Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-06-06
AN EXACT COPY OF PENN's DEED.

Tho Record of the Bargain Which the
Quaker Struck with the Indians.
This indenture witnesseth, that we, Pake-
nah, Jaracoam, Sinkals, Partueguessat
JEWS, Espennock, Felkroy, Hekellapan,
Econus, Machlona, Metchcougha, Hisa and
Powey, Indian Kings, Sachmakers, right
owners of all lands from Quing Quingas,
called Chester creek, all along by west side
of Delaware river and so between the said
creeks backwards as far as a man can ride
a horse in two days, for and in considera-
ton these following named goods to us in
hand paid by William Penn, viz: Twenty
guns, 20 fathoms of matchcoat, 20 pounds
of powder, 100 bars of lead, 40 tomahawks,
100 knives, 40 pairs of stockings, l barrel of
beer, 20 barrels of red lead 105 fathoms of
wampum, 80 glass bottles, so pewter spoons,
100 avis, 300 tobacco pipes, 100 twists of to-
bacco, 200 tobacco tongs, 20 steels, 200
fints, so pairs of scissors, so combs, 60 look
ing glasses, 200 needles, 1 lot of salt, 80.
pounds of sugar, gallons of molasses, 90
tobacco boxes, 100 jewsharps, 20 hoes, 80
gimlets, 30 wooden boxes, 100 strings of
beads, and other minor things not herein
listed, we do hereby relinquish all our right
to the above described tract of land for
ever.
Signed and acknowledged at New Castle
this I'd day of sth month, 1869
Packenah Felkroy
Jaracoam Hekellapan
Witness, Singals Econus
Casasette Partueguessat Machlona
w. Byron JEWS Metchcougha
Espennock Hisa
Powey.
The above is a true copy taken from the
original by Ephraim Morton, now, if not
recently deceased living at Washington,
Pa. When Mr.. Morton was a young man
he acted as clerk in the Pennsylvania land
office. One day while looking over some of
the Oldest records in the Office he acciden-
tally discovered the above deed, and con-
sidering it an historical curiosity, made
copy of it for his own use
Only two of the Indian kings signed in
full Packenah and Econus; each of the
others signed with mark, as did also each
of the witnesses.-St. Louis Republic.
A Calculating Man.
Civil engineers are mostly commonplace
people, but an odd stick occasionally turns
up among them. One of the oldest ever
met lives here in ST. Louis. He is an old
man, thoroughly educated in his business,
and paragon of eXactness, even for
mathematician. Not many months ago he
was called to East St. Louis to make new
survey of an old line, originally run by
himself. On the first survey he had driven
a certain corner stake deep in the ground
and covered it up with large stone. When
he came to the spot he got spade and
cleaned the soil from around the stone,
and then cleaned it off nicely with some
dry leaves, top and sides.
Next he took out his rule and made care
full measurements of the stone, which he
used a moment later on the basis of cal
culation to determine it's weight. When he
saw the product his face lightened up with
joy, for the numbers of pounds, ounces and
drains represented therein was within the
limit of his lifting power. He made no at
tempt to lift the stone as a means of test
ing his ability to handle it, but relied on
his mathematical knowledge to settle that
point for him. This is the only case 1 ever
knew of where man demonstrated his
own lifting power by the use of arithmetic.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.