are tliey who had no ommand of their Men. I shou'd be glad to have your Excellency's Directions and Commands therein as soon as you tho* proper, because the men will be dispersing & getting Home, without further certainty. Capt^ Wiliott & his Company is gone, the most of Capt Church's are gone, & the rest are to go, (as I am told) in a few days, so there remains none but Capt Slop there, who kept all his Men but four.

I send your Exy inclosed Receipts for the Provisions of the Troops at Oswego, until last May, and I hope your Exy will grant Warrants, that I may have my Money. I have sent Provisions for another Half Year, w^^ is to next November.

If your Excellency intends to send a Relief to Oswego of the Militia this Fall, as they who are there expect, I hope you will lett me know it p first, That I may gelt the Men ready in time.

I hope your Exy will please to Honour me with a few Lines in answer to this p first Opportunity, as I shall be governed thereby.

Wm Johnson

EXTRACT OF A LETTER F^^ COL. JOHNSON.

While writing this I am told by Parson Mills that M^^ Lydius told him that Mons. Pascaud who was order'd to his room when I was at New York upon suspicion of being a Spy, had a Pacquet of Letters to forward to Old France relating to the Clashing between the two Crowns, besides he said at 'York he was of the family of the Pascouds or Packo's at Rochell & concerned in the Bourdeaux Comp'any all w^hich Lydius's family says is false, if so I think he ought to be more narrowly examined but first to seize his Papers, this you may mention to the Gov^" from me w^^ my Compliments if you please & apologize-for my not writing to him ib* it being so hurried by the Ind^ & Express, or else you may have it f™ M"" Sam^ Stillwell to whom M^ Mills tells me he mentioned it.