preached and Schools set up that we may know where to find

them & not have to ramble all over the world after them or

Find them vassals on other mens Land And as we propose to

propegate the Gospel in the most open christian & catholick

manner imaginable we are quite unwilling to be circumvented in any way whatsoever being assured our Design is good whatever our success may be And therfore pray you most Honle

Gent» duely & deeply to consider & weigh the Cause not for

man but for God to whom you & I must soon give an account.

I am ready to confer with any of you Gen™ & others who would

know farther of these things or would make any Proposals about

them which I have thus in gen!! hinted at who am with all due Respect yours Jacop Ws Jounson. Fort Stanwix octob 30 1768.

THE SIX NATIONS. 395

SPEECH OF REV. MR JOHNSON

INTENDED TO BE DELIVERED TO THE SIX CONFEDERATE NATIONS AT FORT STANWIX, 31st ocroBER, 1768.

Know Ye That Whereas The Rev4 Dr Eleazer Wheelock of Lebanon in the Colony of Connecticut in New England Minister of Jesus Christ is about to Set up a College or Great School for the benefit of the Indians which generous & good design is favourd by your Royal Father the King of Great Britain The Ear] of Dartmouth together with many wise as well as great & good men And a place is now Searching out whearon to set up sd College and many great offers made in Lands & Monies wherwith to endow s4 College in several of the neighbouring English Goverments but no place resolv'd upon as yet to set up sd College.--