428 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1696/7-98.

            Lib. x. It was also acquainted the great man of the Shavanole tht

                the prsent formerly Delivered to Coll: Herman for the use of

                his Excy were never delivered by him att which he and the

                rest of the Indians prsent seemed much Concern'd at the

                Abuse aforesd.

                  It was required if they had anything to offer or Communi

                cate to the Governmt to wch they Answered they had nothing

                farther then to desire that League of friendship Contracted

                between us might remaine Inviolable and that they all ways

                took us for theire friends and that they will be so to us, That

            p.  194 they mett us now not for any Complaint they had to make of

                any Injury susteined by the English but onely to heare by the

                great man of the Susquehanahs who has lately been taken

                Prisoner by the Naked Indians & redelivered what it was he

                had upon that & his Own Nation acctt to offer being so desired

                by them

             Jno Vrans Saelsmans                    Ion Thompson

                Interpretrs                 Cornelius Comegys Ed: Boothby

                                  his

                          Hendrick   H Peterson Thomas Richardson

                                  mark

                  On the 26th of May Instant The Treaty with the Dellawares

                being Compleated & we the psons Appointed by this Gov

                ernmt for Managemt thereof departing homeward In the In

                terim Came Connetectah King of the Susquehanaes together

                with two more of his great men & one Lewee Lewison a

                frenchman resident among them who gave an acctt tht the

                Shavanole King with his great men were on theire march but

                by reason of his great Age Could not Come so farr as they

                but would be with us that night he the sd Conetectah Desire

                ing the Presence of the Dellaware King and his great men to

                hear on the Morrow what he had to Offer to the English &

                Indians in Amity with us from Lowensah King of the Shaw

                kelawgues als Naked Indians and accordingly in the Evening

                Came Meaurroway King of the Shawanoles brought on hors-

                back by reason of his Age together with one of his great men

                and one Martine Shartee a ffrench man resident & married

                Among them but being late in the Evening and Understand

                ing they had much to Offer on that Subject we resolved to

                deferr the business till the next Morning being so requested

                by the Indians who were Somewhat discomposed by reason

                of theire Long hard travell Accordingly on the morrow wee

                the persons appointed haveing given Notice by Capt Hanse

                Steetman Interprter in Chiefe for the Northern Parts of this

                Province Orders to Acquaint the Indians that we would pro

                ceed and haveing given them what Methods we took for the

                Managemt thereof accordingly We tooke our Place where