but by your orders, to prevent the restitution of the said prisoners bj, the said Senecas who were solicited at the village of the Onontagues to give

me satisfaction.

I avow to you, Sir, that I should never have expected such proceedings on your part, which without doubt will not please the King your Master, who will never approve your so strenuously opposing

by threats of chastisement the Iroquois coming to me, when I invited them to visit me to arrange Three years ago, Sir,

with them the causes of discontent that I had on account of their violences.

you made use of them to wage war against the French and their allies, you took great pains to give them, for that purpose, more lead, powder and arms than they asked. You did more, Sir for you promised them reinforcements of men to sustain them against the King's subjects quite recently, Sir, you would have again pushed your ill will further by sending two Parties, commanded by men carrying your orders, to Missilimaquina to expel us from there and put you into possession, contrary to the word you have given not to undertake anything before the arrangement of their Majesties, our ;

;

Masters.

You have, Sir, still surpassed all that

;

for after the pains

you had taken to prevent the Iroquois

assembling at Catarocouy where I expected to meet them to

settle all our differences and

receive

from them the satisfaction they should have afforded me, as well in regard to the Huron and Outaouas prisoners they would have given up to me had you not opposed it, as for the pillagings and robberies that they have committed on us, and all the insults they daily oner our missionaries, as well those