Memorandum taken at Fort Allen of November 26, 1756.

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Weiser told the men he was confused by King Deedjoskon's reasons for the Delaware attacking the settlements. He was told that the King knew what he was supposed to say, but at the Council, he was always drunk and so mis-spoke. The backstory, unknown to the English, was that many years ago, the Mingoes had driven the Delaware from their lands on the Delaware River to live on the Susquehanna. Rather recently, A group from New England appeared on the Susquehanna and told the Delaware that the Mingoes had sold them the land and the Delaware had to leave. When the Delaware protested to the Mohawks, their traditional protectors, they learned the Mohawks and Mingoes had both profited from the deal at their expense. The Delaware threatened to go to the French and eventually attacked the settlements. Weiser wished all this had come out at the treaty Council, but was told the Delaware were afraid of the few Mingoes who were there. They begged Weiser to get the Governor to lay out a large tract on the Susquehanna where they could live without fear of being dispossessed.

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