Ihcm by their Extended Settlements, he judged this conduct in the Government of Pennsylvania was Impolitick, and he must beg leave to be still of the same Oppinion, and as he looked upon those Proceedings to be contrary to the true Interest of the Community, lie did suspect they were pushed forward upon other motives, and to conclude, unless the Province of Pennsylvania, is both able, and willing to maintain their Land pretentions by force of arms agamst the Indians, Sir William Johnson, hath not altered his Oppinion, but doth, with a yet Stronger degree of Conviction than, formerly, humbly^oifer his Conception of the matter in the the same words as before, namely " that the most effectual method " of Producing Tranquility to that Province, would be a Voluntary, " & open Surrender of that Deed of Sale, to fix with the Indians, "in the best manner they can, the bounds for their settlements, and " make them Guaranties to it."

MR. CROGHAN'S REMARKS ON THE OBSERVATIOJyS OF THE PROPRIETORS OF PENNSYLVANIA

ON SIR WILLIAM JOHNSOn's LETTER, TO THE LORDS OF TRADE.

Albany, September.

"The Proprietors say, they can Challenge S"" William Johnson, " and all the World, to shew any one Instance of their conduct that " has given Dissatisfaction, to the Six Nations --

Before the year 1742, the Delaways complained that they were defrauded out of some Lands, or not Paid for them, which will appear by the Treaty, which Governor Thomas held with the Six Nations, at Philadelphia in June & July 1742; Where Governor Thomas in his speech to the Six Nations (in Page 17) tells them that a Branch of the Delaways Indians gave that Province some disturbances, on account of Lands, which the Proprietors had purchased 55 years before, and paid their ancestors, for which appeared by a Deed, then on the Table, and Requested that the Six Nations should remove the Deleways, out of the Forks of Delaware, which the Six Nations did, at the Request of Governor Thomas, and Plac'd them at Weoman & Juniata, the one on the East side Susquehannah, and the other, on the West side of said