Bro^: We hereby present you with a Calumet and a Wing as the manager of the atfairs of our Confederacy, and beg you will keep it in Remembrance of our nation, at this place of public Consultations of the Confederacy, Light the Pipe whenever you meet upon public affairs, and dont let any people y* carry folse & trifling Reports Smoke out of it. Any time hereafter if we should come to your Fire Place upon Business we hope to find this Calvunet and Wing, in order that we may light it and remember the agreement now made between each other.

SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON TO COxMMISSARY LEAKE.

Fort Johnson 2d Feby 1759. Sir,

I was this day favoured with yours, I am extremely obliged to you for the books you were so kind to send me, and shall as soon as I have read them, return them safe. I had only time to read a page or two, and find they are wrote with a great deal of spirit. & in an excellent stile.

We have no news in this quarter worth communicating, more than that the Indians tell us, the French are preparing for a Winter's expedition, as they think, against Fort Stanwix. The French have a Body of men about Swegatchy, provided as they say, with every thing necessary for such an attempt.

I have a letter from y^ Friend Croghan dated at Raystown y® 2P^ Deceb'", He has been in the severall Ind" Towns about Fort Du Quesne, and says he was very kindly received by all the Delawares, who, by their speeches to Him in their Towns, & to CoIl«. Boquet at Pitsborough seems to have entirely abandoned the French and promise to drive them from the other little Forts in that part of the Country, also to retui-n what English Prisoners they have among them.