her.The remaining essays in the chapter portray treaties and requests over land and protection made to the English on behalf of the Indians. The Indians were very willing to compromise with the English. In one instance they completely declared themselves as being devoted to Sachem (king) Charles. Some Indians even labeled themselves as un-trustworthy, and begged for English forgiveness. On a second occasion Indians renewed a request to remove English settlers off of their land. They went about this in a very professional way, bringing gifts as tokens of their sincerity. By doing these things the Indians are unconsciously setting themselves up to be overthrown. Although these customs are normal to the Indians, the English see it as an easy loophole for ambush. The Indians don't understand the greedy English ways, and think that they can live in peace together. Little do they know that their efforts are merely leading to their downfall. In an account given by Benjamin Franklin, he describes an attack on an Indian village for no apparent reason. This takes place on December 14th, 1763 when men went to the Conestogoe Manor "and without the least Reason or Provocation, in cool Blood, barbarously killed six of the Indians settled there, and burnt and destroyed all their Houses and Effects" (John Penn, in Unger, p.63). This account merely sets the stage for what is to come in the future.Throughout these accounts I now realize how the Indians lived their day to day life and more importantly how they interacted with the English. Through the eyes of Englishman I see how they easily took advantage of the Indians and eventually removed them from their land. Hugh Jones, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, William Penn, and John Heckewelder have done an excellent job of portraying the Indians, each in their own way. Although biases existed in some of these essays, it only leads to a better understanding of how the English perceived Indian ways....
