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He made a most affecting speech expressing his forgiveness, 

 ending by saying to all present, while extending his arms : 



'' Nor have I any ill-will to any of you, my Brethren the Eng- 

 lish." That manly Spirit of Forgiveness and Reconciliation 

 which Seneca George showed on this Occasion, by his Looks, 

 Gesture, and whole Action, made some of those at the Table cry 

 out as he ran up, holding out his hand to them, " This is Noble," 

 for here his Speech stood in need of no Interpretation. 



Joseph Chew wrote to Johnson about missionary work and 

 settlements among the Six Nations, and said : 



Numbers of the Saints have applied to me. I informed them 

 that I heard the Seneca and Onondaga sachems say none of 

 them should come amongst them, until the Oneidas grew better 

 and reformed their manners. 



In July 1770 Johnson had a great Indian congress at German 

 Flats. It was a time of very great scarcity, caterpillars having 

 devoured the crops, while in the Indian country many fields were 

 entirely ruined. There were other adverse circumstances, for 

 farther south the whites still wantonly killed Indians and made 

 trouble in many ways. Some Algonquins came to this congress 

 and told him that seven canoes of Ojibwas were at Oswego, on 

 their way. 



The Bunt and the Onondaga speaker waited on Sir William 

 and told him that Diaquanda, their head warrior, had refused to 

 attend to business and had encamped with another nation. As 

 he was the particular friend of Johnson, the latter soon persuaded 

 him to do better. During the treaty 2320 Indians were present, 

 and it was difficult to feed all these in a time of dearth. The 

 Cherokees sent seven deputies, desiring peace, and Johnson urged 

 this, but most of the Iroquois wished for war. Yet they con- 

 sented to make no war on the southern Indians unless they were 

 troublesome. The Mohawks said they were now Christians and 

 had a church, but were neglected, having no minister. All the 

 nations said Yo-hah to the covenant chain, and the council broke 

 up pleasantly, several private conferences following. That year 

 the Rev. John Stuart took charge of the Mohawk mission and 

 was thorough and successful, living on the spot. 



