Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II

There are some othet particulars relative to this subject for w*i I beg leave to refer your Lordships to the Papers herewith., In those your Lordships will perceive a Meeting at Onondaga was proposed by the Southern Indians in consequence of a Deputation sent to them at my earnest request by the Six Nations, at w^ii, I agreed to be present & named the Day. but as I was from Informations very doubtful wliether the Southern Indians were come to Onondaga according to tlieir appointment, and the Two Mohock Castles with some other Indians of all the 6 Nations (except tlie Onondagas) were so averse to my attending this meeting at this critical juncture, I thought it would be prudent to be certain whether those Indians were actually at Onondaga before I undertook my journey thither^ as the meeting them was my chief inducement for promising to go there, Messengers were accordingly dispatcht, & y' Lordships will see the Answer they have brought from the Onondaga Indians, and that they are so extremely pressing for my coming up & give such cogent reasons for it that I apprehend the good of His Majestys service will not dispense with my refusal, I am therefore preparing to set off so as to be there by the time appointed & I have Gen'.

Shirleys concurrence herein. I hope to meet some of the Delaware & Shawunese Indians there & if so, to talk over & settle matters with them on such a footing as may be very Beneficial to his Majestys service in general & the TranquiUty of the Southern Provinces in particular. Besides this general Meeting appears to be necessary on account of those uneasinesses & jealousies W-'^. the" Onondagas make mention of & which I find more or less prevails at present amongst most of the Indians of the Six Nations.