and from that people, many of those
fine
Leggons, with the other striped and nice Cloath-
-ing they had
on, came.* upon our letting them
know we had nothing more to say
amongst
them at this time, they informed us they would
take our
proposals into consideration and
give us an answer tomorrow.
The Indians were this day in Council on
the business we had laid
before them, they
divers times sent their deputies for us to
explain some part of the business we had
opened to them, one of their
questions was
how they should draw their Plough if the
*We then let them know that we had a boat com-
-ing up the
Allegeny River, with various
kinds of
goods, among which were a num-
-ber of Ploughirons, Hoes, axes, Shovels
and
Spades, with Carpenters, Masons, and Coopers
tools, which we
intended never to take a-
-way but leave amongst them, but while
our
Young staid, they should be placed
under their care, to lend out to them
as
the wanted, and, when done with them, to be return-
them -ed.