Sabbath June ye 14
taried
at
Goldſmiths, we did not go
to
the
City to Publick
worſhip
for fear of the Small Pox, being
Informed, very Brief there —
But I never Saw a Sabbath
Spent So by any Criſtian
People in my Life as ſome
Spent it here, Some were
Riding in Chairs Some upon
Horſe Back
orthers
traveting
foot, Paſsing and Repaſsing
all Day long, and all Sorts
of Evil Noiſes
Caried on by 'em
Drunkards were Realing and
Stagaring in the Streets, others
tumbling off their Horses, there
were others at
work in their
farms, and ever any People,
under the Heavens Spoke Hells
Language, theſe People did, for
their Mouths were full of Curſ‐
ings, Prophaning gods Holy
Holy Name — I
am greatly
Miſtake if theſe are not the Sons
and Daughters of Belial,
O thou God of Heaven, thou ^yt^ Hast all the Hearts of the Childre^n^
^of men^ in thine Hands, Leave me not to Pratice the works of theſe People, but help me, o Lord, to take warning, and to
to take heed to my Self
acording to thy Ho[illegible]ly word, and have mercy
upon the Wicked Convince and Convert them to
thy Self, for thine own glory
I have thought there was
no Heathen but the wild
Indians, but I
th
[illegible]ink
^[illegible]now^ there
is Some Engliſh Heathen,
where they Enjoy the Goſpel
of Jeſus
Chriſt too, Yea I be‐
lieve they are worſe than y
e Savage Heathens of the wilder
wilderneſs, — I have thou
[illegible]ght
that I had
rather Go with the
meaneſt and moſt
Diſpiſ'd Crea
ture on Earth to Heaven, than
to Go with the greateſt Monarc
^h^ Down to Hell, after a Short
Enjoyment
of Sinful Pleaſures
with them in this World —
I am Glad there is one defect
in
the
EIndian Langu
^a^ge and
I believe in all their
Languag
^es^,
i:e they Can't Curſe or ſware
or take god's Name in vain
in their own Toungue —
Monday June ye 15
to the
City, and were Conducted to
Mr Well's at freſh waters
and were Very Kindly re
ceiv'd by him and by all
his Family, I believe the
Fear of god in their Houſe
and this was our Home as
long as we Stay'd in the pl
[illegible][guess: a][illegible]
The People of
the City were
Extreamly Kind to us, there
was not a Day Scarſly, but
that I was Invited to Dine
with one Gentleman or other,
The Miniſters of all Sects
and Denominations were un‐
commonly Kind
to me — my
Friends Increaced Daily
while I Stayd at
New York
Monday June ye 29
left
the Place very Early, and
got to
Albany about 12 O:C
and were Conducted to one
M
r
Staats Vn Santvoord
&
taried there, and the People
in
Albany
were very kind
to us, I went to wait upon
his Excellency
GGen.[illegible][guess: ll]
Amherſt
the
[illegible]After Noon after
Iwe
got to
Al[illegible]bany, but he was
buſy and I Coud not See him
one of his waiters Came out
to me, and told me I Shoud
have
the Generals Asſiſtan
^ce^ and I Shoud make my Ap
pearance about 10 in the
Morning,
Tueſday June
ye the 30 I made my Appea
rence before
his Excellency at the Time
Apointed ac‐
cording to orders,
his
Excellence
wMet me at the Door
and told me he had
[illegible]wrote
a Paſs for me, and he un
folded it and Read it to
me, and when he
had
Read it, he Detivered
it to me, and gave me
good Advice and Counſel
and wiſh'd me Succeſs in
my undertaking & I return
^d^
unfeigned Thanks to him
and then
took my leave
of him &c — The Paſs which
he gave
^me^ was very good
^one^ in
deed, which I will Coppy
Down here —
To All Whom it may
Concern
Whereas
the Correſpondents of the
Society in Scotland for
for Propagating Chriſtian Knowledge, have Acquainted
me that the Bearer hereof, the
Revd
Mr Occom, is Sent by
by them, as a Miſsionary to
Reside Amongſt the Indians
about the
onoyda Lake, Theſe
are to order and direct the
officers Commanding at the
Several
posts, to give him
any Aid or Aſsistance he
may Stand in need of to
forward him on his Journey
And on his Arival at y
e
Onoyda Lake, the officer
Commanding there will
Grant him all
the Protection
and Countenance he may
want, in the Execution
of his Duty &c
Fryday July ye 3
went to
See
Sir William at his
^Farm^ Seven Miles out off the
Road, in the Wilderneſs,
Got there about 9 in the
Morning, and were very
Kindly Entertaind by his
his Honor, I Showed him
my Recommendatory
Let
ters, and a Paſs from
Genl
Amherſt, he Promiſed
me his Aſsistance as Need
Sh
^o^ld Require, he was ex‐
ceeding free with me in Con
verſation — But we S
^t^ayd
^there^ but about two Hours, for
he was geting in Readines
to go
[illegible][guess: ing] on our way on the
Next Day towards
Tetroit with five Battows laden
with Preſents for the Indians
he Said he wou'd overtake
^us^ on the Morrow before Night
— we took Leave of
his Hon^or^ and
^went^ our way, after we had
got to the Main Road, we
Call'd in at Certain Houſe —
and there we were Detaind
one Night, by a Storm —
Tueſday July ye 7
Sir William and the Chiefs of the
Onoyda Indians Met at this Place, to
make up a Breach, which
[illegible][guess: ,] one of the
Indians made late
ly, by Killing a Dutch man
they talkd about an Hour at
this Time, and then Brok up
Towards Night they Met together
again, and talkd together a
bout 3 quarters of an Hour. Then
finaly
Brock up, without be‐
ing fully Satiſfied on both Sides
for the Indians Inſisted upon
an
d old agreement that was
Settled between them and the
Engliſh formerly, that if any
Such Acident
Shou'd ever hap
pen between them in Peacea‐
ble
Times, they Shou'd make
it up in an Amicable man‐
ner without Sheding of Blood
But
Sir William told
them
it was the Comand of
general
Amherſt, that the murderer Sho
d be deliverd up to Juſtice — but
the Indians Said that murderer
was gone off nobody
Knows
where &c
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