That they well knew how Slow our people here were, & that altho' Some of the Old people of every nation were still disposed to believe all this. They found the Majority of the rest particularly of the other Confederacies were not. They gave me a long State of the Politicks of the other Nations, on which they observed that the fact was the Indians expected to meet the same treatment from us w^hich they had done from the French, That the latter repeatedly told them they would not. That they found it too true, & that they were full of Resentment thro' Disappointment.

It may not be amiss here to remark that when Ind^. are Disposed to Quarrel they collect all the materials they can as Grounds for their conduct & often insist on things as Grievances, which in reality have given them little Concern The true Cause is often misrepresented, & therefore the proper remedy is Wanting. They are Jealous of us & envious of one another, & I dont doubt but that the late Great present may prove a means of dividing the Councils of the Six Nat«. with the rest, for tho' the sole right was in that confederacy (& double the sum wo^. not have contented nil who desired to partake of it) The rest will probably be Jealous of it of which I am in hopes a proper use may be made.

During my stay at Seneca, I saw and spoke with sev' Indians from different Nations who brought belts of union & messages, & after having settled matters for obtaining a knowledge of what