THE OHIO VALLEY-GREAT LAKES ETHNOHISTORY
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George Croghan to
Gov. Hamilton
(February 3, 1754)
Croghan, George in: Pennsylvania
Archives, first series, vol. II,
pp. 119-120.
By Mr. Andrew Montour and Mr. John Patten I have sent yr honour a Copey of all our Proceedings att Logstown, all ye News I could hear worth menshioning, to yr honour I have Wrote, your honour will see By ye Indians' Speeches, that they are in high Sperets, and very Willing to Defend themselves from the Enemy, Provided the English Governments, whome they Depend upon, will asist them, they Expect yr honour will Imeadiettly order a house Bult to keep Nesesereys in the Enable them to Carrey on a warr against thire Enemy, who has unready Invaided thire Cuntry. Your honour will see by ye Indians' Speech, that a part of that Speech sent yr honour By Lewes Montour must have been forgd by those that wrote the Speech Mr. Montour and myself brought. Joseph Campble, who was ye Interpreter of that Speech, and the Indians face to face when ye half king proved that there was nott a word of giveing up thire Lands, to pay ye Treaders' Debts menshoned. There is another Man, one John Davison, who talks a Litle of ye Indian Languidge, and makes a great Deal of Disturbance. I hope yr honour will order such Persons outt of ye Wood, for they Really Do a Great Dale of Mischeff.
Mr. Montour and I are boath of opinion that if yr Honour should thing Proper to build a Treading house that the Treaders should all be calld together att that plese and Layd under some Regulations, which wold be a Mains of securing ye Tread, and there ye Indians Could be well suplyd and the Treaders Run no Resque of being Taken by ye French. The Indians all Intend, as soon as yr honour and the Governor of Verginia begins to Build, to gether all thire Warrers to ye Pleaces where yl Build, and nott suffer ye French to Come Down ye River, as for what French is amongst them unready, as soon as they hear of ye army Coming Down, they say they will secure them. I would aweated on yr honour in Company with Mr. Mountour and Mr. Patten, Butt that Mr. Trent is Just Come outt with ye Verginia goods, and has brought a quantity of Toules and workmen to begin a fort, and as he Can't talk y Indian Languidge, I am obligd to stay and asist him in Delivering them goods, which is Mr. Montour's advice, Butt I hope to be att my house att Aughick, by ye 20th of this Instant, where I shall be glad to hear yr honour's answer to the Indians, as Mr. Montour is obliged to go to ye Six Nations on a Message from ye Governor of Verginia.
May it please ye honour I have Reserved a part of ye goods Left in my hands, by ye honour's Commissioners, for this reson, that ye Shannas att ye Lower Shanna town has gott no part of this Present, as they are Likely to be struck by ye French, and Othaways Down (page 120) there: itt is Mr. Montour's and my opinion that there should be one hundred pounds Worth More of goods aded to what is in my hands, and sent to them, if ye honour Aproves of this, as there is no posebility of sending those things att this Time of ye year from Philadelphia: ye Ohio Company has Quantity of goods hear which they wo'ld sell at first Cost, if ye honour wil send a person to purchess them with Cash, which will save ye Expence of Carridge to ye Government.
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