I shall therefore only add that I sho^l not have a Moment hesitated executing my last Orders for signifying to the Ind* his Majesty's Inclination to decline that part of the Cession but that I was fearfull of the Consequences when as I know that the Virginians would at any rate settle on these Lands, in Consequence of which the Ind^ would all think the whole a Delusion, & that since the late reform I did not think myself authorized to incur;

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SO great an Expense as is necessary for Convening all those Indians Avho should attend on such an occasion, without particular Orders, and I have the Satisfaction to find that herein I acted for the best, as from your Lordship's last Letter I observe that in case I am of opinion that it may be of ill consequence, His Majesty will ratify the boundary agreeable to the Treaty, to which I have only to add that since my last Tour into the Indian Country I find my former opinion so much strengthened, that I think it highly prudent to decline the mention of the affair unless I receive y Lordship's orders to the contrary, or that something should occur that may justify jpe in so doing.

Xhe Rt hon^ble The Earl of Hillsborough Endorsed

« (No 10.) August 21st 1769, To the Earl of Hillsborough."

THE SAME TO THE SAME.

Johnson Hall Augt 26th 1769.

My Lord

Having had the honor to write your Lordship on the Subject of the Boundary & Cession which Letter accompanys this I am now to give your Lordship an Account of the Transactions during my late tour through the Countrey of the Six Nations.