ar into those
of the Northern confederacy, says, in his book intituled, the
_Administration of the Colonies_, "The right of the Five Nation
confederacy to the hunting _lands of Ohio_, Ticucksouchrondite and
Scaniaderiada, by the conquest they made, in subduing the _Shaoeanaes_,
Delawares (as we call them) Twictwees and Oilinois, may be fairly
proved, as they stood possessed thereof at the peace of Reswick
1697."--And confirmatory hereof, Mr. Lewis Evans, a gentleman of great
American knowledge, in his map of the middle colonies, published in
America in the year 1755, has laid down the country on the
_South-easterly side_ of the river Ohio, _as the hunting lands of the
Six Nations_; and in his Analysis to this map, he expressly says,--"The
_Shawanesse_, who were formerly one of the most considerable nations of
those parts of America, whose seat extended from _Kentucke_
South-westward to the Mississippi, have been subdued by the
confederates (or Six Nations) _and the country since became their
property_. No nation," Mr. Evans adds, "held out with greater
resolution and bravery, and although they have been scattered in all
parts for a while, they are again collected on _Ohio_, under the
dominion of the confederates."

At a congress held in the year 1744, by the provinces of Pennsylvania,
Maryland, and Virginia with the Six Nations,--the Commissioners of
Virginia, in a speech to the Sachems and Warriors of that confederacy,
say, "tell us what nations of Indians you conquered any lands from in
Virginia, how long it is since, and what possession you have had; and
if it does appear, that there is any land on the _borders_ of Virginia
that the Six Nations have a right to, we are willing to make you
satisfaction."

To this speech the Six Nations gave the following animated and decisive
answer:--"All the world knows we conquered the several nations living
on Sasquehanna, Cohongoranto [_i.e._ Powtomack] _and on the back of the
great mountains in Virginia_;--the Conoy-uck-suck-roona,
Cock-now-was-roonan, Tohoa-irough-roonan, and Connutskin-ough-roonaw
_feel_ the effects of our conquests; being now a part of our nations,
and their lands at _our_ disposal. We know very well, it hath often
been said by the Virginians, that the King of England and the people of
that colony conquered the people who lived there; but it is not true.
We will allow, they conquered the Sachdagughronaw, and drove back the
Tuskaroras [the first resided near