Yours of
July 31. I received
yesterday & I am
very glad to underſtand that the
Indians
hope intend to
cultivate their Lands, and that they deſire
^to have mills & to be^
helpd in ſetting
up Huſbandry. but am Sorry to hear of your Diſa
pointment, and of the Miſunderſtanding that occaſi
oned it. — which was by means of an unſkilful
Interpreter — I underſtood by
Joseph Woolley that
the Reaſon why he had no more Boys to teach
laſt winter was becauſe the chief man did not
favour it
[illegible][guess: who][illegible: and]
tho't it not beſt to teach them Eng
liſh
^and^ I had underſtood before that
^the
Indians^
they did not
ſeem to be much diſposed
^to^
practiſe
Huſbandry. —
and when
I talked with Peter & David I Repreſented
to Peter and David the
^great importance^
Neceſsity of
^it^ to the
Indians
^if they wod^ I told them
^I would do all I could to
help them & that^ I did not Doubt but the Engliſh would
aſsiſt them in Building Mills, getting Tools, and
[illegible] teach the
Indians to use them and also
set up a Blackſmith Among them &c. I See
they liked it well but I did not know that
the Reſt of the
Indians would. And I expected
[illegible]
^they^ would Send me word before I did any
thing
about it
^for that I have waited forever since^ — I
sent for the Men
that morn^as ſoon as I recd
y.r
Litter^
-ing,
which[illegible: [guess: whom]] I had tho'ts of Implying
^they came this morning to ſee me^ but the Maſter
workman who
^is a very good man is^
[illegible][illegible][guess: well] got into a
poor state of
health, and not likely to be well enough very ſoon
and also his Son is not well & is juſt going to ſea for his
health. If
[illegible]I had known what I
^now hear
from you^ 4 months ago they
would likely have been
^with you^ about y.
e
^[illegible]^ before now.
however
^the chief workman^
deſires
M.r Smith
&
M.r
Gun would
look
^out^
for a Suitable place
^for the mills^ and See
if they can
find
^suitable^
[illegible][guess: the] Stones for a Griſt mill and
also Send
me word. Whether they can
^find^ a good Place
to be
found
and how far,
^they muſt^ go for the ſtones
&c and
also where the Irons may be had whether nearer to you than
Albany And they both will be
ready to come
^to you^ as Soon
as
ſoon as the ſeaſon and their Family State will
allow of it. provided that
M.r Smith and
M.r
Gun
ſhall write me that which is incouraging,
^reſpecting the Place^ that
the
Indians
Deſire still deſire it. —
#If you like
^him^
Joseph Woolly for your School Maſter
and will build him a House and fence him a Lott of
Lands ſo that he may keep a cow or two which may
give milk in the Spring,
that will help these men to
live while they are about your work.
—
#
Joseph Woolley is
^accounted^ a very Honeſt Young man, and
is well accompliſshed to teach Young Children I hope
the
Indians will be very kind to him —
I am Glad to hear
of your kind Reception of
M.r Smith I hope y.
e
Indians will
^Love him
much^
[illegible]
[guess: receive]
& treat
him as Gods Meſsenger to you.