+BRITISH QUEEN Proceedings of Sir William Johnson
with the Indians at Fort Stanwix to settle a Boundary Line.
[Plantations General, XXX., Bundle V.
7.]
Proceedings at a Treaty held by Sir
William Johnson Baronet with the Six Nations, Shawanese, Delawares, Senecas of
Ohio and other dependant Tribes, at Fort Stanwix in the months of October &
November 1768, for the settlement of a Boundary Line between the Colonies and
Indians, pursuant to His Majesty's orders
The Time appointed for the Indians to
meet at Fort Stanwix being the 20th of Septr Sr Wm Johnson arrived there on the
19th accompanied by the Governor of New Jersey and several other Gentlemen, with 20 Boats loaded
with the Goods intended for the Present to be made by the Cession of Lands to
the King.
The Commissioners from Virginia were already there, and on the 21st
arrived Lieutt Govr Penn with Commrs from Pensilvania & several other
gentlemen, The same day Messrs Wharton & Trent of Pensylvania delivered in
an account of the Traders losses in 1763, together with their Powers of
Attorney for obtaining a retribution in Lands, pursuant to an article of the
Treaty of Peace in 1765
Several Indians came in & informed
Sir Wm Johnson that those of Susquehanna were near at hand, and gave him sundry
intelligences
On the 29th some Delawares arrived
from Muskingham who left the Shawanees at Fort Pitt on their way to Fort
Stanwix
30th The Bounds between the Mohawks
and Stockbridge Indians were adjusted to mutual Satisfaction, and the latter
returned home
At the beginning of October, there
were 800 Indians assembled & continued coming in dayly till after the
Treaty was opened. The upper Nations still remaining behind thro' evil Reports,
and Belts sent amongst them. Sir William dispatched Messengers to hasten them
and held several Congresses with those on the spot, antecedent to the Treaty,
for adjusting differences and preparing them to enter heartily upon business on
the arrival of the rest
On the 15th of Octr Govr Penn urged by
the Affairs of his Province set off for Philadelphia leaving behind him as
Commissioners Messrs Peters & Tilghman.
By the 22d there were 2200 Indians
collected and several large Parties coming in the next day, amongst whom were
all the cheifs of the upper Nations, Sir William prepared to open the Congress
on the 24th
At a Treaty with the 6 Nations
Shawanese Delawares, Senecas of Ohio & Dependants &c. opened at Fort
Stanwix on Monday the 24 Oct. 1768.
His Excellcy Wm Franklin Esq re Govr
of New Jersey
Thomas Walker Esqre Commr from
Virginia
Honble Fred. Smith Ch. Justice of New Jersey.
Richd Peters & James Tilghman
Commrs from the Province of Pensylvania.
Deputy Agents of Indian affairs
George Croghan Esqre Daniel Claus
Esqre
Guy Johnson Esqre Dep: Agent as
Secretary.
With sundry Gents: from different
Colonies
Interpreters John Butler Esqre Mr
Andrew Montour Philip Philips
1.
FREDRICK
SMYTH, the last Chief Justice of the Colony of New Jersey, succeeded Chief
Justice Read on the bench on the 17th October, 1764, and continued in office
until the adoption of the Constitution. In 1772 he was appointed one of the
Commissioners to examine into the affairs of the burning of the British
schooner Gaspé by the Whigs of Rhode Island. When the Revolution broke out he
removed to Philadelphia, where he died. His reputation as a judge was highly
respectable, and throughout his career he preserved the character of a firm and
consistent Loyalist. Field's Provincial Courts of New Jersey. — ED
Indian
Cheifs Present
MOHAWKS
Abraham
Aroghiadecka Onohario Kanadagaya Kayenqueregoa Kendrick Tobarihoga &c
&c &c.
ONONDAGAS
The
Bunt Diaquanda Tawawshughti Tewawmit &c. &c.
SENECAS
Guastrax
Odongot &c &c &c.
ONEIDAS
Ganaghquieson
Senughsis Tagawaron Nicholasera Cajuheta &c &c &c.
CAJUGAS
Tagaaia
Atrawawna Skanarady &c &c &c
TUSCARORAS
Saquarcesera
Kanigot Tyagawehe &c &c &c
MINGOS
of Ohio SHAWANESE
Benevissica
DELAWARES
Killbuck
Turtleheart
The
whole being seated Mr Walker delivered his Power, as Commr from Virginia to Sir
William Johnson which was in the words following
"John
Blair Esqre President of His Majesty's Council & Commander in Cheif of the
Colony and Dominion of Virginia, To Thomas Walker Esqre
By
virtue of the Power & Authority to me committed as President of His Matys
Council & Commander in Cheif in and over this Colony & Dominion of
Virginia, I do hereby appoint you the said Thomas Walker to be Commissioner of
Virginia to settle a Boundary Line between this Colony, & the Colonies of
Pensylvania and Maryland & the several Nations of Indians concerned. You
are required to attend at a Congress to be held for that purpose under the
direction of Sir William Johnson agreeable to His Majesty's Instructions when
you are to pay due regard to the Interest of His Majesty & such
Instructions as you shall receive
1. Doctor
THOMAS WALKER was an early explorer of the Indian country of Western Virginia.
In 1718 he crossed Powell's valley and gave the name of "Cumberland"
to the lofty range of mountains to the west, and passed a remarkable depression
in the chain, which he called the "Cumberland gap," and next named
the Shawanee the Cumberland river, all in honor of the Duke of Cumberland.
Monette's Mississippi, I., 314. In 1760 he again passed the Clinch and Powell
rivers into what is now Kentucky, on which occasion, it is supposed, he was
accompanied by the celebrated Daniel Boone.
Ramsey's Tennessee, 65, 66. These
circumstances account for his appointment as Commissioner at the present
Treaty. — ED. from me. Given under my hand & Seal of the Colony of
Williamsburgh this 17th day of June in the eighth year of His Majesty's Reign.
A. D. 1768.
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