They cannot conceive that the last purchase made of Land to the Westward of Sasquehannah, could possibly be .the cause of the Hostilities committed by the Indians living on that River, as it did not include any of the Land on which they were settled, or any near them, which will at once appear from the Bounds of that Purchase, laid down on the last Map published by Evans, the course of the North Boundary of that Purchase having been agreed to, that the West Branch of Sasquehannah might be reserved to tlie Indians, beyond the Bend in that River, and the Land sold is at a vast distance from their principal Settlements, which are at W^yomen, and on the Eastern Branch.

This is beyond any possibility of doubt confirm'd by the Conferences publickly held between some of the Chiefs &, Agents of the Six Nations, as also y^ Delaware King appointed by them all living on Sasquehannah. & M'' Morris, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, in which they have never made any Complaint, or Objection to, that Sale of Land, nor in the Treaty with Sir William Johnson in February 1756, wherein M'" Hawley gives the Reason why the Delawares have committed Hostilities, does he once mention that Treaty.

SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON. 739

This suggestion of Sir William Johnson appears to be tlie more extraordmary, from his having consented to a Treaty with the Six Nations, propos'd by Hendrick the Mohawk Chief in the Sprino- 1755, on their being greatly dissatisfied with a Purchase intended to be privately made by the People of Connecticut, to sign which they had gone from House to House, & persuaded some Indians to put their names to it, and which Treaty was to be held at Mount Johnson, for the Sale of Land on both Eranches of the River Sasquehannah, to the Northern Boundary of Pennsylvania, which Proposal was communicated to the Lieu* Governor of New York, who laid it before his Council, and the Consent of the Governor & Council to that intended Purchase, provided it did not run Northward above y^ Latitude of 42 Degrees, was sent by Col° Johnson to the Agents of the Proprietors of Pennsylvania, but no further Steps were taken to bring on this Treaty, as Hendrick & several other Indian Chiefs went to the Army, & were soon after kill'd in the Action at Lake George.