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

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is to pass at the Congress before mentioned, I took leave of the Indians & arrived here about 10 days ago, much indisposed nor am I yet recovered from the Hurt I received at Onondaga, so that I hope your Lordship will excuse any defects in this Short Sketch which is extracted hastily from my Journal. -- On my way home I was overtaken with the news of a Murder of a Young Seneca Lad who was fired upon on the River Susquehanna by some of the frontier Inhabitants without the least provocation given (of which I have since rec^. an ace*, from Pensylv^^.) as the father of this Lad has generally lived within the Settlements, & with the whole family demonstrated the most zealous attachment to the English, & were much respected by the Indians, the murther is a very unlucky accident at this time, but it is not alone, sev'. others having been lately committed by the Infatuated & Lawless Inhabitants on the frontiers of Virginia &°. who as they have hitherto acted with Impunity are encouraged to go on. -- And tho' the effects of all this have not been Sensibly felt for some time, they at length begin to make their appearance particularly about the Illinois, Ohio &<= of which your Lordship will doubtless receive information from the Commander in Chief, the Indians having killed sev'. people attacked & plundered sev^.