Proper
talks for the Saveges and as he was grately respected By all those
who knew him it had its Entended Effect and I Can asure your
honnours that it has Ben the Saving of hundreads of lives and I Can
further asure you By various Surcomstances and Credible Intilegence
that if he had not have Come and Did what he Did that thare would
not have remaind one family this Side alagane mountains--he is Still
Striveing to keep them from falling upon us But as here is others
here Strieveing to Set them up it will Be a very Difecult matter for
him to Do it he has Sent for the Cheifs of the nations to Come in
and that thare is Still mercy for them if theay will know thair Duty
and as his Enfluence is grate with all those nations who know him I
am in hope it will have its Effect But I Should not Be Disapointed
if theay Did not after receiveing Such threts as theay have he has
like wise at his own Privat Expence hired men and Sent threw the
hole Contry abought Detroit and this side found out the Situation of
it and when I was Prisener with the British I have heard them often
make remarks that if he Did not Come against that we had not another
man in our Parts that knew the Situation of the Contry and had the
Enfluence with the natives as he had--But whatever knoledge he may
have Concarning those matters he has not never had the offer of
ordering of them But in Stead of that he has Ben Put under an arest
By the fals raports of a Poor Ignorant Set of Peopel which is to the
Eternal Shame of our Contry after he had Savd them from Being
masacereed By the Saveges that was his reward--now I beg that your
Honnours will take it into Consideration and order some Spedy
arangement Before this Quarter of the Contry is ruined a house
Devided against it Self Cannot Stand and your honnours may rely upon
it that is the case here if I have taken to much liberty I Beg your
honnours will loock over it as I would not wish to Do more than My
Duty--form your most obedient

and humble Servant--John Dodge--

upon Colo. Morgans arival here he Sent an Express to the Endian
nations for them to Come in and thare has two runners jest arived
here with Speaches of grate Concequence which I suppose he will
acquaint Congress with the Eairliest oppertunity--

(_in pencil_)
Specimen of the Literati of '76--!
(_Indorsement_)