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1758] go with me:" and I likewise said the same to him, and told him, "I will accompany you, if you will go the same way as I must go." And then I called them together, in Mr. Weiser's house, and read a letter to them, which I had received from the Governor, which is as follows, viz. "To Pisquetomen and Thomas Hickman, to Totiniontenna and Shickalamy, and to Isaac Still.

"Brethren, Mr. Frederick Post is come express from the general, who sends his compliments to you, and desires you would come by the way of his camp, and give him an opportunity of talking with you.

"By this string of wampum I request of you to alter your intended rout by way of Shamokin, and to go to the general, who will give you a kind reception. It is a