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     were prsent Connetectah King of the Susquehanahs Meauro- Lib. X.

     way King of the Shananoles with Penascoh his Coadjutant p. 195

     & Owhahala King of the Delewares theire great men Sitting

     on one side there Interpreters Standing behind them, The

     Interpreters Apointed by us being Capt Hanse & Hendrick

     Peterson & forasmuch as the Indians had brought french men

     with them we Choose & swore Jacob Burghway truly to

     deliver what he should receive from [them] or by us should be

     Offered to the Indians according to theire Respective Nations

     thereby proposeing to facilitate the Treaty none of our

     Interprters being pfect in that tongue The Interpreters

     Chosen and Appointed by the Susquehannahs was Lewee the

     ffrench man & Sewackutt als horsecourser & Beshaccus a

     Dellaware & on the pte of the Shavanoles Martine A ffrench

     man, for the Dellawares our own Interprters.

       first we proceeded to acquaint the Susquehannahs and

     Shavanoles that we had according to Appointmt mett &

     waited theire Comeing for the Space of 4 days not without

     Some dissatisfaction for theire non Appearance to which they

     Answered that the Cause of theire Delay proceeded not from

     any Careless neglect of theire promise or Jealousie they had

     of the English but were hindred in theire Iourney by the great

     freshes that filled the Runns occasioned by the great Raine as

     fell the day preceeding the Day Appointed for our treaty

     Whereupon by our Interprtrs we gave them to Understand

     theire reason was Sufficient to Excuse them att which they

     were well pleased and shook hands in token of friendship.

       Wee next proceeded to acquaint the Susquehanah King

     that the presents by him Sent by Beshaccus to Coll Thomson

     for the use of his Excy were delivered according to request

     that they Were Kindly accepted tht his Excy had Expected to

     see them and the Rest of the Kings att Annapolis where he

     Intended to make them honble Satisfaction for them on wch he

     Replyed So they were but accepted he was well Satisfyed &

     thereupon shook hands in token of friendship with us againe

     we next acquainted the King of the Shavanoles that the

     prsents by them delivered for the use of the Governor to Coll

     Herman were never Reced by his Excelency nor any acctt of P. 196

     them att which they seemed much dissatisfyed saying they

     had delivered him for his Excellency's use Twenty Beavers

     ten Large drest Skins & one Otter and wondred that they

     never had received any acctt whether they were accepted or

     not to wch we Replyed it was not theire prsent but theire good

     will his Excy looked upon att which they were well pleased and

     shook hands as the former.

       We farther acquainted the Kings of the Susquehannahs

     and Shananoles that Certain Indians lying back upon the