They next recounted that upon Tho^ Kings arrival at Scioto he assembled all the Nations, and first addressed the Shawanese whom he upbraided for retiring so far down the Ohio, & for Confederating with people unmindfull of their Engagements, and in short repeated to each of the Nations faithfully all that he had been charged with by the 6 Nat^. & myself. -- The Shawanese answered, That the 6 Nations had long seemed to neglect them,& to disregard the Promise they formerly made of giving them the Lands between the Ohio & the Lakes : That thus distressed they went on board of their Canoes determined to go whither soever fortune sho'^ drive them, but were Stopped (many Years since) at Scioto by the 6. Nations who shook them by the heads & fixed tliem there charging them to live in peace with the English, but that to their great surprise they soon after saw the 6. Nations In Arms & Coasting along the Lakes with the English, [i e assisting us & acting offensively last war,] That when the War ended ihe ill treatment of the 6 Nations increased, to whom thereupon they sent "Belts, to Strengthen their Union but that they supposed Agastarax the Seneca Chief who vec^ them did not make them public, for that they never rec^ any Answer thereto ; The Shawanese & the rest then shewed some Emblematical belts representing themselves & the Ilinois Indians with 10 Confederate Nations between them, they also delivered a belt from the Chickesaws who promised to be guided by the 6 Nations. Tho^ King then after accusing them of Misrepresentation Ans^. them by a full detail of all their hostile Acts, as also of those of the Powtewatamis, Kickapows &ca Concluding with telling them that He & the other Depy^ were come to restore them to their senses & strengthen the Union of those who affected the English Alliance by opening a Road to the Council Fire at Onondaga, & from thence to my House for, the use of those who chose to live at