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upon them as Enemies and use them as Such and that he would Destroy
thair hole Contry--now it was an impossibillity for those nation
that sent him word that theay would not misleit him to get word in
that Short Space of time which the general thought Proper to Set
much more Come in--now what Can we Expect But to have them all
against us if thare is not Some Spedy rimedy--I Cannot Say what
opinion your honours may have of the Saveges But I Can asure you
that theay are very numerous thair numbers are not known that thare
has not one out of a hundred taken up the hachet against us yet But
we Cannot But Expect theay will if there is not Proper Steps taken
and that Spedily--we will Supose that the Proper Steps are for us to
march threw thair Contry and take Detroit which is Esily Done if
matters ware Conducted as theay ought to Be--and By having that in
our Possession and the lakes it will Be in our Power to forse all
those near nations to Come upon our terms and that will Enduce all
the farrons ones to Be upon aliance with us and then we Shall have
all the trade of that Extensive Contry Quite from the north west
hutsons Bay lake Superier the heads of the macceippia which will
make our Contry florish--But we will Say the Publick has Ben at
grate Expence for two years Past and we are no nearer now than we
was when we fust Set out But what is the reason it is Because thare
was Peopel Sent that Knew nothing of the mater the general told me
that he was Brought up by the (sic) Sea Shore and that he knew
nothing abought Pack horseing in this wooden Contry--I Dont take it
upon me to Dictate or Sensure no one But I think that ought to Be
Enquired into Before thare was thousands Spent But now it is to
recall the horses and Bollocks are Dead the Provisions is Eat the
men must have thair Pay it is Sunk lost gone and here we are Still
going on in the Same way the general has likewise got the ill will
of all his officers the melitia in Protickaler which I am very sorry
for as theay are the only Peopel that we have to Depend upon to Do
any thing in this Deartment--now if thare was not any one that knew
how matters Should have Ben Conducted it would have Ben a meteriel
Diference--But thare is a gentlemon of an unblemisht Carrecter who
has Singulied himself By leaveing Every thing that was near and Dear
to him and Come in to this Quarter of the Contry Prepared