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He persuaded the Assembly to fortify Oswego and to give £ioo j 

 to feed the Indians, who were in great want from the length 

 and severity of the winter. He also effected a treaty of peace '| 

 between the Six Nations and the Caiighnawagas, or Praying ; 

 Indians, at Montreal. 



The Cherokees and Catawbas of Carolina gladly accepted the 

 peace offered by the Six Nations. The former sent them some : 

 beads, a pipe, an eagle's tail, and a white flag they had taken'i 

 from the French. The Catawbas sent a belt of wampum and I 

 calumet, with some tobacco, as tokens of acceptance. The Iro- ■ 

 quois belt would be kept in one of the Cherokee towns. The • 

 Creeks also desired a treaty of peace. Some Cayugas came to i 

 Philadelphia about payment for lands, but no council was held, , 

 as no others came. 



Clarke held a council with the Six Nations in June 1742. He 

 was sorry they had forgotten their old way of living in castles, . 

 but some had promised to rebuild them and be no longer scat- 

 tered. A Cherokee deputy had been to the Senecas, and the way 

 was now clear. The nations to be included in the southern cove- 

 nant were the Catawbas, Cherokees, Creeks, Chickasaws and ' 

 Choctaws. He did not think a settlement at Irondequoit expedi- 

 ent yet, as people feared a French war. 



The Onondagas and Senecas went to see Governor de Beau- 

 harnois in July 1742, and Onowaragon, a great Onondaga sachem, . 

 spoke. The Senecas also asked that Laforge's son might be their 

 smith and forbidden to be rude. Privately they said the Onon- 

 dagas, on their way home, took down the French flag when they 

 came near Oswego and raised the English. The Senecas had I 

 minds of their own, carrying the French flag in spite of the Eng- -j 

 lish, but used it so much that it was worn out, and they wanted !! 

 another. 



Beauharnois said that young Joncaire might still live with the 

 Senecas and young Laforge might be their smith. They had 

 done well with the flag and he would have reproved the Onon- 

 dagas had he known this sooner. 



