450 Where they reside. On the banks of the Wabash, near Fort Ouia- On the banks of the Wabash, near Fort Ouia- ear Kaskaskia. Near Cahokia. Qu. If not the same with the On the Illinois R. called Pianrias, but suppos- Near St. Joseph's and Fort Detroit. Near Michillimackinac. Near Fort St. Mary's on Lake Superior. Several other villages along the banks of 5450 400 200 400 550 Within the limits of the United States. On Lake Michigan, and between that and the S On the Eastern heads of Mississipi, and the Odnos pwk of reps Ho S Alibama river in the western parts of Geor(gia. e pope of red pe OLE S "But, apprehending these might be different appellations for some of the tribes already enumerated, I have not inserted them in the table, but state them separately as worthy of further inquiry. The variations abservable in numbering the same tribe may sometimes be ascribed to imperfect information, and sometimes to a greater or less comprehension of settlements under the same name." CHAPTER XI. RISE AND PROGRESS OF PENNSYLVANIA, CONTINUED. HAD it been predicted, either in Europe or America, that such a defenceless, pacific disposition as William Penn adopted for the basis of his colony, could have tamed the tigers, wolves, and bears of the wilderness, (as the savages have generally been considered,) into the temper and dispositoin of the domestic animals; who but a Quaker, would have listened for a moment to the tale? yet he has shewn to the world, the truth of the experiment, without the power or influence of any other prediction, than the suggestions of his own mind, and the happy effects of his own pacific arrangement. Let all christians, of all denominations begin seriously to enquire, whether those happy days predicted by the prophet, will or can ever arrive, when "the lion and the lamb shall lie down together," until the same pacific disposition is adopted, and practised, both by individuals, as well as nations throughout the world. That same policy of William Penn, created a little millennium within his own colony, and when extended, may be the means of extending the same blessings to the United States, and even of diffusing the reign of universal peace. But I forbear; those happy days will assuredly come, and in their appointed time, and season, yet the changes and revolutions that are to follow each other, in their succession and order, are known only to God, and will be regulated and controuled by the unerring wisdom of his providence. In the year 1683, a controversy arose between Lord Baltimore, proprietary of Maryland, and William Penn, proprietary of Pennsylvania, concerning those boundaries that determined the right of soil and jurisdiction, in and over the lands lying on the west side of the bay, stiled the lower counties. In 1684, a party of Lord Baltimore's people entered upon those lands, by violence, and dispossessed many of the settlers. William Penn sent orders for William Welch, to reinstate the planters, by mild means if possible; but if not, to proceed by prosecution; but the aggression was suppressed by mild means, and the planters were restored. Great efforts were made by the proprietary, at this time, to suppress drunkenness amongst the savages; but all to no effect, they were fully sensible of the evil; but absolutely without the power of controuling it, either by persuasion, or coercion; and when William Penn found the evil absolutely incurable, he was constrained to yield to necessity, and let it go.. The pressure of the claims of Lord Baltimore, gave such anxiety to the mind of William Penn, that he resolved to return, and decide the question in England; accordingly in 1684, he organised his government, by appointing Thomas Lloyd President of his council and keeper of the great seal, and by a special commission, he impowered his provincial council to act in the government in his stead; he also commissioned Nicholas Moore, and four others, as provincial judges, for two years. Thomas Lloyd, James Claypole, and Robert Turner, were impowered to sign patents, and grant warrants for land, and William Clark was appointed justice of the peace for the whole colony. All things being thus settled, the proprietary on the 12th of June, set sail for England. When William Penn had embarked for England, he sent to his friends on shore, the following letter, which for the purity of its affectionate counsel and advice, renders it worthy of record, as well as perpetual remembrance. 1 |