Tho^ King then after accusing them of Misrepresentation Ans^. them by a full detail of all their hostile Acts, as also of those of the Powtewatamis, Kickapows &ca Concluding with telling them that He & the other Depy^ were come to restore them to their senses & strengthen the Union of those who affected the English Alliance by opening a Road to the Council Fire at Onondaga, & from thence to my House for, the use of those who chose to live at

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peace & be happy, but that the first Nation that sho^ obstruct the same or look another way W^ assuredly be punished by the rest. To this they made reply on sev' belts &,ca excusing themselves on various pretences, ending with strong assurances of their pacific intentions & promising faithfully to abide by all that was recommended to them & forth with to bring all their Confederates into the same Sentiments. The Cherokees particularly Thanked the 6 Nat^. & myself, for the peace they had obtained in 176S. whereby they began once more to enjoy themselves, And the Chief of the Creeks who met them at Gobi, Expressed much satisfaction at seeing the Dep^ promised to make use of the Road they had opened & to adhere stedfastly to his engagements. After this & many other matters. The Catawbas escorted the Dep^ to Charles Town, where Tho* King died, & the rest proceeded as before mentioned. This, My Lord is a brief Summary of the report made to me by Nickaroondase the principal Survivor, the 2 Chiefs being dead, & one of the principal Men yet behind from which & some farther Conversations I have held with the Depy^ who returned It appears to me that the Shawanese who to my knowledge Grasped at the Lands on both sides of the Ohio, tho' at the late conference they only mention the North side repenting of the Sale of the Lands on the South of that River had sent belts to the Senecas to Stir up the 6 Nations to disavow their own act, propogating at the same time reports which might tend to alieniate us from the latter ; That Agaustarax & his Tribe approved of this, but that the rest of the Confederacy would not give ear to it, is evident from the Speech made to the Depy^ at Scioto, that thereupon Agastarax Sent belts to the other Nations to set them up, which gave rise to the Story of the Seneca Plot & the belts sent by Agastarax a little before his death.