LONDON:
Re-printed and Sold by T. Sowle Raylton and Luke Hinde, at the Biblein George-Yard, Lombard-Street.
[Price Six-Pence.]
A Copy of the following Treaty, printed at Philadelphia in 1743,having fallen into my Hands, upon perusal, I judg'd its Contentsdeserved to be more generally known, than probably would have been fromthe few Copies which might be sent over.
To make it more instructive and entertaining, I had once Thoughts ofprefixing an Account of the Customs and Manners of these People,such an one as I could collect either from the Printed Relationsconcerning them, or from such Materials as my Correspondence orAcquaintance would have afforded: But, the accurate Description drawnup and published by the memorable William Penn, deterr'd me fromattempting a short One; and an ingenious Gentleman of New-York willprobably soon oblige the World with a large and curious History of theFive Nations,[1] exceeding any thing in my Power to perform.
But, that the Reader might have some Idea of these People, Ithought it necessary to subjoin the following succinct Account of thePrinciples in this Confederacy, their Tributaries, Dependents andAllies: And the more so, as it is neither extant in Print, nor isthis Part taken Notice of so fully in the Manuscript Historyabove-mentioned. It was communicated by a Gentleman of goodUnderstanding and Probity; one who is very well skill'd in the IndianAffairs,[2] adopted into one of their Tribes, is of their Council,and their constant Interpreter at the Philadelphia Treaties, to aFriend of his, who sent it to his Correspondent here.
They have generally been stiled the Five Nations of Indians,bordering upon Pensilvania and New-York; but, since the Arrival ofthe Tuscarora's from Carolina, they are called the Six Nations. AnAccount of whom is as follows,
1. The Conymkos or Mohawks; the first Promoter of theConfederacy.[3] He is stiled in the Council of all the Nations,Dicarihoagan, i.e. President or Eldest.