﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
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  dole 
  those 
  who 
  had 
  died 
  from 
  smallpox. 
  He 
  wished 
  to 
  make 
  

   peace 
  and 
  gave 
  a 
  belt 
  6 
  inches 
  broad 
  and 
  7 
  feet 
  long. 
  They 
  told 
  

   him 
  they 
  had 
  taken 
  up 
  the 
  English 
  hatchet 
  against 
  the 
  French, 
  

   and 
  he 
  went 
  off. 
  There 
  was 
  an 
  invasion 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Mon- 
  

   treal 
  in 
  June, 
  by 
  a 
  canoe 
  party 
  of 
  English, 
  Mohawks 
  and 
  Sen- 
  

   ecas. 
  Hendrick, 
  here 
  called 
  Theianoguen, 
  or 
  White 
  Head, 
  led 
  

   the 
  party, 
  of 
  whom 
  16 
  were 
  captured. 
  It 
  was 
  reassuring 
  to 
  the 
  

   French 
  to 
  know 
  that 
  the 
  Indians 
  of 
  the 
  Sault 
  went 
  against 
  the 
  

   enemy. 
  The 
  Mohawks 
  killed 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  French, 
  and 
  opinions 
  

   were 
  divided 
  on 
  the 
  neutrality 
  of 
  the 
  rest. 
  July 
  23 
  a 
  party 
  of 
  61 
  

   Iroquois 
  deputies 
  came 
  to 
  Quebec 
  and 
  were 
  there 
  till 
  Sep. 
  24. 
  

   They 
  were 
  kindly 
  received, 
  but 
  did 
  nothing. 
  Some 
  Senecas 
  

   expected 
  did 
  not 
  come. 
  

  

  Shikellimy 
  reported 
  a 
  council 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  that 
  year, 
  whence 
  

   messengers 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  Albany 
  and 
  Canada. 
  Weiser 
  

   met 
  11 
  Onondagas 
  in 
  Pennsylvania, 
  returning 
  from 
  the 
  Catawba 
  

   war. 
  There 
  had 
  been 
  14 
  Cayugas 
  with 
  them, 
  of 
  whom 
  five 
  were 
  

   killed. 
  Weiser 
  found 
  Shikellimy 
  and 
  his 
  family 
  sick 
  and 
  some 
  

   had 
  died. 
  He 
  gave 
  them 
  medicine 
  with 
  good 
  results, 
  but 
  the 
  

   chief 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  pitiable 
  state, 
  and 
  Weiser 
  asked 
  aid 
  for 
  him 
  because 
  

   of 
  past 
  services. 
  This 
  was 
  given 
  and 
  he 
  recovered. 
  

  

  Some 
  Iroquois 
  warriors 
  came 
  to 
  Philadelphia 
  from 
  Ohio. 
  

   The 
  old 
  chiefs 
  wanted 
  peace 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  men 
  war. 
  They 
  

   needed 
  arms 
  for 
  this 
  and 
  wondered 
  that 
  the 
  English 
  showed 
  so 
  

   little 
  energy. 
  

  

  At 
  last 
  the 
  Young 
  Indians, 
  the 
  Warriors 
  & 
  Captains 
  consulted 
  

   together 
  & 
  resolved 
  to 
  take 
  up 
  the 
  English 
  Hatchet 
  against 
  the 
  

   will 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  People, 
  and 
  to 
  lay 
  their 
  old 
  People 
  aside 
  as 
  of 
  no 
  

   use 
  but 
  in 
  time 
  of 
  Peace. 
  

  

  In 
  March 
  1748 
  some 
  Mohawks 
  were 
  killed 
  near 
  Johnson's 
  

   house, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  angry, 
  saying 
  that 
  the 
  English 
  got 
  them 
  

   into 
  a 
  war 
  and 
  then 
  did 
  not 
  help 
  them, 
  Shirley's 
  expedition 
  

   being 
  given 
  up. 
  

  

  Governor 
  Clinton 
  had 
  a 
  conference 
  with 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  and 
  their 
  

   allies 
  in 
  July. 
  He 
  wished 
  them 
  to 
  keep 
  their 
  young 
  men 
  from 
  

   the 
  Catawba 
  war. 
  Colonel 
  Johnson 
  had 
  been 
  to 
  Onondaga, 
  and 
  

  

  