The writings of George Washington; being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private, selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes and illustrations. By Jared Sparks.

42 WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. [_ET. 22.
and willing to sacrifice our lives for our country's good.
And here, once more, and for the last time, I must say,
that it will be a circumstance, which will act upon some
officers of this regiment beyond all measure, to be
obliged to serve upon such different terms, when their
lives, their fortunes, and their operations are equally, and,
I dare say, as effectually exposed, as those of others,
who are happy enough to have King's commissions.
I have been solicitous on this head, and have earnestly
endeavoured to reconcile the officers to their appointments, and flatter myself that I have succeeded, having
heard no mention thereof lately. I considered the pernicious consequences, that would attend a disunion, and
was therefore too much attached to my country's interests to suffer it to ripen, after I received your letters.
I am very thankful to you for ordering an assortment of Indian goods, which we daily find still more
necessary. I shall take care, while they are under my
direction, that they are judiciously applied, and shall
be particularly careful in consulting Mr. Croghan and
Mr. Montour, by whom I shall be advised in all Indian
affairs agreeably to your directions. *
I shall with great pleasure wear the medal, which you
were pleased to compliment me with, and shall present
the others to Indian chiefs, as I have already done one
to the Half-King.
We have been extremely ill used by Major Carlyle's
deputies, which I am heartily sorry for; since he is a
gentleman so capable of the business himself, and has
taken so much pains to give satisfaction. He, I believe,
has been deceived, and we have suffered by those
* Croghan was an Indian trader of note, and had been employed on
public affairs in the Indian country by the governor of Pennsylvania.
Montour was a Canadian, and also an Indian trader and interpreter. He
was of Indian extraction, and a man of weight among the Six Nations.