expressed themselves very favorably, and I am ^villing to hope that the affair may be accommodated, nevertheless I am so sensible of their Resentments that I have judged it necessary to be thus particular, because the Chipeweighs and Misisagas, are by far the most numerous & powerfull nation with whom we have any connection in North America, being second only to the Sioux in numbers, and from their situation capable of affording great Encouragem^ to Trade, or putting an entire end to it, nor could it be expected that others wo^. enter warmly into our alliance when they considered the Cause of their defection, -- The Traders are all come into Niagara &ca to avoid the Resentment they apprehend from the Indians, I have allready described what may reasonably be apprehended, whilst I use every endeavor in my power, to prevent its being realized ; but I leave your Lordship to judge how difficult a task it is to Calm the passions of Incensed Savages, end to keep them faithfull to engagements, whilst they find themselves exposed to the Licentious outrages of our own people against which no remedy is as yet provided. The Rt. honbie

The Earl of Hillsborough.

LORD HILLSBOROUGH TO SIR W^. JOHNSON.

Whitehall, July 1st 1772. Sir,

I have rec^ your Dispatch N" 17 and have laid it before the King.

Had any thing of moment been transacted at the great Congress at Sioto, the Deaths of the Principal Indian Chiefs, upon whom you relied for a faithful Report of the Proceedings at that Congress, would have been unfortunate ; but, if the Accounts given by Nicaroondase are true, very little of Importance was transacted, and the whole seems to have ended, as such Meetings generally have ^one, with Excuses on the part of the Indians for past Irregularities, and with Promises, which are seldom or never kept, of behaving better for the future.