744 MANUSCRIPTS OF

" Request to them, that they woud give Directions to Sir William " Johnson at the same Time he met the Indians to settle the " Bounds of the Treaty at Albany, to examine mto the Truth of " this Report and mform them of the Result of such Examination."

The above is a true Extract from the Prop^y Letters to me compared with the originals by me.

RicHAKD Peters.

iSth Augt 1757

GOV. HARDY TO SIR W^. JOHNSON.

Fort George, New York 16 May 1757 Sir

Having laid your letter of the 2pt. of April last before the Council, and in consequence of their opinion conferred with the Earl of Loudain as to the release of the two Indians confined in the goal at Albany, His Lordship was of opinion it was necessary in the present posture of the Publick affairs to indulge the Jenango Indians in their request, & on my communicating his Sentiments to the Council they advised that Vangelder the Father and his Son should both be discharged and tis now a week Since orders were sent for that purpose to the Sherif. This Complyance in the Government will I hope be attended with the good Consequences you apprehend from it : but I am Sorry to find that the Family of this Vangelder Still persist in the Same wicked Practices, as appears by their being present in a riot w<^^. happened on the 7th Instant in the Manor of Livingston, in which one man was killed and several wounded, one of whom it is Said is Since dead of his wounds. Had this been known here before the orders were Sent to the Sherif, it would probably have prevented their being issued. M^. Livingston represents that the Rioters have lately purchased a considerable part of His Manor of the Stockbridge Indians, who have undertaken to assist them in Settling the Lands.