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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Many 
  of 
  the 
  Canadian 
  Iroquois 
  went 
  against 
  the 
  English, 
  and 
  

   the 
  governor 
  held 
  a 
  council 
  with 
  34 
  New 
  York 
  Iroquois 
  June 
  

   30, 
  1746. 
  

  

  In 
  1747 
  an 
  Indian 
  party 
  under 
  Walter 
  Butler, 
  killed 
  some 
  

   French 
  near 
  Crown 
  Point, 
  but 
  had 
  time 
  to 
  take 
  only 
  six 
  of 
  their 
  

   scalps. 
  Other 
  parties, 
  in 
  Canada 
  and 
  elsewhere, 
  brought 
  in 
  

   scalps 
  and 
  prisoners. 
  The 
  Six 
  Nations 
  promised 
  Johnson 
  to 
  

   get 
  out 
  all 
  the 
  men 
  they 
  could 
  against 
  the 
  French. 
  Besides 
  two 
  

   bands 
  containing 
  119 
  men, 
  he 
  had 
  seven 
  other 
  parties 
  out. 
  He 
  

   desired 
  a 
  law 
  against 
  selling 
  liquor 
  to 
  the 
  Mohawks, 
  and 
  spoke 
  

   of 
  two 
  " 
  grand 
  villains 
  " 
  who 
  were 
  nuisances 
  in 
  this 
  way. 
  

  

  Governor 
  Clinton 
  talked 
  with 
  some 
  Mohawks 
  in 
  July. 
  They 
  

   had 
  been 
  scouting 
  and 
  wished 
  their 
  brethren 
  fortified 
  at 
  Cana- 
  

   joharie. 
  He 
  gave 
  Johnson 
  orders 
  for 
  this. 
  The 
  latter 
  had 
  a 
  

   talk 
  with 
  some 
  Oquaga 
  Indians 
  and 
  hoped 
  to 
  stop 
  the 
  war 
  with 
  

   the 
  Flatheads. 
  The 
  Tionontaties 
  and 
  Ottawas 
  were 
  ready 
  to 
  

   fight 
  against 
  the 
  French, 
  and 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  thought 
  they 
  

   could 
  destroy 
  Canada 
  alone 
  if 
  Crown 
  Point 
  were 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  way. 
  

   He 
  could 
  get 
  nothing 
  to 
  Oswego 
  by 
  the 
  river, 
  as 
  scalping 
  had 
  

   commenced 
  there. 
  If 
  he 
  had 
  supplies, 
  he 
  could 
  bring 
  1000 
  Indians 
  

   into 
  the 
  field 
  in 
  six 
  weeks. 
  The 
  great 
  Cayuga 
  chief, 
  Ottrawana, 
  

   had 
  informed 
  him 
  by 
  private 
  belts 
  that 
  the 
  western 
  Indians 
  

   wished 
  to 
  destroy 
  Niagara, 
  and 
  they 
  asked 
  leave 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  

   Nations. 
  He 
  sent 
  Lieutenant 
  Visgher 
  to 
  Oswego 
  with 
  goods, 
  

   but 
  it 
  was 
  dangerous 
  work, 
  a 
  strong 
  guard 
  being 
  needed. 
  Some 
  

   Senecas 
  and 
  Flatheads 
  were 
  coming 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  belt, 
  which 
  

   must 
  mean 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  news. 
  Aug. 
  19 
  he 
  heard 
  that 
  500 
  of 
  

   the 
  French 
  had 
  advanced 
  from 
  Crown 
  Point 
  to 
  Lake 
  George, 
  

   where 
  they 
  encamped 
  on 
  an 
  island 
  and 
  sent 
  out 
  parties. 
  He 
  

   proposed 
  going 
  against 
  them 
  with 
  300 
  Indians 
  and 
  as 
  many 
  

   more 
  colonists. 
  Others 
  joined 
  him 
  on 
  the 
  way, 
  but 
  no 
  state- 
  

   ment 
  was 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  result. 
  He 
  wanted 
  plenty 
  of 
  money 
  to 
  

   pay 
  for 
  scalps, 
  as 
  ready 
  pay 
  was 
  expected. 
  He 
  had 
  also 
  secured 
  

   the 
  friendship 
  of 
  a 
  principal 
  Seneca 
  chief 
  and 
  gained 
  that 
  nation 
  

   for 
  the 
  English. 
  

  

  De 
  Chauvignerie 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  from 
  Quebec 
  to 
  con- 
  

  

  