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( 8 ) are a meek peaceable people, who will neither furniſh money, arms, nor ammunition, that if you will take their coat, they will give you their cloak alſo: theſe we ſhall indulge with many privileges, for their not oppoſing our meaſures, and quitely ſurrendering their lands, and ſubmitting to the godly admonitions of our holy fathers.

McLailſh likewiſe acquaints me, that from New-York weſtward, the inhabitants are not ſuch bigots to religion, therefore may more eaſily be prevailed on to be of our holy religion. The rich traders in thoſe parts, are not concerned at our erecting forts near them, from a view of private gain in the fur trade. And McLaih ſays, the Engliſh might have demoliſhed Crown-Point, but many in Albany and New-York have receiv'd conſiderable adantages by our fur trade, by which, we have alſo been benefited, in receiving ammunition, &c. in exchange.

There is now a diſpute berween our grand monarch and the Engliſh, relating to the boundary line in the north, and what are called the Neutral Iſlands, in South-America; but his moſt Chriſtian majeſty is determin'd to decide the controverſy very ſoon: he is now peopling the Neutral Islands, and what cannon will be requiſite to fortify the ſame, is already at Martinico. From Canada and Miſſiſippi we are to have a ſufficient number of regular troops to join the natives, ſo ſoon as we are prepar'd to receive them, and thoſe to be diſperſed on the back of the Engliſh, between Crown-Point and Ohio. Our officers are directed