History of the Indian Walk: Performed for the Proprietaries of Pennsylvania in 1737, to which is Appended a Life of Edward Marshall |
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History of the Indian Walk, Performed for the Proprietaries of Pennsylvania ... William J 1825-1901 Buck No preview available - 2018 |
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acres of land affair aforesaid afterwards appears appointed Assembly August Benjamin Eastburn Blue Mountains brother Bucks county CHAPTER chestnut chief colony copy Council dated Deed Delaware Indians dians distance Durham road Easton Edward Marshall Friends further Governor Denny half's walk Indian path Indian Purchase Indian town Indian Walk island James Logan James Steel James Yates John Chapman John Heider John Penn John Watson Joseph laid Lappawinzo Lehigh Lehigh river letter Marshall's mentioned miles Minisink Moses Marshall Newtown Nicholas Scull Northampton county Nutimus Penn Accounts Penn's Pennsbury Pennsylvania persons Philadelphia present prietaries proprietaries Province Province of Pennsylvania regard resided respecting Richard Penn Richard Peters river Delaware Samuel Preston Sassoonan says scalps September settled Six Nations sold Solomon Jennings surveyor Tedyuscung thence Thomas Penn Timothy Smith tion Tohickon township Treaty trees Trial Walk walkers Walking Purchase William Allen William Penn Wrightstown
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Page 43 - Heirs and against all and every other person or persons whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim by from or under him them or any of them shall and will WARRANT and for ever Defend by these presents.
Page 8 - ... two beaver skins, to be delivered at our Castle of Windsor, on the first day of January in every year; and also the fifth part of all gold and silver ore which shall, from time to time, happen to be found within the limits aforesaid, clear of all charges.
Page 21 - They are rarely cowards, but still more rarely are they deficient in sagacity and discernment to detect any attempt to impose upon them. I sincerely wish I could unite with the worthy German, in removing this stigma upon the Delawares. A long and intimate knowledge of them, in peace and war, as enemies and friends, has left upon my mind the most favorable impressions of their character for bravery, generosity, and fidelity to their engagements.
Page 34 - ... the advice of our privy council, strictly enjoin and require, that no private person do presume to make any purchase from the said Indians of any lands reserved to the said Indians within those parts of our colonies where we have thought proper to allow settlement; but that if at any time any of the said Indians should be inclined to dispose of the said lands, the same shall be purchased only for us, in our name, at some public meeting or assembly of the said Indians, to be held for that purpose...
Page 129 - I had agreed to sell land to the old proprietary, by the course of the river, the young proprietaries came and got it run by a straight course, by the compass, and by that means took in double the quantity
Page 71 - Creek, from which said line the said Tract or Tracts thereby Granted doth extend itself back into the Woods as far as a man can...
Page 13 - That the freemen in each respective county, at the time and place of meeting for electing their representatives to serve in Assembly, may, as often as there shall be occasion...
Page 129 - Journey as far as a Man can go in a Day and an Half], the Walkers were not strictly to be confined to Walking, tho...
Page 12 - WHEREAS Acts have been passed in some of Our Plantations in America, for laying Duties on the importation and exportation of Negroes, to the great discouragement of the Merchants trading thither from the Coast of Africa...
Page 34 - And whereas great Frauds and Abuses have been committed in the purchasing Lands of the Indians, to the great Prejudice of Our Interests, and to the great Dissatisfaction of the said Indians; in order therefore to prevent such Irregularities for the future, and to the End that the Indians may be convinced of Our Justice, and determined Resolution to remove all reasonable Cause of Discontent...