of an Expedition which I doubt will be the ruin of this part of the Countr)' intirely, and the means of giving the Six Nations a worse opinion of us than we can imagine, & all their AlHes also, and I shall now have the greatest difficulty that ever I mett with, to reconcile the Indians, when they come to hear that we are to do notliing, wherefore shall long much for Your Excelly^ coming up, as I assure You Sir they all do.

Captain Lindsay writes from Oswego, that he was told by an Indian, that there was an Army preparing to destroy Oswego, but I dare say that place is in no manner of Danger, this may be that Army which the Prisoners wrote was to come against me and the Mohawks. Wm Johnson

EXTRACT FROM COL^ W^ JOHNSON'S LETTER

DATED 10th august 1748 TO HIS EXY THE HONBLE GEORGE CLINTON.

May it please your Excellency.

Sir -- I have just now gott rid of all the Indians from my House, except the Senecca, called the Grota Younga, who stays to be cured of the Ulcer he has in his leg. I had a prodigious deal of trouble with them all, but thank God the Greatest hurry is now over for a time.

The Flag of Truce is gone by my House eight days ago all -well & go on briskly, I sent my French Girle along with the rest.

I have agreed wuth a Smith &c^ to go to the Seneccas for 6 Months for je70,but there is no Bellows there worth a pin,so cannott tell how to do in that Case. I believe I can gett all the rest of the Smiths at the same price, but they are desirous to know how they are to be paid.