matters of war and peace, and the Indians, at Allegheny,[1] want to know, whether all the English governments will join in the peace with them; the way to obtain full satisfaction is to go to him, and there you will receive another great belt to carry home; which I desire you seriously to take into consideration. They then resolved to go to Harris's ferry, and consider about it as they went;—we arrived there late in the night.[2]
29th.—In the morning, the two Cayugas being most
desirous of going through the woods, the others continued
irresolute;[3] upon which I told them, "I wish you would
go with good courage, and with hearty resolution," and
repeated what I had said to them yesterday, and reminded
them, as they were messengers, they should consider what
would be the best for their whole nation; "consult among
yourselves, and let me know your true mind and determination;"
and I informed them, I could not go with
them, unless they would go to the general, as I had messages
to deliver him. After which, having consulted
together, Pesquitomen came and gave me his hand, and
said, "Brother, here is my hand, we have all joined to
go with you, and we put ourselves under your protection
to bring us safe through, and to secure us from all danger."
We came that night to Carlisle[4] and found a
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- ↑ The Ohio. [C. T.?]
- ↑ An Indian trader, John Harris, built a log house on the Susquehanna in 1705, and later established an inn and a ferry at the spot called Harris's Ferry, which was maintained for three-quarters of a century. His son laid out the present town of Harrisburg.—Ed.
- ↑ They were afraid of going where our people were all in arms, left ſome of the indifcreet foldiers might kill them.—[C. T.?]
- ↑ Carlisle, the seat of Cumberland County (erected in 1750), was originally settled by Scotch-Irish immigrants, who in the decade between 1720 and 1730 formed the "back settlements" of Pennsylvania. The Indian title was extinguished by a treaty in 1736; but when Fort Lowther was built at this site
