﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  295 
  

  

  to 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  village 
  of 
  Canajoharie 
  to 
  study 
  the 
  language 
  

   there, 
  arriving 
  July 
  17, 
  1743. 
  Their 
  stay 
  was 
  short, 
  but 
  he 
  

   returned 
  with 
  Anton 
  Seyffert 
  and 
  tried 
  to 
  reach 
  Onondaga. 
  The 
  

   Oneidas 
  would 
  not 
  let 
  them 
  pass. 
  Zeisberger 
  and 
  Post 
  tried 
  the 
  

   same 
  route 
  in 
  1745 
  with 
  less 
  success, 
  but 
  the 
  former 
  reached 
  

   Onondaga 
  the 
  same 
  year 
  with 
  Spangenberg. 
  When 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  

   were 
  in 
  Philadelphia 
  in 
  1749, 
  the 
  Moravians 
  consulted 
  some 
  of 
  

   them, 
  and 
  Cammerhoff 
  and 
  Zeisberger 
  went 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  by 
  way 
  

   of 
  Cayuga, 
  seeing 
  some 
  Cayuga 
  towns 
  otherwise 
  unmentioned. 
  

   From 
  that 
  lake 
  the 
  trail 
  passed 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  Owasco 
  and 
  Skane- 
  

   ateles 
  lakes, 
  reaching 
  Onondaga 
  over 
  the 
  hills. 
  The 
  notes 
  on 
  

   towns 
  and 
  trails 
  are 
  of 
  interest. 
  At 
  Onondaga 
  they 
  were 
  heartily 
  

   welcomed 
  by 
  Canassatego, 
  before 
  whose 
  house 
  floated 
  a 
  large 
  

   English 
  flag. 
  They 
  also 
  visited 
  the 
  Seneca 
  towns 
  at 
  much 
  per- 
  

   sonal 
  discomfort 
  and 
  peril. 
  Their 
  request 
  that 
  two 
  Moravians 
  

   should 
  live 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  and 
  learn 
  the 
  language 
  was 
  at 
  last 
  

   granted, 
  and 
  they 
  returned 
  home. 
  A 
  few 
  weeks 
  after 
  Canas- 
  

   satego 
  died, 
  nor 
  did 
  Cammerhoff 
  long 
  survive. 
  

  

  Though 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Catawbas 
  were 
  at 
  peace 
  with 
  the 
  Six 
  

   Nations, 
  the 
  war 
  still 
  went 
  on 
  and 
  was 
  a 
  constant 
  annoyance 
  to 
  

   settlers. 
  In 
  1751 
  peace 
  was 
  formally 
  made 
  at 
  Albany. 
  The 
  

   Catawbas 
  " 
  came 
  down 
  from 
  their 
  quarters, 
  singing, 
  with 
  their 
  

   colors 
  pointed 
  to 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  having 
  lit 
  their 
  pipes, 
  the 
  king 
  

   and 
  one 
  more, 
  put 
  them 
  into 
  the 
  mouths 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  sachems, 
  of 
  

   the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  who 
  smoked 
  out 
  of 
  them." 
  They 
  also 
  gave 
  a 
  

   belt 
  having 
  all 
  their 
  towns 
  on 
  it, 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  all 
  wished 
  peace. 
  

   Next 
  day 
  " 
  the 
  chief 
  sachem 
  of 
  the 
  Senecas 
  lit 
  a 
  pipe, 
  and 
  put 
  it 
  

   into 
  the 
  mouths 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  Catawbas, 
  who 
  smoked 
  out 
  of 
  it 
  

   and 
  then 
  he 
  returned 
  it 
  among 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations." 
  They 
  would 
  

   complete 
  the 
  peace 
  when 
  prisoners 
  were 
  exchanged, 
  but 
  it 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  little. 
  

  

  That 
  year 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  forbade 
  the 
  French 
  making 
  forts 
  on 
  

   their 
  lands. 
  In 
  their 
  alliance 
  they 
  had 
  now 
  nine 
  castles 
  of 
  Far 
  

   Indians, 
  or 
  Mississagas, 
  who 
  were 
  Ojibwas 
  or 
  Chippewas. 
  These 
  

   were 
  settled 
  at 
  Caniahaga 
  and 
  sided 
  with 
  Great 
  Britain. 
  

  

  