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killed six men ... he never could have com- 

 promised the honor of the nation by such disgrace- 

 ful conditions, and that at a time when two armies, 

 after long struggles, are in full motion to penetrate 

 into the heart of the enemy's country. Permit me 

 likewise humbly to represent to your Excellency 

 that I have not deserved the affront laid upon me by 

 this treaty of peace, concluded by a younger officer, 

 in the department where you have done me the 

 honor to appoint me to command, without referring 

 the deputies of the savages to me at Fort Pitt, but 

 telling them that he shall send and prevent my pro- 

 ceeding against them. I can therefore take no notice 

 of his peace, but [shall) proceed forthwith to the 

 Ohio, where I shall wait till I receive your orders." ^ 

 After waiting for more than a week for his wrath 

 to cool, he wrote to Bradstreet in terms which, 

 though restrained and temperate, plainly showed 

 his indignation.^ He had now reached Fort Bed- 

 ford, where more Pennsylvanians ran off, with their 

 arms and horses, and where he vainly Avaited the 

 arrival of a large reinforcement of friendly Indians, 



1 MS. Letter — Bouquet to Gage, 27 Aug. 1764. He wrote to Governor 

 Penn, as follows : — 



" Fort Loudon, 27 Aug 1764. 

 " Sir : 



" I have the honor to transmit to you a letter from Colonel Bradstreet, 

 who acquaints me that he has granted peace to all the Indians living 

 between Lake Erie and the Ohio ; but as no satisfaction is insisted on, I 

 hope tlie General will not confirm it, and that I shall not be a witness to a 

 transaction which would fix an indelible stain upon the Nation. 



"I therefore take no notice of that pretended peace, & proceed forth 

 ■with on the expedition, fully determined to treat as enemies any Dela- 

 wares or Shawanese I shall find in my way, till I receive contrary orders 

 from the General." 



2 MS. Jj^tiQV — Bouquet to Bradstreet, 5 Sept. 1764. 



