Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761. 267

The chief Indian Utossite, by an Interpreter, addressed
himself to the Governor as follows :

Brother. I have had good Dreams; this is the Day that
was appointed for our Meeting: I am glad to see so many
Gentlemen present to hear what I have to say; I hope that
you also have had good Dreams, and are pleased to see us
here.
King George owns us for his Children as well as the
white People, he desires that we should be as Brethren and
that we should stand by one another; We have no other
Design in coming hither at this time than to assist our Broth-
ers the English.

Some of our young Warriors came to you last Spring and
met with Encouragem^t they had Rewards given them, and
were well satisfied after they returned I was sent for by old
Hop our Chief, when I went to him he bid me go and see the
Gov^r his Brother, that had sent him the Belt, and assured me
that I should find him a good Friend to us.
Our young Men would readily come hither to fight and
assist the English if they could get wherewithal to maintain
their Wives and Children, while they stay at Home they can
maintain them by hunting, and we indeed had no Occasion
to come from Home for the War is not our's but yours; the
Presents that we may have for our Services are not so much
as we could have got by Hunting, but if we can get near as
much by coming to fight for our Brothers as we could by
staying at Home we would rather come and assist them.
We have been here some Time but have hitherto done
little Service the Badness of the Weather hath prevented our
going out lately to look after the Enemy.
We did not know before last Spring that we should go out
to War, nor did we know even then whither we were to go,
but now we have discovered the Enemy's Country we shall
come in great Numbers and cut them off.

Lib. J. R.

& U. S.

Those that are at Fort Frederick have already been out,
but the Man above did not order it so that they should meet
with the Enemy however we hope that he prevented their
falling in with them at that Time only that he might put a
greater Number of them into our Power hereafter, and
altho' our People returned without Success yet their Brothers
on the Frontiers welcomed them back said they were glad to
see that they were all returned safe, and promised them next
Time to go out to War with them.
Tho a few only of our People have been hitherto in these
Parts, the French & their Indians are so much terrified that

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