Under this man several others were employed -- these persons wt?nt to the Indian Castle?, & by bribes, keeping thera constantly feasting and drunk, calumniating ray character, depreciating my commission, authority & management, in short by the most Licenlious & abandoncil proceedings, raised such a confusion amongst tht- Indians particularly the Two Moiiock Castles, that their Sachems were under the utmost consternatinn, scnl Deputies down to me to know \\hat was the occasion of all these surprising Proceeiiings, that I had told theiu I was appointed Sole Superintendent ofiheir affairs w-'^ had given an universal satisfaction thro' all their Nations, but that now every Fellow pretended to be vested with Commissions & authority &c. I sent several Messages and the Interpreters up to quiet their minds, for my military department would not suffer me to leave Albany, as I was marching with the troops under my command, or I would have gone up & should have soon overset all these violent measures. I have at Albany a great number of Letters and Papers w^^. give particular relations of the Behavior & villainous Conduct of these Agents of Gov"". Shirley, but if I had them here I would not trouble your Lordships with a Detail w<=^ tho' very shocking would be extreamly tedious.

I shall only say in general, that a complication of more Scurrilous Falsehoods, more Base & Insolent Behaviour, more corrupt, more Destructive measures to overset that Plan of general Harmony w«=h I had with infinite Pains '^. at a great expense to the public so lately established, could 'iot have taken place than did in y«. conduct of these Agents of Gov^. Shirley's. I spoke of it to Gov^ Shirley, I wrote to him of it, but without Remedy. They pleaded his authority for all they did, and said they had his Commissions, & I can't but presume it must have been done with his knowledge and consent, in which I am confirmed by his letters to me.