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I have not seen those which the commandant has received, but here are copies of those which have been written to Moses* by the general, and the Bishop.
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In committing them to you, recollect I beg you that it is of the utmost importance to me, that nothing shall transpire concerning thern, and that Messieurs L—e and Scott endeavour to conceal what they contain, even in making use of them, othenwise, I shall be ruined, or at least rendered unable to act for my friends.
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In Monsieur Duquesn’s letter of Oct. 15th he thanks Moses for his zeal and for the good news which he has sent him: he then says
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Your policy of threatening the English by your savages, is an excellent one. They will fear them still more when they do strike.
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The present position of this colony demands that I should cause the negociations of the English with the savages to be broken up, because they tend to bribe them to attack us, if they can succeed by means of presents, money, and fraud as they have contemplated doing. I therefore invite both yourself and M. Vergot to devise a plausible pretext for attacking them vigorously. I rely entirely upon your resources, when the question is ‘the honor of the king's arms and the preservation of this colony.’
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Your zeal and your habits are known to me. I am much obliged to you for making me acquainted with so good and worthy a person as the Abbe Daudin. It is easy to see by what he has written to you, that the English are engaged only in treachery, since they dare not march in force.
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I beg you to continue this correspondence, should it cost still more, that I may be informed of what is going on. I think that the two rascals of deputies whom you sent me, will not soon recover from the fright which I gave them, notwithstanding the emollient that I administered after my reprimand, and since I told them that they were indebted to you, for not being allowed to rot in a dungeon. They have promised me to comply with your wishes. I think that your preliminaries of peace with the English and your savages would be advantageous if they were accepted; but as I have reason to believe that this peace might be only feigned for the objects which I know they have in view, if the English acquiesce in your propositions, they must immediately evacuate their fort,
* Mr. Loutre.
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