served formerly in France) along with our people, he has orders not to disturb or meddle with the

French and I hope they will not meddle with him, Ever since my coming hither it has been no small trouble to keep the Sinicaes from making warr upon the French, Monsieur De la Barr was very hot upon it @ brought a great many men to a place called Cadaraque lying on the lake with intent to

on the Indians, who hearing of it came to me for leave to enter Canade with fire @ sword, which immediately I wro 4 to La Barr @ let him know that those Indians were his Maty 3 of Great Britain's subjects @ that he must not molest them @ that if the Indians had done the

fall

I refused to permit but

Governm1 of Canada any injury, upon his making the same appear, I would cause that hee should have satisfaction as also I sent the arms of his Royal Highness now his Majesty to bee put up in each castle as far as Oneigra which was accordingly done, @ thereupon De la Barr retired without doing anything after having been at vast expense and all to no purpose.

The new Governor Mons r de Nonville has written mee that hee desires to have a very good correspondence with this Governm @ I hope hee will bee as good as his word, notwithstanding he

put a great deal of provisions into @ keeps four or five hundred men at Cadaraque