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of Trade with the results of the battle, 407; appointedby the Crown sole superintendent of Indian affairs,408, 414 ; thanks the representatives of Queens for asupply of provisions sent to the army from thatcounty, 409 ; is created a baronet, 410 ; was origi-nally appointed in 1746 to manage Indian affairs,413; is authorized to draw on the commander-in-chief for whatever money he may require as Indianagent, 414; copy of proceedings with the Indianscommunicated to the Board of Trade by, 415; re-commends that the Indians be provided with minis-ters of the gospel, ib; the loss of Oswego antici-pated by, 416; plan of, for attacking the Indians onthe river Susquehannah, ib; complains of GeneralShirley’s interference, 418 ; reason given for the de-fection of the Indians, by, ib ; Gov. Morris’ decla-ration of war against the Delawares , condemned by,420 ; proceedings of, at Onondaga, 423 ; obtains theconsent of the Six Nations to cut a road to Oswego,424; takes the petticoat off the Delaware nation,425 ; ordered to send additional troops to the Ger-man Flatts, 426; ascribes the Indian hostilitiesagainst Pennsylvania to land purchasing, 428 ; an-swer of the proprietors of Pennsylvania to the repre-sentation of, 429; remarks on the observations of*the proprietors of Pennsylvania by, 435 ; letter fromthe Onohaghguage Indians to, 443; speech of aCherokee to, 4 4Jj ; the reduction of Niagara recom-mended to the Board of Trade, by, 453 ; variousimprovements in the Indian department suggestedby, 454 ; ordered to enquire into the complaints ofthe Delawares against the proprietors of Pennsylva­ nia , 458 ; declines a share in the purchase of Cosbymanor, 462; writes to Mrs. Cosby relative to thesale of that estate, ib; fixes a price on part of Cos-by manor, 465 ; acquaints Mrs. Cosby he has soldher lands on the Mohawk river , and remits the pro-ceeds, 466; employs Indians against Indians ; hismotives for so doing, 467; orders books from JamesBivington, 469; interview between some Mohawks and, ib ; claims a balance to be due him by SirPeter Warren, 473; communicates news from thewestern country, 476; sends his son to England,478 ; his opinion of the stamp act riots, ib ; is of-fered his bonds in favor of Sir P. Warren, if he willrelease his claims against that estate, 479 ; declinesgiving up his claim on Sir P. W’s estate, 479, 481;offers to give it for a certain tract of land 480 ; isauthorised by certain parties to purchase a largoIndian tract in the Mohawk country, 483 ; sendsintelligence from Niagara and the western countryto Gen. Gage, ib, 484; bears favorable testimony ofMr. Croghan’s public services, 487 ; concurs in thepropriety of establishing posts at the mouths of therivers falling into the Mississippi , 489 ; further in-telligence from the Indian country communicated by,490; draw's up some regulations at the request ofthe ministry, for the Indian trade, 491 ; speech ofthe Mohawks and Schoharie Indians to, 492; an ac-count of divers murders in the w'cstern country,transmitted by, 493 ; states that a general spirit of

resentment prevails among the Indians, 495 ; is dis-satisfied with Gov. Carlcton, 496, 497 ; sends Gen.Gage further intelligence from Detroit , 499; com-municates further intrigues of the French and Span-iards in the west, 500; visits the New-Englandfrontiers for the benefit of his health, 501 ; com-plains of the expenses incurred at Miehilimakinac,503; and repeats his uneasiness about the Indians,ib; visits Oneida lake, 511; proposes a boundarybetween the wdiites and Indians, ib ; minutes ofthe meeting with the Indians at Tuscarora creek,512; his opinion of major Rogers’ schemes, ib;makes further suggestions regarding the Indian trade,513 ; a duty on spirituous liquors sent to the In-dian country, recommended by, 515 ; bis opinionas to the cause of the discontents of the Indians,518 ; endeavors to bring about an accommodationregarding Kayaderosseras, 519 ; writes in favor ofthe eommissary at Michilimackinac, ib; congratu-lates the Earl of Hillsborough on his return to theministry, 520 ; gives that nobleman his views of thechanges produced on the state of Indian relationsin consequence of the conquest of Canada , 521;settles the difficulties about Kayaderosseras, 525 ;is about arranging a boundary line between the In-dians and the whites, ib ; transmits an estimate ofthe number of officers necessary for his department,526 ; his estimate of the expense of settling theboundary line, 527 ; informs Lord Hillsborough ofthe progress of the negotiations relative to the boun-dary line, 528; Lord Hillsborough .communicatesthe news of the birth of a princess to, 531; con-cludes the treaty with the Indians regarding theboundary, ib; transmits particulars thereof to theBritish government, ib; sends information to Eng-land regarding the copper mines of Lake Superior ,533 ; his brother-in-law sues him for the legaciesleft by Sir P. Warren, 542; thinks of having hisestate erected into a manor, 543 ; views of, as to theproposed recession of the lands south of the Kanha-wa to the Indians, 544, 547 ; further views of, in sup-port of the boundary line as concluded, 546; de-fends grants of land made by the Indians to Mr.Croghan and certain traders, 547 ; difficulty of ac-quiring a knowledge of Indian affairs, ib ; describeshis tour in 1769, through the country of the SixNations, 549 ; his observations on the bill for divid-ing Albany county , 553, 554; and on the militia,ib ; health of, reported to be failing, 554 ; his furtherobservations on the organization of tlie militia, 554,557, 558, 559; the royal ratification of the treatyof Fort Stanwix, announced to, 556; proposes tofurnish new lists for magistrates, 559; considers itis preferable that the Indians should cut each other’sthroats than those of the traders, 561; assemblesan Indian congress, 562; communicates the resultto the British government, 563; resolves to resistthe attempt of the legatees of Sir P. Warren, toobtain the amount of the legacies from him, 567 ;communicates to Lord Hillsborough the result ofthe Indian congress at Sciota, 568, 573 ; hclds an-

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