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PAPERS RELATING TO THE SIX NATIONS.

P. S. Since according to his Majestys Instructions a Fund for an Indefinite Salary for the Governormust be provided Quarit wether not this scheme might be improved so as to be something subser-vient to it, in such Case it would be advizable that such Burggraviates must be subject to theGovernors and a Deputy Governor resident in the Chief Burgtown. And i have forgotten in theLetter to observe that the Inhabitants, who must be obligd, by Turns to guard the Forts anddefend the Frontiers must be exempt from taxes and from bearing a share in the Expenses belongingto the Government of the Provinces to wich they are the Barrier. I hope Sir you will improve theseRaw Hints, wich to Day expecting your arrival are come in my mind and that you will pardon myFreedom and immature Patriotism I wish you, Honourable Sir, an happy New Year and if possiblePeace, if not, Victory and Success .

REY. MR HARTWICK TO THE MOHAWKS OF CANAJOHARE.

Beloved Brethren !

Grace be unto you, and Peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ .

For as much as i harm been hindred for a considerable Time, both by Reason of Sickness andyour absence to see your Face or to write to you, and as i apprehend, you might be concerned ortroubled in your mind about it as i am : i could not forbear imbracing an opportunity of Speakingto you in Letters, wich i expected the Honourable General Johnson, would give me if i or a Lettercould hit him at his Return from New York. Dear Brethren, i at the same Time will condole andcongratulate you. that on the victory obtained by you ; this because of the spilling of so much nobleand brave Blood, in particular that of our Brother Henry. But i forbear, saying more about it,least i should perhaps make the Wound, wich beginns to heal soar and bleed again. Let it be toyour Comfort: That he died in a good Cause as a faithfull allie and a brave Captain, and sleepethon the Bed of Honour, where his Name will be a good Savour, as long as a Free Englishman andfaithful Mohawk remains over And as he hath been your Brother your Father and your Captain, itis your Duty to be a Guard to the Bed whereon he sleepeth. That no perfidious Frenchmen maydisturbe the Rest of his Bones, and ashes : And if the French and their Slaves will not rest satisfiedwith the litle Revenge you have taken from them, and desist from their Incroachments and cruelRavages, and restore what they have unjustly taken : then stand up for your and your BrethernsRight and revenge the dear Blood so unjustly spilt ! I would also beseech you, Brethern that youwould not suffer, that some, who are unworthy to be lookd upon by you as Brethren or even Men,because they are more cruel than Savage Beasts, might spoil the Good name and Fame you haveof late purchased with your blood. That your Heart might not be as a stone but be moved withCompassion and on hearing of the more then barbarous Treatment your Brethren the English inPensylvania & parts adjacent have met with.

And as to the Cognawaghes who are of your Blood, let them know that it would have been 100Times better for them, to have accepted your Generous offer of Peace and Friendship then to Rejectit on so frivolous Excuses; as ; their having been washd with the same Water as the French Sincethere is but one Baptism , and you are washd with the same Water as they. Since even the Papistsdo not even repaptize those of the protistants that imbrace their superstitious Way of Worship .

I let you know also beloved, that if you are good spiritual Warriors who manfully fight underthe Banner of your Chief Captain Jesus , against your Spiritual Enemies, vidz' wicked Spirits & menas also your own bad Inclinations and Habits : That then the Great God, who is calld Immanuel,that is to say : God with us will be with you & fight your Battles.