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11. What Distance the Six Nations are from the ffrench settle-
ments, on what Course, what River, they the said Six Nations re-
spectively, are Settled upon, and what are the Number of frighting
Men in each Nation.
12. To enquire what settlements the ffrench have from the South-
ern Parts of the Lakes of Canada, towards the Branches of the
Mississippi, what their number and how far, and on what Course
from some remarkable places on Susquehanna and Potomack Rivers,
what fforts or strength.
13. To be informed in the best manner how the People of Pen-
sylvania, or the Proprietor, pay the Indians, for the Lands they pur-
chase of them, and what the Consideration in Proportion to
Quantity; likewise the same of the Governments of the Jerseys and
New York
14. To let the Six Nations know, in Conjunction with those in-
structed from his Excellency the Governor of the Upper House,
that as Subjects of Great Britain, the people of Maryland desire to
live in Amity and ffriendship with them, and hope they may meet
with the like kind Disposition, since they wish to continue as ffriends
and Brethren, and have never to their knowledge given any Cause
that might induce them to beleive the Contrary; and that to confirm
the Truth of the kind Disposition of his Majestys Subjects, the In-
habitants of Maryland, they desire to confirm a sure and lasting
ffriendship with the Six Nations, and all their ffriendly Indians, and
are ready to give and take any Marks or Tokens of the same.
15. If any Articles be entered into with the Six Nations, ye are
to desire that one be, that they procure the best Information, what
the Cause was, of the Shawan Indians coming to Maryland in the
Spring, 1742, and that they Transmit the same to the Speaker of
this House for the Time being, by Conrad Weiser, or other means ;
and what affairs the said Shawans transacted with the Nanticoke,
or other Maryland Indians, and what the Issue thereof was to have
been, and at whose Instigation.
16. In such Articles, ye are to require that the Cause of the un-
easiness and Demands of the said Six Nations be inserted as full and
large, as that the same may hereafter appear; and you are to have a
Copy of such Articles at Large.
17. Ye are to inform your selves in the best manner, what the
Value and the usual presents, which are made on the Conclusion of
Provincial ffriendship, or peace with the said Nations.
18. Ye are to act with Circumspection in this matter, on Behalf
of the People of Maryland, that they be not burthened with any
unnecessary Charge, or other Demand hereafter; and that in this
Negotiation ye do not exceed, above the Value of Three Hundred
pounds Sterling.
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