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represent to them the necessity of it even from the Interest of
that Governm^t from these heads (viz)
1: Tis their Interest to keepe the Northern Indians from
warring with the Indians in these parts because they cannot
come to fight here, but his Maj^ties Subjects both in Virginia
and here must needes receive considerable losses in their
Stocks, and that will urge English men to revenge themselves.
2: The Indians in Virginia are under his Maj^ties protection,
pay a Tribute to his Maj^ties Governo^r there, and are (as
appeares by the Articles made with Coll Herbert Jeoffryes 29

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May 1677) of the Kings Allegiance & therefore the Governm^t
of New Yorke ought to include them in their owne peace with
the Northern Indians.
3^dly If they doe not endeavour to obleige the Northern
Nations to make peace with the Pascattoways &c^a the Pascat-
toways must unite with the Onneides, Onondagoes Quiongos
&c^a and the consequence of that will be that then the Onneides
Onondagos &c^a will not onely be able but will undoubtedly
in fact disturb the peace of Virginia (which will cause com-
plaints from thence to Whitehall) and will breake peace with
the Sinnondowannes and soe ruine the trade for ffurrs at ffort
Albany.
6^thly If the Governo^r of New Yorke Reply that they feare
not that the Onneides &c^a should breake peace with the Sin-
nondowannes, because they cann deny them trade as they have
formerly done, and soe keepe peace betweene those nations,
then you must urge them to doe the like now in behalfe of our
ffriend Indians, since the disturbing the peace of Virginia and
Maryland will be a greater loss to his Maj^tie in the Diminution
of his Customes, and to the Shipping and Navigacon of Eng-
land for want of ffreight, then the Custome of ffurrs from New
Yorke cann ballence.
7^thly you are to lett them knowe that it is not a vaine Sur-
mize of ours that the Onneides &c^a Intend a warr with the
Sinnondowannes, but that we had the Intelligence last Summer
when those Northern Nations came to Pascattoway when we
were likewise certainly Informed that the true reason why they
spared the lives of all the prisoners they tooke of late (con-
trary to their former custome) was because they would
strengthen themselves, and deny the Sinnondowannes passage
through their Countrey to trade at ffort Albany.
8^thly That the Governm^t of New Yorke ought to be jealous
of the growing strength of the Onneides &c. since wee cer-
tainly know (and presume the Governm^t of New York is not
ignorant of it) that the Governm^t of Cannada Call the Irocois
(which we conceive is the name common to all those Northern
Nations viz. the Onneides, Onondagoes Quiongos Maaques

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