ear 1767, for _completing_ the negotiation about this boundary
line.--But in the mean time, viz. between the years 1765 and 1768,--the
King's subjects removed in _great_ numbers from Virginia, Maryland, and
Pennsylvania, and settled _over_ the mountains,--upon which account,
the Six Nations became so irritated, that in the year 1766 they killed
several persons, and denounced a general war against the middle
colonies; and to appease them, and to avoid such a public calamity, a
detachment of the 42d regiment of root was _that year_ sent from the
garrison of Fort Pitt, to remove such settlers as were seated at _Red
Stone Creek_, &c.--but the endeavours and threats of that detachment
proved ineffectual, and they returned to the garrison, without being
able to execute their orders.--The complaints of the Six Nations
however continuing and _increasing_, on account of the settling of
their lands _over_ the mountains, General Gage wrote to the Governor of
Pennsylvania on the 7th of December 1767, and after mentioning these
complaints, he observed, "_You are a witness how little attention has
been paid to the several proclamations that have been published; and
that even the removing those people from the lands in question_, which
_was attempted this summer by the garrison at Fort Pitt_, has _been
only a temporary expedient_. We learn they are _returned again_ to the
same _encroachments_ on Red Stone Creek and Cheat River in _greater
numbers than ever_."[2]

[2] Vide p. 47.

On the 5th of January 1768, the governor of Pennsylvania sent a message
to the general assembly of the province with the foregoing letter from
General Gage,--and on the 13th the assembly in the conclusion of a
message to the governor on the subject of Indian complaints, observed,
"To obviate which cause of their discontent, and effectually to
establish between them and his Majesty's subjects a durable peace, we
are of opinion, that a speedy _confirmation_ of the _boundary_, and a
just satisfaction made to them for their lands on this side of it, are
absolutely necessary. By this means all their present complaints of
encroachments will be removed, and the people on our frontiers will
have a sufficient country _to settle or hunt in, without interfering
with them_."

On the 19th of January 1768, Mr. Galloway, the speaker of the assembly
in Pennsylvania, and the committee of correspondence, wrote on the
subject of the Indians disquietude, by order of the