And as for offering them men in, that you doe me wrong, our men

being all biusy then att their haruest, and I leave itt to your judgement whether there was any occasion when only foure hundred of them engaged with your whole army.--You tell me in case I assist

the Indyans you will esteme me an ennemy to your colony--Sir, give me leave to lett you know, you are a farr greater ennemy to your Colony than I am, itt haueing always been my endevour to keepe

those Indyans from warring with you, who in your protecting their enemys

that have killed and Robbed then in their hunting and otherwise, and that not once but several times have given them

great provocations, butt you have taken away to spill a great deale of Christian blood without the point you aim att, and for you

gaining

who have taken the King's subjects prisoners, in a time of peace

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DENONVILLE's EXPEDITION TO THE GENESEE COUNTRY AND NIAGARA.

and taken their goods from them without any just grounds for so doing, how can I expect but that you will use them as you threaten You say also in your letter, that the King of England has no I would willingly know if so, whose subjects they are right to the five nations on this side the lake. in your opinion, You tell me of your haueing had Missionaryes among them, itt is a very charitable act, but I suppose and am very well assured that giues no just right or title to the Government of the Country Father Bryare writes to a Gent there that the King of China never goes any where without two Jessuits with him I wonder why you make not the like pretence to that kingdome you also say you had many Missionaryes among them att my comeing to this Government, in that you have been missinformed for I never heard of any, butt the two Lamberuills who were at Onondages, and were protected by me from the Insolencys of the Indians, as they desired of me, and as by letters in which they gave me thanks appears, but when they understood your intentions they thought fit to goe without takeing leave butt their sending there was as I afterwards found for some other end than propagating the Christian Religion as was apparent by some letters of theirs directed ;