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PAPERS RELATING TO THE SIX NATIONS.

mouth, and the-other Worthy Gentlemen of the Trust at home respecting the Place to fix thisSchool.

I am informed that some overtures are making to invite the settlement of this school in theProvince of New Hampshire near Coos.

And by a letter from home, I understand, that Gen 1 Lyman is using his endeavours to have itcarried into his Government on the Ohio ,

I have also lately heard that a new plan is forming to detain it in this Government—what theseproposals will ripen to, I cannot say, and how Gentlemen at home will have light to satisfie them, orwhat expedient they will think proper to obtain light suflicient to act understandingly and safely indetermining the important point, I cant tell, I desire to do all on my part to be done, and submitit to and wait upon the Great Governor and disposer of all events to direct and determine the sameaccording to his own holy and righteous will,

You may assure yourselves that the testimonials you have given me of your friendship are notthe least among the many circumstances which would render the prospect of such a situationagreeable to me; as I am with much esteem & respect

Gentlemen your most obedient

and very humble Servant

The W : pful the Mayor & Ald n \ Eleazob. Wheelock.

of y e City of Albany £

REVD MR. BARTON TO SIR WM. JOHNSON.

Worthy Sir, I suppose, before now, William has again seen his Native Soil, & delivered you mylast Letter—I had such Expectations from this Lad, that I am sorry I could not prevail upon himto stay & prosecute his Studies a little longer; but he got so uneasy at the violent Proceedings inthese Parts, that he apprehended himself in Danger indeed no Wonder!— Some People here aregrown so insolent and daring, that many even of the Inhabitants themselves seem to dread theConsequences—The Spirit of Violence & Outrage flames not only here, but throughout several ofthe Colonies, and bends its Fury at present against the Bishops & the Church of England, :— whereit will end, God only knows.

Ever since the Murder of the Canestogo Indians, their Plantation, called Indian Toum of Canestogo ,has lain open to waste, & to the Use, or rather Abuse of every bold Intruder—I lately made someEnquiry about the Indian Deeds relating to this town, which I once saw in the Hands of somePersons , who were suspected to be concerned in the Assassination of those hapless Wretches, &had the Pleasure to be informed that they had been collected by Cap 4 M c Kee, & by him trans-mitted to you.

Now I humbly request the Favour of you to permit me to take this Plantation under my Care,and to sow one of the clear Fields untill it is claimed by, & wanted for the Use of the proper Owners—I ask this Favour because the Land is convenient to me (being only seven miles from Lancaster,)and as I live in a town, where I have no Land of my own near, & where Grain of every kind is sold ata most extravagant Price—I am likewise encouraged to make this Application as I am well assuredthat my Care of the Plantation, in preventing future waste & keeping off Intruders, will fullycompensate for any Benefits I may reap from a little Crop; And I promise to resign it in goodRepair whenever demanded by you or the Indians—If you should think proper then to favour