Note 73 — Chapter III · 1608-1763. THE FRENCH, THE ENGLISH, AND THE INDIANS.
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MS. Papers of Cadwallader Colden. MS. Papers of Sir William Johnson.
“We find the Indians, as far back as the very confused manuscript records in my possession, repeatedly upbraiding this province for their negligence, their avarice, and their want of assisting them at a time when it was certainly in their power to destroy the infant colony of Canada, although supported by many nations; and this is likewise confessed by the writings of the managers of these times.”—MS. Letter—Johnson to the Board of Trade, May 24, 1765.