He is a gentleman of a good temper, and well affected to our church, and if there were a bishop in this part of the

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Tk tM, -u'ould be persuaded to take Episcopal ordination. I ofton entreat him to go over to England, but lie is afraid of the danger of the voyage, and his wife will not consent to live among the Indians ; he has promised to give me his manuscripts, and what he has done into the Indian tongue.

I am sorry to tell you, Sir, that I am afraid the missionaries that are coming over, will find hard work of it, and if the commander of tliat fort be not a person of gdngular piety and virtue, all their endeavours will be ineffectual ; tliese, here, that trade with them, are loath that any religion get any footing among them ; besides, these savages are so given to drinking of that nasty liquor rum, tliat they are lost to all that is good. I must tell you that the Masque, of whom one of tlie four tliat were lately in England Avas a sachem, have not above fifty men. All the five nations cannot make two thousand, and of these, in number, the Senekas, are near one thousand, and most of them are in the French interest. Hendrick, the great prince that was so honoured in England, can not command ten men ; the otherthree were not Sachems. How far her majesty and the society have been imposed upon, I leave it to you to judge. I beg leave also to tell you, that the missionaries that are sent over, must have an honourable allowance and large presents to give, otherwise they will have but few proselytes ; and great care must be taken that they be well used, otherwise their mission will prove ineffectual as Mr.