People._

"That no Man, _says he_, shall by any ways or means, in Word or Deed,
affront or wrong any _Indian_, but he shall incur the same Penalty of
the Law, as if he had committed it against his _fellow Planter_: And if
any _Indian_ shall abuse, in Word or Deed, any _Planter_ of this
_Province_, that he shall not be his own Judge upon the _Indian_, but he
shall make his Complaint to the _Governor_ of the _Province_, or his
_Lieutenant_ or _Deputy_, or some inferior _Magistrate_ near him, who
shall to the utmost of his Power, take Care with the KING of the said
_Indian_, that all reasonable Satisfaction be made to the said injured
_Planter_.

"That all Differences between the _Planters_ and the _Natives_, shall
also be ended by _Twelve Men_, that is, by _Six Planters_ and _Six
Natives_, that so we may live friendly together, as much as in us lieth,
preventing all Occasions of Heart-burnings and Mischief."

_A Conduct regulated by such Principles of_ Love _and_ Justice, _could
not fail to influence this discerning People, and biass them in Favour
of the_ ENGLISH; _a Continuance of the like Conduct must attach them
inviolably: And the present worthy_ Governor _and_ Council _seem so
sensible of the Necessity of cultivating a good Understanding with the_
Six Nations, _as to be likely to omit no Opportunity of_ brightening the
Chain, _or_ increasing the Fire of Friendship _with them._

_The Confidence which these Nations repose in their_ Interpreter, _is a
Proof of his_ Industry, good Sense, _and_ Address: _Nothing could have
happened more favourably to the_ English _Settlements, than that those
delicate Affairs should be in the Hands of a Person equally just and a