The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

Extract of a letter from New-York, Sept. 12.

"You who indulge in ease and luxury in London, feel no sensations for the cruelties practised on our frontier settlers, from the provoked, despised and neglected Indians, tho' otherwise I might have called them bold and courageous Indians, by the introduction of that cursed parsimonious economy into our continent. We might have prevented all these cruelties if our --- had listened to the advice of Sir W. Johnson on the surrender of Montreal. where was found a quantity of presents to the value of a few hundred pounds, designed by the French for the Indians: who gave it as his opinion, 'That a formal procession, as conquerors, should be made into that city; that it was then necessary, to gain the esteem and friendship of the Indians; and, to give them some Ideas of our power and grandeur, not only to invite them to sit at the procession, but at the end of it make a general distribution of such presents to the heads of all the Tribes present.' But this advice was neglected, as well as the poor Indians, who, from a sense of the many contempts thrown on them, have now united to defend their own properties, and drive the English out of their lands, &c."