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                                                                                                                                                                                   Fort Pitt June 17th 1766.
                  Sir,
                                        Yesterday a Party of Six Nations came here
                           from War having been against the Southern Indians,
                           and informs Me that on their way acroSs the Frontiers
                           of Virginia they see two Indians of a Party which had
                           been going against the Cherokees who informed them
                           that four of their Party had been killed by the English.
                                         I Am Sensible that Your Excellency has
                           wrote to the Several Governors on the Subject of Murdering
                           Indians, and by the best Accounts I can get, the
                           Magistrates on the Frontiers, who ought to preserve
                           the peace rather encourage the Killing of them, and
                           unleSs Your Excellency can prevail on the Several
                           Governors, to take Some more Effectual MeaSures than
                           they have hitherto done to prevent this practice,
                           I fear a Peace cannot be long preserved with thoSe Nations
                           tho' at the Same time I Am fully persuaded that the 
                           Indians are very desirous of maintaining Peace with
                           us. And last Night two Shawanese arrived from the
                           Plains of Scioto and informs Me that Twenty Men of
                           their Nation was returned from the Ilinois Country,
                           and would meet Me at Scioto and Show Me all the
                           Speeches they had received from the Indians there,
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To His Excellency,

         The Hon.ble Major General Gage.