_ Integrity _and_ Prudence _must in Time pave the Way to an Ascendency
in their Councils, and by this Means the Subtilty of the_ FRENCH _would
be utterly defeated._

_One sees, in the following short Sketch of the Behaviour of the_
Indians, _strong Traces of_ good Sense, _a_ nice Address _in the Conduct
of their Affairs, a_ noble Simplicity, _and that_ manly Fortitude _which
is the constant Companion of_ Integrity. _The Friendship of a Nation
like this, tho' under the Appellation of_ Savages _or_ Barbarians, _is
an Honour to the most civiliz'd People: I say nothing of the Advantage
which is derived from them by Commerce: And the_ FRENCH _well know, by
dear Experience, how terrible they are to their Enemies in War._

"When we speak of the _Five Nations_ in FRANCE, (_says an_ Author[8] _of
that Country_) they are thought, by common Mistake, to be meer
_Barbarians_, always thirsting after human Blood: But their true
Character is very different. They are the fiercest and most formidable
People in _North America_; at the same Time as _politick_ and
_judicious_, as well can be imagined: This appears from the Management
of the Affairs which they transact, not only with the FRENCH and
ENGLISH, but likewise with almost all the _Indians_ of this vast
Continent."

[Footnote 8: DE LA POTERIE'S _History of_ North America, _in_ Dr.
COLDEN'S _History_, &c.]

THE

TREATY, _&c._

The Deputies of the Six Nations having, at their last Visit, agreed to
release their Claim to all the Land on both Sides of the River
_Susquehanna_, as far South as this Province extends, and to the
Northward to those called the _Endless Mountains_ or _Kittochtinny
Hills_; in Consideration whereof, they then received a large Quantity of
valuable _Indian_ Goods for the Lands situate on the Eastern Side of the
said River, but declined at that Time to receive any for those on the
Western Side of the said River, chusing to defer the same till another
Visit: A large Number arrived from these Nations at _Philadelphia_, on
_Wednesday_ the 30th of _June_, with Deputies duly impowered to receive
the said Goods; and acquainted the Governor, that being weary, from the
Fatigue of their long Journey, they should crave three or four Days to
rest themselves before they proceeded to their Business: In the mean
Time they would wait on the Governor to discourse, according to their
usual Method, about News and other Occurrences; which the Governor
readily agreed t