We came to this place laſt
friday — waited on His Excellency Sir
wm Johnson
saturday — treated us
with a good deal of
freedom and
pleasantry — but as to his real
friendſhip
& regard for the cauſe,
doubtleſs, there is much reason to
suſpect — we understand the buſi
‐neſs of the preſent
Congreſs is to
run a Line betwixt the
King
and
Indians — which Line is to extend
as far weſt as the Indians will
sell — they talk of bounding up‐
on
Onoida Lake — and run down
to the weſtern part of
Penſilvania
— which, if obtain'd will take in the Indian
Land almoſt as far as to the
Onondages — again we have heard the Gentlemen de‐
‐ſign to get within a Day's March of
Oſ‐wago — which will cut off the
Onondages from chief of their Inheritance —
Some of the
Onoida's that heard of this ex‐
tenſive
deſign were a good deal troubled —
If upon the whole
they cannot obtain
so far
— they deſign to get as far as they
can —
Thomas
fears and
trembles!
has laboured
very much to attach the
Indians to their own Intereſt and hold
their Lands as they would their Lives.
several seem to stand
firm — but the
poor creatures are too eaſily deluded by
gaudy, trifling Gewgaws — they think
if they sell
here, they have Lands eno'
farther North — which extend as far
Oſwagoche — what Steps we have ta‐
‐ken
taken
Jo.s will be able
^to^ inform
the
Doctor — it appears, eminently
to be a time of
Danger — it seems
as if things are brought to a
Crisis they are semſible of the growing
state of the
Dr's's
School, and that
by and
by the Indians will be too
knowing &
induſterous to barter
and fool away their Lands for a
gill of rum or a
blankit —
But what their Views are — let the
D.r and his counſil Friends gueſs —
Here seems to be a Volume opened
in which may be learnt
many
things — and the Solution of many
miſterious
Philoſop
[illegible]ima —
There is
one ground of
Comfort God is stronger and wiſer than
Man
N In converſation
Sir W.m
aſk'd
if we had heard what for an anſwer
the
Onondages gave to
M.r Chamberlain when
he made application to them? told him
the
sum of their anſwer which was favoura‐
‐ble — Then
His Excellency was pleaſed to
mention
what the
Onondages told him
soon after this application was made
—
That the
Mohawks have had the Goſpel
among them many years as well as the
Onoidas — and they obſerved no reformati
‐on — they would get drunk stab & kill as
before &c
&c — and they were reſolved not
receive the Goſpel among them untill they
saw it had some good Effect upon their
Neighbour Brethren. the
Mohawks
&
Onoidas
&c — Morover
His Exy. said he has taken
a vaſt deal of Pains to perſwade the Inians
to receive the Goſpel
& mind what the Mi‐
niſters said to them — as it would be for
their Temporal, and Spiritual Good —
But anſwer'd — If it would increaſe their Chil
‐dren and Hunting they
would do it &c
From what was obſervable were
ready to conclude there is little
or No proſpect of an anſwer from
the
Onondag[illegible][guess: a]es — The Gentlemen
of theſe parts seem to be well turn'd
to build up
Kingdoms —
we deſign to wait upon the Congreſs
untill it shall be over — and do what
ever may appear beſt — —
This Morng.
Thomas told me (when
I went to conſult with him about af‐
fairs) that the Indians all joined their
Deſires to see
M.r Kirtland
once
more if he is well enough this fall to
make them a
Viſit —
Joſeph Brant sends Love and Duty — Pleaſe
[illegible] to accept much Duty from,
P.S. If any should come upon this I[illegible][guess: r]
Emer‐gance — several lb.s of Money will be want[gap: worn_edge][guess: ed]
As conſcerng. the
bearer — shall inform
the Doctor when I return — which
account
will be
very diſagreable — He knows no‐
one of the moſt
special
reaſons of his
Emiſsion — !
Perhaps the D.r Hope the
D.r may have Divine Support — —
D.A.