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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  caire 
  had 
  spoken 
  to 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  on 
  his 
  way 
  to 
  the 
  Ohio, 
  and 
  

   a 
  Cayuga 
  sachem 
  came 
  to 
  Johnson 
  to 
  report 
  his 
  words. 
  He 
  

   brought 
  a 
  lead 
  plate 
  by 
  which 
  Joncaire 
  took 
  possession 
  of 
  

   various 
  points. 
  Several 
  such 
  plates 
  were 
  buried 
  in 
  suitable 
  places. 
  

  

  Johnson 
  said 
  that 
  smiths 
  must 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  

   but 
  no 
  liquor: 
  " 
  It 
  is 
  actually 
  the 
  ruin 
  of 
  them." 
  The 
  French 
  

   were 
  again 
  seeking 
  permission 
  to 
  build 
  a 
  fort 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  but 
  

   Johnson 
  defeated 
  this 
  by 
  purchasing 
  land 
  there 
  soon 
  after. 
  The 
  

   smiths 
  ought 
  to 
  have 
  about 
  £20 
  for 
  presents 
  to 
  the 
  Indians 
  of 
  the 
  

   castles 
  where 
  they 
  went. 
  They 
  often 
  had 
  more. 
  Kalm, 
  the 
  

   botanist, 
  was 
  at 
  Niagara 
  that 
  year, 
  and 
  said 
  the 
  French 
  were 
  so 
  

   anxious 
  for 
  trade 
  that 
  they 
  supplied 
  the 
  Indians 
  all 
  the 
  brandy 
  

   and 
  rum 
  they 
  wanted, 
  which 
  the 
  priests 
  had 
  always 
  before 
  

   prevented. 
  Strong 
  drink 
  brought 
  the 
  Indians 
  there. 
  

  

  Weiser 
  came 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  in 
  1750 
  in 
  the 
  interests 
  of 
  Virginia, 
  

  

  but 
  could 
  effect 
  nothing. 
  The 
  French 
  party 
  had 
  the 
  upper 
  hand 
  ; 
  

  

  and 
  he 
  thought 
  that 
  nation 
  lost 
  to 
  the 
  English. 
  The 
  Onondagas 
  

  

  notified 
  him 
  of 
  Canassatego's 
  death 
  before 
  he 
  got 
  there, 
  and 
  

  

  allowed 
  him 
  to 
  condole 
  his 
  death 
  at 
  once 
  and 
  hold 
  a 
  council, 
  as 
  

  

  he 
  had 
  come 
  so 
  far. 
  This 
  was 
  without 
  precedent. 
  One 
  house 
  

  

  still 
  remained 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  creek. 
  Weiser 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  Our 
  Friend 
  Canassatego 
  was 
  buried 
  to 
  day 
  before 
  I 
  came 
  to 
  

   Onondago, 
  and 
  Solconwanaghly, 
  our 
  other 
  good 
  friend, 
  died 
  some 
  

   time 
  before. 
  He 
  that 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  affairs 
  now 
  is 
  a 
  proffessed 
  

   Roman 
  Catholick, 
  and 
  altogether 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  French. 
  The 
  

   French 
  Priests 
  have 
  made 
  a 
  hundred 
  Converts 
  of 
  the 
  Onon- 
  

   dagers, 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  say 
  Men. 
  Women 
  and 
  Children, 
  dressed 
  in 
  

   Silver 
  and 
  Gold, 
  and 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  the 
  English 
  Interest 
  among 
  

   the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  can 
  be 
  of 
  no 
  consideration 
  any 
  more. 
  The 
  

   Indians 
  speak 
  with 
  contempt 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Yorkers 
  and 
  Albany 
  

   People, 
  and 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  of 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  Colonies. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  year 
  occurred 
  the 
  notable 
  visit 
  to 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  of 
  

   the 
  Moravians 
  Cammerhoft 
  and 
  Zeisberger. 
  Some 
  years 
  before 
  

   the 
  Moravians 
  planned 
  Indian 
  missions 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  a 
  

   successful 
  one 
  was 
  founded 
  in 
  Dutchess 
  county. 
  This 
  was 
  

   stopped 
  by 
  the 
  authorities, 
  owing 
  to 
  a 
  violent 
  prejudice 
  against 
  

   the 
  United 
  Brethren. 
  Their 
  attention 
  had 
  also 
  been 
  drawn 
  to 
  

   the 
  Iroquois, 
  and 
  John 
  Christopher 
  Pyrlaeus 
  and 
  his 
  wife 
  went 
  

  

  