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he passed sentence. They might live either at Shamokin or 

 Wyoming, " and then we shall have you more under our Eye, 

 and shall see how You behave. Don't deliberate, but remove 

 away, and take this Belt of Wampum." He summed up as fol- 

 lows and dismissed them : 



This String of Wampum serves to forbid You, Your Children 

 and Grand Children, to the latest Posterity, from ever meddling 

 in Land Affairs, neither you nor any who shall descend from You, 

 are ever hereafter to presume to sell any Land, for which Purpose 

 you are to Preserve this string in Memory of what your Uncles 

 have this Day given You in Charge. We have some other Busi- 

 ness to transact with our Brethren, and therefore depart the Coun- 

 cil and consider what has been said to you. 



The Delawares left the council as ordered, and it soon con- 

 cluded. Weiser conducted the large Iroquois delegation to his 

 house in Tulpehocken, where Count Zinzendorf had an inter- 

 esting meeting with the chiefs. He was much impressed b}^ 

 them and received a string of wampum inviting him to Onondaga. 



There was a good deal of negotiation about the encounter in 

 Virginia, but at last all was ready for a final settlement. Shi- 

 kellimy and Saghsidowa were sent to Onondaga in April 1743 

 and were told that a way there had been cleared for the former 

 and Weiser. One of those killed was a cousin of Shikellimy and 

 he was condoled. The Six Nations sent a message about the 

 Juniata lands, but none to the governor of Virginia, because he 

 had not washed off the blood and taken the hatchet out of their 

 head. If he would do this, they would talk to him. He readily 

 consented if Weiser would do what was necessary. The deputies 

 set out in company with John Bartram, the naturalist, and Lewis 

 Evans, the geographer, reaching Onondaga July 21. Both Bar- 

 tram and Weiser wrote full accounts, according to their per- 

 sonal tastes, and Evans made a map of the route. The trip was 

 highly satisfactory, and arrangements were made for another 

 council at Lancaster Pa. Tochanuntie, or the Black Prince, 

 and Canassatego were prominent in these affairs. 



That year it was reported from Detroit that 600 Senecas, Onon- 

 dagas and other Iroquois had settled at the mouth of White 

 river and were friendly to the French, 



