they are sworn when they receive their commissions. He would have no fears to go to a British officers and unveil the whole subject to him, and open a correspondence whereby the thing the thing could be effected successfully. Somewhere in the north would be the place to commence. The Indians think nothing of going two or three thousand miles, and whenever it is made known to them, that they can have a preparation of the gospel to administer to this nation they will go into it.
likes this plan very well, but he would like it better, that we should have the pulling of the strings, and that we should have the influence with the Indians and not any other nation. He would be glad to have the Indians put in possession of the arms, but let us have [p. [299]]