THE OHIO VALLEY-GREAT LAKES ETHNOHISTORY
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Forbes to Bouquet
(Philadelphia, June 16, 1758)
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Forbes, John in: B. M., Add. MSS. 21640, f. 63, A. L. S. (printed in James, Writings of General John Forbes, pp. 115-116) and in Stevens, et all. The Papers of Henry Bouquet, vol. II, 1951, pp. 103-104. |
I am in hopes of bringing about a treaty with the Delawares &c by which wee may gett them to make their Brethren abandonn the Ohio, so let your Scouting partys keep to the West of the Susquehanah, and not to meddle with our friendly Delawares, For which you will fix upon flags or marks7 of Distinction which ought to be made known to all Concern'd. . .
I beg you will gett some brisk Officers among the
provincialls to try some scouting partys out to the Ohio at different places,
at or near the same time and pretty strong partys [suff] with a good many
Indians along with them, in order to gett Intelligence or prisoners, my last
intelligence was that the french there were in want of provisions as well as
the Indians, that they had not been relieved this year from Canada, nor had
they gott many Indians that way at present, at least no new Acquisitions. And
that the Indians at Loggs town8 were at present disobliged at the French and were removing
their wives and Children up to the Lakes among the Senecas.
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7 Yellow shalloon for this purpose was included in Bouquet's list of articles needed, June 3, which see.
8 Logstown or Chiningue, also known as Shenango. A former Indian village and important trading center, also place of council, on or near present site of Ambridge, Beaver County, Penna. Its importance declined after the fall of Fort Duquesne.
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