GOVERNOR PENN.
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In 1899, Governor Penn, when in Pennsyl-
vania. was informed of some choice land, not
included in his former purchase of the lndi-
ans. He caused inquiry to be made of the
chiefs whether they would sell it to him.
They replied that they did not wish to part
,,;,h that land. as the bones of their fathers
and their mothers were lying there; but still.
to please their father Onas they would sell
some oft. For certain quantity of Eng
lish goods they agreed to sell him as much
land as one Of his young men coulo wax a
round in day; beginning at the grea' rly-
er Coaquanoc," now Kens'ngton, "ana END
,ng at the great river Just below halaPih