﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  287 
  

  

  dressed 
  and 
  painted, 
  as 
  is 
  usual 
  with 
  them 
  when 
  they 
  set 
  out 
  "in 
  

   War. 
  The 
  Indians 
  saluted 
  the 
  Governor 
  as 
  they 
  passed 
  the 
  Fort, 
  

   by 
  a 
  running 
  lire 
  ; 
  which 
  his 
  Excellency 
  ordered 
  to 
  be 
  answered 
  

   by 
  a 
  Discharge 
  of 
  some 
  Cannon 
  from 
  the 
  Fort. 
  

  

  Through 
  Johnson's 
  influence 
  the 
  Mississagas 
  and 
  Six 
  Nations 
  

  

  threw 
  down 
  the 
  war 
  belt 
  and 
  declared 
  war 
  against 
  the 
  French 
  

  

  at 
  this 
  council, 
  in 
  which 
  Massachusetts 
  united 
  with 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  Colden 
  presided. 
  The 
  official 
  interpreter 
  was 
  ill, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  

  

  thought 
  best 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  chief 
  give 
  the 
  address 
  to 
  the 
  Indians. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  choice 
  a 
  modern 
  division 
  appears 
  : 
  

  

  At 
  first 
  a 
  Mohawk 
  Sachem 
  was 
  pitched 
  upon 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  Sachems 
  

   themselves 
  told 
  us, 
  That 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  past 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  Party- 
  

   Division 
  among 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  had 
  subsisted 
  : 
  That 
  the 
  Mo- 
  

   hawks, 
  Onondages, 
  and 
  Senekas 
  form'd 
  one 
  Party 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  

   Oneydoes, 
  Tuscaroras, 
  and 
  Cayugas, 
  the 
  other 
  : 
  That, 
  as 
  the 
  

   Mohawks 
  might 
  be 
  suspected 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  partial 
  to 
  the 
  English, 
  

   it 
  would 
  be 
  of 
  more 
  Use 
  to 
  employ 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  Party 
  ; 
  and 
  

   an 
  Oneydo 
  Sachem 
  was 
  proposed 
  for 
  that 
  Purpose. 
  

  

  Colden, 
  who 
  made 
  the 
  above 
  note, 
  saw 
  the 
  war 
  dance 
  at 
  this 
  

   time, 
  and 
  thus 
  described 
  it 
  : 
  

  

  They 
  were 
  painted 
  as 
  when 
  they 
  go 
  to 
  War. 
  The 
  Dance 
  is 
  a 
  

   slow 
  and 
  solemn 
  Motion, 
  accompanied 
  with 
  a 
  pathetick 
  Song. 
  

   The 
  Indians 
  in 
  their 
  Turns 
  perform 
  this 
  singly, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  easy 
  

   to 
  describe 
  the 
  Particularities 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  Sep. 
  26 
  the 
  Oquaga 
  Indians 
  marched 
  in 
  in 
  single 
  file, 
  firing 
  as 
  

   they 
  passed 
  the 
  fort 
  and 
  receiving 
  a 
  salute 
  from 
  the 
  cannon. 
  

   They 
  said 
  they 
  would 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  war, 
  but 
  were 
  late 
  in 
  getting 
  the 
  

   summons. 
  It 
  was 
  reported 
  that 
  Weiser 
  would 
  bring 
  some 
  from 
  

   the 
  Susquehanna, 
  but 
  no 
  others 
  came. 
  At 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  Missis- 
  

   sagas 
  were 
  called 
  a 
  seventh 
  nation, 
  living 
  north 
  of 
  Lake 
  Erie, 
  

   but 
  nothing 
  came, 
  of 
  this. 
  

  

  Smallpox 
  was 
  quite 
  fatal, 
  and 
  this 
  stopped 
  some 
  of 
  Johnson's 
  

   parties 
  : 
  

  

  While 
  he 
  was 
  pressing 
  them 
  to 
  this 
  Purpose, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   Sachems 
  who 
  had 
  promised 
  to 
  head 
  a 
  Party 
  from 
  the 
  Canajohary 
  

   Castle, 
  said, 
  You 
  seem 
  to 
  think 
  that 
  we 
  are 
  Brutes, 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  

   no 
  Sense 
  of 
  the 
  Loss 
  of 
  our 
  dearest 
  Relations, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  

   the 
  bravest 
  Men 
  we 
  had 
  in 
  our 
  Nation 
  : 
  You 
  must 
  allow 
  us 
  Time 
  

   to 
  bewail 
  our 
  Misfortune. 
  

  

  