﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
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  The 
  Senecas 
  still 
  sent 
  parties 
  against 
  the 
  Catawbas 
  or 
  Flat- 
  

   heads. 
  The 
  Shawnees 
  proposed 
  moving 
  to 
  the 
  prairie 
  of 
  the 
  

   Maskoutins, 
  but 
  this 
  was 
  the 
  wish 
  of 
  the 
  French, 
  and 
  the 
  Iro- 
  

   quois 
  must 
  not 
  be 
  displeased. 
  An 
  exaggerated 
  account 
  of 
  a 
  

   collision 
  between 
  the 
  latter 
  and 
  the 
  Virginians 
  reached 
  Beau- 
  

   harnois, 
  and 
  he 
  tried 
  to 
  cause 
  a 
  rupture 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  this. 
  The 
  

   Onondagas 
  did 
  not 
  respond 
  or 
  accept 
  his 
  presents, 
  and 
  his 
  

   attempt 
  failed. 
  In 
  this 
  skirmish 
  some 
  were 
  killed, 
  and 
  there 
  

   were 
  long 
  deliberations 
  on 
  it. 
  

  

  There 
  was 
  a 
  great 
  council 
  in 
  Philadelphia 
  that 
  year; 
  and, 
  

   while 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  hospitably 
  received, 
  the 
  Delawares 
  were 
  

   notified 
  that 
  they 
  might 
  attend, 
  but 
  at 
  their 
  own 
  expense. 
  The 
  

   Onondaga 
  Canassatego 
  was 
  speaker 
  and 
  spoke 
  thus 
  of 
  Weiser, 
  or 
  

   Tarachawagon 
  : 
  

  

  When 
  we 
  adopted 
  him 
  we 
  divided 
  him 
  into 
  two 
  equal 
  Parts; 
  

   one 
  we 
  kept 
  for 
  ourselves, 
  and 
  one 
  we 
  left 
  for 
  You. 
  He 
  has 
  had 
  

   a 
  great 
  Deal 
  of 
  Trouble 
  with 
  Us, 
  wore 
  out 
  his 
  Shoes 
  in 
  our 
  Mes- 
  

   sages, 
  and 
  dirty'd 
  his 
  Clothes 
  by 
  living 
  amongst 
  Us, 
  so 
  that 
  he 
  

   is 
  as 
  nasty 
  as 
  an 
  Indian. 
  

  

  They 
  gave 
  him 
  a 
  present 
  with 
  which 
  to 
  buy 
  new 
  clothes 
  and 
  

   asked 
  the 
  governor 
  to 
  be 
  equally 
  generous. 
  The 
  Senecas 
  did 
  not 
  

   come 
  to 
  this 
  council 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  famine 
  among 
  them. 
  One 
  

   man, 
  it 
  was 
  said, 
  had 
  killed 
  and 
  eaten 
  his 
  own 
  children. 
  They 
  

   thought 
  the 
  goods 
  received 
  for 
  the 
  lands 
  insufficient. 
  Canas- 
  

   satego 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  We 
  therefore 
  desire, 
  if 
  you 
  have 
  the 
  Keys 
  of 
  the 
  Proprietor's 
  

   Chest, 
  you 
  will 
  open 
  it, 
  and 
  take 
  out 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  for 
  us. 
  We 
  

   know 
  our 
  Lands 
  are 
  now 
  become 
  more 
  valuable 
  ; 
  the 
  white 
  

   People 
  think 
  we 
  don't 
  know 
  their 
  Value, 
  but 
  we 
  are 
  sensible 
  

   that 
  Land 
  is 
  Everlasting, 
  and 
  the 
  few 
  Goods 
  we 
  receive 
  for 
  it 
  

   are 
  soon 
  Worn 
  out 
  and 
  Gone. 
  

  

  The 
  chief 
  had 
  examined 
  the 
  Delaware 
  deeds, 
  given 
  50 
  years 
  

   before, 
  and 
  said 
  the 
  Delawares 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  head 
  

   and 
  shaken 
  severely. 
  Onas 
  was 
  right, 
  and 
  he 
  said 
  to 
  them: 
  

   " 
  How 
  came 
  you 
  to 
  take 
  upon 
  you 
  to 
  sell 
  land 
  at 
  all? 
  We 
  con- 
  

   quer'd 
  You, 
  we 
  made 
  Women 
  of 
  you, 
  you 
  know 
  you 
  are 
  Women, 
  

   and 
  can 
  no 
  more 
  sell 
  Land 
  than 
  Women." 
  After 
  other 
  reproofs 
  

  

  