This accomplished, Johnson, on August 6, left Niagara for his home, while Bradstreet continued his journey towards Detroit.
Bradstreet halted at Presqu'isle.

Here he was visited by pretended deputies from the Shawnees and Delawares, who ostensibly sought peace.

He made a conditional treaty with them and agreed to meet them twenty-five days later at Sandusky, where they were to bring their British prisoners.

From Presqu'isle he wrote to Bouquet at Fort Pitt, saying that it would be unnecessary to advance into the Delaware country, as the Delawares were now at peace.
He also reported his success, as he considered it, to Gage, but Gage was not impressed: he disavowed the treaty and instructed Bouquet to continue his preparations.
Continuing his journey, Bradstreet rested at Sandusky, where more Delawares waited on him and agreed to make peace.

It was at this juncture that he sent Captain Thomas Morris on his ill-starred mission to the tribes of the Mississippi.