the strictest League of Amity and Friendship with you, and we shall always be faithful and true to you our old and good Allies.----The Governor of _Canada_ talks a great deal, but ten of his Words do not go so far as one of yours.----We do not look towards them; we look towards you; and you may depend on our Assistance.' Whilst the _Onondago_ Chief made this open and hearty Declaration, all the other _Indians_ made frequently that particular Kind of Noise which is known to be a Mark of Approbation.----The Governor bid the Interpreter tell _Canassateego_, 'He did not set on foot this Enquiry from any Suspicion he had of the _Six Nations_ wanting a due Regard for the _English_.--Our Experience of their Honour and Faith, said he, would not permit us to think any other of them, than that they would esteem our Friends their Friends, and our Enemies their Enemies, agreeable to the strict Union which had ever subsisted between us.--As to the Governor of _Canada_, he told them they need not mind what he said.--The _English_, on equal Terms, had beat the _French_, and could beat them again: And were they but to consider the Advantages which the _English_ have, by possessing so many large and populous Countries, and so many good Ports on the Continent of _America_, they would soon see who had most Reason to fear a War, the _French_ or the _English_.' * * * * * Here the Conversation dropped; and after another Glass of Wine, the _Indians_ resumed the Discourse, by asking whether their Brethren had not been for some Time engaged in a War with the King of _Spain_, and what Successes they had met with. The Governor told them, the King of _Great-Britain_ lived in an Island, and being surrounded with the Sea, his chief Strength lay in his Ships; in which he was so much superior to his Enemies, that they were seldom to be met with on the broad Ocean, but sculk'd and hid themselves, only venturing out now and then; and whenever they did, they were almost sure to be taken; and that the King of _Great-Britain_ had with his Ships, beat down, or taken several of the _Spaniards_ great Forts in _America_.--The _Indians_ said, they were pleased to hear their Brethren were an Over-match for their Enemies, and wish'd them good Success. The Governor then enquired into the State and Condition of the Nations to the Westward of the Great Lakes, and whether they had any Warriors then in those Countries? Whether they had concluded Peace with the Southern _Indians_? And whether they had heard what their Deputies had done at _Albany_?