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Letter to Johnson
(New York, Jan. 16, 1768)
Gage, Thomas in: The Papers
of Sir William Johnson,
vol. 12, pp. 414-416.
p. 415.
power, and their Jealousy of our designs against them, I know no Remedy against, but by doing them all the Justice we can. If we can remove the Settlers from their Encroachments, it will be a Manifestation of Our Earnest desire to do them Justice, and they have seen a Person executed in New Jersey for the Murther of an Indian, which must in Some Measure shew them we do what we can to give them satisfaction for the Murther's of their People, which tho' only one example, is more than they have given us for the many white People they have killed at different times.
If the Indians and Patentees of Kayadorosseras come to a serious Agreement to Mutual Satisfaction, I should think it no difficult matter to get an Act of Assembly to validate the Releases and make them sufficient to bar all future Pretentions.
Mr. Croghan will acquaint you of his Proceedings at the Detroit and Fort Pitt &ca, and of the Circumstances of the Murther of the People upon the Ohio by the Indians of Saguinam.
Its to be hoped that Lieu. Governor Fauquiere will grant the Meeting desired by the Shawanese and Delawares, and give them all the Satisfaction in his power.
I shall grant a Temporary Warrant immediately on Mr. Mortier1 for the 500, which you desire to recieve, which will be Accounted for hereafter.
The sooner Mr. Roberts2 returns it will be certainly best, there are Affidavits and a Multiplicity of Papers on both Sides.
The Cherokees are with you at an unlucky season of the Year, but if we can't make Peace for ourselves, I don't see how we are to succeed for them.
It seems determined by the last Packet to erect
Governments in the Interior Country, I suppose at the Detroit and the Ilinois,
where else I can't guess, unless at Fort Pitt. In what shape this is to be done
or what steps are to be taken previous thereto, I cannot yet inform you, tho'
much should be done before attempts of this Nature are made.
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1 (4, p. 415) Abraham Mortier, deputy paymaster general.
2 (5, p. 415) Lieutenant Benjamin Roberts, commissary at Michillimackinac.
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