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                        Brother you said the other day in Counsel if any thing befell us from             
                        the french we must let you know of it. we will let you know if we 
                        hear any thing from the Ffrench be it against us or yourselves 
                        you will have peace, but it is most Certain that the 6 nation 
                        and their allies are upon the point of making warr against the 
                        french let us keep up a true Correspondents and let us hear allways 
                        of one another.
                                                        they Gave a belt.
                       Scayhuhady and the half King with two others had Informed 
                       me that they often must send messengers to Indian towns and 
                       nations and had nothing in their Counsel bag (as they being 
                       beggars) Either to reccompence a messenger, or to Get wampum to 
                       do their Business, and begged I would assist them withe something.
 
                        I had saved a peice of strowds and 1/2  Barrel of powder, 100 lb of 
                       Led, 10 Shirts, 6 Knives, 1 lb of Vermilion,  and Gave it to them now 
                       for the foresaid use. they Returned many thanks and were 
                       mighty pleased.        

                       The old Sinicker queen from above Mentioned Came to inform me 
                       that sometime ago She had sent a string of wampum of three 
                       fathom to philadelphia by James Dunnings to Desire her 
                       brethern Would send her up a Cask of powder and some small 
                       shot to Enable her to send out the Indian boys to Kill turkeys 
                       and other fowles for her, wilst they men are gone to war against 
                       the french that they may not be starved
                       I told her I had heard nothing of her messuage, but if she had 
                       told me of it before I parted with all the powder and lead I Could 
                       have let her have some and promised I would make Inquiry 
                       perhaps the messauge had lost it by the way to philadelphia 
                       and Gave her a shirt, a Dutch wooden pipe and Some Tobacco 
                       She seemed to have taken a little affrunt because I Took not 
                       Sufficient notice of her in Coming down. I told her she acted very 
                       Imprudent not let me know by some of her friends who she was 
                       as She knew very well I Could not know by myself. She was satisfied