HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK IROQUOIS 277 



estimates are in marked contrast with the larger ones of others. 

 At Montreal he distinguished between the Iroquois and others 

 there. Of the former there were 366 warriors, and at Toniata 

 there were 10 more. In New York the Onondagas had 200 war- 

 riors, the Mohawks 80, the Oneidas 100, the Cayugas 120, the 

 Senecas 350, and the Tuscaroras 250. There were a few Iro- 

 quois at Niagara, and he did not report those in Pennsylvania 

 and Ohio. 



There was continual trouble between the Iroquois and the 



southern and western Indians, and Weiser and Shikellimy were 



sent to Onondaga about this in February 1737, arriving there in 



I April. Weiser nearly perished on the way. The governor of Vir- 



! ginia wanted the Iroquois chiefs to come to Williamsburg and 



there treat of peace with the Catawbas and Cherokees, but they 



refused, yet agreed to a year's truce. Weiser returned in the 



spring. Parties were out, ignorant of the truce, and the Iro- 



; quois killed three Catawba hunters and some horses. Since 



! April eight others had been killed, and the Catawbas said these 



ought to be avenged before peace was made. The Cherokees 



had met an Iroquois party and sent peace deputies. The Iro- 



\ quois were advised- to make peace with both. 



> Lieutenant Governor Clarke had a conference at Albany with 



the Six Nations in June 1737. After condoling some deaths, 



! according to custom, they said Clarke spoke roughly to them 



' and they would answer in the same way. He had reproved 



' them for letting the French come to Irondequoit ; how came they 



! at Crown Point, which was English land? The English had 



; heard that the Senecas and Cayugas had sold their Susquehanna 



lands, on which the Shawnees lived, and they might go to De- 



: troit, which the English did not like. They replied that they 



I had sold but a small piece, a great way from the Shawnees. The 



; trouble was between them and Pennsylvania, but they would 



I try to prevent their removal. 



On the general question of Susquehanna lands, Canassatego 

 1 had once said that the Susquehannas had a right to sell their 

 ! lands till they were conquered in 1677. Their title then ceased. 



