ward_ of
the Great Kenhawa.

And lastly, That neither the Six Nations, the Shawanesse nor Delawares,
do _now_ reside, or hunt in that country.

From these considerations, it is evident no possible injury can arise
to his Majesty's Service,--to the Six Nations and their
confederacy,--or to the Cherokees, by permitting us to settle the
_whole_ of the lands comprehended within our contract with the Lords
Commissioners of the Treasury:--If, however, there has been any treaty
held with the Six Nations, _since_ the cession made to his Majesty at
Fort Stanwix, whereby the faith of the crown is pledged, both to the
Six Nations and the Cherokees, that no settlements should be made
beyond the line, marked on their Lordships report; we say, if such
agreement has been made by the orders of government with these tribes,
(not withstanding, as the Lords Commissioners have acknowledged, "_the
Six Nations had ceded the property in the lands to his Majesty_)"--We
flatter ourselves, that the objection of their Lordships in the second
paragraph of their Report, will be entirely obviated, by a specific
clause being inserted in the King's grant to us, _expressly prohibiting
us from settling any part of the same_, until such time as we shall
have _first_ obtained his Majesty's allowance, and the full consent of
the Cherokees, and the Six Nations and their confederates, for that
purpose.

III. In regard to the third paragraph of their Lordships Report, that
it was the _principle_ of the board of trade, _after_ the treaty of
Paris, "to _confine_ the western extent of settlements to such a
distance from the sea-coast, as that these settlements should lie
within the _reach_ of the trade and commerce of this kingdom," _&c._ we
shall not presume to controvert;--but it may be observed, that the
settlement of the country _over_ the Allegany mountains, and on the
Ohio, was _not_ understood, either _before_ the treaty of Paris, nor
intended to be so considered by his Majesty's proclamation of October
1763, "as _without the reach of the trade and commerce of this
kingdom_," &c.;--for, in the year 1748, Mr. John Hanbury, and a number
of other gentlemen, petitioned the King for a grant of 500,000 acres of
land _over_ the Allegany mountains, and on the river Ohio and its
branches; and the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations were
_then_ pleased to _report_ to the Lords committee of his Majesty's most
honourable privy council, "_That the settle