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_ ISAAC THE INDIAN TO SIR WM JOHNSON.
Tusearora Castle April y e 10 th 1762.
Worthy S r
this Day Isaac spoake to me to write To your honour Concerning the Christian religion As hehimself told you : and as you told him : when He was last at your house Brother : Sais he : I amnow in the very same mind that I was when you Saw me Last and I Do intend to keep this samerode as Long as God shall Give me life and breath that is with his assistance : Brother Just before theMinister Came here the last Sumer I was moued off from this town Something more than half wayto Connoquaga to a Place Called Connosomothdian Where I have remaind till now. and some fewDays a Gow the Came to me from Each Castle and Desired me that I should Either Come back or ElsGow fororards to Either of these two Castles on the Count of Settleing of affars. but knowingthe Disposion of both In short I Dont like Either the told me by a belt of Wampom the town andpeople was mine To Do as I thought proper and I think It would be best for them both to Come tome as there is good land Every thing Pleanty there and nothing is Plenty where the noware but rumand the all know that I have Done with that with the help of God . Now Brother I want youradvice in this and I shall here what you Say In this case, the say also it is very hard that I Dontmind them and their ways. S r I think If I may Speak one word that as there is a Division amongstthemselves it would be proper for them that follow the Christian religion to live by themselves.
S 1 ' Concerning the Stories that your honour has hard of me if you pleas to ask this man and he cantell you Whetre it be true or not this from your Loving Brother. Isaac
and from your humble Servant
Edward Johnson.
Sarah the wife of Isaac Gives her kind love to your honour And Desires the favour of a littleChocolate if you please. And She remains your most Loving Sister till Death
Sarah Isaac.
REY. MR WIIEELOCK TO SIR WM. JOHNSON.
Hon d Sir. Yours by David, with three Boys, came Safe on Wednesday Evening after he leftyou. The two Smaller of the Ladds seem well contented, love their Book , and make good Profi-ciency ; the other seems not to have a Genius for Leirning, and is desirous to return. Joseph andthe other two are also well, and behave very well.
David informs me that the Youth of whom I wrote you, and for whom I sent him, viz GeorgeHatton was imployed at the Royal Block House at Onoyada Lake by one Reggens a Trader wholives at Fort Stanwick, and that M r Occom informed him, that the youth was inclined to Come butbis obligations to Reggens, and Reggens’ violent opposition to it forbad him for the present, Andthat the Youth appears likely to answer our purpose, your Hon 1 ' is most likely to know, and bestabel of any man to Judge in the affair, Will you please, sir, to make the Enquiry, and if youthink favourably of my being at the Expence of fitting him for Interpreter or Missionary, be Instru-mental to his coming hither for that Purpose.
In a letter I wrote you last Fall I proposed that if way could be made for setting up of this SchoolVol. iv. ’ 26