THE OHIO VALLEY-GREAT LAKES ETHNOHISTORY ARCHIVES: THE
MIAMI COLLECTION
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Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, but are, rather,
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(1754)
Morris, Robert Hunter in: Pennsylvania
Archives, first series,
vol. II, p. 177.
pp. 177.
(COPY) GOV. MORRIS TO GOV. DINWIDDIE OF VIRG'A. 1754.
I have chosen to give you this earliest Intelligence of my having taken upon me ye Government of this Province, thereby to convince you of ye particular Regard & ye hearty desire I have of continuing that friendly Correspondence which was carryd on between you & the late Govr, and which, in my opinion, ought to Subsist among his Majesty's servants on this Contint, ye likeliest Method of promoting ye Glory and Interest of His Majesty, & ye Welfare of ye several Provinces. A Confidence in each other is ye surest & only Basis of an Union of Councils, & I shall, therefore, make bold on every occasion to acquaint you with whatever Steps I shall take for ye Publick Service, and shall always shew ye utmost Regard to any Remarks of Improvements you shall please to communicate on them.
I have rec'd Advices from Aughwick, which say yt all their Advices from Ohio agree yt ye French have rec'd a Reinforcement of Men & Provisions at ye fort of Partuklor; yt an Indian sent thither reports yt 60 French Indians arrived wile He was there; yt they expected 200 more, & yt they Design'd to send them out in Parties to disturb our Back settlements as ye likeliest method to prevent our marching out to attack them.
That our Indians seem very uneasy at our making no preparations to attack ye French; yt some of them are preparing to go to ye six Nations Country, & yt ye rest he fears will be obliged to fall in with ye Enemy.
I have likewise had late Acct from Paxton, Oct. ye 5th, yt on ye 4th ye Half King died there, & yt his Friends impute his Death to French Witchcraft, & seem very eager to Revenge it. But this last article being only from a Trader there, is not much to be depended on.
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