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to support and protect the said Indians in their just Rights and Possessions, and to keep inviolable the Treaties and Compacts which have been entered into with them, Do hereby strictly enjoin and command, that neither yourself, nor any Lieutenant Governor, President of the Council, or Commander in Chief of our said Province of New York, do upon any Pretence whatsoever, upon Pain of our highest Displeasure, and of being forthwith removed from your or his Office, pass any Grant or Grants to any Persons whatever of any Lands within, or adjacent to, the Territories possessed, or occupied by the said Indians, or the Property or Possession of which has at any time been reserved to, or claimed by, them. And it is our further Will & Pleasure, that you do publish a Proclamation, in our Name, strictly enjoining and requiring all