[E.B. O'Callaghan (1849)] The Proprietors say they cannot conceive that the last purchase made of land to the Westward of Susquehanna could possibly be the Cause of the hostilities committed by the Indians living on that River &ca. Sir William Johnson gave it as his opinion that the hostilities which Pensilvania had suffered from some of the Indians living on the Susquehanna did in some measure arise from the large purchase made by the Governour two years ago. This is the point to be proved and more then this it is apprehended will be proved by the follow-ing Quotations from authentick Records & Papers. "Before the year 1742 the Delaware Indians complained that they were defrauded out of some lands or not paid for them. "It is well known that the purchase made at Albany in 1754 gave a great uneasiness to the Sus-quehana Indians and from the time the County Surveyor began to survey Juniatta, and up the Susquehana : The Delewars, Shawanese and Nanticokes then settled on the River began to remove farther back, some to Tirjahoga some to Ohio. " The Ohio Indians at a Meeting with Mr Wiser (the Pensilvania Interpreter) at Aughwick, after the defeat of Col0 Washington asked Mr Wiser how those Lands came to be sold. He said in answer that the Six Nations had only made over their right of sale, and taken an earnest piece, and that when the lands came to be settled, that they should receive a consideration for them.