even certain that they will never cause us any dread from that quarter and that they could

not prevent us to achieve that conquest this year, had the General been willing to fight.

You can hardly believe, my Lord, that the General has, alone, undertaken the war without having consulted any person, neither officers of the army nor gentlemen, nor the people of the country who are the most interested, nor any individual whosoever he might be, except Sieur de la Chesnayne,

with whom he acts in concert for the entire destruction and ruin of the country. He has again made peace in this manner without any communication with any of the officers or others of those who

were near his person.

What seems a wonder in the country is that one individual, subject of his

Majesty like others, should, of his own will, make war and peace without having consulted or demanded the opinion of any person. His Majesty never acted thus. He has his Council of War, and when he is about to wage it, he demands advice of those of his council, in communicating to them the reasons which he may have to do so, and even causes the publication of manifests throughout the Kingdom, wishing to communicate to his people the justice of his undertakings.

But the

General has treated of peace, like a sovereign, with the said Iroquois, having employed none of those

who were nigh him and who were acquainted with the Iroquois tongue, except as Interpreters.