THE OHIO VALLEY-GREAT LAKES ETHNOHISTORY
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Governor Dongan to Monsieur de La Barre
(July 5, 1684)
Dongan in: Documents Relative to the Colonial History
of the State of New York, (Lon. Doc: V), v. III, p. 449.
p. 449.
Fort Albany, July 5th 1684.
Sir.
I came to this town with an Intention to send for the Senequaes but was prevented by some of their Sachims being come hither expressly to meet me.
They tell me that your Intentions are to make warr against them, and they believe that you have already entered their countrey which repport I can scarcely give creditt to, after my last letter written to you.
You can not be ignorant that those Indians are under this Govermt and I do assure you they have againe voluntarily given up both, themselves and their lands to it, and in their application which they make to me, do offer, that if they have done anything amisse they will readily give all reasonable satisfaction.
Sr. I shall be very sorry to hear that you invade the Dukes Territories, after so just and honest an offer, and my promisse, that the Indians shall punctually perform whatever can be in justice required for all these injuries which you complaine they have committed.
I do not doubt but that if you please, this affair may be quietly reconciled between you and the Indians, if not, as I wrote in my former, wee have masters in Europe to whom wee should properly referr.
To prevent as much as I can all the inconveniencyes that may happen, I have sent the bearer with this letter and have ordered the coates of armes of his Royal Highnesse the Duke of York to be put up in the Indyan Castles which may diswade you from acting anything that may create a misunderstanding between us-
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