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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  leaving 
  Bethlehem 
  June 
  9, 
  1754, 
  going 
  by 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  and 
  reach- 
  

   ing 
  Onondaga 
  July 
  21, 
  and 
  arriving 
  home 
  June 
  4, 
  1755. 
  They 
  

   stayed 
  till 
  May 
  18, 
  1755. 
  This 
  was 
  the 
  last 
  and 
  longest 
  Moravian 
  

   residence 
  there. 
  They 
  founded 
  no 
  mission, 
  all 
  of 
  their 
  work 
  being 
  

   of 
  a 
  preparatory 
  kind. 
  

  

  The 
  western 
  Indians 
  grew 
  restive. 
  George 
  Croghan 
  wrote 
  to 
  

   Governor 
  Hamilton, 
  May 
  14, 
  1754, 
  " 
  ye 
  Government 
  may 
  have 
  

   what 
  opinion 
  they 
  will 
  of 
  ye 
  Ohio 
  Indians, 
  and 
  think 
  they 
  are 
  

   oblig 
  d 
  to 
  Do 
  what 
  ye 
  Onondago 
  Counsel 
  will 
  bid 
  them, 
  Butt 
  I 
  

   ashure 
  y 
  r 
  honour 
  they 
  will 
  actt 
  for 
  themselves 
  att 
  this 
  time, 
  

   without 
  consulting 
  ye 
  Onondago 
  Councel." 
  

  

  That 
  year 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  said 
  they 
  had 
  lost 
  some 
  influence 
  

   in 
  council 
  from 
  being 
  thought 
  Johnson's 
  advisers. 
  The 
  Onon- 
  

   dagas 
  were 
  exhorted 
  to 
  live 
  in 
  one 
  castle, 
  as 
  of 
  old. 
  Most 
  of 
  

   those 
  who 
  had 
  gone 
  to 
  Oswegatchie 
  were 
  Onondagas 
  and 
  Cay- 
  

   ugas, 
  and 
  some 
  said 
  half 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  were 
  there, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  

   Senecas 
  were 
  wavering. 
  It 
  was 
  time 
  that 
  the 
  English 
  should 
  

   awake 
  to 
  their 
  danger. 
  

  

  A 
  congress 
  of 
  seven 
  colonies 
  opened 
  in 
  Albany 
  June 
  19, 
  1754. 
  

   These 
  were 
  New 
  York, 
  New 
  Hampshire, 
  Massachusetts, 
  Con- 
  

   necticut, 
  Rhode 
  Island, 
  Maryland 
  and 
  Pennsylvania. 
  Virginia 
  

   and 
  Carolina 
  desired 
  to 
  be 
  considered 
  present. 
  The 
  plan 
  was 
  

   to 
  have 
  a 
  colonial 
  union 
  established 
  by 
  act 
  of 
  Parliament. 
  TJiere 
  

   was 
  also 
  an 
  Indian 
  conference. 
  The 
  Oswego 
  traders, 
  47 
  in 
  

   number, 
  complained 
  that 
  the 
  Indians 
  at 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  and 
  Cana- 
  

   joharie 
  castles 
  forcibly 
  took 
  what 
  rum 
  they 
  wanted, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Oneidas 
  did 
  the 
  same 
  at 
  the 
  carrying 
  place, 
  beside 
  charging 
  

   exorbitantly 
  for 
  carriage. 
  Hendrick 
  complained 
  of 
  land 
  frauds 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  inefficiency 
  of 
  the 
  English. 
  The 
  Mohawks 
  would 
  

   have 
  taken 
  Crown 
  Point 
  had 
  they 
  been 
  allowed. 
  

  

  The 
  governor 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  said 
  that 
  Johnson 
  was 
  still 
  their 
  

   friend 
  ; 
  but, 
  as 
  he 
  " 
  for 
  some 
  reasons 
  declined 
  the 
  management 
  

   of 
  Indian 
  affairs, 
  it 
  was 
  thought 
  proper 
  to 
  re-kindle 
  the 
  fire 
  here, 
  

   by 
  appointing 
  Commiss 
  rs 
  whom 
  I 
  shall 
  direct 
  to 
  receive 
  and 
  

   consult 
  with 
  you, 
  upon 
  all 
  business 
  that 
  may 
  concern 
  our 
  mutual 
  

   interests." 
  This 
  would 
  be 
  tried 
  a 
  year 
  longer. 
  The 
  Indians 
  

  

  