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dole those who had died from smallpox. He wished to make 

 peace and gave a belt 6 inches broad and 7 feet long. They told 

 him they had taken up the English hatchet against the French, 

 and he went off. There was an invasion of the island of Mon- 

 treal in June, by a canoe party of English, Mohawks and Sen- 

 ecas. Hendrick, here called Theianoguen, or White Head, led 

 the party, of whom 16 were captured. It was reassuring to the 

 French to know that the Indians of the Sault went against the 

 enemy. The Mohawks killed many of the French, and opinions 

 were divided on the neutrality of the rest. July 23 a party of 61 

 Iroquois deputies came to Quebec and were there till Sep. 24. 

 They were kindly received, but did nothing. Some Senecas 

 expected did not come. 



Shikellimy reported a council at Onondaga that year, whence 

 messengers were to be sent to Albany and Canada. Weiser 

 met II Onondagas in Pennsylvania, returning from the Catawba 

 war. There had been 14 Cayugas with them, of whom five were 

 killed. Weiser found Shikellimy and his family sick and some 

 had died. He gave them medicine with good results, but the 

 chief was in a pitiable state, and Weiser asked aid for him because 

 of past services. This was given and he recovered. 



Some Iroquois warriors came to Philadelphia from Ohio. 

 The old chiefs wanted peace and the young men war. They 

 needed arms for this and wondered that the English showed so 

 little energy. 



At last the Young Indians, the Warriors & Captains consulted 

 together & resolved to take up the English Hatchet against the 

 will of the old People, and to lay their old People aside as of no 

 use but in time of Peace. 



In March 1748 some Mohawks were killed near Johnson's 

 house, and they were angry, saying that the English got them 

 into a war and then did not help them, Shirley's expedition 

 being given up. 



Governor Clinton had a conference with the Iroquois and their 

 allies in July. He wished them to keep their young men from 

 the Catawba war. Colonel Johnson had been to Onondaga, and 



