'_BRETHREN, the Governor and Council, and all present_,

According to our Promise we now propose to return you an Answer to the
several Things mentioned to us Yesterday, and shall beg Leave to speak
to publick Affairs first, tho' they were what you spoke to last. On this
Head you Yesterday put us in Mind, first, _Of_ William Penn's _early and
constant Care to cultivate Friendship with all the_ Indians; _of the
Treaty we held with one of his Sons, about Ten Years ago; and of the
Necessity there is at this Time of keeping the Roads between us clear
and free from all Obstructions._ We are all very sensible of the kind
Regard that good Man _William Penn_ had for all the _Indians_, and
cannot but be pleased to find that his Children have the same. We well
remember the Treaty you mention held with his Son on his Arrival here,
by which we confirmed our League of Friendship that is to last as long
as the Sun and Moon endure: In Consequence of this, We, on our Part,
shall preserve the Road free from all Incumbrances: in Confirmation
whereof, we lay down this String of _Wampum_.

'You in the next Place said, _You would inlarge the Fire and make it
burn brighter_, which we are pleased to hear you mention; and assure
you, we shall do the same, by adding to it more Fewel, that it may still
flame out more strongly than ever: In the last Place, you were pleased
to say, _that we are bound, by the strictest Leagues, to watch for each
others Preservation; that we should hear with our Ears for you, and you
hear with your Ears for us_: This is equally agreeable to us; and we
shall not fail to give you early Intelligence whenever any Thing of
Consequence comes to our Knowledge: And to encourage you to do the same,
and to nourish in your Hearts what you have spoke to us with your
Tongues, about the Renewal of our Amity and the Brightening of the Chain
of Friendship; we confirm what we have said with another Belt of