THE OHIO VALLEY-GREAT LAKES ETHNOHISTORY
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Capt. Croghan to
Col. Henry Bouquet
(Fort Pitt, March 19, 1763)
Croghan, George, in: [B. M., Add.
MSS.
21649, f. 87, A. L. S.] and in
Stevens, et all., The Papers
of Col. Henry Bouquet,
Series 21649, part I,
1942, pp. 80-82.
Sence ye Reductions of Cannada the Several Indian Nations this Way has been Very Jelous of his Majestys Growing power in this Cuntrey Butt this Last Acount of So Much of North American being Ceded to Great Britain has allmost Drove them to Despair and by Leters from Major Gladwin & Capt Campble itt apears that ye Indians over the Lackes are full as uneasy there ase on this Side att ye News how they May behave I Cant pretend to Say Butt I Do Nott aprove of Gineral Amhursts plan in distresing them two Much att Wonst as In My opinion they will not Consider Consequences if two much Distrest tho Sir Jeffry thinks they will.
Nothing Wold give Me Greater plesher than to go Down this River as you are honourd with the Command Butt for two very [weatey Reasons] I Cant think of itt first My own Affairs will oblige Me to go to England as Soon as Posable Ye Secondly is that I am Certain Sir Jeffery Amhurst will Nott a Low A Suficent Quantity of presents to Satisfye the Great Number of Indians which you Must Meet, & will Expect presents, & before I wold attempt to undertake ye Nogeaucating Maters with a Number of Indian Nations who has Never been aquainted with us butt allways under ye Influences of the french without I Could Do itt with repetation to my Self & Ease to you I will Run ye Risk of Louseing Every thing I have dapending in England & Content my Self att ye Tayl of a plow Some where on ye fronteers.
As I Shall Nott have ye Pleasher of accompanying you Down ye River I think itt my Duty to give you My opinion of that Town with Respect to Makeing any Setlements I dar Say you will find that the french has Nott purchasd any More Land of the Indians than Just what they have ocupy and that you will find ye Indians will Not Stand Tame Specatators & See Setlements Made in thire Country without first haveing Some Consideration given them for itt and I am of opinion the french will Do Everything in thire power privatly to give ye Indians a bad Impresion of us So that your Hands, Should be open with Respect to presents you should have att Least 50 Indians from hence with you of ye Diferent Nations and Such as is of Conseuqance Amungst thire Nations with whome I will Send young Mr McKee who is a Modist young Man and one you Can Depend on as a good Interpreter.
You will find ye Cherrokes our Enemys tho they seem quiect on ye frontiers of Carolina & what obligd them to be So is Nothing Else than ye Warr which ye Western Nations has Carreyd on against them with Greatt Sperrit this two years past, they have been this Winter Induceing to acomodate Maters which if they Shoud Do May give us More Truble then we May Expect.
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