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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  suade 
  them 
  to 
  return 
  to 
  Pennsylvania. 
  Their 
  speaker 
  was 
  Sago- 
  

   handechty, 
  a 
  Seneca 
  chief 
  of 
  high 
  reputation, 
  who 
  spoke 
  in 
  a 
  

   way 
  resented 
  by 
  the 
  Shawnees, 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  killed 
  by 
  them 
  after 
  

   the 
  other 
  deputies 
  had 
  returned. 
  

  

  A 
  council 
  with 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  held 
  at 
  Stenton 
  near 
  Phila- 
  

   delphia 
  in 
  1736, 
  was 
  largely 
  attended, 
  because 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  

   Onondaga 
  council 
  had 
  resolved 
  to 
  settle 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  land 
  

   question. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  smallpox 
  in 
  Philadelphia, 
  the 
  confer- 
  

   ence 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  the 
  governor's 
  house 
  at 
  Stenton. 
  There 
  were 
  

   100 
  Iroquois 
  present, 
  18 
  being 
  chiefs. 
  Pennsylvania 
  had 
  pur- 
  

   chased 
  lands 
  of 
  the 
  Delawares; 
  but 
  Governor 
  Dongan 
  had 
  a 
  

   deed 
  of 
  trust 
  from 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  whose 
  claims 
  were 
  allowed, 
  and 
  

   they 
  were 
  paid 
  accordingly. 
  When 
  the 
  leading 
  chiefs 
  were 
  gone, 
  

   some 
  drunken 
  chiefs 
  deeded 
  the 
  lands 
  on 
  the 
  Delaware 
  to 
  the 
  

   whites. 
  Presents 
  to 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  increased 
  and 
  those 
  to 
  

   the 
  Delawares 
  diminished, 
  which 
  the 
  latter 
  did 
  not 
  like. 
  Weiser 
  

   and 
  Shikellimy 
  were 
  now 
  agents 
  for 
  both 
  Iroquois 
  and 
  whites 
  : 
  

  

  Whose 
  Bodies, 
  the 
  Indians 
  said 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  equally 
  divided 
  

   between 
  them 
  & 
  us, 
  we 
  are 
  to 
  have 
  one-half 
  & 
  they 
  the 
  other 
  ; 
  

   that 
  they 
  had 
  found 
  Conrad 
  faithfull 
  and 
  honest; 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  a 
  

   true 
  good 
  Man, 
  & 
  had 
  spoke 
  their 
  Words 
  & 
  our 
  Words, 
  and 
  not 
  

   his 
  own 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  Indians 
  having 
  presented 
  him 
  with 
  a 
  drest 
  

   Skin 
  to 
  make 
  him 
  Shoes, 
  and 
  two 
  deer 
  Skins 
  to 
  keep 
  him 
  warm, 
  

   they 
  said 
  as 
  they 
  had 
  thus 
  taken 
  Care 
  of 
  our 
  friend, 
  they 
  must 
  

   recommend 
  theirs 
  (Shekallamy) 
  to 
  our 
  notice. 
  

  

  The 
  Iroquois 
  now 
  claimed 
  lands 
  in 
  Virginia 
  and 
  Maryland, 
  

   and 
  Pennsylvania 
  supported 
  them. 
  The 
  Shawnees 
  were 
  dis- 
  

   satisfied 
  with 
  the 
  land 
  sales 
  of 
  this 
  year, 
  turned 
  to 
  the 
  French, 
  

   and 
  refused 
  to 
  come 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  Susquehanna, 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  

   asked 
  permission 
  to 
  live 
  45 
  years 
  before. 
  

  

  The 
  fur 
  trade 
  at 
  Niagara 
  and 
  Frontenac 
  had 
  greatly 
  dimin- 
  

   ished 
  because 
  the 
  French 
  were 
  not 
  allowed 
  to 
  sell 
  brandy. 
  Some 
  

   voyageurs 
  were 
  seized 
  and 
  fined 
  by 
  them 
  that 
  year 
  for 
  taking 
  

   furs 
  toward 
  Oswego 
  for 
  better 
  prices. 
  They 
  did 
  as 
  they 
  pleased. 
  

  

  An 
  interesting 
  report 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  1736 
  on 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  

   Canadian 
  Iroquois, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  other 
  nations. 
  It 
  is 
  attributed 
  to 
  

   Joncaire, 
  but 
  more 
  reasonably 
  to 
  Chauvignerie, 
  and 
  its 
  moderate 
  

  

  