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 1868.] The Penn Treaty-Ground and a Monument to William Penn. 119 tice and love. They bad heard the war-whoop resounding beyond their borders, in the fierce conflicts between the red man and the white ; but, among the mountains and vallej^s of Pennsyl- vania, the door of the wigwam had always been left unfastened, and the corn had been planted, and the beaver had been trapped, in security and peace. They were anxious that these kindly relations of six and thirty years should not be impaired by his death. They came to Logan, ' their old friend, with whom they had been acquainted for twenty years ;' they reminded him that William Penn had made a league with them, to last for three or four gener- ations ; that tbey had lived quietly and in peace, and when the sun set they slept iu peace, and in peace they rose with him, and would so continue, while he continued his course. That now William Penn was dead, and most of their old men were dead, but the League still remained ; and they wished to renew and strengthen it with their friend, who had always represented William Penn to them since he had left them ; that one generation might die and another might die; but the League of Friendship continued strong, and should forever continue so on their part. " ' The poor people,' Penn had said, long before, ' are light of heart, but their affections are strong.' They thought, too, of his widow, now made desolate, as well as themselves. They besought Logan to convey to her their words of condolence and sorrow. They brought with them a garment of soft furs, to be sent to her, -in their own name, that she might wear it ' in the thorny wilderness through which she was to travel,' now that he was gone. " At length Governor Gordon, the first governor who came from England after the death of William Penn, arrived in the province. He assembled the In- dians, in council, at Conestoga, and allayed their apprehensions. He told them, that William Penn had continued this kind love for them, until his death. He assured them that Penn's sons, in whose name he came, had strictly charged him to' love the Indians like brethren, and as their fathers had done. He reminded them that when William Penn first brought his people with him over the broad sea, he ' took all the Indians and old inhabitants by the hand, and because he found them a sincere and honest people, he took them to his heart and loved them as his own, and made a strong league and chain of friendship with them, by which it was agreed that the Indians and the English, and all Christians, should be as one people.' ' I know,' said he, ' that you preserve the memory of these things among j r ou, by telling them to your children, and they again to the next generation, so that they remain stamped on your minds, never to be forgotten. I now speak to you of the League and Chain of Friendship first made by your father, William Penn, which is con- firmed. The chief heads, or strongest links of this chain, I find are these nine, as follows : " The Nine Links. " First. All William Penn's people, or Christians, and all the Indians shall be brethren, as the children of one father, joined together, as one heart, one head, and one body. " Second. All the paths shall be open and free to the Christians and Indians. " Third. The doors of the Christians' houses shall be open to the Indians, and the houses of the Indians shall be open to the Christians, and they shall make each other welcome as their friends. " Fourth. The Christians shall not believe any false rumors or reports of [about] the Indians, nor the Indians believe any such rumors or reports of [about] the Christians, but shall first come, as brethren, to inquire of each other ; and both Christians and Indians,