6 Assembly Proceedings, May 10-June 11, 1748.

U. H. J.

Liber No. 34
May 10

Condition than when I left them my youngest Child is yet very bad
with the Cough, the rest is mending very much: the Day before
yesterday Shickellamy Arrived who is in Good health with the Re-
maining Part of his Family, I Delivered the Presents to him. he is
very thankful to the Government for the Charity bestowed on him
he will set out the Morrow Morning for Shamokin he brought no
Particular News from the Six Nations, this Evening John Goul
with the Indians from Ohio arrived from Philadelphia, they made
but very Short Marches in a day, They Reported everything this
Evening to Shickellamy what had Past between them and the Gov-
ernment Shickellamy is mighty well Pleased with every thing the
Ohio Indians Assured Shickellamy that the lanontadyhagas, the
Twich-twees, the Unick-calliakon the Ranatawadcany, the Zis-a-
gechraonos have actually made use of their Hatchet against the
French in favour of the English and expect the English will Assist
them with Necessarys the af^d Indians have Seized all the French
Goods they could meet with & knocked some of the Traders on the
head, & some they Permitted to go to Canada Naked, and acquaint
their Father Onotio that his Children the Indians are Angry with
him, The Day after to morrow I intend to set out with the Ohio
Indians for John Harris's I believe I must hire a Waggon to Dis-
patch them in their Journey they Travel slow and the Expences is
Greater without than with a Waggon I have nothing to add at
Present but remain S^r Your Most Dutifull
Conrad Weiser
Heidleberg November 14^th 1747
In the Evening I Dispatch John Goul

p. 224

P. S. the Gech-da-gechronos & the Runatey-wech-suchraonos two
strong Nations of the Indians had Received the French Hatchett and
some time Last summer severall hundreds of them were coming
this way to make an Invasion upon this or the Neighbouring Prov-
inces but were Pursuaded to go back again by the Twich-twees who
told them it would be so much as Declaring War against the Six
Nations and their Allies that the six Nations became one body with
the English, the Gechdagechraonos and the Runatey-weck-suchra-
onos Live to the West of the Lakes not very far from the Great
River Mississippy. Shickeling Desires me to thank the President &
Council in the best manner I cou'd for the Present

[Conrad Weiser to Richard Peters, Esq.: Council of Penn-
sylvania] .
Paxton, at the house of John Harris
November the 28^th 1747
Sir
Last Night I arrived here with the Indians all in good health but
Canachguasy the Speaker was took sick by the way from Philadel-