Memo The ballance due from the Treas To the Province is twelve pas thirteen Shill" & 1a £12: 13: 1 [P. 380.] In The House of Represent May 29th 1725. Whereas His Honour The Lieut Governour hath the whole Goverment as Commander In Chief Still continued upon him Voted That he Be presented with and paid him out of the Treasury the Sum of one hundred & twenty pounds for his Extraordinary care and Service done the Goverment in this time of the warr. James Jeffry Cler assem In Coun Eod die Read and Concurred Rich Waldron Cler Con A Message to the house by the Clerk To require their attendance att the board, the Speaker & house came up accordingly, and then the Tax bill Past to be Engross'd yesterday (Entituled An act to levy a Tax of five hundred pounds on the Poles and Estates within this Province) Being Prepared was again read, & then Signed & Sealed in Presence of the Gen' assem. After which His Honour was pleased to prorogue them and accordingly in his Majestys name they were Prorogued till the 23 day of Novemb1 next Further Prorogued till ye 13th Dec' next Geo Jaffrey Present Joth Odiorne Sam Penhallow Esqr At a General assembly held at Portsm° His Honour John Wentworth Esq L' Gov Mark Hunking EsqTM Geo Jaffrey A Message to the house by the Clerk to require their at tendance at the Council board. up accordingly to whom His Speech. Gentlemen The Speaker & house came Hon' made the following You have on all occasions to my great Satisfaction shown your readyness to dispatch the publick affairs of the Goverment so that I have not the least room to suspect it at this Sessions. The treaty with the Indian Delegates at Boston lasted beyond our Expectation which has put off this Sessions longer than usual however the prospect we have of a lasting peace will over ballance that and I hope prove advantageous to this Province. The articles of Peace agreed upon I shall lay before you for your perusall which are to be further ratify'd and Confirmed at Falmouth in Casco bay some time in ye month of May next. Mr Newman our agent at ye Court of Great Brittain advises me since our May Sessions that he takes all opportunitys to Solicit S Robert Walpole for the runing of the lines and for the Stores for Fort William & Mary in all which he Expects Success. I would put you in mind of making Mr agent Newman a Present for we have scarce allow'd him enough to pay his Coach hire. The five hundred pounds raised for the Supply of the Treasury will go but a little way in discharging the Muster Rolls & Mr Treasurers Victualling bill weh doubt not but you will take effectual care of & for the more honourable Support of this His Majestys Goverm J. WENTWORTH [P. 382.] Mr Speaker desired a Copy of the foregoing Speech & then he and the house withdrew to their Own Chamber. His Honour the Lieut Gov' laid before the Council a Copy of the articles of Pacification agreed on with the Indians at Boston which being read, the Same together with a Copy of His Hons Speech was sent down to the House by Geo: Jaffrey & Joth Odiorne Esq". Adjorned till to morrow at 10 a'Clock A: M: [From Penhallow's Indian Wars.] The submission and agreement of the delegates of the Eastern Indians. Whereas the several tribes of Eastern Indians, viz. the Penobscot, Norridgwock, St. John's, Cape Sables, and other tribes inhabiting within his Majesty's territories of New England and Nova Scotia, who have been engaged in the present war, from whom we, Sauguaaram alias Sorun Arexus, Francois-Xavier, and Meganumba, are delegated and fully empowered to enter into articles of pacification with his Majestys governments of the Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire and Nova Scotia; have, contrary to the several treaties they have solemnly entered into with the said governments, made an open rupture, and have continued some years in acts of hostility against the subjects of his Majesty King George, within the said governments: they, being now sensible of the miseries and troubles they have involved themselves in, and being desirous to be restored to his Majesty's grace and favor, and to live in peace with all his Majesty's subjects of the said three governments and the province of New York and colonies of Connecticut and Rhode Island, and that all former acts of injury be forgotten: have concluded to make, and we do, by these presents in the name and behalf of the said tribes, make our submission unto his most excellent Majesty George, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c., in as full and ample manner as any of our predecessors have heretofore done. And we do hereby promise and engage with the Hon. William Dummer, Esq. as he is Lieut. Governor and commander-in-chief of his majesty's province of the Massachusetts Bay, and with the Governors or commanders in chief of the said province for the time being: that is to say We, the said delegates, for and in behalf of the several tribes aforesaid, do promise and engage-That at all times, forever, from and after the date of these presents, we and they will cease and forbear all-acts of hostility, injuries and discord towards all the subjects of the crown of Great Britain, and not offer the least hurt, violence or molestation to them or any of them in their persons or estates, but will henceforward hold and maintain a firm and constant amity and friendship with all the English, and will never confederate or combine with any other nation to their prejudice. That all the captives taken in this present war, shall, at or before the time of the further ratification of this treaty, be restored, without any ransom or payment to be made for them or any of them. That his Majesty's subjects the English, shall and may peaceably and quietly, enter upon, improve and forever enjoy all and singular their rights of land and former settlements, properties and possessions, within the eastern parts of the said province of the Massachusetts Bay, together with all Islands, inlets, shores, beaches and fishery within the same, without any molestation or claims by us or any other Indians, and be in no ways molested, interrupted or disturbed therein. Saving unto the Penobscot, Norridgwock, and other tribes within his Majesty's province aforesaid, and their natural descendants respectively, all their lands, liberties and properties not by them conveyed or sold to or possessed by any of the English subjects as aforesaid; as also the privilege of fishing, hunting and fowling, as formerly. That all trade and commerce which may hereafter be allowed betwixt the English and the Indians, shall be under such management and regulation, as the government of the Massachusetts province shall direct. If any controversy or difference at any time hereafter happen to arise between any of the English and Indians, for any real or supposed wrong or injury done on either side, no private revenge shall be taken for the same, but proper application shall be made to his Majesty's government upon the place for remedy or redress thereof, in a due course of justice. We submitting ourselves to be ruled and governed by his Majesty's laws, and desiring to have the benefit of the same. We also, the said delegates, in behalf of the tribes of Indians inhabiting within the French territories, (who have assisted in this war) for whom we are fully empowered to Act in this present treaty, do hereby promise and engage, that they and every of them shall henceforth cease and forbear all acts of hostility, force and violence, towards all and every, the subjects of his Majesty, the King of Great Britain. We do further in the behalf of the Penobscot Indians promise and engage, that if any of the other tribes intended to be included in this treaty, shall notwithstanding, refuse to confirm and ratify this present treaty entered into on their behalf, and continue or renew acts of hostility against the English, in such case, the said Penobscot tribe shall join their young men with the English in reducing them to reason.. In the next place, we the afore-named delegates do promise and ingage with the Honorable John Wentworth, Esq. as he is Lieut. Governor and commander-in-chief of his Majesty's province of New Hampshire, and with the governors and commanders-in-chief of the said province for the time being, that we and the tribes we are deputed from, will henceforth cease and forbear all acts of hostility, injuries and discords, towards all the subjects of his Majesty King George, within the said Province; and we do understand and take it, that the said government of New Hampshire, is also included and comprehended in all and every of the articles aforegoing, excepting that article respecting the regulating the trade with us. And further, we the aforenamed delegates do promise and engage with the Hon. Lawrence Armstrong, Esq. Lieut. Governor and commander-in-chief of his Majesty's province of Nova Scotia or Accadia, to live in peace with his Majesty's good subjects and their dependents in that government, according to the articles agreed on with Major Paul Mascarene, commissioned for that purpose; and further to be ratified as mentioned in the said articles. That this present treaty shall be accepted, ratified and confirmed, in a public and solemn manner, by the chiefs of the several eastern tribes of Indians included therein at Falmouth in Casco Bay, sometime in the month of May next. In testimony whereof, we have signed these presents, and affixed our seals. Dated at the Council Chamber in Boston in New England, this fifteenth day of December, Anno Domini, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-five. Anno Regni Regis Georgii Magnæ Brittaniæ, &c. Duodecimo. A true copy taken from the original, executed by the Indian delegates before the General Assembly, December, 15, 1725. Attest, J. Willard, Secr. |