away our Indians to Canada as you have already done a great many, you must pardon me if I tell you that that is not the right way to keepe faire correspondence I have also been informed that you are told I have given to Indians orders to rob the French wherever they could meet them, that is as false as tis true that God is in heaven, what I have done Fathers' endeavours dayly to carry
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was by your own desire which was that I should suffer none of Canada to come to Albany without they had your passe in complyance wherewith I ordered, both, the Indians and people of Albany that if they found any French or English on this side of the great Lake without either your passe or mine, they should seize them and bring them to Albany
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am now sorry that I did it since its
not agreeable to you and has as I am informed hindered the comeing of a great many Beauers to this place
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I shall therefore recall the orders.
am daily expecting Religious men from England which
intend to put amongst those five nations.
I desire you would order
Mons r de Lamberuille that
soe long as he stayes amongst those people he would
meddle only with the affairs belonging to his function and that those of our Indians that are turned Catholiques and live in Canada may content themselves with their being alone without endeavouring to debauch others after them, if they do and I can catch any of them I shall handle them very severely.