Report of Charles Thompson & Christian Frederick Post, Messengers to the Indians, to Governor Denny of Pennsylvania

              To the Honourable Wm. Denny Esqr. Lieutenant Governor
and Commander in Chief of the Province of Pensilvania[sic] &ca.
and To the Honourable John Forbes Esqr. Brigadier General
and Commander of his Majesty's Army in the said Province &c.
The Report of Charles Thomson & Christian Frederick Post
Messengers appointed to go into the Indian Country on the
Northern Frontiers of the said Province.
May it please your Honours,
On Wednesday June 7th 1758 having received the Messages for the Indians
and Instructions from the Governor we set out for Wyomink, next day we reached
Bethlehem having engaged on the Road Moses Tetamy and Isaac Still to 
accompany us. From Bethlehem we took three other Indians and on
Fryday[sic] arrived at Fort Allen. As we had been informed on the Road of some
bad News sent to the governor by the Captn. at Fort Allen we enquired the 
Particulars and were informed that on Tuesday last two Indians Aquilon[?]
& John Philips came to the Fort express from Tedyuscung at Wyomink to 
let them know that on Sunday last were seen a Party of Enemy Indians
about 78 [in] number directing their Course towards the Minisinks. This
discouraged our Indian Companions and as they had been all along agst[?]
our going into the Indian Country, this made them much more averse to it.
Whereupon we called them together next morning and made them acquainted
with the purport of our Messages and the necessity of our going. With this
they were satisfied and it was concluded we should go. And having
settled every thing regarding the way and manner we should Travel we
left Fort Allen about 12 o'Clock and crossing the Neshame watch wa[line cut off]
Queheck Mountains, we lodged all together about 12 miles from [line cut off]
On Sunday morning we set forward pretty early & by 12 o' [clock] [line cut off]
the Nescopekun Mountains within 14 or 15 miles of Wyomink [line cut off]
met 9 Indians travelling down to Bethlehem. They left Wyo[mink] [line cut off]
Day before and hadbeen six days from Chnango a Town of [line cut off]
on Susquehannah about halfway between Awegey & Ossewingo [line cut off]
one Nanticoke a son of Capt. White, one munsey Captain, one D[line cut off]
four Mawhiccons & two Squas, upon meeting with them we stop[line cut off]
the News and from several Questions asked we learned that T[line cut off]
was well and at Wyomink, that all was quiet among the Nanti[line cut off]
principal Men were at the Council at Onondago which was n[line cut off]