The Senekas, forty miles northwest of the Cayugas, are in number four thousand, dispersed in several villages ; and the Tuscaroras amount to one thousand. 'Very few of the four tribes last mentioned have any impressions of christianity. The extensive country, inhabited by all these Indians, is open, healthy, and in general extremely fertile. It is watered by several rivers navigable for battoes, which are very advantageous to commerce, as there are only a few miles of Jand carriage from Albany to Oswego on Lake Ontario. These Nations are able to bring two thousand fighting men, at least, into the field.

Such a multitude of people, if reduced to order and civil life, and attached to us by ties of religion, would evidently bea great acquisition to the community. To effect this must therefore be the wish of every Friend to the State ; and I flatter myself with your Lordship's indulgence whilst attempting to point out a method by which it may be accomplished, especially as I conceive it to be a duty owing to His Majesty and to the public.

Manners are the result of principles. The former naturally flow from, and are regulated by, the Jatter. Hence we find that Barbarity and brutal vices, such as are pernicious to mankind, have always been the portion of ignorant nations; and that Virtue and the polished manners of social life, have distinguished those who were enlightened with knowledge. In order to civilise the' Iroquois, it is necessary to begin with instructing them, especially in the principles of Religion. Christianity is well adapted to this purpose. Whilst it has a more immediate and important end in view, which equally concerns all ; it insensibly forms moral habits, corrects irregularities, and dieates the mind to submit to the restraints of government and Jaws ; without giving any alarm to the Savages, who are extremely jealous of their liberty, and wedded to their present mode of life.