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Sep. 19 their message was formally delivered to the four Cher- 

 okees, who were seated in four chairs. Johnson lighted the calu- 

 met, took a whiff or two and passed it to the Cherokees, who did 

 the same. The gentlemen present smoked and then the Iroquois 

 who were there. The tobacco from whence it was filled was 

 then put in a bag to be carried home by the Cherokees with the 

 calumet. The Belt, a Seneca chief, then delivered the message 

 of the Six Nations, with a very large white belt furnished by 

 Johnson. Seneca George would return with them as far as 

 Philadelphia and farther if his shoes held out. 



Not being relieved by General Webb, Fort William Henry 

 surrendered Aug. 29, after a six days' siege, and the Indians 

 robbed and stripped many after the capitulation, even killing 

 some. Montcalm had 363 Canadian Iroquois with him at this 

 time, and this loss cooled the zeal of the Six Nations for the 

 English. Though neutrality was promised, some Senecas and 

 Cayugas shared in hostilities in Pennsylvania, and Governor de 

 Vaudreuil reported that he had 20 parties of Senecas and Cay- 

 ugas in the field against the Catawbas and English. There were 

 always some whom the chiefs could not control. 



A Mohawk chief, who went with George Croghan to Penn- 

 sylvania in June, brightened the friendly chain between the Cher- 

 okees and Six Nations in the presence of Col. George Washing- 

 ton. Both would hold to the English, and three Cherokees were 

 deputed to go to the Six Nations. On their way they stopped 

 at Easton, where there was a council with the Delawares and 

 Senecas, and were told that the grand council, which sat for two 

 months at Onondaga, had broken up, having determined to hold 

 to the English. The Delawares and Shawnees in Ohio had 

 trouble with the French and were also likely to take the same side. 



The Easton council was held in July and August. In the latter 

 month Teedyuscung concluded a peace on behalf of 10 nations. 

 He said he was formerly represented as a woman by his uncles, 

 the Six Nations, but they gave him a good pipe and good tobacco, 

 and he gave these to the English. In response. Governor Morris 

 gave him a very large belt with significant letters and figures. 



