﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  297 
  

  

  This 
  was 
  thought 
  a 
  mistake, 
  as 
  La 
  Salle 
  discovered 
  the 
  river 
  

   when 
  no 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  there, 
  but 
  only 
  Shawnees, 
  who 
  were 
  

   friends 
  of 
  the 
  French. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  claim 
  was 
  from 
  the 
  Erie 
  

   conquest. 
  The 
  Cherokees 
  had 
  killed 
  18 
  Iroquois, 
  and 
  Jonquiere 
  

   wished 
  the 
  latter 
  to 
  make 
  war 
  on 
  them, 
  thinking 
  this 
  would 
  

   help 
  the 
  French. 
  He 
  died 
  May 
  17, 
  1752, 
  and 
  was 
  succeeded 
  by 
  

   De 
  Longueuil. 
  

  

  War 
  parties 
  went 
  against 
  the 
  Cherokees 
  in 
  1752. 
  In 
  that 
  year 
  

   three 
  Moravians 
  visited 
  Onondaga, 
  and 
  there 
  were 
  French 
  tra- 
  

   ders 
  there 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time. 
  J. 
  Martin 
  Mack, 
  Gottfried 
  Rundt, 
  

   and 
  David 
  Zeisberger 
  left 
  Bethlehem 
  for 
  that 
  place, 
  via 
  New 
  

   York, 
  July 
  26, 
  reaching 
  there 
  Aug. 
  20. 
  Mack 
  soon 
  returned, 
  

   leaving 
  the 
  others 
  to 
  study 
  the 
  language, 
  and 
  from 
  them 
  we 
  have 
  

   a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  Tuscarora 
  towns. 
  These 
  were 
  Canaseraga, 
  Gana- 
  

  

  tisgoa 
  afterward 
  contracted 
  to 
  S'ganatees, 
  Tiachsochratota, 
  and 
  

  

  1 
  

   Tiochrungwe. 
  Johnson 
  came 
  there 
  that 
  year, 
  but 
  only 
  as 
  a 
  

  

  trader, 
  buying 
  ginseng 
  largely. 
  They 
  returned 
  Nov. 
  25. 
  Many 
  

  

  Indians 
  were 
  employed 
  in 
  digging 
  ginseng 
  and 
  the 
  visiting 
  

  

  Moravians 
  got 
  part 
  of 
  their 
  supplies 
  in 
  this 
  way. 
  

  

  In 
  April 
  1753, 
  runners 
  came 
  to 
  Johnson 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  to 
  

   say 
  that 
  French 
  and 
  Indians 
  were 
  assembling 
  at 
  Oswegatchie, 
  

   equipped 
  for 
  war. 
  They 
  would 
  send 
  word 
  whether 
  they 
  were 
  

   coming 
  against 
  them 
  or 
  the 
  Ohio 
  Indians. 
  Soon 
  after 
  a 
  French 
  

   army 
  passed 
  Oswego 
  on 
  the 
  way 
  to 
  the 
  Ohio, 
  to 
  make 
  good 
  their 
  

   claims 
  there, 
  even 
  by 
  force. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  these 
  grasping 
  claims, 
  

   many 
  Indians 
  left 
  Oswegatchie. 
  

  

  Andrew 
  Montour 
  went 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  that 
  year 
  to 
  invite 
  the 
  

   Iroquois 
  to 
  a 
  council 
  at 
  Winchester 
  Va., 
  but 
  they 
  declined 
  going. 
  

   Conrad 
  Weiser 
  also 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  

   intending 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  Onondaga, 
  and 
  said 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  were 
  

   afraid 
  of 
  the 
  French. 
  Johnson 
  showed 
  him 
  his 
  commission 
  as 
  

   Indian 
  superintendent 
  and 
  treated 
  him 
  kindly, 
  saying 
  he 
  might 
  

   go 
  on, 
  but 
  seeming 
  not 
  to 
  wish 
  this. 
  Governor 
  Clinton 
  was 
  

   pleased 
  that 
  he 
  went 
  no 
  farther. 
  When 
  Montour 
  was 
  at 
  Onon- 
  

   daga 
  in 
  February, 
  he 
  " 
  said 
  he 
  saw 
  plainly 
  the 
  Indians 
  were 
  

   frighted, 
  and 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  Strong 
  Party 
  for 
  the 
  French 
  

  

  