Cousins know this, and that you promised to go away as soon as you drove the French away, and yet you stay there, and build Houses, and make it stronger and stronger every Day; for this Reason we entirely deny your Request; you shall not have a Road this... Memoirs of the Life of Anthony Benezet - Page 70by Roberts Vaux - 1817 - 136 pagesFull view - About this book
| Pennsylvania. Provincial Council - 1852 - 810 pages
...know this, & that you promised to go away as soon as you drove the French away, & yet you stay there & build Houses, and make it stronger and stronger every...your request ; you shall not have a road this Way." A Belt. To which the Governor answered : " Brother : " This request did not arise from me; I only mention... | |
| Anthony Benezet, Roberts VAUX - 1859 - 172 pages
...Indians, who were then present) know this. You promised to go away as soon as you drove the French away, and yet you stay there and build houses, and...a road this way.' " Upon the whole, it is thought the apprehension the Indians are under, that the English intend by degrees to dispossess them of their... | |
| Neville B. Craig - 1876 - 608 pages
...our lands; our cousins know this; and that you promised to go away as soon as you drove the French away, and yet you stay there and build houses, and...your request ; you shall not have a road this way." To this the governor replied that he only made the request for the benefit of the Delawares, and that... | |
| Andrew Robert Lee Cayton, Fredrika J. Teute - 1998 - 412 pages
...during a treaty at Lancaster in 1762; "and that you promised to go away as soon as you drove the French away, and yet you stay there and build Houses, and make it stronger and stronger every day.""4 At that same Lancaster council in August 1762, Indians tried to take Shamokin back betore it,... | |
| David Dixon - 2005 - 384 pages
...Cousins [the Delaware] know this, and that you promised to go away as soon as you drove the French away, and yet you stay there and build Houses, and...deny your request; you shall not have a road this Way.46 Another Iroquois spokesman bitterly complained that the English were "always longing after my... | |
| Susan Kalter - 2010 - 472 pages
...our Lands; our Cousins know this, and that you promised to go away as soon as you drove the French away, and yet you stay there, and build Houses, and...your Request; you shall not have a Road this Way. A Belt. To which the Governor answered, Brethren, This Request did not arise from me; I only mentioned... | |
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