[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] pared to comply. " I cannot take upon me at this time to give a determinate answer to you," said he, " but I shall punctually deliver your speech to all my nation on my return home, and you shall have our fixed resolutions and positive answers as soon as possible." Dismissing him, Johnson called the confederate 1 Fort Allen. It was located at the 2 There were only two young warriors Moravian town of Gnadenhiitten, on the of the Delaware nation present. — Colonial Lehigh river, opposite the mouth of the History, vii, 146. Mahoning, and adjoined the Lenape 3 Neither did the deputation from the town of Shamokin where Teedyuscung Delawares come till that meeting was had his residence. It was built in Janu-near upon a conclusion. — Colonial History, arv» *7$6j by Benjamin Franklin. — vu, 153. Pennsylvania Colonial Records, vu, 15. OF HUDSON'S RIPER. 229 chiefs to advise with him what further course to pursue, and