﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  299 
  

  

  Indians, 
  with 
  whom 
  both 
  had 
  enmity 
  beyond 
  the 
  memory 
  of 
  man. 
  

   They 
  also 
  let 
  loose 
  the 
  Ottawas 
  on 
  the 
  Mississagas, 
  driving 
  them 
  

   farther 
  east. 
  

  

  In 
  Ohio 
  the 
  Half 
  King, 
  Tanacharisson, 
  had 
  warned 
  the 
  French 
  

   to 
  leave 
  the 
  lands 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations. 
  Scarrooyady 
  said 
  the> 
  

   sent 
  them 
  three 
  warnings 
  according 
  to 
  their 
  custom. 
  The 
  third 
  

   time 
  they 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  I 
  tell 
  you 
  in 
  plain 
  Words 
  You 
  must 
  go 
  off 
  this 
  land. 
  You 
  say 
  

   You 
  have 
  a 
  strong 
  Body, 
  a 
  strong 
  Neck, 
  and 
  a 
  strong 
  Voice, 
  

   that 
  when 
  You 
  speak 
  all 
  the 
  Indians 
  must 
  hear 
  You. 
  It 
  is 
  true 
  

   You 
  are 
  a 
  strong 
  Body 
  and 
  ours 
  is 
  but 
  weak, 
  yet 
  We 
  are 
  not 
  

   afraid 
  of 
  You. 
  We 
  forbid 
  you 
  to 
  come 
  any 
  farther 
  ; 
  turn 
  back 
  

   to 
  the 
  Place 
  from 
  whence 
  You 
  came. 
  

  

  Scarrooyady 
  gave 
  his 
  reason 
  for 
  the 
  three 
  messages 
  : 
  

  

  Because, 
  said 
  he, 
  the 
  great 
  Being 
  who 
  lives 
  above, 
  has 
  ordered 
  

   Us 
  to 
  send 
  Three 
  Messages 
  of 
  Peace 
  before 
  we 
  make 
  War; 
  And 
  

   as 
  the 
  Half 
  King 
  had 
  before 
  this 
  Time 
  delivered 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  

   last 
  Message, 
  We 
  had 
  nothing 
  now 
  to 
  do 
  but 
  to 
  strike 
  the 
  French. 
  

  

  A 
  letter 
  had 
  come 
  telling 
  of 
  the 
  Half 
  King's 
  action 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  Half 
  King 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  French 
  Fort 
  to 
  know 
  what 
  was 
  

   the 
  Reason 
  of 
  their 
  coming 
  to 
  settle 
  the 
  Lands 
  on 
  Ohio. 
  The 
  

   Commander 
  told 
  him 
  the 
  Land 
  was 
  their's 
  and 
  discharged 
  him 
  

   and 
  told 
  him 
  he 
  was 
  an 
  Old 
  Woman 
  and 
  all 
  his 
  Nation 
  was 
  in 
  

   their 
  Favour 
  only 
  him, 
  and 
  if 
  he 
  would 
  not 
  go 
  home 
  he 
  would 
  

   put 
  him 
  in 
  Irons. 
  He 
  came 
  home 
  and 
  told 
  the 
  English 
  to 
  go 
  off 
  

   the 
  Place 
  for 
  fear 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  hurt, 
  with 
  Tears 
  in 
  his 
  Eyes. 
  

  

  Two 
  Moravians 
  came 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  in 
  1753, 
  leaving 
  Bethlehem 
  

   Ap. 
  23 
  and 
  reaching 
  Onondaga 
  June 
  8. 
  They 
  were 
  Henry 
  Frey 
  

   and 
  David 
  Zeisberger, 
  and 
  their 
  journey 
  is 
  chiefly 
  remarkable 
  

   for 
  the 
  ascent 
  of 
  the 
  Tiougrmioga 
  river. 
  They 
  lost 
  some 
  time 
  

   trying 
  to 
  penetrate 
  the 
  wilderness 
  from 
  Owego 
  by 
  land, 
  and 
  some 
  

   with 
  the 
  Nanticokes, 
  who 
  were 
  removing 
  to 
  New 
  York. 
  They 
  

   fell 
  in 
  with 
  their 
  fleet 
  of 
  canoes 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  going 
  up 
  the 
  river 
  

   to 
  settle 
  at 
  Otsiningo, 
  (Chenango) 
  a 
  little 
  north 
  of 
  Binghamton. 
  

   Their 
  return 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  route 
  began 
  Oct. 
  13 
  and 
  ended 
  Nov. 
  10, 
  

   but 
  they 
  visited 
  friends 
  on 
  the 
  way. 
  These 
  Moravian 
  journals 
  

   have 
  many 
  interesting 
  facts 
  not 
  otherwise 
  preserved. 
  

  

  David 
  Zeisberger 
  and 
  Charles 
  Frederick 
  made 
  a 
  later 
  visit, 
  

  

  