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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  eloquence 
  in 
  persuading 
  these 
  savages 
  to 
  take 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  war, 
  yet 
  

   the 
  characteristic 
  cunning 
  of 
  that 
  people 
  was 
  proof 
  against 
  all 
  

   these 
  arts. 
  

  

  Three 
  white 
  men 
  wintered 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  about 
  this 
  time, 
  and 
  

   a 
  fatal 
  epidemic 
  troubled 
  the 
  Senecas. 
  The 
  Abbe 
  Picquet 
  and 
  

   his 
  warriors 
  were 
  at 
  the 
  attack 
  on 
  Fort 
  Saratoga, 
  which 
  was 
  

   destroyed 
  in 
  November. 
  

  

  Governor 
  de 
  Beauharnois 
  held 
  a 
  council 
  with 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  in 
  

   July 
  and 
  was 
  told 
  that 
  they 
  carried 
  the 
  French 
  flag 
  past 
  

   Oswego 
  on 
  their 
  return 
  and 
  would 
  remain 
  neutral. 
  It 
  was 
  hard 
  

   for 
  all 
  to 
  do 
  this, 
  with 
  their 
  opportunities, 
  for 
  the 
  regular 
  offer 
  

   was 
  £10 
  for 
  scalps 
  of 
  males 
  over 
  16 
  years 
  old, 
  £5 
  for 
  those 
  under 
  

   that, 
  and 
  double 
  these 
  rates 
  for 
  prisoners. 
  So 
  some 
  went 
  to 
  war, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Mississagas 
  joined 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  in 
  this. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  war, 
  in 
  1746, 
  the 
  French 
  Indians 
  often 
  came 
  near 
  

   and 
  even 
  into 
  Albany. 
  Pennsylvania 
  and 
  Connecticut 
  refused 
  

   to 
  help 
  procure 
  Iroquois 
  aid. 
  All 
  was 
  gloomy, 
  but 
  a 
  new 
  light 
  

   appeared. 
  William 
  Johnson 
  had 
  been 
  made 
  colonel 
  of 
  the 
  Mo- 
  

   hawks 
  and 
  made 
  himself 
  felt. 
  Colden 
  said 
  of 
  him 
  : 
  

  

  Mr 
  William 
  Johnson 
  was 
  indefatigable 
  among 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  ; 
  

   he 
  dressed 
  himself 
  after 
  the 
  Indian 
  Manner, 
  and 
  made 
  frequent 
  

   Dances, 
  according 
  to 
  their 
  Custom 
  when 
  they' 
  excite 
  to 
  War, 
  

   and 
  used 
  all 
  the 
  Means 
  he 
  could 
  think 
  of, 
  at 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   Expence. 
  . 
  . 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  engage 
  them 
  heartily 
  in 
  the 
  War 
  

   against 
  Canada. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  chiefs 
  would 
  not 
  join, 
  as 
  the 
  war 
  was 
  not 
  in 
  their 
  

  

  interests, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  nations 
  agreed 
  with 
  them. 
  The 
  young 
  

  

  Mohawks 
  favored 
  war. 
  Governor 
  Clinton 
  called 
  a 
  council 
  in 
  

  

  August, 
  and 
  the 
  difference 
  of 
  opinion 
  was 
  curiously 
  marked. 
  

  

  Colden 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  These 
  Disputes, 
  however, 
  continued 
  so 
  far, 
  that 
  the 
  Mohawks, 
  

   and 
  the 
  other 
  Five 
  Nations, 
  could 
  not 
  go 
  in 
  Company 
  to 
  Albany 
  ; 
  

   the 
  Mohawks 
  marched 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  River, 
  while 
  the 
  other 
  

   Nations 
  went 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side. 
  [There 
  are 
  two 
  Roads 
  from 
  the 
  

   Mohawks 
  Castle 
  to 
  Schenectada. 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  

   River.] 
  When 
  the 
  Indians 
  came 
  near 
  the 
  Town 
  of 
  Albany, 
  on 
  

   the 
  8th 
  of 
  August, 
  Mr 
  Johnson 
  put 
  himself 
  at 
  the 
  Head 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mohawks, 
  dressed 
  and 
  painted 
  after 
  the 
  Manner 
  of 
  an 
  Indian 
  

   War-Captain 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  Indians 
  who 
  followed 
  him, 
  were 
  likewise 
  

  

  