﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
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  them, 
  that 
  they 
  will 
  own 
  they 
  treacherously 
  murdered 
  Garonto- 
  

   wano 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  his 
  men, 
  a 
  peace 
  no 
  doubt 
  will 
  be 
  made 
  

   between 
  these 
  poor 
  wretches. 
  

  

  A 
  peculiar 
  party 
  went 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  in 
  May 
  1745. 
  On 
  behalf 
  

   of 
  Pennsylvania 
  went 
  Conrad 
  Weiser, 
  Andrew 
  Montour 
  the 
  half- 
  

   breed, 
  and 
  Shikellimy 
  and 
  his 
  son. 
  Three 
  Moravians 
  also 
  went 
  : 
  

   Spangenberg, 
  Zeisberger 
  and 
  Schebosch. 
  These 
  desired 
  to 
  

   arrange 
  for 
  settling 
  some 
  Indians 
  on 
  the 
  Susquehanna. 
  They 
  

   were 
  on 
  horseback, 
  and 
  the 
  route 
  was 
  essentially 
  that 
  of 
  Bar- 
  

   tram 
  in 
  1743; 
  up 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  to 
  Owego, 
  and 
  then 
  across 
  

   Tioga, 
  Tompkins 
  and 
  Cortland 
  counties 
  to 
  Onondaga, 
  leaving 
  

   Weiser's 
  May 
  19 
  and 
  reaching 
  Onondaga 
  June 
  6. 
  The 
  Six 
  

   Nations 
  were 
  invited 
  to 
  a 
  council 
  at 
  Williamsburg 
  Va., 
  but 
  said 
  

   it 
  was 
  too 
  far. 
  They 
  would 
  go 
  to 
  Philadelphia 
  about 
  the 
  

   Catawba 
  peace. 
  Both 
  embassies 
  were 
  successful, 
  but 
  in 
  neither 
  

   account 
  is 
  there 
  any 
  allusion 
  to 
  the 
  business 
  of 
  the 
  other. 
  From 
  

   this 
  first 
  Moravian 
  visit 
  came 
  others, 
  but 
  no 
  direct 
  missionary 
  

   work 
  was 
  done. 
  The 
  sole 
  efforts 
  were 
  preparatory, 
  in 
  learning 
  

   the 
  language 
  and 
  gaining 
  the 
  confidence 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  Not 
  a 
  

   sermon 
  was 
  preached, 
  not 
  a 
  public 
  service 
  held. 
  

  

  Early 
  in 
  1745 
  the 
  French 
  made 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  believe 
  that 
  

   the 
  English 
  meant 
  to 
  destroy 
  them, 
  and 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  and 
  

   Senecas 
  combined, 
  but 
  were 
  undeceived 
  before 
  the 
  English 
  quite 
  

   lost 
  their 
  friendship. 
  Indian 
  enthusiasm 
  waned. 
  Governor 
  

   Clinton 
  held 
  a 
  council 
  Oct. 
  5, 
  and 
  found 
  that 
  Joncaire 
  had 
  started 
  

   the 
  evil 
  reports. 
  Hendrick 
  made 
  a 
  tiresome 
  speech 
  and 
  there 
  

   were 
  land 
  troubles 
  again. 
  Governor 
  Clinton 
  asked 
  them 
  to 
  take 
  

   up 
  arms 
  for 
  the 
  English, 
  by 
  a 
  large 
  belt, 
  and 
  they 
  said 
  they 
  would 
  

   if 
  the 
  French 
  did 
  not 
  make 
  satisfaction 
  in 
  two 
  months. 
  

  

  The 
  Indians 
  were 
  tempted 
  by 
  an 
  offer 
  of 
  £10 
  for 
  male 
  scalps, 
  

   but 
  did 
  not 
  give 
  way, 
  and 
  the 
  historian, 
  William 
  Smith, 
  said 
  of 
  

   the 
  Albany 
  council 
  : 
  

  

  Although 
  this 
  conference 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  a 
  style 
  of 
  dignity 
  and 
  

   solemnity 
  which 
  has 
  seldom 
  if 
  ever 
  before 
  been 
  witnessed 
  ; 
  

   although 
  men 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  talents 
  and 
  respectability, 
  from 
  four 
  

   different 
  colonies, 
  had 
  united 
  their 
  influence 
  and 
  exerted 
  their 
  

  

  