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in the Winter but as there was Continually Scalping Parties about this place they did 

 very little; There was the day before I got here, Eight of them Scalped & Four 

 Carryed off Prisoners, the Day after I gott here, Lieutt. Blair with a Party of Twenty 

 Five Men that were sent to protect the Batteaus Coming down here was Attack'd 

 about a Mile from this Place, Blair and two of his Men kill'd we killed it is Imagined 

 Five or Six, Two of which we gott the others were Carried off 



I am Sr. 



Your most Humble Servt. 



Housmn. Broadley. 

 Minute. 



31 Augt. 

 Let him know I have Communicated his Letter to the Lords who approve of 

 his proceedings, and have appointed him to command the Jamaica Sloop 



Adm. Sec. In Letters. Vol. 1487. 



Oswego Sloop at Oswego the 19th June 1756. 

 Sir 



I inform'd you in my Letter of the 20th May that I was geting the Vessels here 

 ready for Sea as fast as Possible, and that the Keel of one of the Brigs was laid, 

 and that the others would be laid in a Day or two, which was done, but the Day 

 after the Keel of the last Brig was laid, there came another Builder here from Genl. 

 Shirley, to build a Snow (in the Place of one of the Brigs,) to carry Eighteen Six 

 Pounders, a Copy of her Dimensions I here inclose you, the Brig and Sloop will 

 be ready to Launch in Ten Days, the Snow in about a Month. 



There is sent up here by Genl. Shirley about Thirty five Seamen more than the 

 Complement of the Oswego and Ontario, which I employ in the Small Schooners 

 untill the other Vessels are launch'd. 



I got the Vessels all ready for going out by the 1st of June, but had not an op- 

 portunity of Sailing before the 5th; which I did with the Ontario and one of the small 

 Schooners, and proceeded about Forty Leagues to the Wt. wd. and after examining 

 both Shores for that distance for Harbours for the Vessels found none. There are 

 several Rivers on Each Side the Lake which I sent my Boat into, found none of them 

 that had Water enough for the small Schooner. 



There is very good Anchoring on both sides the Lake in many places close to 

 the Shore. 



As we proceeded to the Wt. wd. we found the Current set to the East wd. about 

 one Mile an Hour and as we have very seldom anything but Wterly. Winds makes 

 it very difficult getting to the Wt. wd. 



I retd. here on the 17th and shall sail again to day if the Wind permits. The 

 Naval Provisions is not yet come. 



I am Sir 



Your most Humble Servt. 



Housmn. Broadley. 

 To John Clevland Esqr. 



