Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-11-07

.tlished arms, moving in. vast ,swarms Ia inc
dep,h of the woods which then oversb allowed
the whole of that nov cultivated region. oh
the other hand, William Penn, with mode
rate Attendance Of friends, advanced TO meet
them. He came, If course unarmed, III his
usual plan dress; without banners, or mace.
or guard, aud oply distinguished from his COM
D anions by wearing blue sa,h OF sl. net
work, and by having inshis hand roll OF
parchment, on which was engrossed the con-
firmation OF the treaty Of purchase and amity.
AS soon as he drew near the spot where the
sachems were assembled, the whole multitude
of Indians threw down their weapons, and
seated themselves on the ground in grouprs,
each under his own chieftain, and the presid'
ing Chief intimated to William Penn that the
nations were ready to hear him.
Having been thus Called upon, he began
?" The Great Spirit, who made you and |, who
" rules the Hravens and the Earth, knows that
" and nv friends have u hearty desire to live in
q peace and friendship with you, and to serve
" you to the utmost Of our. power l, is not
80 our Gu ,tom 10 use hostile weapons as inst
" our fellow creatures for which reason we have
" come unarmed. Our object is not to do IN
{" iary and thus provoke the Great Spirit but
" TO do good We 4re now met on he broad
" pathway Of gond faith and good will SO that
no advantage is to be taken on either side,
".but all is 30 be openness, brotherhood and
q" love" After those and other words, he un~
rolled he parchment, and read, article by arl-
Gle. the conditions Of the purchase, and the
words of the compact her made for III IT. ettr-
nal union. Among other things they were
no. 20 he mole ,,ed-in their lawful pursuits erea
in The territory he3 had 0iiennfed for was to be
! common to Them a d the English hey were
TO have the same liberty to do all things here
/! in, rea ing 10 the Imprn, emehts oil their
grounds, and the providing OF 'ustenan for
their families which the English had II any
I dispute snoulu arise between the two, they
! sho.ld BE- settled by two sons, hat oil whom
shou,,, b. Eng ism and haf lndi rs.
he thea paid ITEM for the lands and made
4 thee, many presenls bt Sides from the mrtchan
disc which al been sp cad before them flav
inc done Ibis, he laid the roll Of parchment on
the ground, observing again tina, the ground
should be common 20 both people. He then al
| drd hat he would not do as the Nary!anders had
done that is, call them children or brothers
EonIy: for often parents were apt 10 whip their
! children. and brothers would sometimes dIitrr;
neilher-would lie compare the friendship be-
tween him and them 10 a chain: Tor the rain
might some times rust II, OF Il tree might Ial
and break il: but he should consider item as
the same ilr,h aud blood with the Christians,
aid the same as If one mans BODY were 10 be
/ divided INTO two parts He then took up the
par, hmenl, * presented it 10 the Sachem, who
wore the horn in the chaple,, and desired him
| and .he other Chiefs to preserve il caieuliy FOR
I three generations, that their children might
know what had passed between them just as If
he himself had re med with them 10 repeat IT,
! The Indians, in return, made long and stately
! harangut S, Of which, however, no more seems
to have been remembered, but that "they prdg-
"ed themselves % live IN love with VIM Penn,
=" and his children, as long as the sun and moon
4" should endure" And thus ended this famous
treaty, of which Votaire has remarked, with
so much truth and severity, that It was the
ONLY one ever conc luded between Sa, ages and
Christians that was not ratified b. an oath
/ and The only one that was never broken" What
a contrast is exhibited between this treaty and
! one which was concluded not manv years ago
a, Fort Jackson! Ii woud he well If our treaty
! makers could he always chosen. from that plain
sober minded sect Of which VIM. Penn was
member. Mankind are more easily conquered
! by persuasion than b!oodshed.
HISTORICUS.
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