As he has taken on with the Governor & People of that Colony, to convene some of the Western Indians to a Meeting, which when ended, may be so late as to interfere with the Military Branch of my office this Campaign, and may somewhat hinder my bringing the Indians in general together this Summer for actual service, altho' very well inclined: Thereupon cannot help remarking to Your Lordships, " That if the Ind^ are admitted to be under a Complicate and Multifarious Influence or Management, especially at this time, it must make any application to them uncertain, the Service liable to many inconveniences, & render the Indians more difficult to treat with, while the Power -of acting seems to be divided, and the Plan of Directing them, not mutually concerted by me & those who affect & assume to be Superneqessary."

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to their Lands, which they are incessantly murmering about, & very troublesome to ine, as they live so contiguous. The Mohegan Indians living in Connecticut Colony, have also intreated me to Represent their Case to your Lordships, that their Lands may be ascertained to them, or at least paid for, I understand they have formerly preferred a Petition to the King in Council, from thence, are apt to believe their affair is better known at your Lordships Board, by means of their former Agent, than they can Explain it to me, so shall not trouble your Lordships with a farther Detail.