He fraternized with the Dutch settlers of his neighbourhood and with the Indians wherever he found them.

At Detroit, in 1761, he entered into the spirit of the French settlers and joined with enthusiasm in their feasts and dances.

He was one of those rare characters who can be all things to all men and yet keep an untarnished name.

The Indians loved him as a firm friend, and his home was to them Liberty Hall.

But for this man the Indian rising against British rule would have attained greater proportions.