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Confederate Savages , who are fuch fools, as to 

 wage^ War one with another, inftead of entring in- 

 to a joint League in oppofition to the troquefe, the 

 moft redoubted of their Enemies, and thofe whom 

 they have moft reafon to fear. In a word, if we 

 would manage our affairs with the Iroquefe to the 

 bell advantage, we ought to put in execution that 

 Project that I mentioned in my 2%d Letter* 



To alledge that thefe Barbarians have a dependance 

 upon the Englijh, is a foolifh Plea : For they are fo 

 far from owning any dependance, that when they 

 go to New-York to truck their Skins, they have the 

 confidence to put rates upon the Goods they have 

 occafion for, when the Merchants offer to raife 

 their price. I have intimated already feveral times, 

 that their refped: for the Englijh, is tack'd to the 

 occafion they have to make ufe of 'em ; that this is 

 the only motive which induces 'em to treat the 

 Englijh as their Brethren, and their Friends ; and 

 that if the French would fell 'em the Neceffaries of 

 Life, as well as Arms and Ammunition, ateafier 

 rates, they would not make many journeys to the 

 Englijh Colonies. This is a confideVation that ought 

 to be chiefly in our view* for if we minded it to 

 the purpofe, they would be cautious of infulting 

 our Savage Confederates, as well as our felves. The 

 Governours General of Canada would do well to 

 imploy the fenfibie Men of the Country that are 

 acquainted with our Confederates, in preffing 'em 

 to live in a good correfpondence with one another, 

 without waging War among themfelves j for moft 

 of the Southern Nations worm out one another in- 

 fenfibly, which affords matter of joy to the Ircquefe* 

 Now, 'twere an eafie matter to prevent this fata! 

 mouldering, by threatning to give ? em no farther . 

 fupplies of Commodities in their Villages. To this 

 precaution, we ought to add that of indeavouring 

 to ingage two or three ..Nations to live together j 



