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age ’em to accept the Generous offer now made them, w ch he promised to do, & Return as Soon aspossible & that without horses—in case there should not a Sufficient number go now, I will onreturn of y e Ind s from Hunting , advise them To Send as many as is required also endeavour to Sendone To the Rev d M r Graves, 1 whose offer (if they have any common Sence) they will look upon inthe friendly & Generous light it Deserves.
As I am very much hurried at present, must beg leave to refer you to Kirtland for any perticularsyou may choose to be informed of as I had a good deal of Conversation with him, regarding thePresent State & Disposition of the Indians in severall.
I wish you all Success in it undertaking
And am w th truth & Sincerity
Reverend Sir Your most obedientHumble Servant,
uijt mein hauss febr. de 8 t8 A° 1762.
To the honorable
that ij reit these Letter en trouble You bij these ij be forced for it:the Reason is because ij heard yesterdaij in the Castle that the Bostoniers were designed to erectschools in everij Castle by choosing uijt two jung boijs for to be send in nieu engelland to beinstructed there and them should instruct the others in proper learning, now learning is good en ismost necessarij amongs the haddens that cannot be contradicted but ij want to know to what designas it is to introduce their own Presbijteren Church than can it not be allowed, en as it prejudice ourChurch en Church ceremonies, en is not a greable en conform to them than it must not be allowed enas so is it is against them : but as het design is with that pourpose than ij have nothing to saij en becontent en must be content with it. now Sir ij let it to your Sirs weisse consideratie en he shall tobest know de what is in these matters, en let my be ignorant in that matter . but ij think it shall notbe taken in a rang sense that ij reit these things to your Honour then ij noem freely mine beste
he judged it best to send him hack to his Friends, and that soon, or it would he too late to send him at all; and according tothis Advice I sent him away with Negyes, having furnished them with Money for their Journey into the Mohawk Country, onthe 23d Day of October. Joseph tarried longer to accompany young Kirtland, who was learning the Mohawk Language ofhim, and whom I sent into that Country to obtain six Boys of those Nations, to partake of the Benefit of Sir Petek War-ren’s Legaoy, according to the Instructions of the General Assembly of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay , before mentioned.
“ Center reached home, but died soon after. Negyes, I hear, was captivated by a young Female and married. Mr. Kirtlandand Joseph set out for the Mohawk Country November 4th, and returned November 27th, and brought two Mohawk Lads withthem, viz. Moses and Johannes, by whom Sir Wm. Johnson informed me that he expected to be able to send the Rest whenthey came in from hunting. I informed the Hon. Commissioners of the State of the Case, and by a Letter from the ReverendDr. Chauncy, Chairman of their Committee, in the Name of the rest, was desired to let them have in their Pay and undertheir Direction these two who came last with Joseph, which I consented to, provided they would remit the necessary Chargeswhich I had been at in procuring and cloathing them, and give me as I afterwards charged them for their Support and Tuition,upon which Conditions they took them. I immediately sent to Sir Wm. Johnson for other six to partake of Sir PetekWarren’s Legacy. These three, viz. Joseph, Moses and Johannes, continued with me In the Pay of the Commissioners tillMay 27, 1762.”
1 Rev. Matthew Graves, Episcopal minister of New London, Conn.