DE LA BARRe’s EXPEDITION TO HUNGRY BAY.

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THE SAME TO THE SAME.

[ Loml. Doc. V. ]

Fort Albany, July 1684.

Sir—I came to this town with an intention to sent for the Senequaes but was prevented by some oftheir Sachims being come hither expressly to meet me.

They tell me that your Intentions are to make warr against them and they believe that you havealready entered their countrey which repport I can scarcely give creditt to,after my last letter writtento you.

You cannot be ignorant that those Indians are under this Govern* and I do assure you they haveagaine voluntarily given up both themselves and their lands to it, and in their application which theymake to me, do offer, that if they have done anything amisse they will readily give all reasonablesatisfaction.

S r I should be very sorry to hear that you invade the Duke’s Territories, after so just and honestan offer, and my promisse, that the Indians shall punctually perform whatever can be in justice re-quired for all these injuries which you complaine they have committed.

I do not doubt but that if you please, this affair may be quietly reconciled between you and theIndians, if not, as I wrote in my former, wee have Masters in Europe to whom we should properlyreferr.

To prevent as much as I can all the inconveniencyes that may happen. I have sent the bearerwith this letter and have ordered the Coates of Armes of His Royal Highnesse the Duke of York tobe put up in the Indyan Castles which may diswade you from acting anything that may create amisunderstanding between us

Sir

I am with all respect

Most humble & affectionate

9 "... 1- Servant

; . , . . . (Signed) Tho Dongan

M. DE LA BARRE TO GOV. DONGAN.

[ Paris Doe. II.; Lond. Doe. V. ]

Camp at Lachine , 24 July 1684.

S* r —I was much astonished by the receipt of your two letters of the fifth of July, New Stile,seeing one in French written by you, which I knew came from you as from friend to friend, and thatwritten in English which I knew came from your Council and not from people disposed to maintainthe union of our two Kings.

I sent Sieur Bourbon to you to advise you of the vengeance which I was about to wreak for theinsult inflicted on the Christian name by the Senecas and Cayugas,and you answer me about preten-sions to the possessions of lands of which neither you nor I are judges, but our two Kings who havesent us, and of which there is no question at present, having no thought of conquering countriesbut of making the Christian name and the French people to be respected, in which I will spill thelast drop of my blood.