A great deal of Kindness and Generosity has been exercised towards the River _Indians_ at _Housatunnuk_, by this _Government_, by the honourable _Corporation_ at Home, by their honourable and reverend _Commissioners_ at _Boston_, by the Rev. Mr. _Hollis_, by the Rev. Mr. _Sergeant_, Mr. _Woodbridge_, and others; and the Consequence has been very happy as to them; they are brought to the Knowledge of the Gospel, and to a Christian Profession; and many of them, we hope, to the saving Knowledge of God. We also have found the Benefit of this kind Usage of them; for thereby they are become our hearty Friends, are united to us in their Affections, and were a Means, in the Hand of Providence, of covering our most Western Frontiers the last War. And were the like Kindness shewn by us to other Tribes, is there not Room to hope that the Effects might be alike happy? If Townships, suitable for _Indians_ to settle in, were provided in our Frontiers, and it were proposed to them, that if they would come and settle in them, they should not only enjoy the Land as their own, but also have a Minister supported among them to instruct them in the Christian Religion; and also a School-Master to teach their Children to read and write; would not this induce many of them, especially of the better Sort, to come and settle in our Borders? And would they not cover our Frontiers in case of a War with _France_? What has been done for the _Indians_ at _Stockbridge_, has doubtless been much observed and approved of by the _Natives_ far and near. That there is a School set up at _Canada_, in Imitation of Mr. _Sergeant_’s School at _Stockbridge_, and a large Number of Scholars in it, we have heard and receive for Truth. That the _French_, who esteem Ignorance to be the Mother of Devotion, and do not desire to teach the _Indians_ any Thing more than to say their Beads, and to cross themselves, have done this out of Choice, is not at all likely. They do not desire that their _Indians_ should become a knowing People. But yet, being sensible that the Report of Mr. _Sergeant_’s School had spread itself far and wide, and that their _Indians_ were pleased with the Method the _English_ had taken to furnish the _Natives_ with Knowledge, they apprehended, that unless something like it were done among them, there would be Danger of the _Indians_ repairing to us for Instruction, and to prevent this, and to engage them to themselves, they set up their School. This, I conjecture, is the Truth of the Case. And if so, it is manifest that the _Indians_ are inclined to seek after Knowledge; and therefore would be disposed to hearken to such kind and generous Proposals, if they were made to them. And who can tell but that this, that, or the other Tribe, would gladly settle such Towns, if they were invited to it in a proper Manner?