The consideration of the deed for these
lands, dated October
11th, 1736, was 500 pounds of powder, 600
pounds of lead, 45
guns, 100 blankets, 200 yards of cloth,
100 shirts, 40 hats, 40
pairs of shoes and buckles, 40 pairs of
stockings, 100 hatchets,
500 knives, 100 hoes, 100 tobacco tongs,
100 scissors, 500 awls,
120 combs 2000 needles, 1000 flints, 20
looking glasses, 2 pounds
of Vermillion, 100 tin pots, 25 gallons of
rum, 200 pounds of
tobacco, 1000 pipes, and 24 dozens of
garters. That part of these
goods which represented the consideration
for the lands on the
east side of the Susquehanna, was
delivered, but that which rep-
resented the consideration for the lands
on the west side of the
river, was, at the Indians' desire,
retained, and was finally
delivered in 1742.
"The Indian Wars of Pennsylvania,"
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