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18 indeed tied our hearts to theirs: we at present can but return thanks with an empty hand, till another opportunity serves to do it sufficiently. We must call a Great Council & do every thing regularly. In the meantime look upon us as your true bretheren.

  Brother you said the other day in council 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 French be it against us or yourselves. You will have peace, but it is most certain that the 6 nation & their allies are upon the point of making war with the French. Let us keep up a true correspondence & let us hear always 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 & nations & had nothing in their council bag (they being beggars) either to recompense a messenger, or to get wampum to do their business, & begged I would assist them with something.
 
 I had saved a piece of strowds, & 1/2  barrel of powder, 100 lb of lead, 10 shirts, 6 knives, 1 lb of vermillion, & gave it to them now for the aforesaid use. They returned many thanks & were mighty pleased.

       The old Sinicker Queen 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 bretheren would send her up a cask of powder & some small shot to enable her to send out the Indian boys to kill turkies & other fowls for her, whilst the men are gone to war against the French, that they may not be starved. I told her I had heard nothing of her message, but if she had told me of it before I parted with all the powder & lead, I could have let her have some; & promised I would make inquiry, perhaps the messenger had lost it on the way to Philadelphia. Gave her a shirt, a Dutch wooden