_Wampum_.'

'_BRETHREN_,

We received [Transcriber's Note: original has "rececived"] from the
Proprietor's, yesterday, some Goods in Consideration of our Release of
the Lands on the West-Side of _Susquehanna_: It is true we have the full
Quantity according to Agreement; but if the Proprietor had been here
himself, we think, in Regard of our Numbers and Poverty, he would have
made an Addition to them.--If the Goods were only to be divided amongst
the _Indians_ present, a single Person would have but a small Portion;
but if you consider what Numbers are left behind, equally intituled with
us to a Share, there will be extreamly little. We therefore desire, if
you have the Keys of the Proprietor's Chest, you will open it, and take
out a little more for us.

'We know our Lands are now become more valuable: The white People think
we do not know their Value; but we are sensible that the Land is
everlasting, and the few Goods we receive for it are soon worn out and
gone. For the Future we will sell no Lands but when Brother ONAS is in
the Country; and we will know beforehand the Quantity of the Goods we
are to receive. Besides, we are not well used with Respect to the Lands
still unsold by us. Your People daily settle on these Lands, and spoil
our Hunting.--We must insist on your Removing them, as you know they
have no Right to settle to the Northward of _Kittochtinny-Hills_.--In
particular, we renew our Complaints against some People who are settled
at _Juniata_, a Branch of _Susquehanna_, and all along the Banks of that
River, as far as _Mahaniay_; and desire they may be forthwith made to go
off the Land; for they do great Damage to our Cousins the _Delawares_.