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scarce, that with severall other causes hes obliged us to make an embargo, but considering the dependence Barbadoes Jamaica & Nevis have from these places we have permitted about 50 tunne pronsion to be transported to each whereof the bearer is the portion of your Island, we hope a good success in our undertaking if please God we obtain it, we never need to fear any Indianes, If your honor could speedily dispatch some men of warre for Canada, it would doe a great service for his Ma*ie & no doubt but by Gods blissing could be a great meanes to wholly subdue Canada I begg the happines of a hne or two from your honor by the first opportunity which will oblige us all to ardint requitall specially from &c.

TO THE GOVERNOR OF BOSTON

A: 1690: 17 May in fort William

Honorable Sir -- I have sent to your honor by land the agreement between the Indianes ,& us, & a coppy of Major Millbornes letter of the arryvall at oneidas of the french from Canada, which presents to the five nationes & that wee are resolved to stand to our unanimous result, I hope all is come to hand to which I referre your honor, onely I most add that at the arryvall of our people mongst our confederate Indianes they have immediately seized upon the five french with their presents, & have shared four amongst them, and have sent me the chiefest, being a knight with all his papers letters and instructiones, whereof one leafe is tomed out concerning this country, by the bisshops letter of Canada to a priest prisoner, we discover that treasonable correspondence has beenkeept by people mistrusted amongst us, we have had 300 and od men compleat ready at Albany these seaven weeks and can have the other 200 immediately there to compleat our number for the intended march and we perceive but 70 men of Connecticott, and if your number comes not very speedily by which delay we are detained from our proceedings &, may be so disappoynted that all our good work may be overturned to which the french spare noe paines nor costs to doe it, I hope our 3 vessells have acquainted your honor of their errand &