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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 16: (search)
's letter to the Indians, in which, proposes the future personal interview. It is to be regretted, that no original record of the meeting has been preserved. Under the shelter of the forest, now leafless by the frosts of autumn, Penn proclaimed to the men of the Algonquin race, from both banks of the Delaware, from the borders of the Schuylkill, and, it may have been, even from the Susquehannah, the same simple message of peace and love which George Fox had professed before Cromwell, and Mary Fisher had borne to the Grand Turk. The English and the Indian should respect the same moral law, should be alike secure in their pursuits and their possessions, and adjust every difference by a peaceful tribunal, composed of an equal number of men from each race. We meet—such were the words of William Penn —on the broad pathway of good faith and good will, Chap. XVI.} 1682. Nov. Dec. no advantage shall be taken on either side, but all shall be openness and love. I will not call you child