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on the other. The claim of friendship and a single heart are on 

 the tree of peace. It reads as follows : 



By the Honorable Sir William Johnson, Bart., His Majesty's sole 

 Agent and Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Northern De- 

 partment of North America, Colonel of the Six United Nations, 

 their Allies and Dependants, etc., etc. 



To ■ Whereas } I have received repeated proofs of your at- 



tachment to his Britannic Majesty's Interests and Zeal for his service 

 upon sundry occasions, more particularly 



I do therefore give you this public Testimonial thereof, as a proof 

 of his Majesty's Esteem and Approbation, Declaring you, the said 

 to be a of your and recommending it to 



all his Majesty's Subjects and faithful Indian Allies to Treat and 

 Consider you upon all occasions agreeable to your character, Station 

 and services. Given under my hand and seal at Arms at Johnson 

 Hall the day of 17 . 



By Command of Sir W : Johnson. 



The above certificate has nothing to do with an Indian council, 

 save as the picture symbolically represents one. Another filled out 

 and different in character was recently at the Onondaga reservation. 

 The latter has not even this, but it seems well to place it on perma- 

 nent record, and so this also follows. It is written on a well pre- 

 served parchment : 



By the Honorable Sir William Johnson, Baronet, His Majesty's 

 sole agent and superintendent of the affairs of the Six United 

 Nations, their Allies, Dependants, and Colonel of the Same, etc. : 



To the Oneidas and Tuscaroras living at and about Aughguago: 



Whereas, You have on. sundry occasions manifested your love 

 and fidelity to His Majesty, the Great King George, and your sin- 

 cere attachment to all his subjects, your brethern, and have plighted 

 to him by several belts of wampum your solemn assurance that you 

 are determained to remain firm and steadfast friends to the British 

 interest so long as God shall give you life, and will promote the 

 same amongst all Indians to the utmost of your brotherhood and 

 desire all His Majesty's subjects to whom this may be shown to 

 receive and treat you, the said Oneidas and Tuscaroras of Augh- 

 guago as good friends and brothers to the English. 



Given under my hand and seal of office at Fort Johnson, this 

 twenty-fifth day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand 

 seven hundred and fifty-seven. 



(Signed) William Johnson. 



Practically, wampum took the place of the pipe of peace in New 

 York for a long time, opening all councils and treaties, but the 



