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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  at 
  all. 
  . 
  . 
  All 
  the 
  World 
  Knows 
  we 
  conquered 
  the 
  Several 
  

   Nations 
  living 
  on 
  Sasquehannah, 
  Cohongoronton 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   Back 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Mountains 
  in 
  Virginia. 
  The- 
  Conoy-uch-such- 
  

   roona, 
  Coch-nan-was-roona, 
  Tokoa-irough-roona, 
  and 
  Con-nut- 
  

   skirrough-roonaw, 
  feel 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  Our 
  Conquests, 
  being 
  now 
  

   a 
  Part 
  of 
  our 
  Nations, 
  and 
  their 
  Lands 
  at 
  our 
  Disposal. 
  

  

  Neither 
  Maryland 
  nor 
  Virginia 
  admitted 
  their 
  rights, 
  but 
  both 
  

   satisfied 
  them, 
  and 
  presents 
  and 
  deeds 
  were 
  exchanged. 
  The 
  

   shrewd 
  Iroquois 
  went 
  home 
  feeling 
  their 
  power. 
  There 
  were 
  

   strong 
  French 
  and 
  English 
  parties 
  among 
  them 
  ; 
  and, 
  if 
  they 
  

   could 
  remain 
  neutral, 
  both 
  French 
  and 
  English 
  would 
  pay 
  well 
  

   for 
  it. 
  A 
  projected 
  treaty 
  with 
  the 
  Catawbas 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  

   Weiser's 
  hands, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  recommended 
  that 
  he 
  should 
  go 
  to 
  

   Onondaga. 
  

  

  In 
  1744 
  Governor 
  de 
  Beauharnois 
  heard 
  that 
  the 
  English 
  were 
  

   about 
  to 
  settle 
  on 
  Wood 
  creek, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  sent 
  an 
  alarm 
  

   to 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  Four 
  villages 
  of 
  the 
  Canadian 
  Mahicans, 
  or 
  

   Loups, 
  had 
  gone 
  to 
  the 
  Senecas, 
  and 
  Joncaire 
  would 
  report 
  what 
  

   it 
  meant. 
  He 
  was 
  called 
  Nitachinon, 
  and 
  much 
  was 
  expected 
  

   from 
  his 
  influence. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  warned 
  him 
  to 
  pass 
  Oswego 
  

   only 
  at 
  night, 
  for 
  the 
  English 
  had 
  orders 
  to 
  take 
  him, 
  dead 
  or 
  

   alive. 
  

  

  Governor 
  Clinton 
  had 
  an 
  Indian 
  council, 
  June 
  18, 
  1744. 
  War 
  

   had 
  been 
  declared, 
  and 
  troops 
  and 
  cannon 
  sent 
  to 
  Oswego. 
  The 
  

   Iroquois 
  would 
  be 
  ready, 
  but 
  would 
  not 
  strike 
  the 
  first 
  blow 
  or 
  

   seize 
  the 
  French 
  among 
  them. 
  They 
  thought 
  this 
  wrong. 
  

  

  Jan. 
  2, 
  1745, 
  Weiser's 
  son 
  said 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  to 
  Virginia 
  and 
  

   met 
  some 
  Iroquois 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  Catawba 
  war. 
  " 
  One 
  of 
  

   Shickelmy's 
  Sons, 
  to 
  wit, 
  Unhappy 
  Jake, 
  had 
  been 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  

   Catawbas, 
  with 
  five 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations." 
  The 
  chief 
  was 
  

   condoled, 
  and 
  Weiser 
  was 
  willing 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  about 
  this, 
  

   but 
  doubted 
  Catawba 
  sincerity. 
  He 
  said: 
  

  

  The 
  Catawbaws 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  Broud 
  people, 
  and 
  

   have 
  at 
  several 
  treatys 
  they 
  had 
  with 
  the 
  Cherokees 
  used 
  high 
  

   Expressions, 
  and 
  thought 
  themself 
  stout 
  warriors 
  for 
  having 
  

   deceived 
  Garontowano 
  (the 
  Captain 
  of 
  the 
  Company 
  that 
  was 
  

   so 
  treacherously 
  killed) 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  If 
  that 
  one 
  article 
  is 
  true 
  with 
  

  

  