SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON. 1001

" between the Line which has been settled by Treaty as well " with the Tribes of the Six Nations and their Confederates, as " with the Cherokee Indians, as the boundary Line between Your " Majesty's Territories & the hunting Grounds of the Indians, & " the Line proposed by the Petitioners begmning on the south side " of the River Ohio opposite to the mouth of Sioto & running " thence southerly thro' the pass in the Ouasioto mountains to the *' south side of the said mountains But that all that part of the said " Lands comprehended between the said two Lines shall remain " wholly unsettled and unoccupied by the petitioners & their " associates, & each & every of their Heirs & assigns, until such " time as your Majestys allowance & permission for the settling " and occupying the same shall be first obtained,

" And Lastly the Lords of the Committee are of Opinion, to " the end that the several persons actually settled, or that may " hereafter settle on the Lands in question, may be more properly " & quietly governed, that the said Settlement and District should " be erected into a Separate Government in such form and manner " as to your Majesty's Wisdom shall seem meet, and under such " other restrictions & regulations as the Lords Commissioners for " Trade and Plantations shall advise."

His MajESTY taking the said Report into Consideration was pleased w^ith the advice of His Privy Council to approve of what was therein proposed, and accordingly to give the necessary directions to the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations for carrying the same into execution -- And His Majesty is hereby pleased to order that the Right Hon^ie the Earl of Dartmouth, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, do receive His Majesty's Pleasure for directing His Majesty's Superintendant for Indian affairs to apprize the Chiefs of the Six Nations & their Confederates of His Majesty's Intention to form a Settlement upon the Lands purchased of them by His Majesty in ]768.