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mouth in Cafco-Bay, inthe County of York, within the Province of the Qpaflachufetts-Bay. in Naw- ENGLAND, on âthe gg Wnt hth Day of Fune.1754, between, His Ron gi LLL PAM, Sib RELY, El; Captain-General, Go-
cho and Commander in Chief, in and over theâ Provinces A, :. forefaid, and the Cnigrs of the âPomwidgWwalks Indians ; 4 nd
| 2 on the Fifth Day of July following, between his faid Fetiiee i ey, and the Cuiers of the penabicae Indians. ache
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» N rt the ie auth of June,â in the pause the Governor attended by at a âMembers of His Majeftyâ s Council for the faid Province, the Speaker,â and {e-
} veral Members of the Houfe of Reprefentatives, with divers other Gentlemen 3 and accompanyâd. by the Honorable Col. Paul Mafcarene, Commiffioner from
a3 *Pidvinte of Nova-Scotia, embarkâd on board the Ship Burryeau for Cafco-Bay ; and on pañing Caftle William was joinâd by the Province Sloop Maffachufetts, haying on board Major- -General. Winflow, and other Officers of the Forces raisâd for his, âMajeftyâ s Service in the intended Expedition upon the River Kennebeck, and eight Tranfport Veffels, on Board of which were 500 of the faid Forces ; the remaining 300, which were not then ready, being ordered to embark and follow i in afew PES
On Wednefda âthe 26th of Sune, in the Forenoon, ce âGovernor ER to an 1. in the Harbour at Falmouth, where he found the âProvince. Sloop and Tranfports bad ar | rivâd the Day before, and the Forces encampâd on Baygâs IMand ; that thĂ© Honorable Daniel Warner, PĂ©ter Gilman and Clement March, Efgrs, Commiffioners, from the Gos vernment of New-Hamp/bire were come to meet him, and that the Nor ridgwalk Indians had waited there fome Days for his Arrival. |
Upon going on Shoar the Governor was informâd b Capt. Ph the ER of Richmond Fort, that a Party of the Ar ffegunticook ndians, which he fupposâd to be then within the diftance of.7 or 8 Miles of it, had, in Anfwer to his Excellencyâs Letter of Notification to. the Indians, to meet him at a Tees, declarâd, that they fhould not come, becaufe they had not yet wipâd away the Blood of the two Indians belonging to their âTribe, which had been kilPd. che laft Year within the Government of New- âHamphire :
The fame Day : in the Afternoon; the Governor rere a Letter from Capt. rt dated at St. Georgeâs the 18th of Zune, inclofing one from Father Gounon, the Fe/uit of the Penob/cot Tribe of Indians to Father 4udran the Fe/uit of the Norridgwalk Tribe, dated at Penobjeot the 4th of Fune 1754, which he had intercepted by Means of the In- dian, to whom the Carriage of it was intrufted ; and informing his Excellency, that the
fame Indian had told him, â That he had lately had the Carriage of another Letter from â© Canada committed to him, which he loft upon the Road ; that it was a bad one, thoâ
| « â he would not undertake to fay fully what the Contents of it were ; but that he certainly â knew
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s* knew that-thedrexch Indians, in great Numbers, were determinâd to come over [from ⏠Canada] to this Side of the Country, when the Corn fhould be fit to gather, and fall # upon the Englifh. ? Capt. Bradbury alfo informâd his Excellency in the fame Letrer, «â That he was s almolt fure, the Pezobfcot Indians would not meet him at Falinouth.* {As they had likewife declared to his Excellency, in a Letter wrote to him by them in behalf of the Norridgwalk Indians, as well as themfelves, before he left Boston,) tho? te [Capt. Bradbury] thought the French would find Ăźt difficult to perfwade the Pe-
⏠yobfcots to break with the Exgli/h, unlefs they fhould be forcâd into it by great Num< â# bers of French Indians bg Canada.â
On the Day folldering eh Governor receiv?d a These from. raph dated in âtune , in which he informâd him, â That the Chief Manâs Son of Paffamcguody had ** told Capt. Bradbury and himfelf at St. Georges, that the Indians of the No ridgwalk Tribe had fent two Belts of Wampum to the Pexob/cets, to get them to join the Ca- â mada Indians and themfelves againft the Englifo ; and that there was abfolutely a âNumber of Caiiada Indians, then at eee on that BUN ; but ee they had â â not determinâd what to do as yet.â «
Y2Y The Letter from Pere Gounon, to Pore Audran, is as flows,
Mon Reverend Pere, Wa Mr, Reverend Father, +. | D bu âŹ
LT Ous avez tort de craindre Iâ Mt, a 7 ex are is the wrong to fear the il nâen veut quâ 4 vos Terres, et» Englifh ; they want only your Lands,
non a vos Vies: Si vous voulez nean- they don't want your Lives: Never- moins feuls defendre vos Terres, vous â thelefs if + You will defend your Lands Serez les Victimes de votre TemeritĂ© : Il by yourfelves alone, you will be the Viftims faut que * Narantfuaq & Panauamfque , of your Rafbnefs , Norndgwalk and Pe- agiffent de Concert ; fans cela les Narant- ~nobfcot muff aĂ© in concert without thts fianiens, ou au moins la Mi iff on de Na- .| the Norridgwalks, or at Teak the Miffion tantfuag eft perdĂŒe : le Coup. oft decicif: of Norridgwalk 75 loft: The Blow is de- I fautict beaucoup de PradencĂ©; Tachons cifive: Much Prudence is neceary here : vous et moi de ne pas parditre dans cette , Let you and I take care nat to appear in Affaire : Il faut que nous aidons nos Sa- this Affair: We muft afffÂź our Indians â wages, fans nous brouiller niavec le Fran- without embroiling our felves with the Âąois, ni avec Anglois, quoique nous agi/- French or Enghifh, thoâ we act again{t both, fons contre P un et contre P autre: La â of them: ThE Condud of neither'of them Conduite de ? unet delâ autre nâeft pas is right in the Sight of God : You will do droite devant Dieu: Vous ferez bien de ne well not to goto Quebec : Send there un- pas faire le Voyage de Quebec : EnvĂŽyez known to the Englifh : Iam fending there ; y 4 linfçu de P Anglois : J'y envoye; They fet out to Morrow. This is the on part demain : Voici la parole, que Je Word which Ă©s caufe to be carried. to the fais porter au General ; General ;
âŹ, Mon Pere, : fr My Father, cc JE viens vous expofer ma mifere : CC J Am come ta lay my Mifery before you :
| â© JLâ Anglois prend mes Terres, et - â TheEnglith take my Lands ; and | Ă©Âą Je fuis Trop foible pour lui refifter : â© Tam too weak to refit them: Our. | Nos Armes.ne font point egales : Ime ⏠Arms are not equal: They fhow me
montre de Canons, & une QuantitĂ© Cannon, and a prodigious Number of = mate has deGuerriers ; puis Je man- â⏠Warriours: Can I fail of being. born
uer dâen etre accablĂ© & detruit meme? % doawa by them, and even deftroyed ? I. 1 â Jay toujours crĂ» que mon Pere me | always believâd my Father would dĂ©fend
« defendroit, fi Je venois a ĂȘtre vive- â© me if I was attack'd vigoroufly. â ly â© ment attaquĂ©. â LR LOUER CRE â + The Tribe of Norridgwalk Indians under hisCare,
# The French Names of Norridgwalk, ands. In. Writing. | Penebjcet. iis F The conftant Appellation of: the Governor of.
â Canada, usâd by all the Indians... N. B. This was fent by the Ze/wit to the Governor-
of Canadaâ in the Name of the Penobfeot Indians, without their Knowledge ; as appears by the De- claration of their Delegates upon their Conferenceâ with Governor SHIRLEY.
ee 4 The End of the Meflage. | U aa Your
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Il faut que vos Gens aiilent- porter la meme Parole 5 vous yoyez que les miens
yout parler au nom des norres, quâ ils ne
rometrent de fraper Jâ duglciss A les. Varies frapent |â daglois, et quâ ils le eae
pent les premiers, nous les abandanpons a
i au contrarie ? Anglots frape le premier, nous le fraperons vivement.
Raul may a, Carmen. cu GAUFRES A {7 ils. Ă pet.
PE ~*pardir par les Difcours de ceux du Fort + $ BL. Geer Ă©, que fi les. Paunauampsquien |
. Yeut defendre les Terres de Naran(fuaq, | FP Anglois ne les prendra point: Ii faut
Le ~~ done, que vos, Gens paroiffent DĂ© pas ? graindre P Ămglos, et quĂ©n dife a P 4
les | fuag : Si les Affaires tournolent
mal, on.
ey me jetteroit la Pierre :. que vos Gens ne |
tion, quâon eft venu faire ; Je n° ofe pas Solliciter,, ni leurs parler pour Narant:
Interrogations; . il eft neceflaré quils à viennent nous dire parler a lAmglois; on | M qulc fra (ES VIENNENR oie. gir Hs
. Quâon dife al Auglois, que les Pers nauampsquien ne veulent. point, que les: Norantfuaniens aĂŻllent, a Maifgauneg
. : tomme jâentens dire, que I Anglos de- »F ©» mande. : x
F Fe fuis dons ? Union de vos S. S. F S.S. avec un tres profond Refpect
De as Mes Pos Rare at Cel HBTEATE. PHOPIERE ne. a odig
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~ * . Amon Reverend Peres mon Reverend Pere Audran, \
Miffionaire de la Compagnié de ⊠Jefus & Narantfuag. ©
:: Je vous prie encore, mon Rev. Pere, 4 ge reprefenter a votra Peuple quil perd + fon Tems (en Confidence {â il eft poffible,
; au Moins avec Fineffe ) de {° adreffer aw Franceis pour le Secourir : I perdra fs Terres certainment & fera obligé de
4 vivre miferablement, ca & 14 dans lĂšs _ Villages de Becancourt & St. Francois;
rs quâil ne quitte point leurs Terres, {7il ne | yeut etre tresmiferable, 2,
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Nous lui avous refpondu, que fil avoit - quelque chofe a nous dire, quâil viendroit us le dire chez nous: Nous ferious biens © yen que Narant{uaq alata Maigan, on
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Engl demend. AG er lam. in the Unjom of your holy Sa-
crifice, with profound Refpeét,
§0.4nd carry the fame ⏠are going 10 fpeak, in:
Name of cur Tribe: They do not peo- mife to firike the Englith: If you pronsite to firike the Englith,. and firike them fir}, we abandon them : If on the contraryy the Englith firskefir#, we will frrike vigorcufly. â â Exhort your People not to expofe them-
| rez votre People ane pas {? ... felves, but to.arm themfelves.withCourace : . Exhortez votre Peop 16 8 eee ie Gr qui fĂ©e Lauds for a Moment, uittent leurs Terres pour un Mo-. they lofe them forever... It appears by the = go FETE ol pour cathe ak bis Talk of the People at St. Georgeâs, Fort,
Penobicots. will. defend the the Lands-of the Norridgwaiks, ¹hé Eng-
Ath will not take them : Your People then muff appear not to fear the Englith'; and the Enghith muft have the fame faid to them, which has been faid in anfwer to
glais ce que Jon a repondu a L'interroga- the Demand, which is made here. I dare not iat? them [ the Penobfcots war * ta them for Norridgwalk : If things Should fucceed ill, they would ftoneme : Let
not your People regret any Pains they muft plaignent point. leurs, eines, qu'ils ne. def: Def sbem not caafe.to Jord Expreffes + cefsént de porter ici des paroles &faire dés | Pere, and to make Demands ; it is necefjary they laould come to tell ys to {peak to the
Englifh.: . Z will be dons if they come... ; Let the Englith be told, that the Pe-
. nobfcots are not willing that the Norridge. alks should go to Cafco, as I bear the
Your moft humble _ and moft obedient Servant,
Penob cot, une 4. LT beg you again, my Reverend Father,
ople that they lofe âtheir Time ( under the Seal of Secrecy, Ăż
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TSP. Gounoa. 1754:
poffible 5 at leaft artfully) of applying to.
forry tf tbeNorrid ~~ Lo my Reverend Father, *
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# This was wrotc on the outfide of the Letter, and | appears to have been wrote afteg it was tealâd up,
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7 Society of Jefus, | N orridgwalk, |
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"They will lofe ~ 3 obheir Lands certainly, and be obliged to
live bere and there miferably in the Villages of Becancour and St. Francois *: Let theys
+ wot quit their Lands : mind to live miferably. = |
4 The Englifh call us to Cafco: We have anfwer'd them that if they bad any Thing to fay to us, they foould comeâ and fay it where we are: We fhould be very
walks /hoyld go to Caico.
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(6 ) âFrom the infolent Behaviour of the Norridgwalk Yndians in general towards the In.
habitants of Kernebeck River, and at Richmend Fort, it was apprehended for fome
Weeks before the Interview, that they were upon tie point of breaking out into open
Hoftilities ; fo that their Arrival at Falmouth to mect bis Fxcelicncy was contrary to
Expectation, and feems owing to the Accident of their Priefiâs having lett them 20 Days
before, to go to Canada, again{t the Advice of the Jefuit of the Penobjcots, and the
mif-carriage of that Jefuitâs Letter before-mentionâd to him.
Befides the before-mentionâd Information given to the Governor by âCapt. Lithgow
concerning the Refufal of the Arffeguntacook Indians to be prefent at the Interview
Âą which in his Excellencyâs Conference foon after with the Norridgwalk Indians was con-
firmâd by them, ) Governor Wentworth had acquainted him a few Weeks before he
fet out for Falmouth, that fome of thofe Indians had then lately carried off a whole
Family Captive, and plunderâd two Houfes within the Province ot New-Hampjhire ;
fo that there was no Foundation to expect that they would fend any of their Tribe to
the Treaty.
As tothe Penobfeot Indians, with whorn it appears from their Jefuitâs Letter to the
Jefuit of the Norridgwalks, as well as from their own to the Governor, how active and
faccefsful that Prieft had been in perfwading them not to meet his Excellency at Fal-
mouth, but to infift upon hiscoming to treat with them at SĂ©. Geergeâs River ; thoâ there
feemâd very little, ifany, grounds to expect, they would be induced to come to Falmouth ,
yet as it had been determined in Council before his Excellency left Boffon, that it
would be below the Dignityâ of his Majeftyâs Governor, and the Honour of the Pro-
vince, for his Excellency to fubmit, in cale of that Tribeâs peremptory Refufal to meet
himsat Falmouth, which Place he had appoiated for the Interview, to go tothem at
St.Georgeâs ; and at the fame Time his Excellency lookâd upon it to be a Point of
confiderable Confequence for facilitating the feveral Parts of the Service, he was en-
gaged in upon Kennebeck River, to have a friendly Conference with them at this Con-
junéture ; he determined to ufehis utmoft Efforts to bring them to meet him at Fol-
mouth, and accordingly forthwith difpatchâd a Sloop to SĂ©. Georges for that Purpofe,
with his Orders to Capt. Bradbery, containâ& in the following Letter 5
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Ă Ă Would have you let the Chiefs of the Pezobfcot Indians know, that in compliance
Âą with their and the Norridgwalk Tribeâs repeated Requeft in their Letter dated
⏠from Richmond the laft Winter ; wherein they prefsâd me to come early this
© Summer in Perfon to treat with.them upon the Matters therein mentionâd, [I am come
© to this Place, asfoon as the public Affairs of the Province, and their Hunting Seafon
would permit me, to meet them 5 and tell them, that I bring with me a fincere Difpo-
fition to renew and ftrengthen: the antient Friendthip, which hath from Time to Time
⏠{ybfifted between this Government and their Tribe.
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& T would likewife have you let them know, that I have thought very much upon
what they wrote to me in their laft Letter from St. Georgeâs, concerning their Expecta-
tion, that I would come thither to treat with them, aod that Riverâs being the ufual
Place of Conference between the Governors of this Province, and their Tribe ; and you
muft tell them from me, that they are greatly miftaken in that Matter : Neither Gover-
nor Shute, nor Governor Dummer, nor Governor Belcher ever met them at St.
Georgeâs , they (the Indians) came from St. Georgeâs to Arrowfick Wand in 1717, to
meet. the firft of thofe Governors, and always either to Bofton or Falmouth to treat
with the other two ; Itis true that I appointed my firft Interview and Conference with
them in 1742, to be held at St. George's; but the Reafon of my choofing that Place
⏠then, was, becaufe I was defirous of vifiting the moft remote Settlements in that Part of
Âą the Province, at. my firft taking the Adminiftration of the Government upon me ;
< and it I had-come to St. Georgeâs at that Time upon fheer Requef, yet even that would
© be a ftrong Reafon why they fhould now come to mect me at Falmouth ; where Col.
© Mafcarene hath accompany'd-me, as a Commiffioner from the Government of Nova-
⏠Scotia, and three Commiffioners from the Government of New-Hampfhire, to have an
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* Upon the whole, I would have you acquaint them, that J fudly exped them to cote * to me to this Place ; that I have fent a Sloop to bring them thither, and Englifs Colours * for them to make. ufe of upon this Occafion ; and orderâd you to attend and conduĂ© © them ; that if they perfift in their Refufal to do it, after I am come {0 far to brighten * the Covenant Chain with them, and fo early m the Year to gratify them; I fhall look © upon it as agreat Affront to the Englifh Governments, and a fure Mark that they © are indifferent whether they preferve our antient Amity and Kindnefs forthem or not. :
I particularly obferve, what they write to me.at the End of their Letter.;.in which * they fay, That they write in behalf of the Norridgwalks, as well as themfelves.â* © Thismuft be * crooked Talk; the Norridgwatk Indians came, here fome Days before my © Arrival, to treat with me at this Place; the Penob/cot Indians therefore had no Power * from them to write to me on their behalf in that Manner ; âThis is] fay crooked Talks âat doth not refemble that Truth of Heart, which the Pesob/cots ever profefsâd to have ; âbut muft proceed from fome bad Counfel given to them, in order to create a Mifun- * derftanding between the Exglifo and them ; and to deftroy the Peace and F riendihip * between us. : : â
© Upon this Occafion I would have you remind them of their Prieftâs Letter to me, * which I communicated to them the laft Summer ; in which he endeavourâd to difwade © me from fending Commiffioners the laft Years to diftribute thĂ© Prefents from this Go- vernment to them ; and of the Proofs I then fent them of his Artifices to raife Jealoufies ⏠among them, in order to break! off our FriĂ©ndfhip : And I would have you affure them, ⏠that I have lately receivâd undoubted Proofs. of the fame Prieftâs acting at this Time * the like treacherous Part to them, and ufing his utmoft Endeavours to-engage them in © Acts of Hofltility againft us. oy) ke
_. § And [would have you further tell them, That if this Government had not a great puasearc forthem, anda real Defire to continue their antient Friendfhip and Kindnels to
; Ă©t em, I fhould not have been fo earneft in my Endeavours toâ âperpetuate Peace and Âą Amity between us ; but the Succefs of that muft depend upon âtheir Meeting: me-here ; * and their Refufal to do it will be lookâd upon by me, as ad high Affront and a full * Proof that they are determinâd to break off Friendfhip with us. ur
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aa | Lam Sir, Your Friend and Servant, sles . LOT : | rs ont. SSL IL RLE T:
, At the fame Time ; as the Norridgwalk Indiansâ were the original Proprietors of the Lanes upon Kennebeck River, and the only Indians now interefted in them, and there was ~ Reafon to expect that the Prefence of the Pencb/cots, who would probably comeâ fully inftructed by their Prieft to ufe their utmoftInfuence over the Norridewalks in.oppofition to the intended March to the Head of Kennebeck, &c. the erecting a Fort higher up the. River than Richmond, and making further the Settlements upon it, would embarrafs the Conference with the Norridgwalks upon thofe Points ; the Governor determinâd with the Advice of His Majeftyâs Council, to have a feperate Conference with the Jaft ~mentionâd Indians, and difpatch them away from Falmouth (if poffible) before the Arrival of the Penob/cots there.
_ The Delay likewife, which the Governor's ftaying for the Arrival of the Penobfcots, before he treated with the Norridgwalk Indians, would have occafionâdâ'to:the Proceed- ing of the Troops, whofe Prefence at Ca/co, during the Conference with thofe Indians, it was apprehended would contribute to make them acquiefce in the March of the Forces
_ throâ their Country, building the intended Forts up the River Kennebeck above Richmond, @. and making further Settlements upon it, was another Motive for haftening on the Con-
ference with that Tribe. eon 3G * nr: rel ii) | fits Ă A
2 Accordingly his Excellency receivâd a Vifit from the Norridgwalks the fame Day at | his Lodgings ; ge appointed the Day following, being Friday the 28th of Yareito fpeak.
bli â with them in publick. aie âBH OL ee al By ae ee ale heels ee Ă pri a gi * An Expreflion ae by them in their Letter to the Goverwour. *
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Re > wa Cc VEN sh Fripay,
(+8 1) Fripay. June 28. 175 4
aâ HE Governour with the Gentlemen of his Attendance, the Commifioners from
Nova-Scotia, and New Hampfhire, being affembled at the Town-Houfe, ee
Chiefs of the Norridgwalk Tribe of Indians were conduéted thither ; and after
Salutations had pafsâd between them, His Excellency fpoke to the Indians as follows,
Friends and Brethren of the Norridgwalk Tribe, |
Ă© of Hrough the Protection of the Divine, Providence Tam arrived fafe at this
| Place, after a tedious and rough Paffige ; and I hope I now fee you and your
Wives and Children in good Health |
© Before I imbarkâd, I fent Orders that upon your Arrival here you fhould have
every Thing provided, neceffary for your Retrefhment; and L hope your Entertain-
ment hath been to your Satisfaction. | - ;
Bretbren,
© In the laft Winter Lreceivâd a Letter from your Tribe, the Penobfcot, and Arffe-
gunticook Indians, preffing me to come to Richmond, early this Summer, to treat with
âyou and them, inftead of fending Commuiffioners to you at the ufual Fime; and in
Compliance with your Requeft, I am now come in Perfon as foon as the publick Bufinefs
of my Government, and your Hunting Scafon would admit, to renew the Covenant.
with you. | â+ -
⏠The Honourable Colonel Mafcarene, who is appointed a
of the Province of Nova-Scotia 5 and the three Honourable Gentlemen on my left
Hand, who are Commiffioners from the Province of Pifcataqua, { New-Hamp/fbire ] are
come here likewile to join with me in brightning the Chain. aes ee
ave found the Penobfeot, and Arffegunticook Indians here at
have faluted you all together ; but as lam defirous of taking
as may be, of greeting your Tribe, and having a Friendly Con-
ference with you, 1 am determinâd not to wait for their coming ; but to fpeak with you
to Morrow, at 10 oâClock in the Forenoon, and fhall order a great Gun to be firâd as a
Sig nal for you to come on Shore, where you fhall find an Oïhcer ready to Conduét
you to che Place of Conference. ? |
Then the Governor afkâd them, whether all their Chief Men of theTribe were prefent 3
and whether any Penobjcot Indians were with them. |
6 J wasin Hopes toh
my Arrival, that L might
as early an Opportunity,
Col. Feb, in the Name of the Indians, addrefsâd the Governour as follows,
= Brother,
+ What your Excellency fays is very good.
6 There are fomeof the Penobfrots with us.
⏠Paffaguéant is not well; but will be here to Morrow, God willing : God hath
brought us here ; and we are glad to fee you in good Health : Paffagueant and Qyenoiis
knew of ourcomi g here, and join with us in faluting You. Our young Men rejoice
to fee your Excellency : We want nothing but Peace. â God knows our Hearts, that
they are good: When Capt. Lithgow informâd us you was coming, we left our Corn
and other Bufinefs to meet you: Allour young Men and Women are defirous that
Peace fhould continue. i . |
6 We fhould be glad of fome Tobacco and Paint <= Our young Men are always de-
firous of painting themfelves according to our Fafhion at thefe Meetings.
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Commiffioner in behalf ET EE
2 AUS 0 © Capt. Lithgow toldus, we fhould want for nothing : We want fome Ammuni-
_ tion to kill Game with, as our living is wholly on frefh Meat. ?
GoverNour : Your young Men fhall be fupplyâd with Ammunition and Paint ; and I will order more Rum, and fome frefh Beef for your Refrefhment.â a
Col. Fob: We thank your Excellency Fore your Kindrets to ts.
Governour: How many are there of your. Tribe now at Falmouth ?
Col. ob : Forty-two y Men, Women and Children.
Govâr : What Number of Men have you here ?
Col. Fob: Twenty-feven. | âty
Govâr : âAre any ob the Arffegunticook Indians with you Ă reir a CE
Col. Fob: Not one. i
+ Govâr : How many of the Penob/cot Indians are with you ?
Col, Joh: âThere are Eight of that Tribe here. Ă 3
st Gowr : Do thefe Penobjcot Indians intend to remain with you? t ge 4 |
: Col. Fob: No, they defign to return to Penob[cot, as foon as the Treaty is Over : = âThey will open their Hearts and {peak to your Excellency freely: so. We defire x you would order five Gallons of Rum a Day to be difiibuted among us. M
Gowâr : { don't grudge you that Quantity of Rum 5 but am. concernâd eaft it â fhould over-heat your young Men, and make them quarrel one with another, and as we are met here on weighty Affairs, I would have you confider coolly of them.
Col. Fob: We will take care that our young Men keep themfelves fober : We defire no more than two Gallons. of Rum, and one Gallon of Mellaffes for our Children.
Gowr: You fhall have it, ie hs bes, mk
Then his Excellency the Governour drank King GEORG P's Health, and Prof. erity to the Norridgwalks, and that Peace might continue between them, and the
Enel Colonies ââ Which Healths were pledgâd âby all the Indians prefent.
Then. the Indians withdrew.
ES | _ SarTurpayx, June 20... 7,544
4 HE Governour, the Commiffioners aforenamed, and other Gentlemen, being » | en 4 affembled in the Meeting-Houfe at Falmouth, ( the Town-Houfe being found in-
convenient the Day before, ) and attended there by the Indians ; After the ufual Salu- tations, Sra \ za | 1 © . j ! : in 2 ;
| Walter McFarland was {worn well and truly to interpret, what fhould pafs between | his Excellency and the Indians of the WNorridgwatk Tribe at this Conference. | oe ; .
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Brethren,
good Health this Morning : I gave Orders fince I faw
you here Yefterday, that every Thing, which you and your Squaws then defirâd
of me; fhould be provided for you as fuon as poffible.
Brethren, Li | |
In your Letter to me from Richmond, the laft Winter you fay thus ;
â Brother, | ue |
h is good, viz. Peace : We alfo want t Spring 5 and when
which is right be- âYOU bave a long Time wanted that wbic
« that which is good , and we want to fee you the: nex
« aye bear each other, talk, we will both endeavour to do that,
« paveen us. â
Brethren, in what you have faid ; and 1 am now-come to talk ⏠You have well fpoken,
do what is neceffary for fettling our Peace upon a lafting with you upon it; and to
Foundation. |
- ⏠The French have of late built Forts in feveral Places upon this Continent, within the
Territories ot King GEORGE, which hath greatly difturbâd our Peace in thofe Parts ;
and Lam informâd,; that they either.have, or defign foon to erect one on the River Ken-
nebeck, or the Carrying-Place called Wa-non-du-wa-wan-nock, near the Head of it,
which is within the Limits of this Government : If they fhould be fufferâd to do that,
Brethren, it would foon deftroy your and our Peace upon this River. I have there+
fore brought with me a ftrong Body of Soldiers to march up to the Head of it, and over
the Carrying-Place, in order to difcover whether the French have made any Settlements,
or built any Forts there, or not; and in. cafe: they have, or are attempting to do it, I
{hall fummon them ina peaceable Manner to retire, and if they fhall refufe to depart out
of the Englfh Territories, L will drive them of by Force. ul et eae
© Further, Brethren, In order to hinder the French from making Incroachments upon
the River Kennebeck, it is my Intention to build a ftrong Houfe upon it, higher up than
Richmond; and a large Magazine to lodge our Stores at, in our Way thither : âAnd as
this {trong Houfe will be nearer your Head-Quarters at Norridgwalk, than that at Rich-
mond is, 1 defign to remove the Truck Trade from Richmond to that Place ; fo that
then you will have lefs Way to come for your neceflary Supplies than you now have :
And in cafe we fhould have a War with the French, ( which we fhall ufe all Means in
our Power to prevent, and I hope will not happen ) this ftrong Houfe will be a Place of
Shelter and Protection to you, as well as to the Englifb, again{t their Hoftilites. =~
how well difposâd my Heartis towards you in this Mat- © You will judge, Brethren,
which I have in it ; and [ hope you think what I ter, by my hiding from you nothing,
fay is right. lh
n, in your Letter to me, that you â like well Gover-
n done ; and that Governour Dummer then 35
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⏠You moreover fay, Brethre
«© nour Dummerâs Treaty, and what was the
< {er the Bounds between the Englifo and you.
, inviolably obferve Governout © You may be affurâd, That We fhall on our Part
Dummerâ sTreaty 3 and that the Englifh fhall not in making Settlements pafs the Bounds,
which are there fet between you and them : âAnd we expect that you likewife fhall on
your Part keep that Treaty. |
That the Englifb fhall and may peaceably and quietly enter
â© upon, improve and forever enjoy, all and fingular their Rights of Land, and former
© Settlements, Properties and Poffeffions, within the Eaftern Parts of this Province; |
â together with all Iflands, Iflets, Shoars, Beaches and Fifheries within the fame; |
without any Moleftation, or Claim by you or any other Indians; and be in no
â ways molefted, interrupte â |
â By shat it isagreed, â
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d, or difturbed therein. 7
(af) © And on the other, Hand, â That you and the other Fribes of Indians, within
* this Province, and > âyour he their natural Defcendants, fhall refpectively hold and â© enjoy all your and their Lands, Liberties and Properties, not by you or them con- ** veyed, or fold ta, or poffeffed,â by any âof the Enghith Subje@ts: â Alfo, â The
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ie Privilege of Hunting, Fifhing and Fowling as formerly,
* Now, in purfuance of this Treaty, Brethren, 1 promife you in the Name of oe Englifh Governments, that none of his Majeftyâs Subjects within them, âfhall be allowed to make Settlements upon any Lands above Richmond, for which they cannot produce âgood âand- fufficient Deeds of Conveyance, either from you or vour Anceftors :: And for the better Prefervation of your Rights and Privileges of Hunting, Fifhing and Fowling, whole and intire to your felves, a âLaw bath been âlately paisâ'd by the Gaverament of the âMaffacbufetts-Bay, whereby all his Majeftyâs Subjects within it are prohibited, under fevere Penalties, trom trefpaffing upon you: On the other Hand, We expec? that the Englith all bave Liberty to make Settlements wherever they fall thinx proper, ca any âLands which they have fairly purchafed of your ere without any dog dĂ© son 0% Hindrance from You, or any other Indian Tribe.
© But I muft obferve to you, with regard to the Extent of the Limits of the Ergljh and French Territories upon this Continent ; that you are not concernâd in any Difputes which may arife on that Point: This is a Matier which lies wholly between Us and the
French ; and we do not defire you, as the French do, to expofe your-Lives in any of our Quarrels with them: All, that we expeĂ«t, is, That Tan: pick us to decide our Difputes, and confult your own Safety. aye remaining âNeutral. « t conte
* Thave now falkâd with you upon the principal Matters, which are mentionâd in your Letter to me; and fhall not proceed further in the EMEA: until J Re ete your Anfwer to what I have faid upon them. i salt ye
_ © Before you give it, I would have you maturely confidet.and deliberate: upon every Thing, which I have now fpoke ; for which purpofe, leaft any Article of it fhould efcape your Memory, I fhall commit what I have faid to the Interpreter in Writing ; and he, when you dre retirâ âd and deliberating upon it, fhall diĂ©tinĂ©tly interpret:every Paragraph of it to you again, and I fhall expect you toâmeet me hete with your Anfwer:ready to be deliverâd on Monday Morning next, at 10 oâClock, when you fhall have the lacie Sig- nal made for you to come on. Shoar, as you hadto Day: ocici 2: 1:09 es go ood vy
206 TX fhall fay fothing further to you at prefent chan that thefe are: weighty Matters, which ânearly concern the Welfare of your Tribe, and I hope your Anfwer to me upon them will be a wife one, and fuch as will promote that wy fecuring gur Friendfhip and Kindnefs to you.â
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| PRESENT as before. âa
Fter Salutations, Mr. Exekiel Price was fworn to make tree Entries of what fhould
pafs between the Governour and the Indians at this Con-fereace ; as alfo that the
Entries already made by him in it were juit and true, according to the beft of his
Knowledge and Skill.
shen his Excellency afkâd the Indians, if they had confit=r'd what he had faid to them on Saturday, and were ready to give him their Anfwer to it. Bt.
Col. Fob, holding in his Hand the Governourâs Letter to the Indians in the lat Win-
cer, {poke in their Name, as follows ; | |
« Here is the Letter which your Excellency wrote ; it isa good Letter, we like it
well,âall our Brethren the Indians like ic well, ; cl LA
© We have carefully confiderâd what you faid to us on Saturday. |
6 As to the firong Houfe, you intend to build on tbe River Kennebeck, we cannot
confent to itâs being built ; itis our Land, and we get our Living by Hunting : Rich-
mond Fort on the River belongs to King GEORGE, and we are content it foould re-
main, as it flands ; but we canât confent to the Building of any other Fort, of making
any new Settlements on that River.
f; Governour heise Treaty is likâd by all the Indians ; and we all defire to ftand
by that, and fubmit to itâs Rules. grey 4 tact âsrntl Ă Re 01 Tri
-< We want nothing but Peace ; but we canât agree that you fhould go any further up
the River.) 0 2. un Ă aus A ar toit âWi? danse nike
« We are here in behalf of the Penobfeots, and all the Indians they. know of our
âcoming, and it is the fame; as if they all were prefent. | si a
» « When you fee us, âit is the fame Thing as if you fee all the Tribes of Indians.
We tell: you our Heart.âIf you fhould fend your Army up Kennebeck River, you
will not fee a Frenchman ; there is none upon the River, nor near i. âGOD knows what
I {peak is true; Ifpeak from my Heart. ivy op lsat een ye Ba ae
Brother,
» © Your Brethren of the Norridgwalk Tribe, and fomeof the Penobfcots are met here;
we are come for Good.âThis Wampum is a Token of the Sincerity of our Hearts,
holding three Strings of Wampum in his Hand, which he gave the Governour.
⏠Jf we agree to that which is Good, all the Indians will ftand by it.
Ă rate : You fay the TAdlans nee prefent are here: in behalf of the | Penobfeots. to
treat with me ; and, that the Penobfcots will ftand by what is now agreed to; and that
it isthe fame Thing as if their âTribe was prefered nd ott Anew svontvoD adv aol > era, &
Mins sas ect - Fra heg
© [have lately receivâd two Letters from St. Georges; one fent from the Penobfcot
Indians before I came from Bo/ton, and the other fince I arrivâd at Cafco. â
© In the frft of thefe Letters the Penob/cots told me, they expected I would come to
St. Georgeâs ; and that they could not come to Falmouth to treat withme. _ a
© The Penobfcots alfo fent me Word, fince I came here, that they would not treat
with me, unlefs I came to St. GeorgeâsâAnd by a Letter Ihave in my Hand, lam
fatisfied they receivâd this Advice from their Prieft. US AUVICE MONA cane ke
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(oe) - Âą Y canât but think therefore that you are miftaken, when you tell me that any Indi- ans now prefent. are authorized to appear in behalf of the Penob/cots, and to act for them ; fince that Tribe hath declarâd to the contrary.â
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The Governour made here a fhort Paufe, expecting an Anfwer from the Indians . but they feeming a little confounded, and making none, he proceeded ; 7
© } now look upon my felf as treating with your Tribe only.
â E regard your Tribe as much as I do the Penobfcots ; and there ig noâ Occaffon for their being prefent, or confulted upon the principal Points of this Conference.
4
⏠You fay you ftand by Governour Dummerâs Treaty ; fo do we. â Moft of the Indians who.were concernâd: in making of it, are dead : Governour Dummer was theri the Governour of this Province ; but now I am the Governour of it.
_ © Tt was therefore neceflary, that that Treaty fhould be committed to Writing, that Governour DĂ©mmerâs Succefors; and the prefent Generation of Indians might know
what was then agreed upon in it.
- © You well know the Mark of Wenemouet, Loron, Edger-Emet, and the others of
the principal Indians, who made and fignâd that Treaty ; and as they are dead, their Marks muft now fpezk for them. ? Ca
: His Excellency then producâd the original Treaty made with Governour Diner to
the Indians, who after having peĂ©rusâd the Marks of the Indian Chiefs, which'fignâd it,
_obfervâd to his Excellency that none of the Norridgp alks had fignâd the Treaty. |
Governour SHIRLEY,
© You told mejuft now, That you appearâd for the Penob/cots : That was the Cafe with the Pencb/cot Indians at the Time of making Governour Dummerâs Treaty ; they were delegated by the Norridgwalks,. St. Francois, St. fobns, and other Tribes of Indi- ans, to reprefentâthem at that Conference, and conclude a Treaty on their behalf with the -Englith : â Befides, Your Tribe hath at every Treaty fince that Time, as well as the
prefent Conference declarâd, That they ikâd it well, and will fland by it; and fubmit
» toits Rules. Particularly, When I met you at St. Georgeâs, thirteen Years ago, Loror
who was your SpĂ©aker at that Interview, and Col. Zewâs, and allthe other Indians then
prefent, producâd the Counterpart of this Treaty tome ; and infifted upon it as what
was binding between us. And at Falmouth, in 1749, your Tribe, the St. Francois, Pe-
nobfcots and Weeweenocks, all fignâd the Treaty then concluded : And by that Treaty
you made the fame Agreement with the Englifh, which your Predeceffors made with them in Governour Dammerâs Treaty." | LR "onde HAE 15%
| [Then his Excellency producâd to them the Treaty made and concluded at Falmouth * in ÂŁ749, ] and proceeded thus 5 Ă Le |
. © This Treaty, ( viz. of 1749, ) was ratifyââd by your Tribe the laft Year ; and the Year before ; and feveral of you now prefent then fignâd your Marks to it. ? wate
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[Then his Excellency causâd' the afore-recited Paragraph in Governour Dummerâs Treaty, concerning the Agreement that the Englifh fhould have and enjoy all their
former Rights and Poffeffions in the Lands, which had been fold and conveyed to them
by the Indians, tobe read over again ; ] and fpoke to them as follows; © oĂč Ă IT aout vor dan Ă©lsndtii A 207 10 DIR % baer :
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1 67 mufĂ©now obfrve to you,â That above One Hundred Years ago, the Engfifh y âof your Fathers âall thĂ© Lands lying âon the River Kennebeck, as high up as _
ferunfike : That in Confequence of that Purchafe they took Poffeffion of and made : DEAR upon them ; and ( at the Defire of the Indians ) antiently buileâ at Taconnet
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Ca Falls a Trading-Houfe, where a greater Trade was carried.on, than there is now in all
the Englith Truck-Houfes together ; as you have in the Conference of Jaft Year acknow-
ledoâd : And there are ftill to be feen at Cufbnock and Tacoxnet old Ruins of Houfes,
which plainly prove that there were Houfes formerly built there by the Englith.
< At the Treaty made by the Norridgwalks, and other Faftern Indians with Gover- nour Sbate in 1717, it was agreed, â Thatthe Enghfh thould fettle the Lands where
their Predeceflors had done â. And by Governour Lummerâs Treaty in 1726, That
â the Englifh fhould fettle upon, and forever peaceably enjoy all their Rights of Land
« and former Poffeffions within the Eaftern Parts of this Province, amd whatever had
<Âą been fold and conveyed to them by the Indians. âââ~ Tfthe Inchans had not been cons
vineâd atthe Time of making thofe Treaties, that the Lands formerly poffeffed and
fettled by the Englifh, and which had been purchafed by them of the Indians, were fair-
ly fold to them, they would not have entred into thofe Agreements. al ?
Brethren,
⏠As to building the intended ftrong Houfe and Migazine higher up Keanebeck
River than Richmond, 1 muft remind you of what pafsâd between us oa the fecond Day
of this Conference ; in which I openâd my Heart to you : I told you, that the only
Motive. of my doing it was to keep.the Freach from coming into the River, and to pro-
tect all the Lands upon it, Your Lands. as well as thofe of the Englifb, againft them :
This is what all Princes do within their own Dominions, without afking Leave-of thofĂ© who inhabit che Lands there : The building of Forts donât take away the private Pro-
perty of the Subjects in their Lands : And as by Governour Duimmerâs Treaty, ( which
you fay is Right, and you like well, and will ftand by , } and by the Treaty of, Peace
in 1749, your Tribe and the other Indian Tribes who were Parties to them have /48-
mitted to be ruled and governed by the King of Great-Bntainâs Laws, and defired to bave
the Benefit of the fame. Sara séiiésée" à : # s
te su EHsra that Paragraph was read to them out, of both thofe Treaties: | * >
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© King GEORGE hath an undoubted Right by vertue of thofe Treaties, as well, as
by the eftablifhed Law of Nations, tobuild Forts upon your Lands in the Eattern Parts,
of this Government, as well as thofe of the Exgdi/b : Your Tribe and theEugli/h are made
Brethren by thofe Treaties, and King GEORG ÂŁ is our common Father; and this
Fort is to be built for the Protection of all his Children, the Jadiaus as well as the Exghj/h.
Brethren.
© J would put you in Mind of what happenâd in Times paft ; About 30 or 40 Years
ago, the French ftirrâd up yourâs and the neighbouring Indian Tribes, when they were at Peace with the Englifo, to make War with themââThe Indians during the
Continuance of it committed Ravages in our Borders, and killâd feveral of our People ;
But what Fruits did the Tribe of Norridgwalks reap; by-the Mifchief which they
then joinâd in doing to the Englifb ; they had feveral,of their young Men cut off, and
the Englifb at laft, being highly provokâd by their Hoftilities, fell upon the old Town of
Norridgwalk, deftroyâd. many of the Tribe, and drove them all off from their Lands ;
which by Right of Conqueft in War (a Title held to, be, good by all the Indian Tribes
in general among themfelves, ) the Englifb became Matters of, and it was intirely ow-
ing to their Kindnefs to your Tribe, that you were reftor/d to thofe Lands by Governor
Dummerâ sTreaty, and fufferâd to return and, live in Peace upon your prefent Poffeffions.
â© This Inftance, Brethren, of the Calamity which..going âto War.with theâ Engliffe brought upon your Tribe in that Day, and of the Kindnefs which they then fhewâd to you, in permitting you to return and live again upon your Lands, after your Tribe had forfeited all Pretenfions to their Friendfhip by being guilty of a Breach of the moft folemn Engagements, fhould now be well confiderâd by,yous And it yought to bee a Warning to you, never to fuffer yourfelves, to! be feduced agaimby, the: Freseh, to enter. into. War with. the Exglif, which if it fhould ever happens mutt fooner or later end: im the Deftruction of the fmal], Remnant of your, Tribe, sos) bon pd pe ne
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| (237 "© Te will be much wifer for you to live in Peace, and enjoy yout Lands, under the Pro- teftion of the Englihh. .
© And as a Token of the Sincerity of my Heart, in what I have faid to you, J deliver you this Belt of Wampum. Gave a Belt of Wampum. |
* T have another Article, Brethren, to fpeak with you upon.
~ © By Governor Dammerâs Treaty it is agreed, That âif any Controverfies or Diffe- $ rences fhould at any Time after happen to arife, between any of the Exglifb and Indians, âÂą for any real or fuppofed Wrong, or Injury done on either Side, no private Revenge **°fhall be taken for the fame, but proper Application made toâhis Majcftyâs Government âupon che Place, for Remedy or Redrefs thereof, in a due Courfe of Juftice. â
© This was âratified by the Treaty of Peace made in 1749, and the Norridgwalks, Penobfcots, Arffegunticooks, and Weeweenocks thereby engagâd further ** That it any In- â<dians fhould at any Time commit any As of Hoftility again{ft the Englifb; they âÂąwould join their young Men with the Engi, in âreducing fuch Indians to Reafon. ©
_ © Now, Brethren, It hath unfortunately happenâd that two Indians of the Arffeguntt- âÂąook Tribe were killâd the laft Year, by twoknglifomen in the Government of Pifcataqua, for feveral Injuries and Infults which thefe Indians had been guilty of within'it : The Cir- cumftances of which I fhall relate to you. In April 1752, two Indians of thatâ Tribe named Sabatis and Cbrifti, came to Canterbury in the aforefaid Province, where they were friendly entertainâd above a Month ; but at their going off they ftole two Negroes, which they bound and carried over Merrimack River, where oneâ of them made his F{cape and returnâd to his Mafter ; but the other was carried to Canada, and fold toa French Officer at Crewn-Point, at which Place he ftill remains ; or, was teen very lately.
© Tn May following aParty of.ten.or twelve Arffegunticook Indians met with four Exg- Ufo Men, ata Branch of Contoocook River, within the Government of Pifcataqua, thot one of them dead upon the Spot, captivated and carried two of them to Canada, where. they were detainâd, fome. Months, and until they were ranfomâd ; the other with Difficulty making his Efcape : All which was done in Time of Peace. ~
© In 1753, the aforenamed Sadatis came again to Canterbury, where being reproached by the Wifs of the Man, from whom he and his Companion had the Year before ftolen the Negro, which âthey had fold in Canada, he together with another Indian: then in Company, was guilty of great Outrages to her 5 and it was by thefe and other Injuries and InfĂŒlts-committed by: them there, that the two Engl/b Men were provokâd to kill them foon after ; but the Government of Pifcataqua difapproving the Action (asis well known from their Proceedings againft the Perfons, who were fupposâd to be guilty of it ) have difclaimâd the private Revenge, which the two Engli/h Memin their Province took of the 4 ffegunticook Indians, for the Injuries and Infulrs which the Engl had, re- ceivâd from them, and usâd Endeavours to bring to Punifhment the Cffenders, who were guilty of a Breach of the faid Treaties : And you fee, Brethren, that that Government have now fent three Comriflioners to meet the Arffegunticooks here, in order to have Injuries on both Sides redrefs*d in a-Courfe of Juftice, and an.amicable Manner.
- '$ Thevfrffegunticooks ought to have acted the like Part,and met us here, efpecially as fince they knew of the killing of thofe two Indians, they renewed theTreaty of Peace made with the Governments of Pifcataqua and Maffachufetts in 1749, by figning a Ratification of it at Richmend'in the Fallâ of the Year, and accepted Part of the Prefents which the Govern- menc of the M+ffachufetts-Bay made to the Indians upon that Occafon ; and Jjoinâd the Jaft Winter with your Fribe and the Perobfcots, in preffing me to meer them in thefe Parts early âthis Summer : But inftead of: doing this, âthey have within the laft feven WĂ©eks caprivĂ€ted an Englifh Man,. with his Wife and three Children in the Province of Pifcataqua, and plunderâd his Houfe, as they did at the fame Time the Houfe of ano- ther Eng lifb Man in the Neighbourhvod, which happenâd fortunately to have left it a Day or two betore the Indians came + And they declare that.they : will take further Revenge upon the Englifb ; for which Purpofe they have a Party out now near Richmond, waiting
-an Opportunity to do it.
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« WherĂ©fore, Brethren, as the Englilb have faithfully kept the before-mentionâd Treaties
on their Part, and the Arfegunticooks have broken them ; we have a Right by Virtue of
them, to call upon you and the Penobfcots to join your young Men with ourâs, in re-
ducing the Arffegunticooks to Reafon : Yourfelves muft be convincâd that this is neceflary
to be done, in order to prevent fhedding of Blood, which will in the End wholly ruft and
canker the Covenant-Chain ; which ought to be kept as free from the Stain of it as may
be.
Col. Job: What we fpeak is Truth; we will do every Thing in our Power to pre-
vent thofe Indians from. doing Mifchief.
Govâr: Willyou join your young Men with ours, and compel them to do what
is Right ? |
Col. Feb: We will do every thing iu our Power to make thofe Indians quiet and
peaceable : We have already hinderâd them from doing Mifchief ; they will come to
Narridgwalk before they do more : Thefe two Men which the Enghjb kil?'d did no
Mifchief ; it was the 4/bany Indians who did the Mifchief : Sabatis (one of the two
Indians killâd) was an Albany Indian. | i |
Govâr : Youare miftaken ; Sabatis was not an Albany Indian, but belonged to the
Ar ffegeemticook Tribe ; he hath declarâd it himfelf.to feveral, and if you doubrit, I can pro-
duce certain Proof of at.
© Who had the Command of that Party of Indians which captivated two Englifo Men
and killâd another, when a Fourth efcapâd from them near Contoocook River, as 1 befurt
abfervâd to you ? * |
Col. Fob : Ie wasan Albany Indian, who had been with the Arffeganticooks a preat while.
~ âGov'r : You are miftaken ; Capt. Mofes {altes #Ă©7e0n) commanded that Party ; he
was an Ar[fegunticook , the two Men who were carried by him âCaptive to Canada, heard
him acknowledg'd as fuch there ; and himifelf hath declar*d, that he formerly âbelengâd te
the Norridgwalk Tribe ; but had married among the Arffegusticooks.
Col. fob: We will enquire and know more about it in a few Days; the Indians fome
times fay more than is true. : |
Gov're: Although we knew of this Murther, and the captivating, of the two Mien,
the Englifb Governments did not take any Revenge,but admitted the Arfegunticooks, the
lah Year, to Ratify the Teaty made five Years ago and gave them Prefents Ob
the different Behaviour of the Engli/bfrom the Indians.in this refpect.
Col. "fob: . It is the firft Time, I have heard any Thing, of the captivating of the
_ Family, and pluadering the two Houfes in Pifcataqua.â 1 {peak from my Heart.
| Govâr : You well remember the Ar ffagunticook Indians captivated three Children at
F | North-Yarmouth, within the Government of the Maffachufetts-Bay = What is become of
them ? â Atthe Jaft Conference Paffagueant promisâd to go and fetch them home.
Col. âfob: He would have gone.; but hearingYour Excellency defirâd him to atten
at this Treaty, he was prevented.
Gov'r: Are you ready to Ratify and Confirm the Treaty of Peace made at Ca/oe
five Years ago ?
Col. Feb: Weareready to/Ratify it â weare defirous of Peace, and as we are de-
terminâd to do all invour Power to prevent Mifchiel, we hope your Excellency will de
the fame. |
âGov'a ; You may certainly depend upon at that Z wall,
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(882) ) Col. 76>: Let not your young Men act the Devilâs Pars, by dome Michiel
to us: You, as well as we, like Governour Dummerâs Treaty, â Let us all ftand by i - Before we part, both of us will confirm that Treaty. | ve?
Govâr : The Ratification of that Treaty, and of the Treaty of Peace madefive Years ago at Cafco fhall be wrote ready for us both to fign to Murrow.
* All that I have faid at this Conference. is from my Heart ;. which I have openâd freely co you ; and | will hide nothing in it from you: You have told me that you would not confent that the Engh) fhould build a Fort upon Kennebeck River above Richmond : 1 would not have you mifunderftand me ; I did not afk your Confent.
â King GEORGE, nor any other Prince, ever afks the Confent of any Perfon to build Forts within their own Territories: You well knaw the French King doth net.
et Whatever Englifh Forts, are built or Settlements:made upon that River, you may be affurâd, that as long as you Continue to behave peaceably towards the Englifh, you {ball âbe treated as Friends and Brethren by them. *
Col. Fob : Your Talk is good ; it pleafes us greatly.â We look upon vou to be eur Brother ; and God knows we are fincere.
TUESDAY rie ârpg
PRESENT asbefbre, Govâr.
Brethren,
⏠I Have causâd Inftruments of Ratification of the Treaties of Peace made by your Tribe, and the other Eaftern Jadians with Governour Dummer in 1726 ; and with the Commiffioners from this Government, and that of Pifcasagua, in 1749, to be
prepared forus to fign, as was proposâd between us Yefterday.â But before we pro- ceed to do this, I muft call upon you to open your whole Hearts to me with the fame Sincerity that I have usâd m difelofing what is in mine to you.
© You will not think much of my being fo folicitous to know whether I can now depend upon your pacifick Profeffions, if you recollect your Behaviour towards us foon after your figning the Treaty of 1749.â About nine of ten Months after that, your Tribe joinâd with fome of the Arffeguuticcok and Penebfeot Indians in captivating feven- teen of the People of this Government ; viz. Thirteen from Swan-Ifand, one from Richmond, two from Sheepfcot, and one from Brunfwick ; as alfoin killing a great Num- ber of our Cattle: The Reafon given by you for the doing of this Mifchief was,â that it was done to fatisfy you for two Indians, which happen'd to be killâd by fome Englifh : After which you declarâd to us, That the Indian Blood was then wipâd awayâAnd that the Englifb might go fafely about their Bufinefs ; for thatit was Peace between all the Indians and the Englifh.
© The Englifh thinking you fincere in this Declaration left their Garrifons, andâ returnâ, to their Dwelling-Houfes ; but notwithftanding your Declarations, when the Englifh were off their Guard, fome of the Arffegunticook Indians foon after captivated three Boys at North-Yarmouth, killâd fome Cattle, and burnt and plunderâd feveral Houfes ; and foon after that killâd a Man coming from North-Yarmouth : A fhort Time after this, fix Men were captivated, and one Man killâd at the New-Meadows, together with nineteen Cattle, as was alfo aconfiderable Number of Cattle at Richmond about the fame Time ; and in doing this laft mentionâd Mifchief, your Tribe was principally con- cernâd, being affifted only by a few Canada Indians in fome Part of it ; other Part of it being done by your Tribe alone : And we are certain that thefe: Accounts. are true; hecaufe we have receivâd them from fome of your owm Tribe.
| | © What
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COEEN ) « What can you fay in Juftification of your felves for this Behaviour ?
â~
[ After a fhort Paufe without Anfwer from the Indians, ] the Governour proceeded,
Brethren,
« J have been informâd fince my Arrival here, That a Letter has been fent from the
Canada Indians to the Penobfcots, acquainting them that they intended to pafs over to
our Eaftern Frontiers, when che Corn fhould be ripe, and fall upon the Engifo Settle-
ments there. | :
4 J now require of you to inform me, what you know concerning this Matter ?
Colonel Fo beginning to fpeak to the Governour ; Quencis, who fat next to hin,
turnâd towards him, and fud in a low Voice, â Befure yon tell no more Lies ; â If you
de, the Governour will certainly find you out : â Upon which Col. od, after expoltu-
Jating with Quencis in two or three Words, proceeded thus 5 _ | Oe ae
Brother,
« We will fpeak the Truth from our Hearts, and hide nothing from you. |
⏠Weheard that there.was fuch a Letter fent from Canada to the-Pesob/cots.; and
we told Capt. Lithgow what the Canada Indians and the Arffegunticook Indians intended
to do. They fay they are coming to fatisty themfelves for the Lofs of the two Men
belonging tothe Arfegunticock Tribe.â
Govâr : What have the Casada Indians to do in this Matter ?
Col. Fob: The Canada Indians and the Ar flegunticook Indians are all the âfame.
Ic is very likely that shofe Indians, who intend to do this Mifchief, will come firft to
Norridgwalk ;. and we will then do our utmoft to hinder.them from doing any more
Mifchief.
_ GoĂżâe: § Brethren, 1 muft further acquaint you, That I receivâd aLetter from
St..Georgeâs a tew Days ago, wherein I am inform'd, That your Tribe had fent two
Belts of Wampum to the Penobscot Indians, inviting. them to join with you and the
Canada Indians againit the Englifo: Is this true? â |
naGok Fob :. We never had any Thing but Good in ourHearts: That Letter is a Lye:
The Canada Indians might fend Wampum , but we never did, and we defire you would
aot think we ever had it in our Hearts to. do it.
Govân: Bretbren, .
⏠Notwithftanding the Mifchief you have dore-us_fince the laft Treaty of Peace ; if
you are determinâd to live peaceably with .us for the future, and are defirous of continu-
ing in Friendfhip with .us, we will ftill receive you as Friends and Brethren, and fign
the Ratifications of the before-mentio âd Treaties of Peace : But if your Hearts are not
Right towards us, | would not have you fign them ; becaufe if after that, you fhould
commit any Aéts of Hottility againft us,» you may depend upon it, we fhall never truft
you again. . : |
⏠And I would have you well: confider, that if you fhould provoke us to be your
Enemies by your Violation of this Peace, the Confequence muft in the End be the utter
Deftruction of the fmal! Part of your Tribe which fill remains... 2 ©: >
© [hope you rightly underftand what I have told you more than once. in this âConfe-
rence, ix was my Intention to do, and .the Engli/h expected from you: I fhall repeat it
ance more, before we-proceed to fign che Ratification: I-told you, I fhould: fend.a ftrong
Body of Soldiers to march up-Kennebeck: River, as high as the Head of it, âand over.
the Carrying-Place, which is becween that and the River Chaudiere ; and caufe
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a ftrong Houfe to be erected, and a large Magazine for Stores in the Way to it; that
the Englifh had fairly purchasâd Lands of your Anceftors, as high up that River as Wef-
ferunfick, and.made Settlements there ; and that we expected they fhould be at Liberty
to rnake Settlements again as highas their Fathers have purchas'd of your Anceftors, when-
ever they fhall think proper, without being molefted by you or any other Tribe of Indians.
<8 Thave now done fpeaking, and amr ready to hear what you have further to fay to
me.â I hope you will {peak treely. ORD
arret 9 Brothers
* We will open our Hearts and {peak freely.
_ * We came here for that which is Good ; and hope what we fhall now. do Ans
in Good. oy. gee Ă
Te de Englifh hall be'epelcome to renew sheir Settlements as bigh 2 the River as
they have heretofore fettled Lands, and purchafed any from our Tribe ; and we are
content that they foall peaceably enjoy them. i) x
© We bave confiderâd of what your Excellency sold us concerning building a Fort and
Magazine upon Kennebeck River ; and are consent you foould build them where âyou
pleafe , and promife not to moleft or difturd you in doing. if.
⏠We fhoutd be glad to know on what Part of the River you propofe to build the
Fort and Magazine.â rail tu |
Govâr : Ă havegiven Orders to the Commander of the Troops, which I have fent
up that River, to {earch for the moft convenient Place in it to fet the Fort upon; and uñ-
it LT hear from him, Iam not able to inform you concerning this Matter.â.But I believe
$Âą will not be higher up the River than Tacennes Falls. |
Indians =
Capt. Lithgow ules us kindly, and we defire that he may be continued in the Muck
Houfe at Richmond. ;
Âą We fhould be glad chat there was a Truck-Houfe at Saco ; and that Capt. Lane had
the Care of it. : ,
Âą By Governor Dummerâs Treaty it was agreed that the Englifâ fhould not. hunt on
our Lands. â The Englifh have Land enough to work upon to get a living, without
âHunting: upon our Lands. â What we fay in this Matter we fpeak in behalf of all the
"Tribes of Indians, who are in Friendfhip with the Englyb.
Âą GOD isa Witnefs that what 1 have now faid to your Excellency is true ; and that it
comes from my Heart.â
-Gov'r : Slam well pleasâd with what you have now faid ; and hope it comes from
your Heart.
Âą [think as you do, that the Englilb have no right to hunt on your Lands, and that
they ought to be punifhed for doing it.â |
Then âone of the Indians complainâd that he had a Gun left at Capt. Ox/tonâs ; alfo
ome Beaver, two Broad Cloth-Blankets, fix Shirts, fome Wampum and Sable Strings.
< The Governovur affurâd the Indians he would enquire into thatMatter, and that Juftice
fhould be done them therein.
„ Cot Fob : I would {peak to your Excellency,
Ă
({ 207) ⏠We are not allow'd enough for the Beaver we bring tothe Truck-Houle ; Beaxer
is very fcarce and hard to be got ; it oughtto be fold tor a better Price.* ;
Govâr : © You may always depend upon having the fame Price for the Beaver you
bring to the Truck-Houfes, that it will fetch in Boffon, exclufive of all Charges.
.⏠The Law made for punifhing the Erg//b, who fhall hunt on any of your Lands,
fhall be carried into Exccution. Lt: md at .
© Two Englifo Men have already been punifhâd agreeable to this Law ; and Lwill ufe
my Endeavour that all, who tranfgrefs it, fhall be pumfhâd. ; ag
_ * You have fometimes given into the Truck-Houfe Winter Beaver, inftead of Spring
Beaver ; you ought.to be more careful inthis Matter... .
« [will give Orders that the Commiffary-General (hall from Time to Time, fend an Account to Capt. Lithgow of the Prices of Beaver at Boftex.; and Capt..Lithgow fhalt give you as much for it at Richmond, as it, will tetch in Befion, SE eee |
© Tam glad to hear you approve of Capt. Lithgow, and Capt. Lane ; 1 fhall always en.
deavour to keep good Officers in the feveral Truck-Huufes.â âa :
Then the Ratifications of the Treaties of Peace, made between Governour Dummer,
and the feveral Tribes of Eaffern Indians ; as alfo of the Treaties of Peace made and con-
cluded at Falmouth in Cafco-Bay about five Years ago, being diftinétly read over and > in-
terpreted to the Indians, were fignâd by hisExcellency the Governour, the Commifioners
of the Provinces of Nova-Scotia and New-Hampfbire, on the one Part; and Paffagueant,
Col. 70, and the Indians of the Norridgwalk 1 ribe of the other Part. |
âGov'r « © As we have now mutually ratifiâd the former Treaties of Peace, 1 doubt not but you will join with the Englib Governments in keeping them inviolable ; and I hope Peace will continue between us as long as the Sun and Moon fhall endure. eo
_ Brethren,
& As a Mark of the Kindnefs which the Maffachufetts Government hath for you, they
are willing, in cafe you incline to fend any of your Children to Boffon, to be at theCharge
of maintaining them there,and having them inftructed in the Englifa Language, Reading, Writing, drawing Plans, and other Things proper for-their Education ; and will return them to you whenever they or you fhall defire it: This may be a Means of ftrengthening
and-perpetuating F riendfhip between us ; which is the only Reafon of my propofing it to
you.
© Asa further mark, Brethren, of theKindnefs I bear you, I fhall order Capt. Lithgow
to deliver you out of the Truck-HoĂ»fe âunder his Care, the Value of Tex Pounds old Tenor, for each Man who hath met mehere; and five Pounds old Tenor for each of
your Squas here prefent, as foon as you fhall return to Richmond. )
© And in.cafe your Tribe fhall continue in Peace and Friendfhip with us, the Govern- ment will in the Fall of the Year, order thePrefents which they have promisâd to give you
Anaually, during your good Behaviour towards us, to be deliverâd to you. |
Brethren,
© I am forry that you wonât admit our Brother Ambrofe to affociate with you on âAc-
count of -his âhaving engagâd ia the Service of the Engli/h, againft the French in the
âYate War between the two Crowns: But ##brofe fhall lofe nothing by that ; this Go-
vernment will take him into their efpecial Protection and Maintenance: The Exglifh
willever diftinguith thofe who fhall be-their Friends.among the Jxdians, by their Kindnels
and good Offices to them.â ;
Indians : It is Ambrofeâs own Fault that-we donâe let him affociate with us : He.hath
curnâd off his own Squa, and carried off one that belongs to another Indian. â | Then
( ar ) Then Colonel Mafcarene, {peaking to the Indians, told them, * That he reprefented
the Province of Nova-Scotia at this Conference ; and as a âToken that that Province had
a fincere Defire to maintain Peace and live in Friendthip with them, he would in the
Name of that Province give unto each Man of their Lribe prefent at this Che the Value of Forty Shillings old Tenor, . and to each of theyâ Sguas the Valo ot Tx fai
Shillings; which Capt.Lithgow would deliver them out of the Truck-Houfe at Richmond +
and aflurâd them if they would go to Halifax, that that Government would receive La
entertain them kindly. â Witte ASE
Alfo, Capt. Warner, in the Name of the Commiffioners from the Government of
New-Hampfhire, and in behalf of that Government, told the Indians, ÂŁ That asa Mark
of the fincere Regard that Province had for them, they would give them the fame Pre-
fent which was given them by the Province of Neva-Scotia ; and that Capt. Lithgow
would deliverit to them accordingly.â . | a
Then the ufual Healths were drank. by his Excellency the Governour and pledgâd by
the Indians. After which, | Li Ps
Col. Fob, addreffing himfelfito.the Governour fid,
+6 Upon our return Home, we willfpread the good News of Peace among our
young Men and the reft of our-Tribe 5 and will endeavour that the Peace âpow conclu-
ded fhall:continue as long as the Sun and Moon fhall endure. *-âââ And having afkâd
âLeave of his Excellency to fuffer him in,behalf of the.reft, to falute his Excellency and
che Commiffioners, âŹe. with a fhort Dance in the Indian Manner, inftantly performâd
the Salutation, and then withdrew with the other fndianss 0 VC M TT"
WwW EDNESDAY Fuly 3e 1784
PRESENT, as before
MOVE TT : Bretbren,
âty Was loath to difmifs you until I had the Opportunity of feeing you once
RDO et put bat nt cos | : |
a Jyexpett-thatother Affairs of.my âGovernment will take up my whole-Time ; fo that
this wwill be the-latt Time I fhall meet you wpon.this Interview. rs
Se] wifh you a good Paflage to Richmond 5 andâhope on your return-Home, you
will find your Squas and Papoofes: and the reft of your Tribe in good Health. â
âBrethren,
â61 have -oneâThing-more-to fay.to you : âAs -you,pafsfrom Town .torlown great
Damage is done by your Dogs in killing Sheep,» 67c. you .ought 10 muzzle .them te
prevent thefe Mifchiefs; and I hope you will do it. X
cal told-you the Maffachufests Government had.made wa Law, to, prevent «the Laglifh
âfrom Hunting on your Lanus..-- You fhall.have .it read and, interpreted, co, you.
{ Which.was done accordingly.â]
Brethren,
âTL: have one: Word more to fay-to âyou before we-part ; . amd:l. wou'd have.you.well
cĆnfider it : â i
1 ]f your live inâPeace with:the Ărghb, your Tribe. may increafe, and multiply 3 bug
âAf you fhould be unfortunately: Jed into a War.with, us, : veur whole, Tribe. will in the
Ănd probably be deftroy'd, andanot a Man of it.left, to. enjoy, any,or, your Lands. ut 2 < 5% » kX
(224 © You well know that the Number of your Tribe does not now confift of fnore
âthan onc third Part, it did of before the War with us in 1723 and 1724. â
© { give you this Advice in the Sincerity of my Heart ; and out of the Brotherly Kindneis, which the Engh fe bear to you : I have now done. *
Paffagucant,
Brother,
© fe makes my Heart glad to hear you fpeak in this peaceable manner: I Pent ftrong Peace is now fetled between us.
Then his Excellency drank the ufual Healths; which. were pledgâd by the Indians : : And after fhaking Hands the Indians withdrew.
The Indians having defirâd, his Excellency would. allow all. their young Men and : Squas to entertain him with a Dance in the Atternoon, his Fxcellency confented, and was ee at iÂą with the Commiffioners and. ctacr. Gentlemen.
.N. B. After the Conference was ended, three of the Indian youre âMen came ta the ~~ Gavernour and defirâd they might be carried to Boflon , wiiclv was accordingly
done: Alfo Cape. Lovel, one of their chief Me âny defirâ'd leave-oF the Governour ~ < go fend two young Sons of his for Education to Bolton : : Pe ch his pe
encouragâd him to do.
S foonas the Conference was fioifhed, his Excellency =r rd the + es to be a. barkâd, and proceed direttly to Kenmebeck River: Accor tingly they falâd out of | the LADA for that Place on Thurfday the Fourth of July , as did the Indians
dikewife on the fame Day by his Excellencyâs Orders.
L
HE Contents of the Letter herein before inferted from the Governour to Capt. Bradbury, dated the 27th of June, having been communicated tothe Pen bfcot Indians, they immediately delegated Fhirteen of their Chiefs to ate tend his Excellency at Falmouth , who imbarkâd at St. Georgeâs on board tie
Sloop which was feat tor them, aud arriv'd at Faluouth on Friday tne Fitth of July in the Forenoon. }
T HE principal Matters, for which the Expedition was perc Poss case with the Norridgwalks, viz. The marching a Body of Troops through heir | Country, â the ereĂ©ting. of Forts higher up che River Kenwebeck than that at Richmond ; â and, the making new Englifh Settlements uponit ; â The Way fem feem'd now clear tor an In- ferview wita the Pench/cots.
âThere was now no colourable Pretence for the Penobfeots to make Objections to the Proceedings of the Government of the Maffachufetts-Bay, had they been ever fo ftrongly difposâd to oppofe them, aiter the Acquiefcence of the Norridgwalk Indians, who were the fole Proprietors of that Part of the River and Country in queftion, which had not been fold by them to the Englith: His Excellency therefore determined to fpeak with the Penobfcots on the Day of their Arrival ; and accordingly orderâd the Delegates to be econduĂ©ted to him in the Afternoon, to the Dre Place of Conference with the Norridgwalks : And, after the ufual Salutations, | SALE
Capt. Fofeph Bane was fworn to interpret truly, what fhould pafs between his Ex- cellency and the Tadians of che Pensbfcot âTribe ; and Mr. Ezekiel Price was fworn to make true Entries of what fhould pafs between his Excellency the Governour and. the
-Tadians at this Conference.
6.23") Phen the Governour {poke to the Indians, -as follows,
Friengs and Brethren of the Penobfcot Tribe.
© „ Hope Lmeet you in good Health ; and that you Jeft your:Squas and Pap I and the relt.of ourBrethren at St. Georgeâs well. } Ă apoofes
© Inthe laft Winter I receivâd a Letter from vour Tribe, the Norridgwalks, and Ar fe. gunticooks, prefling me to come to the Faftern Parts early this Summer in Perfon, inftead of fending Commiffioners to you at the ufual Time : And in Compliance with your Re- queft, Tam now come here to renew the Covenant between us.â
* The Honourable Colonel Mafcarene, who is appointed a Conimiffioner in behalf of the. Province of Nova-Scotia 5 and the-three, Honourable.Gentlemen on my. left Hand, who are appointed Commiffioners from Pi/catagua, are come here likewife to join with mein brightning the Chain.â ee |
Brethren,
* Upon my, Arrival at this Place, I found the Norridg walks, in whofe Name you . wrote to me, before I left Baffon , that.they expected: 1 fhould come to St. George's to treat with you and them, and that they could: not came to meet: me at Falmouth, had waited for me here fome Days : And I was forry that I did not find Delegates from your Tribe here likewife, after having come fo-far to meet you at: your own Defire ; but have been obligâd to fend another Letter, and wait for you nine Days. |
Brethren,
_ © The Endeavours of your Prieft to prevent my fending Commiffioners to treat with you, the laft Fall, and to diftributĂ© the Government of the: Maffachufetts-Bayâs Prefents to you, and raife Jealoufies and'a Mifunderftanding between us then, (of all which [,ap- prisâ d you in my Letter by thofe Commillioners,) leave me no Room to doubt now to -whom,J any to wmpute your;late ill Behaviour, But as J.am_per{waded that it. proceeded from his bad Counfel, and not from the genuine, Sentiments; of your own Hearts, and find by your coming here, that you have confiderâd better of the Matter ; I hall pafs it over,ia hapes, that, yourwill notyoffer thisGevernment, the like A ffront for the futureâ
Here the Governour declarâd to them bis Intention of fending @ Body of Soldiers to the Head of Kennebeck River, and acrofs the Carrying-Place between that and the River -Chaudiere ; and building Forts upon the River Kennebeck,. ix ihe fame Manner that he did to the Norridgwalk Indians : And proceeded thus,
_ © have communicated all this te our Brethren thie Norridgwalks, who are the only Proprietors of all the Lands upon Kennebeck River, which have not been conveyed and fold by them tothe Enghfh ; and they are âfo well fatisfied with the Sincerity of our In- tentions, and the Uprightnefs of our Hearts towards them in building this Magazine and
ftrong Houle opon thar RivĂ©r,that they have affurâd me at my lateConference with them, thatthe Englifh are welcome to build Forts upon it, where they pleafe.
⏠Thoâ I well lenow, Brethren, that your Tribe never pretended to own any Lands upon the River Kennebeck, yet as a.Proof that 1 would hide nothing from you, which I have in my Efeart to do ; I Have acquainted youâ likewife with my Defign.â |
Brethren,
< J have been informâd that a large Number of the Freach Indians will be fent from Canada to commit Hoftilities againft us in the Time of Indian Harveft ; and that the French haye promifed to.build Forts at Pesobfcot, and the Hlead of the River St.FrancoĂŻs, for the Protection of thofe*Izdians, who fhaĂ€ll be concĂ©rnâd in it.â
© [have aif been informâd fince my Arrival âhere, that the Norridgwalks have fent two Belts of Wampum to youTribe, defiring that you would join them and the Canada
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E MY Tndians againft the Ewghfh ; and that there was a Number of Canada Indians now at Penobfcot confulting upon that Matter : Likewife that the ârfegunticook Indians had fent you a Belt of Wampum to invite you to join with them in falling upon the Erglifh.
â Ajfo that you have lately fent a Letter to the Governour of Canada, prctending that the Englifh are going to take your Lands from you, and defiring the Freach to affitt you
_again{t them.â
* As Ihave openâd my Heart to you, fo Texpect that you will not hide from me what âyou know concerning thefe Matters.
Brethren,
© In the Letter, which you fent me the laft Winter, you exprefs your Satisfaction in -Governour Dummerâs Treaty, and promife to abide by it ; and to fhow you, the Englif Governments are determinâd to ftand by it too, we are ready to ratify and confirm it, together with the Treaty of Peace made at Falmouth in Cafce-Bay, in 1749 : But before we proceed todo that, I think it neceffary to hear what you fay in Anfwer to what I have been informâd of, concerning the Defigns of the French in Canada, their making
âor erecting Settlements or Forts at ââKennebeck, Penobfeot, or elfewhere within the EnglifĂ© âTerritories : And as the Matters I have JaĂŻd before you require your ferious es ton, I fhall wait until to Morrow Morning for your Anfwer.â
fĂ©e: âCin behalf of the Indians of the Penobjcot Tribe ) Bree himfelf to his Excellency, faid, |
Brother,
His We, who are prefent, are fully authorizâd to reprefent the Tribe of Penobfcots at âthisâ Conference ; and in thet Name falute your Excellency, and the Gentlemen, who are Wich you.â
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âWe will edn habe of - Qu your Excell lency has now faid to us ; abi, when we meet you in the Morning, will I {peak to you upon it. * :
His Excellency then drank King GEORG Eâs Health and that Peace might con- tinue between the Englifo and the Penobfcots, which Healths the Indians pledgâd and âwithdrew. . RCE | |
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er Phe ey His Excellency the Governour, the Commuffioners, Sc. and the Indians.
Govâr : Brethren,
Ă« [ Am now ready to hear your Anfwer to what I faid to you Yefterday-
Aufong, (in Behalf of the Indians of the Pesobfcet Tribe, ) addreffing the Gover- nour, {poke as follows ; â
Brother,
⏠W E, rejoice that we have an Opportunity of feeing you in good Health.
_. © What. your Feeney told us Yefterday concerning the Defigns of the French, is intirely new to us; âWe knew nothing of thefe Things before.
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G2.) 5 What ve know we will reveal to your Excellency, and Open our Hearts freely to you.
* We heard, a Bele of Wampum was fene to the Norridgwalk Indians ; but never heard that any was fent to our Tribe,
â The French have not built, neither are they building any Fort near us, as you have been informâd: Some of our Tribe went to Canada the laft Spring, where they were told it wasâall Peace between the Englifb and French . and the French advifed them to keep Peace with the Ărg/fb, and do no Mifchief. ?
Brother,
* Our Hearts are fixâd on PeaceâAs we ate Friends and Brethren, we defire a cleat Path may be kept open between us.
* As you have openâd your Hearts to us, fo we will {peak freely and inform you of all we know. |
* We reprefent all the Indians as far as Paflamaquody. ?
Govâa : * You fay fome of your Tribe went to Canada this Spring, and that they told you it was all Peace, and advisâd you to keep Peace with the Exgli/sâHow then came your Prieft to tell you it was War, and endeavour to perfwade you to fall on the Enghih 2 ?
Here the Indians feemâd to be in a general Surprize at what the Governour faid Âą After which he procĂ©eded,
Brethren, .
* Are you Certain, that no Letter was fent from your Tribe to the Governour of Canada, in the Month of Fune laft ? |
Aufong : * Wecanât write ourfelves ; wĂ© gave no orders to the Prieft of any other Perfon to write fuch a Letter for us, neither do we know of any fuch Letterâs being fent.â,
Govâr: Brethren,
© As you fay, you know of no fuch Letter, I believe You 3 butI muft inform you that I havein my Hand the Copy of.a Letter, which your Prieft wrote in your Name to the Governour of Canada 3 telling hini that the Englifo had a Defign to take-your LandĂ© from you, and defiring you may be affifted from Canada ; and this. Copy is of your Prieftâs own Hand Writing.â |
Aufong : S'Taflure your Excellency as I did before; we know nothing concerning this Letter.â |
~ Govâr +°© DT mention this that you may perceive the Artifices, which your Prielt ufes, to ftir up War between you and us. ?
ĂAufong : S Fam a Man, my Heart is good, and what I now fay is true. ni
* When we were at Bofox, you told us if any thingâbad was like to fhappen, it fhouĂŻd be difcoverâd to us. |
* If the Hatchet was liketo be taken up, we would inform you of itâIt is our full In- tention to keep the Path between us open and clear. â
Govâr : âI fhalt always heartily join with you in keeping the Path-free and open.
© The Norridgwalks have ratifyâd the two Treaties before-mentionâd 3 and if you are ready to dothe fame ; I have Inftruments of Ratification preparâd, *
Anfang 3
(1264) Aufong : © We have always ftood by Governour Duinmer's Treaty, ana will nevet
depart from it; and are now willing to Ratify it. *
~Govâr : © When you met me at St. George's about thirtĂ©en Years ago, you brought
with you a Counter-part of Governour Dummerâs Treaty âW hat is become of 4e ? ?
Indians: -* It 3s loft. ?
Aufong : * Lhave already told you, the French are not building any forts on our
Lands ; â You may depend upon it, that what we have {aid is true. |
© We are not willing that either the French or Englifb hould build any Fortsor make
any Settlements upon our River ; and we have declarâd to the French that they never
fhall incroach on our Lands. t ort
Gov'r: © If the Fresch fhould ever attempt to make any Incroachments on
your, Lands, give us Notice of it; and we will.come to your Affiftance, and help you
to drive them of: Your Lands are within King GEORGEâs Territories, and under
his Protection. ?
Then his Excellency orderâd the Ratifications of the Treaty made by Lieut. Gover-
nour Dummer, and that concluded in 1749, with the Eaftern Indians, to be difinédly
tead and interpreted to the Penodfeots : \Vhich being done; the Governour ask'd thenx if they were ready to fign them... V avr 3 4
Indians: We are ready. _ +
Then the fame were interchangeably fign'd.
His Excellency then acquainted the Indians of the Law pafsd by this Government
forbidding the Englifh to hunt on their Lands , and told them that be would endeavour
thal every Perfon who offended againft that 4 fhould be punifped x and affierâd them that
"Fuftice foould be done them re[pecting their Trade in the ame Manner as be did to the
Norridgwalks 3 And. then proceeded thus, cei ee
~ Brethren, â | | Te ea Mies titer ni EE ay
© J would fpeak to you concerning the Behaviour of the Arffegunticooks :
< By the two Treaties before-mentionâd, it is agreed, That, if any real or, fuppofed Wrong, fhould happen: [to âbe done, by. the Exglifo. or Indians. to ether Party, no
_ private Revenge: fhould be taken, but Application made to-the Kingâs Government
to have the fame redrefsâd in a Courfe of Juftice-: And. it is furthertengagâd by the
Indians ; That ifany of your Tribes of Indians fhouldâ break thefe Treaties, you
⏠would join. your young Men, with ours, and reduce fuch Indians to Reafoa. âą
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oS: The Ar ffegunticook Indians were preient the Jatt Year atthe Ratification -of thofe
Treaties, agreed to them, and receivâd the Governments! Prefents.â 15 V7 au xift ot
Here bis ExtelleneĂż relalĂšd tbe Bebaviour of the Arffegunticooks, 14 the fame Man-
ner. as be did.to, the Norridgwalk Indians: And proccededs.».
Brethren,
« Here are prefent three Honourable: Gentlemen commifionâd from. the Government
of Pifcataqua, who are come to meet the Arffegunticook Indians, in order to have the
Mifchiefs-Ă©ommitted: on both. Sides. amicably rĂ©drefsâd; and to. wipe. off the -Blood that
has been foilt ; but chofe Jvdsans will not come to meet them.
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⏠Thus you fee how thefe Indians have behavâd towards the Englifh ; and notwithftand-
ing they fignâd theRatifications of the Treaties afore-mentionâd the laft Year, and receivâd
the Governments Prefents, and joinâd with you in defiring me to meet them early this
Year to treat with them ; yet they refufe to come to meet me: And a Party of that
Tribe is now lurking in the Neighbourhood of Richmond, who declare they will have
further Satisfaction forthe Blood of the two Indians killâd by the Englifh, the Year before laft.
Wherefore, to prevent.any more Bloodfhed, I muft now call upon you to join your
young Men with owrs in reducing thefe Indians to Reafon. ?
Indians : * What you fay is Right. â
Govâr : © Will you join your young Men with ours ; and oblige thefe Indians to
fubmit to Reafon ?
Indians : © We donât like the Behaviour of the Arffegunticooks- we will ufe our
utmoft Endeavours to prevent thefe Indians doing any more Mifchief.
Anfong : â Soon after my return Home I intend to fet out for Canada; and will
then fpeak to thefe Indians and perfwade them to live in Peace with che Englith. ?
Govâr : âI fhall depend upon your preventing them from doing any further Mifchief ;
if you do not, I muft infift upon your joining your young Men with ours, to reduce
them to Reafon.
⏠J have now done fpeaking, ?
Aufong : * We thank your Excellency for your kind Treatment of us: It isa great
Satisfaction that you have openâd your Heart fo freely to us: It will be very grateful
to all our Tribe ; and we fhall endeavour {till more and more to keep the Covenant
between us inviolable, and preferve the Friendfhip of the Englifh. ?
Then the Governour made them the {fame Offer in Behalf of the Province of the
Maffachufetts-Bay that he did to the Norridgwalks, for maintaining and educating any
of their Children which they fhould fend to Boffon. x
He acquainted them alfo, That he fhould order Capt. Bradbury to give each of the
Delegates a Prefent of the Value of Ten Pounds old Tenor, out of the Truck-Houfe
at St. Georgeâs upon their Return thither: As did the Commiffioners from the Provin-
ces of Nova-Scotia and New-Hampfbire, That they had defirâd Capt. Bradbury to make
them a Prefent of Forty Shillings old Tenor a-peice on Behalf of each of their refpective
Provinces.
The Governour then affurâd them that the Government of the Maffachufetts-Bay
would make their whole Tribe the annual Prefent in the Fall, which had been promisâd
them upon their maintaining Peace and Friendfhip with the Englip.
Âź After which the Indians defirâd leave to entertain the Governour, and Commiffioners
and other Gentlemen with a Dance in the Afternoon, which they did.
The Dance being ended, one of the Delegates afkâd the Governour to permit him to
bring his Son next Spring to Bofton, and leave him there for Education: And the Day
following two more of them defirâd his Excellency to fend them to Bofe for fome
Time, all which the Governour granted.
On Sunday the 7th of Fuly, the Judians came in Proceffion from on Board their Sloop to the Meeting-Houfe, and attended Divine Service Morning and Afternoon.
And on Monday the 8th of Fuly, fet fail to return to St. Georgeâs River.
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