﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  303 
  

  

  at 
  Onondago. 
  All 
  Persons 
  who 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  English 
  Interest 
  

   and 
  had 
  Business 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  of 
  late 
  came 
  round 
  

   about 
  Onondago 
  and 
  passed 
  by 
  the 
  Town." 
  

  

  Till 
  1755 
  a 
  large 
  French 
  trade 
  was 
  carried 
  on 
  at 
  Albany 
  by 
  

   the 
  Caughnawagas, 
  the 
  Indians 
  preferring 
  English 
  strouds 
  to 
  

   French 
  goods. 
  In 
  June 
  Johnson 
  had 
  a 
  warrant 
  from 
  General 
  

   Braddock 
  as 
  sole 
  superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  their 
  allies 
  

   and 
  dependents. 
  June 
  21 
  we 
  have 
  " 
  Hon. 
  Wm. 
  Johnson's 
  first 
  

   public 
  speech 
  to 
  the 
  Indians 
  " 
  as 
  superintendent, 
  translated 
  into 
  

   Mohawk 
  by 
  Daniel 
  Clause 
  and 
  delivered 
  for 
  Johnson 
  by 
  Red 
  

   Head, 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  speaker. 
  He 
  removed 
  the 
  council 
  fire 
  from 
  

   Albany 
  to 
  Mount 
  Johnson, 
  and 
  his 
  familiar 
  emblem 
  of 
  a 
  bundle 
  

   of 
  sticks 
  was 
  applauded. 
  There 
  were 
  1106 
  Indians 
  present, 
  and 
  

   more 
  men 
  than 
  he 
  had 
  ever 
  seen 
  at 
  a 
  council. 
  The 
  Elder 
  

   Brothers 
  made 
  Red 
  Head 
  speaker, 
  and 
  an 
  Indian 
  reported 
  that 
  

   the 
  Oswegatchie 
  settlement 
  had 
  been 
  broken 
  up 
  for 
  want 
  of 
  pro- 
  

   visions 
  and 
  Fort 
  Frontenac 
  strengthened. 
  The 
  Mississagas 
  

   came 
  and 
  made 
  alliance, 
  and 
  Arent 
  Stephens 
  danced 
  the. 
  war- 
  

   dance, 
  to 
  " 
  which 
  the 
  sachems 
  bore 
  the 
  usual 
  chorus." 
  

  

  Johnson 
  tried 
  to 
  keep 
  rum 
  from 
  the 
  Indians 
  at 
  this 
  time, 
  with 
  

   but 
  partial 
  success, 
  and 
  raised 
  some 
  sachems. 
  The 
  Onondagas 
  

   asked 
  for 
  a 
  fort, 
  as 
  they 
  would 
  fight 
  the 
  French. 
  He 
  told 
  the 
  

   Oneidas 
  that 
  General 
  Shirley 
  would 
  have 
  to 
  build 
  a 
  magazine 
  at 
  

   each 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  portage 
  and 
  hoped 
  they 
  would 
  not 
  hinder 
  it. 
  

   They 
  replied 
  that 
  work 
  begun 
  had 
  been 
  stopped 
  by 
  them, 
  as 
  they 
  

   had 
  received 
  no 
  message. 
  Now 
  it 
  should 
  go 
  on. 
  They 
  com- 
  

   plained 
  of 
  Germans 
  on 
  their 
  lands 
  who 
  were 
  there 
  by 
  permission, 
  

   not 
  ownership, 
  and 
  who 
  made 
  trouble. 
  

  

  In 
  September 
  Johnson 
  had 
  250 
  men 
  with 
  him 
  at 
  Lake 
  George 
  

   and 
  more 
  were 
  coming. 
  He 
  was 
  building 
  a 
  fort 
  there, 
  had 
  made 
  

   a 
  good 
  wagon 
  road 
  to 
  Albany, 
  and 
  cleared 
  ground 
  to 
  encamp 
  

   5000 
  men, 
  whom 
  he 
  expected 
  to 
  arrive 
  soon. 
  He 
  hoped 
  to 
  pass 
  

   the 
  lake, 
  take 
  post 
  at 
  Ticonderoga, 
  and 
  then 
  attack 
  Crown 
  Point. 
  

   The 
  French 
  advanced, 
  fighting 
  followed 
  Sep. 
  8, 
  in 
  which 
  Colonel 
  

   Williams 
  and 
  King 
  Hendrick 
  fell 
  on 
  the 
  English 
  side, 
  and 
  Baron 
  

   Dieskau 
  was 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  French. 
  Hendrick 
  fell 
  under 
  his 
  

  

  