De Longueuil, then Commander in Chief in Canada, of a Fort that had been built at Niagara and tho' I received no answer from him by the bearer of my letter and at last received one that was not at all satisfactory, I contented myself with writing to our Court about it, whence I am informed that our Ambassadors at the Court of France, has orders to represent this

undertaking as contrary to the treaty of Utrecht. This, Sir, was all that I did upon that occasion.

I did

not send any summons to Niagara, -I did

not make any warlike preparations to interrupt the work, and I did not stir

up the Five Nations to make use of force to demolish it, which I might have done easily enough, since at the very time I

received Mr. de Longueuil's letter, they were all come to complain to me of this undertaking, as the justest cause of uneasiness that could

have been given them.

won't tire you with repeating all

that I writ to Mr. de Longueuil upon that subject which he has no doubt shown to you. I come now, Sir, to the subject of

your Letter, there are two things which you complain of, first

of the trade at Oswego, secondly of the Redoubt as you call it, and of the Garrison that is in it ;

as

for the Trade I cannot understand how you could be surprised at it, since we have carried on a trade