"_Brethren_, We shall be glad to see you next Spring at _Cahnuaga_, to hold a Council together, where you shall be as safe and welcome as ever.
"_Brethren_, The Governor our Father, being informed, that your Governor is raising Men to come against _Canada_, desires us to tell you, that he has _one thousand eight hundred_ Men at _Crown Point_, ready to give them Battle; in which Number, the Men of eight Castles of the _Utawawas_ are included.
"_Brethren_, Be not angry at our destroying _Saraghtoga_ last Fall; Col. _Schuyler_ dar'd us to it, by saying he wished to see a _French_ Army there: We gratified him in his Wish."
A _Cahnuaga Indian_ was sent along with the Prisoner that was restored; but when he came near the Settlements of the _Six Nations_, his Heart fail'd him, and he sent the Prisoner forward by himself with the Message.
The Readiness with which the _Six Nations_ communicated this Message, and the flight they in all Appearance put upon it, is some Proof of their Sincerity in the Promises they made to his Excellency; neither from any Thing which has happened can it be shewn, that they were not sincere. On the contrary, it appears by Mr. _Johnson_'s Letter to his Excellency of the 21st of _October_, that several Parties are now out against the _French_; and that Mr. _Johnson_ having received Orders from Col. _Roberts_, to send as many _Indians_ as possible to join the Army, all the _Mohawks_, even their oldest Men, were fitted out and ready; and having sent to the upper Castles at the same Time, they appeared so hearty, that there would not have remained above three old Men in any of the next Castles: And that Col. _Roberts_ afterwards contradicting these Orders, they had appeared very uneasy on their being stopt. It was not expected that they would enter into the War without us, or by themselves, neither are they a People of so little Thought, as to give any Reason to expect it from them.
When the Companies raised in _Pensylvania_ arrived at _Albany_, his Excellency was informed by their Captains, that Mr. _Thomas_ Governor of that Province, had sent _Conrad Weiser_ their publick Interpreter, among the _Susquehannah Indians_; and that they expected his Arrival at this Place in a little Time, with at least three hundred _Indians_. The Treaties with the _Indians_, which Mr. _Thomas_ has published, gave great Hopes of the Success that Interpreter would have; and thereby increased the Disappointment, when Mr. _Weiser_ arrived a few Days before his Excellency left _Albany_, and did not bring one _Indian_ with him.