" The said Margaret says she often heard the Indians say and declare most solemnly they never would leave off killing the English as long as there was an Englishman living on their lands that they

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PAPERS RELATING TO THE SUSQUEHANNAH RIVER.

were determined to drive them all off their lands, naming Minisinck almost to the North River East, (in the provinces of New York & Jersey) also Bethlehem and the lands in parallel to it West which the English cheated them out of."

In further support to his opinion Sir William Johnson refers himself to the Treaty Governour

Denny held with Tedinscung the Delaware Chief at Easton last autumn, and which is before the Board of Trade Sir William Johnson also refers himself to the Extract from a Speech of the Six Nations to Gov Denny and r Croghan (before mentioned in these Remarks) in answer to their earnest call upon the Six Nations to assign if they knew the Cause of the hostilities and Discontents of the Susquehana

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Indians.

The Indian proceedings this Summer which past at Easton between Governo Denny, M Croghan r

& the sundry Indians therein mentioned, & which Sir William Johnson transmits herewith to the Right Honorable the Lords of Trade puts beyond dispute and demonstrates the Truth of what Sir

William Johnson gave as his opinion in his aforesaid letter to the Lords of Trade and he apprehends it

doth very fully evidence the conclusions of belief he then drew from that opinion. Lastly Sir William Johnson refers himself to the following Extract from the examination of John