﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  293 
  

  

  In 
  January 
  1750 
  the 
  French 
  sent 
  several 
  belts 
  to 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  

   and 
  were 
  very 
  active 
  among 
  the 
  Indians. 
  At 
  this 
  time 
  English 
  

   traders 
  held 
  Indian 
  children 
  as 
  pledges 
  or 
  pawns 
  ; 
  but 
  Governor 
  

   Clinton 
  had 
  them 
  sent 
  back. 
  In 
  February 
  Johnson 
  sent 
  a 
  belt 
  

   through 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  to 
  tell 
  them 
  that 
  the 
  French 
  were 
  mus- 
  

   tering 
  men, 
  and 
  they 
  had 
  better 
  keep 
  their 
  warriors 
  at 
  home, 
  

   lest 
  surprise 
  should 
  be 
  attempted. 
  The 
  Shawnees 
  were 
  now 
  

   moving 
  nearer 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  and 
  brought 
  about 
  two 
  bushels 
  of 
  

   wampum, 
  which 
  was 
  lodged 
  with 
  Johnson 
  to 
  be 
  divided 
  among 
  

   the 
  Six 
  Nations. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  greater 
  quantity 
  than 
  he 
  had 
  ever 
  seen. 
  

  

  English 
  traders 
  were 
  scattered 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  western 
  country 
  

   at 
  this 
  time, 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  injury 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  trade. 
  Governor 
  

   de 
  la 
  Jonquiere 
  thought 
  he 
  would 
  be 
  justified 
  in 
  seizing 
  their 
  

   goods. 
  He 
  said 
  the 
  English 
  sent 
  messages 
  to 
  the 
  Indians 
  to 
  

   take 
  the 
  tomahawk 
  against 
  the 
  French, 
  and 
  with 
  these 
  sent 
  " 
  belts 
  

   of 
  wampum, 
  painted 
  red, 
  the 
  calumet, 
  English 
  flags, 
  &c." 
  Jon- 
  

   caire 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  Ohio 
  to 
  bring 
  the 
  Indians 
  there 
  to 
  the 
  French 
  

   interests. 
  If 
  this 
  could 
  be 
  done, 
  they 
  might 
  at 
  least 
  destroy 
  the 
  

   Six 
  Nations. 
  Father 
  Picquet 
  was 
  trying 
  to 
  have 
  them 
  settle 
  at 
  

   his 
  mission. 
  In 
  May 
  the 
  Cayugas 
  told 
  the 
  French 
  they 
  would 
  

   be 
  neutral, 
  but 
  they 
  could 
  not 
  control 
  their 
  emigrants. 
  

  

  Governor 
  Glen, 
  of 
  South 
  Carolina, 
  complained 
  that 
  the 
  Sen- 
  

   ecas, 
  there 
  called 
  Nottawagees, 
  also 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations, 
  Delawares 
  

   and 
  others 
  were 
  likely 
  to 
  destroy 
  the 
  Catawbas, 
  a 
  brave 
  and 
  

   friendly 
  people. 
  Governor 
  Hamilton, 
  of 
  Pennsylvania, 
  stated 
  

   that 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  had 
  settled 
  on 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  Missis- 
  

   sippi 
  and 
  were 
  more 
  numerous 
  there 
  than 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  The 
  

   French 
  and 
  the 
  Council 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  were 
  both 
  alarmed 
  at 
  this. 
  

   He, 
  himself, 
  was 
  concerned 
  that 
  the 
  Council 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  could 
  

   not 
  retain 
  their 
  people. 
  He 
  heard 
  that 
  these 
  Iroquois 
  emigrants, 
  

   with 
  the 
  Shawnees, 
  Delawares, 
  Owendats, 
  or 
  Hurons, 
  and 
  

   Twightwees, 
  or 
  Miamis, 
  made 
  a 
  body 
  of 
  1500 
  or 
  2000 
  men. 
  

  

  The 
  Miamis 
  and 
  Hurons 
  sent 
  a 
  message 
  to 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  

   and 
  others 
  living 
  on 
  the 
  Ohio, 
  that 
  they 
  gave 
  up 
  the 
  French 
  and 
  

   desired 
  alliance 
  with 
  them. 
  They 
  had 
  a 
  favorable 
  answer, 
  which 
  

   included 
  their 
  fathers, 
  the 
  Grand 
  Council 
  at 
  Onondaga. 
  Jon- 
  

  

  