[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] that it shall never be taken up again." In the controversy in reference to the Hardenbergh tract, in 1769, one Dr. Shuckburgh stated that he was present at a conference in 1734, in which the chiefs of Schoharie, Seth and Hance, " told the Esopus or Delawares that if they ever attempted to sell lands west of the Kats-kill hills, they would kill them." An Oneida Indian, whose father was chief sachem of Oneida, " and their oracle in all matters of antiquity," heard his " father often say that the lands on the east of the Delaware was the property of the River Indians or Delawares." — John son Manuscripts, xvn, 159. 3 The capital of the nation was subse quently removed to Shamokin, and from thence to Wyoming. 4 No value whatever attaches to these traditions. That which is here recited gives to them a western origin, in face of their eastern name. 5 " It is generally believed that the Allcgcwi, or AlleghanS) were of Welsh origin. This belief rests on the supposed voyage of Madoc to this continent in the twelfth century. The Welsh tradition is, 46 THE INDIAN TRIBES In this country the Lenape, on their arrival, asked to settle. This request was denied by the Allegewi, but permission was granted to pass through the territory, and seek a settlement further eastward. No sooner had they commenced to cross the Mississippi, however, than the Allegekui, perceiving the vast numbers of the Lenape, furiously attacked them.