﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  2()I 
  

  

  soon 
  after 
  sent 
  to 
  Logstown 
  to 
  confer 
  with 
  the 
  Indians 
  there, 
  

   and 
  was 
  shown 
  the 
  numbers 
  of 
  warriors 
  near 
  the 
  Ohio 
  by 
  bun- 
  

   dles 
  of 
  sticks. 
  There 
  were 
  74 
  Mohawks, 
  15 
  Oneidas, 
  35 
  Onon- 
  

   dagas, 
  20 
  Cayugas, 
  and 
  163 
  Senecas 
  among 
  these; 
  not 
  half 
  of 
  

   what 
  had 
  been 
  previously 
  reported. 
  He 
  held 
  several 
  councils 
  

   with 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  and 
  others 
  there, 
  but 
  Johnson 
  questioned 
  the 
  

   character 
  and 
  importance 
  of 
  these. 
  

  

  Chapter 
  17 
  

  

  Abbe 
  Picquet's 
  mission. 
  Shikellimy 
  dies. 
  Nanticokes 
  and 
  Shawnees 
  on 
  the 
  

   Susquehanna. 
  De 
  Celoron 
  on 
  the 
  Ohio. 
  French 
  activity. 
  Iroquois 
  emi- 
  

   grants. 
  Johnson 
  buys 
  Onondaga 
  lake 
  and 
  shores. 
  Kalm. 
  Death 
  of 
  Canas- 
  

   satego. 
  Cammerhoff 
  visits 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations. 
  Peace 
  with 
  the 
  Catawbas. 
  

   Johnson 
  resigns 
  office. 
  French 
  troops 
  on 
  the 
  Ohio. 
  Iroquois 
  claims. 
  War 
  

   with 
  Cherokees. 
  Tuscarora 
  towns. 
  Johnson 
  at 
  Onondaga. 
  Tanacharisson, 
  

   the 
  Half 
  King. 
  Moravians 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  Colonial 
  congress 
  at 
  Albany. 
  

   Mutual 
  complaints. 
  Land 
  treaty 
  with 
  Pennsylvania. 
  Fraudulent 
  purchase 
  

   of 
  Wyoming. 
  Scarrooyady, 
  the 
  new 
  Half 
  King. 
  

  

  In 
  1748 
  the 
  Abbe 
  Picquet 
  went 
  to 
  select 
  a 
  spot 
  for 
  a 
  new 
  

   settlement 
  and 
  Indian 
  mission 
  on 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence, 
  choosing 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Oswegatchie 
  river 
  for 
  its 
  military 
  importance. 
  He 
  

   went 
  there 
  in 
  May 
  1749, 
  building 
  a 
  storehouse 
  and 
  fort, 
  armed 
  

   with 
  five 
  small 
  cannon. 
  It 
  w 
  r 
  as 
  attacked 
  and 
  burned 
  by 
  the 
  Mo- 
  

   hawks 
  Oct. 
  26. 
  This 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  Ogdensburg, 
  and 
  its 
  

   growth 
  was 
  remarkable. 
  It 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  there 
  were 
  six 
  families 
  

   there 
  in 
  1749, 
  87 
  in 
  1750, 
  and 
  396 
  in 
  1751. 
  Mr 
  Shea 
  said 
  they 
  

   were 
  mostly 
  Onondagas 
  and 
  Cayugas, 
  and 
  Picquet's 
  biographer 
  

   says 
  " 
  he 
  reckoned 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  three 
  thousand 
  in 
  his 
  colony," 
  

   which 
  of 
  course 
  no 
  one 
  believes. 
  The 
  same 
  writer 
  also 
  says 
  

   that 
  these 
  were 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  influential 
  Iroquois 
  families, 
  the 
  

   Five 
  Nations 
  having 
  25,000 
  people. 
  

  

  While 
  such 
  statements 
  are 
  extravagant, 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  ques- 
  

   tion 
  that 
  the 
  post 
  was 
  a 
  thorn 
  in 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  In 
  the 
  

   same 
  extravagant 
  way 
  this 
  French 
  writer 
  goes 
  on 
  to 
  say 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  war 
  parties 
  which 
  departed 
  and 
  returned 
  continually, 
  filled 
  

   the 
  Mission 
  with 
  so 
  many 
  prisoners 
  that 
  their 
  numbers 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  surpassed 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  warriors, 
  rendering 
  it 
  necessary 
  to 
  

   empty 
  the 
  villages 
  and 
  send 
  them 
  to 
  Headquarters. 
  In 
  fine 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  other 
  expeditions 
  of 
  which 
  M. 
  Picquet 
  was 
  the 
  prin- 
  

   cipal 
  author 
  have 
  procured 
  the 
  promotion 
  of 
  several 
  officers. 
  

  

  