THE OHIO VALLEY-GREAT LAKES ETHNOHISTORY
ARCHIVES: THE MIAMI COLLECTION
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Capt. Croghan to
Lieut. Thomas Hutchins
(Fort Pitt, April 3, 1762)
Croghan, George in: B. M., Add. MSS.,
21655, f. 179, C., and in Stevens,
et all., The Papers of Col. Henry
Bouquet, Series 21655,
1943, pp. 185-186.
You are to proceed from Hence to D'Troit by way of Sandusky where you will get a Battoe, or Cannoe with five Hundred Pounds of Flour by an Order from Coll. Bouquet from thence you will proceed to Mishalimackinac, the Bay, St. Josephs, Miamies and Weyaugh in order to Examine into the State and behaviour of the Indians residing near those Posts as also to Regulare and Transact any business with them which may be found requisite for the Good of the service and the promoting his Majesty's Interest and Influence amongst the Indians in those Parts.
You are to make the Strictest Inquiry Concerning any English Prisoners yet remaining amongst the Indians and to get them discharged.
You are to acquaint the Indians at every Post by some Wampum that Sir William Johnson has sent you by his orders to me, to Visit their Country for the Reasons above mentioned, and at the same time you will acquaint the Indians that as the Selling of Spirituous Liquors at the Different Posts to Indians is attended with bad Consiquences to them, His Majesty's Commander in Chief has forbid any being Carried by the Traders, so that the Indians may Devote the time they spent in drinking to Hunting for the Support of their families and promoting the Good Work of Peace so happily Established between them and his Majesty's Subjects.
You will speak to Mohickon John and the Rest of that Tribe by a Belt of Wampum in the name of the Commander in Chief and let them know that he desires they will bring to Fort Pitt Edward Long and John Hague both Deserters from the Kings Troops, and Likewise one Frederick Ice who was taken Prisoner by the Indians During the Warr, but now is very Troublesome to the Traders passing backward and forward that (page 186) he may be sent home and not Suffered to Interrupt the Peace so happily Established between them and us.
On your Return you will come thro' the Twightwees and Shawneese Country where you will Act in the same manner you have done at the Posts and keep a Journal of all your Proceedings till you Return, nor put the Crown to any Expence whatsoever.
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