house, to their
agents Richard Jackson and Benjamin Franklin, Esquires, in London, and
therein they said, "That the delay of the confirmation of the
_boundary_, the natives have warmly complained of, _and that although
they have received no consideration_ for the _lands agreed to be ceded
to the crown on our_ side of the boundary, _yet that its subjects are
daily settling and occupying those very lands_."

In April 1768, the legislature of Pennsylvania finding that the
expectations of an Indian war were hourly increasing, _occasioned by
the settlement of the lands over the mountains_, not sold by the
natives; and flattering themselves, that orders would soon arrive from
England for the perfection of the boundary line, they voted the sum of
one thousand pounds, to be given as a present, in blankets, strouds,
&c. to the Indians upon the Ohio, with a view of moderating their
resentment, until these orders should arrive:--and the governor of
Pennsylvania being informed, that a treaty was soon to be held at Fort
Pitt by George Croghan, Esq; deputy agent of Indian affairs, by order
of General Gage and Sir William Johnson, he sent his secretary and
another gentleman, as commissioners from the Province, to deliver the
above present to the Indians at Fort Pitt.

On the 2d of May 1768, the Six Nations made the following speech at
that conference:

"BROTHER,

"It is not without grief that we see our country _settled by you_,
without our knowledge or consent; and it is a long time since we
complained to you of this grievance, which we find has not yet been
redressed; but _settlements_ are still _extending further into our
country_: some of them are made directly on our war-path, leading
to our enemies' country, and we do not like it. Brother, you have
_laws among you_ to govern your people by; and it will be the
strongest proof of the sincerity of your friendship, to let us see
that you remove the people from our lands; as we look upon it,
_they will have time enough to settle them, when you have purchased
them, and the country becomes yours_."

The Pennsylvania commissioners, in answer to this speech, informed the
Six Nations, that the governor of that province had sent four gentlemen
with his proclamation and the act of assembly (making it _felony of
death_ without benefit of clergy, to continue on Indian lands) to such
settlers _over_ the mountains as were seated, within the