﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
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  he 
  destroyed 
  all 
  the 
  forts 
  at 
  the 
  carrying-place 
  and 
  marched 
  back, 
  

   disgusting 
  his 
  Indian 
  allies, 
  who 
  said 
  it 
  looked 
  like 
  giving 
  up, 
  

   so 
  needless 
  was 
  this. 
  The 
  Onondagas 
  proved 
  their 
  character 
  

   as 
  " 
  men 
  of 
  business 
  " 
  by 
  securing 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  left 
  

   at 
  Oswego, 
  and 
  heard 
  that 
  ioo 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  were 
  massacred 
  

   there 
  by 
  drunken 
  Indians. 
  Johnson 
  sent 
  out 
  many 
  parties 
  that 
  

   year, 
  and 
  reported 
  various 
  conferences 
  of 
  moderate 
  importance. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Easton 
  council 
  in 
  Pennsylvania, 
  July 
  28, 
  1756, 
  the 
  

   Delaware 
  chief, 
  Teedyuscung, 
  said 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  made 
  king 
  over 
  

   five 
  united 
  nations, 
  and 
  represented 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  also. 
  The 
  

   latter 
  afterward 
  denied 
  this 
  emphatically. 
  Major 
  Parsons 
  thus 
  

   described 
  him 
  : 
  " 
  He 
  is 
  a 
  lusty 
  raw 
  bon'd 
  Man, 
  haughty, 
  and 
  

   very 
  desirous 
  of 
  Respect 
  and 
  Commendation 
  ; 
  he 
  can 
  drink 
  three 
  

   Quarts 
  or 
  a 
  Gallon 
  of 
  Rum 
  a 
  day, 
  without 
  being 
  Drunk." 
  

  

  The 
  Cherokees 
  and 
  other 
  southern 
  nations 
  joined 
  the 
  English, 
  

   and 
  both 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  and 
  Delawares 
  said 
  they 
  would 
  never 
  fight 
  

   on 
  the 
  same 
  side 
  with 
  them. 
  Another 
  council 
  followed 
  at 
  Easton 
  

   in 
  October, 
  and 
  peace 
  was 
  made. 
  During 
  these 
  troubles 
  Shi- 
  

   kellimy's 
  three 
  sons 
  found 
  refuge 
  with 
  the 
  Delawares. 
  

  

  In 
  July 
  1756 
  some 
  Cayugas 
  and 
  Senecas 
  were 
  at 
  Niagara 
  and 
  

   said 
  they 
  would 
  remain 
  neutral, 
  but 
  part 
  went 
  against 
  the 
  Eng- 
  

   lish 
  at 
  Oswego 
  and 
  elsewhere. 
  Chauvignerie 
  formed 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  

   29 
  Cayugas, 
  Onondagas 
  and 
  Senecas 
  against 
  the 
  English 
  on 
  the 
  

   Ohio, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  were 
  afterward 
  publicly 
  thanked 
  for 
  killing 
  

   many 
  English 
  there. 
  These 
  Indians 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  emigrants. 
  

  

  The 
  Onondagas 
  and 
  Oneidas 
  sent 
  80 
  deputies 
  to 
  Montreal 
  in 
  

   July, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  kept 
  till 
  after 
  the 
  surrender 
  of 
  Oswego 
  in 
  

   August. 
  Governor 
  de 
  Vaudreuil 
  said 
  that 
  Johnson 
  would 
  thus 
  

   be 
  deprived 
  of 
  expected 
  aid. 
  The 
  news 
  was 
  announced 
  to 
  them 
  

   Aug. 
  20, 
  when 
  there 
  were 
  150 
  Iroquois 
  there, 
  and 
  they 
  naturally 
  

   and 
  rather 
  warmly 
  congratulated 
  the 
  victors. 
  

  

  Some 
  Onondagas 
  and 
  Cayugas 
  came 
  to 
  Montreal 
  late 
  in 
  

   November 
  1756 
  and 
  had 
  an 
  audience 
  on 
  the 
  30th. 
  They 
  noticed 
  

   that 
  some 
  usual 
  ceremonies 
  were 
  omitted, 
  for, 
  when 
  the 
  Five 
  

   Nations 
  came, 
  it 
  was 
  customary 
  to 
  send 
  an 
  interpreter 
  with 
  

   wampum 
  to 
  meet 
  them 
  and 
  to 
  salute 
  them 
  with 
  five 
  guns. 
  Others 
  

  

  