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Amherst to Col.
Henry Bouquet
(New York, June 6, 1763)
Amherst, Sir Jeffery in: [B. M., Add.
MSS. 21634, f. 271, L. S.], and in
Stevens et all. The Papers of Col.
Henry Bouquet, Series 21634,
1940, pp. 182-183.
p. 182.
Altho' I have thought proper to Assemble this Force, which I judge more than Sufficient to Quell my Disturbances the Whole Indian Strength could raise, yet I am persuaded this Alarm will End in nothing more than a Rash Attempt of what the Senecas have been threatning and which We have heard of for some time past: As to their cutting off Defenceless Familys, or Even some of the Small Posts, it is certainly at all times in their power to Effect such Enterprises; particularly while We Ourselves Supply them with Powder & Lead, as appears from Captain Ecuyer's Letter of the 29th May, to have been the Case with those Villains, who are Suspected to have Committed the Mischief. The Post of Fort Pitt, or any of the Others Commanded by Officers, can certainly never be in Danger from such a Wretched Enemy as the Indians are, at this time, if the Garrisons Do their Duty; I am only Sorry, that when such Outrages are Committed, the Guilty should Escape; for I am fully convinced the only true Method of treating those Savages, is to keep them in proper Subjection, & punish, without Exception, the Transgressors.
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