obedient to this governm 1 that his Hono r having told them to have an eye to the ffrenchmen, they give his Hono r their thanks, k will allways have an eye open to those people, and they desire L.

anything happen to be informed for they are and have been allways belonging to this Governm 4 and we expect no favo r from the ffrench, but will put themselves under his Hono s protection. That the .

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Governor haveing wondred why they bring so little Beaver and formerly did bring so mnch, that it may be the Govern r thinks they carry it to some other Governm* they answer no they do not They never had so firm a friendshipp with any, os with this Government but the true reason is they haveing a warre with other Indians, those Indians would not dare to come on their hunting places ; but now they are all in peace ; the Indians catch away the Beaver so fast that ther be but very few left ; his

Hono r haveing told them they should harbour no ffrench but the Jesuits and each of them a man, they answer they will never suffer any straggling ffrenchmen amongst them, but those Jesuits who are very good men and very quiett and yet if his Hono r shall please, they will send them away allso ;

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and that none hath any land from them and they are resolved never to sell or give them any or any others except the people of this Governm 1 that they were sent for by the Goverm of Canada who told them that they should make a peace with all the Indians and that the Govern took their axe and threw it into the water, but did not bury it because if it had bin buried it might have been 1,