Evening journal., 1898-02-18

whenever the chief placed it upon his
brows, the spot became at once sacred, |
and the person Of every one present in [
violable- The venerable Indian king |
then seated himself on the ground, with |
the oder sachems on his right and left; |
the middle-aged warriors ranged them |
selves in the form of a crescent, or |
haif-moon, round them; and the |
younger men formed a third and outer |
semi-circle. All being seated in this |
and picturesque order, the old |
monarch announced to the governor |
that the natives were prepared to hear
and consider his words. Penn then
rose to address them, his cOuntenance
beaming with all the pride of manhood.
He was ait this time 3S years old; light
and graceful in form; the handsomest,
best-looking, most lively gentleman
she had ever seen, wrote a lady who
was an eye witness of the ceremony.
He addressed them in their own Ian
g1age: the topics were few and simple;
and the beauty of his ideas would COM
pensate with such an audience for the
minor errors of dictiOn. The Great
Spirit. he said, who ruled in the
heaven to which good men go after
death, who had made them and him out
of nothing, and who knew every secret
thought that was in the heart of white
man or red man, knew that he and his
children had a strong desire to live in
peace to be their friends, to do no
wrong, but to serve them in every way
to the extent of their power As the
Great Spirit was the common Father of
all he wished them to live together
not merely as brothers, as the children
OF common parent, but as If they
were Joined with one head. one heart
one body together; that if i'll was done
to one all would suffer, if good
was done to any all would gain
He and his children, he went on to say.
never used the rife or trusted to the
sword; they met the red men on the
broad path of good faith and good
Will They intended to do no harm.
and they had no fear in their hearts
They believed that their brothers of
the red race were just and they were
prepared to trust in their friendship.
He then unfolded the writing of the
treaty of friendship, and explained its
clauses one after the other. It recited
that from that day the children of
Onas and the nations of the Lenni
Lenape should be brothers to each
Orher-that all paths should be free
and Cpen-that the doors of the white
men should be open to the
red men, and the doors Of the red
men should be open to the white men
that the children of Onas should not
believe any false reports Of the Lenni
Lenape, nor the Lenni Lenape
of the children Of Onas. but
should come and see for themselves
as brothers to brothers, and bury such
false reports in a bottomless pit-that
If the Christians should hear of any
thing likely to be of hurt to the In
dians, or the Indians hear of any thing
likely 10 harm the Christians. they
should run. like true friends, and let
the other know-that if any son of
Onas were to do any harm to any red
skin, or any red-skin were to do any
harm to a son of Onas. the sufferer
should not offer to right himself but
should complain to the chiefs and to
Onas. that the justice might be de-
clared by II honest men, and thewrong
buried in a pit with no bOttOm-that
the Ienni Lenape should assist the
white men, and the white men should
assist the Lenni Lenape, against all
such as would disturb them or do them
hurt-and lastly, that both Christians
and Indians should tell their children
Of this league and chain Of friendship
that II should grow stronger and
stronger. and be kept bright and clean
without rust or spot, while the waters
ran down the creeks and rivers, and
while the sun and moon and stare en-
dured He then laid the parchment on
the ground. What King Taminent re-
piled is not known. except that, in sub
stance. he was favorable to the views
of Penn. The sachems received his
proposal with decent gravity, and ac.
cepted it for themselves and for their
children. No oaths. no seal. no Off
cial mummeries were used; the treaty
was ratified on both sides with a yea
yea-the only one. says Voltare, that
the world has known, never sworn to
and never broken.
This scene. celebrated in Europe by
painters, poets and historians, ever
dear to the young and hopeful. and
serving on every occasion to point
moral and adorn a tale. remained to
the two races who were witnesses and
actors in it, an inheritance of good
win and honorable pride for an entire
century"