[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] The answer of the aforesaid Sachems was : If we sell the Great Sachem of the Manhattans the land from the Schuykil down to the Bay, where then will the houses of the Swedes remain? Will the Sachem of the Swedes, then, not do us harm, on that account, or put us in prison or beat us; thus making, through fear, some scruple to sell the intermediate jands occupied by the Swede. Whereupon the General made answer, that they need expect little or no difficulty therefrom, inasmuch as the Schuylkil lands were given and conveyed 17 @ 18 years ago to Arent Corssen,-which deed he, the Sachem did renew and confirm in the years 1648, and again confirmed, so that there was no question on this head. Therefore the aforesaid Sachems were again informed by the General, that he was not disposed to make any trouble nor to buy any lands that were purchased by the Swede or any other nation, but what were free and unsold. He, therefore, had the question once more put to them, whether the lands from the west point of the Minquaas Kill down to the Bay or the mouth of the river were free and unsold, and would they sell them to the General ? To which the Sachem answered : Why, Sachem, do you, ask that question so often? We told you the lands are not sold to any person. * ' KingscsBiDg. " See note 2, supra, p. 594. ' Compare note 1, supra, p. 292. ' The Indian name seems to be a compound of the Delaware words, St/ckenem, a Turkey, and Chieke, Alive.