﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  305 
  

  

  approved 
  ; 
  and 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  council 
  with 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  who 
  were 
  

   firm 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  alliance 
  and 
  pleased 
  with 
  the 
  proposed 
  council 
  

   at 
  Oswego. 
  All 
  but 
  the 
  Cayugas 
  desired 
  forts 
  in 
  their 
  country, 
  

   and 
  every 
  Indian 
  castle 
  ought 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  minister. 
  He 
  wished 
  

   two 
  persons 
  of 
  unblemished 
  character 
  as 
  chaplains 
  for 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   posed 
  garrisons 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  and 
  Oneida, 
  and 
  as 
  missionaries 
  

   to 
  the 
  Indians. 
  Something 
  should 
  be 
  done 
  for 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Mr 
  

   Ogilvie, 
  who 
  was 
  doing 
  excellent 
  work 
  among 
  the 
  Mohawks. 
  

  

  The 
  conference 
  mentioned 
  seems 
  the 
  one 
  held 
  in 
  June 
  1756 
  

   at 
  Onondaga, 
  but 
  which 
  was 
  deferred 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  the 
  Mo- 
  

   hawks, 
  several 
  minor 
  councils 
  taking 
  place 
  meantime. 
  At 
  one 
  

   in 
  February 
  Johnson 
  condoled 
  the 
  deaths 
  of 
  Hendrick 
  and 
  others, 
  

   and 
  gave 
  six 
  French 
  prisoners 
  to 
  replace 
  them. 
  Some 
  remote 
  

   Senecas 
  were 
  present 
  at 
  this 
  time, 
  who 
  had 
  never 
  been 
  at 
  John- 
  

   son's 
  before 
  and 
  had 
  come 
  from 
  Ganuskago, 
  where 
  Dansville 
  

   now 
  stands. 
  He 
  was 
  sorry 
  they 
  still 
  had 
  trouble 
  in 
  the 
  south. 
  

   At 
  this 
  time 
  Sir 
  William 
  gave 
  " 
  the 
  largest 
  pipe 
  in 
  America, 
  

   made 
  on 
  purpose," 
  to 
  be 
  hung 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  council 
  house 
  at 
  Onon- 
  

   daga, 
  and 
  smoked 
  at 
  important 
  councils. 
  The 
  presents 
  amounted 
  

   to 
  £1085, 
  and 
  the 
  French 
  were 
  still 
  more 
  liberal. 
  

  

  Late 
  in 
  March 
  1756 
  Lieutenant 
  de 
  Lery, 
  with 
  some 
  French- 
  

   men 
  and 
  Canadian 
  Iroquois, 
  passed 
  Oswegatchie, 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  

   Oneida 
  portage 
  and 
  destroyed 
  Fort 
  Bull. 
  Five 
  English 
  forts 
  

   were 
  abandoned 
  next 
  year 
  and 
  replaced 
  by 
  another 
  there. 
  Some 
  

   Onondagas 
  condoled 
  Johnson 
  on 
  this 
  first 
  loss 
  in 
  April. 
  They 
  

   desired 
  an 
  early 
  council 
  in 
  their 
  town 
  ; 
  and, 
  as 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  large 
  

   and 
  they 
  had 
  few 
  provisions, 
  they 
  wished 
  he 
  would 
  send 
  some 
  

   for 
  their 
  guests. 
  Workmen 
  were 
  ready 
  to 
  build 
  their 
  forts, 
  and 
  

   orders 
  were 
  given 
  for 
  the 
  Oneida 
  fort 
  on 
  Ap. 
  21 
  ; 
  for 
  the 
  Onon- 
  

   daga 
  Ap. 
  30. 
  Horses 
  were 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  work. 
  Each 
  was 
  a 
  

   square 
  stockade 
  with 
  two 
  blockhouses 
  at 
  opposite 
  angles, 
  and 
  

   several 
  such 
  forts 
  were 
  built 
  that 
  year, 
  traces 
  of 
  some 
  still 
  

   remaining. 
  

  

  In 
  May 
  Johnson 
  was 
  formally 
  invited 
  to 
  the 
  council 
  held 
  at 
  

   Onondaga 
  'in 
  June. 
  He 
  said 
  there 
  were 
  many 
  deserters 
  from 
  

   Oswego 
  among 
  the 
  Indians, 
  who 
  made 
  trouble 
  by 
  their 
  false- 
  

  

  