it we cannot judge. But the Governour and Council, who mett yesterday upon it, are of opinion that it is of very great Importance to us to have an Opportunity of speaking with those Chiefs that were lately at Conestegoe, if they are not yet returned, for which Purpose this with the inclosed is now sent Express that if possible they may be prevalled on to step hither.

You are therefore requested (if I. Wright can travel so far) to give Civility the enclosed Letter to him, explaining it in the best manner it can be done, delivering him also the belt of Wampum for the Chiefs, tho' it's desired, when he speaks to them, if they are to be mett with that you or some of you could be present. It were to be wished he were more to be depended on, he cannot but think himself under some Obligations since the last Treaty, but these work not on some Dispositions. He is the best however that at present is to be mett with to undertake it, and we must endeavor to make the best of him.

If those Chiefs are not come back to Conestogoe, they should be carefully waited for and enquired after. Or if they are any where on the River, and not far above Pextan, they should be brought back if possible. And if they cannot be prevailed on to come to Philadelphia, they may 'tis probable be perswaded to stay at Conestogoe a few days, to wait for some who may come up to them from hence. If they should not even agree to this, as we know they acct themselves great men and are stiff, then 'tis desired they may be told as followes. That from the first Settlement of this Countrey, and especially of late years, there has been always a firm Friendship between us and the five Nations. They may remember a firm League was made with their Chiefs at Conestogoe 18 years agoe, and again with Ghesaont 7 years agoe at the same place, and again at Albany the next year or in 1722, between all their Chiefs and our Governor with divers of our Council, who went thither to meet them, and that at all these times, especially the last, the Chain or League of Friendship that had formerly been made with them was brightened and made as strong as it was possible to be made by Man. The same also was done in some measure last year with some of the Cayoogoes, tho' that is not the Nation we have generally treated with. The

Onondagoes having commonly been the people that have been sent to us, and therefore we wondred that none but the Cayoogoes came at that time to visit us. That if they have any thing to say to us on any account whatsoever, we should be glad to hear it from some of their Chiefs, and they may be assured they shall meet with their true Friends and Brethren in us.

But here in mentioning the Cayoogoes, Caution should be used that these people who are come thither are not principally of that Nation, and therefore their Nation should be first enquired into, and no Distinctions be used that can give any offence. They account the Onondagoes their best Gentlemen, tho' not numerous.

Then if there be room for it, they might be asked, whether ever they heard that any of the French Indians were encouraged to attack this Countrey, Upon which they may be told, that this has ever been a peaceable Countrey, and that by being perfectly just to the Indians & all men, by making them as one People with us, and doing them all the Justice in every Case that we deal to one another, we laid a firm Foundation for Peace, that we would have Peace with all men, but if any shall be so unreasonable as without any Provocation to attack us, we are now a very great People and very numerous, and doe not want means to defend ourselves by Force, but like Good men we would chuse to be defended rather by our Justice & Upright Dealings than by Arms, for we believe Mankind was made to serve God, and for a much nobler End than to be knock'd on the Head.

They may be told also, that they know very well the French are always contriving Mischief against the English to trouble them, and spare no Lies, no false Stories nor Endeavors to seduce and deceive the Indians. But were it in the Power of the French and the Indians that joyn them, as it is not at all in their Power, to destroy the English, then the five Nations having none else to depend on but the French, would be intirely ruined, they cannot supply Goods as the English can, and when they gett the Upperhand and have nothing to fear, they are proud and Cruel Masters. The Indians would then be Slaves, they have therefore the Strongest Reasons in Policy and on their own Account, to be hearty Friends & adhere closely to the English Interest. It is their own Interest & that will not deceive them.

These things ought on all Occasions to be inculcated in the Way of Conversation, but with a seeming Carelessness, as it were ridiculing the Follies of those who have any favorable Opinion of the French as Friends to the Indians, and they must if possible be talked over with these Chiefs. Philadelphia would be the best Place, but if not here, then there, by such as may goe from hence, or by any others that can doe it.

If I. Wright's health will not suffer him to travel so far, for weh I should on other accts be extremely troubled, it's hoped I. Blunston wh Adm Cornish may manage this affair, And it might be advisable that Eliz Cornish, who speaks the language, should privately be