198 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

inclose you Extracts of three letters on this subject; and
unless some effectual means are taken to restrain the Licen-
tiousness of the people, to punish them for the Murders they
have committ'd and keep them in subjection to the Laws,
there is too much reason to apprehend that our Affairs will be
thrown into worse confusion than they have ever been in. I
am very apprehensive unless some Steps are taken, to pacify
the Indians, and to give them satisfaction for the murder of
the Shawnese in Augusta County, that we shall be in danger
of losing all the fruits of our Expeditions, and treaties.
It is to be feared that the Murders, Rapine, and Riots, which
the Inhabitants of Pensylvania have been guilty of, and which
remain, and probably will remain unpunish'd has given too
much encouragement to the neighbouring provinces to act in
the same way. I am, with great Regard,
Sir
Your most Obedient
humble Servant
Tho^s Gage

Original.

[Halifax to Sharpe.]

St: James's June 8^th 1765
Sir,
The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury
having communicated to me the Extract of a Letter received
by the Commissioners of the Customs from M^r Heron Col-
lector of Pocomoke in the Province of Maryland, I herewith
transmit, for your Information, a Copy of the said Extract,
and am to express to you His Majesty's Expectation, that
upon this, and every other, Occasion, you will zealously exert
every lawfull means in your Power for the Protection of the
Officers of the Revenue
I am with great Truth & Regard,
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble Servant
Dunk Halifax

Letter Bk.III

[Sharpe to Gage.]

To General Gage. Annapolis the 29^th June 1765
Sir
I am favoured with your Excellency's Letter of the 2^d Inst
whereby you were pleased to advise me that S^r William Johnson
had finished his Congress held on the Mohawk River with the
Delawares Senecaes &c in a very satisfactory manner, that the
Conferences at Fort Pitt had also ended very happily & the