1763, June.] BOUQUET TO ECUYER. 33 



I am only sorry that when such outrages are com- 

 mitted, the guilty should escape; for I am fully 

 convinced the only true method of treating the 

 savages is to keep them in proper subjection, and 

 punish, without exception, the transgressors. . . . 

 As I have no sort of dependence on the Assembly 

 of Pennsylvania, I have taken such measures as 

 will fully enable me to chastise any nation or tribe 

 of Indians that dare to commit hostilities on his 

 Majesty's subjects. I only wait to hear from you 

 what farther steps the savages have taken ; for I 

 still think it cannot be any thing general, but the 

 rash attempt of that turbulent tribe, the Senecas, 

 who richly deserve a severe chastisement from our 

 hands, for their treacherous behavior on many 

 occasions." 



On receiving this letter. Bouquet immediately 

 wrote to Ecuyer at Fort Pitt : " The General has 

 taken the necessary measures to chastise those in- 

 famous villains, and defers only to make them feel 

 the weight of his resentment till he is better 

 informed of their intentions." And having thus 

 briefly despatched the business in hand, he pro- 

 ceeds to touch on the news of the day : "I give 

 you joy of the success of our troops at the Manilla, 

 where Captain George Ourry hath acquired the two 

 best things in this world, glory and money. We 

 hear of a great change in the ministry," etc. 

 ..." P. S. I have lent three pounds to the ex- 

 press. Please to stop it for me. The General 

 expects that Mr. Croghan will proceed directly to 

 Fort Pitt, when he will soon discover the causes 



