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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  He 
  persuaded 
  the 
  Assembly 
  to 
  fortify 
  Oswego 
  and 
  to 
  give 
  £100 
  

   to 
  feed 
  the 
  Indians, 
  who 
  were 
  in 
  great 
  want 
  from 
  the 
  length 
  

   and 
  severity 
  of 
  the 
  winter. 
  He 
  also 
  effected 
  a 
  treaty 
  of 
  peace 
  

   between 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  and 
  the 
  Caughnawagas, 
  or 
  Praying 
  

   Indians, 
  at 
  Montreal. 
  

  

  The 
  Cherokees 
  and 
  Catawbas 
  of 
  Carolina 
  gladly 
  accepted 
  the 
  

   peace 
  offered 
  by 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations. 
  The 
  former 
  sent 
  them 
  some 
  

   beads, 
  a 
  pipe, 
  an 
  eagle's 
  tail, 
  and 
  a 
  white 
  flag 
  they 
  had 
  taken 
  

   from 
  the 
  French. 
  The 
  Catawbas 
  sent 
  a 
  belt 
  of 
  wampum 
  and 
  

   calumet, 
  with 
  some 
  tobacco, 
  as 
  tokens 
  of 
  acceptance. 
  The 
  Iro- 
  

   quois 
  belt 
  would 
  be 
  kept 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Cherokee 
  towns. 
  The 
  

   Creeks 
  also 
  desired 
  a 
  treaty 
  of 
  peace. 
  Some 
  Cayugas 
  came 
  to 
  

   Philadelphia 
  about 
  payment 
  for 
  lands, 
  but 
  no 
  council 
  was 
  held, 
  

   as 
  no 
  others 
  came. 
  

  

  Clarke 
  held 
  a 
  council 
  with 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  in 
  June 
  1742. 
  He 
  

   was 
  sorry 
  they 
  had 
  forgotten 
  their 
  old 
  way 
  of 
  living 
  in 
  castles, 
  

   but 
  some 
  had 
  promised 
  to 
  rebuild 
  them 
  and 
  be 
  no 
  longer 
  scat- 
  

   tered. 
  A 
  Cherokee 
  deputy 
  had 
  been 
  to 
  the 
  Senecas, 
  and 
  the 
  way 
  

   was 
  now 
  clear. 
  The 
  nations 
  to 
  be 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  cove- 
  

   nant 
  were 
  the 
  Catawbas, 
  Cherokees, 
  Creeks, 
  Chickasaws 
  and 
  

   Choctaws. 
  He 
  did 
  not 
  think 
  a 
  settlement 
  at 
  Irondequoit 
  expedi- 
  

   ent 
  yet, 
  as 
  people 
  feared 
  a 
  French 
  war. 
  

  

  The 
  Onondagas 
  and 
  Senecas 
  went 
  to 
  see 
  Governor 
  de 
  Beau- 
  

   harnois 
  in 
  July 
  1742, 
  and 
  Onowaragon, 
  a 
  great 
  Onondaga 
  sachem, 
  

   spoke. 
  The 
  Senecas 
  also 
  asked 
  that 
  Laforge's 
  son 
  might 
  be 
  their 
  

   smith 
  and 
  forbidden 
  to 
  be 
  rude. 
  Privately 
  they 
  said 
  the 
  Onon- 
  

   dagas, 
  on 
  their 
  way 
  home, 
  took 
  down 
  the 
  French 
  flag 
  when 
  they 
  

   came 
  near 
  Oswego 
  and 
  raised 
  the 
  English. 
  The 
  Senecas 
  had 
  

   minds 
  of 
  their 
  own, 
  carrying 
  the 
  French 
  flag 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  Eng- 
  

   lish, 
  but 
  used 
  it 
  so 
  much 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  worn 
  out, 
  and 
  they 
  wanted 
  

   another. 
  

  

  Beauharnois 
  said 
  that 
  young 
  Joncaire 
  might 
  still 
  live 
  with 
  the 
  

   Senecas 
  and 
  young 
  Laforge 
  might 
  be 
  their 
  smith. 
  They 
  had 
  

   done 
  well 
  with 
  the 
  flag 
  and 
  he 
  would 
  have 
  reproved 
  the 
  Onon- 
  

   dagas 
  had 
  he 
  known 
  this 
  sooner. 
  

  

  