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Letter to Johnson
(New York, April 16, 1770)
Gage, Thomas in: The
Papers of Sir William
Johnson, vol. 7,
pp. 551-552.
p. 552.
Cherokees concealed part of their Intentions from him. And I have dispatched a Letter to Fort Pitt, to be forwarded to Fort-Chartres, to inform Lieut. Colonel Wilkins of the Intelligence you have had concerning the Intentions of the Indians of the ouabache to attempt the Reduction of the Illinois. A Company of the 18th. Regt. went down the Ohio the 21st. of March, and I hope by Setting out So early, they will have passed those Nations before they are all assembled from their hunting Grounds, and in Condition to act offensively is Such are their real Designs. And I should hope if they are so inclined, they will find Employment enough at home from the Resolutions taken by the Cherokees and Six Nations at Onandaga.
They write from Fort-Pitt that they have had frequent Meetings with the Chiefs of the different Tribes and what they have learnt from them nearly corresponds with the Intelligence given by Silver Heels some time ago.
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I am with great Regard, |
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Dear Sir, |
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Your most obedient, |
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THOs. GAGE |
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INDORSED: |
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N York April 16th, 1770 |
FROM JOHN WETHERHEAD
A. L. S.
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[New York April 16th, 1770] |
[SIR]
[According] to my Promise I now Send you my Account with you [] beginning of my doing Business with you, which I doubt not [you will] find right on Examination. Should there be any thing you do not understand in it- I will with great pleasure explain it to you by Sending you Copys of the
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