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he destroyed all the forts at the carrying-place and marched back, 

 disgusting his Indian allies, who said it looked like giving up, 

 so needless was this. The Onondagas proved their character 

 as " men of business " by securing some of the provisions left 

 at Oswego, and heard that 100 of the English were massacred 

 there by drunken Indians. Johnson sent out many parties that 

 year, and reported various conferences of moderate importance. 



In the Easton council in Pennsylvania, July 28, 1756, the 

 Delaware chief, Teedyuscung, said he had been made king over 

 five united nations, and represented the Iroquois also. The 

 latter afterward denied this emphatically. Major Parsons thus 

 described him : " He is a lusty raw bon'd Man, haughty, and 

 very desirous of Respect and Commendation ; he can drink three 

 Quarts or a Gallon of Rum a day, without being Drunk." 



The Cherokees and other southern nations joined the English, 

 and both the Iroquois and Delawares said they would never fight 

 on the same side with them. Another council followed at Easton 

 in October, and peace was made. During these troubles Shi- 

 kellimy's three sons found refuge with the Delawares. 



In July 1756 some Cayugas and Senecas were at Niagara and 

 said they would remain neutral, but part went against the Eng- 

 lish at Oswego and elsewhere. Chauvignerie formed a band of 

 29 Cayugas, Onondagas and Senecas against the English on the 

 Ohio, and the latter were afterward publicly thanked for killing 

 many English there. These Indians may have been emigrants. 



The Onondagas and Oneidas sent 80 deputies to Montreal in 

 July, and they were kept till after the surrender of Oswego in 

 August. Governor de Vaudreuil said that Johnson would thus 

 be deprived of expected aid. The news was announced to them 

 Aug. 20, when there were 150 Iroquois there, and they naturally 

 and rather warmly congratulated the victors. 



Some Onondagas and Cayugas came to Montreal late in 

 November 1756 and had an audience on the 30th. They noticed 

 that some usual ceremonies were omitted, for, when the Five 

 Nations came, it was customary to send an interpreter with 

 wampum to meet them and to salute them with five guns. Others 



