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

there regularly for more than five years running without opposition,

and I have reason to wonder

how you can call that an Infraction of the Treaty of Utrecht, since it is expressly stipulated in that very 15 th Article which you cite, That on both sides the subjects of each Crown shall enjoy full liberty of going and coming on account of Trade.

Going and coming must imply (as appears clearly by what goes before) among all the American subjects or allies or friends of Great Britain and of France.

It is upon this, Sir, that we pretend to

have an equal right with you of trading thro' all the Lakes and all the Continent, and that incontestably, by virtue of the Terms of the Treaty. It follows therein that also the Natives of those Countries shall with the same liberty resort as they

and French Colonies, for promoting a Trade on one side or the other, without any Molestation or hindrance either on the part of the British subjects or the French.