﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  3OI 
  

  

  were 
  not 
  enthusiastic. 
  Though 
  notice 
  had 
  been 
  given 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  

   present, 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  150 
  men 
  of 
  all 
  nations 
  attended. 
  They 
  

   wanted 
  rum 
  kept 
  out 
  of 
  their 
  castles, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  thought 
  fines 
  

   and 
  imprisonment 
  might 
  be 
  the 
  penalty 
  for 
  unlawful 
  sales. 
  

  

  Johnson 
  said 
  the 
  French 
  should 
  be 
  kept 
  out 
  of 
  Onondaga 
  river 
  

   by. 
  a 
  stricter 
  watch 
  at 
  Oswego, 
  and 
  that 
  Englishmen 
  should 
  

   be 
  placed 
  in 
  every 
  nation, 
  with 
  forts, 
  missionaries 
  and 
  smiths 
  

   among 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  and 
  Senecas. 
  Educated 
  young 
  men 
  

   should 
  go, 
  who 
  might 
  become 
  interpreters, 
  teachers 
  and 
  cate- 
  

   chists. 
  Governor 
  Delancey 
  said 
  the 
  commander 
  of 
  a 
  fort 
  at 
  

   Onondaga 
  might 
  be 
  made 
  a 
  sachem 
  and 
  have 
  a 
  voice 
  in 
  Indian 
  

   councils. 
  The 
  French 
  increased 
  their 
  influence 
  by 
  such 
  adop- 
  

   tions. 
  

  

  Conrad 
  Weiser 
  was 
  at 
  this 
  council, 
  and 
  the 
  land 
  treaty 
  with 
  

   Pennsylvania 
  was 
  adjusted. 
  Hendrick 
  said 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  

   reserved 
  the 
  Wyoming 
  and 
  Shamokin 
  lands 
  as 
  hunting 
  grounds, 
  

   and 
  Taghneghtoris, 
  or 
  John 
  Shikellimy, 
  was 
  appointed 
  to 
  take 
  

   care 
  of 
  them. 
  After 
  the 
  council 
  Colonel 
  Lydius 
  made 
  a 
  fraudu- 
  

   lent 
  purchase 
  of 
  these 
  lands 
  for 
  a 
  Connecticut 
  company, 
  and 
  

   this 
  made 
  later 
  trouble. 
  

  

  Tanacharisson, 
  the 
  Half 
  King, 
  died 
  this 
  year. 
  John 
  Harris 
  

   wrote 
  from 
  his 
  ferry, 
  (now 
  Harrisburg) 
  Oct. 
  29, 
  1754: 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  this 
  Instant 
  Monacatootha 
  and 
  Several 
  Others, 
  

   the 
  Chiefs 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  came 
  to 
  my 
  house 
  and 
  brought 
  the 
  

   half 
  King 
  and 
  his 
  Family 
  along 
  with 
  them, 
  who 
  were 
  in 
  General 
  

   in 
  a 
  very 
  low 
  Condition, 
  particularly 
  himself, 
  who 
  died 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  

   days, 
  after 
  which 
  I 
  asked 
  Monacatootha 
  and 
  others 
  where 
  they 
  

   chused 
  to 
  bury 
  him 
  and 
  in 
  what 
  Manner, 
  or 
  if 
  they 
  wanted 
  any 
  

   thing 
  Necessary 
  for 
  his 
  funeral; 
  their 
  Answer 
  was 
  that 
  they 
  

   looked 
  on 
  him 
  to 
  be 
  like 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  Selves, 
  and 
  as 
  he 
  died 
  among 
  

   us 
  we 
  might 
  bury 
  him 
  as 
  we 
  thought 
  proper; 
  that 
  if 
  he 
  was 
  

   buried 
  well 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  very 
  good, 
  which 
  I 
  did 
  much 
  to 
  their 
  

   Satisfaction. 
  

  

  In 
  November 
  the 
  Indians 
  resolved 
  to 
  send 
  Scarrooyady, 
  alias 
  

   Monacatootha, 
  and 
  two 
  other 
  chiefs 
  to 
  Onondaga, 
  to 
  report 
  

   affairs 
  and 
  ask 
  advice. 
  Governor 
  Morris 
  was 
  informed, 
  and 
  

   in 
  December 
  1754 
  

  

  His 
  Honour 
  informed 
  the 
  Council 
  that 
  Scarrooyady 
  an 
  Oneido 
  

  

  