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roras, 158 Mohawks, 203 Onondagas, 60 Oneidas, 126 Senecas, 

 and 15 Oswegatchies. But 706 actually embarked. 



In 1760 Archbishop Seeker spoke of the Rev. Henry Barclay 

 as the son of a missionary to the Indians of New York, saying 

 that he was appointed by the S. P. G. a Alohawk catechist in 

 I735> ordained a priest in 1737 and settled as missionary there, 

 learning the Mohawk tongue and preaching to them successfully. 

 He was said to have formed a congregation of 500, with 61 wor- 

 thy communicants, continuing there till 1745, when the attacks 

 of the French Indians obliged him to leave. 



Peace having come, the Honorable Scotch Commissioners, in 

 and near Boston, in 1761 conceived the idea of educating Indian 

 youths from a distance. They sent an Indian, David Powder, 

 who was going on a mission to the Oneidas, to select some, and 

 he brouglit three young Mohawks, one of whom was Joseph 

 Brant. In November Samuel Kirkland, afterward the noted 

 missionary, visited Johnson, who approved his plan of learning 

 the Mohawk language. 



There was a council at Easton Aug. 3, 1761, with Onondagas, 

 Oneidas, Cayugas and their allies, Seneca George of Otsiningo 

 being the principal speaker. Conrad Weiser was dead, and they 

 chose his son Samuel as his successor. A Conoy chief, called 

 Last Night, said : 



I would acquaint You that the Chief of the Mohickons & Opies 

 have settled with the Six Nations at a place called Chenango, 

 wdiere you may always find them if you should have occasion to 

 speak to them. 



In 1762 there were meetings about surrendering prisoners. 

 Some of the Iroquois had been hostile to the English in the Dela- 

 ware war, but at last a full treaty of peace was made. There 

 was a conference at Philadelphia Mar. 30, with 21 Cayugas, who 

 reported a council held at Onondaga about these prisoners, but 

 the Senecas were dilatory. A general council met at Lancaster 

 in August, and 17 English prisoners were returned. There would 

 have been more, but some hi^d been claimed and given up on the 



