Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III

They also informed the House, That they thought it was requisit to make a Present to the Indians: Amongst some shght Arguments, they said, The young Men amongst our Indians armed themselves^ and it was to be feared they were upon some ill Design: So in the latter End of the Summer they had a Present of 400/. The Report was, That the Winter following there were Indians from South-Carolina amongst the Five Nations, complaining that the English at South Carolina had taken their Land from them, and craved tlieir Assistance. In the Spring following the Vv^'ars were at South-Carolina, and it was reported, that several Indians from those Five Nations were gone when the Wars were there, and the latter End of that Summer tlie Indians Sold (at Sc^rnnaiadcy about twenty Miles above Alhany,) Beaver Hats bound with Silver Lace, Wigs, good Broad Cloth Coats, and Sliirts: It is so reported tliat it is thought to be real Matter of Fact, and it might be well if it were not so.

It was commonly reported. That the Albany-People made a Truce witli the French of Canada, and liad a Trade with them all the Time of the Wars: Notwithstanding by their Remonstrances to the Assembly, of their Danger, and they being a Frontier, the Country was at gTeat cliarge keeping Garrison there, and all the Officers must be of Albany, and most of the Money for that Service centers among them ; wliich was tliought to be the greatest Reason for that Service.