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  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  hoods. 
  Great 
  numbers 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  among 
  the 
  Delawares 
  and 
  

   Susquehanna 
  Indians. 
  He 
  conferred 
  with 
  some 
  Oneida 
  and 
  

   Seneca 
  chiefs 
  ; 
  also 
  with 
  two 
  Seneca 
  women. 
  They 
  said 
  it 
  was 
  

   common 
  to 
  take 
  women 
  into 
  their 
  councils, 
  specially 
  among 
  the 
  

   Senecas. 
  There 
  were 
  frequent 
  instances 
  of 
  this 
  among 
  the 
  other 
  

   Iroquois. 
  At 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  did 
  not 
  wish 
  him 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  

   the 
  Onondaga 
  council, 
  and 
  he 
  yielded 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  to 
  send 
  messen- 
  

   gers 
  there 
  first. 
  On 
  their 
  return 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  advised 
  him 
  to 
  

   go, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  guard, 
  as 
  French 
  parties 
  made 
  the 
  road 
  danger- 
  

   ous, 
  and 
  he 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  valued 
  prize. 
  

  

  In 
  Pennsylvania 
  Braddock's 
  defeat 
  had 
  turned 
  the 
  scale 
  with 
  

   the 
  dissatisfied 
  Delawares, 
  and 
  they 
  became 
  hostile, 
  siding 
  with 
  

   the 
  French. 
  On 
  this, 
  Pennsylvania 
  declared 
  war 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  

   of 
  1755-56. 
  Scarrooyady, 
  the 
  new 
  Half 
  King, 
  favored 
  this 
  and 
  

   thought 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  would 
  approve. 
  Johnson 
  disliked 
  both 
  

   the 
  declaration 
  and 
  the 
  large 
  scalp 
  bounty. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  bad 
  move 
  

   just 
  before 
  a 
  general 
  council, 
  alarmed 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  and 
  might 
  

   keep 
  the 
  southern 
  Indians 
  away. 
  Many 
  conferences 
  followed 
  

   in 
  Pennsylvania, 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  there 
  adhering 
  to 
  the 
  colony, 
  while 
  

   the 
  Delawares 
  said 
  they 
  were 
  " 
  determined 
  to 
  fight 
  the 
  English 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  Man 
  left." 
  The 
  Six 
  Nations 
  ordered 
  them 
  

   to 
  stop, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  defiant 
  at 
  first, 
  and 
  then 
  word 
  was 
  sent 
  that 
  

   they 
  would 
  obey. 
  A 
  council 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  Otsiningo, 
  to 
  which 
  300 
  

   Delaware 
  warriors 
  came, 
  agreeing 
  to 
  lay 
  down 
  the 
  hatchet 
  at 
  

   the 
  wish 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations. 
  They 
  were 
  still 
  told 
  they 
  were 
  

   women 
  and 
  severely 
  reproved, 
  but 
  more 
  latitude 
  was 
  allowed 
  them. 
  

  

  Johnson 
  arrived 
  at 
  Oneida 
  June 
  13, 
  conferring 
  with 
  some 
  

   Indians 
  there. 
  He 
  was 
  shown 
  a 
  French 
  belt, 
  inviting 
  the 
  Onon- 
  

   daga, 
  Cayuga, 
  Oneida 
  and 
  Tuscarora 
  chiefs 
  to 
  a 
  treaty 
  at 
  Mon- 
  

   treal 
  June 
  15. 
  His 
  visit 
  now 
  was 
  as 
  a 
  mourner, 
  as 
  the 
  condoling 
  

   council 
  must 
  precede 
  business, 
  his 
  warm 
  friend, 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  

   speaker, 
  having 
  died. 
  The 
  account 
  is 
  of 
  interest 
  : 
  

  

  Sir 
  William 
  and 
  the 
  sachems 
  of 
  every 
  nation, 
  prepared 
  the 
  

   several 
  speeches 
  of 
  condolence 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  upon 
  the 
  

   death 
  of 
  Kaghswoughtioony, 
  alias 
  Red 
  Head, 
  chief 
  sachem 
  of 
  

   said 
  nation, 
  and 
  chose 
  the 
  proper 
  belts 
  for 
  the 
  ceremony. 
  

  

  